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128,612 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Athens, GA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$52,974
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
$38,311 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
9.2%
2019-23
▼ 36%
relative change
14.3% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.4%
2020-24
▼ 34%
relative change
9.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
24.4%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
33.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
11.3%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
13.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.6%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
82.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
26.5%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
29.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
47.3%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
44.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
40.7%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
38.5% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.50
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
0.52 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.2%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
45.7%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
50.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Athens, GA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
44.0%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
43.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.2%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
7.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
16.6%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
17.3% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
127,345
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
124,719 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
47.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
43.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
62.7%
2020-24
low
vs peers
62.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $38,311 to $52,974 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,958).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Athens started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 59% from 2014 to 2024 ($33,293 to $52,974).
Bright spot $52,974
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%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 108% above peers
Wilmington, NC $66,738 22nd +40% 2nd 22% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 10th +39% 3rd 16% above peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 4th 36% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 25th +38% 5th 27% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 30th +38% 6th 38% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 21st +38% 7th 22% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 19th +35% 8th 15% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 24th +35% 9th 25% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 29th +35% 10th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 13th +30% 11th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 23rd +30% 12th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 9th +29% 13th 18% above peers
Kent, WA $92,302 12th +28% 14th 7% above peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 11th +27% 15th 15% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 2nd +27% 16th 52% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 26th +24% 17th 27% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 17th +23% 18th 7% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $103,319 7th +23% 19th 20% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 3rd +23% 20th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 14th +22% 21st 4% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 22nd 26% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 16th +21% 23rd on par with peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 27th +21% 24th 28% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 8th +21% 25th 18% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 15th +19% 26th 1% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 28th +19% 27th 34% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 20th +16% 28th 21% below peers
Odessa, TX $73,472 18th +15% 29th 15% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 4th +14% 30th 38% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 31st +11% 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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8 of 34 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,410 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.9% to 26.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Athens started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.0% to 26.5%).
Bright spot 26.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 13.4% -1.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Goodyear, AZ 5.2% 2nd -2.7pp 1st 57% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.4% 20th -6.5pp 2nd 18% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.0% 22nd -6.2pp 3rd 31% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.0% 7th -2.5pp 4th 35% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 8.0% 8th -1.9pp 5th 35% below peers
Lakeland, FL 13.2% 18th -3.2pp 6th 8% above peers
Kent, WA 10.8% 14th -2.6pp 7th 12% below peers
Allentown, PA 21.0% 29th -4.7pp 8th 72% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 9th -1.5pp 9th 33% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.5% 11th -1.6pp 10th 30% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.1% 26th -3.0pp 11th 40% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.2% 19th -2.4pp 12th 16% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.4% 6th -1.2pp 13th 39% below peers
Columbia, MO 19.2% 28th -2.5pp 14th 58% above peers
Athens, GA 26.5% 30th -3.4pp 15th 117% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 5th -0.9pp 16th 42% below peers
Lafayette, LA 18.3% 27th -1.3pp 17th 50% above peers
Norman, OK 16.8% 25th -0.8pp 18th 38% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.2% 16th -0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 16.1% 23rd -0.4pp 20th 32% above peers
College Station, TX 29.2% 31st -0.4pp 21st 139% above peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 53% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.4% 4th +0.0pp 23rd 48% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% 15th +0.0pp 24th 9% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.8% 17th +0.1pp 25th 5% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.7% 21st +1.3pp 26th 28% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.8% 12th +0.8pp 27th 28% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 28th 67% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.2% 13th +1.6pp 29th 17% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.4% 10th +1.7pp 30th 31% below peers
Odessa, TX 16.2% 24th +5.1pp 31st 33% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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8 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 9.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.7% to 24.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Athens started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 12.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.6% to 24.4%).
Bright spot 24.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 18.3% -3.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Goodyear, AZ 5.9% 2nd -5.7pp 1st 60% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 2nd 58% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 25th -13.7pp 3rd 43% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 7th -5.0pp 4th 47% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 24th -11.1pp 5th 27% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 8th -4.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 6th -4.1pp 7th 50% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -9.3pp 9th 64% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 26th -7.3pp 10th 50% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 23rd -5.8pp 11th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 27th -6.5pp 12th 51% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 31st -7.0pp 13th 104% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 13th -2.8pp 14th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 15th 59% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 16th 18% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 20th -3.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 18th 82% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 30th -3.1pp 19th 66% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 11th -1.1pp 20th 28% below peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 12th -1.1pp 21st 25% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 10th -1.0pp 22nd 29% below peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 5th -0.2pp 23rd 52% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 18th -0.3pp 24th 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 22nd -0.2pp 25th 19% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 16th +0.4pp 26th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 14th +1.9pp 27th 8% below peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 17th +2.5pp 28th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 9th +1.5pp 29th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 19th +4.2pp 30th 11% above peers
Odessa, TX 23.8% 28th +9.4pp 31st 60% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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8 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.4% to 92.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Athens started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 16.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.4% to 92.6%).
Bright spot 92.6%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 91.1% +9.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 25th +19.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 29th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 27th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 21st +14.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 16th +10.7pp 5th on par with peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 18th +10.2pp 6th 1% below peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 23rd +9.0pp 8th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 26th +8.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 22nd +7.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 24th +7.2pp 11th 3% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 10th +7.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 8th +6.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 6th +6.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 4th +6.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 15th +5.9pp 16th 1% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 12th +5.9pp 17th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 14th +5.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Odessa, TX 88.7% 28th +4.9pp 19th 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 20th +5.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 19th +4.5pp 21st 1% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 2nd +4.4pp 23rd 4% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 7th +4.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 11th +3.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 96.7% 3rd +3.1pp 26th 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 5th +2.8pp 28th 3% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 13th +2.7pp 29th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 17th +0.9pp 30th on par with peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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8 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.52 to 0.50 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.54 to 0.50).
Bright spot 0.50
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 0.48 -0.005
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 12th -0.033 1st 1% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 23rd -0.020 2nd 6% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 17th -0.018 3rd 1% above peers
Athens, GA 0.50 27th -0.020 4th 15% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 24th -0.016 5th 6% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 29th -0.012 6th 17% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 0.38 2nd -0.006 7th 14% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 8th 24% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 18th -0.002 9th 2% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 26th +0.002 10th 13% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 30th +0.002 11th 19% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 5th +0.002 12th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 28th +0.002 13th 15% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 3rd +0.002 14th 10% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 7th +0.003 15th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 25th +0.003 16th 13% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 17th 17% below peers
Odessa, TX 0.46 22nd +0.009 18th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 21st +0.009 19th 5% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 11th +0.009 20th 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 14th +0.011 21st on par with peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 20th +0.011 22nd 3% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 9th +0.011 23rd 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 15th +0.011 24th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 13th +0.012 25th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 10th +0.014 26th 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 6th +0.014 27th 4% below peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 8th +0.019 28th 3% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 16th +0.030 29th on par with peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 4th +0.027 30th 9% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 19th +0.034 31st 3% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 5.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 14.3% to 9.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Athens started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 6.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (15.3% to 9.2%).
Bright spot 9.2%
20102023
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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
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 11th -4.5pp 1st 22% below peers
Athens, GA 9.2% 16th -5.1pp 2nd on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 18th -5.4pp 3rd 19% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 9th -2.4pp 4th 27% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 5th 59% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 30th -4.9pp 6th 97% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 24th -2.7pp 7th 34% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 12th -1.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 22nd -1.3pp 9th 30% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 15th -0.7pp 10th 1% below peers
Odessa, TX 10.1% 17th -0.8pp 11th 10% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 49% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 8th -0.3pp 13th 37% below peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 13th -0.4pp 14th 12% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 29th -0.6pp 15th 92% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 28th -0.5pp 16th 58% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 21st -0.3pp 17th 29% above peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 19th -0.0pp 18th 20% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 27th +0.6pp 19th 56% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 31st +1.6pp 20th 241% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 25th +0.8pp 21st 43% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 45% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 6th +0.5pp 23rd 43% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 4th +0.6pp 24th 48% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 20th +1.4pp 25th 21% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 14th +1.4pp 26th 7% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 23rd +2.1pp 27th 32% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 28th 59% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 5th +1.4pp 29th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 10th +2.0pp 30th 26% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.5% 7th +2.0pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.5% to 40.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.1% to 40.7%).
Bright spot 40.7%
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 65.7% +2.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 47% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 8th +7.5pp 2nd 20% above peers
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 24th +5.0pp 3rd 15% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 26th +3.1pp 4th 19% below peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 5th 26% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 29th +2.2pp 6th 31% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 10th +3.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 15th +2.7pp 8th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 4th +2.8pp 9th 29% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 20th +2.1pp 10th 4% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 18th +2.1pp 11th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 23rd +1.7pp 12th 14% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 13th +2.0pp 13th 5% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 17th +1.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 9th +1.9pp 15th 12% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 12th +1.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 25th +1.3pp 17th 17% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 5th +1.2pp 18th 29% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 19th +0.8pp 19th 4% below peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 21st +0.5pp 20th 9% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 6th +0.7pp 21st 25% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 77.7% 2nd +0.3pp 22nd 33% above peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 30% above peers
Odessa, TX 59.8% 14th +0.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 16th -0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 7th -1.6pp 26th 23% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 31st -1.3pp 27th 43% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 11th -2.7pp 28th 11% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 28th -2.0pp 29th 30% below peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 30th -2.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 22nd -3.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.8% then, 44.0% 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.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.8% to 44.0%).
Needs attention 44.0%
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 31.3% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 7th -5.6pp 1st 12% below peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 13th -1.6pp 2nd 2% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 23rd -1.7pp 3rd 19% above peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 25th -0.9pp 4th 23% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 5th -0.4pp 5th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 22nd -0.5pp 6th 18% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 19th +0.1pp 7th 9% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 27th +0.2pp 8th 29% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 21st +0.2pp 9th 15% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 16th +0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 4th +0.6pp 11th 18% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 29th +1.3pp 12th 35% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 30th +1.5pp 13th 37% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 18th +1.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 24th +1.7pp 15th 22% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 20th +1.6pp 16th 10% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 9th +1.5pp 17th 8% below peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 28th +2.7pp 18th 34% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 3rd +1.6pp 19th 19% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 10th +1.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 15th +2.3pp 21st 1% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 14th +2.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 23rd 27% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 11th +2.6pp 24th 4% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 31st +3.9pp 25th 46% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 26th 21% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 26th +6.0pp 27th 27% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.9% 8th +4.3pp 28th 9% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 12th +5.1pp 29th 3% below peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 6th +6.5pp 30th 15% below peers
Odessa, TX 34.4% 17th +8.2pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.7% to 6.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Athens started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 6.4%).
Bright spot 6.4%
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
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 4th -2.1pp 1st 60% below peers
Athens, GA 6.4% 16th -3.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 10th -1.9pp 3rd 32% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 23rd -2.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 5th -0.6pp 5th 56% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 9th -0.8pp 6th 41% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 26th -1.3pp 7th 28% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 25th -1.2pp 8th 25% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 30th -1.7pp 9th 159% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 24th -0.7pp 10th 16% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 62% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 28th -0.6pp 12th 46% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 11th -0.3pp 13th 32% below peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 22nd -0.3pp 14th 12% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 18th -0.2pp 15th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 20th -0.2pp 16th 11% above peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 17th 25% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 15th -0.0pp 18th 5% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 2.0% 1st +0.1pp 19th 69% below peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 20th 419% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 7th +0.1pp 21st 48% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 13th +0.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 49% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 27th +0.8pp 24th 31% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 14th +0.7pp 25th 9% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 6th +0.4pp 26th 50% below peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 17th +1.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 21st +2.2pp 28th 12% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 8th +1.1pp 29th 46% below peers
Odessa, TX 7.0% 19th +2.4pp 30th 10% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Peoria, IL down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 →
What changed

Uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.5% to 11.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Athens started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.9% to 11.3%).
Bright spot 11.3%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 12.4% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Athens, GA 11.3% 24th -2.2pp 1st 28% above peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 2nd 81% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 7th -1.0pp 3rd 35% below peers
North Charleston, SC 15.4% 28th -2.6pp 4th 74% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.9% 9th -1.0pp 5th 34% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.6% 22nd -1.7pp 6th 20% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 3rd -0.6pp 7th 57% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 5th -0.6pp 8th 50% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 4th -0.4pp 9th 55% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 67% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.2% 27th -1.0pp 11th 72% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.6% 6th -0.2pp 12th 48% below peers
Concord, CA 6.2% 10th -0.3pp 13th 30% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.4% 13th -0.3pp 14th 16% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 31st -0.3pp 15th 114% above peers
Norman, OK 9.6% 17th -0.1pp 16th 9% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.5% 14th -0.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 29th +0.1pp 18th 77% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.4% 25th +0.1pp 19th 29% above peers
Odessa, TX 18.3% 30th +0.3pp 20th 107% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 18th +0.2pp 21st 12% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 7.3% 12th +0.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 16th +0.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 10.9% 23rd +0.6pp 24th 24% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 15th +0.5pp 25th 3% below peers
Lakeland, FL 10.6% 21st +0.6pp 26th 20% above peers
Abilene, TX 15.0% 26th +1.2pp 27th 70% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.3% 20th +1.5pp 28th 16% above peers
Topeka, KS 10.2% 19th +1.9pp 29th 16% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.8% 8th +1.3pp 30th 34% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 11th +1.5pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

36.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 37.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 42% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 35% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 30% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 4th 25% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 5th 23% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 6th 16% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 7th 15% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 8th 9% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 9th 8% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 10th 7% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 32.9% 11th 6% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 12th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 13th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 14th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 15th 1% below peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 16th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 17th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 18th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 19th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 20th 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 21st 2% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 22nd 3% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 23rd 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 24th 5% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 25th 6% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 26th 6% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 27th 11% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 28th 13% above peers
Odessa, TX 39.9% 29th 14% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 30th 17% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 20% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 8.2% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 8.2%).
Needs attention 8.2%
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 6.9% -0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 1st -0.6pp 1st 65% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 6.7% 22nd -1.8pp 2nd 18% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 4th -0.6pp 3rd 52% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 14th -1.1pp 4th 3% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 21st -1.1pp 5th 15% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 7th -0.3pp 6th 48% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 5th -0.2pp 7th 50% below peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 9th -0.1pp 8th 38% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 9th 14% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 27th -0.0pp 10th 49% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 13th +0.1pp 11th 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 28th +0.5pp 12th 80% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 23rd +0.7pp 13th 38% above peers
Odessa, TX 15.4% 31st +1.6pp 14th 174% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 2nd +0.2pp 15th 59% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 25th +0.9pp 16th 46% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 16th +0.8pp 17th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 20th +1.0pp 18th 10% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 29th +2.1pp 19th 115% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 19th +1.2pp 20th 9% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 3rd +0.5pp 21st 57% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 26th +1.7pp 22nd 48% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 39% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 30th +4.3pp 24th 171% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 18th +2.4pp 25th 6% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 26th 27% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 17th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 24th +3.8pp 28th 38% above peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 15th +2.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 30th 32% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 6th +1.6pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.0% to 47.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Athens started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.3% to 47.3%).
Bright spot 47.3%
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
Arvada, CO 51.5% 5th +10.4pp 1st 37% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 29th +3.9pp 2nd 49% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 25th +5.8pp 3rd 24% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 28th +4.9pp 4th 34% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 26th +3.8pp 5th 27% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 14th +5.5pp 6th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 21st +4.1pp 7th 21% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 11th +6.0pp 8th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 13th +4.8pp 9th 4% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 35.5% 19th +4.3pp 10th 5% below peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 11th 22% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 9th +5.3pp 12th 25% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 17th +4.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 24th +3.0pp 14th 23% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 15th +3.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 2nd +6.1pp 16th 76% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 20th +2.7pp 17th 17% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 6th +4.2pp 18th 36% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 3rd +4.5pp 19th 51% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 18th +2.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 12th +2.9pp 21st 9% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 7th +3.3pp 22nd 26% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 10th +2.9pp 23rd 22% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 16th +1.1pp 24th on par with peers
Odessa, TX 19.0% 30th +0.5pp 25th 49% below peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 26th 115% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 23rd +0.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 8th -0.0pp 28th 26% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 31st -0.3pp 29th 62% below peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 4th -2.1pp 30th 51% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 27th -1.6pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.2% then, 45.7% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.5% to 45.7%).
Bright spot 45.7%
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%
Norman, OK 45.3% 14th +14.2pp 1st 5% above peers
Odessa, TX 51.9% 7th +16.0pp 2nd 20% above peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 12th +8.8pp 3rd 5% above peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 4th +11.1pp 4th 38% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 19th +7.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 29th +4.2pp 6th 39% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 9th +7.6pp 7th 17% above peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 16th +4.6pp 8th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 2nd +6.0pp 9th 46% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 8th +2.0pp 10th 18% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 3rd +2.0pp 11th 44% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 22nd +0.4pp 12th 12% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 13th 33% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 10th +0.3pp 14th 7% above peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 28th +0.0pp 15th 33% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 24th +0.0pp 16th 15% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 17th 28% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 23rd -1.8pp 18th 14% below peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 19th 81% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 13th -3.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 15th -4.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 11th -4.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 30th -4.1pp 23rd 39% below peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 21st -6.6pp 24th 10% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 20th -8.1pp 25th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 17th -8.8pp 26th 1% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 26th -10.7pp 27th 23% below peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 27th -11.0pp 28th 31% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 18th -16.1pp 29th 1% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 25th -20.4pp 30th 21% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 19.5% 31st -13.6pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.6% then, 3.2% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Bright spot 3.2%
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
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 3.9% 8th -7.7pp 2nd 35% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 15th -4.3pp 3rd 10% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 48% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 16th -2.6pp 5th on par with peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 18th -2.6pp 6th 6% above peers
Odessa, TX 4.6% 11th -1.8pp 7th 23% below peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 19th -2.4pp 8th 6% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 20th -1.2pp 9th 17% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 7th -0.7pp 10th 37% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 12th -0.5pp 11th 22% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 10th -0.1pp 12th 23% below peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 26th +0.4pp 13th 55% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 17th +0.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 28th +1.6pp 15th 70% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 6th +0.6pp 16th 38% below peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 25th +1.6pp 17th 52% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 24th +1.6pp 18th 42% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 4th +0.6pp 19th 46% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 30th +2.6pp 20th 116% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 14th +1.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 9th +1.2pp 22nd 24% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 27th +2.9pp 23rd 66% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 21st +2.0pp 24th 17% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 23rd +2.3pp 25th 32% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 26th 78% below peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 29th +5.1pp 27th 93% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 28th 25% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 5th +1.6pp 29th 44% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 13th +2.7pp 30th 17% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 31st 129% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 124,719 to 127,345 - more than the combined survey margin (±663).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (118,514 to 127,345).
Big move 127,345
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 30th +50% 1st 16% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 107,645 29th +34% 2nd 13% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 31st +32% 3rd 16% below peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 14th +14% 4th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 20th +11% 5th 2% below peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 24th +11% 6th 3% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 15th +10% 7th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 27th +9% 8th 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 25th +8% 9th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 4th +7% 10th 7% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 7th +6% 11th 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 19th +6% 12th 2% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 6th +6% 13th 4% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 23rd +5% 14th 3% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 9th +4% 15th 3% above peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 11th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Kent, WA 135,603 1st +3% 17th 9% above peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 18th +3% 18th 1% below peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 8th +3% 19th 3% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 16th +2% 20th on par with peers
Athens, GA 127,345 10th +2% 21st 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 5th +2% 22nd 5% above peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 26th +2% 23rd 4% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 3rd +1% 24th 7% above peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 22nd +1% 25th 3% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 13th -0% 26th 1% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 12th -0% 27th 1% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 2nd -2% 28th 8% above peers
Odessa, TX 115,322 28th -4% 29th 7% below peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 21st -4% 30th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 124,035 17th -4% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 0.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.3% to 16.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.2pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (17.4% to 16.6%).
Big move 16.6%
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 23.2% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 28th +0.6pp 1st 21% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 16th +0.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.9pp 3rd 34% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 24th +0.4pp 4th 12% below peers
Odessa, TX 29.4% 1st +0.4pp 5th 38% above peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 6th 42% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 3rd +0.1pp 7th 29% above peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 17th -0.0pp 8th 2% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 12th -0.1pp 9th 8% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 23rd -0.3pp 10th 11% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 6th -0.5pp 11th 19% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 9th -0.5pp 12th 11% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 13th -0.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 4th -0.8pp 14th 28% above peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 11th -0.7pp 15th 9% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 18th -0.7pp 16th 6% below peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 5th -1.0pp 17th 25% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 25th -0.7pp 18th 17% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 22nd -0.8pp 19th 9% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 29th -0.7pp 20th 22% below peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 8th -1.3pp 21st 13% above peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 20th -1.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 10th -1.7pp 23rd 10% above peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 7th -2.0pp 24th 14% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 30th -1.4pp 25th 23% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 26th 9% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 22.0% 14th -2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 26th -2.1pp 28th 20% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 15th -2.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 19th -3.0pp 30th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 27th -2.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.2% then, 47.8% now; margin ±5.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.5% to 47.8%).
Big move 47.8%
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
Pearland, TX 18.2% 29th +7.3pp 1st 36% below peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 14th +6.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 2nd +11.6pp 3rd 95% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 23.3% 22nd +4.5pp 4th 18% below peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 6th +6.3pp 5th 45% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 20th +2.6pp 6th 12% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 3rd +4.6pp 7th 69% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 18th +2.0pp 8th 5% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 19th +1.0pp 9th 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 1st +1.6pp 10th 109% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 21st +0.4pp 11th 13% below peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 16th +0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 27th +0.1pp 13th 29% below peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 7th -0.5pp 14th 34% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 26th -0.4pp 15th 28% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 28th -0.4pp 16th 32% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 4th -0.9pp 17th 51% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 30th -0.4pp 18th 39% below peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 13th -1.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 23rd -1.3pp 20th 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 11th -2.2pp 21st 14% above peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 17th -2.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 5th -4.7pp 23rd 50% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 24th -2.4pp 24th 23% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 15th -3.7pp 25th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 25th -2.8pp 26th 24% below peers
Odessa, TX 30.0% 12th -4.1pp 27th 6% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 8th -5.5pp 28th 31% above peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 10th -7.4pp 29th 25% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 50% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 9th -9.5pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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9 of 34 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 ±3.9pp 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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.9% then, 62.7% now; margin ±11.7pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.6% to 62.7%).
Big move 62.7%
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 67.9% +1.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 9th +18.0pp 1st 6% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 6th +9.8pp 2nd 8% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 3rd +9.7pp 3rd 11% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 14th +9.0pp 4th 3% above peers
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 7th +9.0pp 5th 8% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 26th +5.0pp 6th 12% below peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 7th 13% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 22nd +3.1pp 8th 8% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 8th +3.4pp 9th 7% above peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 4th +3.3pp 10th 10% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 10th +3.0pp 11th 4% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 64.3% 21st +2.5pp 12th 7% below peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 17th +2.6pp 13th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 19th +1.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 15th 12% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 16th +1.2pp 16th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 12th +1.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 18th 19% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 13th +0.2pp 19th 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 5th +0.2pp 20th 9% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 24th -0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 11th -0.9pp 22nd 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 20th -2.2pp 23rd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 15th -3.4pp 24th 1% above peers
Odessa, TX 58.8% 28th -3.3pp 25th 15% below peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 29th -3.7pp 26th 15% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 18th -5.9pp 27th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 23rd -5.7pp 28th 8% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 27th -5.5pp 29th 15% below peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 25th -7.3pp 30th 11% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 30th -8.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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9 of 34 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 ±9.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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