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Brookhaven, GA

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59,643 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Brookhaven, GA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
107 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 40%
relative change
178 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,539 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 28%
relative change
2,139 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
84.5%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
66.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$117,663
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$92,604 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
96.6%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
88.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
70.9%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
67.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.3%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
11.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.1%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
33.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
238 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
275 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Brookhaven, GA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.2%
2019-23
▲ 79%
relative change
4.6% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
2.4%
Jul 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
2.3% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
13.2%
2020-24
▲ 122%
relative change
5.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
12.4%
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
9.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
13.4%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
15.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.51 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
4 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 100%
relative change
2 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
52.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
51.0% 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 →
Population
57,855
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
53,819 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$744,798
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$721,593 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
82.9%
2020-24
high
vs peers
72.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.0%
2020-24
low
vs peers
22.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 13% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities. Brookhaven started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 238 in July 2026, down from 275 a year earlier.
Bright spot 238 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
San Rafael, CA 296 (Jul 26) -36.9% 1st
Revere, MA 291 (Jul 26) -30.0% 2nd
Medford, MA 142 (Jun 26) -26.7% 3rd
Terre Haute, IN 434 (Jun 26) -25.0% 4th
Des Plaines, IL 92 (Jul 26) -25.0% 5th
Petaluma, CA 193 (Jul 26) -20.7% 6th
Grand Forks, ND 255 (Jul 26) -20.6% 7th
Great Falls, MT 510 (Jul 26) -19.8% 8th
Hempstead, NY 336 (Jun 26) -19.3% 9th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 303 (Jan 26) -17.0% 10th
Bozeman, MT 383 (Jun 26) -14.2% 11th
Brookhaven, GA 238 (Jul 26) -13.4% 12th
Midwest City, OK 296 (Jul 26) -10.3% 13th
West Allis, WI 191 (Jul 26) -5.7% 14th
Dubuque, IA 374 (Jul 26) -4.7% 15th
Euless, TX 163 (Jul 26) -2.0% 16th
Youngstown, OH 729 (Aug 25) +1.8% 17th
La Mesa, CA 441 (Jul 26) +2.7% 18th
Lenexa, KS 193 (Jul 26) +7.3% 19th
Texas City, TX 278 (Jul 26) +14.5% 20th
Kokomo, IN 487 (Mar 26) +15.4% 21st
Hoboken, NJ 215 (Jul 26) +21.0% 22nd
Pocatello, ID 383 (Jul 26) +21.6% 23rd
Weymouth Town, MA 263 (Jul 26) +42.1% 24th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities. Brookhaven started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,539 in July 2026, down from 2,139 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,539 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lenexa, KS 866 (Jul 26) -34.4% 1st
Petaluma, CA 861 (Jul 26) -32.5% 2nd
San Rafael, CA 1,591 (Jul 26) -30.4% 3rd
Revere, MA 954 (Jul 26) -29.9% 4th
Hempstead, NY 739 (Jun 26) -28.1% 5th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 1,023 (Jan 26) -28.1% 6th
Brookhaven, GA 1,539 (Jul 26) -28.1% 7th
Terre Haute, IN 2,898 (Jun 26) -18.2% 8th
Texas City, TX 1,359 (Jul 26) -18.1% 9th
Bozeman, MT 1,503 (Jun 26) -17.5% 10th
West Allis, WI 1,532 (Jul 26) -15.6% 11th
Hoboken, NJ 1,221 (Jul 26) -15.4% 12th
Pocatello, ID 1,325 (Jul 26) -15.3% 13th
Dubuque, IA 1,276 (Jul 26) -15.3% 14th
Euless, TX 1,635 (Jul 26) -12.7% 15th
Grand Forks, ND 1,831 (Jul 26) -10.9% 16th
Medford, MA 958 (Jun 26) -9.5% 17th
Des Plaines, IL 813 (Jul 26) -8.8% 18th
Weymouth Town, MA 593 (Jul 26) -4.7% 19th
Kokomo, IN 1,315 (Mar 26) -2.1% 20th
Midwest City, OK 2,243 (Jul 26) +1.9% 21st
Youngstown, OH 2,920 (Aug 25) +4.1% 22nd
Great Falls, MT 3,588 (Jul 26) +8.1% 23rd
La Mesa, CA 1,521 (Jul 26) +18.2% 24th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Latest
Most recent reading: 4 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 7 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 4 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
La Mesa, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Great Falls, MT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Hoboken, NJ 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Grand Forks, ND 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Midwest City, OK 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
Lenexa, KS 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 6th
Youngstown, OH 14 (Aug 25) -55.6% 7th
Texas City, TX 7 (Jul 26) -33.3% 8th
Bozeman, MT 2 (Jun 26) +0.0% 9th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) +99.4% 10th
Terre Haute, IN 3 (Jun 26) +100.0% 11th
Brookhaven, GA 7 (Jul 26) +100.3% 12th
Hempstead, NY 7 (Jun 26) +100.3% 13th
West Allis, WI 3 (Jul 26) +100.6% 14th
Petaluma, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Medford, MA 0 (Jun 26)
San Rafael, CA 3 (Jul 26)
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0 (Jan 26)
Euless, TX 2 (Jul 26)
Dubuque, IA 3 (Jul 26)
Revere, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jul 26)
Pocatello, ID 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities. Brookhaven started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 107 in July 2026, down from 178 a year earlier.
Bright spot 107 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lenexa, KS 73 (Jul 26) -59.6% 1st
Euless, TX 97 (Jul 26) -49.1% 2nd
Medford, MA 70 (Jun 26) -41.7% 3rd
Hempstead, NY 105 (Jun 26) -41.1% 4th
Brookhaven, GA 107 (Jul 26) -39.6% 5th
Terre Haute, IN 269 (Jun 26) -38.3% 6th
Bozeman, MT 70 (Jun 26) -35.0% 7th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 54 (Jan 26) -34.7% 8th
Dubuque, IA 56 (Jul 26) -31.3% 9th
San Rafael, CA 234 (Jul 26) -30.8% 10th
Midwest City, OK 206 (Jul 26) -18.2% 11th
Pocatello, ID 124 (Jul 26) -17.0% 12th
Texas City, TX 121 (Jul 26) -16.3% 13th
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) -10.3% 14th
Grand Forks, ND 134 (Jul 26) -10.0% 15th
Youngstown, OH 558 (Aug 25) -7.2% 16th
La Mesa, CA 184 (Jul 26) -6.8% 17th
West Allis, WI 211 (Jul 26) -5.9% 18th
Petaluma, CA 109 (Jul 26) -3.0% 19th
Great Falls, MT 191 (Jul 26) -0.9% 20th
Weymouth Town, MA 80 (Jul 26) +2.2% 21st
Des Plaines, IL 107 (Jul 26) +6.8% 22nd
Revere, MA 121 (Jul 26) +7.3% 23rd
Hoboken, NJ 63 (Jul 26) +23.3% 24th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $92,604 to $117,663 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$10,732).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brookhaven started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 73% from 2014 to 2024 ($67,916 to $117,663).
Bright spot $117,663
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $77,353 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 15th +54% 1st on par with peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 12th +45% 2nd 6% above peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 10th +44% 3rd 11% above peers
Texas City, TX $68,776 20th +41% 4th 20% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 9th +40% 5th 14% above peers
Revere, MA $86,969 14th +39% 6th 2% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 25th +37% 7th 27% below peers
Great Falls, MT $63,373 24th +35% 8th 26% below peers
Medford, MA $129,540 2nd +34% 9th 51% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 11th +34% 10th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 11th 80% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 19th +31% 12th 18% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 13th +30% 13th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA $119,435 3rd +30% 14th 39% above peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 26th +30% 15th 29% below peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 21st +29% 16th 21% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 23rd +27% 17th 26% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 4th +27% 18th 37% above peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 5th +26% 19th 35% above peers
Euless, TX $82,167 17th +25% 20th 4% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 1st +22% 21st 111% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 16th +22% 22nd on par with peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 22nd +21% 23rd 23% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 7th +21% 24th 20% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 28th +21% 25th 35% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 26th 60% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 6th +19% 27th 21% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 28th 50% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 27th +15% 29th 33% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 8th +14% 30th 18% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 18th +13% 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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10 of 17 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$10,248 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2.4% in July 2026, up from 2.3% a year earlier.
Needs attention 2.4%
2013July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 3.3% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Kokomo, IN 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th -2.5pp 1st 18% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th -1.1pp 2nd 25% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.3% (Jul 26) 27th -0.9pp 3rd 43% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.8pp 4th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.7pp 5th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.6pp 6th 7% below peers
San Rafael, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th -0.6pp 7th 14% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 8th 43% below peers
Casper, WY 2.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.4pp 9th 43% below peers
West Allis, WI 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 10th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 11th 16% below peers
Bozeman, MT 2.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 12th 50% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 13th 32% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 14th 57% below peers
Pocatello, ID 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th -0.2pp 15th 5% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Revere, MA 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.0pp 18th 2% above peers
Lenexa, KS 3.8% (Jul 26) 11th +0.0pp 19th 14% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 2.4% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.1pp 20th 45% below peers
Medford, MA 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 21st 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
Texas City, TX 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th +0.4pp 23rd 39% above peers
Euless, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 24th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.5pp 25th 7% above peers
Margate, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.0% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.2pp 27th 14% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 6.4% (Jul 26) 28th +1.5pp 28th 45% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.7% then, 10.3% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.7% to 10.3%).
Bright spot 10.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 13.4% -1.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 2nd -2.4pp 1st 50% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.4% 22nd -4.5pp 2nd 19% above peers
Bozeman, MT 13.7% 20th -4.1pp 3rd 13% above peers
Euless, TX 7.8% 6th -2.1pp 4th 35% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.7% 19th -3.2pp 5th 5% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.8% 24th -3.7pp 6th 23% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 15.5% 25th -3.0pp 7th 29% above peers
Texas City, TX 16.2% 26th -2.8pp 8th 35% above peers
Medford, MA 7.6% 4th -1.2pp 9th 37% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.3% 8th -1.4pp 10th 15% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.8% 7th -0.9pp 11th 35% below peers
Revere, MA 11.6% 13th -1.2pp 12th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 11.5% 12th -1.1pp 13th 4% below peers
Kokomo, IN 17.1% 28th -1.5pp 14th 42% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 29th -1.7pp 15th 104% above peers
San Rafael, CA 11.7% 15th -0.5pp 16th 3% below peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 3rd -0.2pp 17th 46% below peers
West Allis, WI 11.5% 11th -0.4pp 18th 5% below peers
Margate, FL 12.1% 16th -0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 14.5% 23rd -0.2pp 20th 20% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 54.7% 31st -0.4pp 21st 353% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 1st +0.2pp 22nd 55% below peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 18th +0.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 37.3% 30th +2.1pp 24th 209% above peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 10th +0.7pp 25th 11% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.1% 17th +1.2pp 26th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 16.5% 27th +1.7pp 27th 37% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.6% 14th +1.5pp 28th 4% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.3% 9th +1.5pp 29th 14% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 5th +1.7pp 30th 36% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.1% 21st +3.7pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.9% then, 15.9% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 13.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.1% to 15.9%).
15.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 18.3% -3.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Euless, TX 7.6% 8th -5.3pp 1st 48% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 1st -2.6pp 2nd 69% below peers
Texas City, TX 20.8% 24th -10.6pp 3rd 43% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 3rd -3.2pp 4th 53% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 2nd -2.4pp 5th 58% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 17th -6.1pp 6th 6% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 10th -4.4pp 7th 21% below peers
Revere, MA 14.3% 14th -3.6pp 8th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 18th -4.0pp 9th 9% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 10th 51% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 28th -5.6pp 11th 66% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 5th -1.4pp 12th 51% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 6th -1.3pp 13th 50% below peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 11th -2.1pp 14th 17% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 15th 99% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 20th -1.9pp 16th 24% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 17th 263% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 18th 410% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 19th 62% above peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 16th +0.6pp 20th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 18.6% 22nd +1.0pp 21st 28% above peers
Great Falls, MT 19.3% 23rd +1.2pp 22nd 32% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 15th +1.1pp 23rd 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 4th +0.6pp 24th 52% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 12th +1.4pp 25th 16% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 9th +1.1pp 26th 36% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 13th +2.3pp 27th 3% below peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 19th +4.4pp 28th 16% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 21st +6.5pp 29th 27% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 7th +3.1pp 30th 50% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 31st 53% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.9% to 96.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brookhaven started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 11.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.0% to 96.6%).
Bright spot 96.6%
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 91.1% +9.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +18.3pp 1st 7% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 23rd +12.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 90.3% 21st +12.9pp 4th 2% below peers
Texas City, TX 91.7% 16th +11.9pp 5th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 18th +11.4pp 6th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 91.3% 19th +11.3pp 7th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 27th +10.9pp 8th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 9th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 17th +10.8pp 10th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 7th +10.3pp 11th 3% above peers
Revere, MA 89.8% 24th +8.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 22nd +8.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 13th +8.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 25th +7.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 3rd +7.6pp 16th 5% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 28th +6.8pp 17th 5% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 20th +6.2pp 18th 1% below peers
San Rafael, CA 94.7% 6th +5.6pp 19th 3% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 14th +4.7pp 20th 1% above peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 2nd +4.9pp 21st 6% above peers
Euless, TX 95.5% 5th +4.4pp 22nd 4% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 8th +4.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 26th +3.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 15th +3.1pp 25th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 26th 9% below peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 9th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 10th +2.4pp 28th 2% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 12th +2.3pp 29th 1% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 4th +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 11th +1.1pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.51 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.49).
Needs attention 0.49
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 0.48 -0.005
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Margate, FL 0.43 8th -0.028 1st 4% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 3rd -0.023 2nd 9% below peers
Texas City, TX 0.45 16th -0.023 3rd on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 0.46 19th -0.022 4th 2% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 23rd -0.018 5th 5% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 6th 37% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 24th -0.015 7th 6% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 9th -0.014 8th 3% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 28th -0.013 9th 10% above peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 15th -0.010 10th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 7th -0.008 11th 4% below peers
Euless, TX 0.40 2nd -0.007 12th 12% below peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 6th -0.006 13th 5% below peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 1st -0.005 14th 15% below peers
Revere, MA 0.45 18th -0.001 15th 1% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 14th +0.001 16th 1% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 22nd +0.003 17th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 27th +0.006 18th 8% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 17th +0.007 19th 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 4th +0.007 20th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 30th +0.010 21st 14% above peers
San Rafael, CA 0.51 29th +0.012 22nd 14% above peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 26th +0.013 23rd 8% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 20th +0.021 24th 3% above peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 5th +0.023 25th 6% below peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 25th +0.028 26th 6% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 11th +0.027 27th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 21st +0.030 28th 4% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 12th +0.031 29th 1% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 10th +0.038 30th 2% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 13th +0.044 31st 1% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 4.6% to 8.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.5% to 8.2%).
Needs attention 8.2%
20132023
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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
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 17th -6.0pp 1st 11% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 9th -2.6pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 10th -2.6pp 3rd 25% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 4th -1.5pp 4th 52% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 16th -2.9pp 5th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 20th -3.1pp 6th 38% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 1st -0.5pp 7th 78% below peers
Texas City, TX 17.6% 27th -2.9pp 8th 80% above peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 5th -1.0pp 9th 35% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 65% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 25th -1.3pp 11th 74% above peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 12th -0.6pp 12th 15% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 13th -0.6pp 13th 13% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 14th 272% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 7th -0.3pp 15th 33% below peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 3rd +0.0pp 16th 53% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 17th 115% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 26th +0.7pp 18th 77% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 22nd +0.9pp 19th 48% above peers
Great Falls, MT 12.5% 19th +0.9pp 20th 28% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 15th +0.8pp 21st 5% below peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 23rd +1.4pp 22nd 57% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 18th +1.2pp 23rd 24% above peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 24th +2.5pp 24th 63% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 25th 439% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 14th +1.7pp 26th 12% below peers
San Rafael, CA 6.5% 6th +1.7pp 27th 34% below peers
Revere, MA 17.9% 28th +4.7pp 28th 84% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 8th +2.3pp 29th 29% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 14.3% 21st +5.1pp 30th 47% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 11th +3.6pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $744,798 in August 2026, up from $721,593 a year earlier.
Big move $744,798
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $330,817 (Aug 26) -0.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Grand Forks, ND $304,143 (Aug 26) 22nd +7.6% 1st 34% below peers
Youngstown, OH $73,589 (Aug 26) 29th +7.4% 2nd 84% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $358,473 (Aug 26) 16th +6.9% 3rd 22% below peers
Kokomo, IN $185,658 (Aug 26) 26th +4.6% 4th 60% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,427 (Aug 26) 4th +4.5% 5th 91% above peers
West Allis, WI $276,992 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.5% 6th 40% below peers
Dubuque, IA $250,358 (Aug 26) 24th +4.5% 7th 46% below peers
Hempstead, NY $646,638 (Aug 26) 9th +4.1% 8th 40% above peers
Lenexa, KS $480,411 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 9th 4% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $744,798 (Aug 26) 7th +3.2% 10th 61% above peers
Great Falls, MT $340,160 (Aug 26) 19th +3.0% 11th 26% below peers
Towson, MD $474,404 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 12th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA $1,298,041 (Aug 26) 1st +2.5% 13th 181% above peers
Casper, WY $313,856 (Aug 26) 21st +1.8% 14th 32% below peers
Pocatello, ID $343,159 (Aug 26) 18th +1.6% 15th 26% below peers
La Mesa, CA $885,051 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.5% 16th 92% above peers
Revere, MA $613,679 (Aug 26) 10th +1.1% 17th 33% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $162,375 (Aug 26) 28th +1.0% 18th 65% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $747,422 (Aug 26) 6th +1.0% 19th 62% above peers
Midwest City, OK $170,640 (Aug 26) 27th +0.7% 20th 63% below peers
Medford, MA $826,077 (Aug 26) 5th +0.7% 21st 79% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $462,037 (Aug 26) 15th +0.4% 22nd on par with peers
Bozeman, MT $725,769 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 23rd 57% above peers
Petaluma, CA $899,398 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.4% 24th 95% above peers
Lacey, WA $509,747 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 25th 10% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $534,688 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 26th 16% above peers
Euless, TX $354,648 (Aug 26) 17th -0.2% 27th 23% below peers
Texas City, TX $227,222 (Aug 26) 25th -1.8% 28th 51% below peers
Margate, FL $322,169 (Aug 26) 20th -1.9% 29th 30% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $458,665 in August 2026, up from $446,795 a year earlier.
$458,665
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $196,584 (Aug 26) +0.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Youngstown, OH $43,239 (Aug 26) 29th +12.8% 1st 86% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $209,627 (Aug 26) 22nd +8.5% 2nd 33% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $596,747 (Aug 26) 6th +8.4% 3rd 92% above peers
West Allis, WI $236,022 (Aug 26) 20th +6.4% 4th 24% below peers
Hempstead, NY $573,243 (Aug 26) 7th +5.1% 5th 84% above peers
Lenexa, KS $365,846 (Aug 26) 12th +4.7% 6th 18% above peers
Kokomo, IN $115,059 (Aug 26) 27th +4.4% 7th 63% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,871 (Aug 26) 19th +4.0% 8th 21% below peers
Great Falls, MT $257,309 (Aug 26) 18th +3.9% 9th 17% below peers
Pocatello, ID $259,905 (Aug 26) 17th +3.0% 10th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA $169,835 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.0% 11th 45% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $458,665 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 12th 48% above peers
Casper, WY $224,668 (Aug 26) 21st +2.6% 13th 28% below peers
Midwest City, OK $123,280 (Aug 26) 26th +1.9% 14th 60% below peers
San Rafael, CA $798,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.7% 15th 157% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA $676,538 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 16th 118% above peers
La Mesa, CA $647,821 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 17th 108% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $335,700 (Aug 26) 14th +1.2% 18th 8% above peers
Lacey, WA $433,708 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 19th 40% above peers
Towson, MD $310,817 (Aug 26) 15th +0.7% 20th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA $714,635 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.6% 21st 130% above peers
Revere, MA $445,069 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 22nd 43% above peers
Medford, MA $631,706 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 23rd 103% above peers
Texas City, TX $154,378 (Aug 26) 24th -1.1% 24th 50% below peers
Bozeman, MT $489,422 (Aug 26) 8th -1.4% 25th 57% above peers
Euless, TX $273,186 (Aug 26) 16th -1.4% 26th 12% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $348,285 (Aug 26) 13th -2.4% 27th 12% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $93,084 (Aug 26) 28th -3.0% 28th 70% below peers
Margate, FL $126,107 (Aug 26) 25th -7.3% 29th 59% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.0% then, 52.6% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 52.6%).
Needs attention 52.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 65.7% +2.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 25th +6.6pp 1st 16% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 24th +6.1pp 2nd 15% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 2nd +7.2pp 3rd 37% above peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 5th +5.5pp 4th 24% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 12th +4.0pp 5th 12% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 19th +3.4pp 6th 1% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 26th +2.8pp 7th 17% below peers
San Rafael, CA 53.0% 21st +3.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Great Falls, MT 66.1% 7th +3.5pp 9th 18% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 3rd +2.8pp 10th 30% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 29th +1.6pp 11th 20% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 1st +2.7pp 12th 39% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 4th +2.3pp 13th 25% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 10th +1.9pp 14th 15% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 22nd +1.6pp 15th 6% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 16th 40% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 13th +1.6pp 17th 3% above peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 8th +1.7pp 18th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 16th +1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 17th +0.6pp 20th on par with peers
Texas City, TX 56.5% 15th +0.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 6th +0.4pp 22nd 20% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 11th -0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 23rd -0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 9th -1.4pp 25th 15% above peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 18th -1.8pp 26th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 20th -2.1pp 27th 4% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 14th -4.1pp 28th 1% above peers
Revere, MA 45.5% 27th -4.3pp 29th 19% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 30th -4.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 28th -8.0pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,831 in August 2026, up from $1,811 a year earlier.
$1,831
2016August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Youngstown, OH $1,059 (Aug 26) 27th +8.4% 1st 42% below peers
Kokomo, IN $1,090 (Aug 26) 24th +6.1% 2nd 40% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.0% 3rd 36% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,058 (Aug 26) 12th +5.6% 4th 12% above peers
Petaluma, CA $2,986 (Aug 26) 4th +5.1% 5th 63% above peers
West Allis, WI $1,406 (Aug 26) 18th +4.9% 6th 23% below peers
Great Falls, MT $1,374 (Aug 26) 20th +4.9% 7th 25% below peers
San Rafael, CA $3,182 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.4% 8th 74% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,989 (Aug 26) 1st +4.1% 9th 118% above peers
Bozeman, MT $2,149 (Aug 26) 9th +3.8% 10th 17% above peers
Medford, MA $3,577 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.5% 11th 95% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $996 (Aug 26) 28th +3.3% 12th 46% below peers
Dubuque, IA $1,076 (Aug 26) 25th +3.1% 13th 41% below peers
Lenexa, KS $1,694 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 14th 7% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,694 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 15th 7% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $2,266 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 16th 24% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,202 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.8% 17th 34% below peers
Towson, MD $1,872 (Aug 26) 13th +1.6% 18th 2% above peers
Euless, TX $1,602 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 19th 13% below peers
Casper, WY $1,393 (Aug 26) 19th +1.5% 20th 24% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $1,831 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 21st on par with peers
Lacey, WA $2,137 (Aug 26) 10th +0.8% 22nd 17% above peers
Pocatello, ID $1,074 (Aug 26) 26th +0.8% 23rd 41% below peers
Revere, MA $2,809 (Aug 26) 5th +0.6% 24th 53% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,484 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 25th 36% above peers
La Mesa, CA $2,645 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 26th 44% above peers
Margate, FL $2,134 (Aug 26) 11th -0.7% 27th 17% above peers
Texas City, TX $1,323 (Aug 26) 21st -1.4% 28th 28% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.5% then, 32.1% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.5% to 32.1%).
Bright spot 32.1%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 31.3% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 4th -5.9pp 1st 21% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 31st -6.0pp 2nd 39% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 9th -3.0pp 3rd 14% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 13th -2.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 22nd -1.9pp 5th 11% above peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 27th -1.9pp 6th 28% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 12th -1.3pp 7th 9% below peers
Great Falls, MT 28.0% 5th -1.2pp 8th 21% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 24% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 1st +0.0pp 10th 27% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 16th +0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Revere, MA 47.6% 28th +0.6pp 12th 35% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 17th +0.5pp 13th 1% above peers
San Rafael, CA 43.9% 26th +0.7pp 14th 25% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 10th +0.5pp 15th 11% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 25th +0.8pp 16th 17% above peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 6th +0.6pp 17th 20% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 21st +1.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 29th +1.6pp 19th 37% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 19th +1.4pp 20th 4% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 30th +2.2pp 21st 38% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 3rd +1.3pp 22nd 21% below peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 7th +1.6pp 23rd 19% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 23rd +2.5pp 24th 11% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 8th +1.9pp 25th 19% below peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 14th +2.3pp 26th 2% below peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 11th +2.6pp 27th 10% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 24th +3.7pp 28th 12% above peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 15th +3.6pp 29th 1% below peers
Texas City, TX 38.0% 20th +4.8pp 30th 8% above peers
Euless, TX 36.6% 18th +6.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.8% then, 7.0% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 7.0%).
7.0%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 5.9% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 12th -1.9pp 1st 13% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 3rd -0.9pp 2nd 45% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 3rd 169% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 13th -1.1pp 4th 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 16th -1.0pp 5th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 25th -1.2pp 6th 52% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 7th 381% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 11th -0.3pp 8th 15% below peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 19th -0.3pp 9th 15% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 9th -0.2pp 10th 20% below peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 10th -0.2pp 11th 18% below peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 27th -0.1pp 12th 138% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 4th -0.0pp 13th 44% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 8th -0.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 15th 236% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 5th +0.0pp 16th 40% below peers
Revere, MA 18.4% 28th +0.5pp 17th 160% above peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 6th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 24th +0.3pp 19th 44% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 15th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Texas City, TX 7.0% 14th +0.3pp 21st 1% below peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 26th +0.6pp 22nd 65% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 22nd +0.6pp 23rd 27% above peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 23rd +1.3pp 24th 35% above peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 7th +0.8pp 25th 26% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 20th +1.5pp 26th 17% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 18th +1.5pp 27th 10% above peers
San Rafael, CA 8.7% 21st +1.8pp 28th 23% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 17th +1.6pp 29th 5% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 2nd +1.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Euless, TX 3.5% 1st +1.4pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.1% then, 13.4% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.3% to 13.4%).
Needs attention 13.4%
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 12.4% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.5% 6th -3.2pp 1st 49% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.5% 5th -2.1pp 2nd 50% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 22nd -5.0pp 3rd 29% above peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 26th -5.3pp 4th 55% above peers
Pocatello, ID 6.9% 17th -2.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Bozeman, MT 6.3% 14th -2.2pp 6th 9% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 5.0% 10th -1.7pp 7th 28% below peers
Hempstead, NY 11.0% 28th -2.9pp 8th 60% above peers
La Mesa, CA 4.9% 9th -1.2pp 9th 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA 3.9% 7th -1.0pp 10th 44% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 1st -0.5pp 11th 66% below peers
Casper, WY 10.9% 27th -2.6pp 12th 59% above peers
Midwest City, OK 10.4% 25th -1.9pp 13th 52% above peers
Kokomo, IN 6.2% 13th -1.1pp 14th 10% below peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 19th -1.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Texas City, TX 16.7% 31st -2.5pp 16th 144% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 29th -1.7pp 17th 96% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.1% 20th -0.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 21st -0.8pp 19th 25% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 2nd -0.1pp 20th 63% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 8.9% 23rd -0.3pp 21st 29% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.7% 15th -0.1pp 22nd 2% below peers
Revere, MA 5.1% 11th -0.0pp 23rd 26% below peers
Youngstown, OH 6.9% 18th +0.2pp 24th 1% above peers
Euless, TX 15.5% 30th +1.1pp 25th 126% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.6% 24th +0.7pp 26th 40% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 8th +0.3pp 27th 37% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.9% 16th +1.1pp 28th on par with peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 4th +0.9pp 29th 50% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 3rd +1.0pp 30th 53% below peers
Lacey, WA 5.8% 12th +1.8pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 about three-quarters of the peer median.

27.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 37.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Medford, MA 23.8% 1st 31% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 2nd 30% below peers
San Rafael, CA 25.7% 3rd 25% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 4th 24% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 5th 22% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 6th 21% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 7th 20% below peers
Revere, MA 28.1% 8th 18% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 9th 17% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 10th 16% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 11th 16% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 12th 13% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 13th 9% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 14th 6% below peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 15th 6% below peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 17th 2% above peers
Euless, TX 35.9% 18th 5% above peers
Great Falls, MT 36.2% 19th 6% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 20th 8% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 21st 8% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 22nd 8% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 23rd 9% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 24th 10% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 25th 19% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 26th 20% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 27th 24% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 28th 26% above peers
Texas City, TX 45.3% 29th 32% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 40% 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 (9.4% then, 12.4% now; margin ±5.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 12.4%).
Needs attention 12.4%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 6.9% -0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 81% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 17th -5.8pp 3rd 4% above peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 4th 59% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 7th -2.2pp 5th 43% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 28th -8.0pp 6th 176% above peers
San Rafael, CA 1.8% 8th -1.0pp 7th 40% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 24th -3.0pp 8th 109% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 23rd -2.1pp 9th 68% above peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 10th -0.5pp 10th 22% below peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 11th -0.5pp 11th 13% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 26th -1.1pp 12th 153% above peers
Great Falls, MT 3.5% 20th -0.1pp 13th 21% above peers
Texas City, TX 10.7% 29th -0.4pp 14th 265% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 14th +0.0pp 15th 9% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 13th +0.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 21st +0.1pp 17th 35% above peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 18th 67% below peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 16th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 15th +0.3pp 20th 4% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 9th +0.3pp 21st 26% below peers
Euless, TX 14.9% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 408% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 30th +3.0pp 23rd 324% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 25th +2.2pp 24th 151% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 27th +3.1pp 25th 174% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 18th +1.4pp 26th 10% above peers
Revere, MA 2.6% 12th +1.1pp 27th 13% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 22nd +2.1pp 28th 59% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 29th 66% below peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 19th +1.9pp 30th 14% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.4% then, 70.9% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 13.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.7% to 70.9%).
Bright spot 70.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 30 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 35.0% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Texas City, TX 20.0% 26th +5.0pp 1st 41% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 16.4% 29th +3.4pp 2nd 52% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 21st +4.4pp 3rd 28% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 4th 11% below peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 19th +5.0pp 5th 13% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 27th +2.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 25th +3.2pp 7th 37% below peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 8th 55% below peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 5th +6.0pp 9th 75% above peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 12th +4.0pp 10th 17% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 11th 30% below peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 4th +6.4pp 12th 91% above peers
Great Falls, MT 27.8% 20th +2.4pp 13th 18% below peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 16th +2.9pp 14th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 9th +3.6pp 15th 26% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 23rd +1.9pp 16th 28% below peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 8th +3.4pp 17th 28% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 11th +2.9pp 18th 17% above peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 17th +2.3pp 19th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 10th +2.8pp 20th 19% above peers
Revere, MA 24.6% 22nd +1.7pp 21st 28% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 22nd 103% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 2nd +3.4pp 23rd 108% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 14th +1.5pp 24th 11% above peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 6th +2.2pp 25th 69% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 142% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 13th +0.8pp 27th 14% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 15th +0.3pp 28th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 28th -0.3pp 29th 47% below peers
San Rafael, CA 49.7% 7th -2.5pp 30th 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 18.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 66.2% to 84.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.5pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Brookhaven started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 36.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.3% to 84.5%).
Bright spot 84.5%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 46.7% -3.5pp
United States ref 45.5%
Texas City, TX 39.8% 21st +16.1pp 1st 6% below peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 10th +16.8pp 2nd 30% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 14th +15.1pp 3rd 17% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 2nd +18.3pp 4th 99% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 4th +14.8pp 5th 71% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 3rd +15.4pp 6th 86% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 17th +7.7pp 7th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 25th +6.6pp 8th 9% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 22nd +5.7pp 9th 8% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 10th 27% below peers
Revere, MA 41.7% 19th +5.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 8th +7.8pp 12th 54% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 13th 60% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 14th 113% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 7th +3.4pp 15th 55% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 11th +1.4pp 16th 26% above peers
San Rafael, CA 65.8% 6th -0.2pp 17th 55% above peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 9th -4.2pp 18th 39% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 13th -3.7pp 19th 20% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 20th -5.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 12th -10.5pp 21st 23% above peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 27th -9.3pp 22nd 16% below peers
Great Falls, MT 35.1% 28th -10.5pp 23rd 17% below peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 29th -10.5pp 24th 20% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 23rd -12.9pp 25th 9% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 26th -15.0pp 26th 12% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 15th -19.7pp 27th 12% above peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 24th -16.3pp 28th 9% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 16th -20.7pp 29th on par with peers
Euless, TX 42.2% 18th -20.8pp 30th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Reston, VA up 15.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (5.9% then, 13.2% now; margin ±9.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 13.2%).
Needs attention 13.2%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 7.7% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 97% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 13th -22.4pp 2nd 36% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 6th -3.7pp 3rd 57% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 14th -5.1pp 4th 20% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 10th -2.3pp 5th 46% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 6th 50% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 23rd -2.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 5th -0.8pp 8th 62% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 12th -1.2pp 9th 40% below peers
Texas City, TX 8.3% 21st -1.8pp 10th 10% above peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 16th -0.5pp 11th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 26th -0.3pp 12th 26% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 13th 68% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 19th -0.1pp 14th 5% above peers
San Rafael, CA 7.8% 18th +0.2pp 15th 3% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 2nd +0.1pp 16th 86% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 17th 47% below peers
Great Falls, MT 8.4% 22nd +0.8pp 18th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 19th 117% above peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 15th +1.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 7th +0.8pp 21st 55% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 28th +3.0pp 22nd 62% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 17th +2.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 24th +3.5pp 24th 20% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 27th +4.6pp 25th 57% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 26th 41% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 20th +4.3pp 27th 7% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 29th +7.2pp 28th 74% above peers
Revere, MA 14.4% 30th +9.7pp 29th 91% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 25th +7.0pp 30th 24% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 3rd +1.4pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±7.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53,819 to 57,855 - more than the combined survey margin (±113).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 15% from 2014 to 2024 (50,181 to 57,855).
Big move 57,855
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 30th +20% 1st 5% below peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 28th +17% 2nd 2% below peers
Texas City, TX 55,364 31st +14% 3rd 6% below peers
Revere, MA 60,012 6th +12% 4th 2% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 21st +10% 5th 1% below peers
Euless, TX 60,421 3rd +8% 6th 2% above peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 24th +8% 7th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 27th +7% 8th 2% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 25th +7% 9th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 19th +6% 10th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 15th +4% 11th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 29th +4% 12th 2% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 22nd +3% 13th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 8th +3% 14th 1% above peers
San Rafael, CA 60,433 2nd +3% 15th 2% above peers
Great Falls, MT 60,329 4th +3% 16th 2% above peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 1st +2% 17th 3% above peers
Margate, FL 59,198 11th +2% 18th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 26th +2% 19th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 12th +2% 20th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 14th +2% 21st on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 20th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 13th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Casper, WY 58,839 17th +1% 24th on par with peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 7th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 10th -3% 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 23rd -4% 27th 1% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 16th -4% 28th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 5th -4% 29th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 18th -4% 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 9th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±101 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.4% then, 23.0% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.7% to 23.1%).
Big move 23.0%
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
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 11th +1.5pp 1st 6% above peers
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 5th +1.5pp 2nd 14% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 28th +0.9pp 3rd 27% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 16th +1.2pp 4th on par with peers
Euless, TX 24.2% 3rd +1.2pp 5th 18% above peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 7th +1.1pp 6th 12% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 1st +1.2pp 7th 25% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 25th +0.6pp 8th 16% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 10th +0.7pp 9th 10% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 6th +0.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 20th +0.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 24th +0.1pp 12th 13% below peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 4th +0.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 20% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 22nd -0.2pp 15th 5% below peers
Great Falls, MT 21.4% 12th -0.4pp 16th 5% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 15th -0.5pp 17th 1% above peers
Revere, MA 19.6% 19th -0.6pp 18th 4% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 29th -0.4pp 19th 30% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 17th -0.7pp 20th 3% below peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 21st -1.0pp 21st 5% below peers
Texas City, TX 22.8% 8th -1.6pp 22nd 12% above peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 13th -1.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 14th -1.9pp 24th 2% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 26th -1.5pp 25th 20% below peers
San Rafael, CA 19.7% 18th -2.3pp 26th 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 30th -1.6pp 27th 35% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 23rd -2.8pp 28th 11% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 29th 38% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 9th -3.8pp 30th 11% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 27th -3.1pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (22.2% then, 29.6% now; margin ±9.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 13.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 29.6%).
29.6%
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 33.3% -0.5pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 17th +7.4pp 1st 2% below peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 9th +8.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 5th +9.2pp 3rd 54% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 22nd +3.6pp 4th 22% below peers
Revere, MA 35.5% 12th +4.6pp 5th 17% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 10th +4.6pp 6th 22% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 6th +4.8pp 7th 50% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 8th 69% above peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 9th 77% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 11th +2.5pp 10th 20% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 18th +1.6pp 11th 5% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 12th 142% above peers
Euless, TX 34.6% 14th +0.3pp 13th 14% above peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 19th +0.1pp 14th 5% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 28th -0.0pp 15th 34% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 8th -0.5pp 16th 45% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 15th -1.0pp 17th 2% above peers
Great Falls, MT 34.7% 13th -1.3pp 18th 15% above peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 24th -1.0pp 19th 25% below peers
Texas City, TX 44.9% 7th -3.3pp 20th 49% above peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 21st 140% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 27th -1.8pp 22nd 32% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 20th -2.8pp 23rd 7% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 26th -2.7pp 24th 30% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 29th -2.5pp 25th 39% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 16th -5.9pp 26th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 23rd -5.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 21st -6.2pp 28th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 31st -4.7pp 29th 46% below peers
San Rafael, CA 22.4% 25th -7.5pp 30th 26% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 30th -7.3pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±8.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.6% then, 82.9% now; margin ±12.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 21.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.7% to 82.9%).
Big move 82.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 67.9% +1.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lacey, WA 61.8% 27th +13.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Texas City, TX 80.1% 7th +13.9pp 2nd 14% above peers
San Rafael, CA 75.6% 12th +12.3pp 3rd 7% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 9th +10.7pp 4th 12% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 5th +10.3pp 5th 18% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 6th 18% above peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 8th +7.6pp 7th 12% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 8th 23% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 18th +4.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 6th +3.3pp 10th 14% above peers
Great Falls, MT 70.5% 16th +2.8pp 11th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 26th +2.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 19th +2.2pp 13th 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 10th +1.8pp 14th 11% above peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 15th 23% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 16th 20% above peers
Euless, TX 74.9% 13th +0.3pp 17th 6% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 23rd -1.7pp 18th 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 22nd -2.4pp 19th 5% below peers
Revere, MA 71.2% 15th -3.7pp 20th 1% above peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 31st -4.2pp 21st 18% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 21st -5.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 11th -7.0pp 23rd 10% above peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 28th -5.7pp 24th 16% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 30th -6.1pp 25th 18% below peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 20th -8.0pp 26th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 29th -8.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 24th -9.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 14th -12.7pp 29th 2% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 17th -14.6pp 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 25th -17.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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10 of 17 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 ±9.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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