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Brookhaven, GA
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57,855 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Brookhaven, GA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Brookhaven, GA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 254 in April 2026, down from 307 a year earlier.
254 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Lancaster, PA 315 (Apr 26) -32.4% 1st
Marana, AZ 74 (May 26) -31.3% 2nd
Royal Oak, MI 118 (May 26) -26.6% 3rd
Terre Haute, IN 482 (Apr 26) -23.0% 4th
Kettering, OH 47 (May 26) -22.8% 5th
Kannapolis, NC 157 (May 26) -22.1% 6th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 305 (Jan 26) -17.1% 7th
Brookhaven, GA 254 (Apr 26) -17.0% 8th
Hempstead, NY 369 (Apr 26) -16.3% 9th
St. Clair Shores, MI 195 (May 26) -10.3% 10th
Springfield, OH 1,288 (Dec 25) -9.3% 11th
Bentonville, AR 204 (May 26) -6.7% 12th
Midwest City, OK 299 (May 26) -5.9% 13th
Bowie, MD 169 (May 26) -3.9% 14th
Pocatello, ID 354 (Apr 26) +4.0% 15th
Lenexa, KS 215 (May 26) +16.4% 16th
Weymouth Town, MA 253 (Apr 26) +23.7% 17th
Hoboken, NJ 216 (May 26) +30.6% 18th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,758 in April 2026, down from 2,210 a year earlier.
1,758 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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 900 (May 26) -34.9% 1st
Lake Havasu City, AZ 1,028 (Jan 26) -28.1% 2nd
St. Clair Shores, MI 813 (May 26) -23.7% 3rd
Bowie, MD 1,765 (May 26) -23.6% 4th
Weymouth Town, MA 567 (Apr 26) -23.4% 5th
Hempstead, NY 812 (Apr 26) -21.2% 6th
Kannapolis, NC 1,376 (May 26) -20.4% 7th
Brookhaven, GA 1,758 (Apr 26) -20.4% 8th
Terre Haute, IN 2,961 (Apr 26) -19.5% 9th
Pocatello, ID 1,362 (Apr 26) -18.9% 10th
Hoboken, NJ 1,229 (May 26) -18.8% 11th
Lancaster, PA 1,232 (Apr 26) -16.8% 12th
Kettering, OH 1,270 (May 26) -14.5% 13th
Bentonville, AR 685 (May 26) -10.0% 14th
Springfield, OH 4,163 (Dec 25) -9.6% 15th
Royal Oak, MI 711 (May 26) -8.0% 16th
Marana, AZ 1,356 (May 26) +3.7% 17th
Midwest City, OK 2,304 (May 26) +8.5% 18th

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 21% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Newark, OH down about 19% over the 12 months ending December 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 150% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide rose about 49% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent reading: 5 homicides in the 12 months ending April 2026, up from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 8 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
5 homicides
2018April 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
St. Clair Shores, MI 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Bentonville, AR 0 (May 26) -100.0% 2nd
Lenexa, KS 0 (May 26) -100.0% 3rd
Hoboken, NJ 0 (May 26) -100.0% 4th
Midwest City, OK 2 (May 26) -80.0% 5th
Kannapolis, NC 5 (May 26) -62.5% 6th
Bowie, MD 2 (May 26) +0.0% 7th
Hempstead, NY 5 (Apr 26) +50.0% 8th
Springfield, OH 15 (Dec 25) +80.0% 9th
Lancaster, PA 3 (May 26) +100.0% 10th
Marana, AZ 3 (May 26) +100.6% 11th
Brookhaven, GA 8 (Apr 26) +149.9% 12th
Terre Haute, IN 5 (Apr 26) +200.0% 13th
Royal Oak, MI 5 (May 26)
Pocatello, ID 0 (Apr 26)
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0 (Jan 26)
Kettering, OH 0 (May 26)
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Apr 26)

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 →
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Harlingen, TX down about 24% a year · faster than 95% of this group · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 28% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 135 in April 2026, down from 187 a year earlier.
135 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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 77 (May 26) -61.3% 1st
Bentonville, AR 26 (May 26) -55.6% 2nd
Hempstead, NY 106 (Apr 26) -46.6% 3rd
Lancaster, PA 87 (Apr 26) -40.0% 4th
Royal Oak, MI 72 (May 26) -39.1% 5th
Kannapolis, NC 134 (May 26) -37.7% 6th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 54 (Jan 26) -34.7% 7th
Terre Haute, IN 297 (Apr 26) -32.6% 8th
Brookhaven, GA 135 (Apr 26) -27.9% 9th
Bowie, MD 262 (May 26) -27.5% 10th
Springfield, OH 674 (Dec 25) -19.2% 11th
Pocatello, ID 120 (Apr 26) -18.6% 12th
St. Clair Shores, MI 121 (May 26) -11.4% 13th
Hoboken, NJ 64 (May 26) -7.3% 14th
Midwest City, OK 222 (May 26) -6.5% 15th
Marana, AZ 61 (May 26) -5.0% 16th
Weymouth Town, MA 85 (Apr 26) +0.0% 17th
Kettering, OH 153 (May 26) +1.2% 18th

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 →
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yakima, WA down about 35% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 73% from 2014 to 2024 ($67,916 to $117,663).
$117,663
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $77,353 +32%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Apopka, FL $96,884 14th +47% 1st 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 16th +45% 2nd on par with peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 7th +40% 3rd 25% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 25th +40% 4th 30% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 20th +38% 5th 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 160% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 7th 37% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 23rd +34% 8th 20% below peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 15th +34% 9th on par with peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 8th +31% 10th 25% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 24th +31% 11th 22% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 17th +30% 12th 4% below peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 27th +30% 13th 33% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 22nd +30% 14th 20% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 28th +30% 15th 33% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 26th +27% 16th 32% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 6th +27% 17th 30% above peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 19th +27% 18th 17% below peers
Severn, MD $134,423 4th +25% 19th 49% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 3rd +25% 20th 57% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 12th +24% 21st 12% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 22nd 100% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 10th +21% 23rd 14% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 21st +21% 24th 19% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 30th +20% 25th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 18th +19% 26th 17% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 9th +19% 27th 14% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 31st +18% 28th 52% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 29th +15% 29th 36% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 11th +14% 30th 12% above peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 13th +9% 31st 9% 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.
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

3
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 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR 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
Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

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.
Most recent monthly reading: 2.4% in May 2026, up from 2.3% a year earlier.
2.4%
2013May 2026
Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 3.4% (May 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Springfield, OH 3.5% (May 26) 8th -1.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Kettering, OH 2.8% (May 26) 4th -1.4pp 2nd 30% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 1st -0.6pp 3rd 40% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 4th 5% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Bentonville, AR 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 6th 35% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 7th 12% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.5% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 8th 12% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 10th 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 11th 5% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 2.4% (May 26) 2nd +0.1pp 12th 40% below peers
Lacey, WA 4.7% (May 26) 25th +0.3pp 13th 18% above peers
Lancaster, PA 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.4pp 14th 7% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 15th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% (May 26) 19th +0.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.2% (May 26) 20th +0.5pp 17th 5% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.0% (May 26) 5th +0.5pp 18th 25% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 19th 3% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.5% (May 26) 23rd +0.6pp 21st 12% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 27th +0.6pp 22nd 30% above peers
Pocatello, ID 4.3% (May 26) 22nd +0.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.0% (May 26) 6th +0.7pp 24th 25% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Sarasota, FL 4.6% (May 26) 24th +1.0pp 26th 15% above peers
Bradenton, FL 4.8% (May 26) 26th +1.0pp 27th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.2% (May 26) 28th +1.7pp 28th 30% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.4% then, 10.1% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.4% to 10.2%).
10.1%
20132024
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 12.8% -1.6pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 3rd -1.9pp 1st 60% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 5th -2.3pp 2nd 50% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 62% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.8% 22nd -4.4pp 4th 26% above peers
Kettering, OH 8.2% 12th -2.6pp 5th 19% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 25th -4.5pp 6th 39% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 4th -1.3pp 7th 52% below peers
Pocatello, ID 14.2% 26th -3.7pp 8th 40% above peers
Lancaster, PA 18.9% 29th -3.8pp 9th 86% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.5% 21st -1.8pp 10th 23% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.2% 16th -1.3pp 11th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 10th -0.9pp 12th 26% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 15th -1.0pp 13th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 14th -0.8pp 14th 13% below peers
Sarasota, FL 14.0% 23rd -0.9pp 15th 38% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 8th -0.3pp 16th 39% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 30th -1.2pp 17th 115% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.4% 27th -0.8pp 18th 42% above peers
Springfield, OH 22.1% 31st +0.0pp 19th 117% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 6th +0.2pp 20th 47% below peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 18th +0.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 17th +0.9pp 22nd on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.3% 13th +0.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 28th +1.6pp 24th 60% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 7th +0.6pp 25th 44% below peers
Lacey, WA 11.4% 20th +1.5pp 26th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.7% 1st +0.6pp 27th 63% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 28th 25% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 19th +2.5pp 29th 7% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 24th +3.7pp 30th 38% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.2% 9th +3.0pp 31st 29% 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.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 13.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.1% to 15.9%).
15.9%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 18.3% -3.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 1st 74% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 5th -3.3pp 2nd 68% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 13th -6.6pp 3rd 34% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 6th -3.5pp 4th 62% below peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 22nd -8.3pp 5th 35% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 4th -1.6pp 6th 70% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 7th -2.4pp 7th 55% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 8th -2.2pp 8th 55% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 24th -6.9pp 9th 58% above peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 15th -3.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 11th 79% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 29th -7.4pp 12th 107% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 19th -4.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 14th 64% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 23rd -3.7pp 15th 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 10th -1.3pp 16th 46% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 30th -3.4pp 17th 115% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 21st -1.9pp 18th 34% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 16th -1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 28th -2.3pp 20th 103% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 17th -1.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 31st -0.1pp 22nd 143% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 23rd 76% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 9th +0.6pp 24th 48% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 14th +1.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 26th 79% below peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 20th +4.4pp 27th 25% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 18th +5.0pp 28th 6% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 11th +3.1pp 29th 45% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 12th +3.9pp 30th 35% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 31st 66% 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.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 11.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.0% to 96.6%).
96.6%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 91.1% +9.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 5th +24.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 25th +14.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 30th +12.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 23rd +11.4pp 4th 1% below peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 22nd +10.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 12th +9.8pp 6th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 20th +9.6pp 7th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 27th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 28th +8.7pp 9th 5% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 11th +7.6pp 10th 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 21st +7.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 7th +7.6pp 12th 4% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 26th +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 18th +6.8pp 14th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 13th +6.5pp 15th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 24th +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 16th +5.4pp 17th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 15th +5.2pp 18th 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 19th +4.7pp 19th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 4th +4.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 14th +4.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 10th +4.2pp 24th 3% above peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 1st +4.0pp 25th 5% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 29th +3.1pp 26th 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 31st +2.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 6th +3.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 17th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 8th +2.0pp 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.49).
0.49
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 0.48 -0.005
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 5th -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 20th -0.025 2nd 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 13th -0.023 3rd 1% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 7th -0.019 4th 10% below peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 9th -0.015 5th 2% below peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 11th -0.012 6th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 28th -0.013 7th 11% above peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 6th -0.010 8th 10% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 18th -0.010 9th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 4th -0.005 10th 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 11th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 22nd -0.001 12th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 14th +0.003 13th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 25th +0.003 14th 5% above peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 21st +0.006 15th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 27th +0.006 16th 9% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 10th +0.006 17th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 23rd +0.008 18th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 19th 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 20th 16% below peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 21st 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 17th +0.017 22nd on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 23rd 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 24th +0.021 24th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 26th +0.028 25th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 12th +0.027 26th 1% below peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 15th +0.031 27th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 28th 31% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 16th +0.044 29th on par with peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 8th +0.051 30th 8% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

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). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.5% to 8.2%).
8.2%
20132023
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 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
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 10th -2.5pp 1st 17% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 15th -2.6pp 2nd 6% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 7th -1.5pp 3rd 39% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 22nd -3.1pp 4th 49% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 18th -2.4pp 5th 18% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 20th -2.3pp 6th 31% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 25th -3.0pp 7th 75% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 72% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 4th -0.8pp 9th 49% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 11th -1.2pp 10th 13% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 21st -1.7pp 11th 39% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 14th -1.1pp 12th 6% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 9th -0.6pp 13th 23% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 24th -1.2pp 14th 61% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 27th -1.3pp 15th 120% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 16th -0.4pp 16th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 30th -0.1pp 17th 252% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 5th +0.0pp 18th 41% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 8th +0.1pp 19th 36% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 20th 172% above peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 31st +0.9pp 21st 272% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 28th +0.7pp 22nd 124% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 13th +0.3pp 23rd 13% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 19th +0.8pp 24th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 26th +1.4pp 25th 99% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 23rd +1.2pp 26th 57% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 3rd +0.4pp 27th 54% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 6th +1.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 12th +2.7pp 29th 13% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 17th +3.6pp 30th 7% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 77% 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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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 →

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 →
  • 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
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $755,049 in June 2026, up from $735,743 a year earlier.
$755,049
2000June 2026
Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $335,358 (Jun 26) -0.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Orland Park, IL $414,682 (Jun 26) 14th +5.5% 1st 5% below peers
Springfield, OH $194,244 (Jun 26) 24th +4.6% 2nd 55% below peers
Lenexa, KS $487,610 (Jun 26) 10th +4.4% 3rd 12% above peers
Hempstead, NY $647,376 (Jun 26) 4th +4.0% 4th 48% above peers
Bentonville, AR $496,895 (Jun 26) 9th +3.3% 5th 14% above peers
Kettering, OH $251,740 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.1% 6th 42% below peers
Cupertino, CA $3,065,443 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 7th 603% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $755,049 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.6% 8th 73% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $340,918 (Jun 26) 19th +2.4% 9th 22% below peers
Towson, MD $483,869 (Jun 26) 11th +2.2% 10th 11% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,215 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.0% 11th 102% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $499,305 (Jun 26) 8th +1.3% 12th 14% above peers
Severn, MD $522,552 (Jun 26) 6th +1.1% 13th 20% above peers
Pocatello, ID $346,271 (Jun 26) 18th +1.0% 14th 21% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $163,505 (Jun 26) 26th +0.6% 15th 63% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $284,683 (Jun 26) 20th +0.4% 16th 35% below peers
Midwest City, OK $171,855 (Jun 26) 25th +0.3% 17th 61% below peers
Lacey, WA $518,901 (Jun 26) 7th +0.2% 18th 19% above peers
Bowie, MD $530,886 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 19th 22% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $468,522 (Jun 26) 12th -0.7% 20th 7% above peers
Decatur, AL $224,900 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.0% 21st 48% below peers
Marana, AZ $436,171 (Jun 26) 13th -1.6% 22nd on par with peers
Apopka, FL $398,039 (Jun 26) 16th -1.8% 23rd 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL $413,325 (Jun 26) 15th -5.1% 24th 5% below peers
Bradenton, FL $353,306 (Jun 26) 17th -5.3% 25th 19% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $279,711 (Jun 26) 21st -8.1% 26th 36% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $464,218 in June 2026, up from $454,787 a year earlier.
$464,218
2000June 2026
Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $199,217 (Jun 26) +0.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Springfield, OH $111,376 (Jun 26) 25th +6.6% 1st 65% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $604,336 (Jun 26) 2nd +5.7% 2nd 91% above peers
Lenexa, KS $372,576 (Jun 26) 9th +5.3% 3rd 18% above peers
Hempstead, NY $573,601 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.0% 4th 81% above peers
Kettering, OH $186,333 (Jun 26) 21st +4.7% 5th 41% below peers
Orland Park, IL $289,423 (Jun 26) 15th +4.5% 6th 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR $351,707 (Jun 26) 10th +3.6% 7th 11% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $464,218 (Jun 26) 4th +2.1% 8th 47% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $251,113 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 9th 21% below peers
Pocatello, ID $261,088 (Jun 26) 17th +1.9% 10th 17% below peers
Severn, MD $390,040 (Jun 26) 8th +1.6% 11th 23% above peers
Midwest City, OK $124,965 (Jun 26) 24th +1.4% 12th 60% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $419,081 (Jun 26) 7th +1.4% 13th 33% above peers
Lacey, WA $440,902 (Jun 26) 5th +1.0% 14th 39% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,783,632 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 15th 464% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $206,281 (Jun 26) 20th +0.8% 16th 35% below peers
Bowie, MD $426,457 (Jun 26) 6th +0.6% 17th 35% above peers
Towson, MD $316,196 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 18th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $341,299 (Jun 26) 12th +0.2% 19th 8% above peers
Decatur, AL $142,378 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.6% 20th 55% below peers
Marana, AZ $349,741 (Jun 26) 11th -1.1% 21st 11% above peers
Apopka, FL $296,834 (Jun 26) 14th -2.3% 22nd 6% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $94,208 (Jun 26) 26th -5.0% 23rd 70% below peers
Sarasota, FL $262,960 (Jun 26) 16th -6.6% 24th 17% below peers
Bradenton, FL $207,980 (Jun 26) 19th -7.7% 25th 34% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,696 (Jun 26) 22nd -11.3% 26th 47% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 52.6%).
52.6%
20132024
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 65.7% +2.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 30th +6.6pp 1st 25% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 29th +5.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 17th +5.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 12th +5.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 6th +5.8pp 5th 23% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 26th +3.7pp 6th 17% below peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 3rd +4.3pp 7th 32% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 5th +4.1pp 8th 29% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 7th +2.8pp 9th 16% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 13th +2.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 15th +1.9pp 11th 2% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 25th +1.6pp 12th 17% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 13th 47% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 19th +1.6pp 14th 8% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 4th +2.2pp 15th 31% above peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 2nd +1.3pp 16th 33% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 8th +1.0pp 17th 13% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 23rd +0.6pp 18th 12% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 10th +0.6pp 19th 7% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 18th +0.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 11th +0.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 9th +0.3pp 22nd 12% above peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 20th -0.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 14th -0.3pp 24th 2% above peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 16th -0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 27th -0.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 27th 36% above peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 22nd -1.6pp 28th 12% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 24th -1.8pp 29th 12% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 21st -4.1pp 30th 10% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 28th -3.8pp 31st 20% 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 →

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,884 in June 2026, up from $1,851 a year earlier.
$1,884
2016June 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Cupertino, CA $4,267 (Jun 26) 1st +7.5% 1st 126% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $995 (Jun 26) 27th +4.3% 2nd 47% below peers
Lancaster, PA $1,552 (Jun 26) 20th +4.2% 3rd 18% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,216 (Jun 26) 9th +4.2% 4th 18% above peers
Springfield, OH $1,294 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.9% 5th 31% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,753 (Jun 26) 16th +3.8% 6th 7% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 7th 109% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,242 (Jun 26) 24th +3.7% 8th 34% below peers
Orland Park, IL $3,018 (Jun 26) 4th +3.7% 9th 60% above peers
Bentonville, AR $1,640 (Jun 26) 19th +3.4% 10th 13% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,150 (Jun 26) 11th +3.3% 11th 14% above peers
Kettering, OH $1,366 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.9% 12th 27% below peers
Towson, MD $1,932 (Jun 26) 13th +2.8% 13th 3% above peers
Lenexa, KS $1,685 (Jun 26) 17th +2.8% 14th 11% below peers
Decatur, AL $1,082 (Jun 26) 25th +2.6% 15th 43% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,412 (Jun 26) 5th +2.5% 16th 28% above peers
Lacey, WA $2,163 (Jun 26) 10th +2.4% 17th 15% above peers
Severn, MD $2,316 (Jun 26) 7th +2.1% 18th 23% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,667 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 19th 12% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $1,884 (Jun 26) 14th +1.8% 20th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID $1,063 (Jun 26) 26th +1.7% 21st 44% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,329 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 22nd 24% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,417 (Jun 26) 21st -0.7% 23rd 25% below peers
Sarasota, FL $2,218 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 24th 18% above peers
Apopka, FL $1,982 (Jun 26) 12th -1.9% 25th 5% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,850 (Jun 26) 15th -3.5% 26th 2% below peers
Hempstead, NY 3rd 79% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

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

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.5% to 32.1%).
32.1%
20132024
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 31.3% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 1st 42% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 31st -6.0pp 2nd 54% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 2nd -2.0pp 3rd 33% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 8th -2.1pp 4th 15% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 13th -1.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 10th -1.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 28% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 20th -1.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 19th -0.7pp 9th 1% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 24th -0.4pp 10th 13% above peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 7th +0.0pp 11th 19% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 23rd +0.3pp 12th 11% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 6th +0.2pp 13th 19% below peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 25th +0.5pp 14th 14% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 15th +0.5pp 15th 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 17th +0.8pp 16th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 14th +0.8pp 17th 6% below peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 11th +1.3pp 18th 12% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 26th +2.5pp 19th 24% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 12th +1.9pp 20th 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 28th +2.9pp 21st 37% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 18th +2.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 16th +2.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 9th +2.4pp 24th 15% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 27th +3.7pp 25th 25% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 5th +2.4pp 26th 21% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 22nd +3.6pp 27th 10% above peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 4th +2.5pp 28th 26% below peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 29th +5.6pp 29th 39% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 21st +4.3pp 30th 5% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 31st 51% 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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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

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

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 7.0%).
7.0%
20132024
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 5.9% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 59% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 10th -2.2pp 2nd 26% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 58% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 29th -5.8pp 4th 156% above peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 21st -2.2pp 5th 15% above peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 6th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 17th -1.0pp 7th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 27th -1.2pp 9th 83% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 6th -0.4pp 10th 34% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 12th -0.3pp 11th 21% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 8th -0.2pp 12th 29% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 13th 482% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 19th -0.3pp 14th 3% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 14th -0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 15th -0.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 18th -0.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 28th -0.3pp 18th 115% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 7th -0.0pp 19th 32% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 20th 306% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 20th -0.0pp 21st 4% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 9th +0.0pp 22nd 28% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 24th +0.3pp 23rd 21% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 26th +0.6pp 24th 54% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 13th +0.4pp 25th 10% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 16th +0.5pp 26th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 23rd +1.1pp 27th 17% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 25th +1.5pp 28th 33% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 37% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 3rd +0.6pp 30th 53% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 11th +1.2pp 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: 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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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 →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.0% then, 13.4% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.2% to 13.4%).
13.4%
20132024
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 11.9% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 7th -3.1pp 1st 52% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.8% 15th -2.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 4th -0.9pp 3rd 66% below peers
Marana, AZ 3.6% 8th -1.2pp 4th 49% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 3rd -0.7pp 5th 68% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 23rd -2.8pp 6th 43% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 9th -1.0pp 7th 48% below peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 26th -2.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 9th 68% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 10th 75% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 20th -1.7pp 11th 23% above peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 22nd -1.9pp 12th 42% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 25th -1.6pp 13th 49% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 29th -1.6pp 14th 86% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 31st -1.6pp 15th 108% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.2% 16th -0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 19th -0.8pp 17th 19% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 5th -0.0pp 18th 66% below peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 30th -0.1pp 19th 106% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 13th +0.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 24th +0.4pp 21st 47% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 47% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 27th +0.8pp 23rd 65% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 21st +0.7pp 24th 26% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.1% 18th +0.6pp 25th 13% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 11th +0.3pp 26th 42% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.0% 28th +2.4pp 27th 81% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.9% 17th +2.3pp 28th 9% above peers
Lacey, WA 5.5% 12th +1.6pp 29th 24% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 30th 56% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 14th +2.9pp 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: 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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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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 →

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

27.2%
20202022
Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 37.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 54% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 2nd 23% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 3rd 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 4th 16% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 5th 15% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 6th 14% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 7th 13% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 8th 12% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 9th 8% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 10th 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 11th 7% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 12th 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 13th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 14th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 15th 1% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 17th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 18th 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 3% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 4% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 22nd 6% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 23rd 9% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 24th 11% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 11% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 26th 11% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 27th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 28th 20% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 29th 20% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 30th 26% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 31st 34% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 12.4%).
12.4%
20132024
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 6.9% -0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 88% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 71% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 5th -1.6pp 3rd 65% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 28th -3.1pp 4th 115% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 6th -0.7pp 5th 50% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 16th -1.0pp 6th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 8th -0.5pp 7th 45% below peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 14th -0.7pp 8th 23% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 23rd -1.1pp 9th 79% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 24th -0.7pp 10th 84% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 20th +0.0pp 11th 45% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 10th +0.0pp 12th 36% below peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 27th +0.6pp 13th 108% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 19th +0.4pp 14th 29% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 13th +0.3pp 15th 31% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 7th +0.3pp 16th 48% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 29th +2.3pp 17th 146% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 30th +3.0pp 18th 200% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 21st +1.9pp 19th 69% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 22nd +2.2pp 20th 78% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 21st 34% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 22nd 301% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 17th +1.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 18th +1.6pp 24th 18% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 12th +1.0pp 25th 34% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 26th +3.1pp 26th 94% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 15th +1.4pp 27th 22% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 3rd +0.4pp 28th 76% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 9th +1.4pp 29th 38% below peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 25th +5.6pp 30th 93% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 78% 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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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 →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 13.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.7% to 70.9%).
70.9%
20132024
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 35.0% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Apopka, FL 38.8% 17th +11.3pp 1st on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 21st +7.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 22nd +6.5pp 3rd 24% below peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 23rd +4.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 30th +2.8pp 5th 52% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 15th +6.2pp 6th 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 29th +3.2pp 7th 45% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 20th +4.4pp 8th 23% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 14th +5.3pp 9th 7% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 9th +6.0pp 10th 27% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 16th +4.3pp 11th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 31st +1.8pp 12th 57% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 26th +2.3pp 13th 39% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 5th +6.2pp 14th 65% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 7th +5.1pp 15th 42% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 13th +3.6pp 16th 10% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 24th +1.9pp 17th 37% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 19th +2.3pp 18th 16% below peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 27th +1.6pp 19th 39% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 4th +4.2pp 20th 78% above peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 10th +2.8pp 21st 23% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 11th +2.6pp 22nd 19% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 3rd +3.4pp 23rd 82% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 8th +2.2pp 24th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 25th 112% above peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 6th +2.2pp 26th 49% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 27th 113% above peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 12th +1.0pp 28th 17% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 18th +0.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 25th -0.3pp 30th 38% below peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 28th -2.3pp 31st 42% 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.
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

3
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 →
  • 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
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

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). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 36.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.3% to 84.5%).
84.5%
20132024
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 46.7% -3.5pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 6th +33.2pp 1st 51% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 8th +26.4pp 2nd 35% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 9th +20.3pp 3rd 33% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 2nd +18.3pp 4th 92% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 4th +14.8pp 5th 65% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 3rd +15.4pp 6th 80% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 17th +7.7pp 7th 4% below peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 22nd +6.6pp 8th 12% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 11th +9.5pp 9th 29% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 14th +8.1pp 10th 17% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 19th +6.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 20th +5.7pp 12th 11% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 12th +6.6pp 13th 28% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 14th 105% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 7th +3.4pp 15th 49% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 5th -0.4pp 16th 57% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 16th -1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 23rd -2.1pp 18th 13% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 10th -5.8pp 19th 29% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 20th 15% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 18th -5.0pp 21st 6% below peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 24th -4.8pp 22nd 14% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 21st -5.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 28th -6.3pp 24th 23% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 30th -7.1pp 25th 29% below peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 13th -14.5pp 26th 18% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 27th -10.5pp 27th 23% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 26th -12.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 25th -12.7pp 29th 15% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 29th -14.5pp 30th 27% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 38% 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

3
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 →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 0 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 13.2%).
13.2%
20132024
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 7.7% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 5th -3.5pp 2nd 62% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 7th -3.7pp 3rd 51% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 4th 41% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 5th 44% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 22nd -2.5pp 6th 26% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 6th -0.8pp 7th 57% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 19th -1.8pp 8th 11% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 21st -1.4pp 9th 13% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 12th -0.8pp 10th 22% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 20th -1.1pp 11th 13% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 4th -0.1pp 12th 63% below peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 64% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 13th -0.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 18th +0.3pp 16th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 17th 144% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 27th +1.3pp 18th 70% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 15th +1.2pp 19th 10% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 25th +4.1pp 20th 65% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 10th +1.8pp 21st 30% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 23rd +3.5pp 22nd 35% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 23rd 77% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 26th +4.4pp 24th 66% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 14th +2.4pp 25th 15% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 11th +2.4pp 26th 23% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 29th +5.9pp 27th 83% above peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 17th +3.8pp 28th 4% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 30th +7.2pp 29th 96% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 24th +7.0pp 30th 40% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 65% 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

3
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
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 15% from 2014 to 2024 (50,181 to 57,855).
57,855
20132024
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
Marana, AZ 56,938 31st +26% 1st 2% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 18th +20% 2nd on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 22nd +19% 3rd 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 14th +18% 4th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 24th +17% 5th 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 8th +16% 6th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 15th +12% 7th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 4th +10% 8th 1% above peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 9th +8% 9th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 23rd +7% 10th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 11th +7% 11th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 10th +7% 12th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 1st +6% 13th 1% above peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 27th +5% 14th 1% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 26th +4% 15th 1% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 28th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 6th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 13th +2% 18th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 2nd +1% 19th 1% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 29th +1% 20th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 30th +0% 21st 2% below peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 20th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 21st -1% 23rd on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 16th -2% 24th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 19th -2% 25th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 17th -2% 26th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 3rd -2% 27th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 5th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 25th -3% 29th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 12th -4% 30th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 7th -4% 31st on par with 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.7% to 23.1%).
23.0%
20172024
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 22.7% -0.9pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 28th +1.5pp 1st 28% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 32% below peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 3rd +1.2pp 3rd 18% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 6th +0.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 14th +0.7pp 5th 3% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 9th +0.7pp 6th 6% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 16th +0.6pp 7th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 20th +0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 4th +0.5pp 9th 16% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 24th +0.3pp 10th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 25th +0.1pp 11th 18% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 26th +0.1pp 12th 19% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 2nd +0.1pp 13th 20% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 5th -0.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 8th -0.3pp 15th 8% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 11th -0.4pp 16th 6% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 7th -0.4pp 17th 9% above peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 10% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 22nd -0.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 1st -0.8pp 20th 26% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 31st -0.4pp 21st 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 22nd 32% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 17th -0.8pp 23rd 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 19th -0.8pp 24th 4% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 10th -1.0pp 25th 6% above peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 18th -1.6pp 26th 4% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 27th -1.5pp 27th 25% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 21st -2.5pp 28th 5% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 13th -3.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 12th -3.8pp 30th 4% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 15th -5.5pp 31st 3% 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.
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 →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 13.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.1% to 29.6%).
29.6%
20132024
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
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 21st +12.0pp 1st 17% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 20th +12.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 15th +11.9pp 3rd 8% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 4th 9% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 16th +7.4pp 5th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 12th +8.6pp 6th 23% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 9th +8.2pp 7th 27% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 8th 44% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 22nd +3.6pp 9th 20% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 10th +4.6pp 10th 25% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 6th +4.8pp 11th 54% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 3rd +5.0pp 12th 73% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 8th +3.7pp 13th 46% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 17th +2.4pp 14th 2% below peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 28th +1.4pp 15th 41% below peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 2nd +4.1pp 16th 81% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 7th +1.3pp 17th 49% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 4th +1.0pp 18th 71% above peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 18th -0.3pp 19th 7% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 11th -0.6pp 20th 23% above peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 1st -4.8pp 21st 88% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 26th -1.8pp 22nd 31% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 19th -2.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 25th -2.7pp 24th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 13th -4.6pp 25th 10% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 5th -8.6pp 26th 55% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 27th -3.6pp 27th 38% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 23rd -5.0pp 28th 21% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 79% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 30th 44% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 24th -7.5pp 31st 25% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 21.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.7% to 82.9%).
82.9%
20132024
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
Marana, AZ 71.4% 15th +19.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 83.2% 3rd +22.1pp 2nd 18% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 28th +13.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 19th +15.2pp 4th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 10th +16.0pp 5th 14% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 5th +11.4pp 6th 18% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 11th +10.7pp 7th 12% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 4th +10.3pp 8th 18% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 9th +8.9pp 9th 14% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 6th +9.0pp 10th 16% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 1st +8.2pp 11th 23% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 12th +5.3pp 12th 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 17th +4.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 8th +3.3pp 14th 14% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 15th 2% below peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 7th +0.8pp 16th 15% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 29th +0.5pp 17th 16% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 21% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 25th -0.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 14th -1.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 13th -1.7pp 21st 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 22nd -2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 21st -3.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 20th -3.8pp 24th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 23rd -4.9pp 25th 5% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 30th -6.1pp 26th 17% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 27th 22% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 24th -8.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 26th -9.7pp 29th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 16th -14.6pp 30th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 27th -16.9pp 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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