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179,898 people (2024) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 11 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 Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.4%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
11.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.7%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
11.0% 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 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 4 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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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
May 2026
▲ 10%
relative change
3.9% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising 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 shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
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)
$251,367
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$241,186 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$327,932
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$318,950 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

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

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($63,569 to $93,633).
$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 22nd +49% 1st 16% below peers
Lancaster, CA $81,511 16th +48% 2nd on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 24th +42% 3rd 21% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 14th +40% 4th 2% above peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 18th +37% 5th 2% below peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 10th +37% 6th 9% above peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 27th +35% 7th 36% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 19th +35% 8th 7% below peers
Oceanside, CA $97,737 6th +34% 9th 20% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 10th 54% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 26th +34% 11th 34% below peers
Springfield, MO $49,311 28th +34% 12th 40% below peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 11th +34% 13th 8% above peers
Garden Grove, CA $92,174 9th +33% 14th 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 17th +32% 15th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 5th +31% 16th 22% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 20th +31% 17th 15% below peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 23rd +31% 18th 18% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 8th +31% 19th 15% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 15th +30% 20th on par with peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 21st +29% 21st 15% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 13th +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
Peoria, AZ $95,815 7th +27% 25th 18% above peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 29th +25% 26th 40% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 30th +24% 27th 41% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 12th +24% 28th 4% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 4th +23% 29th 37% above peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 25th +23% 30th 27% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 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.
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 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% 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 Worsening, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Worsening slower than 79% 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: 4.3% in May 2026, up from 3.9% a year earlier.
4.3%
1990May 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
Illinois ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Akron, OH 3.4% (May 26) 4th -1.9pp 1st 15% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.1% (May 26) 29th -1.3pp 2nd 77% above peers
Providence, RI 4.1% (May 26) 16th -1.1pp 3rd 2% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 4th 15% below peers
Springfield, MO 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.5pp 5th 10% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.4pp 6th 15% below peers
Oceanside, CA 3.9% (May 26) 12th -0.3pp 7th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 8th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Salem, OR 4.7% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 10th 18% above peers
Glendale, CA 5.2% (May 26) 26th -0.2pp 11th 30% above peers
Knoxville, TN 2.8% (May 26) 1st -0.2pp 12th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 13th 12% below peers
Cary, NC 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 14th 28% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th +0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Clarksville, TN 3.6% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 18th 10% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.3% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 19th 18% below peers
Palmdale, CA 6.2% (May 26) 27th +0.0pp 20th 55% above peers
Eugene, OR 4.6% (May 26) 23rd +0.1pp 21st 15% above peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% (May 26) 28th +0.2pp 22nd 75% above peers
Newport News, VA 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Aurora, IL 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 25th 7% above peers
Vancouver, WA 5.0% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 26th 25% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 19th +0.6pp 27th 7% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 4.5% (May 26) 21st +1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.4% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 29th 10% 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 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.3% to 9.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 11 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.7% to 9.4%).
9.4%
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 11.5% -0.8pp
United States ref 12.0%
Lancaster, CA 15.1% 20th -5.6pp 1st 8% above peers
Tempe, AZ 15.0% 18th -3.7pp 2nd 7% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.1% 10th -2.5pp 3rd 28% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.2% 5th -2.0pp 4th 41% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.4% 30th -5.6pp 5th 68% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.4% 23rd -4.1pp 6th 25% above peers
Providence, RI 19.2% 26th -4.3pp 7th 37% above peers
Knoxville, TN 19.2% 27th -4.1pp 8th 37% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.4% 7th -1.8pp 9th 32% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.0% 11th -2.1pp 10th 14% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 12.2% 12th -1.7pp 11th 12% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 14.8% 17th -1.8pp 12th 6% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.3% 13th -1.2pp 13th 11% below peers
Shreveport, LA 22.9% 29th -2.1pp 14th 64% above peers
Salem, OR 13.7% 15th -1.1pp 15th 2% below peers
Eugene, OR 18.3% 24th -1.4pp 16th 31% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.6% 8th -0.5pp 17th 31% below peers
Glendale, CA 12.8% 14th -0.6pp 18th 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 13.9% 16th -0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 2nd -0.2pp 20th 44% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.0% 19th -0.5pp 21st 8% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 7.9% 4th -0.1pp 22nd 43% below peers
Akron, OH 22.8% 28th -0.0pp 23rd 64% above peers
Palmdale, CA 15.6% 21st +0.2pp 24th 12% above peers
Paradise, NV 17.4% 22nd +0.2pp 25th 25% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 7.9% 3rd +0.1pp 26th 44% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 33.4% 31st +0.6pp 27th 139% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 9th +0.6pp 28th 29% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 18.5% 25th +1.7pp 29th 33% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.3% 6th +0.9pp 30th 41% below peers
Cary, NC 5.6% 1st +0.9pp 31st 60% 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 2.6pp 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
  • 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 →

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). 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; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.4% to 12.8%).
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%
Oceanside, CA 8.7% 5th -6.2pp 1st 48% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 10th -6.5pp 2nd 28% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.2% 20th -8.1pp 3rd 21% above peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 23rd -9.1pp 4th 43% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 28th -10.4pp 5th 84% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 14.2% 13th -4.5pp 6th 15% below peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 11th -3.7pp 7th 23% below peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 27th -8.4pp 8th 83% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 17th -4.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 14th -4.0pp 10th 7% below peers
Springfield, MO 19.3% 19th -4.8pp 11th 15% above peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 26th -6.8pp 12th 68% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 3rd -1.8pp 13th 50% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 9th -2.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 4th -1.7pp 15th 48% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 16th -3.2pp 16th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 18th -2.9pp 17th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 25th -4.1pp 18th 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 12th -2.0pp 19th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 15th -2.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 2nd -0.9pp 21st 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 21st -1.9pp 22nd 22% above peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 24th -1.5pp 23rd 43% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 24th 110% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 7th +0.1pp 25th 44% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 1st +0.1pp 26th 64% below peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 22nd +0.5pp 27th 32% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 28th 210% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 8th +0.6pp 29th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 6th +0.6pp 30th 45% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 29th +4.6pp 31st 88% 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.
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 →
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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 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
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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). 29 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.3% to 93.0%).
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% 27th +32.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 28th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 21st +15.1pp 3rd 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 23rd +12.9pp 4th 2% below peers
Lancaster, CA 91.8% 19th +12.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 25th +11.4pp 6th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 26th +11.0pp 7th 3% below peers
Springfield, MO 83.7% 31st +10.3pp 8th 9% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 6th +11.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 24th +10.6pp 10th 3% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +9.1pp 11th 8% below peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 17th +9.1pp 12th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 20th +8.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 30th +7.9pp 14th 8% below peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 10th +6.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 93.2% 12th +5.9pp 17th 1% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 13th +5.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 9th +5.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 18th +5.5pp 21st on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 11th +5.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 15th +5.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Oceanside, CA 95.5% 4th +5.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 8th +5.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 22nd +4.3pp 26th 1% below peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 7th +4.4pp 27th 2% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 16th +2.4pp 29th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 5th +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 →
  • 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 ±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 →

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

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.42).
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 10th -0.034 1st 4% below peers
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 2nd 12% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 3rd 15% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 20th -0.026 4th 2% above peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 4th -0.019 5th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 15th -0.017 6th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 21st -0.011 8th 4% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 24th -0.010 9th 9% above peers
Springfield, MO 0.47 22nd -0.008 10th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 11th 19% above peers
Oceanside, CA 0.42 5th -0.006 12th 7% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 12th -0.006 13th 2% below peers
Salem, OR 0.44 14th -0.002 14th 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 15th 12% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 0.43 6th +0.000 16th 5% below peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 25th +0.002 17th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 19th +0.002 18th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 23rd +0.003 19th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 16th +0.003 20th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 8th +0.003 21st 5% below peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 22nd 12% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 23rd 19% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 17th +0.008 24th 1% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 7th +0.009 25th 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 13th +0.010 26th 2% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 29th +0.015 27th 13% above peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 3rd +0.017 28th 10% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 9th +0.020 29th 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 18th +0.022 30th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 11th +0.025 31st 2% below 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.9% to 15.4%).
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
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 13th -4.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 18th -4.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 29th -7.4pp 3rd 81% above peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 10th -2.6pp 4th 25% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 3rd -1.4pp 5th 57% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 14th -2.6pp 6th 7% below peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 22nd -1.9pp 7th 20% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 8th 81% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 4th -0.4pp 9th 51% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 20th -0.7pp 10th 19% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 28th -0.1pp 11th 80% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 6th +0.0pp 12th 49% below peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 5th +0.0pp 13th 50% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 16th +0.1pp 14th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 21st +0.1pp 15th 19% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 26th +0.2pp 16th 48% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 12th +0.2pp 17th 11% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 19th +0.2pp 18th 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 14.4% 17th +0.8pp 19th 3% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 30th +1.9pp 20th 108% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 27th +1.6pp 21st 54% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 11th +1.0pp 22nd 25% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 9th +0.9pp 23rd 35% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 13.8% 15th +1.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 2nd +1.1pp 25th 59% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 31st +7.7pp 26th 158% above peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 25th +4.9pp 27th 36% above peers
Oceanside, CA 8.5% 7th +2.4pp 28th 39% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 8th +3.1pp 29th 36% below peers
Lancaster, CA 17.6% 23rd +8.6pp 30th 26% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 24th +10.5pp 31st 34% 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp 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 →

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $327,932 in June 2026, up from $318,950 a year earlier.
$327,932
2000June 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
Illinois ref $298,871 (Jun 26) +5.0%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Huntington Beach, CA $1,369,864 (Jun 26) 1st +4.2% 1st 182% above peers
Akron, OH $144,687 (Jun 26) 29th +3.5% 2nd 70% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $1,016,134 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.1% 3rd 109% above peers
Aurora, IL $327,932 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 4th 33% below peers
Springfield, MO $248,023 (Jun 26) 26th +2.5% 5th 49% below peers
Newport News, VA $297,976 (Jun 26) 25th +2.4% 6th 39% below peers
Brownsville, TX $196,964 (Jun 26) 27th +2.2% 7th 59% below peers
Shreveport, LA $147,051 (Jun 26) 28th +2.1% 8th 70% below peers
Providence, RI $438,893 (Jun 26) 20th +2.0% 9th 10% below peers
Knoxville, TN $376,648 (Jun 26) 21st +1.0% 10th 23% below peers
Glendale, CA $1,197,774 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 11th 146% above peers
Salem, OR $440,407 (Jun 26) 19th +0.3% 12th 9% below peers
Oceanside, CA $877,395 (Jun 26) 4th +0.1% 13th 80% above peers
Eugene, OR $484,308 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 14th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA $505,741 (Jun 26) 13th -0.2% 15th 4% above peers
Clarksville, TN $322,202 (Jun 26) 24th -0.2% 16th 34% below peers
Vancouver, WA $511,271 (Jun 26) 12th -0.5% 17th 5% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $789,064 (Jun 26) 5th -0.7% 18th 62% above peers
Lancaster, CA $467,567 (Jun 26) 18th -0.9% 19th 4% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $569,102 (Jun 26) 10th -1.0% 20th 17% above peers
Ontario, CA $670,587 (Jun 26) 7th -1.0% 21st 38% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $324,364 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.1% 22nd 33% below peers
Tempe, AZ $467,863 (Jun 26) 17th -1.3% 23rd 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ $486,091 (Jun 26) 15th -1.3% 24th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA $720,728 (Jun 26) 6th -1.5% 25th 48% above peers
Cary, NC $631,158 (Jun 26) 9th -2.0% 26th 30% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $637,106 (Jun 26) 8th -3.0% 27th 31% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $489,023 (Jun 26) 14th -3.0% 28th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,582 (Jun 26) 11th -3.1% 29th 5% above 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 recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $251,367 in June 2026, up from $241,186 a year earlier.
$251,367
2000June 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
Illinois ref $155,806 (Jun 26) +6.0%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Akron, OH $92,045 (Jun 26) 28th +4.3% 1st 75% below peers
Aurora, IL $251,367 (Jun 26) 21st +4.2% 2nd 32% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $932,527 (Jun 26) 1st +3.7% 3rd 153% above peers
Brownsville, TX $131,535 (Jun 26) 27th +3.2% 4th 64% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $808,746 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.1% 5th 120% above peers
Providence, RI $354,879 (Jun 26) 17th +2.6% 6th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO $164,990 (Jun 26) 26th +2.2% 7th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA $212,134 (Jun 26) 24th +1.7% 8th 42% below peers
Knoxville, TN $255,108 (Jun 26) 20th +1.5% 9th 31% below peers
Salem, OR $362,862 (Jun 26) 16th +0.5% 10th 1% below peers
Eugene, OR $384,769 (Jun 26) 14th +0.2% 11th 4% above peers
Shreveport, LA $48,751 (Jun 26) 29th +0.1% 12th 87% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $201,990 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 13th 45% below peers
Ontario, CA $543,241 (Jun 26) 7th -0.4% 14th 48% above peers
Palmdale, CA $424,425 (Jun 26) 10th -0.5% 15th 15% above peers
Glendale, CA $743,964 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.7% 16th 102% above peers
Oceanside, CA $630,359 (Jun 26) 4th -0.8% 17th 71% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $618,061 (Jun 26) 5th -0.8% 18th 68% above peers
Vancouver, WA $416,145 (Jun 26) 11th -0.9% 19th 13% above peers
Clarksville, TN $243,006 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.2% 20th 34% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA $563,545 (Jun 26) 6th -1.2% 21st 53% above peers
Lancaster, CA $387,189 (Jun 26) 13th -1.3% 22nd 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ $368,292 (Jun 26) 15th -1.8% 23rd on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO $414,514 (Jun 26) 12th -2.0% 24th 13% above peers
Tempe, AZ $336,259 (Jun 26) 18th -2.7% 25th 9% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $536,250 (Jun 26) 8th -3.0% 26th 46% above peers
Cary, NC $441,245 (Jun 26) 9th -3.2% 27th 20% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,773 (Jun 26) 19th -4.0% 28th 17% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $225,973 (Jun 26) 23rd -8.1% 29th 39% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.5% to 66.4%).
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 25% below peers
Lancaster, CA 60.4% 10th +7.4pp 2nd 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 12th +4.5pp 3rd 5% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 4th 37% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 29th +2.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 13th +2.7pp 6th 2% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 15th +2.5pp 7th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 8th 24% below peers
Springfield, MO 43.9% 27th +1.6pp 9th 21% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 4th +2.4pp 10th 25% above peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 6th +1.9pp 11th 20% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 14th +1.6pp 12th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 17th +1.4pp 13th 2% below peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 14th 37% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 26th +0.8pp 15th 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 9th +1.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 7th +0.9pp 17th 19% above peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 25th +0.6pp 18th 14% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 8th +0.8pp 19th 12% above peers
Oceanside, CA 58.3% 11th +0.7pp 20th 5% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 18th +0.5pp 22nd 4% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 53.1% 19th -0.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 20th -0.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 2nd -1.1pp 25th 33% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 24th -0.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 22nd -0.9pp 27th 8% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 3rd -1.4pp 28th 26% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 16th -1.2pp 29th on par with peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 5th -1.8pp 30th 20% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 21st -1.8pp 31st 7% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: rent rose about 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.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,287 in June 2026, up from $2,231 a year earlier.
$2,287
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%
Newport News, VA $1,587 (Jun 26) 22nd +6.5% 1st 18% below peers
Brownsville, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 24th +5.5% 2nd 19% below peers
Akron, OH $1,130 (Jun 26) 29th +4.6% 3rd 42% below peers
Shreveport, LA $1,170 (Jun 26) 28th +3.7% 4th 40% below peers
Providence, RI $2,293 (Jun 26) 13th +3.3% 5th 18% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,794 (Jun 26) 4th +3.2% 6th 44% above peers
Springfield, MO $1,230 (Jun 26) 27th +3.1% 7th 37% below peers
Eugene, OR $1,842 (Jun 26) 17th +3.1% 8th 5% below peers
Garden Grove, CA $2,679 (Jun 26) 8th +2.9% 9th 38% above peers
Oceanside, CA $2,974 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.7% 10th 53% above peers
Aurora, IL $2,287 (Jun 26) 14th +2.5% 11th 18% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $2,534 (Jun 26) 11th +2.4% 12th 31% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,078 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 13th 59% above peers
Elk Grove, CA $2,688 (Jun 26) 7th +2.0% 14th 39% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,505 (Jun 26) 25th +1.9% 15th 22% below peers
Fort Collins, CO $1,938 (Jun 26) 15th +1.3% 16th on par with peers
Ontario, CA $2,635 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 17th 36% above peers
Clarksville, TN $1,376 (Jun 26) 26th +0.7% 18th 29% below peers
Palmdale, CA $2,720 (Jun 26) 6th +0.6% 19th 40% above peers
Lancaster, CA $2,403 (Jun 26) 12th +0.5% 20th 24% above peers
Cary, NC $1,775 (Jun 26) 19th +0.4% 21st 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA $1,818 (Jun 26) 18th +0.3% 22nd 6% below peers
Peoria, AZ $1,876 (Jun 26) 16th +0.3% 23rd 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN $1,735 (Jun 26) 20th +0.1% 24th 10% below peers
Salem, OR $1,585 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.1% 25th 18% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $2,813 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 26th 45% above peers
Glendale, CA $2,732 (Jun 26) 5th -0.6% 27th 41% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $2,550 (Jun 26) 10th -0.8% 28th 32% above peers
Tempe, AZ $1,667 (Jun 26) 21st -1.2% 29th 14% 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 (32.2% then, 30.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.5% to 30.5%).
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 17% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 6th -2.5pp 2nd 16% below peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 12th -2.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 5th -2.1pp 4th 17% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 11th -2.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 7th -1.8pp 6th 16% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 3rd -1.7pp 7th 20% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 20th -1.9pp 8th 9% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.0% 26th -1.1pp 9th 18% above peers
Oceanside, CA 44.8% 25th -1.1pp 10th 17% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 22nd -0.2pp 11th 13% above peers
Lancaster, CA 44.1% 24th -0.0pp 12th 15% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 17th +0.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Springfield, MO 36.1% 9th +0.2pp 14th 6% below peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 15th 39% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 27th +0.6pp 16th 18% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 8th +0.6pp 17th 13% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 2nd +0.5pp 18th 23% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 13th +0.7pp 19th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 19th +0.9pp 20th 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 29th +1.2pp 21st 22% above peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 30th +1.4pp 22nd 22% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 16th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 18th +1.4pp 24th 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 14th +1.4pp 25th 1% below peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 10th +1.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 15th +1.6pp 27th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 21st +2.7pp 28th 10% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 28th +3.5pp 29th 19% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 23rd +3.7pp 30th 14% above peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 31st 40% 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 →

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

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 5.3%).
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
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 18th -1.9pp 1st 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 6th -1.0pp 2nd 42% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 10th -0.9pp 3rd 32% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 23rd -1.3pp 4th 30% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 26th -1.4pp 5th 47% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 17th -0.9pp 6th 6% above peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 22nd -0.9pp 7th 28% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 21st -0.9pp 8th 22% above peers
Oceanside, CA 4.5% 9th -0.5pp 9th 36% below peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 25th -1.0pp 10th 45% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 27th -1.1pp 11th 57% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 20th -0.7pp 12th 17% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 24th -0.8pp 13th 40% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 28th -1.0pp 14th 75% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 31st -1.3pp 15th 145% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 7th -0.3pp 16th 38% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 8th -0.2pp 17th 38% below peers
Lancaster, CA 7.0% 15th -0.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 14th -0.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 12th +0.0pp 20th 11% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 21st 109% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 22nd 104% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 19th +0.2pp 23rd 11% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.4pp 24th 49% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.5pp 25th 48% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 5th +0.6pp 26th 43% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 13th +1.0pp 27th 6% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 28th 55% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 11th +1.3pp 29th 25% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.0% 16th +1.9pp 30th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 4th +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 85% 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

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.0% to 9.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.5% to 9.7%).
9.7%
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 6.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 7.8% 17th -2.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 5.1% 5th -1.6pp 2nd 34% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.6% 8th -1.6pp 3rd 28% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.1% 9th -1.3pp 4th 21% below peers
Shreveport, LA 7.8% 16th -1.6pp 5th on par with peers
Brownsville, TX 26.0% 31st -4.9pp 6th 235% above peers
Lancaster, CA 4.4% 2nd -0.7pp 7th 43% below peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 4th -0.8pp 8th 37% below peers
Aurora, IL 9.7% 24th -1.3pp 9th 25% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.1% 23rd -1.2pp 10th 18% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.5% 29th -1.7pp 11th 74% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.5% 10th -0.8pp 12th 16% below peers
Oceanside, CA 8.1% 18th -0.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.3% 6th -0.6pp 14th 31% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 7.4% 13th -0.7pp 15th 5% below peers
Springfield, MO 12.4% 28th -0.8pp 16th 59% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 22nd -0.6pp 17th 17% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.5% 15th -0.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 7.3% 12th -0.2pp 19th 6% below peers
Akron, OH 8.4% 20th -0.1pp 20th 9% above peers
Salem, OR 7.2% 11th +0.0pp 21st 8% below peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 30th +0.4pp 22nd 95% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 19th +0.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.9% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 37% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 7th +0.5pp 25th 29% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 25th +1.0pp 26th 27% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.5% 26th +1.5pp 27th 48% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 63% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.0% 21st +1.3pp 29th 16% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.0% 27th +1.8pp 30th 55% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.4% 14th +1.1pp 31st 4% 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

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 25% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 4th 25% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 5th 22% below peers
Oceanside, CA 26.8% 6th 17% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 7th 9% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 8th 7% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 9th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 10th 5% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 11th 4% below peers
Lancaster, CA 31.1% 12th 4% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 13th 3% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 14th 1% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 15th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 16th on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 17th 7% above peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 18th 7% above peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 19th 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 20th 10% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 21st 10% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.0% 22nd 15% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 24th 18% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 25th 25% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 26th 27% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 27th 35% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 28th 41% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 29th 42% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 30th 47% 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 (4.3% then, 3.5% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 3.5%).
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
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 2nd 59% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 33% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 4th -1.1pp 4th 52% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 8th -1.6pp 5th 26% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 6th -1.2pp 6th 41% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 22nd -1.9pp 7th 8% above peers
Lancaster, CA 2.6% 5th -0.7pp 8th 43% below peers
Springfield, MO 7.0% 25th -1.9pp 9th 52% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 30th -2.3pp 10th 91% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 24th -1.7pp 11th 37% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 12th 200% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 10th -0.8pp 13th 25% below peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 29th -1.0pp 14th 85% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 20th -0.1pp 15th 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 11th +0.1pp 16th 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 16th +0.3pp 17th on par with peers
Garden Grove, CA 3.4% 9th +0.3pp 18th 26% below peers
Oceanside, CA 4.6% 15th +0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 28th +1.7pp 20th 77% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 21st 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 21st +1.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 13th +1.2pp 23rd 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 24th 55% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 14th +1.7pp 25th 1% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 18th +1.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 19th +1.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 23rd +2.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 17th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 27th +3.9pp 30th 77% 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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). 29 of the 29 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; 29 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.2% to 38.5%).
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% 28th +5.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 25th +5.6pp 2nd 30% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 10th +7.3pp 3rd 10% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 14th +5.9pp 4th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 8th +5.9pp 5th 13% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 21st +4.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 5th +6.7pp 7th 35% above peers
Oceanside, CA 36.1% 13th +5.1pp 8th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 23rd +3.8pp 9th 19% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 10th 40% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 16th +4.5pp 11th 1% below peers
Springfield, MO 31.4% 20th +4.0pp 12th 11% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 25.3% 24th +3.0pp 13th 28% below peers
Lancaster, CA 20.0% 29th +2.3pp 14th 43% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 19th +3.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 27th +2.3pp 16th 33% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 18th +3.1pp 17th 8% below peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 12th +3.4pp 18th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 7th +3.8pp 19th 16% above peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 30th +1.6pp 20th 51% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 2nd +5.2pp 21st 73% above peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 22nd +2.4pp 22nd 15% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 6th +3.3pp 23rd 28% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 15th +2.5pp 24th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 26th +1.7pp 25th 31% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 26th 42% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 17th +2.2pp 27th 1% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 11th +2.3pp 28th 7% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 9th +2.0pp 29th 11% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 30th 101% 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.
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 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 ±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 →

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

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 42.2%).
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
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 7th +6.1pp 2nd 22% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 12th +5.0pp 3rd 4% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 45.5% 13th +4.7pp 4th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 5th 41% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 6th +4.2pp 6th 26% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 5th +3.2pp 7th 28% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 19th +2.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 11th +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% 8th -2.9pp 15th 18% above peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 21st -2.5pp 16th 9% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 4th -3.8pp 17th 32% above peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 24th -4.0pp 18th 19% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 10th -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% 25th -6.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 18th -10.4pp 23rd 6% below peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 22nd -10.1pp 24th 16% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 27th -8.6pp 25th 29% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 26th -9.8pp 26th 22% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 28th -9.6pp 27th 34% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 15th -14.8pp 28th 1% above peers
Springfield, MO 37.2% 23rd -12.8pp 29th 17% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 5.4%).
5.4%
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 6.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 64% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 19th -4.5pp 2nd 20% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 52% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 13th -2.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 5th 52% below peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 7th -0.8pp 6th 31% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 1st -0.3pp 7th 73% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 18th -1.2pp 8th 16% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 9th 37% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 8th -0.4pp 10th 26% below peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 16th -0.5pp 11th on par with peers
Springfield, MO 9.0% 20th -0.5pp 12th 25% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 5th +0.0pp 13th 44% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 6.5% 14th +0.0pp 14th 11% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 22nd +1.4pp 15th 37% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 16th 102% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 27th +2.4pp 17th 58% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 17th +1.7pp 18th 11% above peers
Oceanside, CA 6.0% 12th +1.4pp 19th 17% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 30th +3.8pp 20th 90% above peers
Lancaster, CA 13.4% 29th +3.9pp 21st 85% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 9th +1.7pp 22nd 25% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 10th +1.9pp 23rd 24% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 15th +2.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 28th +4.7pp 25th 76% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 26th +4.5pp 26th 52% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 24th +4.4pp 27th 48% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 11th +2.5pp 28th 18% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 25th +4.7pp 29th 51% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 23rd +4.6pp 30th 43% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 21st +4.3pp 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 38 census tracts
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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

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 9 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (199,878 to 179,898).
179,898
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 1st +17% 1st 9% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 22nd +15% 2nd 2% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 2nd +8% 3rd 9% above peers
Cary, NC 179,306 18th +8% 4th on par with peers
Providence, RI 191,767 5th +7% 5th 7% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 17th +7% 6th on par with peers
Lancaster, CA 169,169 29th +6% 7th 6% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 20th +6% 8th 1% below peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 31st +5% 9th 8% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 19th +5% 10th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 4th +5% 11th 8% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 8th +4% 12th 5% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 30th +4% 13th 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 11th +3% 14th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 12th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 27th +3% 16th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 13th +3% 17th 2% above peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 15th +2% 18th on par with peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 24th +2% 19th 4% below peers
Springfield, MO 169,954 28th +2% 20th 6% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 9th +0% 21st 5% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 23rd -1% 22nd 2% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 170,964 26th -1% 23rd 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 21st -1% 24th 2% below peers
Oceanside, CA 172,242 25th -2% 25th 4% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 3rd -3% 26th 9% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 7th -4% 27th 5% above peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 6th -5% 28th 6% above peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 14th -6% 29th 1% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 16th -10% 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 10th -21% 31st 3% 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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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
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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). 17 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; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.7% to 25.2%).
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 21.8% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 15th +1.6pp 1st 1% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 23rd +0.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 14th +0.4pp 3rd 3% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 10th +0.0pp 4th 11% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 8th -0.2pp 5th 16% above peers
Springfield, MO 17.7% 25th -0.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 4th -0.4pp 7th 27% above peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 1st -0.5pp 8th 41% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 21st -0.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Garden Grove, CA 20.9% 16th -0.5pp 10th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 6th -0.7pp 11th 20% above peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 12th 32% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 12th -1.0pp 13th 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 24th -0.9pp 14th 15% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 13th -1.2pp 15th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 27th -0.9pp 16th 17% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 11th -1.3pp 17th 9% above peers
Oceanside, CA 20.2% 18th -1.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 2nd -2.0pp 19th 36% above peers
Lancaster, CA 26.7% 3rd -2.0pp 20th 28% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 7th -1.8pp 21st 17% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 17th -1.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 20th -1.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 9th -1.8pp 24th 12% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 22nd -1.5pp 25th 10% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 29th -1.3pp 26th 24% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 26th -1.6pp 27th 16% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 19th -2.3pp 28th 4% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 28th -2.3pp 29th 21% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 5th -3.6pp 30th 21% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 30th -2.7pp 31st 26% 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'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 →

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). 3 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; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.6% to 32.5%).
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% 21st +6.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 15th +4.6pp 2nd 1% above peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 12th +4.5pp 3rd 6% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 3rd +7.4pp 4th 73% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 1st +7.3pp 5th 85% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 18th +2.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 22nd +2.3pp 7th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 24th +1.7pp 8th 25% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 20th +2.0pp 9th 4% below peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 14th +1.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 5th +1.2pp 11th 34% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 12th 39% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 7th +1.0pp 13th 28% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 2nd +1.0pp 14th 74% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 27th +0.3pp 15th 33% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 8th +0.5pp 16th 24% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 11th -0.0pp 17th 6% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 27.2% 23rd -0.1pp 18th 20% below peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 17th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 16th -0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 19th -0.6pp 21st 2% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 28th -0.6pp 22nd 34% below peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 6th -1.3pp 23rd 30% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 4th -1.6pp 24th 40% above peers
Springfield, MO 38.1% 10th -1.3pp 25th 12% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 30th -1.1pp 26th 47% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 27th 50% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 26th -1.7pp 28th 32% below peers
Oceanside, CA 24.7% 25th -2.1pp 29th 28% below peers
Lancaster, CA 35.3% 13th -4.2pp 30th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 9th -8.3pp 31st 15% 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 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
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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% 26th +9.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 16th +9.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 29th +8.8pp 3rd 11% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 20th +9.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 17th +8.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 4th +9.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 2nd +9.4pp 7th 12% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 3rd +5.9pp 8th 9% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 21st +4.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 8th +4.4pp 10th 3% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 5th +4.2pp 11th 7% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 7th +3.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 15th +2.7pp 13th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 19th +1.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 9th +1.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 13th +1.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Oceanside, CA 63.8% 23rd +0.8pp 17th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 1st +0.8pp 18th 13% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 12th +0.3pp 19th 2% above peers
Garden Grove, CA 66.9% 18th +0.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 25th +0.2pp 21st 8% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 14th -0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 6th -0.1pp 23rd 7% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 10th -0.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 22nd -2.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 24th -2.4pp 26th 7% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 21% below peers
Springfield, MO 61.2% 28th -4.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 11th -8.1pp 29th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 27th -7.6pp 30th 10% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 30th -10.2pp 31st 11% 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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