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181,505 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Aurora, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$93,633
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
$71,749 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
38.5%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
31.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
12.8%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
16.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.5%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
11.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.8%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
11.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.9%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
87.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.4%
Jul 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
4.7% a year earlier
Improving recently Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
0.44 in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
30.5%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
32.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
66.4%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
64.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.4%
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
3.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Aurora, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.3%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
3.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
42.2%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
52.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
15.4%
2019-23
▲ 2%
relative change
15.1% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
32.5%
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
26.0% in 2019
Rising  
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Children
Children's share of the population
25.2%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
28.8% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Population
179,898
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
199,927 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$249,096
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$237,788 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,253
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$2,193 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $71,749 to $93,633 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,597).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Aurora started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($63,569 to $93,633).
Bright spot $93,633
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
Illinois ref $83,390 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 23rd +49% 1st 16% below peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 16th +48% 2nd on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 25th +42% 3rd 21% below peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 8th +40% 4th 19% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 15th +40% 5th 2% above peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 18th +37% 6th 2% below peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 11th +37% 7th 9% above peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 8th 36% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 20th +35% 9th 7% below peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 7th +34% 10th 20% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 11th 54% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 4th +34% 12th 46% above peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 29th +34% 13th 40% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 12th +34% 14th 8% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 10th +33% 15th 13% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 6th +31% 16th 22% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 21st +31% 17th 15% below peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 24th +31% 18th 18% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 9th +31% 19th 15% above peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 22nd +29% 20th 15% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 17th +29% 21st 2% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 14th +29% 22nd 4% above peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 23rd 66% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 24th 48% above peers
Denton, TX $76,019 19th +27% 25th 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 30th +25% 26th 40% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 31st +24% 27th 41% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 13th +24% 28th 4% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 5th +23% 29th 37% above peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 26th +23% 30th 27% below peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 27th +18% 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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10 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,235 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.4% in July 2026, down from 4.7% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.4%
1990July 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
Illinois ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.6pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 6th -1.7pp 1st 7% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 30th -1.7pp 2nd 68% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -1.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 25th -1.1pp 4th 16% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 29th -1.0pp 5th 61% above peers
Springfield, MO 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th -0.5pp 6th 11% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.5pp 7th 2% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 9th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 12th 7% below peers
Aurora, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Cary, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.3pp 15th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 16th 5% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 17th 30% below peers
Oceanside, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 18th 7% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 19th 14% below peers
Roseville, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 20th 5% below peers
Salem, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 28th -0.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% (Jul 26) 26th -0.2pp 22nd 16% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 3.7% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.0pp 23rd 16% below peers
Denton, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.0pp 24th on par with peers
Newport News, VA 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.1pp 25th 2% below peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th +0.4pp 26th 5% above peers
Surprise, AZ 5.1% (Jul 26) 27th +0.7pp 27th 16% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 28th 5% above peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th +0.7pp 29th 7% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.8pp 30th 7% 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 →
What changed

Poverty fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.4% to 9.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Aurora started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.8% to 9.5%).
Bright spot 9.5%
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
Illinois ref 11.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 8th -5.8pp 1st 39% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.9% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 59% below peers
Lancaster, CA 15.6% 19th -6.2pp 3rd 8% above peers
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 20th -4.0pp 4th 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 18.4% 24th -4.5pp 5th 28% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 6th -2.0pp 6th 43% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 31st -5.6pp 7th 65% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 27th -4.8pp 8th 44% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 9th -1.9pp 9th 34% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 12th -2.1pp 10th 14% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.3% 13th -1.7pp 11th 14% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 18th -1.9pp 12th 5% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 14th -1.2pp 13th 14% below peers
Shreveport, LA 23.5% 30th -2.1pp 14th 64% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 16th -1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 25th -1.3pp 16th 32% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 10th -0.6pp 17th 32% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 17th -0.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 15th -0.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 3rd -0.3pp 20th 46% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.8% 21st -0.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 4th -0.1pp 22nd 45% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 29th -0.1pp 23rd 62% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 5th +0.1pp 24th 44% below peers
Denton, TX 15.8% 22nd +0.2pp 25th 10% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 23rd +0.2pp 26th 22% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 28th +0.9pp 27th 50% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 11th +0.6pp 28th 31% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 26th +1.5pp 29th 33% above peers
Surprise, AZ 8.6% 7th +1.2pp 30th 40% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 1st +0.9pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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10 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 2.7pp 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
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.5% to 12.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Aurora started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.4% to 12.8%).
Bright spot 12.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 15.1% -2.0pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 1st -11.8pp 1st 66% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 7th -6.2pp 2nd 44% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.5% 2nd -3.0pp 3rd 65% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 22nd -8.1pp 4th 30% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 28th -10.4pp 5th 97% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 14th -4.5pp 6th 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 12th -3.7pp 7th 18% below peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 27th -8.4pp 8th 96% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 19th -4.4pp 9th 8% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 16th -4.0pp 10th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 21st -4.8pp 11th 24% above peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 26th -6.8pp 12th 80% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 5th -1.8pp 13th 46% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 11th -2.3pp 14th 27% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 6th -1.7pp 15th 44% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 18th -3.2pp 16th 7% above peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 20th -2.9pp 17th 9% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 25th -4.1pp 18th 61% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 13th -2.0pp 19th 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 17th -2.0pp 20th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 4th -0.9pp 21st 52% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 23rd -1.9pp 22nd 31% above peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 24th -1.5pp 23rd 54% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 31st -1.3pp 24th 125% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 30th +0.1pp 25th 109% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 15th +0.1pp 26th 7% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 8th +0.1pp 27th 40% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 3rd +0.1pp 28th 61% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 9th +0.6pp 29th 32% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 29th +4.6pp 30th 101% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 10th +1.9pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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10 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.3% to 92.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Aurora started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.3% to 93.0%).
Bright spot 92.9%
20172024
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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
Illinois ref 90.9% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 29th +32.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 30th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 22nd +15.1pp 3rd 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 24th +12.9pp 4th 2% below peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 20th +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 27th +11.4pp 6th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 28th +11.0pp 7th 3% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 8th 9% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 8th +11.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 25th +10.9pp 10th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 26th +10.6pp 11th 3% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 17th +9.1pp 12th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 21st +8.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 12th +7.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 11th +6.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 13th +5.9pp 17th 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 10th +5.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 18th +5.5pp 20th on par with peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 15th +5.0pp 21st on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 5th +5.1pp 22nd 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 9th +5.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 23rd +4.3pp 24th 1% below peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 19th +4.1pp 25th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 6th +4.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 4th +3.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 16th +2.4pp 29th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 7th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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
Loading tract map…
10 of 38 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.44 to 0.42 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
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
Illinois ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lancaster, CA 0.43 12th -0.034 1st 4% below peers
Providence, RI 0.50 28th -0.038 2nd 12% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 3rd 15% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 21st -0.026 4th 2% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 5th -0.021 5th 8% below peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 7th -0.019 6th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 15th -0.017 7th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 8th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 22nd -0.011 9th 4% above peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 23rd -0.008 10th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 11th 19% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 8th -0.006 12th 7% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 13th -0.006 13th 2% below peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 6th -0.004 14th 7% below peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 25th -0.003 15th 9% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 14th -0.002 16th 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 27th -0.001 17th 12% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 9th +0.000 18th 5% below peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 26th +0.002 19th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 20th +0.002 20th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 24th +0.003 21st 6% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 19th +0.003 22nd 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 16th +0.003 23rd on par with peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 29th +0.005 24th 12% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 25th 19% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 17th +0.008 26th 1% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 10th +0.009 27th 5% below peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 4th +0.017 28th 10% below peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 3rd +0.018 29th 13% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 11th +0.020 30th 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 18th +0.022 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (15.1% then, 15.4% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.9% to 15.4%).
Needs attention 15.4%
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
Illinois ref 13.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 8th -3.1pp 1st 46% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 16th -4.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 2nd -1.5pp 3rd 62% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 30th -7.4pp 4th 96% above peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 6th -1.7pp 5th 48% below peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 13th -2.6pp 6th 19% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 5th -1.4pp 7th 53% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 17th -2.6pp 8th 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 23rd -1.9pp 9th 31% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 10th 79% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 7th -0.4pp 11th 47% below peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 29th -0.1pp 12th 95% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 9th +0.0pp 13th 44% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 19th +0.1pp 14th 8% above peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 22nd +0.1pp 15th 29% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 26th +0.2pp 16th 60% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 15th +0.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 21st +0.2pp 18th 19% above peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 20th +0.8pp 19th 12% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 31st +1.9pp 20th 126% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 27th +1.6pp 21st 67% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 28th +1.6pp 22nd 68% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 14th +1.0pp 23rd 19% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 12th +0.9pp 24th 29% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 18th +1.8pp 25th 7% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 26th 56% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 10th +2.4pp 27th 34% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 3rd +1.6pp 28th 56% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 11th +3.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 24th +8.6pp 30th 36% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 25th +10.5pp 31st 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $324,261 in August 2026, up from $314,345 a year earlier.
$324,261
2000August 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
Illinois ref $297,573 (Aug 26) +5.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Huntington Beach, CA $1,351,762 (Aug 26) 1st +5.4% 1st 193% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,007,401 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.4% 2nd 118% above peers
Shreveport, LA $148,292 (Aug 26) 29th +3.9% 3rd 68% below peers
Aurora, IL $324,261 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.2% 4th 30% below peers
Springfield, MO $245,882 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 5th 47% below peers
Newport News, VA $294,403 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 6th 36% below peers
Akron, OH $141,681 (Aug 26) 30th +2.7% 7th 69% below peers
Providence, RI $434,698 (Aug 26) 18th +2.3% 8th 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL $152,837 (Aug 26) 28th +2.1% 9th 67% below peers
Brownsville, TX $199,327 (Aug 26) 27th +1.6% 10th 57% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,180,773 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 11th 156% above peers
Oceanside, CA $867,314 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 12th 88% above peers
Eugene, OR $475,563 (Aug 26) 14th +0.8% 13th 3% above peers
Roseville, CA $645,119 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 14th 40% above peers
Salem, OR $435,095 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 15th 6% below peers
Clarksville, TN $319,419 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.3% 16th 31% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $781,865 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 17th 69% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $709,775 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 18th 54% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $560,192 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 19th 21% above peers
Ontario, CA $661,918 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 20th 43% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $426,156 (Aug 26) 19th -0.4% 21st 8% below peers
Lancaster, CA $461,962 (Aug 26) 15th -0.6% 22nd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ $461,342 (Aug 26) 16th -0.6% 23rd on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN $319,185 (Aug 26) 24th -1.2% 24th 31% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,473 (Aug 26) 12th -1.3% 25th 11% above peers
Cary, NC $619,636 (Aug 26) 10th -1.4% 26th 34% above peers
Surprise, AZ $415,995 (Aug 26) 20th -1.8% 27th 10% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $488,121 (Aug 26) 13th -1.9% 28th 6% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $626,316 (Aug 26) 9th -2.0% 29th 36% above peers
Denton, TX $346,719 (Aug 26) 21st -3.2% 30th 25% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $249,096 in August 2026, up from $237,788 a year earlier.
Big move $249,096
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $155,904 (Aug 26) +6.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Aurora, IL $249,096 (Aug 26) 21st +4.8% 1st 29% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $919,906 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 2nd 162% above peers
Montgomery, AL $67,882 (Aug 26) 29th +4.2% 3rd 81% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $804,040 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.9% 4th 129% above peers
Brownsville, TX $135,515 (Aug 26) 27th +3.5% 5th 61% below peers
Akron, OH $89,235 (Aug 26) 28th +3.2% 6th 75% below peers
Springfield, MO $163,323 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 7th 54% below peers
Providence, RI $351,330 (Aug 26) 15th +2.9% 8th on par with peers
Newport News, VA $209,825 (Aug 26) 24th +2.3% 9th 40% below peers
Shreveport, LA $50,354 (Aug 26) 30th +0.8% 10th 86% below peers
Eugene, OR $377,092 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 11th 7% above peers
Roseville, CA $523,076 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 12th 49% above peers
Salem, OR $358,853 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 13th 2% above peers
Oceanside, CA $618,888 (Aug 26) 4th +0.1% 14th 76% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $553,737 (Aug 26) 6th -0.0% 15th 58% above peers
Ontario, CA $535,254 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 16th 52% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $326,985 (Aug 26) 18th -0.2% 17th 7% below peers
Glendale, CA $727,876 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.3% 18th 107% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $611,808 (Aug 26) 5th -0.4% 19th 74% above peers
Clarksville, TN $240,564 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.5% 20th 32% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $198,250 (Aug 26) 25th -0.9% 21st 44% below peers
Lancaster, CA $382,507 (Aug 26) 12th -1.0% 22nd 9% above peers
Fort Collins, CO $408,179 (Aug 26) 11th -1.4% 23rd 16% above peers
Surprise, AZ $351,070 (Aug 26) 16th -1.8% 24th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA $528,286 (Aug 26) 8th -2.0% 25th 50% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,400 (Aug 26) 19th -2.2% 26th 13% below peers
Tempe, AZ $333,045 (Aug 26) 17th -2.3% 27th 5% below peers
Cary, NC $433,664 (Aug 26) 10th -2.6% 28th 23% above peers
Denton, TX $268,860 (Aug 26) 20th -3.2% 29th 23% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $227,093 (Aug 26) 23rd -6.2% 30th 35% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.5% then, 66.4% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.5% to 66.4%).
Bright spot 66.4%
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
Illinois ref 67.1% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 30th +5.3pp 1st 24% below peers
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 9th +7.4pp 2nd 11% above peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 11th +4.5pp 3rd 7% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 4th 35% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 29th +2.6pp 5th 23% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 12th +2.7pp 6th 4% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 14th +2.5pp 7th 2% above peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 4th +3.1pp 8th 27% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 9th 22% below peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 10th 45% above peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 27th +1.6pp 11th 19% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 6th +1.9pp 12th 22% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 13th +1.6pp 13th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 17th +1.4pp 14th on par with peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 24th +1.3pp 15th 8% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 8th +1.0pp 16th 13% above peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 26th +0.6pp 17th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 7th +0.8pp 18th 15% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 10th +0.7pp 19th 7% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 23rd +0.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 18th +0.5pp 21st 2% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 21st +0.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 19th -0.1pp 23rd 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 20th -0.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 16th -0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 26th 36% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 25th -0.8pp 27th 11% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 3rd -1.4pp 28th 28% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 15th -1.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 5th -1.8pp 30th 22% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 22nd -1.8pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,253 in August 2026, up from $2,193 a year earlier.
Big move $2,253
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Newport News, VA $1,605 (Aug 26) 21st +6.8% 1st 18% below peers
Shreveport, LA $1,184 (Aug 26) 29th +5.9% 2nd 40% below peers
Springfield, MO $1,200 (Aug 26) 28th +5.2% 3rd 39% below peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 14th +4.9% 4th 13% above peers
Brownsville, TX $1,583 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.7% 5th 19% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,767 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 6th 41% above peers
Akron, OH $1,167 (Aug 26) 30th +4.3% 7th 40% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 1st +3.5% 8th 57% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,560 (Aug 26) 11th +3.1% 9th 31% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,253 (Aug 26) 13th +2.7% 10th 15% above peers
Oceanside, CA $2,931 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.6% 11th 50% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 27th +2.6% 12th 32% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,736 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 13th 40% above peers
Eugene, OR $1,806 (Aug 26) 17th +2.5% 14th 8% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 25th +2.2% 15th 23% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,802 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.2% 16th 43% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,716 (Aug 26) 7th +1.8% 17th 39% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN $1,675 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 18th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN $1,374 (Aug 26) 26th +1.7% 19th 30% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $1,960 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 20th on par with peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,608 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 21st 33% above peers
Ontario, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 9th +1.2% 22nd 32% above peers
Cary, NC $1,774 (Aug 26) 18th +1.0% 23rd 9% below peers
Surprise, AZ $1,947 (Aug 26) 16th +0.5% 24th 1% below peers
Lancaster, CA $2,420 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 25th 23% above peers
Salem, OR $1,581 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.4% 26th 19% below peers
Tempe, AZ $1,649 (Aug 26) 20th +0.4% 27th 16% below peers
Roseville, CA $2,569 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 28th 31% above peers
Glendale, CA $2,790 (Aug 26) 4th +0.2% 29th 42% above peers
Denton, TX $1,519 (Aug 26) 24th -2.7% 30th 23% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.2% then, 30.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.5% to 30.5%).
Bright spot 30.5%
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
Illinois ref 30.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 4th -2.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 5th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 14th -2.8pp 3rd 1% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 13th -2.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 6th -1.8pp 5th 14% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 3rd -1.7pp 6th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 21st -1.9pp 7th 10% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 27th -1.1pp 8th 19% above peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 26th -1.1pp 9th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 23rd -0.2pp 10th 14% above peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 25th -0.0pp 11th 17% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 17th +0.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 10th +0.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 14th 41% above peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 11th +0.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 16th 20% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 7th +0.6pp 17th 12% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 15th +0.7pp 18th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 20th +0.9pp 19th 10% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 20th 23% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 18th +1.4pp 21st 6% above peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 16th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 12th +1.5pp 23rd 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 9th +2.0pp 24th 6% below peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 2nd +1.7pp 25th 24% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 22nd +2.7pp 26th 11% above peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 19th +3.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 28th 20% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 24th +3.7pp 29th 16% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 8th +3.1pp 30th 9% below peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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 →
  • 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.9% to 5.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 5.3%).
Needs attention 5.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 11.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 18th -1.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 20th -1.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 8th -1.0pp 3rd 42% below peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 27th -1.4pp 4th 48% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 19th -0.9pp 5th 7% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 24th -0.9pp 6th 29% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 23rd -0.9pp 7th 23% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 10th -0.5pp 8th 35% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 26th -1.0pp 9th 46% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 28th -1.1pp 10th 58% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 25th -0.8pp 12th 41% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 50% below peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 31st -1.3pp 14th 147% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 9th -0.2pp 15th 37% below peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 16th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 14th +0.0pp 17th 10% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 18th 110% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 19th 105% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 21st +0.2pp 20th 12% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 4th +0.4pp 21st 49% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 48% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 7th +0.6pp 23rd 43% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 15th +1.0pp 24th 5% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 25th 54% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 13th +1.4pp 26th 18% below peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 12th +1.4pp 27th 22% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 11th +1.3pp 28th 24% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 17th +1.9pp 29th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 53% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 6th +1.1pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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 →
  • 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 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.1% to 9.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Aurora started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.6% to 9.8%).
Bright spot 9.8%
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
Illinois ref 6.9% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 16th -2.9pp 1st on par with peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 63% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 6th -1.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 9th -1.6pp 4th 32% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 11th -1.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Shreveport, LA 8.0% 15th -1.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 7th 217% above peers
Lancaster, CA 4.5% 3rd -0.8pp 8th 45% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 4th -0.8pp 9th 40% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 23rd -1.3pp 10th 18% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 21st -1.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 28th -1.7pp 12th 65% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.4% 7th -0.6pp 13th 35% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.3% 17th -0.9pp 14th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 14th -0.7pp 15th 10% below peers
Springfield, MO 12.6% 27th -0.8pp 16th 52% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 20th -0.6pp 17th 11% above peers
Surprise, AZ 6.1% 10th -0.2pp 18th 26% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 12th -0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 18th -0.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 13th +0.0pp 21st 11% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 19th +0.1pp 22nd 6% above peers
Denton, TX 15.5% 30th +0.4pp 23rd 87% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 29th +0.4pp 24th 84% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5.0% 5th +0.2pp 25th 40% below peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 25th +0.5pp 26th 33% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 8th +0.5pp 27th 33% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 24th +1.1pp 28th 20% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 29th 65% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 22nd +1.3pp 30th 18% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 26th +1.8pp 31st 48% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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 →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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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What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.6%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 34.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 33% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 22.7% 2nd 30% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 24.1% 3rd 26% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 4th 25% below peers
Roseville, CA 24.6% 5th 24% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 6th 22% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 7th 18% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 8th 9% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 9th 8% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 10th 6% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 11th 5% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 12th 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 13th 3% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 14th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 15th 1% below peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 17th 3% above peers
Denton, TX 34.3% 18th 6% above peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 19th 7% above peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 20th 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 21st 9% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 22nd 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 23rd 14% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 24th 16% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 25th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 26th 25% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 27th 34% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 28th 38% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 29th 40% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 30th 42% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 46% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 3.5% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 3.5%).
Bright spot 3.5%
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
Illinois ref 3.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 8th -2.0pp 2nd 31% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 58% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 7th -1.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 4th -1.1pp 5th 52% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 9th -1.6pp 6th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 21st -1.9pp 7th 8% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 6th -0.7pp 8th 43% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 25th -1.9pp 9th 53% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 10th 92% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 23rd -1.7pp 11th 38% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 12th 202% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 11th -0.8pp 13th 24% below peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 86% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 19th -0.1pp 15th 5% above peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 17th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 10th +0.3pp 17th 26% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 24th +0.5pp 18th 42% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 16th +0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 30th +2.2pp 20th 156% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 5th +0.5pp 21st 46% below peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 22nd 78% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 23rd 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 20th +1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 13th +1.2pp 25th 14% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 26th 55% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 15th +1.7pp 27th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 14th +1.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 18th +1.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 22nd +2.3pp 30th 19% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 26th +3.8pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.2% to 38.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Aurora started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.2% to 38.5%).
Bright spot 38.5%
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
Illinois ref 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 30th +5.4pp 1st 37% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 27th +5.6pp 2nd 32% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 13th +7.3pp 3rd 7% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 16th +5.9pp 4th on par with peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 11th +5.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 22nd +4.4pp 6th 15% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 5th +6.7pp 7th 31% above peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 15th +5.1pp 8th 1% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 25th +3.8pp 9th 21% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 10th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 18th +4.5pp 11th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 21st +4.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 26th +3.0pp 13th 30% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 31st +2.3pp 14th 44% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 20th +3.1pp 15th 12% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 29th +2.3pp 16th 34% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 10th +3.8pp 17th 13% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 2nd +5.2pp 18th 69% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 8th +3.4pp 19th 19% above peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 24th +2.4pp 20th 17% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 6th +3.3pp 21st 25% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 17th +2.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 28th +1.7pp 23rd 33% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 24th 39% above peers
Denton, TX 41.8% 9th +2.9pp 25th 16% above peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 23rd +2.0pp 26th 15% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 14th +2.3pp 27th 4% above peers
Roseville, CA 44.3% 7th +2.6pp 28th 23% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 12th +2.0pp 29th 8% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 30th 96% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 19th +1.0pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 10.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.6% to 42.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 42.2%).
Needs attention 42.2%
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
Illinois ref 51.1% -4.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lancaster, CA 41.1% 20th +9.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 10th +8.7pp 2nd 13% above peers
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 6th +6.1pp 3rd 22% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 13th +4.7pp 4th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 22nd +3.3pp 5th 15% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 6th 41% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 5th +4.2pp 7th 26% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 4th +3.2pp 8th 28% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 12th +1.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 2nd +1.9pp 10th 37% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 3rd +1.5pp 11th 35% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 9th +1.1pp 12th 14% above peers
Oceanside, CA 43.6% 17th -1.0pp 13th 3% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 16th -1.7pp 14th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 7th -2.9pp 15th 18% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 19th -2.4pp 16th 7% below peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 8th -4.8pp 17th 15% above peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 25th -4.0pp 18th 19% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 11th -5.5pp 19th 10% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 14th -6.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 29th -4.3pp 21st 36% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 26th -6.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 18th -10.4pp 23rd 6% below peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 23rd -10.1pp 24th 16% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 28th -8.6pp 25th 29% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 27th -9.8pp 26th 22% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 15th -14.8pp 27th 1% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 24th -12.8pp 28th 17% below peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 21st -17.6pp 29th 13% below peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 30th -12.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.7% then, 5.4% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 5.4%).
Bright spot 5.4%
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
Illinois ref 6.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 68% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 18th -4.5pp 2nd 9% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 56% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 20th -2.3pp 4th 12% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 7th -0.8pp 5th 38% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 1st -0.3pp 6th 76% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 17th -1.2pp 7th 5% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 5th -0.5pp 8th 43% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 9th -0.4pp 9th 33% below peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 21st -0.5pp 10th 13% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 4th +0.0pp 11th 49% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 14th +0.0pp 12th 19% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 8th +0.6pp 13th 35% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 23rd +1.4pp 14th 24% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 15th 83% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 28th +2.4pp 16th 42% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 16th +1.7pp 17th on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 13th +1.4pp 18th 25% below peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 6th +1.1pp 19th 40% below peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 30th +3.9pp 20th 67% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 10th +1.7pp 21st 32% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 11th +1.9pp 22nd 31% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 15th +2.3pp 23rd 17% below peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 19th +3.2pp 24th 10% above peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 29th +4.7pp 25th 59% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 25th +4.0pp 26th 33% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 27th +4.5pp 27th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 26th +4.4pp 28th 34% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 12th +2.5pp 29th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 24th +4.6pp 30th 29% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 22nd +4.3pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 199,927 to 179,898 - more than the combined survey margin (±653).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 63% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (199,878 to 179,898).
Big move 179,898
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
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 28th +18% 1st 10% below peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 20th +15% 2nd 2% below peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 29th +15% 3rd 13% below peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 30th +14% 4th 14% below peers
Denton, TX 152,866 31st +12% 5th 15% below peers
Cary, NC 179,306 16th +8% 6th on par with peers
Providence, RI 191,767 3rd +7% 7th 7% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 15th +7% 8th on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 27th +6% 9th 6% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 18th +6% 10th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 17th +5% 11th on par with peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 6th +4% 12th 6% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 9th +3% 13th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 10th +3% 14th 4% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 25th +3% 15th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 11th +3% 16th 3% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 13th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 22nd +2% 18th 3% below peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 26th +2% 19th 5% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 7th +0% 20th 5% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 21st -1% 21st 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 1st -1% 22nd 10% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 24th -1% 23rd 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 19th -1% 24th 1% below peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 23rd -2% 25th 4% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 2nd -3% 26th 9% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 5th -4% 27th 6% above peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 4th -5% 28th 6% above peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 12th -6% 29th 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 14th -10% 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 8th -21% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.8% to 25.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 4.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.7% to 25.2%).
Big move 25.2%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 21.9% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 17th +1.6pp 1st 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 24th +0.8pp 2nd 14% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 16th +0.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 10th +0.3pp 4th 8% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 8th +0.2pp 5th 11% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 11th +0.0pp 6th 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 7th -0.2pp 7th 12% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 26th -0.2pp 8th 18% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 9th 23% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 22nd -0.4pp 10th 9% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 18th -0.5pp 11th 3% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 5th -0.7pp 12th 17% above peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 13th 35% below peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 14th -1.1pp 14th 5% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 15th -1.2pp 15th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 28th -0.9pp 16th 20% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 13th -1.3pp 17th 6% above peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 12th -1.3pp 18th 7% above peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 19th -1.3pp 19th 6% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 20th 32% above peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 25th -1.3pp 21st 16% below peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 2nd -2.0pp 22nd 24% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 6th -1.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 21st -1.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 9th -1.8pp 25th 9% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 23rd -1.5pp 26th 13% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 27th 26% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 27th -1.6pp 28th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 20th -2.3pp 29th 7% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 29th -2.3pp 30th 23% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 4th -3.6pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent rose 6.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.0% to 32.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.1pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.6% to 32.5%).
Big move 32.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 29.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Aurora, IL 32.5% 18th +6.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 14th +4.6pp 2nd 2% above peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 11th +4.5pp 3rd 6% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 2nd +7.4pp 4th 73% above peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 23rd +2.1pp 5th 25% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 19th +2.3pp 6th 16% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 17th +2.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 3rd +3.3pp 8th 62% above peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 22nd +1.4pp 9th 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 13th +1.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 5th +1.2pp 11th 34% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 12th 38% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 6th +1.0pp 13th 29% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 1st +1.0pp 14th 74% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 26th +0.3pp 15th 33% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 7th +0.5pp 16th 24% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 10th -0.0pp 17th 7% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 20th -0.1pp 18th 20% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 16th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 15th -0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 27th -0.6pp 21st 34% below peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 4th -1.6pp 22nd 41% above peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 9th -1.3pp 23rd 12% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 24th 47% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 25th 50% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 25th -1.7pp 26th 32% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 21st -2.3pp 27th 20% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 24th -2.1pp 28th 27% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 12th -4.2pp 29th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 8th -8.3pp 30th 15% above peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 30th -4.0pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.9pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.1% then, 68.0% now; margin ±5.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.8% to 68.0%).
68.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lancaster, CA 61.8% 27th +9.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 11% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 18th +8.8pp 3rd 1% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 4th +9.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 2nd +9.4pp 5th 12% above peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 9th +6.0pp 6th 3% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 3rd +5.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 21st +4.4pp 8th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 10th +4.4pp 9th 3% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 6th +4.2pp 10th 7% above peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 23rd +3.5pp 11th 5% below peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 8th +3.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 17th +2.7pp 13th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 5th +2.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 20th +1.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 11th +1.8pp 16th 3% above peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 14th +1.7pp 17th 2% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 24th +0.8pp 18th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 1st +0.8pp 19th 13% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 15th +0.3pp 20th 2% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 19th +0.2pp 21st 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 26th +0.2pp 22nd 8% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 16th -0.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 7th -0.1pp 24th 7% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 12th -0.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 22nd -2.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 25th -2.4pp 27th 7% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 28th 21% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 29th -4.4pp 29th 10% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 13th -8.1pp 30th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 28th -7.6pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 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 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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