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Caldwell, ID
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66,516 people (2024) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 12 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

Big shifts 3 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 Improving recently, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Violent crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 21% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 15% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 444 in May 2026, down from 459 a year earlier.
444 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Yorba Linda, CA 62 (May 26) 1st -28.1% 1st 68% below peers
Malden, MA 196 (Mar 26) 12th -26.8% 2nd on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 148 (May 26) 8th -23.7% 3rd 25% below peers
Ames, IA 109 (May 26) 4th -18.3% 4th 44% below peers
Skokie, IL 141 (May 26) 6th -12.4% 5th 28% below peers
Davis, CA 173 (May 26) 10th -12.1% 6th 12% below peers
Janesville, WI 119 (May 26) 5th -11.2% 7th 40% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 198 (May 26) 13th -9.5% 8th 1% above peers
Albany, GA 921 (May 26) 22nd -8.8% 9th 369% above peers
Rowlett, TX 163 (May 26) 9th -7.6% 10th 17% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 219 (May 26) 14th -6.9% 11th 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 367 (May 26) 16th -4.3% 12th 87% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 177 (May 26) 11th -4.3% 13th 10% below peers
Commerce City, CO 727 (Mar 26) 21st -3.5% 14th 270% above peers
Caldwell, ID 444 (May 26) 17th -3.1% 15th 126% above peers
Lorain, OH 554 (May 26) 20th +1.7% 16th 182% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 263 (May 26) 15th +2.9% 17th 34% above peers
Conway, AR 496 (May 26) 19th +7.2% 18th 152% above peers
Waterloo, IA 490 (May 26) 18th +11.8% 19th 149% above peers
Novi, MI 109 (May 26) 3rd +17.5% 20th 45% below peers
Greenwood, IN 144 (May 26) 7th +25.0% 21st 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 95 (May 26) 2nd +47.6% 22nd 52% below peers

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. 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2023-2026
  • Janesville, WI down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% 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 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 589 in May 2026, down from 853 a year earlier.
589 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Ames, IA 1,018 (May 26) 7th -33.4% 1st 28% below peers
Caldwell, ID 589 (May 26) 3rd -30.9% 2nd 59% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 527 (May 26) 2nd -25.3% 3rd 63% below peers
Palatine, IL 676 (May 26) 4th -22.7% 4th 52% below peers
Janesville, WI 1,465 (May 26) 13th -20.8% 5th 3% above peers
Conway, AR 1,666 (May 26) 15th -19.1% 6th 17% above peers
Rowlett, TX 1,144 (May 26) 9th -18.0% 7th 20% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2,490 (Mar 26) 18th -15.3% 8th 75% above peers
Davis, CA 1,823 (May 26) 17th -14.9% 9th 28% above peers
Novi, MI 505 (May 26) 1st -11.8% 10th 64% below peers
Malden, MA 1,060 (Mar 26) 8th -11.2% 11th 25% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2,556 (May 26) 20th -10.1% 12th 80% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 1,401 (May 26) 11th -7.5% 13th 1% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 944 (May 26) 6th -6.6% 14th 34% below peers
Victoria, TX 1,766 (May 26) 16th -6.5% 15th 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 1,285 (May 26) 10th -6.4% 16th 10% below peers
Lorain, OH 1,422 (May 26) 12th -3.3% 17th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 2,511 (May 26) 19th -2.3% 18th 77% above peers
Albany, GA 3,809 (May 26) 22nd +1.4% 19th 168% above peers
Skokie, IL 2,615 (May 26) 21st +4.8% 20th 84% above peers
Greenwood, IN 1,653 (May 26) 14th +13.5% 21st 16% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 876 (May 26) 5th +18.1% 22nd 38% below peers

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. 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 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Most recent monthly reading: 1 in May 2026, up from 0 a year earlier.
1 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Commerce City, CO 0 (Mar 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Novi, MI 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Davis, CA 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 1 (May 26) 11th -66.7% 6th 3% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 1 (May 26) 8th -50.0% 7th 20% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3 (May 26) 14th -33.4% 8th 94% above peers
Conway, AR 4 (May 26) 17th -25.1% 9th 171% above peers
Lorain, OH 3 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 10th 99% above peers
Waterloo, IA 6 (May 26) 19th +33.3% 11th 287% above peers
Janesville, WI 4 (May 26) 18th +50.0% 12th 194% above peers
Albany, GA 35 (May 26) 22nd +64.3% 13th 2173% above peers
Ames, IA 3 (May 26) 13th +99.3% 14th 88% above peers
Palatine, IL 3 (May 26) 16th +99.3% 15th 99% above peers
Victoria, TX 12 (May 26) 21st +166.5% 16th 691% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7 (May 26) 20th +401.4% 17th 372% above peers
Caldwell, ID 1 (May 26) 9th 14% below peers
Skokie, IL 2 (May 26) 12th on par with peers
Malden, MA 0 (Mar 26) 6th 100% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0 (May 26) 7th 100% below peers
Rowlett, TX 1 (May 26) 10th 6% below peers

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. 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 →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% 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 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 61 in May 2026, down from 106 a year earlier.
61 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Rowlett, TX 49 (May 26) 5th -56.2% 1st 41% below peers
Janesville, WI 41 (May 26) 3rd -50.9% 2nd 51% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 76 (May 26) 11th -49.0% 3rd 9% below peers
Ames, IA 59 (May 26) 8th -46.8% 4th 29% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 32 (May 26) 1st -45.0% 5th 61% below peers
Commerce City, CO 443 (Mar 26) 22nd -42.9% 6th 431% above peers
Caldwell, ID 61 (May 26) 9th -42.0% 7th 26% below peers
Davis, CA 83 (May 26) 12th -33.3% 8th on par with peers
Novi, MI 38 (May 26) 2nd -33.3% 9th 54% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 48 (May 26) 4th -30.4% 10th 43% below peers
Skokie, IL 176 (May 26) 18th -28.1% 11th 111% above peers
Palatine, IL 50 (May 26) 7th -23.3% 12th 40% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 50 (May 26) 6th -22.6% 13th 40% below peers
Malden, MA 135 (Mar 26) 16th -20.4% 14th 62% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 68 (May 26) 10th -16.7% 15th 18% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 124 (May 26) 15th -12.0% 16th 48% above peers
Victoria, TX 103 (May 26) 13th -9.3% 17th 23% above peers
Albany, GA 333 (May 26) 21st -3.5% 18th 299% above peers
Conway, AR 115 (May 26) 14th +2.5% 19th 38% above peers
Greenwood, IN 136 (May 26) 17th +14.6% 20th 63% above peers
Lorain, OH 214 (May 26) 19th +28.2% 21st 157% above peers
Waterloo, IA 321 (May 26) 20th +33.1% 22nd 285% above peers

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. 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 →
  • Eagan, MN down about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 37% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Davis, CA down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 49% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $49,046 to $73,058 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,552). 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 77% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,368 to $73,058).
$73,058
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
Idaho ref $77,800 +39%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Malden, MA $100,606 12th +52% 1st 12% above peers
Lodi, CA $88,530 17th +51% 2nd 2% below peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 20th +49% 3rd 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 2nd +46% 4th 157% above peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 10th +45% 5th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 6th 166% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 24th +37% 7th 29% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 29th +35% 8th 37% below peers
Conway, AR $63,004 25th +33% 9th 30% below peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 18th +32% 10th 7% below peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 23rd +31% 11th 29% below peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 15th +31% 12th 6% above peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 19th +30% 13th 18% below peers
Davis, CA $90,045 16th +30% 14th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 4th +30% 15th 64% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 16th 41% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 14th +29% 17th 7% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 31st +29% 18th 48% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 19th 46% below peers
Ames, IA $60,991 27th +27% 20th 32% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 8th +26% 21st 31% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 21st +24% 22nd 25% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 26th +22% 23rd 31% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 13th +21% 24th 9% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 28th +21% 25th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 26th 75% above peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 27th 43% above peers
Union City, CA $133,715 5th +17% 28th 48% above peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 22nd +16% 29th 28% below peers
Novi, MI $110,723 11th +13% 30th 23% above peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 9th +11% 31st 24% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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8 of 11 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 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,829 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 67% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in May 2026, unchanged from 3.7% a year earlier.
3.7%
1999May 2026
Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref 3.7% (May 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Lorain, OH 3.8% (May 26) 13th -1.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Waterloo, IA 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.9pp 2nd 3% above peers
Lodi, CA 5.0% (May 26) 27th -0.8pp 3rd 28% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.6pp 4th 18% above peers
Ames, IA 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.6pp 5th 31% below peers
Union City, CA 3.8% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 6th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 7th 28% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 8th 18% below peers
Commerce City, CO 4.1% (May 26) 19th -0.1pp 9th 5% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (May 26) 24th -0.1pp 10th 23% above peers
Davis, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 11th 8% below peers
Janesville, WI 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 12th 21% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 13th 31% below peers
Malden, MA 4.0% (May 26) 17th -0.1pp 14th 3% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 15th 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 2.9% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 16th 26% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 17th 13% below peers
Conway, AR 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Victoria, TX 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.2pp 19th 5% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.0% (May 26) 18th +0.3pp 21st 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.9% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +0.4pp 23rd 15% above peers
Palatine, IL 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 24th 10% above peers
Novi, MI 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.6pp 25th 5% below peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (May 26) 26th +0.8pp 26th 26% above peers
Ocala, FL 5.0% (May 26) 28th +0.9pp 27th 28% above peers
Sammamish, WA 4.8% (May 26) 25th +1.1pp 28th 23% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.0% to 11.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). 7 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.1% to 11.7%).
11.7%
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
Idaho ref 10.0% -2.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Port Charlotte, FL 9.5% 16th -4.2pp 1st on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 11.7% 19th -4.4pp 2nd 23% above peers
Malden, MA 11.3% 18th -4.1pp 3rd 19% above peers
Commerce City, CO 8.6% 14th -2.9pp 4th 9% below peers
Janesville, WI 8.9% 15th -2.3pp 5th 6% below peers
Lodi, CA 12.3% 20th -2.9pp 6th 30% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 11th -1.6pp 7th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.1% 13th -1.6pp 8th 14% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 9th 23% below peers
Ames, IA 20.8% 27th -2.9pp 10th 119% above peers
Conway, AR 15.6% 21st -2.0pp 11th 64% above peers
Davis, CA 25.8% 30th -3.2pp 12th 172% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 31st -3.1pp 13th 176% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.3% 23rd -0.9pp 14th 72% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 7th -0.2pp 15th 36% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 5th -0.1pp 16th 37% below peers
Lorain, OH 24.9% 29th +0.1pp 17th 163% above peers
Skokie, IL 9.6% 17th +0.2pp 18th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 41% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 10th +0.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Ocala, FL 20.2% 26th +0.8pp 21st 113% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.9% 25th +0.8pp 22nd 89% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 15.9% 22nd +0.8pp 23rd 68% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.9% 28th +3.4pp 24th 141% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.3% 24th +2.8pp 25th 83% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.0% 6th +1.0pp 26th 36% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.5% 12th +1.3pp 27th 20% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 28th 39% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 2nd +1.4pp 29th 43% below peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 8th +2.2pp 30th 24% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 1st +1.9pp 31st 55% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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8 of 11 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 ±2.1pp 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 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.8% to 15.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). 5 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 11.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.1% to 15.6%).
15.6%
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
Idaho ref 12.4% -3.4pp
United States ref 16.1%
Malden, MA 13.2% 17th -5.7pp 1st 2% above peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 16th -5.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 15th -4.6pp 3rd 10% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 4th 44% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 20th -5.5pp 5th 10% above peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 4th -2.1pp 6th 52% below peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 22nd -5.1pp 7th 20% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 13th -2.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 7th -1.6pp 9th 46% below peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 21st -3.2pp 10th 13% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 3rd -1.2pp 11th 52% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 23rd -3.1pp 12th 56% above peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 25th -3.2pp 13th 73% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 31st -5.1pp 14th 198% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 12th -0.9pp 15th 38% below peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 14th -0.8pp 16th 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 19th -0.4pp 17th 7% above peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 30th -0.9pp 18th 198% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 26th +0.2pp 19th 83% above peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 29th +1.4pp 20th 140% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 10th +0.5pp 21st 43% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 28th +2.9pp 22nd 134% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 47% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 24th +2.9pp 24th 60% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 27th +5.7pp 25th 107% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 2nd +1.3pp 26th 55% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 27th 45% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 18th +4.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 5th +2.5pp 29th 47% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 1st +2.0pp 30th 62% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 11th +4.7pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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8 of 11 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 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 ±2.5pp 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 10.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.3% to 92.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 18.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.3% to 92.4%).
92.4%
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
Idaho ref 92.1% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lorain, OH 83.4% 28th +14.2pp 1st 11% below peers
Ocala, FL 91.3% 24th +14.0pp 2nd 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 29th +9.5pp 3rd 13% below peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 18th +10.1pp 4th 2% below peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 17th +9.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 26th +8.8pp 6th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 25th +8.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 23rd +8.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 15th +8.7pp 10th on par with peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 14th +8.6pp 11th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 22nd +8.3pp 12th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 21st +8.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 20th +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 16th +7.1pp 15th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 19th +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 9th +5.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 27th +4.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 7th +4.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 4th +3.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 12th +2.9pp 21st 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 2nd +2.9pp 22nd 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 8th +2.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 5th +2.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 11th +2.3pp 25th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 3rd +2.3pp 26th 3% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 6th +1.6pp 27th 3% above peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 13th +1.0pp 28th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 10th -0.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 31st -0.8pp 31st 21% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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 (0.39 then, 0.37 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.37).
0.37
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
Idaho ref 0.44 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Ocala, FL 0.48 26th -0.055 1st 10% above peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 16th -0.044 2nd on par with peers
Malden, MA 0.43 13th -0.040 3rd 2% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 6th -0.028 4th 12% below peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 12th -0.029 5th 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 3rd -0.023 6th 17% below peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 4th -0.023 7th 15% below peers
Conway, AR 0.48 27th -0.027 8th 10% above peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 19th -0.024 9th 1% above peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 7th -0.019 10th 10% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 11th 21% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 10th -0.019 12th 5% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 13th 20% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 14th 13% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 21st -0.018 15th 3% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 14th -0.016 16th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 0.48 28th -0.013 17th 11% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 25th -0.010 18th 8% above peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 24th -0.004 19th 8% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 20th 21% above peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 17th +0.005 21st on par with peers
Novi, MI 0.45 22nd +0.007 22nd 4% above peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 15th +0.007 23rd 1% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 11th +0.010 24th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 9th +0.010 25th 5% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 23rd +0.015 26th 7% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 27th 11% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 20th +0.017 28th 2% above peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 5th +0.022 29th 13% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 8th +0.035 30th 7% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 18th +0.066 31st 1% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP fell 8.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 20.8% to 12.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 12.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (24.9% to 12.5%).
12.5%
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
Idaho ref 7.8% -2.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 77% below peers
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 21st -8.3pp 2nd 32% above peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 6th -1.2pp 3rd 55% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 23rd -2.4pp 4th 36% above peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 15th -1.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 26th -2.1pp 6th 70% above peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 27th -1.8pp 7th 92% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 11th -0.7pp 8th 25% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 20th -1.0pp 9th 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 18th -0.7pp 10th 14% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 30th -1.1pp 11th 165% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 12th 141% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 9th +0.1pp 13th 32% below peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 17th +0.2pp 14th 9% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 12th +0.2pp 15th 23% below peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 19th +0.6pp 16th 19% above peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 29th +1.6pp 17th 147% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 18th 238% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 24th +1.1pp 19th 55% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 8th +0.6pp 20th 37% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 10th +0.7pp 21st 26% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 14th +1.1pp 22nd 13% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 23rd 68% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 22nd +2.6pp 24th 33% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 4th +0.9pp 25th 66% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 7th +1.5pp 26th 45% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 13th +2.4pp 27th 15% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 5th +1.4pp 28th 57% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 72% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 73% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 16th +5.8pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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 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 →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • The Hammocks, FL down 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: home value rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 18% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $402,988 in June 2026, up from $401,923 a year earlier.
$402,988
2006June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref $482,199 (Jun 26) +1.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Skokie, IL $435,880 (Jun 26) 13th +6.6% 1st 10% above peers
Janesville, WI $300,089 (Jun 26) 21st +6.1% 2nd 24% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $262,782 (Jun 26) 24th +5.6% 3rd 34% below peers
Palatine, IL $396,075 (Jun 26) 15th +5.5% 4th on par with peers
Union City, NJ $569,523 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 5th 44% above peers
Lorain, OH $158,944 (Jun 26) 28th +4.1% 6th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 7th 810% above peers
Novi, MI $478,638 (Jun 26) 12th +3.0% 8th 21% above peers
Ames, IA $307,551 (Jun 26) 20th +2.7% 9th 22% below peers
Conway, AR $252,300 (Jun 26) 25th +1.8% 10th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 11th 259% above peers
Malden, MA $694,637 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 12th 75% above peers
Greenwood, IN $331,142 (Jun 26) 19th +1.4% 13th 16% below peers
Victoria, TX $217,561 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 14th 45% below peers
Waterloo, IA $149,410 (Jun 26) 29th +0.5% 15th 62% below peers
Caldwell, ID $402,988 (Jun 26) 14th +0.3% 16th 2% above peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 30th -0.2% 17th 66% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $730,793 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 18th 85% above peers
Rockville, MD $623,896 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 19th 58% above peers
Dundalk, MD $227,014 (Jun 26) 26th -1.1% 20th 43% below peers
Davis, CA $854,071 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 21st 116% above peers
Lodi, CA $518,965 (Jun 26) 10th -2.4% 22nd 31% above peers
Ocala, FL $268,867 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.9% 23rd 32% below peers
Rowlett, TX $371,639 (Jun 26) 17th -3.3% 24th 6% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 18th -3.8% 25th 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO $489,357 (Jun 26) 11th -4.0% 26th 24% above peers
Union City, CA $1,247,792 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 27th 215% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $375,312 (Jun 26) 16th -5.3% 28th 5% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,591,920 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.7% 29th 302% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $268,380 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.7% 30th 32% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 22% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $338,708 in June 2026, up from $335,530 a year earlier.
$338,708
2006June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref $340,225 (Jun 26) +2.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Lorain, OH $111,370 (Jun 26) 28th +9.2% 1st 63% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $192,148 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.4% 2nd 37% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,465 (Jun 26) 20th +6.5% 3rd 27% below peers
Skokie, IL $306,804 (Jun 26) 14th +5.9% 4th 1% above peers
Palatine, IL $244,680 (Jun 26) 19th +4.1% 5th 19% below peers
Conway, AR $186,535 (Jun 26) 25th +3.7% 6th 39% below peers
Ames, IA $208,311 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 7th 31% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 8th 634% above peers
Novi, MI $300,843 (Jun 26) 16th +2.5% 9th 1% below peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 30th +2.3% 10th 79% below peers
Greenwood, IN $249,037 (Jun 26) 18th +2.2% 11th 18% below peers
Union City, NJ $364,639 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 12th 20% above peers
Malden, MA $511,942 (Jun 26) 6th +1.3% 13th 69% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 230% above peers
Caldwell, ID $338,708 (Jun 26) 12th +0.9% 15th 12% above peers
Victoria, TX $118,549 (Jun 26) 27th -0.3% 16th 61% below peers
Waterloo, IA $82,231 (Jun 26) 29th -0.4% 17th 73% below peers
Davis, CA $641,969 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 18th 111% above peers
Dundalk, MD $188,100 (Jun 26) 24th -1.3% 19th 38% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $483,817 (Jun 26) 7th -1.7% 20th 59% above peers
Lodi, CA $402,484 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 21st 33% above peers
Rockville, MD $369,367 (Jun 26) 10th -2.6% 22nd 22% above peers
Ocala, FL $195,336 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.4% 23rd 36% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 24th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX $299,498 (Jun 26) 17th -4.3% 25th 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO $387,464 (Jun 26) 9th -4.6% 26th 28% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $312,330 (Jun 26) 13th -5.3% 27th 3% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,089,579 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.8% 28th 259% above peers
Union City, CA $779,118 (Jun 26) 4th -6.6% 29th 157% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $181,828 (Jun 26) 26th -9.0% 30th 40% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 9.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.4% to 73.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.5% to 73.0%).
73.0%
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
Idaho ref 72.1% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 8th +9.7pp 1st 13% above peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 25th +6.0pp 2nd 19% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 2nd +7.4pp 3rd 29% above peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 21st +4.4pp 4th 12% below peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 7th +4.3pp 5th 16% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 6th 29% above peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 5th +3.2pp 7th 20% above peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 28th +1.4pp 8th 35% below peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 11th +1.3pp 9th 4% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 17th +1.2pp 10th 4% below peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 18th +1.1pp 11th 8% below peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 20th +1.0pp 12th 12% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 16th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 27th +0.4pp 14th 33% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 15th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 3rd +0.4pp 16th 29% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 23rd +0.1pp 17th 15% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 22nd -0.0pp 18th 15% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 12th -0.4pp 19th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 15th -0.7pp 20th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 14th -1.3pp 21st 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 13th -1.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 10th -1.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 19th -1.6pp 24th 10% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 4th -3.1pp 25th 28% above peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 26th -2.2pp 26th 30% below peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 24th -2.8pp 27th 18% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 9th -4.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 29th 42% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 30th 70% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 6th -10.7pp 31st 17% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,729 in June 2026, up from $1,664 a year earlier.
$1,729
2021June 2026
Compare all 30 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%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 135% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 24th +5.2% 2nd 34% below peers
Lorain, OH $1,075 (Jun 26) 28th +5.1% 3rd 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,208 (Jun 26) 26th +4.8% 4th 34% below peers
Waterloo, IA $898 (Jun 26) 30th +4.8% 5th 51% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,250 (Jun 26) 10th +4.0% 6th 23% above peers
Lodi, CA $2,137 (Jun 26) 11th +4.0% 7th 17% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,729 (Jun 26) 17th +3.9% 8th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 9th 123% above peers
Victoria, TX $1,212 (Jun 26) 25th +3.1% 10th 34% below peers
Ames, IA $1,125 (Jun 26) 27th +3.0% 11th 39% below peers
Conway, AR $1,431 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 12th 22% below peers
Palatine, IL $1,990 (Jun 26) 13th +2.5% 13th 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD $1,614 (Jun 26) 20th +2.4% 14th 12% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,421 (Jun 26) 9th +2.4% 15th 32% above peers
Commerce City, CO $2,484 (Jun 26) 7th +2.3% 16th 36% above peers
Union City, CA $2,867 (Jun 26) 4th +2.1% 17th 57% above peers
Greenwood, IN $1,609 (Jun 26) 21st +1.7% 18th 12% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,738 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 19th 104% above peers
Novi, MI $1,857 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 20th 1% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 15th +1.1% 21st on par with peers
Davis, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 6th +0.7% 22nd 48% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 29th +0.6% 23rd 49% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,116 (Jun 26) 12th +0.6% 24th 16% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,426 (Jun 26) 8th -0.2% 25th 33% above peers
Malden, MA $2,803 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 26th 53% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,582 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.7% 27th 14% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,699 (Jun 26) 18th -1.4% 28th 7% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,794 (Jun 26) 16th -2.0% 29th 2% below peers
Rowlett, TX $1,668 (Jun 26) 19th -2.2% 30th 9% below 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 (31.3% then, 32.0% now; margin ±4.6pp).

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 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.8% to 32.0%).
32.0%
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
Idaho ref 27.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 52% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 24th -4.2pp 2nd 7% above peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 12th -3.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 28th -3.6pp 4th 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 22nd -3.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 21st -2.6pp 6th 5% above peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 25th -2.5pp 7th 15% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 8th 23% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 6th -0.6pp 9th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 10th -0.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 8th -0.5pp 11th 14% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 27th -0.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 20th -0.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 19th -0.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 18th +0.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 3rd +0.5pp 16th 23% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 17th +0.7pp 17th 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 11th +0.7pp 18th 3% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 13th +1.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 15th +1.3pp 20th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 5th +1.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 2nd +1.2pp 22nd 24% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 7th +1.3pp 23rd 15% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 23rd +1.9pp 24th 7% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 9th +1.8pp 25th 13% below peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 16th +2.4pp 26th on par with peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 27th 42% above peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 29th +3.8pp 28th 30% above peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 29th 30% below peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 26th +5.5pp 30th 15% above peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 14th +8.6pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (4.9% then, 3.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

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 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 3.6%).
3.6%
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
Idaho ref 3.7% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 22nd -3.1pp 1st 27% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 7th -1.3pp 2nd 42% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 26th -2.6pp 3rd 49% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 11th -1.4pp 4th 19% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 25th -2.0pp 5th 45% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 8th -0.7pp 6th 41% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 7th 186% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 23rd -1.1pp 8th 35% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 9th 102% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 19th -0.9pp 10th 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 17th -0.7pp 11th 15% above peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 13th -0.5pp 12th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 13th 102% above peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 16th -0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 15th -0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 16th 576% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 21st -0.0pp 17th 25% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 18th +0.0pp 18th 18% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 6th +0.0pp 19th 48% below peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 12th +0.2pp 20th 17% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 5th +0.1pp 21st 56% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 14th +0.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 24th +1.5pp 23rd 39% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 27th +2.1pp 24th 82% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 9th +0.9pp 25th 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 10th +1.0pp 26th 23% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 27th 74% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 4th +1.1pp 28th 61% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 74% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 61% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 20th +4.1pp 31st 25% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 (13.9% then, 14.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.6% to 14.6%).
14.6%
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
Idaho ref 8.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 15th -4.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Skokie, IL 5.1% 10th -3.1pp 2nd 24% below peers
Greenwood, IN 5.4% 13th -3.2pp 3rd 18% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 19th -2.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 6th -0.9pp 5th 49% below peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 28th -3.1pp 6th 99% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.2% 11th -1.2pp 7th 21% below peers
Commerce City, CO 7.4% 18th -1.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.3% 12th -1.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 7th -0.8pp 10th 34% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 11th 56% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 62% below peers
Ocala, FL 11.8% 25th -1.4pp 13th 77% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 14th 71% below peers
Conway, AR 7.8% 20th -0.6pp 15th 17% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.3% 30th -1.0pp 16th 160% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 23rd -0.5pp 17th 41% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 21st -0.3pp 18th 18% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 19th 88% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.9% 8th -0.0pp 20th 27% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 16th +0.1pp 21st on par with peers
Union City, NJ 23.9% 31st +0.6pp 22nd 258% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.3% 26th +0.6pp 23rd 85% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.6% 29th +0.7pp 24th 120% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 14th +0.5pp 25th 16% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 17th +0.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 9th +0.6pp 27th 27% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.1% 22nd +1.1pp 28th 22% above peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 4th +0.8pp 29th 56% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 24th +2.8pp 30th 51% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 65% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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

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 ±1.5pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

39.0%
20202022
Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref 33.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 55% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 46% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 3rd 44% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 4th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 5th 35% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 6th 33% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 7th 31% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 8th 28% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 9th 25% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 10th 24% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 11th 20% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 12th 17% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 13th 16% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 14th 10% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 15th 3% below peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 16th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 17th 1% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 18th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 19th 4% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 20th 5% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 21st 5% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 22nd 7% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 23rd 11% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 24th 13% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 25th 14% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 26th 16% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 27th 17% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 28th 17% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 29th 17% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 30th 28% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 31st 28% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 9.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.0% to 13.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 13.3%).
13.3%
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
Idaho ref 6.8% +1.7pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 7th -7.3pp 1st 27% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 75% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 18th -3.4pp 3rd 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 14th -2.3pp 4th 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 9th -1.7pp 5th 26% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 2nd -0.8pp 6th 58% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 11th -1.5pp 7th 15% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 19th -1.9pp 8th 28% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 20th -1.4pp 9th 31% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 4th -0.5pp 10th 52% below peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 27th -2.6pp 11th 182% above peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 57% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 21st -0.8pp 13th 44% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 24th -1.1pp 14th 111% above peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 15th -0.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 13th -0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 25th -0.0pp 17th 143% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 16th +0.0pp 18th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 5th +0.1pp 19th 43% below peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 22nd +0.6pp 20th 47% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 21st 317% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 8th +0.5pp 22nd 26% below peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 12th +0.7pp 23rd 14% below peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 26th +2.5pp 24th 164% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 23rd +1.6pp 25th 61% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 10th +0.8pp 26th 23% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 29th +5.8pp 27th 236% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 17th +2.3pp 28th 19% above peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 28th +5.6pp 29th 183% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 30th +9.3pp 30th 284% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 31st 40% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.7pp 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 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.7% to 19.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 19.5%).
19.5%
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
Idaho ref 31.8% +4.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 29th +5.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 19th +6.8pp 2nd 25% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 18th +7.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 23rd +5.4pp 4th 35% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 5th 59% below peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 22nd +3.8pp 6th 32% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 7th 61% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 21st +3.7pp 8th 28% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 13th +6.1pp 9th 19% above peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 10th +6.2pp 10th 42% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 12th +4.8pp 11th 19% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 27th +2.0pp 12th 45% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 14th +4.0pp 13th 13% above peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 15th +2.9pp 14th 13% above peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 17th +2.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 20th +1.8pp 16th 28% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 16th +2.4pp 17th on par with peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 26th +1.3pp 18th 44% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 19th 69% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 5th +3.1pp 20th 73% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 3rd +2.9pp 21st 103% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 22nd 48% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 2nd +1.9pp 23rd 103% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 11th +1.1pp 24th 35% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 4th +1.5pp 25th 87% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 26th 52% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 6th +0.7pp 27th 73% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 28th 117% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 28th -0.4pp 29th 47% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 24th -1.1pp 30th 38% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 25th -1.6pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.7% then, 26.2% now; margin ±9.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.2% to 26.2%).
26.2%
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
Idaho ref 37.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Victoria, TX 52.8% 12th +16.8pp 1st 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 62% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 7th +16.7pp 3rd 44% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 18th +9.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 16th +7.2pp 5th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 5th +9.8pp 6th 46% above peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 11th +5.2pp 7th 26% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 8th 51% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 8th +3.6pp 9th 37% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 17th +0.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 28th +0.4pp 11th 42% below peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 12th 47% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 15th -0.7pp 13th 3% above peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 23rd -0.7pp 14th 18% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 15th 55% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 10th -4.7pp 16th 26% above peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 27th -2.5pp 17th 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 25th -4.4pp 18th 30% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 26th -4.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 24th -4.9pp 20th 29% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 20th -7.6pp 21st 15% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 6th -15.5pp 22nd 46% above peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 21st -11.2pp 23rd 17% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 9th -18.6pp 24th 30% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 14th -15.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 19th -13.7pp 26th 12% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 29th -9.4pp 27th 42% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 13th -22.1pp 28th 10% above peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 55% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 30th -16.0pp 30th 44% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 22nd -23.8pp 31st 17% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.8pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 10.2% now; margin ±6.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 10.2%).
10.2%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref 7.3% +0.9pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 1st -6.6pp 1st 91% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 4th -6.2pp 2nd 63% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 87% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 18th -7.1pp 4th 18% above peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 10th -3.0pp 5th 42% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 19th -5.2pp 6th 20% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 7th -2.1pp 7th 48% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 5th -1.6pp 8th 59% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 9th 42% below peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 23rd -1.5pp 10th 65% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 51% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 21st -0.6pp 12th 47% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 11th -0.2pp 13th 18% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 13th +0.1pp 14th 12% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 15th 17% above peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 25th +1.2pp 16th 92% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 27th +1.5pp 17th 106% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 20th +1.6pp 18th 27% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 19th 228% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 16th +1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 8th +1.0pp 21st 46% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 29th +6.2pp 22nd 162% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 15th +2.4pp 23rd 8% below peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 66% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 25th 50% below peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 24th +5.4pp 26th 90% above peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 26th +6.1pp 27th 104% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 12th +3.1pp 28th 14% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 14th +3.3pp 29th 11% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 28th +9.8pp 30th 134% above peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 30th +12.3pp 31st 188% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 ±5.6pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54,887 to 66,516 - more than the combined survey margin (±87). 20 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 (48,114 to 66,516).
66,516
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
Horizon West, FL 67,416 6th +73% 1st 1% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 10th +38% 2nd 1% above peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 17th +21% 3rd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 20th +18% 4th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 25th +14% 5th 1% below peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 16th +12% 6th on par with peers
Novi, MI 66,717 15th +11% 7th on par with peers
Malden, MA 65,906 28th +8% 8th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 26th +7% 9th 1% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 23rd +6% 10th 1% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 27th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 22nd +4% 12th 1% below peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 24th +3% 13th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 18th +3% 14th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 4th +3% 15th 2% above peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 30th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 31st +2% 17th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 2nd +2% 18th 2% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 3rd +2% 19th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 13th +2% 20th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 7th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 1st +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 14th -0% 23rd on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 9th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 11th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 29th -2% 26th 1% below peers
Davis, CA 66,978 12th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 19th -3% 28th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 21st -3% 29th on par with peers
Albany, GA 67,224 8th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Union City, CA 67,464 5th -10% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 ±50 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.6% to 30.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (31.8% to 30.3%).
30.3%
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
Idaho ref 23.3% -1.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 9th +1.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 10th +1.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 18th +0.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 8th +0.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 6th +0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 2nd +0.1pp 6th 29% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 5th -0.2pp 7th 20% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 21st -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 27th -0.4pp 9th 23% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 16th -0.5pp 10th on par with peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 24th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 20th -0.6pp 12th 2% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 15th -0.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 19th -0.8pp 14th 2% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 7th -0.9pp 15th 11% above peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 25th -0.8pp 16th 10% below peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 4th -1.3pp 17th 27% above peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 13th -1.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 26th -1.2pp 19th 19% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 22nd -1.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 1st -2.3pp 21st 35% above peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 22nd 50% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 23rd 39% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 30th -1.4pp 24th 40% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 17th -2.5pp 25th on par with peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 28th -1.9pp 26th 25% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 12th -2.7pp 27th 6% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 14th -2.9pp 28th 4% above peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 23rd -2.8pp 29th 7% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 3rd -4.4pp 30th 27% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 11th -3.7pp 31st 7% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 ±1.4pp 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 (24.3% then, 22.3% now; margin ±6.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.8% to 22.3%).
22.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref 21.1% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 18th +11.3pp 1st 3% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 16th +8.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 12th +8.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 17th +6.2pp 4th on par with peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 25th +2.8pp 5th 37% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 3rd +8.0pp 6th 88% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 19th +3.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 4th +7.5pp 8th 88% above peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 2nd +5.2pp 9th 127% above peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 10th 38% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 15th +1.5pp 11th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 22nd +1.2pp 12th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 5th +2.0pp 13th 66% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 11th +1.0pp 14th 19% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 1st +1.8pp 15th 169% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 7th +0.5pp 16th 38% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 9th +0.1pp 17th 27% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 18th 17% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 29th -0.2pp 19th 52% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 10th -0.7pp 20th 22% above peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 6th -1.3pp 21st 53% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 14th -1.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 20th -2.0pp 23rd 16% below peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 24th 33% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 13th -2.9pp 25th 8% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 26th 48% below peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 23rd -2.4pp 27th 22% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 30th -1.6pp 28th 53% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 24th -3.4pp 29th 32% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 26th -4.5pp 30th 38% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 31st -2.7pp 31st 75% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 ±4.2pp 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 (58.6% then, 64.8% now; margin ±13.5pp).

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 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.0% to 64.8%).
64.8%
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
Idaho ref 58.0% +0.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Union City, CA 78.1% 1st +14.3pp 1st 12% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 2nd +10.5pp 2nd 10% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 13th +9.2pp 3rd 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 25th +7.9pp 4th 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 19th +7.8pp 5th 3% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 26th +6.6pp 6th 13% below peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 24th +6.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 23rd +6.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 17th +6.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 14th +6.2pp 10th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 27th +4.5pp 11th 14% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 8th +5.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 3rd +5.3pp 13th 6% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 4th +4.8pp 14th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 20th +4.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 15th +3.0pp 16th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 16th +1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 21st +0.7pp 18th 3% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 22nd +0.6pp 19th 7% below peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 12th -1.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 6th -1.5pp 21st 5% above peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 11th -1.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 10th -2.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 30th -1.8pp 24th 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 25th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 9th -3.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 7th -6.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 5th -7.2pp 28th 5% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 31st -9.2pp 29th 21% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 29th -11.3pp 30th 17% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 28th -11.7pp 31st 15% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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8 of 11 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 ±10.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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