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62,662 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Wellington, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Household income
Median household income
$115,632
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$92,586 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
49.7%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
45.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
96.2%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
94.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
75.8%
2020-24
flat
relative change
76.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.3%
2020-24
▲ 50%
relative change
2.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.8%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
7.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.9%
2019-23
▼ 28%
relative change
6.8% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
2.8%
2020-24
▼ 35%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
58.2%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
67.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Wellington, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.8%
Jul 2026
▲ 20%
relative change
4.0% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.8%
2020-24
▲ 65%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.45
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
11.9%
2020-24
▲ 48%
relative change
8.0% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.6%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
8.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
23.6%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
26.0% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,540
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$3,414 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
62,146
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
64,396 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$658,628
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$647,426 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$453,911
Aug 2026
high
vs peers
$454,383 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
22.8%
2020-24
low
vs peers
18.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
64.0%
2020-24
low
vs peers
62.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $92,586 to $115,632 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,600).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Wellington started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($81,481 to $115,632).
Bright spot $115,632
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%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 8th +48% 1st 44% above peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 22nd +44% 2nd 7% below peers
Lynwood, CA $74,844 21st +43% 3rd 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 9th +40% 4th 40% above peers
Utica, NY $52,484 30th +39% 5th 35% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 23rd +38% 6th 8% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 27th +38% 7th 25% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 19th +33% 8th 2% below peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 9th 45% below peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 15th +31% 10th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 12th +30% 11th 12% above peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 11th +28% 12th 37% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $59,648 28th +28% 13th 26% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 2nd +27% 14th 74% above peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 24th +27% 15th 10% below peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 17th +26% 16th 1% below peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 7th +25% 17th 44% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 25th +25% 18th 16% below peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 4th +25% 19th 62% above peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 20th +23% 20th 5% below peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 10th +22% 21st 38% above peers
Moore, OK $80,420 16th +22% 22nd on par with peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 1st +21% 23rd 77% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 5th +21% 24th 53% above peers
Little Elm, TX $119,219 6th +21% 25th 48% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 26th +21% 26th 20% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 13th +17% 27th 11% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 18th +17% 28th 2% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 14th +17% 29th 7% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 3rd +17% 30th 62% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 29th +11% 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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2 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$8,506 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 0.8 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.8% in July 2026, up from 4.0% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.8%
1998July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.6% (Jul 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Vineland, NJ 7.2% (Jul 26) 25th -2.0pp 1st 60% above peers
Porterville, CA 12.8% (Jul 26) 28th -1.2pp 2nd 184% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.8pp 4th 31% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 11% below peers
Woodland, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 6th 31% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 7th 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 8th 20% below peers
Bossier City, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -0.4pp 9th 11% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.4pp 10th 22% above peers
Hanford, CA 8.1% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 11th 80% above peers
Smyrna, TN 2.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 12th 36% below peers
Marietta, GA 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 13th 36% below peers
Bentonville, AR 3.0% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 14th 33% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 17th 22% below peers
Taunton, MA 5.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.1pp 18th 27% above peers
Little Elm, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 20th 9% below peers
Utica, NY 5.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.4pp 21st 27% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.9% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.5pp 22nd 31% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 6.0% (Jul 26) 24th +0.6pp 23rd 33% above peers
Pontiac, MI 10.6% (Jul 26) 27th +0.6pp 24th 136% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th +0.8pp 26th 7% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th +1.1pp 27th 11% below peers
Bristol, CT 5.8% (Jul 26) 20th +1.4pp 28th 29% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.0% then, 7.8% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 7.8%).
Bright spot 7.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Porterville, CA 17.3% 26th -10.2pp 1st 38% above peers
Bentonville, AR 5.2% 3rd -2.4pp 2nd 58% below peers
Brookline, MA 8.7% 9th -3.5pp 3rd 30% below peers
Woodland, CA 8.2% 8th -3.0pp 4th 34% below peers
Pontiac, MI 24.4% 30th -6.4pp 5th 95% above peers
Lakewood, WA 13.2% 20th -3.4pp 6th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 17.0% 25th -3.9pp 7th 36% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 1st -0.8pp 8th 63% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.6% 17th -1.9pp 9th 1% above peers
Taunton, MA 13.0% 19th -1.2pp 10th 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 11.2% 14th -1.1pp 11th 10% below peers
Marietta, GA 12.8% 18th -1.2pp 12th 3% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.4% 24th -1.1pp 13th 31% above peers
Utica, NY 27.5% 31st -1.9pp 14th 120% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.5% 21st -0.7pp 15th 16% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 18.6% 28th -0.9pp 16th 49% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.0% 6th -0.2pp 17th 44% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.3% 5th -0.1pp 18th 49% below peers
Lynwood, CA 18.0% 27th +0.1pp 19th 44% above peers
Bossier City, LA 20.8% 29th +1.1pp 20th 66% above peers
Bristol, CT 10.7% 13th +0.6pp 21st 14% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14.6% 22nd +0.9pp 22nd 17% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 4th +0.5pp 23rd 54% below peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 7th +0.7pp 24th 38% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.5% 11th +1.4pp 25th 24% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 15.1% 23rd +2.2pp 26th 21% above peers
Smyrna, TN 12.5% 16th +1.8pp 27th on par with peers
Moore, OK 11.4% 15th +2.8pp 28th 9% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.3% 12th +3.1pp 29th 18% below peers
Little Elm, TX 9.0% 10th +3.9pp 30th 28% below peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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2 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.0% then, 11.9% now; margin ±4.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.0% to 11.9%).
Needs attention 11.9%
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%
Woodland, CA 7.6% 8th -7.9pp 1st 50% below peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 15th -10.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -3.5pp 3rd 67% below peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 4th 69% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 25th -13.0pp 5th 45% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 9th -5.1pp 6th 38% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 6th -2.5pp 7th 58% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 5th -2.0pp 8th 66% below peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 16th -4.8pp 9th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 30th -7.5pp 10th 132% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 22nd -3.7pp 11th 30% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 7th -1.2pp 12th 55% below peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 13th 157% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 21st -2.1pp 14th 19% above peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 24th -2.2pp 15th 33% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 16th 79% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 23.3% 27th -1.7pp 17th 52% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 10th -0.4pp 18th 34% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 11th +0.6pp 19th 30% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 18th +1.2pp 20th 12% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 20th +1.3pp 21st 18% above peers
Lynwood, CA 29.0% 28th +2.3pp 22nd 89% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 29th +4.5pp 23rd 124% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 17th +2.5pp 24th 6% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 26th +5.6pp 25th 46% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 12th +2.9pp 26th 29% below peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 23rd +5.9pp 27th 32% above peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 14th +3.8pp 28th 22% below peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 19th +7.9pp 29th 14% above peers
Little Elm, TX 11.4% 13th +5.6pp 30th 25% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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2 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (94.6% then, 96.2% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 2.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.2% to 96.2%).
Bright spot 96.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 91.7% +8.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 2nd +24.4pp 2nd 4% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 89.2% 26th +21.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Lynwood, CA 91.0% 20th +19.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 28th +11.7pp 6th 7% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 21st +11.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 25th +10.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 23rd +10.0pp 9th 3% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 17th +9.6pp 10th 1% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 31st +8.6pp 11th 9% below peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 15th +9.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 12th +8.0pp 13th 1% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 19th +7.3pp 14th 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 18th +7.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 13th +6.2pp 16th 1% above peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 10th +6.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 22nd +5.6pp 18th 3% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 24th +5.5pp 19th 3% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 27th +4.9pp 20th 5% below peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 14th +5.1pp 21st 1% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 6th +5.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 9th +5.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 3rd +4.6pp 24th 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 11th +4.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 16th +3.5pp 26th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 7th +2.7pp 27th 2% above peers
Little Elm, TX 98.3% 1st +2.7pp 28th 5% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 4th +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 8th +2.2pp 30th 2% above peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 5th +1.6pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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2 of 12 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.03). 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.*

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.45).
Needs attention 0.45
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 0.49 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Porterville, CA 0.42 8th -0.061 1st 8% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 21st -0.035 2nd 4% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 7th -0.025 3rd 9% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 14th -0.023 4th 2% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 27th -0.020 5th 10% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 19th -0.017 6th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 9th -0.013 7th 7% below peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 10th -0.014 8th 5% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 0.46 18th -0.014 9th 1% above peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 13th -0.012 10th 3% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 16th -0.011 11th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 29th -0.013 12th 15% above peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 28th -0.009 13th 13% above peers
Lynwood, CA 0.40 4th -0.006 14th 11% below peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 25th -0.006 15th 6% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 15th -0.005 16th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 11th -0.004 17th 5% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 30th -0.002 18th 15% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 31st +0.000 19th 22% above peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 17th +0.005 20th 1% above peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 22nd +0.007 21st 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 12th +0.012 22nd 5% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 20th +0.014 23rd 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 26th +0.015 24th 8% above peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 24th +0.019 25th 5% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 26th 25% below peers
Little Elm, TX 0.37 2nd +0.018 27th 19% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 23rd +0.024 28th 5% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 5th +0.022 29th 10% below peers
Moore, OK 0.40 3rd +0.024 30th 12% below peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 6th +0.031 31st 10% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping 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 (6.8% then, 4.9% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.3% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 86% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 7th -1.9pp 2nd 53% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 19th -3.5pp 3rd 19% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 6th -1.2pp 4th 59% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 14th -2.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 9th -1.2pp 6th 49% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 62% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 12th -1.2pp 8th 39% below peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 25th -2.8pp 9th 55% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 10th -0.8pp 10th 47% below peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 13th -0.7pp 11th 36% below peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 30th -3.0pp 12th 187% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 18th -1.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 22nd -1.5pp 14th 44% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 15th -0.8pp 15th 7% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.6% 26th -0.8pp 16th 59% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 17th 193% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 23rd -0.3pp 18th 47% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 24th -0.0pp 19th 48% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 29th +0.3pp 20th 155% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 20th +0.7pp 21st 26% above peers
Lynwood, CA 21.4% 27th +1.2pp 22nd 104% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 68% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 21st +1.4pp 24th 34% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 4th +0.5pp 25th 61% below peers
Little Elm, TX 5.1% 8th +0.7pp 26th 51% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 5th +0.8pp 27th 61% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 16th +2.1pp 28th on par with peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 28th +5.2pp 29th 135% above peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 17th +2.7pp 30th 16% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 11th +1.4pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp 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 Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $658,628 in August 2026, up from $647,426 a year earlier.
Big move $658,628
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
Utica, NY $212,423 (Aug 26) 30th +7.0% 1st 55% below peers
White Plains, NY $808,180 (Aug 26) 4th +5.8% 2nd 72% above peers
Bristol, CT $350,637 (Aug 26) 21st +5.8% 3rd 26% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,348,968 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.7% 4th 186% above peers
West Hartford, CT $509,334 (Aug 26) 13th +5.5% 5th 8% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,743,951 (Aug 26) 1st +5.1% 6th 270% above peers
Taunton, MA $521,740 (Aug 26) 11th +4.0% 7th 11% above peers
Lynwood, CA $684,690 (Aug 26) 6th +3.3% 8th 45% above peers
Bentonville, AR $492,753 (Aug 26) 15th +2.8% 9th 5% above peers
Hanford, CA $383,336 (Aug 26) 20th +2.7% 10th 19% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $502,326 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 11th 7% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $229,838 (Aug 26) 27th +2.5% 12th 51% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,247 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.3% 13th 33% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $311,297 (Aug 26) 24th +2.1% 14th 34% below peers
Jupiter, FL $704,677 (Aug 26) 5th +1.8% 15th 50% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,628 (Aug 26) 7th +1.7% 16th 40% above peers
Pontiac, MI $139,885 (Aug 26) 31st +1.5% 17th 70% below peers
Bossier City, LA $229,529 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 18th 51% below peers
Porterville, CA $330,293 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.1% 19th 30% below peers
Herriman, UT $601,499 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 20th 28% above peers
Lakewood, WA $515,727 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 21st 9% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $279,713 (Aug 26) 25th +0.3% 22nd 41% below peers
Moore, OK $222,111 (Aug 26) 29th +0.3% 23rd 53% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $631,034 (Aug 26) 8th -0.7% 24th 34% above peers
Woodland, CA $551,676 (Aug 26) 10th -0.7% 25th 17% above peers
Smyrna, TN $401,595 (Aug 26) 18th -0.8% 26th 15% below peers
Marietta, GA $471,117 (Aug 26) 16th -1.2% 27th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL $404,931 (Aug 26) 17th -1.3% 28th 14% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $272,484 (Aug 26) 26th -2.7% 29th 42% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,122,975 (Aug 26) 3rd -5.4% 30th 138% above peers
Little Elm, TX $393,657 (Aug 26) 19th -5.7% 31st 16% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $453,911 in August 2026, down from $454,383 a year earlier.
Big move $453,911
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 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%
Santa Cruz, CA $956,795 (Aug 26) 2nd +7.1% 1st 196% above peers
White Plains, NY $460,903 (Aug 26) 5th +6.9% 2nd 42% above peers
Utica, NY $150,018 (Aug 26) 29th +6.8% 3rd 54% below peers
Bristol, CT $271,159 (Aug 26) 20th +6.3% 4th 16% below peers
West Hartford, CT $359,385 (Aug 26) 13th +5.4% 5th 11% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,201,516 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 6th 271% above peers
Taunton, MA $408,647 (Aug 26) 10th +4.7% 7th 26% above peers
Vineland, NJ $249,567 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.4% 8th 23% below peers
Lynwood, CA $618,877 (Aug 26) 4th +4.0% 9th 91% above peers
Pontiac, MI $106,058 (Aug 26) 31st +3.2% 10th 67% below peers
Porterville, CA $263,368 (Aug 26) 21st +3.1% 11th 19% below peers
Bentonville, AR $348,303 (Aug 26) 14th +3.0% 12th 8% above peers
Hanford, CA $297,783 (Aug 26) 19th +2.5% 13th 8% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $248,317 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.2% 14th 23% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $157,756 (Aug 26) 28th +1.9% 15th 51% below peers
Bossier City, LA $124,503 (Aug 26) 30th +1.7% 16th 62% below peers
Brookline, MA $709,683 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 17th 119% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,982 (Aug 26) 9th +1.1% 18th 33% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $319,173 (Aug 26) 18th +1.0% 19th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $202,090 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 20th 38% below peers
Lakewood, WA $403,686 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 21st 25% above peers
Moore, OK $174,228 (Aug 26) 27th +0.0% 22nd 46% below peers
Wellington, FL $453,911 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 23rd 40% above peers
Woodland, CA $456,617 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 24th 41% above peers
Herriman, UT $443,129 (Aug 26) 8th -0.6% 25th 37% above peers
Smyrna, TN $323,583 (Aug 26) 16th -0.6% 26th on par with peers
Marietta, GA $325,113 (Aug 26) 15th -1.3% 27th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC $372,531 (Aug 26) 12th -2.4% 28th 15% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $191,731 (Aug 26) 26th -3.2% 29th 41% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $227,351 (Aug 26) 24th -4.3% 30th 30% below peers
Little Elm, TX $320,336 (Aug 26) 17th -5.8% 31st 1% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (76.1% then, 75.8% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.4% to 75.8%).
Bright spot 75.8%
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%
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 31st +6.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 29th +5.2pp 2nd 24% below peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 27th +4.1pp 3rd 24% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 12th +5.4pp 4th 6% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 17th +5.0pp 5th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 18th +4.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 63.7% 14th +4.3pp 7th 3% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 3rd +5.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 2nd +4.5pp 9th 26% above peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 7th +4.0pp 10th 13% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 20th +2.7pp 11th 13% below peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 26th +2.0pp 12th 23% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 4th +3.1pp 13th 23% above peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 24th +1.7pp 14th 20% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 15th +1.9pp 15th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 25th +1.4pp 16th 22% below peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 13th +1.3pp 17th 5% above peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 21st +0.4pp 18th 14% below peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 5th -0.3pp 19th 22% above peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 16th -0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 19th -0.3pp 21st 8% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 9th -0.4pp 22nd 9% above peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 22nd -0.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 11th -1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 8th -2.4pp 25th 11% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 30th -2.1pp 26th 25% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 10th -3.6pp 27th 9% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 28th -2.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 23rd -3.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Little Elm, TX 70.1% 6th -6.4pp 30th 13% above peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 1st -8.9pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±3.3pp 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 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $3,540 in August 2026, up from $3,414 a year earlier.
Big move $3,540
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Utica, NY $1,404 (Aug 26) 29th +7.2% 1st 22% below peers
Taunton, MA $2,096 (Aug 26) 11th +6.1% 2nd 16% above peers
White Plains, NY $3,262 (Aug 26) 5th +6.0% 3rd 80% above peers
Bristol, CT $1,709 (Aug 26) 19th +6.0% 4th 6% below peers
Bossier City, LA $1,515 (Aug 26) 26th +5.9% 5th 16% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,426 (Aug 26) 4th +5.5% 6th 89% above peers
Lynwood, CA $2,129 (Aug 26) 10th +5.0% 7th 18% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,431 (Aug 26) 28th +4.8% 8th 21% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,811 (Aug 26) 16th +4.6% 9th on par with peers
Hanford, CA $2,003 (Aug 26) 12th +4.2% 10th 11% above peers
West Hartford, CT $2,448 (Aug 26) 7th +4.1% 11th 35% above peers
Wellington, FL $3,540 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 12th 96% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,532 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.8% 13th 95% above peers
Jupiter, FL $3,066 (Aug 26) 6th +2.7% 14th 69% above peers
Woodland, CA $2,330 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 15th 29% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,613 (Aug 26) 25th +2.6% 16th 11% below peers
Smyrna, TN $1,699 (Aug 26) 20th +2.4% 17th 6% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,350 (Aug 26) 30th +2.2% 18th 25% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,713 (Aug 26) 18th +2.0% 19th 5% below peers
Bentonville, AR $1,656 (Aug 26) 24th +2.0% 20th 9% below peers
Little Elm, TX $2,307 (Aug 26) 9th +2.0% 21st 27% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,559 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 22nd 97% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $1,698 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 23rd 6% below peers
Marietta, GA $1,689 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 24th 7% below peers
Moore, OK $1,513 (Aug 26) 27th +1.5% 25th 16% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,748 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 26th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT $1,892 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 27th 4% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,690 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.5% 28th 7% below peers
Pontiac, MI $1,319 (Aug 26) 31st -0.5% 29th 27% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,952 (Aug 26) 13th -1.2% 30th 8% above peers
Vineland, NJ 14th 7% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 (35.7% then, 36.5% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.5% to 36.5%).
36.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 37.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 27th -7.0pp 1st 10% above peers
Lynwood, CA 47.8% 31st -6.4pp 2nd 31% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 21st -5.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 4th 50% below peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 14th -3.2pp 5th 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 25th -3.3pp 6th 9% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 6th -1.6pp 7th 23% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 24th -2.0pp 8th 8% above peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 28th -1.9pp 9th 12% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 23rd -1.7pp 10th 7% above peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 18th -1.1pp 11th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 17th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 3rd +0.2pp 13th 39% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 2nd +0.2pp 14th 39% below peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 16th +0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 22nd +0.9pp 16th 7% above peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 11th +0.9pp 17th 3% below peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 5th +1.1pp 18th 25% below peers
Little Elm, TX 31.8% 9th +1.4pp 19th 13% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 10th +2.3pp 20th 12% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 19th +2.8pp 21st 4% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 7th +2.4pp 22nd 18% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 8th +2.5pp 23rd 18% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 13th +3.1pp 24th 1% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 4th +2.3pp 25th 27% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 12th +3.2pp 26th 2% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 20th +3.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 26th +4.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 15th +3.7pp 29th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 29th +5.1pp 30th 16% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.5% 30th +8.6pp 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 →
  • 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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (2.2% then, 3.3% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.2% to 3.3%).
Bright spot 3.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Porterville, CA 6.0% 13th -2.0pp 1st 21% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 3rd -0.9pp 2nd 59% below peers
Little Elm, TX 2.3% 1st -0.6pp 3rd 69% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 11th -1.0pp 4th 23% below peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 17th -1.1pp 5th 1% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 8.0% 21st -0.9pp 6th 6% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 14th -0.7pp 7th 8% below peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 26th -0.9pp 8th 25% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 9th -0.4pp 9th 49% below peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 28th -1.5pp 10th 106% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 12th 8% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 4th -0.2pp 13th 59% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 14th 256% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 12th -0.2pp 15th 22% below peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 16th 189% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 24th -0.1pp 17th 17% above peers
Lynwood, CA 7.1% 15th -0.0pp 18th 6% below peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 23rd +0.1pp 19th 17% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 29th +0.2pp 20th 126% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 20th +0.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 58% below peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 25th +1.6pp 23rd 18% above peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 19th +1.9pp 24th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 10th +1.0pp 25th 49% below peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 8th +1.1pp 26th 52% below peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 7th +1.1pp 27th 54% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 6th +1.1pp 28th 56% below peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 27th +3.7pp 29th 34% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 18th +3.1pp 30th 1% above peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 2nd +2.5pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.5% then, 8.6% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
20132024
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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
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 84% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 58% below peers
White Plains, NY 5.9% 14th -3.7pp 3rd 11% below peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 8th -2.1pp 4th 42% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.6% 16th -2.8pp 5th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 11th -2.1pp 6th 20% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 7th -0.9pp 7th 42% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 20th -1.8pp 8th 36% above peers
Lynwood, CA 13.6% 30th -2.0pp 9th 107% above peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 15th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 5.8% 12th -0.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 13th -0.8pp 12th 11% below peers
Little Elm, TX 11.7% 25th -1.5pp 13th 77% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 5th -0.4pp 14th 46% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 12.4% 27th -1.0pp 15th 89% above peers
Marietta, GA 17.9% 31st -0.2pp 16th 172% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 49% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 19th +0.1pp 18th 31% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.5% 28th +0.2pp 19th 91% above peers
Vineland, NJ 9.6% 21st +0.5pp 20th 46% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.1% 10th +0.3pp 21st 23% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.0% 23rd +0.7pp 22nd 52% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.1% 24th +0.7pp 23rd 53% above peers
Bristol, CT 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 24th 31% below peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 2nd +0.4pp 25th 60% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 4th +0.7pp 26th 55% below peers
Bossier City, LA 12.1% 26th +2.8pp 27th 83% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 17th +2.1pp 28th 14% above peers
Smyrna, TN 13.5% 29th +3.9pp 29th 106% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 18th +2.3pp 30th 21% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 6th +1.5pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 below the peer median.

27.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 32.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 1st 26% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 2nd 24% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 3rd 21% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 4th 20% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 5th 17% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 6th 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 7th 15% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 8th 14% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 9th 10% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 10th 10% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 11th 6% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 12th 5% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 13th 3% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 14th 2% below peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 15th 1% below peers
Little Elm, TX 32.3% 16th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 17th 1% above peers
Lynwood, CA 33.1% 18th 2% above peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 19th 5% above peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 20th 7% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 21st 11% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 22nd 13% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 23rd 14% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 24th 16% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 25th 18% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 26th 20% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 27th 30% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 28th 31% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.8% 29th 33% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 30th 34% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 43% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 8.8% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 8.8%).
Needs attention 8.8%
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
Herriman, UT 1.6% 5th -4.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 3rd -2.2pp 2nd 75% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 4th -1.1pp 3rd 72% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 17th -3.3pp 4th 6% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 5th 78% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 10th -2.0pp 6th 34% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 9th -0.8pp 7th 54% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 7th -0.6pp 8th 57% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 19th -1.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Little Elm, TX 10.0% 29th -2.6pp 10th 128% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 11th -0.6pp 11th 33% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 8th -0.4pp 12th 56% below peers
Lynwood, CA 5.4% 21st -0.5pp 13th 25% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 7.7% 24th -0.3pp 14th 77% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 14th -0.0pp 15th 21% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 22nd +0.5pp 16th 28% above peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 30th +1.0pp 17th 153% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 18th 91% below peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 6th +0.4pp 19th 59% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 23rd +1.2pp 20th 41% above peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 15th +0.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 20th +1.1pp 22nd 20% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 18th +1.6pp 23rd 12% above peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 25th +2.8pp 24th 78% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 12th +1.2pp 25th 30% below peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 27th +3.5pp 26th 102% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 28th +3.8pp 27th 117% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 16th +2.6pp 28th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 29th 166% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 26th +5.6pp 30th 83% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 13th +2.9pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.0% to 49.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Wellington started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.9% to 49.7%).
Bright spot 49.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 18th +7.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Lynwood, CA 9.8% 31st +2.2pp 2nd 68% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 22nd +5.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 30th +3.0pp 4th 52% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 29th +2.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 13th +7.4pp 6th 40% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 14th +6.5pp 7th 34% above peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 25th +3.4pp 8th 26% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 17th +3.8pp 9th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 27th +2.6pp 10th 29% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 11th +5.4pp 11th 56% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 22.0% 26th +2.4pp 12th 27% below peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 9th +5.7pp 13th 76% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 16th +3.1pp 14th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 10th +4.7pp 15th 64% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 6th +5.1pp 16th 82% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 20th +2.6pp 17th 9% below peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 19th +2.5pp 18th 4% below peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 7th +4.4pp 19th 78% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 21st +1.7pp 20th 19% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 5th +3.8pp 21st 90% above peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 23rd +1.4pp 22nd 21% below peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 8th +2.9pp 23rd 77% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 3rd +1.9pp 24th 119% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 24th +0.7pp 25th 24% below peers
Little Elm, TX 44.2% 12th +1.1pp 26th 46% above peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 27th 181% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 4th +1.2pp 28th 114% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 15th +0.4pp 29th 15% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 2nd -0.3pp 30th 152% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 28th -1.0pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp 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 (67.4% then, 58.2% now; margin ±16.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.9% to 58.2%).
Bright spot 58.2%
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 48.9% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 24th +13.5pp 1st 23% below peers
Little Elm, TX 46.4% 14th +15.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 3rd 77% above peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 17th +6.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 10th +6.6pp 5th 29% above peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 8th +5.5pp 6th 34% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 11th +4.5pp 7th 18% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 22nd +1.4pp 8th 16% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 4th +2.4pp 9th 67% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 16th +1.0pp 10th on par with peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 12th -0.2pp 11th 17% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 29th -0.3pp 12th 37% below peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 2nd -1.1pp 13th 72% above peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 15th -1.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 3rd -2.6pp 15th 70% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 13th -2.2pp 16th 12% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 23rd -2.7pp 17th 17% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 21st -5.4pp 18th 14% below peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 9th -9.2pp 19th 33% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 28.1% 28th -4.9pp 20th 36% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 6th -11.2pp 21st 43% above peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 5th -12.8pp 22nd 43% above peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 26th -7.1pp 23rd 29% below peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 7th -14.2pp 24th 42% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 19th -15.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 27th -12.3pp 26th 31% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 18th -25.1pp 27th 2% below peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 25th -19.8pp 28th 27% below peers
Lynwood, CA 27.0% 30th -17.1pp 29th 38% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 20th -25.1pp 30th 12% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±12.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 2.8% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.1% to 2.8%).
Bright spot 2.8%
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 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 97% below peers
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 3rd -4.5pp 2nd 87% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 97% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 7th -3.5pp 4th 62% below peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 5th -1.2pp 5th 77% below peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 14th -4.2pp 6th 12% below peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 8th -1.5pp 7th 60% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 6th -1.0pp 8th 73% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 16th -3.2pp 9th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 15th -2.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 9th -1.1pp 11th 53% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 31st -4.7pp 12th 189% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 13th 20% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 10th -0.1pp 14th 51% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 18th +0.3pp 15th 4% above peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 28th +2.5pp 16th 119% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 25th +2.0pp 17th 59% above peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 26th +3.9pp 18th 107% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 4th +0.3pp 19th 85% below peers
Lynwood, CA 14.4% 27th +5.3pp 20th 111% above peers
Little Elm, TX 7.5% 21st +2.8pp 21st 10% above peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 30th +6.8pp 22nd 158% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 17.0% 29th +7.9pp 23rd 149% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 24th +4.9pp 24th 52% above peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 13th +3.1pp 25th 15% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 11th +2.6pp 26th 32% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 12th +3.2pp 27th 17% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 17th +4.6pp 28th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 20th +5.3pp 29th 9% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 23rd +7.7pp 30th 44% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 19th +6.8pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
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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 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.6pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64,396 to 62,146 - more than the combined survey margin (±98). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 77% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (59,022 to 62,146).
Big move 62,146
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Herriman, UT 59,346 26th +48% 1st 4% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 55,200 30th +34% 2nd 11% below peers
Little Elm, TX 54,820 31st +19% 3rd 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 28th +19% 4th 6% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 27th +18% 5th 6% below peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 29th +14% 6th 8% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 24th +9% 7th 3% below peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 6th +7% 8th 2% above peers
Utica, NY 64,217 2nd +6% 9th 4% above peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 25th +6% 10th 3% below peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 7th +6% 11th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 23rd +6% 12th 2% below peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 9th +5% 13th 2% above peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 22nd +4% 14th 2% below peers
Moore, OK 63,420 4th +4% 15th 3% above peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 16th +4% 16th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 14th +4% 17th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 12th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 20th +2% 19th 1% below peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 21st +2% 20th 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 17th +1% 21st on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 3rd +1% 22nd 3% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 11th +0% 23rd 1% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 19th -1% 24th 1% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 8th -2% 25th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 5th -2% 26th 2% above peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 13th -3% 27th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 15th -4% 28th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 18th -5% 29th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 10th -8% 30th 2% above peers
Lynwood, CA 64,578 1st -9% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.0% to 23.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.6% to 23.6%).
Big move 23.6%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 19.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 8th +1.6pp 1st 14% above peers
Moore, OK 25.7% 7th +1.3pp 2nd 15% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 9th +0.6pp 3rd 14% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 29th +0.3pp 4th 24% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 3rd +0.4pp 5th 28% above peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 26th +0.1pp 6th 16% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 21.4% 21st +0.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 11th -0.1pp 8th 12% above peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 24th -0.2pp 9th 10% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 27th -0.3pp 10th 17% below peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 14th -0.4pp 11th 6% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 12th -0.5pp 12th 6% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 2nd -0.7pp 13th 37% above peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 20th -0.5pp 14th 4% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 17th -0.6pp 15th 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 6th -0.8pp 16th 22% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 23rd -0.6pp 17th 7% below peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 22nd -0.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 28th -0.8pp 19th 17% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 19th -1.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 5th -1.3pp 21st 23% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 15th -1.7pp 22nd 3% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 25th -1.6pp 23rd 12% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 30th -1.3pp 24th 34% below peers
Little Elm, TX 28.0% 4th -2.7pp 25th 25% above peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 13th -2.4pp 26th 6% above peers
Lynwood, CA 25.4% 10th -2.9pp 27th 14% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 28th 50% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 29th 55% above peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 18th -4.5pp 30th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 16th -5.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.5% then, 22.8% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.4% to 22.8%).
Big move 22.8%
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 32.9% -1.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 22nd +12.0pp 1st 23% below peers
Lynwood, CA 53.3% 2nd +14.9pp 2nd 69% above peers
Little Elm, TX 29.2% 19th +8.1pp 3rd 8% below peers
Woodland, CA 31.6% 16th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 24th +4.3pp 5th 28% below peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 5th +7.9pp 6th 45% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 27th +2.7pp 7th 45% below peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 15th +3.4pp 8th 3% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 17th +2.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 13th +2.3pp 10th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 11th 115% above peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 21st +1.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 9th +1.6pp 13th 19% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 18th +1.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 12th +1.3pp 15th 12% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 6th -0.0pp 16th 28% above peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 3rd -0.1pp 17th 50% above peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 31st -0.1pp 18th 74% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 10th -0.6pp 19th 15% above peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 25th -0.8pp 20th 29% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 29th -0.6pp 21st 52% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 30th -0.8pp 22nd 53% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 26th -1.3pp 23rd 39% below peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 7th -3.2pp 24th 23% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 4th -4.6pp 25th 47% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 8th -4.0pp 26th 22% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 23rd -2.9pp 27th 27% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 20th -4.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 14th -6.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 36.0% 11th -8.9pp 30th 14% above peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 28th -11.2pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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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 (62.0% then, 64.0% now; margin ±12.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.4% to 64.0%).
Big move 64.0%
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
Winter Haven, FL 70.4% 16th +21.6pp 1st on par with peers
Marietta, GA 74.4% 10th +17.6pp 2nd 6% above peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 18th +15.2pp 3rd 3% below peers
Lynwood, CA 64.2% 23rd +8.4pp 4th 9% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 14th +9.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 5th +8.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 26th +6.3pp 7th 11% below peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 19th +6.9pp 8th 3% below peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 20th +6.2pp 9th 5% below peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 4th +6.7pp 10th 13% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 15th +5.9pp 11th 2% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 6th +6.1pp 12th 8% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 12th +5.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 14th 16% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 3rd +5.9pp 15th 15% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 7th +5.3pp 16th 7% above peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 11th +4.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 24th +2.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 29th +0.7pp 20th 14% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 9th +0.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 21st -0.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 13th -3.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 22nd -5.9pp 24th 8% below peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 30th -5.4pp 25th 20% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 8th -7.8pp 26th 6% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 17th -8.6pp 27th 2% below peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 28th -7.9pp 28th 14% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 27th -9.4pp 29th 13% below peers
Little Elm, TX 63.5% 25th -9.9pp 30th 10% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 31st -16.8pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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