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130,138 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Meridian, ID shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
5.4%
2020-24
▼ 43%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$100,795
2020-24
▲ 41%
relative change
$71,389 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
6.0%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
8.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
398 /100k
May 2026
▼ 21%
relative change
504 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
44.2%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
37.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.9%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
86.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
3.8%
2019-23
▼ 25%
relative change
5.1% in 2018
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
26.1%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
27.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
2.4%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
2.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.0%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.8%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
8.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Meridian, ID shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Violent crime
Violent crime rate
137 /100k
May 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
131 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
23 /100k
May 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
27 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
74.6%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
76.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 6 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 →
Population
130,138
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
101,905 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
25.0%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
28.0% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,065
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,983 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$434,946
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$434,945 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
14.6%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
16.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
59.4%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
59.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 137 in May 2026, up from 131 a year earlier.
137 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Carrollton, TX 96 (May 26) 2nd -53.8% 1st 62% below peers
Pearland, TX 70 (May 26) 1st -31.9% 2nd 72% below peers
College Station, TX 115 (May 26) 4th -29.2% 3rd 54% below peers
Concord, CA 382 (May 26) 20th -23.9% 4th 53% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 138 (May 26) 7th -23.6% 5th 45% below peers
New Haven, CT 391 (Apr 26) 21st -19.8% 6th 56% above peers
Allentown, PA 234 (May 26) 12th -17.9% 7th 7% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 210 (May 26) 11th -11.9% 8th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 370 (May 26) 19th -11.4% 9th 48% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 344 (May 26) 16th -10.4% 10th 37% above peers
Pasadena, CA 406 (May 26) 22nd -7.0% 11th 62% above peers
Lewisville, TX 196 (May 26) 10th -5.6% 12th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 110 (May 26) 3rd -4.9% 13th 56% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 250 (May 26) 13th -2.5% 14th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 127 (May 26) 5th -1.2% 15th 49% below peers
Dayton, OH 1,337 (May 26) 25th -0.9% 16th 434% above peers
Columbia, MO 359 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 17th 43% above peers
Clovis, CA 253 (May 26) 14th +1.2% 18th 1% above peers
Norman, OK 290 (Dec 25) 15th +2.4% 19th 16% above peers
Vallejo, CA 746 (Apr 26) 24th +3.7% 20th 198% above peers
Stamford, CT 151 (May 26) 9th +3.9% 21st 39% below peers
Meridian, ID 137 (May 26) 6th +4.7% 22nd 45% below peers
Round Rock, TX 139 (May 26) 8th +10.0% 23rd 45% below peers
Abilene, TX 476 (May 26) 23rd +11.6% 24th 90% above peers
Midland, TX 369 (May 26) 18th +20.8% 25th 47% above peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Centennial, CO down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 398 in May 2026, down from 504 a year earlier.
398 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Carrollton, TX 954 (May 26) 4th -48.1% 1st 37% below peers
Round Rock, TX 1,275 (May 26) 9th -31.6% 2nd 15% below peers
Pearland, TX 1,033 (May 26) 7th -30.6% 3rd 31% below peers
College Station, TX 808 (May 26) 3rd -24.6% 4th 46% below peers
Vallejo, CA 2,778 (Apr 26) 22nd -23.6% 5th 84% above peers
Meridian, ID 398 (May 26) 1st -21.0% 6th 74% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1,974 (May 26) 16th -20.6% 7th 31% above peers
Concord, CA 2,380 (May 26) 20th -20.2% 8th 58% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 2,165 (May 26) 18th -16.3% 9th 44% above peers
Clovis, CA 1,291 (May 26) 10th -15.9% 10th 14% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 758 (May 26) 2nd -13.8% 11th 50% below peers
Columbia, MO 1,878 (May 26) 15th -13.7% 12th 25% above peers
Norman, OK 2,095 (Dec 25) 17th -11.4% 13th 39% above peers
Fargo, ND 3,012 (May 26) 23rd -10.5% 14th 100% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 1,038 (May 26) 8th -9.0% 15th 31% below peers
New Haven, CT 3,154 (Apr 26) 24th -7.4% 16th 109% above peers
Stamford, CT 1,003 (May 26) 6th -5.5% 17th 33% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2,279 (May 26) 19th -4.2% 18th 51% above peers
Dayton, OH 4,087 (May 26) 25th -3.9% 19th 171% above peers
Allentown, PA 1,394 (May 26) 11th -3.3% 20th 8% below peers
Abilene, TX 1,712 (May 26) 14th +1.0% 21st 14% above peers
Lewisville, TX 1,405 (May 26) 12th +1.6% 22nd 7% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2,628 (May 26) 21st +2.7% 23rd 74% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 994 (May 26) 5th +3.3% 24th 34% below peers
Midland, TX 1,507 (May 26) 13th +46.6% 25th on par with peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 30% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Longer view: homicide held steady from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1 in May 2026, unchanged from 1 a year earlier.
1 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Sterling Heights, MI 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Concord, CA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Clovis, CA 1 (May 26) 10th -80.0% 3rd 68% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 1 (May 26) 11th -75.0% 4th 66% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 (May 26) 5th -75.0% 5th 70% below peers
New Haven, CT 8 (Apr 26) 23rd -35.3% 6th 229% above peers
Lewisville, TX 3 (May 26) 15th -34.0% 7th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 19 (May 26) 25th -29.7% 8th 700% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12 (Apr 26) 24th -28.6% 9th 411% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 2 (May 26) 12th -25.1% 10th 11% below peers
Pearland, TX 1 (May 26) 8th -11.0% 11th 68% below peers
Meridian, ID 1 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 12th 71% below peers
Fargo, ND 4 (May 26) 19th +0.0% 13th 51% above peers
Columbia, MO 3 (May 26) 16th +0.0% 14th 27% above peers
Pasadena, CA 1 (May 26) 6th +0.0% 15th 69% below peers
Stamford, CT 1 (May 26) 4th +0.0% 16th 70% below peers
Abilene, TX 7 (May 26) 22nd +7.6% 17th 186% above peers
Allentown, PA 4 (May 26) 21st +24.8% 18th 64% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2 (May 26) 13th +50.3% 19th on par with peers
Midland, TX 3 (May 26) 18th +66.3% 20th 43% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3 (May 26) 14th +96.6% 21st 20% above peers
Norman, OK 3 (Dec 25) 17th +300.5% 22nd 27% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 1 (May 26) 7th 69% below peers
Carrollton, TX 4 (May 26) 20th 54% above peers
College Station, TX 1 (May 26) 9th 68% below peers
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 13% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% 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 rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 23 in May 2026, down from 27 a year earlier.
23 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Carrollton, TX 114 (May 26) 8th -53.1% 1st 30% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 106 (May 26) 7th -43.7% 2nd 36% below peers
College Station, TX 52 (May 26) 3rd -43.2% 3rd 69% below peers
Columbia, MO 176 (May 26) 16th -42.3% 4th 8% above peers
Lewisville, TX 171 (May 26) 15th -36.8% 5th 4% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 145 (May 26) 11th -32.4% 6th 12% below peers
Pasadena, CA 164 (May 26) 13th -32.1% 7th on par with peers
Concord, CA 322 (May 26) 21st -29.7% 8th 96% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 405 (May 26) 22nd -28.8% 9th 147% above peers
Stamford, CT 115 (May 26) 9th -27.5% 10th 30% below peers
New Haven, CT 573 (Apr 26) 23rd -24.2% 11th 249% above peers
Norman, OK 188 (Dec 25) 18th -21.8% 12th 15% above peers
Round Rock, TX 93 (May 26) 6th -21.0% 13th 44% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (May 26) 2nd -20.3% 14th 73% below peers
Dayton, OH 1,082 (May 26) 25th -16.5% 15th 560% above peers
Vallejo, CA 580 (Apr 26) 24th -14.9% 16th 254% above peers
Meridian, ID 23 (May 26) 1st -12.8% 17th 86% below peers
Clovis, CA 129 (May 26) 10th -11.6% 18th 21% below peers
Fargo, ND 302 (May 26) 19th -10.4% 19th 84% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 311 (May 26) 20th -9.9% 20th 90% above peers
Pearland, TX 84 (May 26) 4th -1.0% 21st 49% below peers
Allentown, PA 164 (May 26) 14th +2.0% 22nd on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 92 (May 26) 5th +3.6% 23rd 44% below peers
Abilene, TX 156 (May 26) 12th +23.8% 24th 5% below peers
Midland, TX 185 (May 26) 17th +29.0% 25th 13% above peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • College Station, TX down about 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
See all Public Safety data →
Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 41% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $71,389 to $100,795 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,145). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 59% from 2014 to 2024 ($63,225 to $100,795).
$100,795
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref $77,800 +39%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 101% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 18th +41% 2nd 19% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 9th +41% 3rd 13% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 31st +39% 4th 49% below peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 16th +38% 5th on par with peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 6th 41% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 22nd +38% 7th 25% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 23rd +37% 8th 25% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 9th 38% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 27th +35% 10th 36% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 14th +30% 11th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 24th +30% 12th 25% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 8th +29% 13th 14% above peers
Kent, WA $92,302 13th +28% 14th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 11th +27% 15th 11% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 7th +27% 16th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 17th 52% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 25th +24% 18th 30% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 17th +23% 19th 10% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 3rd +23% 20th 37% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 21st 22% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 12th +21% 22nd 5% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 21st +21% 23rd 25% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 19th +20% 24th 21% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 10th +20% 25th 11% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 5th +20% 26th 25% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 26th +19% 27th 36% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 20th +16% 28th 24% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 4th +14% 29th 33% above peers
Midland, TX $89,585 15th +13% 30th on par with peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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29 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,565 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 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 75% 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: 3.0% in May 2026, up from 2.8% a year earlier.
3.0%
1997May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 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
Dayton, OH 3.7% (May 26) 12th -2.1pp 1st 3% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 5.2% (May 26) 26th -1.3pp 2nd 37% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (May 26) 22nd -0.6pp 3rd 24% above peers
Fargo, ND 1.9% (May 26) 1st -0.5pp 4th 50% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 15th -0.4pp 6th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 8th 18% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 9th 5% below peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 10th 24% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 11th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 13th -0.2pp 12th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.2pp 13th 11% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 14th 8% above peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (May 26) 2nd +0.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Lewisville, TX 3.6% (May 26) 10th +0.2pp 16th 5% below peers
Abilene, TX 3.6% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 17th 5% below peers
Midland, TX 3.2% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
College Station, TX 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 19th 3% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% (May 26) 14th +0.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Kent, WA 5.1% (May 26) 25th +0.4pp 21st 34% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% (May 26) 27th +0.5pp 22nd 50% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.4% (May 26) 19th +0.6pp 23rd 16% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.9% (May 26) 24th +1.0pp 24th 29% above peers
Norman, OK 4.0% (May 26) 17th +1.1pp 25th 5% above peers
Stamford, CT 4.4% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 26th 16% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.6% (May 26) 21st +1.2pp 27th 21% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 28th +1.4pp 28th 61% above peers
New Haven, CT 6.2% (May 26) 29th +1.5pp 29th 63% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.6% to 6.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 6.0%).
6.0%
20112024
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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 10.0% -2.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 2nd -2.6pp 1st 49% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 7th -2.6pp 2nd 33% below peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 32% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.5% 5th -2.3pp 4th 35% below peers
Kent, WA 10.7% 14th -2.5pp 5th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 6th 73% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 10th -1.5pp 7th 30% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.0% 25th -2.9pp 8th 46% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.6% 13th -1.6pp 9th 9% below peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 26th -2.4pp 10th 53% above peers
Dayton, OH 24.6% 30th -3.2pp 11th 111% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 12th 109% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 4th -0.9pp 13th 39% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.6% 23rd -1.8pp 14th 34% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.6% 16th -1.3pp 15th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 22.4% 28th -2.4pp 16th 93% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.1% 20th -1.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 24th -0.8pp 18th 35% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.3% 18th -0.5pp 19th 5% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 20th 121% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 17th -0.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 21st -0.1pp 22nd 26% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 3rd +0.0pp 23rd 46% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.0% 15th +0.0pp 24th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 22nd +1.2pp 25th 31% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.0% 12th +0.9pp 26th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 6th +0.8pp 27th 34% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 28th 65% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 9th +1.7pp 29th 30% below peers
Midland, TX 12.3% 19th +3.2pp 30th 6% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 11th +3.7pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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
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Child poverty fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.5% to 5.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 5.4%).
5.4%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref 12.4% -3.4pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 64% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 7th -7.1pp 2nd 36% below peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 5th -4.7pp 3rd 45% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 4th -4.1pp 4th 50% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 12th -5.0pp 5th 19% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 14th -5.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 7th 64% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 9th -3.7pp 8th 29% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 27th -7.3pp 9th 50% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 26th -5.2pp 10th 33% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 29th -7.0pp 11th 104% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 13th -2.8pp 12th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 13th 59% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 24th -3.1pp 14th 18% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 19th -2.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 23rd -3.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 17th 82% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 30th -5.0pp 18th 110% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 18th -2.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 31st -4.0pp 20th 173% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 10th -1.1pp 21st 25% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 21st -0.3pp 22nd 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 25th -0.2pp 23rd 19% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 16th +0.4pp 24th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 11th +1.5pp 25th 25% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 17th +2.3pp 26th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 6th +1.5pp 27th 45% below peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 15th +3.3pp 28th on par with peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 22nd +4.2pp 29th 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 20th +4.2pp 30th 6% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 8th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • New Braunfels, TX down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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
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Broadband rose 9.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.0% to 95.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 17.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.9% to 95.9%).
95.9%
20172024
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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 92.1% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 1st 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 22nd +14.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 26th +13.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 17th +10.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 20th +10.2pp 5th 1% below peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 30th +9.3pp 6th 9% below peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 29th +9.2pp 7th 8% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 16th +8.2pp 9th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 18th +7.6pp 10th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 24th +7.2pp 12th 4% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 23rd +6.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 8th +6.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 6th +6.5pp 15th 2% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 15th +5.9pp 16th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 13th +5.8pp 17th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 19th +5.6pp 18th 1% below peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 27th +4.9pp 20th 6% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 21st +5.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 12th +5.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 7th +4.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 11th +3.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 3rd +2.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 28th 2% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 14th +1.2pp 29th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 10th +0.7pp 30th 1% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 (0.43 then, 0.43 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 rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.43).
0.43
20102024
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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
Allentown, PA 0.43 12th -0.033 1st 3% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 27th -0.020 2nd 13% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 23rd -0.016 3rd 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 22nd -0.012 4th 4% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 29th -0.007 5th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 7th -0.006 6th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 24th -0.005 7th 8% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 3rd -0.004 8th 7% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 9th 21% above peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 28th -0.002 10th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 16th -0.002 11th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 1st +0.002 12th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 6th +0.003 13th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 25th +0.003 14th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 30th +0.007 15th 18% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 11th +0.009 16th 3% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 15th +0.010 17th 2% below peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 14th +0.011 18th 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 20th +0.011 19th 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 9th +0.011 20th 4% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 10th +0.014 21st 4% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 4th +0.014 22nd 6% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 26th +0.017 23rd 11% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 21st +0.016 24th 3% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 17th +0.019 25th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 8th +0.019 26th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 2nd +0.027 27th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 19th +0.034 28th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 5th +0.038 29th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 13th +0.047 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 18th +0.049 31st on par with 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (5.1% then, 3.8% now; margin ±1.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 10 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 4.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (8.7% to 3.8%).
3.8%
20102023
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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 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
Athens, GA 9.2% 15th -5.1pp 1st on par with peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 8th -2.4pp 2nd 27% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 46% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 4th 60% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 5th 59% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 28th -4.9pp 6th 96% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 22nd -2.7pp 7th 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 10th -1.4pp 8th 23% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 11th -1.3pp 9th 23% below peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 29th -2.4pp 10th 179% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 26th -1.4pp 11th 73% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 14th -0.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 19th -0.7pp 13th 17% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 17th -0.6pp 14th on par with peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 27th -0.6pp 15th 91% above peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 20th -0.0pp 16th 19% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 30th +0.1pp 17th 186% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 31st +1.6pp 18th 240% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 18th +0.6pp 19th 2% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 23rd +0.8pp 20th 43% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 24th +0.9pp 21st 44% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 22nd 43% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 25th +1.7pp 23rd 53% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 13th +1.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 12th +1.3pp 25th 15% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 21st +2.1pp 26th 31% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 27th 59% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 6th +1.4pp 28th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 9th +2.0pp 29th 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 4th +1.5pp 30th 52% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 16th +4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising, slower than peers
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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 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $538,033 in June 2026, down from $538,416 a year earlier.
$538,033
2001June 2026
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▸ 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%
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 27th +7.6% 1st 44% below peers
Stamford, CT $730,252 (Jun 26) 6th +6.8% 2nd 85% above peers
New Haven, CT $340,803 (Jun 26) 18th +5.6% 3rd 14% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,918 (Jun 26) 21st +4.0% 4th 18% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.7% 5th 19% below peers
Columbia, MO $330,373 (Jun 26) 20th +2.7% 6th 16% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $215,210 (Jun 26) 28th +2.4% 7th 46% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $315,750 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.4% 8th 20% below peers
Midland, TX $331,824 (Jun 26) 19th +2.1% 9th 16% below peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 10th 33% below peers
Dayton, OH $141,446 (Jun 26) 30th +1.3% 11th 64% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $547,806 (Jun 26) 8th +1.2% 12th 39% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.5% 13th 166% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 12th +0.4% 14th 32% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 17th +0.2% 15th 12% below peers
Meridian, ID $538,033 (Jun 26) 9th -0.1% 16th 36% above peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 17th 49% below peers
Pasadena, CA $1,213,522 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.4% 18th 207% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,710,119 (Jun 26) 1st -0.8% 19th 332% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 16th -0.8% 20th 2% below peers
Kent, WA $651,566 (Jun 26) 7th -1.6% 21st 65% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 4th -1.7% 22nd 113% above peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 23rd 87% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $305,330 (Jun 26) 24th -2.6% 24th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX $409,845 (Jun 26) 13th -3.2% 25th 4% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $524,239 (Jun 26) 11th -3.5% 26th 33% above peers
Lewisville, TX $395,461 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 27th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 10th -4.3% 28th 33% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 14th -6.2% 29th 3% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $281,935 (Jun 26) 25th -7.1% 30th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Multi-year view: starter homes rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $434,946 in June 2026, up from $434,945 a year earlier.
$434,946
2001June 2026
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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%
New Haven, CT $240,389 (Jun 26) 19th +7.3% 1st 23% below peers
Abilene, TX $132,930 (Jun 26) 28th +6.6% 2nd 57% below peers
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 20th +5.0% 3rd 24% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 21st +4.6% 4th 25% below peers
Stamford, CT $392,879 (Jun 26) 11th +4.5% 5th 26% above peers
Fargo, ND $229,082 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.4% 6th 26% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $146,112 (Jun 26) 27th +3.9% 7th 53% below peers
Midland, TX $225,599 (Jun 26) 24th +2.7% 8th 27% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $249,711 (Jun 26) 17th +2.6% 9th 20% below peers
Dayton, OH $72,552 (Jun 26) 30th +1.6% 10th 77% below peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 26th +1.6% 11th 41% below peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 12th 30% above peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 16th +0.9% 13th 15% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $427,901 (Jun 26) 8th +0.9% 14th 38% above peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 15th +0.1% 15th on par with peers
Meridian, ID $434,946 (Jun 26) 7th +0.0% 16th 40% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.1% 17th 154% above peers
Pasadena, CA $814,213 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.5% 18th 162% above peers
Kent, WA $482,714 (Jun 26) 6th -1.4% 19th 55% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 4th -1.5% 20th 128% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,097,008 (Jun 26) 1st -2.4% 21st 253% above peers
Carrollton, TX $324,658 (Jun 26) 12th -3.2% 22nd 4% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 9th -3.4% 23rd 37% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 5th -3.5% 24th 61% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $241,602 (Jun 26) 18th -3.5% 25th 22% below peers
Lewisville, TX $316,037 (Jun 26) 13th -4.2% 26th 2% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 29th -4.2% 27th 66% below peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 14th -6.4% 28th 1% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $230,341 (Jun 26) 22nd -7.6% 29th 26% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $220,094 (Jun 26) 25th -7.8% 30th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (76.2% then, 74.6% now; margin ±2.9pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.2% to 74.6%).
74.6%
20112024
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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 72.1% +2.2pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 7th +7.5pp 1st 22% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 23rd +4.2pp 2nd 19% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 3rd 39% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 25th +2.4pp 4th 24% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 28th +2.2pp 5th 29% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 6th 55% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 13th +2.7pp 7th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 22nd +1.8pp 8th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 3rd +2.8pp 9th 33% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 17th +2.1pp 10th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 16th +2.1pp 11th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 15th +1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 9th +1.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 11th +1.7pp 14th 8% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 21st +1.3pp 15th 15% below peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 16th 50% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 26th +0.5pp 17th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 6th +0.7pp 18th 24% above peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 5th +0.7pp 20th 28% above peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 2nd +0.3pp 21st 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 24th +0.0pp 22nd 24% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 10th +0.1pp 23rd 14% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 12th -0.2pp 24th 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 8th -0.7pp 25th 20% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 14th -0.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 4th -1.6pp 27th 31% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 27th -2.0pp 28th 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 20th -2.8pp 29th 15% below peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -2.3pp 30th 38% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 18th -4.8pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
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Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,065 in June 2026, up from $1,983 a year earlier.
$2,065
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Abilene, TX $1,947 (Jun 26) 14th +41.4% 1st 4% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,288 (Jun 26) 27th +13.0% 2nd 32% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,890 (Jun 26) 1st +7.2% 3rd 107% above peers
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 28th +5.7% 4th 32% below peers
Meridian, ID $2,065 (Jun 26) 12th +4.1% 5th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 6th 24% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 8th +4.0% 7th 24% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 18th +3.4% 8th 8% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,207 (Jun 26) 29th +3.4% 9th 36% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.4% 10th 74% above peers
Fargo, ND $1,088 (Jun 26) 30th +3.2% 11th 42% below peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 12th 26% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 6th +2.9% 13th 37% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,591 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.1% 14th 15% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,242 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 15th 19% above peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 24th +2.0% 16th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX $1,618 (Jun 26) 21st +1.3% 17th 14% below peers
Stamford, CT $2,954 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 18th 57% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,255 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 19th 20% above peers
Kent, WA $1,978 (Jun 26) 13th +0.8% 20th 5% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 17th +0.6% 21st 4% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,881 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 22nd on par with peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 11th +0.3% 23rd 16% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,357 (Jun 26) 7th -0.0% 24th 25% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 25th 44% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 19th -0.7% 26th 9% below peers
Lewisville, TX $1,593 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.1% 27th 15% below peers
Pasadena, CA $2,939 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 28th 56% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,856 (Jun 26) 16th -2.8% 29th 1% below peers
Midland, TX $1,634 (Jun 26) 20th -3.8% 30th 13% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 (27.0% then, 26.1% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.3% to 26.1%).
26.1%
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 27.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 6th -5.6pp 1st 18% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 31st -3.2pp 2nd 38% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 30th -2.7pp 3rd 37% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 12th -1.6pp 4th 9% below peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 16th -1.3pp 5th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 6th 29% below peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 3rd -0.4pp 7th 21% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 21st -0.5pp 8th 9% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 19th -0.1pp 9th 5% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 25th +0.2pp 10th 20% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 20th +0.2pp 11th 7% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 8th +0.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 14th +0.4pp 13th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 23rd +0.5pp 14th 19% above peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 5th +0.8pp 15th 18% below peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 28th +1.5pp 16th 28% above peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 26th +1.6pp 17th 25% above peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 22nd +1.7pp 18th 13% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 18th +1.6pp 19th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 7th +1.5pp 20th 15% below peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 21st 25% above peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 9th +1.9pp 22nd 12% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 24th +2.8pp 23rd 20% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 13th +2.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 10th +2.6pp 25th 11% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 29th +3.9pp 26th 36% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 27th 25% below peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 17th +3.9pp 28th 2% above peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 11th +3.7pp 29th 10% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 15th +7.4pp 30th 7% below peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 4th +6.5pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.4% then, 2.4% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.8% to 2.4%).
2.4%
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 3.7% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 18th -3.3pp 1st 9% above peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 7th -1.9pp 2nd 25% below peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 28th -3.9pp 3rd 172% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 52% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 5th 35% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 30th -3.6pp 6th 252% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 27th -1.4pp 7th 61% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 14th -0.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 29th -1.7pp 9th 183% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 25th -0.6pp 10th 59% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 8th -0.3pp 11th 25% below peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 12th 360% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 23rd -0.3pp 13th 23% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 20th -0.2pp 14th 15% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 26th -0.3pp 15th 60% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 21st -0.2pp 16th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 2nd -0.0pp 17th 59% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 17th -0.0pp 18th 4% above peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 15th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 12th +0.2pp 20th 20% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 9th +0.5pp 21st 24% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 16th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 11th +0.5pp 23rd 21% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 13th +0.7pp 24th 14% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 24th +1.3pp 25th 42% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 19th +1.1pp 26th 12% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 10th +0.9pp 27th 22% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 22nd +2.2pp 28th 22% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 29th 40% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 4th +1.1pp 30th 41% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better 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 (8.1% then, 6.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20122024
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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 8.6% -1.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Pasadena, CA 5.6% 6th -1.7pp 1st 34% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.3% 13th -1.5pp 2nd 14% below peers
Athens, GA 11.2% 22nd -2.2pp 3rd 32% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.8% 12th -1.2pp 4th 20% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 7th -1.0pp 5th 33% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.2% 18th -1.6pp 6th 9% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.8% 8th -1.0pp 7th 32% below peers
Midland, TX 14.2% 27th -2.3pp 8th 67% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 2nd -0.6pp 9th 55% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 21st -1.6pp 10th 27% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.0% 15th -1.1pp 11th 6% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 12th 66% below peers
Fargo, ND 5.9% 9th -0.5pp 13th 30% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 28th -1.2pp 14th 80% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 47% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 10th -0.3pp 16th 28% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 30th -0.3pp 17th 122% above peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 19th -0.1pp 18th 12% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 14th -0.0pp 19th 13% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 29th +0.1pp 20th 83% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 23rd +0.2pp 21st 32% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 5th +0.1pp 22nd 43% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.7% 4th +0.2pp 23rd 45% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.7% 25th +0.7pp 24th 49% above peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 17th +0.5pp 25th 3% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 16th +0.5pp 26th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 26th +1.2pp 27th 60% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.0% 31st +3.5pp 28th 183% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 20th +1.9pp 29th 17% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.8% 24th +2.5pp 30th 39% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 11th +1.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

28.4%
20202022
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▸ 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%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 40% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 2nd 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 3rd 24% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 24% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 5th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 6th 21% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 7th 17% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 14% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 9th 13% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 10th 13% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 11th 8% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 12th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 13th 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 14th 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 15th 1% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 17th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 18th 2% above peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 20th 3% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 21st 3% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 22nd 6% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 23rd 7% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 24th 8% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 25th 8% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 26th 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 27th 13% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 28th 14% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 29th 15% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 30th 22% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 5.2% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 5.2%).
5.2%
20122024
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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
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 1st -1.1pp 1st 69% below peers
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 2nd 62% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 28th -3.0pp 3rd 124% above peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 19th -0.6pp 4th 11% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 7th -0.3pp 5th 43% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 6th 45% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 16th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 9th -0.1pp 8th 33% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 23rd -0.2pp 9th 49% above peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 14th -0.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 26th -0.0pp 11th 61% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 15th +0.1pp 12th 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 11th +0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 13th +0.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 15th 56% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 5th +0.3pp 16th 48% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 24th +0.9pp 17th 58% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 18th +0.8pp 18th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 21st +1.2pp 19th 18% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 4th +0.5pp 20th 54% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 25th +1.7pp 21st 60% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 8th +0.7pp 22nd 34% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 27th +2.4pp 23rd 72% above peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 24th 193% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 25th 172% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 12th +1.4pp 26th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 22nd +2.4pp 27th 41% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 20th +2.4pp 28th 15% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 29th +5.5pp 29th 149% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 10th +1.8pp 30th 30% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 17th +2.8pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 6.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.2% to 44.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.3% to 44.1%).
44.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref 31.8% +4.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Allentown, PA 19.1% 29th +3.9pp 1st 51% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 27th +4.7pp 2nd 39% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 14th +6.6pp 3rd 4% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 12th +6.9pp 4th 13% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 28th +3.2pp 5th 45% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 20th +4.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 26th +3.8pp 7th 30% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 16th +5.5pp 8th on par with peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 23rd +4.1pp 9th 24% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 10th +6.0pp 10th 16% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 19th +4.0pp 11th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 11th +4.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 25th +3.0pp 13th 26% below peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 17th +4.0pp 14th 1% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 15th 69% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 22nd +2.7pp 16th 20% below peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 17th 45% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 30th +1.1pp 18th 63% below peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 7th +3.3pp 19th 21% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 13th +3.0pp 20th 10% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 4th +3.8pp 21st 43% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 9th +2.9pp 22nd 17% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 15th +1.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 21st +1.1pp 24th 15% below peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 5th +1.6pp 25th 32% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 18th +1.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 24th +0.4pp 27th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 6th +0.6pp 28th 32% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 8th -0.0pp 29th 21% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 31st -0.3pp 30th 63% below peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 3rd -2.1pp 31st 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.7% then, 46.2% now; margin ±10.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.7% to 46.2%).
46.2%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Idaho ref 37.7% +3.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 18th +14.2pp 1st 1% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 15th +9.5pp 2nd 1% above peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 4th +11.1pp 3rd 31% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 30th +4.2pp 4th 42% below peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 22nd +5.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 19th +4.6pp 6th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 2nd +6.0pp 7th 39% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 23rd +3.4pp 8th 12% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 24th +0.4pp 9th 17% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 12th +0.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 11th 26% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 13th +0.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 28th +0.0pp 13th 36% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 26th +0.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 15th 21% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 25th -1.8pp 16th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 11th -3.2pp 17th 11% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 17th -3.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 3rd -5.5pp 19th 34% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 16th -4.5pp 20th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 1st -7.9pp 21st 40% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 14th -7.1pp 22nd 1% above peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 21st -8.1pp 23rd 9% below peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 9th -13.8pp 24th 14% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 7th -17.7pp 25th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 10th -18.7pp 26th 12% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 27th -11.0pp 27th 35% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 20th -16.1pp 28th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 8th -24.8pp 29th 16% above peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 31st -12.6pp 30th 51% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 29th -19.0pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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 (4.7% then, 4.0% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 4.0%).
4.0%
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 7.3% +0.9pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 75% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 18th -3.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 5th -1.6pp 3rd 40% below peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 21st -2.4pp 4th 23% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 31st -2.4pp 5th 139% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 23rd -1.2pp 6th 36% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 9th -0.7pp 7th 27% below peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 10th -0.7pp 8th 21% below peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 68% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 14th -0.5pp 10th 10% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 4th -0.2pp 11th 52% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 20th -0.3pp 12th 11% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 13th -0.1pp 13th 11% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 24th +0.0pp 14th 59% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 19th +0.4pp 15th 10% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 22nd +0.6pp 16th 28% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 12th +0.6pp 17th 11% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 27th +1.6pp 18th 97% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 8th +0.6pp 19th 28% below peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 25th +1.6pp 20th 76% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 6th +0.6pp 21st 38% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 16th +1.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 29th +2.4pp 23rd 109% above peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 11th +1.2pp 24th 12% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 26th +2.9pp 25th 92% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 26th 75% below peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 30th +5.1pp 27th 124% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 7th +1.6pp 28th 35% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 17th +2.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 15th +2.7pp 30th 4% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 28th +6.1pp 31st 106% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 101,905 to 130,138 - more than the combined survey margin (±91). 22 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 61% from 2014 to 2024 (81,025 to 130,138).
130,138
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 16th +28% 1st on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 14th +23% 2nd 1% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 17th +16% 3rd on par with peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 28th +14% 4th 4% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 29th +10% 5th 4% below peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 13th +8% 6th 1% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 12th +7% 7th 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 1st +7% 8th 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 3rd +6% 9th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 19th +6% 10th 1% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 18th +6% 11th on par with peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 22nd +4% 12th 2% below peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 24th +4% 13th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 2nd +4% 14th 5% above peers
Kent, WA 135,603 8th +3% 15th 4% above peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 20th +3% 16th 2% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 9th +3% 17th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 21st +3% 18th 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 7th +3% 19th 5% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 30th +2% 20th 5% below peers
Athens, GA 127,345 23rd +2% 21st 2% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 15th +2% 22nd on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 11th +1% 23rd 3% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 26th -0% 24th 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 25th -0% 25th 3% below peers
Midland, TX 136,640 5th -1% 26th 5% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 10th -2% 27th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 27th -2% 28th 4% below peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 6th -3% 29th 5% above peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 4th -3% 30th 5% above peers
Concord, CA 124,035 31st -4% 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±82 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 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.0% to 25.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 13 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; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 3.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.7% to 25.0%).
25.0%
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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 23.3% -1.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Midland, TX 29.8% 1st +2.2pp 1st 40% above peers
College Station, TX 16.9% 29th +0.6pp 2nd 21% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 16th +0.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.9pp 4th 34% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 25th +0.4pp 5th 12% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 3rd +0.1pp 6th 29% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 20th -0.1pp 7th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 12th -0.1pp 8th 8% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 14th -0.3pp 9th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 9th -0.5pp 10th 11% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 13th -0.5pp 11th 5% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 5th -0.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 15th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 19th -0.7pp 14th 6% below peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 4th -1.0pp 15th 25% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 24th -0.8pp 16th 9% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 31st -0.7pp 17th 22% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 6th -1.2pp 18th 20% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 17th -1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 11th -1.4pp 20th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 8th -2.0pp 21st 14% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 18th -1.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 30th -1.5pp 23rd 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 23rd -2.1pp 25th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 26th -2.1pp 26th 14% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 7th -3.0pp 27th 17% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 27th -2.1pp 28th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 10th -3.3pp 29th 10% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 21st -3.0pp 30th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 28th -2.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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 ±1.1pp 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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.5% then, 14.6% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.6% to 14.6%).
14.6%
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
Pearland, TX 18.2% 27th +7.3pp 1st 37% below peers
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 11th +8.1pp 2nd 15% above peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 17th +6.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 6th +6.3pp 4th 43% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 23rd +2.6pp 5th 13% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 5th +4.6pp 6th 67% above peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 12th +3.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 21st +2.0pp 8th 7% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 10th +1.0pp 9th 26% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 1st +1.8pp 10th 119% above peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 11th 106% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 4th +1.3pp 12th 74% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 3rd +1.3pp 13th 100% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 19th +0.2pp 14th 1% below peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 14th -0.4pp 15th 10% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 26th -0.4pp 16th 33% below peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 22nd -0.6pp 17th 10% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 28th -0.4pp 18th 40% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 7th -1.8pp 19th 29% above peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 16th -1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 24th -1.3pp 21st 22% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 13th -2.2pp 22nd 13% above peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 15th -3.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 24th 51% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 18th -3.7pp 25th 1% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 29th -1.9pp 26th 49% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 8th -5.5pp 27th 29% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 20th -5.3pp 28th 2% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 25th -5.0pp 29th 24% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 51% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 9th -9.5pp 31st 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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29 of 29 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 B09002) through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 (59.8% then, 59.4% now; margin ±10.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.1% to 59.4%).
59.4%
20102024
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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
College Station, TX 72.8% 9th +18.0pp 1st 3% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 2nd 8% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 17th +9.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 7th +9.0pp 4th 5% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 11th +7.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 23rd +6.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 13th +6.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 27th +5.0pp 8th 14% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 2nd +4.7pp 9th 10% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 8th +3.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 24th +3.1pp 12th 10% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 18th +3.1pp 13th 2% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 5th +3.3pp 14th 7% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 10th +2.9pp 15th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 3rd +1.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 19th +1.2pp 18th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 15th +1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 20th 21% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 21st +0.2pp 21st 5% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 16th +0.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 25th -0.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 24th 16% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 14th -0.9pp 25th on par with peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 30th -1.7pp 26th 20% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 12th -2.5pp 27th 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 20th -2.5pp 28th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 29th -5.5pp 29th 17% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 6th -7.0pp 30th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 26th -7.3pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 29 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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