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122,290 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where West Palm Beach, FL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$73,446
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
$54,334 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
22.4%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
28.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.7%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
16.1% in 2019
Real improvement  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
39.2%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
34.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.4%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
81.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
51.1%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
49.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where West Palm Beach, FL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
13.6%
2020-24
▲ 159%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.1%
May 2026
▲ 21%
relative change
3.4% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
15.0%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
16.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
10.1%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
14.5%
2019-23
▼ 3%
relative change
15.0% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
46.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
44.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
9.5%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
8.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
50.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
48.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
55.1%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
43.5% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Population
122,290
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
109,767 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$212,464
Jun 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
$225,685 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,392
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$2,327 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.7%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
18.4% 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
74.8%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
65.0% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $54,334 to $73,446 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,409). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 63% from 2014 to 2024 ($45,027 to $73,446).
$73,446
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%
Wilmington, NC $66,738 21st +40% 1st 16% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 6th +39% 2nd 47% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 24th +38% 3rd 21% below peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 17th +38% 4th 1% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 5th 34% below peers
Clearwater, FL $66,381 22nd +36% 6th 17% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 19th +35% 7th 8% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 23rd +35% 8th 19% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 9th 30% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 20th +33% 10th 14% below peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 16th +30% 11th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 12th 13% above peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 13th 42% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 10th +27% 14th 25% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 3rd +27% 15th 64% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 8th +26% 16th 36% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 15th +25% 17th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 18th 70% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 18th +24% 19th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 20th 53% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 21st 12% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 7th +21% 22nd 36% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 25th +21% 23rd 22% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 9th +21% 24th 28% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 26th +19% 25th 24% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 14th +19% 26th 9% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 27th 29% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 28th 77% above peers
Richardson, TX $98,111 11th +15% 29th 23% above peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 5th +14% 30th 49% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,790 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 65% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.1% in May 2026, up from 3.4% a year earlier.
4.1%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 4.8% (May 26) +1.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Independence, MO 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.8pp 1st 3% below peers
Cambridge, MA 3.3% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 2nd 13% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 6th -0.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.3% (May 26) 20th -0.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 14th -0.4pp 5th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 3.2% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 6th 16% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 7th 21% above peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 8th 24% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.3pp 9th 5% below peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 12th -0.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 13th 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3.3% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 14th 13% below peers
Billings, MT 2.9% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 15th 24% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.2pp 16th 8% above peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.2pp 17th 5% above peers
Richardson, TX 3.7% (May 26) 13th +0.2pp 18th 3% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.3pp 19th 11% below peers
College Station, TX 3.9% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.4% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 21st 16% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.7pp 22nd 8% above peers
Clearwater, FL 4.3% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.7% (May 26) 25th +1.3pp 24th 50% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 26th +1.4pp 25th 61% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (May 26) 19th +1.4pp 26th 8% above peers
Hartford, CT 7.9% (May 26) 27th +2.2pp 27th 108% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.1% to 13.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.6% to 13.7%).
13.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.9% -1.5pp
United States ref 12.0%
North Charleston, SC 14.0% 19th -5.9pp 1st 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 15.5% 22nd -5.8pp 2nd 28% above peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 5th -2.5pp 3rd 34% below peers
Lakeland, FL 12.3% 17th -3.4pp 4th 2% above peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 5th 67% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.6% 15th -2.3pp 6th 4% below peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 6th -1.5pp 7th 32% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 7th -1.6pp 8th 31% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 18th -2.4pp 9th 14% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.2% 10th -1.4pp 10th 23% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 11th 102% above peers
Lowell, MA 16.2% 25th -1.9pp 12th 34% above peers
Berkeley, CA 15.5% 23rd -1.7pp 13th 29% above peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 30th -1.9pp 14th 105% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 26th -1.0pp 15th 49% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.6% 20th -0.7pp 16th 21% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 17th 113% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 16th -0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Billings, MT 9.6% 11th -0.1pp 19th 21% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 20th 52% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 4th +0.0pp 21st 47% below peers
Cambridge, MA 11.0% 13th +0.0pp 22nd 9% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 24th +0.7pp 23rd 30% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.1% 14th +0.6pp 24th 8% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 28th +1.6pp 25th 80% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 21st +1.2pp 26th 26% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.7% 8th +0.8pp 27th 28% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 28th 66% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.1% 12th +1.6pp 29th 17% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 54% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 9th +3.7pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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7 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 6.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.9% to 22.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.3pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.6% to 22.4%).
22.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 16.5% -3.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 24th -13.7pp 1st 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 7th -5.0pp 2nd 48% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 22nd -11.1pp 3rd 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 8th -4.7pp 4th 46% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 5th 51% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 7th 63% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 21st -5.8pp 8th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 16th -4.6pp 9th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 26th -6.5pp 10th 49% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 9th -2.5pp 11th 36% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 2nd -0.9pp 12th 76% below peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 13th 103% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 14th 59% below peers
Clearwater, FL 20.0% 23rd -3.5pp 15th 33% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 16th 83% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 17th 64% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 25th -2.6pp 18th 45% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 11th -1.1pp 19th 29% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 20th 59% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 137% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 18th -0.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 23rd 53% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 12th -0.2pp 24th 28% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 20th -0.2pp 25th 18% above peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 14th +1.9pp 26th 9% below peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 17th +2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 6th +1.9pp 28th 49% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 19th +4.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 13th +3.4pp 30th 12% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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6 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.1% to 89.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 25 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 25 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 15.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.0% to 89.4%).
89.4%
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%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 23rd +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 26th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 25th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 29th +14.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 27th +11.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 17th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 22nd +9.0pp 8th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 21st +9.0pp 9th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 24th +8.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 19th +7.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Clearwater, FL 87.3% 28th +6.8pp 12th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 15th +7.0pp 13th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 20th +6.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 4th +6.5pp 15th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 3rd +6.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 8th +5.9pp 17th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 11th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 18th +4.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 5th +4.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 14th +3.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 7th +3.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 2nd +2.9pp 23rd 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 10th +2.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 9th +2.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 13th +2.5pp 26th 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 95.0% 6th +2.0pp 27th 2% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 12th +1.2pp 29th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 16th +0.9pp 30th on par with peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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7 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.50 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.51).
0.51
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
Allentown, PA 0.43 8th -0.033 1st 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 20th -0.020 2nd 3% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 13th -0.018 3rd 2% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 24th -0.020 4th 11% above peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 14th -0.013 5th 1% below peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 6th 13% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 9th -0.007 7th 4% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 8th 19% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 21st +0.000 9th 8% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 22nd +0.002 10th 9% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 11th 15% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 2nd +0.002 12th 10% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 13th 11% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 3rd +0.002 14th 9% below peers
Billings, MT 0.46 19th +0.008 15th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 17th +0.009 16th 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 7th +0.009 17th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 18th 14% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 19th 18% above peers
Clearwater, FL 0.50 23rd +0.012 20th 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 10th +0.011 21st 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 22nd 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 4th +0.011 23rd 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 24th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 25th 15% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 5th +0.014 26th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 18th +0.016 27th 2% above peers
Richardson, TX 0.45 16th +0.020 28th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 12th +0.030 29th 3% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 1st +0.027 30th 12% below peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 6th +0.035 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (15.0% then, 14.5% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.0% to 14.5%).
14.5%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 12.6% -1.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Athens, GA 9.2% 15th -5.1pp 1st 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 18th -5.4pp 2nd 12% above peers
Richardson, TX 3.5% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 64% below peers
Clearwater, FL 10.7% 17th -2.8pp 4th 10% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 10th -1.3pp 5th 22% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 26th -1.9pp 6th 43% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 7th 74% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 23rd -1.3pp 8th 23% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 9th 276% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 5th -0.3pp 10th 50% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 8th -0.3pp 11th 40% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 16th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 11th -0.4pp 13th 17% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 21st -0.6pp 14th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 28th -0.5pp 15th 50% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 22nd -0.3pp 16th 22% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 14th -0.2pp 17th 9% below peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 19th -0.0pp 18th 13% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 27th +0.6pp 19th 48% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 20th 223% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 25th +0.9pp 21st 37% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 29th +2.1pp 22nd 160% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 23rd 46% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 4th +0.6pp 24th 51% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 20th +1.4pp 25th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 13th +1.4pp 26th 12% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 24th +2.1pp 27th 25% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 6th +1.4pp 28th 48% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 9th +2.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 3rd +1.5pp 30th 55% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 12th +3.7pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $403,887 in June 2026, down from $406,861 a year earlier.
$403,887
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $378,126 (Jun 26) -2.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 19th +4.0% 1st 13% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 21st +3.7% 2nd 20% below peers
Independence, MO $214,195 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 3rd 47% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $540,694 (Jun 26) 8th +3.0% 4th 34% above peers
Hartford, CT $205,552 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 5th 49% below peers
Berkeley, CA $1,478,916 (Jun 26) 1st +2.6% 6th 267% above peers
Billings, MT $402,554 (Jun 26) 15th +2.1% 7th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK $291,736 (Jun 26) 25th +2.1% 8th 28% below peers
Lafayette, LA $228,144 (Jun 26) 26th +2.0% 9th 43% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.5% 10th 162% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 10th +0.4% 11th 30% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 18th +0.2% 12th 13% below peers
Lowell, MA $492,699 (Jun 26) 11th +0.1% 13th 22% above peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 14th 50% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 14th -0.7% 15th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC $422,872 (Jun 26) 13th -0.8% 16th 5% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 16th -0.8% 17th 4% below peers
Richardson, TX $448,332 (Jun 26) 12th -1.0% 18th 11% above peers
Brandon, FL $358,445 (Jun 26) 17th -1.3% 19th 11% below peers
Cambridge, MA $1,044,286 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 20th 159% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 4th -1.7% 21st 109% above peers
Lakeland, FL $313,405 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.8% 22nd 22% below peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 23rd 83% above peers
North Charleston, SC $315,206 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.9% 24th 22% below peers
Fairfield, CA $609,593 (Jun 26) 7th -2.2% 25th 51% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 6th -2.5% 26th 53% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $308,500 (Jun 26) 24th -2.7% 27th 23% below peers
Clearwater, FL $344,142 (Jun 26) 20th -3.0% 28th 15% below peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 9th -4.3% 29th 31% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $212,464 in June 2026, down from $225,685 a year earlier.
$212,464
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref $233,930 (Jun 26) -3.8%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 20th +5.0% 1st 21% below peers
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 18th +4.6% 2nd 14% below peers
Independence, MO $157,158 (Jun 26) 26th +4.6% 3rd 47% below peers
Billings, MT $300,960 (Jun 26) 14th +2.7% 4th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $229,532 (Jun 26) 21st +2.5% 5th 23% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $356,154 (Jun 26) 10th +2.0% 6th 19% above peers
Berkeley, CA $995,582 (Jun 26) 1st +1.7% 7th 234% above peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 8th 36% above peers
Hartford, CT $109,220 (Jun 26) 28th +1.0% 9th 63% below peers
Lafayette, LA $137,808 (Jun 26) 27th +1.0% 10th 54% below peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 17th +0.9% 11th 12% below peers
Cambridge, MA $700,797 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 12th 135% above peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 13th +0.1% 13th 4% above peers
Lowell, MA $346,316 (Jun 26) 11th -0.1% 14th 16% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.1% 15th 164% above peers
Wilmington, NC $298,235 (Jun 26) 15th -1.1% 16th on par with peers
Richardson, TX $344,866 (Jun 26) 12th -1.2% 17th 16% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 18th 138% above peers
North Charleston, SC $225,334 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.3% 19th 24% below peers
Fairfield, CA $488,580 (Jun 26) 6th -2.3% 20th 64% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $247,731 (Jun 26) 19th -2.4% 21st 17% below peers
Brandon, FL $278,112 (Jun 26) 16th -2.5% 22nd 7% below peers
Lakeland, FL $223,033 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.9% 23rd 25% below peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 7th -3.1% 24th 63% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 8th -3.4% 25th 43% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 5th -3.5% 26th 67% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 29th -4.2% 27th 64% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 24th -5.9% 28th 29% below peers
Clearwater, FL $180,856 (Jun 26) 25th -7.1% 29th 39% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.8% then, 50.5% now; margin ±2.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
50.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 67.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 22nd +5.0pp 1st 13% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 2nd 55% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 23rd +3.1pp 3rd 17% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 18th +3.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 5th 40% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 6th 25% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 28th +2.2pp 7th 29% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 14th +2.7pp 8th 3% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 21st +1.7pp 9th 12% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 12th +2.0pp 10th 7% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 16th +1.9pp 11th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 8th +1.9pp 12th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 11th +1.7pp 13th 7% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 10th +1.8pp 14th 13% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 25th +1.2pp 15th 23% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 16th 26% above peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 26th +0.9pp 17th 25% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 3rd +1.2pp 18th 31% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 17th +0.8pp 19th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 20th 23% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 4th +0.7pp 21st 27% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 24th +0.3pp 22nd 21% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 33% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 13th +0.2pp 24th 6% above peers
Clearwater, FL 58.6% 15th +0.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 6th -1.6pp 26th 26% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 27th 42% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 9th -2.7pp 28th 13% above peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -2.3pp 29th 38% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 19th -3.5pp 30th 7% below peers
Richardson, TX 50.7% 20th -7.9pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,392 in June 2026, up from $2,327 a year earlier.
$2,392
2015June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 29th +5.7% 1st 29% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $1,607 (Jun 26) 24th +4.9% 2nd 11% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 8th +4.0% 3rd 30% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 17th +3.4% 4th 4% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.4% 5th 81% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,598 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 6th 99% above peers
Billings, MT $1,458 (Jun 26) 25th +2.9% 7th 19% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 8th 43% above peers
Wilmington, NC $1,694 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 9th 6% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 7th +2.8% 10th 33% above peers
Independence, MO $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 11th 24% below peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 18th +2.2% 12th 6% below peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 26th +2.0% 13th 20% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,941 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 14th 63% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,738 (Jun 26) 16th +1.9% 15th 4% below peers
Fairfield, CA $2,446 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 16th 36% above peers
Lakeland, FL $1,689 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 17th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT $1,672 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.5% 18th 7% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,158 (Jun 26) 11th +1.1% 19th 20% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 20th on par with peers
Lowell, MA $2,316 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 21st 28% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 22nd 21% above peers
Lafayette, LA $1,324 (Jun 26) 28th +0.2% 23rd 27% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 12th +0.0% 24th 16% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,943 (Jun 26) 14th -0.2% 25th 8% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 26th 51% above peers
Richardson, TX $1,675 (Jun 26) 21st -0.9% 27th 7% below peers
Clearwater, FL $1,962 (Jun 26) 13th -2.5% 28th 9% above peers
Brandon, FL $1,639 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.2% 29th 9% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.8% then, 46.1% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 46.1%).
46.1%
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
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 18th -1.7pp 1st 5% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 2nd -0.7pp 2nd 34% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 21st -0.9pp 3rd 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 5th -0.4pp 4th 25% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 17th -0.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 8th -0.2pp 6th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 16th -0.1pp 7th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 14th +0.1pp 8th 3% below peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 24th +0.2pp 9th 15% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 23rd +0.3pp 10th 14% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 10th +0.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 7th +0.4pp 12th 24% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 4th +0.6pp 13th 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 14th 20% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 15th 22% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 13th +1.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 20th +1.7pp 17th 8% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 18th 42% above peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 26th +2.5pp 19th 15% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 20th 19% above peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 9th +2.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 15th +2.9pp 22nd 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 23rd 35% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 24th 30% above peers
Clearwater, FL 44.0% 25th +3.8pp 25th 15% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 19th +4.0pp 26th 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 3rd +2.8pp 27th 30% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 11th +4.5pp 28th 11% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 22nd +6.0pp 29th 12% above peers
Richardson, TX 34.2% 12th +5.0pp 30th 11% below peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 6th +6.5pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.7% then, 9.5% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 9.5%).
9.5%
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 6.0% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 14th -3.3pp 1st 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 17th -2.4pp 2nd 8% above peers
Clearwater, FL 8.9% 23rd -2.3pp 3rd 33% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 58% below peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 27th -2.9pp 5th 106% above peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 11th -0.9pp 6th 24% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 21st -1.3pp 7th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 19th -1.2pp 8th 19% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 28th -1.7pp 9th 147% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 18th -0.7pp 10th 11% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 11th 64% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 12th 41% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 24th -0.6pp 13th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 8th -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 16th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 16th 40% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 10th -0.1pp 17th 28% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 13th -0.0pp 18th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 26th -0.1pp 19th 91% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 20th 358% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 21st 396% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 4th +0.1pp 22nd 50% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 210% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 25th +0.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 22nd +0.8pp 25th 25% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 20th +1.2pp 27th 22% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 15th +1.1pp 28th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 9th +0.9pp 29th 32% below peers
Richardson, TX 5.5% 12th +1.5pp 30th 17% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 →

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.0% then, 15.0% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.0% to 15.0%).
15.0%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 11.0% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lowell, MA 4.1% 6th -0.9pp 1st 52% below peers
Athens, GA 11.2% 23rd -2.2pp 2nd 32% above peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 80% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.7% 29th -2.2pp 4th 73% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 4th -0.6pp 5th 55% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 7th -0.6pp 6th 48% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 5th -0.4pp 7th 54% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 31st -1.0pp 8th 76% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 8th -0.3pp 9th 47% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.2% 24th -0.6pp 10th 32% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 11th 67% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 11th -0.3pp 12th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 69% below peers
Richardson, TX 13.2% 28th -0.1pp 14th 55% above peers
Brandon, FL 12.2% 26th -0.1pp 15th 43% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 14th -0.0pp 16th 13% below peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 25th +0.2pp 17th 32% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 17th +0.2pp 18th 15% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 9th +0.1pp 19th 43% below peers
Wilmington, NC 10.8% 22nd +0.6pp 20th 28% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.5% 21st +0.6pp 21st 23% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 16th +0.5pp 22nd on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 13th +0.4pp 23rd 19% below peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 27th +1.0pp 24th 46% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.9% 30th +1.3pp 25th 75% above peers
Billings, MT 8.0% 15th +1.1pp 26th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 10.4% 20th +1.5pp 27th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.1% 19th +1.5pp 28th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 18th +1.9pp 29th 17% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.7% 10th +1.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 12th +1.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

32.7%
20202022
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▸ 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%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 37% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 22% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 5th 22% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 6th 19% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 7th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 12% below peers
Richardson, TX 29.7% 9th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 10th 10% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 11th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 12th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 14th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 15th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 17th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 18th 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 19th 3% above peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 20th 5% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 21st 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 22nd 7% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 23rd 7% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 24th 8% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 25th 9% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 26th 10% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 27th 18% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 19% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 22% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 23% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 10.1% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.3% to 10.1%).
10.1%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.5% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Richardson, TX 8.2% 27th -4.5pp 1st 47% above peers
Clovis, CA 2.0% 3rd -0.6pp 2nd 64% below peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 77% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 19th -1.5pp 4th 5% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 6th -0.6pp 5th 51% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 23rd -1.2pp 6th 18% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 22nd -1.1pp 7th 15% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 13th -0.8pp 8th 11% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 7th -0.2pp 9th 49% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 10th 13% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 14th +0.1pp 11th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 12th 83% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 68% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 25th +0.7pp 14th 40% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 4th +0.2pp 15th 59% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 28th +0.9pp 16th 48% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 17th +0.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 21st +1.0pp 18th 11% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 31st +2.1pp 19th 119% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 20th +1.2pp 20th 11% above peers
Clearwater, FL 11.4% 30th +3.9pp 21st 106% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 15th +1.9pp 22nd 4% below peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 23rd 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 18th +2.6pp 24th 2% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 26th +3.8pp 25th 40% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 9th +1.8pp 26th 34% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 28th 31% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 5th +1.4pp 29th 56% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 30th 49% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 24th +4.3pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.4% to 39.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 18 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.2% to 39.2%).
39.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 34.1% +4.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 7th +10.4pp 1st 37% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 31st +3.9pp 2nd 49% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 26th +5.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 22nd +5.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 15th +5.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 30th +2.5pp 6th 48% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 14th +4.8pp 7th 4% above peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 23rd +3.5pp 8th 22% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 12th +5.3pp 9th 25% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 18th +4.0pp 10th 2% below peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 11th 42% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 25th +3.0pp 12th 23% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 29th +2.0pp 13th 47% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 9th +4.2pp 14th 36% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 19th +2.5pp 15th 5% below peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 13th +2.9pp 16th 9% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 10th +3.3pp 17th 26% above peers
Clearwater, FL 32.6% 21st +2.2pp 18th 13% below peers
Richardson, TX 57.0% 5th +3.8pp 19th 52% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 20th +2.0pp 20th 10% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 17th +1.8pp 21st 2% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 22nd 76% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 16th +1.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 24th 108% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 25th 115% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 26th 100% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 24th +0.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 8th +0.6pp 28th 37% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 11th -0.0pp 29th 26% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 6th -2.1pp 30th 51% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 27th -1.6pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.0% then, 51.1% now; margin ±14.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.1% to 51.0%).
51.1%
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%
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 15th +8.8pp 1st 3% above peers
Clearwater, FL 55.3% 6th +10.3pp 2nd 25% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 31st +4.2pp 3rd 40% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 12th +7.6pp 4th 15% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 20th +5.0pp 5th 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 17th +4.6pp 6th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 11th +2.0pp 7th 16% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 8th 77% above peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 8th +1.8pp 9th 18% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 10th 41% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 24th +0.4pp 11th 14% below peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 13th +0.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 26th +0.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 14th 26% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 15th 77% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 7th -4.7pp 16th 21% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 16th -4.1pp 17th on par with peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 14th -4.5pp 18th 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 19th 46% above peers
Richardson, TX 51.4% 9th -6.7pp 20th 16% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 23rd -6.6pp 21st 12% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 30th -5.4pp 22nd 33% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 21st -8.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 18th -8.8pp 24th 3% below peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 25th -9.6pp 25th 14% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 29th -9.7pp 26th 31% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 28th -10.7pp 27th 24% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 10th -18.7pp 28th 16% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 19th -16.1pp 29th 3% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 27th -20.4pp 30th 23% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 22nd -31.0pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth rose 8.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.2% to 13.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 13.6%).
13.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 7.1% +0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 13th -4.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 9th -2.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Richardson, TX 1.8% 4th -0.9pp 4th 71% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 15th -2.6pp 5th 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 18th -2.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 19th -2.4pp 7th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 74% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 16th -2.0pp 9th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 7.5% 23rd -2.1pp 10th 21% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 8th -0.7pp 11th 39% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 28th -1.5pp 12th 49% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 21st -0.8pp 13th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 5th -0.2pp 14th 60% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 10th -0.1pp 15th 26% below peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 25th +0.1pp 16th 40% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 29th +0.4pp 17th 49% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 17th +0.3pp 18th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 27th +1.6pp 19th 47% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 6th +0.6pp 20th 48% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 12th +1.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 30th +2.9pp 22nd 60% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 20th +2.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 24th +2.3pp 24th 27% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 26th +3.8pp 25th 44% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 26th 79% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 27th 20% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 11th +2.7pp 28th 20% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 120% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 7th +2.4pp 30th 43% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 14th +4.5pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
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Population rose about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 109,767 to 122,290 - more than the combined survey margin (±129). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 20% from 2014 to 2024 (102,283 to 122,290).
122,290
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 7th +14% 1st 2% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 13th +11% 2nd on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 23rd +11% 3rd 1% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 8th +10% 4th 2% above peers
Billings, MT 119,434 26th +9% 5th 2% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 30th +9% 6th 3% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 22nd +8% 7th 1% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 24th +8% 8th 1% below peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 29th +6% 9th 3% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 18th +6% 10th 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 12th +6% 11th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 20th +5% 12th 1% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 1st +4% 13th 5% above peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 3rd +4% 14th 4% above peers
Independence, MO 121,740 15th +4% 15th on par with peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 25th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 11th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 9th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 2nd +2% 19th 5% above peers
Richardson, TX 118,731 28th +2% 20th 2% below peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 27th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 117,247 31st +2% 22nd 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 14th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 19th +1% 24th 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 5th -0% 25th 3% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 4th -0% 26th 3% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 21st -1% 27th 1% below peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 17th -2% 28th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 6th -2% 29th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 16th -4% 30th on par with peers
Concord, CA 124,035 10th -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
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Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.4% then, 17.7% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.7% to 17.7%).
17.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Florida ref 18.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 26th +0.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 14th +0.7pp 2nd 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 37% above peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 15th +0.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.7% 13th +0.5pp 5th 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 8th 41% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 16th -0.0pp 9th on par with peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 8th -0.2pp 10th 9% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 23rd -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 4th -0.5pp 12th 21% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 10th -0.5pp 13th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 14th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 7th -0.7pp 15th 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 18th -0.7pp 16th 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 9th -0.8pp 17th 9% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 3rd -1.0pp 18th 28% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 24th -0.7pp 19th 15% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 27th -0.7pp 20th 21% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 11th -1.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 6th -1.3pp 22nd 15% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 19th -1.1pp 23rd 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 20th -1.3pp 24th 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 5th -2.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 26th 21% below peers
Clearwater, FL 16.9% 25th -1.6pp 27th 19% below peers
Richardson, TX 20.2% 17th -2.0pp 28th 4% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 29th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 30th 7% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 12th -2.7pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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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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Children in single-parent families

No better direction Rising
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Single-parent rose 11.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.5% to 55.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.8pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.7% to 55.1%).
55.1%
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
Pearland, TX 18.2% 29th +7.3pp 1st 38% below peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 17th +6.8pp 2nd 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 3rd 87% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 9th +6.3pp 4th 39% above peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 5th 62% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 16th +1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 7th 100% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 26th +0.4pp 8th 32% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 20th +0.4pp 9th 16% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 11th +0.5pp 10th 36% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 14th +0.4pp 11th 22% above peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 5th +0.1pp 12th 59% above peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 12th -0.5pp 13th 28% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 25th -0.4pp 14th 31% below peers
Clearwater, FL 41.9% 8th -0.8pp 15th 42% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 27th -0.4pp 16th 35% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 6th -0.9pp 17th 45% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 10th -1.0pp 18th 37% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 19th 24% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 19th -2.1pp 20th 7% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 21st 66% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 22nd 110% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 7th -4.7pp 23rd 44% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 23rd -2.4pp 24th 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 25th 52% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 18th -3.7pp 26th 4% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 24th -2.8pp 27th 27% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 13th -5.5pp 28th 25% above peers
Richardson, TX 23.0% 21st -3.5pp 29th 22% below peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 28th -3.8pp 30th 35% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 15th -7.4pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.0% then, 74.8% now; margin ±10.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.6% to 74.8%).
74.8%
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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
College Station, TX 72.8% 10th +18.0pp 1st 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 31st +13.0pp 2nd 18% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 8th +9.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 4th 9% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 15th +9.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 64.3% 27th +8.0pp 6th 8% below peers
Clearwater, FL 71.7% 12th +7.6pp 7th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 3rd +4.8pp 9th 10% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 19th +4.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 23rd +3.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 9th +3.4pp 12th 6% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 20th +3.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 5th +3.3pp 14th 9% above peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 18th +2.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 26th +1.6pp 17th 7% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 24th +1.3pp 18th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 19th 10% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 20th 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 14th +1.2pp 21st 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 7th +0.2pp 22nd 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 6th +0.0pp 23rd 9% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 29th -0.2pp 24th 10% below peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 11th -0.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 13th -0.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 25th -2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 29th 16% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 21st -5.9pp 30th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 28th -5.7pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
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DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.5pp 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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