The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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). 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.
| 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 | 124% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | $72,614 | 18th | +41% | 2nd | 9% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | $100,795 | 9th | +41% | 3rd | 26% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | $66,738 | 22nd | +40% | 4th | 16% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | $117,348 | 6th | +39% | 5th | 47% above peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | $89,233 | 14th | +38% | 6th | 12% above peers | ||
| Athens, GA | $52,974 | 29th | +38% | 7th | 34% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | $66,890 | 21st | +38% | 8th | 16% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | $73,446 | 17th | +35% | 9th | 8% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | $55,494 | 28th | +35% | 10th | 31% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | $90,171 | 12th | +30% | 11th | 13% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | $66,498 | 23rd | +30% | 12th | 17% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | $101,396 | 8th | +29% | 13th | 27% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | $46,411 | 31st | +28% | 14th | 42% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | $99,241 | 11th | +27% | 15th | 24% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | $82,212 | 15th | +25% | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | $135,603 | 3rd | +24% | 17th | 70% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | $62,648 | 24th | +24% | 18th | 22% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | $79,909 | 16th | +23% | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | $122,081 | 4th | +23% | 20th | 53% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | $89,389 | 13th | +22% | 21st | 12% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | $108,709 | 7th | +21% | 22nd | 36% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | $61,915 | 25th | +21% | 23rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | $66,998 | 20th | +21% | 24th | 16% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | $99,287 | 10th | +20% | 25th | 24% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | $60,339 | 26th | +19% | 26th | 24% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | $56,956 | 27th | +19% | 27th | 29% below peers | ||
| Norman, OK | $67,704 | 19th | +16% | 28th | 15% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | $140,701 | 2nd | +15% | 29th | 76% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | $118,842 | 5th | +14% | 30th | 49% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | $50,900 | 30th | +11% | 31st | 36% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Poverty fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.3% to 24.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Meridian, ID | 6.0% | 4th | -2.6pp | 1st | 50% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 15.5% | 21st | -5.8pp | 2nd | 28% above peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 7.8% | 8th | -2.6pp | 3rd | 35% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 7.9% | 9th | -2.5pp | 4th | 34% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 20.1% | 27th | -4.4pp | 5th | 67% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 8.2% | 11th | -1.5pp | 6th | 32% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 8.3% | 12th | -1.6pp | 7th | 31% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 13.7% | 18th | -2.4pp | 8th | 14% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 17.0% | 24th | -2.9pp | 9th | 41% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 17.8% | 25th | -2.4pp | 10th | 48% above peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 24.4% | 29th | -2.9pp | 11th | 102% above peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 7.1% | 6th | -0.9pp | 12th | 41% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 11.6% | 15th | -1.3pp | 13th | 3% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 24.7% | 30th | -1.9pp | 14th | 105% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 18.0% | 26th | -1.0pp | 15th | 49% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 15.7% | 23rd | -0.8pp | 16th | 30% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 12.3% | 17th | -0.5pp | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 25.7% | 31st | -0.9pp | 18th | 113% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 12.1% | 16th | -0.4pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 14.7% | 19th | -0.1pp | 20th | 22% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 6.3% | 5th | +0.0pp | 21st | 47% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 5.8% | 3rd | +0.0pp | 22nd | 52% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 11.0% | 14th | +0.0pp | 23rd | 9% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 15.6% | 22nd | +0.7pp | 24th | 30% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 21.7% | 28th | +1.6pp | 25th | 80% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 15.2% | 20th | +1.2pp | 26th | 26% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 7.7% | 7th | +0.8pp | 27th | 36% below peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 4.1% | 1st | +0.6pp | 28th | 66% below peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 8.2% | 10th | +1.7pp | 29th | 32% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.5% | 2nd | +1.3pp | 30th | 54% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 8.8% | 13th | +3.7pp | 31st | 27% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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). 11 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Meridian, ID | 5.4% | 3rd | -4.1pp | 1st | 61% below peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 9.6% | 10th | -7.1pp | 2nd | 31% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.8% | 7th | -5.0pp | 3rd | 44% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 18.9% | 24th | -11.1pp | 4th | 36% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 8.1% | 8th | -4.7pp | 5th | 42% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 7.4% | 6th | -4.1pp | 6th | 47% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 13.9% | 16th | -5.4pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 24.4% | 28th | -9.3pp | 8th | 76% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 22.3% | 25th | -7.3pp | 9th | 61% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 22.4% | 26th | -6.5pp | 10th | 61% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 3.5% | 2nd | -0.9pp | 11th | 74% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 30.4% | 30th | -7.0pp | 12th | 119% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 12.3% | 14th | -2.8pp | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 6.1% | 4th | -1.1pp | 14th | 56% below peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 17.5% | 22nd | -3.1pp | 15th | 26% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 15.2% | 19th | -2.7pp | 16th | 10% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 2.6% | 1st | -0.4pp | 17th | 81% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 24.6% | 29th | -3.1pp | 18th | 77% above peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 11.1% | 12th | -1.1pp | 19th | 20% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 23.8% | 27th | -1.3pp | 20th | 71% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 35.6% | 31st | -1.8pp | 21st | 156% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 7.1% | 5th | -0.2pp | 22nd | 49% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 16.1% | 20th | -0.3pp | 23rd | 16% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 17.6% | 23rd | -0.2pp | 24th | 27% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 14.9% | 17th | +0.4pp | 25th | 7% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 11.2% | 13th | +1.5pp | 26th | 20% below peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 15.2% | 18th | +2.3pp | 27th | 9% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 8.2% | 9th | +1.5pp | 28th | 41% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 16.5% | 21st | +4.2pp | 29th | 19% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 13.2% | 15th | +3.4pp | 30th | 5% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 10.1% | 11th | +5.8pp | 31st | 27% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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). 26 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Topeka, KS | 88.2% | 28th | +18.4pp | 1st | 5% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 86.7% | 29th | +14.7pp | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 92.0% | 21st | +14.5pp | 3rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 93.0% | 16th | +10.7pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 92.6% | 18th | +10.2pp | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 86.7% | 30th | +9.2pp | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 95.9% | 6th | +9.8pp | 7th | 3% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 89.7% | 25th | +9.0pp | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 91.4% | 23rd | +9.0pp | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 89.4% | 26th | +8.3pp | 10th | 4% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 92.0% | 22nd | +7.8pp | 11th | 1% below peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 90.7% | 24th | +7.2pp | 12th | 3% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 95.6% | 8th | +6.8pp | 13th | 3% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 95.7% | 7th | +6.5pp | 14th | 3% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 96.1% | 4th | +6.3pp | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 94.0% | 14th | +5.9pp | 16th | 1% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 94.2% | 12th | +5.8pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 92.9% | 17th | +5.6pp | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 96.5% | 3rd | +5.5pp | 19th | 4% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 88.4% | 27th | +4.9pp | 20th | 5% below peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 92.0% | 20th | +5.0pp | 21st | 1% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 92.2% | 19th | +4.5pp | 22nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 95.2% | 9th | +4.5pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 93.9% | 15th | +3.7pp | 24th | 1% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 95.0% | 11th | +3.6pp | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 97.2% | 2nd | +2.9pp | 26th | 4% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 96.1% | 5th | +2.8pp | 27th | 3% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 97.2% | 1st | +1.5pp | 28th | 4% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 94.2% | 13th | +1.2pp | 29th | 1% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 95.2% | 10th | +0.7pp | 30th | 2% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 84.6% | 31st | +0.3pp | 31st | 9% below peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
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). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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 | 11th | -0.033 | 1st | 3% below peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 0.50 | 25th | -0.020 | 2nd | 12% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 0.47 | 22nd | -0.016 | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 0.46 | 21st | -0.012 | 4th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 0.51 | 27th | -0.012 | 5th | 14% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 0.44 | 13th | -0.007 | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 0.43 | 6th | -0.006 | 7th | 5% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 0.54 | 31st | -0.005 | 8th | 21% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 0.45 | 15th | -0.002 | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 0.49 | 23rd | +0.000 | 10th | 9% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 0.52 | 29th | +0.002 | 11th | 16% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 0.41 | 3rd | +0.002 | 12th | 9% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 0.51 | 26th | +0.002 | 13th | 13% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 0.40 | 1st | +0.002 | 14th | 12% below peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 0.50 | 24th | +0.003 | 15th | 11% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 0.46 | 19th | +0.009 | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 0.43 | 10th | +0.009 | 17th | 4% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 0.52 | 28th | +0.011 | 18th | 15% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 0.44 | 14th | +0.011 | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 0.45 | 18th | +0.011 | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 0.43 | 8th | +0.011 | 21st | 4% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 0.52 | 30th | +0.014 | 22nd | 17% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 0.43 | 9th | +0.014 | 23rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 0.42 | 4th | +0.014 | 24th | 6% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 0.46 | 20th | +0.016 | 25th | 3% above peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 0.43 | 7th | +0.019 | 26th | 5% below peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 0.40 | 2nd | +0.027 | 27th | 11% below peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 0.45 | 17th | +0.034 | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 0.42 | 5th | +0.038 | 29th | 6% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 0.44 | 12th | +0.047 | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 0.45 | 16th | +0.049 | 31st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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). 8 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Athens, GA | 9.2% | 18th | -5.1pp | 1st | 8% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 6.8% | 11th | -2.4pp | 2nd | 21% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 5.0% | 8th | -1.8pp | 3rd | 41% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 3.7% | 2nd | -1.3pp | 4th | 56% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 3.8% | 4th | -1.3pp | 5th | 55% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 18.1% | 29th | -4.9pp | 6th | 112% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 12.3% | 24th | -2.7pp | 7th | 44% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 7.1% | 13th | -1.4pp | 8th | 17% below peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 7.1% | 14th | -1.3pp | 9th | 17% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.6% | 15th | -1.3pp | 10th | 11% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 2.5% | 1st | -0.4pp | 11th | 70% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 12.0% | 22nd | -1.3pp | 12th | 40% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 36.5% | 31st | -3.8pp | 13th | 327% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 9.1% | 17th | -0.7pp | 14th | 7% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 4.9% | 7th | -0.3pp | 15th | 43% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 11.6% | 20th | -0.6pp | 16th | 36% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 14.5% | 28th | -0.5pp | 17th | 70% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 11.8% | 21st | -0.3pp | 18th | 38% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 11.0% | 19th | -0.0pp | 19th | 29% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 31.4% | 30th | +1.6pp | 20th | 267% above peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 13.2% | 25th | +0.8pp | 21st | 54% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 13.3% | 26th | +0.9pp | 22nd | 56% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 5.3% | 10th | +0.5pp | 23rd | 38% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 4.8% | 6th | +0.6pp | 24th | 44% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 14.2% | 27th | +1.7pp | 25th | 65% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 8.6% | 16th | +1.4pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 12.1% | 23rd | +2.1pp | 27th | 42% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 3.8% | 3rd | +0.8pp | 28th | 55% below peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 5.1% | 9th | +1.4pp | 29th | 41% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 6.8% | 12th | +2.0pp | 30th | 21% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.4% | 5th | +1.5pp | 31st | 48% below peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
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. 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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% | ||||||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 70.0% | 9th | +7.5pp | 1st | 22% above peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 46.3% | 24th | +4.2pp | 2nd | 19% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 25.7% | 31st | +1.7pp | 3rd | 55% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 47.6% | 23rd | +3.1pp | 4th | 17% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 79.7% | 1st | +5.2pp | 5th | 39% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 43.2% | 27th | +2.4pp | 6th | 25% below peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 40.7% | 29th | +2.2pp | 7th | 29% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 59.0% | 14th | +2.7pp | 8th | 3% above peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 75.8% | 3rd | +2.8pp | 9th | 32% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 56.1% | 17th | +2.1pp | 10th | 2% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 50.5% | 21st | +1.7pp | 11th | 12% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 57.4% | 16th | +1.9pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 65.3% | 10th | +1.9pp | 13th | 14% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 61.6% | 12th | +1.7pp | 14th | 7% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 72.5% | 7th | +2.0pp | 15th | 26% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 48.7% | 22nd | +1.3pp | 16th | 15% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 75.3% | 4th | +1.2pp | 17th | 31% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 70.8% | 8th | +0.7pp | 18th | 23% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 53.3% | 19th | +0.5pp | 19th | 7% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 72.9% | 6th | +0.7pp | 20th | 27% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 45.5% | 25th | +0.3pp | 21st | 21% below peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 76.2% | 2nd | +0.3pp | 22nd | 33% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 60.9% | 13th | +0.2pp | 23rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 43.7% | 26th | +0.0pp | 24th | 24% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 58.5% | 15th | -0.7pp | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 74.6% | 5th | -1.6pp | 26th | 30% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 65.1% | 11th | -2.7pp | 27th | 13% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 40.8% | 28th | -2.0pp | 28th | 29% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 35.4% | 30th | -2.3pp | 29th | 38% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 53.1% | 20th | -3.5pp | 30th | 7% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 55.5% | 18th | -4.8pp | 31st | 3% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 3 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
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.*
| 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% | 8th | -5.6pp | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 33.2% | 14th | -1.6pp | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 40.3% | 23rd | -1.7pp | 3rd | 20% above peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 26.1% | 2nd | -0.9pp | 4th | 22% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 25.4% | 1st | -0.7pp | 5th | 24% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 28.9% | 5th | -0.4pp | 6th | 14% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 40.0% | 22nd | -0.5pp | 7th | 19% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 38.4% | 21st | -0.1pp | 8th | 14% above peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 44.0% | 26th | +0.2pp | 9th | 31% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 31.5% | 10th | +0.2pp | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 34.0% | 17th | +0.4pp | 11th | 1% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 28.1% | 4th | +0.6pp | 12th | 16% below peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 29.9% | 7th | +0.8pp | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 46.1% | 28th | +1.3pp | 14th | 37% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 46.7% | 29th | +1.5pp | 15th | 39% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 41.5% | 25th | +1.7pp | 16th | 24% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 37.5% | 20th | +1.6pp | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 31.2% | 9th | +1.5pp | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 54.5% | 31st | +3.1pp | 19th | 62% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 45.7% | 27th | +2.7pp | 20th | 36% above peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 32.3% | 11th | +1.9pp | 21st | 4% below peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 33.6% | 16th | +2.3pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 33.3% | 15th | +2.4pp | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 32.6% | 12th | +2.6pp | 24th | 3% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 49.8% | 30th | +3.9pp | 25th | 48% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 41.3% | 24th | +4.0pp | 26th | 23% above peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 37.4% | 19th | +3.9pp | 27th | 11% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 26.9% | 3rd | +2.8pp | 28th | 20% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 32.9% | 13th | +3.7pp | 29th | 2% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 34.1% | 18th | +4.5pp | 30th | 2% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 29.1% | 6th | +6.5pp | 31st | 13% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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. 1 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Athens, GA | 6.4% | 17th | -3.3pp | 1st | 5% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 4.4% | 9th | -1.9pp | 2nd | 28% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 2.8% | 3rd | -0.6pp | 3rd | 54% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 3.8% | 7th | -0.8pp | 4th | 38% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 8.2% | 24th | -1.3pp | 5th | 35% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 8.0% | 22nd | -1.2pp | 6th | 31% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 16.5% | 30th | -1.7pp | 7th | 171% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 9.3% | 27th | -0.6pp | 8th | 53% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 4.4% | 10th | -0.3pp | 9th | 28% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 6.7% | 19th | -0.2pp | 10th | 10% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 7.1% | 20th | -0.2pp | 11th | 17% above peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 2.4% | 2nd | -0.0pp | 12th | 60% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 6.1% | 16th | -0.0pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 12.8% | 29th | -0.1pp | 14th | 110% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 30.6% | 31st | +0.9pp | 15th | 403% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 3.3% | 4th | +0.1pp | 16th | 45% below peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 5.8% | 14th | +0.2pp | 17th | 4% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 4.7% | 13th | +0.2pp | 18th | 23% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 9.5% | 28th | +0.8pp | 19th | 56% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 8.3% | 26th | +0.8pp | 20th | 37% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 4.0% | 8th | +0.4pp | 21st | 34% below peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 5.8% | 15th | +0.7pp | 22nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 4.6% | 12th | +0.5pp | 23rd | 25% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 8.1% | 23rd | +1.2pp | 24th | 33% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 8.3% | 25th | +1.3pp | 25th | 36% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 6.6% | 18th | +1.1pp | 26th | 8% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.5% | 11th | +0.9pp | 27th | 26% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 7.1% | 21st | +2.2pp | 28th | 17% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 3.5% | 6th | +1.1pp | 29th | 43% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 3.5% | 5th | +1.1pp | 30th | 43% below peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 2.3% | 1st | +1.0pp | 31st | 62% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.4% to 11.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 2 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Athens, GA | 11.2% | 22nd | -2.2pp | 1st | 32% above peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 6.8% | 13th | -1.2pp | 2nd | 20% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 5.7% | 8th | -1.0pp | 3rd | 33% below peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 5.8% | 9th | -1.0pp | 4th | 32% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 3.8% | 3rd | -0.6pp | 5th | 55% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 4.4% | 5th | -0.6pp | 6th | 48% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 3.9% | 4th | -0.4pp | 7th | 54% below peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 2.9% | 2nd | -0.3pp | 8th | 66% below peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 5.9% | 10th | -0.5pp | 9th | 30% below peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 15.3% | 29th | -1.2pp | 10th | 80% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 15.0% | 28th | -1.0pp | 11th | 76% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 4.5% | 6th | -0.3pp | 12th | 47% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 6.1% | 11th | -0.3pp | 13th | 28% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2.6% | 1st | -0.1pp | 14th | 69% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 18.9% | 31st | -0.3pp | 15th | 122% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 9.5% | 17th | -0.1pp | 16th | 12% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 7.4% | 15th | -0.0pp | 17th | 13% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 15.6% | 30th | +0.1pp | 18th | 83% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 11.2% | 23rd | +0.2pp | 19th | 32% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.9% | 7th | +0.1pp | 20th | 43% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 12.7% | 26th | +0.7pp | 21st | 49% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 10.8% | 21st | +0.6pp | 22nd | 28% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 8.5% | 16th | +0.5pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 6.9% | 14th | +0.4pp | 24th | 19% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 12.4% | 25th | +1.0pp | 25th | 46% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 13.6% | 27th | +1.2pp | 26th | 60% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 10.4% | 20th | +1.5pp | 27th | 23% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 10.1% | 19th | +1.5pp | 28th | 19% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 9.9% | 18th | +1.9pp | 29th | 17% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 11.8% | 24th | +2.5pp | 30th | 39% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 6.6% | 12th | +1.5pp | 31st | 22% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia ref | 37.0% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Santa Clara, CA | 20.5% | 1st | 41% below peers | |
| Arvada, CO | 24.6% | 2nd | 29% below peers | |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 26.2% | 3rd | 24% below peers | |
| Simi Valley, CA | 27.2% | 4th | 21% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 28.2% | 5th | 18% below peers | |
| Meridian, ID | 28.4% | 6th | 18% below peers | |
| Concord, CA | 29.5% | 7th | 15% below peers | |
| Carrollton, TX | 29.9% | 8th | 14% below peers | |
| The Woodlands, TX | 30.2% | 9th | 13% below peers | |
| Round Rock, TX | 31.5% | 10th | 9% below peers | |
| Vallejo, CA | 32.2% | 11th | 7% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 32.7% | 12th | 5% below peers | |
| Lewisville, TX | 32.9% | 13th | 5% below peers | |
| Clovis, CA | 34.0% | 14th | 2% below peers | |
| Fargo, ND | 34.3% | 15th | 1% below peers | |
| Columbia, MO | 34.6% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | 34.6% | 17th | on par with peers | |
| Sterling Heights, MI | 34.9% | 18th | 1% above peers | |
| College Station, TX | 35.1% | 19th | 1% above peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | 35.2% | 20th | 2% above peers | |
| Palm Bay, FL | 35.5% | 21st | 3% above peers | |
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 35.5% | 22nd | 3% above peers | |
| Rochester, MN | 35.7% | 23rd | 3% above peers | |
| Athens, GA | 36.3% | 24th | 5% above peers | |
| Pearland, TX | 36.8% | 25th | 6% above peers | |
| Norman, OK | 37.1% | 26th | 7% above peers | |
| Abilene, TX | 37.2% | 27th | 8% above peers | |
| Allentown, PA | 39.5% | 28th | 14% above peers | |
| Independence, MO | 40.0% | 29th | 16% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | 41.3% | 30th | 19% above peers | |
| Topeka, KS | 42.0% | 31st | 21% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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 | 62% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 2.7% | 5th | -0.6pp | 2nd | 49% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 6.4% | 22nd | -1.1pp | 3rd | 20% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.0% | 13th | -0.8pp | 4th | 7% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 3.0% | 7th | -0.3pp | 5th | 44% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 2.8% | 6th | -0.2pp | 6th | 46% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 5.2% | 15th | -0.4pp | 7th | 2% below peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 3.5% | 8th | -0.1pp | 8th | 34% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 4.8% | 12th | -0.1pp | 9th | 9% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 8.4% | 27th | -0.0pp | 10th | 58% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 5.1% | 14th | +0.1pp | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 10.1% | 29th | +0.5pp | 12th | 91% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 4.4% | 11th | +0.3pp | 13th | 17% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 2.3% | 2nd | +0.2pp | 14th | 57% below peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 8.2% | 25th | +0.9pp | 15th | 55% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 5.6% | 18th | +0.8pp | 16th | 6% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 6.2% | 21st | +1.2pp | 17th | 16% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 2.4% | 3rd | +0.5pp | 18th | 55% below peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 8.3% | 26th | +1.7pp | 19th | 57% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 8.9% | 28th | +2.4pp | 20th | 68% above peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 15.3% | 31st | +4.3pp | 21st | 188% above peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 14.1% | 30th | +4.4pp | 22nd | 166% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 7.3% | 23rd | +2.4pp | 23rd | 39% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 5.3% | 16th | +1.9pp | 24th | on par with peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 6.0% | 20th | +2.4pp | 25th | 13% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 4.1% | 10th | +1.7pp | 26th | 22% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 5.6% | 19th | +2.6pp | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 7.8% | 24th | +3.8pp | 28th | 47% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 3.6% | 9th | +1.8pp | 29th | 31% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 5.5% | 17th | +2.8pp | 30th | 5% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2.5% | 4th | +1.4pp | 31st | 54% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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% | 6th | +10.4pp | 1st | 20% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 19.1% | 30th | +3.9pp | 2nd | 55% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 24.0% | 27th | +4.7pp | 3rd | 44% below peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 40.7% | 18th | +6.6pp | 4th | 5% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 44.1% | 15th | +6.9pp | 5th | 3% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 27.3% | 26th | +3.8pp | 6th | 36% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 39.1% | 20th | +5.5pp | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 45.2% | 13th | +6.0pp | 8th | 5% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 19.4% | 29th | +2.5pp | 9th | 55% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 39.2% | 19th | +4.8pp | 10th | 9% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 46.8% | 11th | +5.3pp | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 36.6% | 22nd | +4.0pp | 12th | 15% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 44.8% | 14th | +4.8pp | 13th | 4% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 21.9% | 28th | +2.3pp | 14th | 49% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 28.8% | 25th | +3.0pp | 15th | 33% below peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 65.9% | 3rd | +6.1pp | 16th | 54% above peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 31.1% | 23rd | +2.7pp | 17th | 28% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 50.9% | 8th | +4.2pp | 18th | 19% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 56.7% | 4th | +4.5pp | 19th | 32% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 41.1% | 17th | +2.9pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 47.3% | 9th | +3.3pp | 21st | 10% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 43.0% | 16th | +3.0pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 45.9% | 12th | +2.9pp | 23rd | 7% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 66.1% | 2nd | +2.3pp | 24th | 54% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 37.5% | 21st | +1.1pp | 25th | 13% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 77.9% | 1st | +1.9pp | 26th | 81% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 29.0% | 24th | +0.4pp | 27th | 33% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 51.4% | 7th | +0.6pp | 28th | 20% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 47.1% | 10th | -0.0pp | 29th | 10% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 14.3% | 31st | -0.3pp | 30th | 67% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 56.5% | 5th | -2.1pp | 31st | 32% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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% | 17th | +14.2pp | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 46.2% | 14th | +9.5pp | 2nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 59.8% | 4th | +11.1pp | 3rd | 32% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 26.5% | 30th | +4.2pp | 4th | 41% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 50.7% | 11th | +7.6pp | 5th | 12% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 43.3% | 18th | +4.6pp | 6th | 5% below peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 63.3% | 2nd | +6.0pp | 7th | 40% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 51.0% | 9th | +2.0pp | 8th | 13% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 62.2% | 3rd | +2.0pp | 9th | 37% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 37.9% | 24th | +0.4pp | 10th | 16% below peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 57.6% | 5th | +0.4pp | 11th | 27% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 46.4% | 12th | +0.3pp | 12th | 2% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 36.9% | 26th | +0.0pp | 13th | 19% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 55.5% | 6th | -1.4pp | 14th | 22% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 37.1% | 25th | -1.8pp | 15th | 18% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 50.7% | 10th | -3.2pp | 16th | 12% above peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 45.3% | 16th | -3.5pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 53.3% | 7th | -4.7pp | 18th | 18% above peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 45.7% | 15th | -4.5pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 64.4% | 1st | -8.2pp | 20th | 42% above peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 46.4% | 13th | -7.1pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 39.1% | 23rd | -6.6pp | 22nd | 14% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 29.5% | 28th | -5.4pp | 23rd | 35% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 41.6% | 21st | -8.1pp | 24th | 8% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 42.8% | 19th | -8.8pp | 25th | 6% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 51.1% | 8th | -18.7pp | 26th | 13% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 29.9% | 27th | -11.0pp | 27th | 34% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 42.7% | 20th | -16.1pp | 28th | 6% below peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 22.3% | 31st | -12.6pp | 29th | 51% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 27.9% | 29th | -19.0pp | 30th | 38% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 41.0% | 22nd | -31.0pp | 31st | 10% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed. Margins at this size are wide (low-reliability estimate); read the level, not the pace.
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).
| 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 | |||||
| Lewisville, TX | 1.3% | 1st | -4.7pp | 1st | 75% below peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 3.1% | 6th | -1.6pp | 2nd | 40% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 6.3% | 20th | -2.4pp | 3rd | 23% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1.6% | 3rd | -0.6pp | 4th | 69% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 6.2% | 18th | -2.0pp | 5th | 20% above peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 7.0% | 21st | -1.2pp | 6th | 36% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 3.8% | 10th | -0.7pp | 7th | 27% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 4.0% | 11th | -0.7pp | 8th | 21% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 9.2% | 26th | -1.5pp | 9th | 79% above peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 1.7% | 4th | -0.2pp | 10th | 68% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 4.6% | 14th | -0.5pp | 11th | 10% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 2.5% | 5th | -0.2pp | 12th | 52% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 4.6% | 13th | -0.1pp | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 8.2% | 24th | +0.0pp | 14th | 59% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 9.2% | 27th | +0.4pp | 15th | 79% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 6.2% | 19th | +0.3pp | 16th | 21% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 10.1% | 29th | +1.6pp | 17th | 97% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 3.7% | 9th | +0.6pp | 18th | 28% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 9.1% | 25th | +1.6pp | 19th | 76% above peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 3.2% | 7th | +0.6pp | 20th | 38% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 5.1% | 16th | +1.2pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 10.7% | 30th | +2.4pp | 22nd | 109% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 4.5% | 12th | +1.2pp | 23rd | 12% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 9.9% | 28th | +2.9pp | 24th | 92% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 7.0% | 22nd | +2.0pp | 25th | 36% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 1.3% | 2nd | +0.6pp | 26th | 75% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.4% | 23rd | +3.4pp | 27th | 44% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 3.3% | 8th | +1.6pp | 28th | 35% below peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 4.9% | 15th | +2.7pp | 29th | 4% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 13.6% | 31st | +8.4pp | 30th | 165% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.7% | 17th | +4.5pp | 31st | 10% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
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). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian, ID | 130,138 | 7th | +28% | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 131,080 | 5th | +23% | 2nd | 4% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 130,132 | 8th | +16% | 3rd | 3% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 124,725 | 19th | +14% | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 122,290 | 25th | +11% | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 124,570 | 20th | +10% | 6th | 1% below peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 131,627 | 4th | +8% | 7th | 5% above peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 132,353 | 3rd | +7% | 8th | 5% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 121,002 | 30th | +6% | 9th | 4% below peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 128,548 | 10th | +6% | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 122,330 | 24th | +6% | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 129,672 | 9th | +6% | 12th | 3% above peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 127,514 | 13th | +4% | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 125,976 | 15th | +4% | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 121,740 | 27th | +4% | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 122,634 | 23rd | +3% | 16th | 3% below peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 128,053 | 11th | +3% | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 127,786 | 12th | +3% | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 124,268 | 21st | +2% | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 127,345 | 14th | +2% | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 130,256 | 6th | +2% | 21st | 4% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 122,036 | 26th | +1% | 22nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 133,573 | 2nd | +1% | 23rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 120,805 | 31st | +1% | 24th | 4% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 125,634 | 17th | -0% | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 125,786 | 16th | -0% | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 133,740 | 1st | -2% | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 121,127 | 29th | -2% | 28th | 4% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 125,205 | 18th | -2% | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 121,715 | 28th | -4% | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 124,035 | 22nd | -4% | 31st | 1% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 3 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
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.*
| 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% | 26th | +7.3pp | 1st | 36% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 28.5% | 15th | +6.8pp | 2nd | 1% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 55.1% | 3rd | +11.6pp | 3rd | 95% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 41.0% | 6th | +6.3pp | 4th | 45% above peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 24.9% | 20th | +2.6pp | 5th | 12% below peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 47.8% | 4th | +4.6pp | 6th | 69% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 26.8% | 18th | +2.0pp | 7th | 5% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 59.1% | 2nd | +1.6pp | 8th | 109% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 20.1% | 24th | +0.4pp | 9th | 29% below peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 28.3% | 17th | +0.2pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 31.7% | 13th | -0.4pp | 11th | 12% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 20.3% | 23rd | -0.4pp | 12th | 28% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 19.2% | 25th | -0.4pp | 13th | 32% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 42.7% | 5th | -0.9pp | 14th | 51% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 25.7% | 19th | -0.6pp | 15th | 9% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 40.5% | 7th | -1.0pp | 16th | 43% above peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 17.1% | 27th | -0.4pp | 17th | 39% below peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 37.0% | 8th | -1.8pp | 18th | 31% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 22.3% | 21st | -1.3pp | 19th | 21% below peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 32.3% | 12th | -2.2pp | 20th | 14% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 9.9% | 31st | -1.1pp | 21st | 65% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 61.9% | 1st | -6.7pp | 22nd | 119% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 21.6% | 22nd | -2.4pp | 23rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 30.3% | 14th | -3.5pp | 24th | 7% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 14.1% | 29th | -1.8pp | 25th | 50% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 28.3% | 16th | -3.7pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 14.6% | 28th | -1.9pp | 27th | 49% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 37.0% | 9th | -5.5pp | 28th | 31% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 35.3% | 11th | -7.4pp | 29th | 25% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 14.1% | 30th | -3.4pp | 30th | 50% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 36.8% | 10th | -9.5pp | 31st | 30% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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% | 12th | +18.0pp | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 57.6% | 30th | +13.0pp | 2nd | 19% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 74.8% | 7th | +9.8pp | 3rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 76.4% | 4th | +9.7pp | 4th | 8% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 70.8% | 17th | +9.0pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Carrollton, TX | 74.5% | 9th | +9.0pp | 6th | 5% above peers | ||
| Round Rock, TX | 66.5% | 21st | +6.1pp | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| Lewisville, TX | 71.3% | 13th | +6.0pp | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| Santa Clara, CA | 60.7% | 27th | +5.0pp | 9th | 14% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 76.7% | 3rd | +4.8pp | 10th | 8% above peers | ||
| Columbia, MO | 78.2% | 1st | +4.0pp | 11th | 11% above peers | ||
| Palm Bay, FL | 74.0% | 11th | +3.7pp | 12th | 5% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 74.1% | 10th | +3.4pp | 13th | 5% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 67.3% | 19th | +3.0pp | 14th | 5% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 76.0% | 5th | +3.3pp | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 66.9% | 20th | +1.9pp | 16th | 5% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 64.9% | 23rd | +1.6pp | 17th | 8% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 77.2% | 2nd | +1.5pp | 18th | 9% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 69.0% | 18th | +1.2pp | 19th | 3% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 71.1% | 15th | +1.2pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Sterling Heights, MI | 56.1% | 31st | +1.0pp | 21st | 21% below peers | ||
| Abilene, TX | 70.8% | 16th | +0.2pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 75.4% | 6th | +0.2pp | 23rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Athens, GA | 62.7% | 25th | -0.2pp | 24th | 11% below peers | ||
| Meridian, ID | 59.4% | 28th | -0.4pp | 25th | 16% below peers | ||
| Pearland, TX | 71.1% | 14th | -0.9pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 65.6% | 22nd | -2.2pp | 27th | 7% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 63.5% | 24th | -5.7pp | 28th | 10% below peers | ||
| Lehigh Acres, FL | 58.8% | 29th | -5.5pp | 29th | 17% below peers | ||
| Fargo, ND | 74.8% | 8th | -7.0pp | 30th | 6% above peers | ||
| Norman, OK | 61.6% | 26th | -7.3pp | 31st | 13% below peers |