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Columbus, GA
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203,711 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

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

What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Columbus, 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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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $46,408 to $58,073 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,163). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 40% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,362 to $58,073).
$58,073
20102024
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%
Providence, RI $68,119 17th +49% 1st 1% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 15th +46% 2nd 1% above peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 4th +41% 3rd 49% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 7th +41% 4th 35% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 16th +38% 5th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 21st +35% 6th 15% below peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 27th +34% 7th 22% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 8th +34% 8th 28% above peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 1st +33% 9th 80% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 10th 32% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 5th +32% 11th 39% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 11th +32% 12th 18% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 9th +31% 13th 21% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 26th +30% 14th 20% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 22nd +30% 15th 15% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 2nd +27% 16th 75% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 6th +27% 17th 39% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 13th +27% 18th 10% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 12th +27% 19th 13% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 28th +27% 20th 23% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 24th +26% 21st 17% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 23rd +25% 22nd 16% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 19th +25% 23rd 5% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 29th +24% 24th 30% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 14th +24% 25th 9% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 26th 33% below peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 18th +23% 27th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 20th +22% 28th 9% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 3rd +21% 29th 52% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 10th +21% 30th 18% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 25th +18% 31st 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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13 of 59 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,832 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening slower than 82% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.9% in May 2026, down from 4.0% a year earlier.
3.9%
1990May 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref 3.4% (May 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Akron, OH 3.4% (May 26) 4th -1.9pp 1st 17% below peers
Providence, RI 4.1% (May 26) 14th -1.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.6% (May 26) 22nd -0.5pp 3rd 12% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.0% (May 26) 24th -0.4pp 4th 22% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.3% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 5th 20% below peers
Oxnard, CA 4.3% (May 26) 19th -0.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 4.3% (May 26) 20th -0.3pp 7th 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.2% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.5% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 9th 15% below peers
Knoxville, TN 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 10th 32% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.2% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 11th 27% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.3% (May 26) 27th -0.1pp 12th 29% above peers
Columbus, GA 3.9% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 13th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 14th 5% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.8% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 15th 56% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 16th 17% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.6% (May 26) 8th +0.2pp 17th 12% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 18th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.5% (May 26) 7th +0.5pp 19th 15% below peers
McKinney, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 21st on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 22nd 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 5.0% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.0% (May 26) 13th +0.9pp 24th 2% below peers
Mobile, AL 4.2% (May 26) 18th +0.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 3.7% (May 26) 9th +0.9pp 26th 10% below peers
Rochester, NY 5.7% (May 26) 29th +1.0pp 27th 39% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 4.8% (May 26) 23rd +1.1pp 28th 17% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.3% (May 26) 28th +1.2pp 29th 29% 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 (19.9% then, 18.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.0% to 18.5%).
18.5%
20112024
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%
Fontana, CA 9.9% 6th -3.0pp 1st 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA 10.9% 9th -2.7pp 2nd 30% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.1% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 35% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.6% 10th -2.8pp 4th 25% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.1% 13th -3.1pp 5th 16% below peers
Providence, RI 19.2% 24th -4.3pp 6th 23% above peers
McKinney, TX 5.6% 2nd -1.2pp 7th 64% below peers
Knoxville, TN 19.2% 25th -4.1pp 8th 23% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.4% 18th -3.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Augusta, GA 19.1% 23rd -2.8pp 10th 23% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 28th -3.1pp 11th 39% above peers
Mobile, AL 17.8% 20th -2.3pp 12th 14% above peers
Rochester, NY 26.8% 31st -3.3pp 13th 72% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 16.4% 17th -1.6pp 14th 5% above peers
Yonkers, NY 13.7% 14th -1.1pp 15th 12% below peers
Columbus, GA 18.5% 22nd -1.4pp 16th 19% above peers
Des Moines, IA 14.6% 15th -1.1pp 17th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.4% 5th -0.7pp 18th 40% below peers
Birmingham, AL 23.6% 30th -1.4pp 19th 51% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.1% 26th -1.2pp 20th 29% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.8% 12th -0.6pp 21st 18% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.2pp 22nd 50% below peers
Worcester, MA 18.2% 21st -0.3pp 23rd 17% above peers
Akron, OH 22.8% 29th -0.0pp 24th 46% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.7% 8th +0.3pp 25th 31% below peers
Montgomery, AL 20.6% 27th +0.7pp 26th 32% above peers
Little Rock, AR 17.1% 19th +0.7pp 27th 10% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.6% 16th +0.7pp 28th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.0% 11th +0.8pp 29th 23% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.3% 4th +0.9pp 30th 47% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 31st 64% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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12 of 59 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.7% to 25.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.1% to 25.5%).
25.5%
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 18.3% -3.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 7th -7.2pp 1st 40% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 6th -6.5pp 2nd 46% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 8th -5.7pp 3rd 39% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 20th -9.1pp 4th 8% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 2nd -1.8pp 5th 69% below peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 12th -4.5pp 6th 23% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 18th -5.9pp 7th 4% above peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 25th -6.8pp 8th 27% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 11th -3.9pp 9th 27% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 10th 62% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 24th -5.7pp 11th 25% above peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 19th -3.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 14th -2.9pp 13th 14% below peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 14th 87% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 27th -4.8pp 15th 42% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 21st -3.5pp 16th 11% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 10th -2.0pp 17th 36% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 15th -2.8pp 18th 2% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 22nd -3.2pp 19th 15% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 5th -0.9pp 20th 46% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 26th -2.1pp 21st 32% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 22nd 77% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 16th -1.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 29th -1.3pp 24th 58% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 30th -0.4pp 25th 83% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 28th +0.1pp 26th 47% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 13th +0.6pp 27th 20% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 9th +0.7pp 28th 37% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 29th 58% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 23rd +3.2pp 30th 22% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 17th +2.8pp 31st 4% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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12 of 59 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 78.6% to 89.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 16.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.7% to 89.4%).
89.4%
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%
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 29th +15.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 2nd 4% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 26th +12.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 27th +11.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 13th +12.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 15th +11.5pp 6th on par with peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 25th +11.0pp 7th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 30th +10.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 23rd +10.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 20th +10.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 22nd +10.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 9th +10.9pp 12th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 16th +10.6pp 13th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 21st +9.8pp 14th 1% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 1st +10.4pp 15th 6% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 10th +9.6pp 16th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 24th +8.8pp 17th 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 12th +9.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 19th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 19th +7.8pp 20th 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 17th +7.0pp 21st on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 14th +6.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 7th +7.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 24th 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 8th +5.5pp 25th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 4th +5.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 11th +4.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 5th +4.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 6th +4.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 18th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 2nd +2.5pp 31st 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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12 of 59 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 (0.50 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.49
20102024
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
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 10% above peers
Akron, OH 0.46 16th -0.026 2nd on par with peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 18th -0.020 3rd 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 7th -0.017 4th 6% below peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 5th 17% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 19th -0.015 6th 4% above peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 24th -0.012 7th 8% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 21st -0.010 8th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 9th -0.008 9th 4% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 22nd -0.007 10th 7% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 11th -0.006 11th 4% below peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 31st -0.007 12th 15% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 8th -0.005 13th 4% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 25th -0.004 14th 9% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 15th 7% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 16th 17% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 14th +0.000 17th 3% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 26th +0.002 18th 10% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 19th 12% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 20th 11% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 21st 10% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 30th +0.009 22nd 12% above peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 23rd 8% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 15th +0.010 24th 1% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 12th +0.010 25th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 13th +0.011 26th 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 6th +0.011 27th 6% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 20th +0.014 28th 7% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 29th 11% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 17th +0.017 30th 4% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 10th +0.025 31st 4% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 18.9% to 16.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.6% to 16.6%).
16.5%
20102023
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
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 15th -4.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 58% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 29th -7.4pp 3rd 64% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 87% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 8th -2.5pp 5th 41% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 17th -4.4pp 6th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 16th -3.5pp 7th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 6th -1.7pp 8th 49% below peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 83% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 18th -2.3pp 10th 8% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 7th -1.1pp 11th 43% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 10th -1.3pp 12th 30% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 13th 103% above peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 14th 42% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 11th -0.9pp 15th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 19th -0.7pp 16th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 23rd -0.2pp 17th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 24th -0.1pp 18th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 28th -0.1pp 19th 63% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 5th +0.0pp 20th 55% below peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 12th +0.3pp 21st 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 27th +1.1pp 22nd 61% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 25th +1.6pp 23rd 41% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 13th +1.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 9th +1.1pp 25th 31% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 20th +2.0pp 26th 21% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 22nd +2.2pp 27th 25% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 14th +1.7pp 28th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 30th +4.7pp 29th 74% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 30th 63% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 21st +10.5pp 31st 22% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp 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 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $177,244 in June 2026, up from $173,181 a year earlier.
$177,244
2000June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $335,358 (Jun 26) -0.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Yonkers, NY $702,854 (Jun 26) 4th +6.1% 1st 108% above peers
Overland Park, KS $493,605 (Jun 26) 9th +5.5% 2nd 46% above peers
Rochester, NY $252,192 (Jun 26) 20th +4.3% 3rd 25% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,369,864 (Jun 26) 1st +4.2% 4th 306% above peers
Akron, OH $144,687 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 5th 57% below peers
Little Rock, AR $222,779 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 6th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,834 (Jun 26) 24th +3.2% 7th 37% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $313,551 (Jun 26) 18th +2.8% 8th 7% below peers
Montgomery, AL $153,885 (Jun 26) 27th +2.4% 9th 54% below peers
Columbus, GA $177,244 (Jun 26) 26th +2.3% 10th 47% below peers
Providence, RI $438,893 (Jun 26) 13th +2.0% 11th 30% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $580,299 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 12th 72% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $336,151 (Jun 26) 16th +1.4% 13th on par with peers
Worcester, MA $443,387 (Jun 26) 12th +1.2% 14th 31% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $298,194 (Jun 26) 19th +1.1% 15th 12% below peers
Knoxville, TN $376,648 (Jun 26) 14th +1.0% 16th 12% above peers
Glendale, CA $1,197,774 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 17th 255% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $227,387 (Jun 26) 21st +0.1% 18th 33% below peers
Des Moines, IA $213,036 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.1% 19th 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA $765,564 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 20th 127% above peers
Vancouver, WA $511,271 (Jun 26) 8th -0.5% 21st 52% above peers
Fontana, CA $639,380 (Jun 26) 5th -0.6% 22nd 90% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $553,116 (Jun 26) 7th -0.6% 23rd 64% above peers
Mobile, AL $199,106 (Jun 26) 25th -1.1% 24th 41% below peers
Peoria, AZ $486,091 (Jun 26) 10th -1.3% 25th 44% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $319,091 (Jun 26) 17th -1.7% 26th 5% below peers
Birmingham, AL $139,502 (Jun 26) 29th -2.2% 27th 59% below peers
Cape Coral, FL $337,346 (Jun 26) 15th -6.0% 28th on par with peers
McKinney, TX $482,599 (Jun 26) 11th -6.7% 29th 43% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $92,933 in June 2026, down from $93,030 a year earlier.
$92,933
2009June 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgia ref $199,217 (Jun 26) +0.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Yonkers, NY $355,502 (Jun 26) 10th +6.6% 1st 39% above peers
Overland Park, KS $341,186 (Jun 26) 13th +5.9% 2nd 34% above peers
Little Rock, AR $118,393 (Jun 26) 24th +5.9% 3rd 54% below peers
Montgomery, AL $69,404 (Jun 26) 28th +4.9% 4th 73% below peers
Amarillo, TX $127,064 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.5% 5th 50% below peers
Akron, OH $92,045 (Jun 26) 27th +4.3% 6th 64% below peers
Rochester, NY $165,884 (Jun 26) 20th +3.8% 7th 35% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $932,527 (Jun 26) 1st +3.7% 8th 266% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $234,470 (Jun 26) 18th +2.7% 9th 8% below peers
Providence, RI $354,879 (Jun 26) 11th +2.6% 10th 39% above peers
Worcester, MA $350,386 (Jun 26) 12th +2.2% 11th 37% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $158,963 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 12th 38% below peers
Knoxville, TN $255,108 (Jun 26) 15th +1.5% 13th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA $647,757 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.3% 14th 154% above peers
Birmingham, AL $64,767 (Jun 26) 29th +1.1% 15th 75% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $183,939 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 16th 28% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $245,487 (Jun 26) 16th +0.8% 17th 4% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $495,598 (Jun 26) 5th +0.3% 18th 94% above peers
Fontana, CA $548,361 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 19th 115% above peers
Des Moines, IA $156,486 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.2% 20th 39% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $408,629 (Jun 26) 7th +0.1% 21st 60% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,933 (Jun 26) 26th -0.1% 22nd 64% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,833 (Jun 26) 25th -0.2% 23rd 63% below peers
Glendale, CA $743,964 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.7% 24th 192% above peers
Vancouver, WA $416,145 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 25th 63% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $242,614 (Jun 26) 17th -1.4% 26th 5% below peers
Peoria, AZ $368,292 (Jun 26) 8th -1.8% 27th 44% above peers
McKinney, TX $365,773 (Jun 26) 9th -6.1% 28th 43% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $259,674 (Jun 26) 14th -6.8% 29th 2% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48.0% to 50.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
50.8%
20112024
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%
Providence, RI 41.4% 28th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 22nd +3.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 34% below peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 18th +2.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 30th +1.7pp 5th 29% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 1st +2.7pp 6th 44% above peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 27th +1.5pp 7th 20% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 17th +1.7pp 8th 3% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 5th +1.6pp 9th 18% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 2nd +1.8pp 10th 42% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 12th +1.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 3rd +1.3pp 12th 25% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 23rd +0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 29th +0.6pp 14th 24% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 26th +0.6pp 15th 15% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 15th +0.7pp 16th 1% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 21st +0.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 7th +0.4pp 18th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 24th +0.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 13th -0.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 8th -0.8pp 21st 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 9th -1.1pp 22nd 11% above peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 20th -0.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 11th -1.2pp 24th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 14th -1.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 19th -1.3pp 26th 5% below peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 4th -2.0pp 27th 19% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 16th -1.8pp 28th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 6th -2.8pp 29th 13% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 25th -2.2pp 30th 14% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 10th -3.9pp 31st 10% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,275 in June 2026, up from $1,241 a year earlier.
$1,275
2015June 2026
Compare all 29 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%
Amarillo, TX $1,278 (Jun 26) 25th +4.8% 1st 22% below peers
Akron, OH $1,130 (Jun 26) 28th +4.6% 2nd 31% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,754 (Jun 26) 4th +3.9% 3rd 69% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,327 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 4th 19% below peers
Providence, RI $2,293 (Jun 26) 7th +3.3% 5th 41% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,800 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 6th 10% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,532 (Jun 26) 18th +3.2% 7th 6% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,311 (Jun 26) 24th +3.1% 8th 20% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,627 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 9th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL $1,343 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 10th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,275 (Jun 26) 26th +2.8% 11th 22% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 12th 14% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,121 (Jun 26) 29th +2.7% 13th 31% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 6th +2.4% 14th 45% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,078 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 15th 89% above peers
Little Rock, AR $1,220 (Jun 26) 27th +2.3% 16th 25% below peers
Oxnard, CA $2,882 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 17th 77% above peers
Fontana, CA $3,042 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 18th 87% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,507 (Jun 26) 19th +1.5% 19th 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,629 (Jun 26) 15th +1.4% 20th on par with peers
Worcester, MA $2,164 (Jun 26) 8th +0.6% 21st 33% above peers
Birmingham, AL $1,359 (Jun 26) 21st +0.5% 22nd 17% below peers
Vancouver, WA $1,818 (Jun 26) 12th +0.3% 23rd 12% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,876 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 24th 15% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,735 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 25th 7% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,610 (Jun 26) 17th -0.3% 26th 1% below peers
Glendale, CA $2,732 (Jun 26) 5th -0.6% 27th 68% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,819 (Jun 26) 11th -1.6% 28th 12% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,912 (Jun 26) 9th -1.9% 29th 17% 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 (38.1% then, 36.6% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.6% to 36.6%).
36.6%
20102024
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
Fontana, CA 38.8% 18th -5.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 23rd -1.9pp 4th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 4th -1.3pp 5th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 10th -1.5pp 6th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 5th -0.9pp 7th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 19th -1.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 14th -0.8pp 9th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 10th 15% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 30th -0.7pp 11th 17% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 12th 32% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 13th 15% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 8th -0.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 15th 15% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 7th +0.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 17th 40% above peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 18th 23% below peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 22nd +1.1pp 19th 8% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 17th +1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 21st +1.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 13th +1.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 11th +1.5pp 23rd 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 16th +1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 9th +2.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 29th +3.3pp 26th 16% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 27th 16% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 12th +4.1pp 28th 3% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 29th 29% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 20th +5.8pp 30th 4% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 15th +8.3pp 31st 1% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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13 of 59 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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 (10.4% then, 10.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 10.9%).
10.9%
20102024
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
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 13th -1.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 28th -2.8pp 2nd 100% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 14th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 19th -1.3pp 4th 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 25th -1.7pp 5th 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 21st -1.4pp 6th 28% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 24th -0.8pp 7th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 29th -1.3pp 8th 113% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 9th 191% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 10th 195% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 7th -0.3pp 11th 46% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 12th -0.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 16th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 18th -0.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 10th -0.0pp 15th 31% below peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 27th +0.3pp 16th 77% above peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 11th +0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 23rd +0.4pp 18th 35% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 22nd +0.4pp 19th 34% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 15th +0.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 20th +0.6pp 21st 25% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 26th +1.0pp 22nd 51% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 57% below peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 8th +0.4pp 24th 44% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 17th +0.9pp 25th 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 4th +0.4pp 26th 56% below peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 27th 60% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 2nd +0.4pp 28th 58% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 5th +0.6pp 29th 52% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 6th +1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 9th +1.8pp 31st 38% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.9% then, 10.6% now; margin ±0.9pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.2% to 10.6%).
10.6%
20122024
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
Glendale, CA 5.6% 5th -1.6pp 1st 34% below peers
McKinney, TX 8.1% 14th -2.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.2pp 3rd 61% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.3% 20th -2.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.1% 7th -1.3pp 5th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 46% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.2% 6th -1.0pp 7th 27% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.7% 18th -1.4pp 8th 14% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.9% 19th -1.0pp 9th 17% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.2% 24th -1.1pp 10th 32% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 26th -1.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.7% 12th -0.6pp 12th 9% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.3% 29th -1.1pp 13th 80% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 17th -0.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 8.5% 16th -0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 7.5% 11th -0.3pp 17th 11% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.6% 22nd -0.3pp 18th 25% above peers
Providence, RI 7.3% 9th -0.2pp 19th 14% below peers
Akron, OH 8.4% 15th -0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.4% 31st -0.0pp 21st 117% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 22nd 107% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.0% 13th +0.2pp 23rd 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 12.6% 27th +0.4pp 24th 48% above peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 8th +0.3pp 25th 16% below peers
Montgomery, AL 10.8% 23rd +0.5pp 26th 27% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 4th +0.5pp 27th 35% below peers
Knoxville, TN 11.5% 25th +1.5pp 28th 36% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.4% 10th +1.1pp 29th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.5% 21st +2.2pp 30th 23% above peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 1st +1.0pp 31st 54% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

41.7%
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%
Glendale, CA 24.3% 1st 33% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 2nd 30% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 3rd 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 4th 16% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 5th 15% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 6th 15% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 7th 12% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 8th 11% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 9th 9% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 10th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 11th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 12th 4% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 13th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 14th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 15th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 16th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 17th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 18th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 19th 3% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 20th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 21st 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 22nd 11% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 23rd 12% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 24th 13% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 25th 15% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 26th 20% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 27th 22% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 28th 22% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 29th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 30th 24% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 31st 25% 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 (3.8% then, 4.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 4.5%).
4.5%
20122024
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
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 9th -2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 54% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 7th -1.6pp 4th 27% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 27th -3.0pp 5th 89% above peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 6th 30% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 24th -1.6pp 7th 32% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 8th 36% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 20th -0.7pp 9th 7% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 21st -0.2pp 10th 11% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 28th -0.1pp 11th 121% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 13th +0.1pp 12th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 8th +0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 14th 152% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 12th +0.5pp 15th 12% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 14th +0.7pp 16th 3% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 23rd +0.9pp 17th 26% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 18th 202% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 29th +1.9pp 19th 127% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 18th +0.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 19th +1.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 10th +0.9pp 22nd 17% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 4th +0.7pp 23rd 42% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 11th +1.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 17th +1.5pp 25th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 15th +1.8pp 26th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 22nd +2.3pp 27th 18% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 28th 83% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 16th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 25th +3.9pp 30th 76% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 49% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

College attainment rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.8% to 30.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.7% to 30.5%).
30.5%
20102024
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
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 21st +6.4pp 1st 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 2nd 7% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 28th +3.4pp 3rd 34% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 6th +6.7pp 5th 46% above peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 12th +5.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 24th +3.6pp 7th 17% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 5th +6.4pp 8th 51% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 13th +4.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 8th +5.2pp 10th 29% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 2nd +6.7pp 11th 67% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 26th +3.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 13th 63% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 18th +3.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 25th +3.0pp 15th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 27th +2.3pp 17th 27% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 16th +3.1pp 18th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 3rd +4.9pp 19th 59% above peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 10th +3.4pp 20th 12% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 21st 45% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 17th +2.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 9th +2.9pp 23rd 18% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 29th +1.5pp 24th 40% below peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 7th +2.8pp 25th 38% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 14th +2.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 4th +3.2pp 27th 59% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 11th +2.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 1st +2.1pp 30th 97% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 15th +1.0pp 31st 4% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 24.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.2% to 28.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.5pp). 8 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, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 26.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.2% to 28.6%).
28.6%
20112024
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%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 3rd +6.9pp 1st 49% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 13th +5.0pp 2nd 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 27th +2.2pp 3rd 32% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 19th +3.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 5th 52% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 4th +4.2pp 6th 36% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 14th +2.1pp 7th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 10th +0.8pp 8th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 5th +0.2pp 9th 34% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 12th -2.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 2nd -3.1pp 11th 50% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 15th -2.4pp 12th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 17th -2.5pp 13th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 16th -3.0pp 14th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 9th -3.6pp 15th 20% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 6th -5.6pp 16th 27% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 24th -4.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 11th -6.6pp 18th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 30th -3.2pp 19th 42% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 22nd -6.3pp 20th 15% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 25th -6.0pp 21st 21% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 29th -5.0pp 22nd 34% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 7th -13.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 20th -10.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 8th -16.5pp 25th 22% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 21st -12.6pp 26th 12% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 28th -9.9pp 27th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 23rd -13.7pp 28th 19% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 18th -17.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 31st -16.6pp 30th 46% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 26th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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14 of 59 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 through 2024 ±6.5pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth rose 7.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.2% to 14.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). 4 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, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 14.9%).
14.9%
20102024
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
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 83% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 86% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 8th -3.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 9th -2.9pp 5th 17% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 6th 11% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 18th -2.3pp 7th 15% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 5th -0.8pp 8th 36% below peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 10th -0.9pp 9th 17% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 22nd -0.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 24th -0.7pp 11th 30% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 23rd -0.4pp 12th 26% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 16th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 25th -0.3pp 14th 32% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 13th -0.2pp 15th 9% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 4th +0.0pp 16th 48% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 17th 85% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 6th +0.2pp 18th 35% below peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 21st +1.4pp 19th 21% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 27th +2.1pp 20th 39% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 19th +1.8pp 21st 15% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 17th +2.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 20th +2.7pp 23rd 18% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 7th +1.7pp 24th 26% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 11th +2.3pp 25th 14% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 15th +2.9pp 26th 1% below peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 14th +2.9pp 27th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 26th +4.4pp 28th 38% above peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 105% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 28th +4.7pp 30th 41% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 91% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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12 of 59 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (195,739 then, 203,711 now; margin ±0).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (198,247 to 203,711).
203,711
20102024
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
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 1st +17% 1st 7% above peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 25th +17% 2nd 2% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 6th +16% 3rd 4% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 18th +14% 4th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 10th +12% 5th 3% above peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 26th +8% 6th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 29th +7% 7th 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 13th +7% 8th 1% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 16th +6% 9th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 9th +5% 10th 3% above peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 7th +5% 11th 4% above peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 20th +5% 12th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 28th +5% 13th 3% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 15th +5% 14th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 11th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 21st +3% 16th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 12th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 17th +2% 18th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 4th +2% 19th 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 2nd +2% 20th 6% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 14th +1% 21st on par with peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 8th +1% 22nd 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 5th +0% 23rd 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 22nd +0% 24th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 24th -1% 25th 2% below peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 3rd -1% 26th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 27th -3% 27th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 19th -3% 28th on par with peers
Akron, OH 189,247 31st -4% 29th 6% below peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 30th -5% 30th 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 23rd -7% 31st 2% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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12 of 59 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 →
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children rose 0.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.8% to 24.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.0pp). 2 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; 21 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.9% to 24.9%).
24.9%
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
Mobile, AL 22.2% 16th +1.1pp 1st on par with peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 26th +0.8pp 2nd 17% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 10th +1.0pp 3rd 9% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 24th +0.8pp 4th 12% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 12th +0.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 11th +0.2pp 7th 8% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 8th +0.2pp 8th 12% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 1st -0.1pp 9th 23% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 10th 25% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 14th -0.3pp 11th 3% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 9th -0.6pp 12th 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 13th -0.6pp 13th 4% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 28th -0.6pp 14th 21% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 5th -0.9pp 15th 17% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 17th -1.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 15th -1.0pp 17th 2% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 2nd -1.4pp 18th 23% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 19th 20% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 3rd -1.5pp 20th 21% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 19th -1.2pp 21st 5% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 7th -1.5pp 22nd 15% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 25th -1.2pp 23rd 15% below peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 21st -1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 20th -1.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 6th -2.3pp 26th 16% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 29th -1.6pp 27th 21% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 4th -2.5pp 28th 18% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 23rd -2.0pp 29th 12% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 22nd -2.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 26% below peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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12 of 59 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 through 2024 ±0.0pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.6% then, 47.6% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.4% to 47.6%).
47.6%
20102024
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
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 17th +5.9pp 1st 1% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 19th +5.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 22nd +3.8pp 3rd 18% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 8th +5.2pp 4th 24% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 21st +2.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 20th +2.7pp 6th 10% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 24th +2.0pp 7th 26% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 27th +1.7pp 8th 35% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 25th +1.8pp 9th 29% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 5th +3.3pp 10th 41% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 7th +3.0pp 11th 29% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 3rd +3.2pp 12th 52% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 10th +2.0pp 13th 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 2nd +1.4pp 14th 71% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 4th +1.0pp 15th 51% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 28th +0.3pp 16th 42% below peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 31st -0.2pp 17th 55% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 14th -0.9pp 18th 11% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 6th -1.1pp 19th 35% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 20th 77% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 15th -1.1pp 21st 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 12th -1.3pp 22nd 13% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 9th -1.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 16th -2.2pp 24th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 25th 54% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 26th 54% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 18th -2.3pp 27th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 23rd -1.8pp 28th 25% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 13th -3.4pp 29th 11% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 26th -2.3pp 30th 30% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 11th -4.2pp 31st 15% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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12 of 59 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.0% then, 62.5% now; margin ±8.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.8% to 62.5%).
62.5%
20102024
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
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 23rd +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 5th +7.0pp 2nd 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 29th +5.8pp 3rd 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 4th +6.6pp 5th 6% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 6th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 11th +6.3pp 7th 4% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 16th +5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 24th +5.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 19th +5.0pp 10th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 7th +4.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 8th +4.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 12th +3.6pp 13th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 17th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 9th +2.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 20th +1.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 21st +1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 22nd +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 18th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 27th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 10th -0.1pp 22nd 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 14th -0.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 25th -0.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 15th -1.6pp 25th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 26th -2.0pp 26th 8% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 13th -2.9pp 28th 2% above peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 28th -3.5pp 29th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 6th -7.0pp 31st 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 59 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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13 of 59 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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