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67,224 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Albany, GA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$47,240
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
$36,615 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
13.3%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
16.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
38.8%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
43.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
80.6%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
72.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
26.2%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
29.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
921 /100k
May 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
1,010 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
61.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
57.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,809 /100k
May 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
3,756 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
333 /100k
May 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
345 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Albany, GA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
32.0%
2019-23
▲ 8%
relative change
29.5% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
37.7%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
40.4% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
16.5%
2020-24
▲ 33%
relative change
12.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
12.4%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
14.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
21.4%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
20.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
35 /100k
May 2026
▲ 64%
relative change
21 a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.8%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
40.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.0%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
67,224
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
73,478 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$62,478
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$61,072 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$937
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$932 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$134,986
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$135,205 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
71.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
69.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Violent crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 921 in May 2026, down from 1,010 a year earlier.
921 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Yorba Linda, CA 62 (May 26) 1st -28.1% 1st 76% below peers
Eagan, MN 93 (May 26) 2nd -25.3% 2nd 65% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 148 (May 26) 7th -23.7% 3rd 44% below peers
Ames, IA 109 (May 26) 5th -18.3% 4th 59% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 490 (May 26) 17th -15.4% 5th 86% above peers
Haverhill, MA 325 (May 26) 13th -14.9% 6th 24% above peers
Skokie, IL 141 (May 26) 6th -12.4% 7th 46% below peers
Davis, CA 173 (May 26) 8th -12.1% 8th 34% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 198 (May 26) 9th -9.5% 9th 25% below peers
Albany, GA 921 (May 26) 20th -8.8% 10th 250% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 219 (May 26) 10th -6.9% 11th 17% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 325 (May 26) 12th -6.5% 12th 24% above peers
Commerce City, CO 727 (Mar 26) 19th -3.5% 13th 176% above peers
Caldwell, ID 444 (May 26) 15th -3.1% 14th 69% above peers
Madera, CA 411 (May 26) 14th +2.9% 15th 57% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 263 (May 26) 11th +2.9% 16th on par with peers
Conway, AR 496 (May 26) 18th +7.2% 17th 89% above peers
Waterloo, IA 490 (May 26) 16th +11.8% 18th 86% above peers
Novi, MI 109 (May 26) 4th +17.5% 19th 59% below peers
Palatine, IL 95 (May 26) 3rd +47.6% 20th 64% below peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3,809 in May 2026, up from 3,756 a year earlier.
3,809 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Ames, IA 1,018 (May 26) 9th -33.4% 1st 19% below peers
Caldwell, ID 589 (May 26) 3rd -30.9% 2nd 53% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 527 (May 26) 2nd -25.3% 3rd 58% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 2,288 (May 26) 15th -25.1% 4th 83% above peers
Palatine, IL 676 (May 26) 5th -22.7% 5th 46% below peers
Conway, AR 1,666 (May 26) 13th -19.1% 6th 33% above peers
Eagan, MN 1,252 (May 26) 11th -18.3% 7th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 658 (May 26) 4th -17.6% 8th 47% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2,490 (Mar 26) 16th -15.3% 9th 99% above peers
Davis, CA 1,823 (May 26) 14th -14.9% 10th 46% above peers
Novi, MI 505 (May 26) 1st -11.8% 11th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2,556 (May 26) 18th -10.1% 12th 104% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 937 (May 26) 7th -10.0% 13th 25% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 944 (May 26) 8th -6.6% 14th 25% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 1,285 (May 26) 12th -6.4% 15th 3% above peers
Waterloo, IA 2,511 (May 26) 17th -2.3% 16th 101% above peers
Albany, GA 3,809 (May 26) 20th +1.4% 17th 204% above peers
Madera, CA 1,072 (May 26) 10th +4.2% 18th 14% below peers
Skokie, IL 2,615 (May 26) 19th +4.8% 19th 109% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 876 (May 26) 6th +18.1% 20th 30% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2022-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 64% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: homicide rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 35 in May 2026, up from 21 a year earlier.
35 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Palo Alto, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Davis, CA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Novi, MI 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0 (Mar 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 1 (May 26) 10th -50.0% 6th 7% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3 (May 26) 15th -33.4% 7th 127% above peers
Conway, AR 4 (May 26) 17th -25.1% 8th 216% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 1 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 9th 8% above peers
Waterloo, IA 6 (May 26) 18th +33.3% 10th 352% above peers
Albany, GA 35 (May 26) 20th +64.3% 11th 2555% above peers
Ames, IA 3 (May 26) 14th +99.3% 12th 119% above peers
Palatine, IL 3 (May 26) 16th +99.3% 13th 133% above peers
Madera, CA 9 (May 26) 19th +199.7% 14th 556% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0 (May 26) 6th 100% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0 (May 26) 7th 100% below peers
Caldwell, ID 1 (May 26) 11th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 0 (May 26) 8th 100% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 0 (May 26) 9th 100% below peers
Skokie, IL 2 (May 26) 13th 17% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 4% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 333 in May 2026, down from 345 a year earlier.
333 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Eagan, MN 27 (May 26) 1st -55.0% 1st 64% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 76 (May 26) 11th -49.0% 2nd on par with peers
Ames, IA 59 (May 26) 8th -46.8% 3rd 22% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 32 (May 26) 2nd -45.0% 4th 57% below peers
Commerce City, CO 443 (Mar 26) 20th -42.9% 5th 486% above peers
Caldwell, ID 61 (May 26) 9th -42.0% 6th 19% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 128 (May 26) 15th -40.6% 7th 70% above peers
Davis, CA 83 (May 26) 13th -33.3% 8th 10% above peers
Novi, MI 38 (May 26) 3rd -33.3% 9th 49% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 77 (May 26) 12th -32.5% 10th 1% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 48 (May 26) 4th -30.4% 11th 37% below peers
Skokie, IL 176 (May 26) 16th -28.1% 12th 133% above peers
Palatine, IL 50 (May 26) 7th -23.3% 13th 33% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 50 (May 26) 6th -22.6% 14th 34% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 68 (May 26) 10th -16.7% 15th 10% below peers
Albany, GA 333 (May 26) 19th -3.5% 16th 340% above peers
Haverhill, MA 48 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 17th 36% below peers
Conway, AR 115 (May 26) 14th +2.5% 18th 52% above peers
Madera, CA 214 (May 26) 17th +6.4% 19th 183% above peers
Waterloo, IA 321 (May 26) 18th +33.1% 20th 325% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bellingham, WA down about 58% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 28% a year · 2021-2026
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $36,615 to $47,240 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,377). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 67% from 2014 to 2024 ($28,303 to $47,240).
$47,240
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
Georgia ref $77,353 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Lodi, CA $88,530 16th +51% 1st on par with peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 20th +49% 2nd 17% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 2nd +46% 3rd 161% above peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 9th +45% 4th 26% above peers
Madera, CA $63,933 23rd +42% 5th 28% below peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 6th 171% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $73,110 19th +38% 7th 17% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 24th +37% 8th 28% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $82,041 18th +35% 9th 7% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 29th +35% 10th 36% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $70,080 21st +33% 11th 21% below peers
Conway, AR $63,004 25th +33% 12th 29% below peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 22nd +31% 13th 27% below peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 8th +31% 14th 28% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 14th +31% 15th 8% above peers
Davis, CA $90,045 15th +30% 16th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 4th +30% 17th 67% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 18th 44% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 13th +29% 19th 9% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 30th +29% 20th 47% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 17th +27% 21st on par with peers
Ames, IA $60,991 27th +27% 22nd 31% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 26th +22% 23rd 30% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 12th +21% 24th 10% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 28th +21% 25th 35% below peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 26th 56% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 27th 78% above peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 28th 45% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 11th +20% 29th 23% above peers
Union City, CA $133,715 5th +17% 30th 51% above peers
Novi, MI $110,723 10th +13% 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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6 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,360 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 96% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.8% in May 2026, down from 4.9% a year earlier.
4.8%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 3.4% (May 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Gary, IN 7.0% (May 26) 27th -2.1pp 1st 75% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Lodi, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th -0.8pp 3rd 25% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (May 26) 21st -0.6pp 4th 15% above peers
Ames, IA 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Union City, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 7th 12% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Madera, CA 7.7% (May 26) 28th -0.3pp 9th 92% above peers
Haverhill, MA 4.3% (May 26) 17th -0.2pp 10th 7% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (May 26) 22nd -0.1pp 11th 20% above peers
Commerce City, CO 4.1% (May 26) 16th -0.1pp 12th 2% above peers
Davis, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 13th 10% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 14th 32% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 2.9% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 16th 28% below peers
Caldwell, ID 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Conway, AR 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 18th 12% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.9% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 19th 3% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 4.5% (May 26) 20th +0.4pp 20th 12% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.5pp 21st 15% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.8% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 22nd 5% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.6pp 23rd 7% above peers
Novi, MI 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (May 26) 24th +0.8pp 25th 23% above peers
Ocala, FL 5.0% (May 26) 26th +0.9pp 26th 25% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 27th 7% above peers
Sammamish, WA 4.8% (May 26) 23rd +1.1pp 28th 20% 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 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.3% to 26.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 6 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.1% to 26.2%).
26.2%
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
Georgia ref 12.8% -1.6pp
United States ref 12.0%
Port Charlotte, FL 9.5% 14th -4.2pp 1st 15% below peers
Caldwell, ID 11.7% 19th -4.4pp 2nd 4% above peers
Commerce City, CO 8.6% 13th -2.9pp 3rd 23% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 11.2% 17th -3.7pp 4th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 12.3% 20th -2.9pp 5th 10% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 10th -1.6pp 6th 34% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.1% 12th -1.6pp 7th 27% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.3% 18th -1.9pp 8th 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 9th 35% below peers
Ames, IA 20.8% 26th -2.9pp 10th 86% above peers
Conway, AR 15.6% 22nd -2.0pp 11th 40% above peers
Davis, CA 25.8% 29th -3.2pp 12th 131% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 30th -3.1pp 13th 134% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.2% 16th -1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 16.3% 24th -0.9pp 15th 46% above peers
Madera, CA 25.3% 28th -1.3pp 16th 126% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 6th -0.1pp 17th 47% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.6% 15th +0.2pp 18th 14% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 50% below peers
Ocala, FL 20.2% 25th +0.8pp 20th 81% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 15.9% 23rd +0.8pp 21st 42% above peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 47% below peers
Gary, IN 32.8% 31st +2.6pp 23rd 193% above peers
South Hill, WA 7.1% 7th +0.7pp 24th 36% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 12.9% 21st +1.2pp 25th 15% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.9% 27th +3.4pp 26th 105% above peers
Rockville, MD 7.5% 11th +1.3pp 27th 32% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 28th 48% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 2nd +1.4pp 29th 52% below peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 8th +2.2pp 30th 36% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 1st +1.9pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Child poverty fell 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.9% to 38.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.9pp). 5 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.7% to 38.8%).
38.8%
20132024
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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
Georgia ref 18.3% -3.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Grand Junction, CO 10.8% 13th -7.9pp 1st 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 15th -5.3pp 2nd 2% below peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 20th -5.9pp 3rd 11% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 4th 45% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 18th -5.5pp 5th 8% above peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 22nd -5.1pp 6th 17% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 11th -2.3pp 7th 36% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 7th -1.6pp 8th 47% below peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 19th -3.2pp 9th 11% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 4th -1.2pp 10th 54% below peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 3rd -1.0pp 11th 55% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 24th -3.1pp 12th 52% above peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 26th -3.2pp 13th 69% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 30th -5.1pp 14th 191% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 15.1% 21st -1.7pp 15th 13% above peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 12th -0.8pp 16th 31% below peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 14th -0.8pp 17th 15% below peers
Madera, CA 34.8% 29th -2.0pp 18th 161% above peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 17th -0.4pp 19th 5% above peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 28th +1.4pp 20th 134% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 21st 298% above peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 27th +2.9pp 22nd 129% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 48% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 25th +2.9pp 24th 56% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 19.9% 23rd +3.0pp 25th 49% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 2nd +1.3pp 26th 56% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 27th 46% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 16th +4.7pp 28th on par with peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 5th +2.5pp 29th 49% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 1st +2.0pp 30th 63% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 10th +4.7pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.8% to 80.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (67.9% to 80.6%).
80.6%
20172024
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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
Georgia ref 91.1% +9.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
Gary, IN 82.3% 29th +17.4pp 1st 12% below peers
Madera, CA 90.8% 25th +14.1pp 2nd 3% below peers
Ocala, FL 91.3% 24th +14.0pp 3rd 2% below peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 18th +10.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 16th +10.0pp 5th on par with peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 15th +9.9pp 6th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 27th +8.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 23rd +8.3pp 9th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 22nd +8.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 21st +7.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 14th +7.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 92.4% 19th +6.9pp 13th 1% below peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 20th +6.2pp 14th 1% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 92.6% 17th +5.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 89.9% 26th +5.0pp 16th 4% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 8th +5.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 28th +4.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 6th +4.5pp 19th 4% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 3rd +4.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 4th +3.8pp 21st 4% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 11th +2.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 12th +2.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 7th +2.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 10th +2.3pp 25th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 2nd +2.3pp 26th 4% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 5th +1.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 13th +1.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 29th 6% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 9th -0.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 31st -0.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 (0.48 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.03).

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 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.47).
0.47
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
Georgia ref 0.48 -0.005
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Ocala, FL 0.48 24th -0.055 1st 8% above peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 10th -0.029 2nd 4% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 2nd -0.023 3rd 18% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 0.44 14th -0.028 4th on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 3rd -0.023 5th 16% below peers
Conway, AR 0.48 25th -0.027 6th 8% above peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 16th -0.024 7th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 8th 22% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 8th -0.019 9th 6% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 0.44 17th -0.019 10th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 28th -0.020 11th 11% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 19th -0.018 12th 1% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 11th -0.016 13th 3% below peers
Ames, IA 0.48 26th -0.013 14th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 22nd -0.010 15th 6% above peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 7th -0.007 16th 6% below peers
Davis, CA 0.53 30th +0.001 17th 19% above peers
Novi, MI 0.45 20th +0.007 18th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 4th +0.006 19th 15% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 13th +0.007 20th 2% below peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 12th +0.007 21st 3% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 9th +0.010 22nd 4% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 6th +0.010 23rd 7% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 0.54 31st +0.015 24th 21% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 21st +0.015 25th 5% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 27th +0.017 26th 9% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 18th +0.017 27th 1% above peers
Gary, IN 0.51 29th +0.024 28th 16% above peers
Madera, CA 0.47 23rd +0.041 29th 8% above peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 5th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 15th +0.066 31st on par with 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (29.5% then, 32.0% now; margin ±2.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (29.3% to 32.0%).
32.0%
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
Georgia ref 12.3% -1.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 79% below peers
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 23rd -8.3pp 2nd 21% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 5th -1.4pp 3rd 68% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.0% 20th -3.9pp 4th 7% above peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 7th -1.2pp 5th 59% below peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 14th -1.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 25th -2.1pp 7th 55% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.5% 17th -1.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 26th -1.8pp 9th 75% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 10th -0.7pp 10th 32% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 22nd -1.0pp 11th 14% above peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 13th -0.7pp 12th 16% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 19th -0.7pp 13th 5% above peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 29th -1.4pp 14th 182% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 15th 121% above peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 21st +0.6pp 17th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 18th 209% above peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 9th +0.7pp 19th 32% below peers
Madera, CA 30.0% 30th +3.9pp 20th 190% above peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 12th +1.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 10.5% 18th +1.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 27th +3.6pp 23rd 102% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 24th +2.6pp 24th 22% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 4th +0.9pp 25th 69% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 8th +1.5pp 26th 50% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 11th +2.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 6th +1.4pp 28th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 75% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 76% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 15th +5.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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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 →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *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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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $134,986 in June 2026, down from $135,205 a year earlier.
$134,986
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
Georgia ref $335,358 (Jun 26) -0.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Skokie, IL $435,880 (Jun 26) 13th +6.6% 1st 2% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $262,782 (Jun 26) 25th +5.6% 2nd 39% below peers
Palatine, IL $396,075 (Jun 26) 19th +5.5% 3rd 8% below peers
Union City, NJ $569,523 (Jun 26) 8th +5.0% 4th 33% above peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 5th 741% above peers
Novi, MI $478,638 (Jun 26) 12th +3.0% 6th 12% above peers
Madera, CA $428,837 (Jun 26) 15th +2.7% 7th on par with peers
Ames, IA $307,551 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.7% 8th 28% below peers
Haverhill, MA $558,210 (Jun 26) 9th +2.1% 9th 30% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $429,488 (Jun 26) 14th +2.1% 10th on par with peers
Eagan, MN $408,530 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 11th 5% below peers
Conway, AR $252,300 (Jun 26) 26th +1.8% 12th 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 13th 231% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $398,674 (Jun 26) 18th +0.7% 14th 7% below peers
Waterloo, IA $149,410 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 15th 65% below peers
Caldwell, ID $402,988 (Jun 26) 17th +0.3% 16th 6% below peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 28th -0.2% 17th 69% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $730,793 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 18th 70% above peers
Rockville, MD $623,896 (Jun 26) 7th -1.1% 19th 45% above peers
Davis, CA $854,071 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 20th 99% above peers
Lodi, CA $518,965 (Jun 26) 10th -2.4% 21st 21% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $342,429 (Jun 26) 21st -2.8% 22nd 20% below peers
Ocala, FL $268,867 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.9% 23rd 37% below peers
Gary, IN $91,950 (Jun 26) 29th -3.8% 24th 79% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 20th -3.8% 25th 19% below peers
Commerce City, CO $489,357 (Jun 26) 11th -4.0% 26th 14% above peers
Union City, CA $1,247,792 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 27th 191% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,591,920 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.7% 28th 271% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $268,380 (Jun 26) 24th -7.7% 29th 37% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $62,478 in June 2026, up from $61,072 a year earlier.
$62,478
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
Georgia ref $199,217 (Jun 26) +0.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Gary, IN $57,312 (Jun 26) 29th +8.4% 1st 81% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $192,148 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.4% 2nd 37% below peers
Skokie, IL $306,804 (Jun 26) 15th +5.9% 3rd on par with peers
Palatine, IL $244,680 (Jun 26) 20th +4.1% 4th 20% below peers
Madera, CA $342,657 (Jun 26) 12th +4.0% 5th 12% above peers
Conway, AR $186,535 (Jun 26) 24th +3.7% 6th 39% below peers
Ames, IA $208,311 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 7th 32% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 8th 626% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $329,851 (Jun 26) 14th +3.3% 9th 8% above peers
Novi, MI $300,843 (Jun 26) 17th +2.5% 10th 2% below peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 28th +2.3% 11th 80% below peers
Haverhill, MA $423,895 (Jun 26) 7th +1.8% 12th 38% above peers
Union City, NJ $364,639 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 13th 19% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 227% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $300,692 (Jun 26) 18th +1.1% 15th 2% below peers
Caldwell, ID $338,708 (Jun 26) 13th +0.9% 16th 10% above peers
Eagan, MN $270,284 (Jun 26) 19th +0.3% 17th 12% below peers
Waterloo, IA $82,231 (Jun 26) 27th -0.4% 18th 73% below peers
Davis, CA $641,969 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 19th 109% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $483,817 (Jun 26) 6th -1.7% 20th 58% above peers
Lodi, CA $402,484 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 21st 31% above peers
Rockville, MD $369,367 (Jun 26) 10th -2.6% 22nd 20% above peers
Ocala, FL $195,336 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.4% 23rd 36% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 16th -4.1% 24th 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO $387,464 (Jun 26) 9th -4.6% 25th 26% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,089,579 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.8% 26th 255% above peers
Union City, CA $779,118 (Jun 26) 4th -6.6% 27th 154% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $181,828 (Jun 26) 25th -9.0% 28th 41% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $144,832 (Jun 26) 26th -10.3% 29th 53% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.4% then, 37.7% now; margin ±3.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.0% to 37.7%).
37.7%
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
Georgia ref 65.7% +2.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 7th +9.7pp 1st 15% above peers
Madera, CA 54.7% 22nd +6.9pp 2nd 14% below peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 25th +6.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 18th +5.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 31% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 63.5% 16th +5.4pp 6th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 20th +4.4pp 7th 11% below peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 6th +4.3pp 8th 18% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 9th 32% above peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 5th +3.2pp 10th 21% above peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 29th +1.4pp 11th 34% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 63.2% 17th +1.3pp 12th 1% below peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 19th +1.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 64.2% 15th +1.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 28th +0.4pp 15th 32% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 3rd +0.4pp 16th 31% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 23rd +0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 21st -0.0pp 18th 13% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 11th -0.4pp 19th 4% above peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 14th -0.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 13th -1.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 12th -1.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 10th -1.7pp 23rd 6% above peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 9th -2.0pp 24th 7% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 26th -1.5pp 25th 23% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 4th -3.1pp 26th 30% above peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 27th -2.2pp 27th 29% below peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 8th -3.6pp 28th 11% above peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 24th -2.8pp 29th 17% below peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 30th 41% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 31st 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 ±2.2pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently, slower than peers
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Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $937 in June 2026, up from $932 a year earlier.
$937
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 116% above peers
Gary, IN $1,366 (Jun 26) 25th +5.9% 2nd 31% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,208 (Jun 26) 26th +4.8% 3rd 39% below peers
Waterloo, IA $898 (Jun 26) 29th +4.8% 4th 55% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $1,768 (Jun 26) 19th +4.1% 5th 11% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,250 (Jun 26) 12th +4.0% 6th 13% above peers
Lodi, CA $2,137 (Jun 26) 13th +4.0% 7th 7% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,729 (Jun 26) 20th +3.9% 8th 13% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 9th 105% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $2,788 (Jun 26) 5th +3.5% 10th 40% above peers
Madera, CA $2,344 (Jun 26) 11th +3.2% 11th 18% above peers
Ames, IA $1,125 (Jun 26) 27th +3.0% 12th 43% below peers
Conway, AR $1,431 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 13th 28% below peers
Palatine, IL $1,990 (Jun 26) 15th +2.5% 14th on par with peers
Union City, NJ $2,421 (Jun 26) 9th +2.4% 15th 22% above peers
Commerce City, CO $2,484 (Jun 26) 7th +2.3% 16th 25% above peers
Union City, CA $2,867 (Jun 26) 4th +2.1% 17th 44% above peers
Eagan, MN $1,632 (Jun 26) 21st +1.8% 18th 18% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,738 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 19th 88% above peers
Novi, MI $1,857 (Jun 26) 16th +1.5% 20th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA $2,345 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 21st 18% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 17th +1.1% 22nd 8% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $1,383 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 23rd 31% below peers
Davis, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 6th +0.7% 24th 36% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 28th +0.6% 25th 53% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,116 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 26th 6% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,426 (Jun 26) 8th -0.2% 27th 22% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,582 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.7% 28th 20% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,794 (Jun 26) 18th -2.0% 29th 10% 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 (40.4% then, 39.8% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.0% to 39.8%).
39.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 31.3% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 49% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 22nd -4.2pp 2nd 5% above peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 12th -3.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 20th -3.0pp 4th 3% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 31.6% 10th -2.6pp 5th 7% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 19th -2.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 23rd -2.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 5th -0.6pp 8th 17% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 9th -0.7pp 9th 7% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 7th -0.5pp 10th 16% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 24th -0.6pp 11th 17% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 18th -0.5pp 12th 2% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 28.2% 6th -0.1pp 13th 17% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 17th +0.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Madera, CA 43.1% 29th +0.4pp 15th 27% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 16th +0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 11th +0.7pp 17th 6% below peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 25th +1.2pp 18th 18% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 13th +1.2pp 19th 4% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 4th +1.1pp 20th 24% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 3rd +1.2pp 21st 26% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 21st +1.9pp 22nd 5% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 8th +1.8pp 23rd 15% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.0% 27th +3.1pp 24th 27% above peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 14th +2.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 26th 39% above peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 2nd +2.1pp 27th 27% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 26th +3.7pp 28th 26% above peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 28th +3.8pp 29th 27% above peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 15th +3.5pp 30th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.0% then, 12.4% now; margin ±2.3pp).

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 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.9% to 12.4%).
12.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 5.9% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Idaho Falls, ID 3.3% 6th -2.8pp 1st 53% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 21st -3.1pp 2nd 11% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 7th -1.3pp 3rd 49% below peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 30th -4.0pp 4th 94% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 11th -1.4pp 5th 29% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 27th -2.0pp 6th 27% above peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 26th -1.8pp 7th 22% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 8th -0.7pp 8th 49% below peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 23rd -1.1pp 9th 18% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 29th -1.6pp 10th 77% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 13th -0.5pp 12th 19% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 15th -0.4pp 13th 13% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 14th 490% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 20th -0.0pp 15th 9% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 17th +0.0pp 16th 3% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 7.3% 18th +0.2pp 17th 5% above peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 12th +0.2pp 18th 27% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 4th +0.1pp 19th 62% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 5th +0.2pp 20th 60% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 14th +0.4pp 21st 16% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 9th +0.3pp 22nd 47% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.4% 24th +1.4pp 23rd 20% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 25th +1.5pp 24th 21% above peers
Madera, CA 7.8% 22nd +1.4pp 25th 11% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 28th +2.1pp 26th 59% above peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 10th +1.0pp 27th 33% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 28th 77% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 77% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 66% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 19th +4.1pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.4% to 13.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 6 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.2% to 13.3%).
13.3%
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
Georgia ref 11.9% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 15th -4.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Skokie, IL 5.1% 12th -3.1pp 2nd 24% below peers
Gary, IN 8.1% 21st -2.7pp 3rd 22% above peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 19th -2.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 6th -0.9pp 5th 49% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 9.7% 25th -2.5pp 6th 46% above peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 29th -3.1pp 7th 99% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.2% 13th -1.2pp 8th 21% below peers
Commerce City, CO 7.4% 18th -1.4pp 9th 11% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.3% 14th -1.0pp 10th 20% below peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 9th -0.8pp 11th 34% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 12th 56% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 62% below peers
Ocala, FL 11.8% 27th -1.4pp 14th 77% above peers
Madera, CA 8.4% 22nd -1.0pp 15th 27% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 16th 71% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 8.5% 23rd -0.7pp 17th 28% above peers
Conway, AR 7.8% 20th -0.6pp 18th 17% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.5% 28th -0.3pp 19th 88% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.9% 10th -0.0pp 20th 27% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 8th +0.1pp 21st 44% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 16th +0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Union City, NJ 23.9% 31st +0.6pp 23rd 258% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.6% 30th +0.7pp 24th 120% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 9.2% 24th +0.6pp 25th 38% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 17th +0.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 7th +0.4pp 27th 46% below peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 11th +0.9pp 28th 24% below peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 4th +0.8pp 29th 56% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 26th +2.8pp 30th 51% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.

45.1%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 37.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 54% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 45% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 3rd 42% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 4th 34% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 5th 33% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 6th 31% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 7th 26% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 8th 23% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 9th 22% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 10th 17% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 11th 15% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 30.8% 12th 10% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 30.9% 13th 9% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 14th 6% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 15th 5% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 16th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 17th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 18th 4% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 19th 4% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 20th 5% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 35.9% 21st 5% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 22nd 7% above peers
Madera, CA 37.1% 23rd 9% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 24th 11% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 25th 14% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 26th 16% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 27th 17% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 28th 20% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 29th 21% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 30th 32% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 31st 46% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 5.0% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 5.0%).
5.0%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 6.9% -0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 9th -7.3pp 1st 16% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 71% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 17th -2.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 12th -1.7pp 4th 14% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 14th -1.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 21st -1.9pp 6th 48% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 22nd -1.4pp 7th 51% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 4th -0.5pp 8th 45% below peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 68% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 3rd -0.3pp 10th 51% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 23rd -0.8pp 11th 65% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 26th -1.1pp 12th 144% above peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 8th -0.4pp 13th 18% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 6.0% 25th -0.7pp 14th 98% above peers
Madera, CA 2.5% 10th -0.3pp 15th 16% below peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 20th -0.1pp 16th 27% above peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 16th -0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 7th -0.0pp 18th 21% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 18th +0.0pp 19th 15% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 5th +0.1pp 20th 35% below peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 11th +0.5pp 21st 15% below peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 15th +0.7pp 22nd 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 28th +2.5pp 23rd 204% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 24th +1.6pp 24th 86% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 13th +0.8pp 25th 11% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.8% 19th +1.6pp 26th 25% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 30th +5.8pp 27th 288% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.1% 27th +4.2pp 28th 169% above peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 29th +5.6pp 29th 227% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 31st +9.3pp 30th 343% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.0% then, 21.4% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.7% to 21.4%).
21.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 35.0% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 29th +5.9pp 1st 49% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 21st +6.8pp 2nd 26% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 20th +7.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 24th +5.4pp 4th 35% below peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 17th +5.0pp 5th 14% below peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 23rd +3.8pp 6th 32% below peers
Madera, CA 10.9% 31st +1.5pp 7th 71% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.8% 14th +5.4pp 8th 15% above peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 11th +6.2pp 9th 41% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 13th +4.8pp 10th 19% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 28th +2.0pp 11th 45% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 38.1% 16th +3.4pp 12th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 18th +2.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 15th +2.9pp 14th 12% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 22nd +1.8pp 15th 28% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 16th 61% below peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 27th +1.3pp 17th 44% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 18th 68% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 10th +2.9pp 19th 44% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 5th +3.1pp 20th 73% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 3rd +2.9pp 21st 102% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 22nd 48% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 31.7% 19th +1.0pp 23rd 17% below peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 2nd +1.9pp 24th 102% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 12th +1.1pp 25th 34% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 4th +1.5pp 26th 86% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 27th 51% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 6th +0.7pp 28th 72% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 29th 116% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 25th -1.1pp 30th 38% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.9% then, 61.5% now; margin ±13.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.1% to 61.5%).
61.5%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 46.7% -3.5pp
United States ref 45.5%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 13th +18.6pp 1st 18% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 18th +13.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 1st +20.2pp 3rd 55% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 8th +16.7pp 4th 38% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 47.4% 15th +9.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 66.0% 4th +12.3pp 6th 41% above peers
Madera, CA 34.6% 25th +6.4pp 7th 26% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 19th +7.2pp 8th 4% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 6th +9.8pp 9th 39% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 11th +3.7pp 10th 23% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 11th 44% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 9th +3.6pp 12th 31% above peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 5th +0.3pp 13th 41% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 17th -0.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 24th -0.7pp 15th 21% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 16th 48% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 12th -4.7pp 17th 20% above peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 29th -2.5pp 18th 44% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 27th -4.4pp 19th 33% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 26th -4.9pp 20th 32% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 7th -15.5pp 21st 39% above peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 21st -11.2pp 22nd 21% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 10th -18.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 16th -15.7pp 24th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 20th -13.7pp 25th 15% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 30th -9.4pp 26th 45% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.3% 28th -10.1pp 27th 42% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 14th -22.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 23rd -19.5pp 29th 21% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 31st -16.0pp 30th 47% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 22nd -23.8pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.4% then, 16.5% now; margin ±7.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.6% to 16.5%).
16.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 7.7% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 2nd -6.6pp 1st 91% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 2nd 94% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 5th -6.2pp 3rd 63% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 3rd -0.8pp 4th 87% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 11th -3.0pp 5th 42% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.6% 12th -3.3pp 6th 28% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 18th -5.2pp 7th 20% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 8th -2.1pp 8th 48% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 6th -1.6pp 9th 59% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 10th -0.8pp 10th 42% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 9.0% 22nd -1.6pp 11th 79% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 21st -0.8pp 12th 51% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 19th -0.7pp 13th 30% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 28th -1.1pp 14th 148% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 20th -0.6pp 15th 47% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 14th -0.2pp 16th 18% below peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 26th +0.3pp 17th 110% above peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 18th 17% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 25th +1.5pp 19th 106% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 20th 228% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 16th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 9th +1.0pp 22nd 46% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 29th +6.2pp 23rd 162% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 15th +2.4pp 24th 8% below peers
Madera, CA 9.7% 23rd +5.1pp 25th 93% above peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 4th +0.9pp 26th 66% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 7th +1.4pp 27th 50% below peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 24th +6.1pp 28th 104% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 3.9% 13th +2.6pp 29th 23% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 27th +9.8pp 30th 134% above peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 30th +12.3pp 31st 188% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 73,478 to 67,224 - more than the combined survey margin (±66). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (76,946 to 67,224).
67,224
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Horizon West, FL 67,416 14th +73% 1st on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 18th +38% 2nd on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 25th +21% 3rd 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 28th +18% 4th 1% below peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 3rd +13% 5th 1% above peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 24th +12% 6th 1% below peers
Novi, MI 66,717 23rd +11% 7th 1% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 67,725 7th +10% 8th 1% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 68,142 1st +10% 9th 1% above peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 8th +7% 10th 1% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 31st +6% 11th 2% below peers
Madera, CA 67,831 6th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 30th +4% 13th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 26th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 12th +3% 15th 1% above peers
Ames, IA 67,669 10th +2% 16th 1% above peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 4th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 11th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 21st +2% 19th 1% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 15th +1% 20th on par with peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 9th +0% 21st 1% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 22nd -0% 22nd 1% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 67,979 5th -0% 23rd 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 17th -1% 24th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 19th -1% 25th on par with peers
Davis, CA 66,978 20th -2% 26th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 27th -3% 27th 1% below peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 29th -3% 28th 1% below peers
Albany, GA 67,224 16th -9% 29th on par with peers
Union City, CA 67,464 13th -10% 30th on par with peers
Gary, IN 68,113 2nd -10% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±35 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.3% then, 24.8% now; margin ±0.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.3% to 24.8%).
24.8%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 22.7% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Gary, IN 28.6% 6th +4.7pp 1st 28% above peers
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 11th +1.6pp 2nd 10% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 16th +0.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 10th +0.6pp 4th 11% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 3rd +0.1pp 5th 30% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 7th +0.1pp 6th 27% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 9th -0.2pp 7th 21% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 20th -0.5pp 8th 1% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 25th -0.4pp 9th 22% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 15th -0.5pp 10th 1% above peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 17th -0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 23rd -0.5pp 12th 9% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 19th -0.6pp 13th 1% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 14th -0.7pp 14th 5% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.8% 8th -1.0pp 15th 25% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 18th -0.8pp 16th on par with peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 24th -0.8pp 17th 9% below peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 5th -1.3pp 18th 29% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.4% 30th -0.7pp 19th 40% below peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 2nd -2.3pp 20th 36% above peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 21st -1.8pp 21st 4% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 22nd 50% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 28th -1.4pp 23rd 38% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 29th -1.4pp 24th 39% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 27th -1.9pp 25th 24% below peers
Madera, CA 30.8% 1st -3.5pp 26th 38% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 13th -2.7pp 27th 7% above peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 22nd -2.8pp 28th 6% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 4th -4.4pp 29th 29% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 12th -3.7pp 30th 8% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 17.3% 26th -2.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.8% then, 71.5% now; margin ±6.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.9% to 71.5%).
71.5%
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
Georgia ref 33.3% -0.5pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 17th +8.2pp 1st 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 14th +8.7pp 2nd 7% above peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 18th +6.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 12th +5.8pp 4th 10% above peers
Madera, CA 43.3% 6th +8.2pp 5th 61% above peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 25th +2.8pp 6th 38% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 3rd +8.0pp 7th 86% above peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 4th +7.5pp 8th 86% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 38.2% 8th +4.1pp 9th 42% above peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 10th 39% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 16th +1.5pp 11th on par with peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 12th 201% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 23rd +1.2pp 13th 22% below peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 5th +2.0pp 14th 64% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 11th +1.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 25.6% 19th +0.7pp 16th 5% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 29.7% 13th +0.7pp 17th 10% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 2nd +1.8pp 18th 166% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 9th +0.5pp 19th 36% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 20th 18% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 29th -0.2pp 21st 53% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 10th -0.7pp 22nd 21% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 15th -1.6pp 23rd 1% above peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 7th -2.7pp 24th 48% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 20th -2.0pp 25th 17% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 26th 49% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 30th -1.6pp 27th 54% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 24th -3.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 22nd -5.2pp 29th 20% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 26th -4.5pp 30th 38% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 31st -2.7pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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4 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (79.3% then, 72.9% now; margin ±15.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.7% to 72.9%).
72.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 67.9% +1.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Grand Junction, CO 65.7% 19th +13.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 4th +14.3pp 2nd 16% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 5th +10.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 24th +7.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 23rd +7.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 16th +7.8pp 6th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 26th +6.6pp 7th 11% below peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 22nd +6.5pp 8th 7% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 21st +6.1pp 9th 4% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 14th +6.5pp 10th 2% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 79.1% 3rd +6.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 27th +4.5pp 12th 12% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 10th +5.4pp 13th 7% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 6th +4.8pp 14th 9% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 17th +4.0pp 15th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 16th 19% above peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 18th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 20th +0.6pp 18th 4% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 19th 21% above peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 13th -1.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 8th -1.5pp 21st 8% above peers
Madera, CA 59.5% 28th -1.3pp 22nd 12% below peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 12th -2.2pp 23rd 5% above peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 15th -2.7pp 24th 1% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 53.8% 31st -2.2pp 25th 20% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 11th -3.6pp 26th 6% above peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 25th -4.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 9th -6.4pp 28th 8% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 7th -7.2pp 29th 8% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 30th -9.2pp 30th 19% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 29th -11.7pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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4 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±11.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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