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2,731,585 people (2025) 1m+ Midwest

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Chicago, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$77,902
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
$58,247 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
752 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 15%
relative change
884 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.2%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
79.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
44.3%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
39.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.6%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
26.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,555 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
2,851 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.8%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
18.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.1%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
40.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
46.0%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
45.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.52
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.53 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
439 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
485 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.8%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Chicago, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.1%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
50.7%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
57.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.5%
Jul 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
5.1% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.6%
2019-23
▼ 1%
relative change
18.9% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
666 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
673 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
26.6%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
26.9% in 2019
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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
19.4%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
20.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,342
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$2,214 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
2,711,226
2020-24
high
vs peers
2,709,534 in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
72.4%
2020-24
high
vs peers
70.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
39.4%
2020-24
high
vs peers
40.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 16% lower than in 2021 (920 then, 770 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,075 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 752 in July 2026, down from 884 a year earlier.
Bright spot 752 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 12 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Houston, TX 789 (Jun 26) -22.5% 1st
San Jose, CA 459 (May 26) -20.5% 2nd
Fort Worth, TX 336 (Jul 26) -17.2% 3rd
Charlotte, NC 560 (Jul 26) -17.1% 4th
Chicago, IL 752 (Jul 26) -14.9% 5th
Dallas, TX 554 (Jul 26) -8.6% 6th
Phoenix, AZ 704 (Jul 26) -7.1% 7th
Philadelphia, PA 792 (Jul 26) -6.9% 8th
Los Angeles, CA 654 (Jul 26) -6.6% 9th
Austin, TX 396 (Jul 26) -5.3% 10th
San Antonio, TX 527 (Jul 26) -4.7% 11th
San Diego, CA 406 (Jul 26) -2.9% 12th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (1m+) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Phoenix, AZ down about 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 2% a year · 2021-2026
  • San Antonio, TX down about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 10% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 29% higher than in 2021 (2,022 then, 2,610 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 3,462 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,555 in July 2026, down from 2,851 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,555 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 12 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Fort Worth, TX 2,013 (Jul 26) -16.9% 1st
Houston, TX 3,494 (Jun 26) -13.2% 2nd
Los Angeles, CA 2,106 (Jul 26) -12.7% 3rd
Charlotte, NC 3,409 (Jul 26) -10.6% 4th
Chicago, IL 2,555 (Jul 26) -10.4% 5th
San Antonio, TX 3,726 (Jul 26) -9.7% 6th
San Jose, CA 2,311 (May 26) -8.9% 7th
Phoenix, AZ 2,002 (Jul 26) -8.4% 8th
Philadelphia, PA 4,103 (Jul 26) -5.4% 9th
Austin, TX 2,867 (Jul 26) -5.3% 10th
Dallas, TX 2,995 (Jul 26) -3.4% 11th
San Diego, CA 1,589 (Jul 26) -0.3% 12th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (1m+) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Diego, CA essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. Chicago started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 439 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 485 in the prior 12 months. That is 16 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 439 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 13 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Houston, TX 9 (Jun 26) -33.2% 1st
Philadelphia, PA 12 (Jul 26) -23.8% 2nd
Fort Worth, TX 6 (Jul 26) -22.8% 3rd
San Antonio, TX 6 (Jul 26) -18.6% 4th
Chicago, IL 16 (Jul 26) -9.5% 5th
Los Angeles, CA 6 (Jul 26) -8.0% 6th
Phoenix, AZ 7 (Jul 26) -2.4% 7th
Austin, TX 5 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Jacksonville, FL 7 (Jul 26) +4.2% 9th
Dallas, TX 11 (Jul 26) +6.0% 10th
San Diego, CA 3 (Jul 26) +8.7% 11th
San Jose, CA 2 (May 26) +9.4% 12th
Charlotte, NC 10 (Jul 26) +16.9% 13th
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Peers worth a call

2
Cities of similar size (1m+) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Houston, TX down about 33% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Philadelphia, PA down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 75% higher than in 2021 (380 then, 664 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,103 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 13% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 666 in July 2026, down from 673 a year earlier.
Needs attention 666 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 12 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Fort Worth, TX 285 (Jul 26) -32.5% 1st
Charlotte, NC 499 (Jul 26) -25.2% 2nd
Dallas, TX 705 (Jul 26) -24.4% 3rd
Austin, TX 351 (Jul 26) -22.9% 4th
Houston, TX 473 (Jun 26) -20.2% 5th
Los Angeles, CA 451 (Jul 26) -18.4% 6th
Phoenix, AZ 332 (Jul 26) -18.1% 7th
San Diego, CA 271 (Jul 26) -15.0% 8th
San Antonio, TX 567 (Jul 26) -12.7% 9th
San Jose, CA 490 (May 26) -12.5% 10th
Philadelphia, PA 962 (Jul 26) -4.8% 11th
Chicago, IL 666 (Jul 26) -1.1% 12th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (1m+) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Diego, CA down about 15% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
See all Public Safety data →
Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $58,247 to $77,902 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,081).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chicago started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 63% from 2014 to 2024 ($47,831 to $77,902).
Bright spot $77,902
20102024
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Phoenix, AZ $81,332 6th +42% 1st 2% above peers
San Diego, CA $108,077 2nd +36% 2nd 36% above peers
Philadelphia, PA $61,953 13th +35% 3rd 22% below peers
Dallas, TX $70,518 9th +34% 4th 11% below peers
Chicago, IL $77,902 8th +34% 5th 2% below peers
San Jose, CA $146,427 1st +34% 6th 84% above peers
Los Angeles, CA $81,939 5th +32% 7th 3% above peers
Austin, TX $93,658 3rd +31% 8th 18% above peers
Charlotte, NC $82,068 4th +31% 9th 3% above peers
Fort Worth, TX $79,507 7th +28% 10th on par with peers
Jacksonville, FL $69,872 10th +28% 11th 12% below peers
San Antonio, TX $65,056 11th +24% 12th 18% below peers
Houston, TX $64,813 12th +24% 13th 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 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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27 of 792 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 5 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (1m+) 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 →
  • Phoenix, AZ up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Los Angeles, CA up about 32% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jacksonville, FL up about 28% between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$907 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.5% in July 2026, up from 5.1% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.5%
1990July 2026
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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
Los Angeles, CA 5.2% (Jul 26) 12th -1.1pp 1st 13% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 4.9% (Jul 26) 9th -1.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
San Jose, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.6pp 3rd 9% below peers
Charlotte, NC 3.8% (Jul 26) 1st -0.5pp 4th 17% below peers
San Diego, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 5th 2% below peers
Austin, TX 3.8% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.3pp 6th 17% below peers
Houston, TX 5.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.4pp 7th 11% above peers
Phoenix, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 5th +0.4pp 8th on par with peers
Dallas, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 6th +0.4pp 9th on par with peers
Chicago, IL 5.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 10th 20% above peers
San Antonio, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 7th +0.5pp 11th on par with peers
Fort Worth, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 8th +0.5pp 12th 4% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 5.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.6pp 13th 11% 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 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.4% to 16.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp).

Broader trend
75% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chicago started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.7% to 16.8%).
Bright spot 16.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Phoenix, AZ 13.7% 6th -4.3pp 1st 6% below peers
San Diego, CA 11.0% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 24% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 21.4% 13th -3.0pp 3rd 47% above peers
Dallas, TX 16.7% 9th -2.2pp 4th 15% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 13.1% 5th -1.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Austin, TX 12.0% 4th -1.2pp 6th 18% below peers
Charlotte, NC 11.7% 3rd -1.2pp 7th 20% below peers
Chicago, IL 16.8% 10th -1.6pp 8th 16% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 16.6% 8th -1.4pp 9th 14% above peers
San Jose, CA 8.1% 1st -0.6pp 10th 44% below peers
San Antonio, TX 17.1% 11th -0.6pp 11th 18% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 14.5% 7th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Houston, TX 19.9% 12th -0.2pp 13th 37% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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12 of 792 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

2
Cities of similar size (1m+) 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 →
  • Philadelphia, PA down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dallas, TX down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.8% to 23.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chicago started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.7% to 23.6%).
Bright spot 23.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 13 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%
Phoenix, AZ 19.3% 6th -7.4pp 1st 2% below peers
San Diego, CA 12.1% 2nd -3.6pp 2nd 38% below peers
Dallas, TX 24.3% 11th -5.0pp 3rd 24% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 29.0% 12th -5.9pp 4th 48% above peers
Austin, TX 15.1% 3rd -2.8pp 5th 23% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 21.7% 8th -4.0pp 6th 11% above peers
San Jose, CA 8.2% 1st -1.2pp 7th 58% below peers
Chicago, IL 23.6% 9th -3.3pp 8th 20% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 17.7% 5th -2.3pp 9th 10% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 19.6% 7th -2.4pp 10th on par with peers
Charlotte, NC 16.8% 4th -1.7pp 11th 14% below peers
San Antonio, TX 23.9% 10th -2.3pp 12th 22% above peers
Houston, TX 30.1% 13th -1.2pp 13th 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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12 of 792 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

2
Cities of similar size (1m+) 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 →
  • Dallas, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Philadelphia, PA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys 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 10.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79.0% to 89.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chicago started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 15.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.9% to 89.2%).
Bright spot 89.2%
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 90.9% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Dallas, TX 91.0% 9th +14.1pp 1st 1% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 89.2% 12th +12.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
San Antonio, TX 91.0% 8th +11.7pp 3rd 1% below peers
Chicago, IL 89.2% 13th +10.2pp 4th 2% below peers
Houston, TX 90.2% 11th +10.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 92.7% 5th +9.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Phoenix, AZ 91.5% 7th +8.6pp 7th on par with peers
Fort Worth, TX 92.3% 6th +8.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 91.0% 10th +7.1pp 9th 1% below peers
Austin, TX 93.8% 3rd +6.2pp 10th 3% above peers
Charlotte, NC 93.7% 4th +6.2pp 11th 2% above peers
San Diego, CA 95.3% 2nd +4.5pp 12th 4% above peers
San Jose, CA 95.5% 1st +4.1pp 13th 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (1m+) 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 →
  • Dallas, TX up 14.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Philadelphia, PA up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Antonio, TX up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.53 to 0.52 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.52).
Bright spot 0.52
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 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Dallas, TX 0.53 11th -0.012 1st 8% above peers
San Diego, CA 0.46 3rd -0.008 2nd 5% below peers
Chicago, IL 0.52 10th -0.008 3rd 8% above peers
Phoenix, AZ 0.47 5th -0.006 4th 4% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 0.45 1st -0.005 5th 7% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 0.51 9th -0.005 6th 6% above peers
San Antonio, TX 0.46 4th -0.002 7th 5% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 0.53 12th -0.001 8th 8% above peers
Austin, TX 0.49 7th +0.002 9th on par with peers
Jacksonville, FL 0.47 6th +0.002 10th 4% below peers
Charlotte, NC 0.50 8th +0.004 11th 3% above peers
Houston, TX 0.54 13th +0.005 12th 10% above peers
San Jose, CA 0.46 2nd +0.012 13th 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.00 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (18.9% then, 18.6% now; margin ±0.4pp). 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
92% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.4% to 18.6%).
Needs attention 18.6%
20102023
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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
Austin, TX 6.2% 1st -1.9pp 1st 50% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 11.3% 5th -2.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Dallas, TX 11.7% 6th -2.3pp 3rd 5% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 14.6% 10th -2.2pp 4th 18% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 12.3% 7th -1.8pp 5th on par with peers
Charlotte, NC 9.8% 4th -1.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Houston, TX 14.3% 9th -0.7pp 7th 16% above peers
Chicago, IL 18.6% 12th -0.3pp 8th 52% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 26.2% 13th +0.7pp 9th 113% above peers
San Antonio, TX 16.0% 11th +1.3pp 10th 30% above peers
San Jose, CA 7.8% 2nd +1.3pp 11th 37% below peers
San Diego, CA 8.7% 3rd +2.1pp 12th 30% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 14.2% 8th +4.4pp 13th 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 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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  • Jacksonville, FL down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $334,030 in August 2026, up from $317,535 a year earlier.
$334,030
2000August 2026
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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%
Chicago, IL $334,030 (Aug 26) 7th +5.2% 1st on par with peers
Philadelphia, PA $233,728 (Aug 26) 13th +0.1% 2nd 30% below peers
San Diego, CA $985,158 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.4% 3rd 195% above peers
Los Angeles, CA $929,572 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.4% 4th 178% above peers
San Jose, CA $1,362,808 (Aug 26) 1st -0.6% 5th 308% above peers
Jacksonville, FL $285,103 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 6th 15% below peers
Charlotte, NC $392,573 (Aug 26) 6th -1.1% 7th 18% above peers
Phoenix, AZ $405,689 (Aug 26) 5th -1.5% 8th 21% above peers
Dallas, TX $305,765 (Aug 26) 8th -1.7% 9th 8% below peers
Fort Worth, TX $295,800 (Aug 26) 9th -1.8% 10th 11% below peers
San Antonio, TX $247,453 (Aug 26) 12th -2.2% 11th 26% below peers
Houston, TX $261,740 (Aug 26) 11th -2.3% 12th 22% below peers
Austin, TX $497,418 (Aug 26) 4th -3.7% 13th 49% above 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 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $198,620 in August 2026, up from $190,233 a year earlier.
$198,620
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%
Chicago, IL $198,620 (Aug 26) 8th +4.4% 1st 4% below peers
Philadelphia, PA $133,566 (Aug 26) 13th +1.2% 2nd 36% below peers
Los Angeles, CA $648,346 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.8% 3rd 212% above peers
San Diego, CA $651,101 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.8% 4th 213% above peers
Charlotte, NC $286,102 (Aug 26) 6th -1.1% 5th 38% above peers
Fort Worth, TX $207,847 (Aug 26) 7th -1.2% 6th on par with peers
Phoenix, AZ $305,628 (Aug 26) 5th -1.6% 7th 47% above peers
Jacksonville, FL $175,906 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 8th 15% below peers
San Jose, CA $898,474 (Aug 26) 1st -2.0% 9th 332% above peers
Houston, TX $176,067 (Aug 26) 10th -2.1% 10th 15% below peers
San Antonio, TX $160,707 (Aug 26) 12th -2.1% 11th 23% below peers
Dallas, TX $185,175 (Aug 26) 9th -2.1% 12th 11% below peers
Austin, TX $329,172 (Aug 26) 4th -4.7% 13th 58% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.0% to 46.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).

Broader trend
25% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 50% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.7% to 46.0%).
Bright spot 46.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 67.1% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Phoenix, AZ 57.3% 2nd +2.9pp 1st 12% above peers
Dallas, TX 42.4% 11th +1.6pp 2nd 17% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 57.6% 1st +1.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
Chicago, IL 46.0% 9th +1.0pp 4th 10% below peers
San Diego, CA 47.3% 8th +0.5pp 5th 7% below peers
Houston, TX 42.1% 12th -0.2pp 6th 18% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 57.0% 3rd -0.4pp 7th 12% above peers
San Jose, CA 55.8% 4th -1.0pp 8th 9% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 36.0% 13th -0.8pp 9th 29% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 51.8% 6th -1.2pp 10th 2% above peers
San Antonio, TX 52.2% 5th -1.7pp 11th 2% above peers
Charlotte, NC 51.0% 7th -1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Austin, TX 43.5% 10th -1.7pp 13th 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,342 in August 2026, up from $2,214 a year earlier.
Big move $2,342
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%
San Jose, CA $3,563 (Aug 26) 1st +6.5% 1st 121% above peers
Chicago, IL $2,342 (Aug 26) 4th +5.8% 2nd 45% above peers
Philadelphia, PA $1,768 (Aug 26) 5th +3.7% 3rd 10% above peers
Jacksonville, FL $1,601 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 4th 1% below peers
San Diego, CA $3,036 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.0% 5th 88% above peers
Los Angeles, CA $2,778 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 6th 72% above peers
Charlotte, NC $1,744 (Aug 26) 6th +0.7% 7th 8% above peers
Dallas, TX $1,591 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 8th 1% below peers
Phoenix, AZ $1,574 (Aug 26) 11th +0.6% 9th 3% below peers
Fort Worth, TX $1,615 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 10th on par with peers
Houston, TX $1,542 (Aug 26) 12th -0.1% 11th 4% below peers
Austin, TX $1,586 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 12th 2% below peers
San Antonio, TX $1,386 (Aug 26) 13th -1.4% 13th 14% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.4% to 39.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 50% moved the other way. Chicago started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.4% to 39.1%).
Bright spot 39.1%
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 30.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chicago, IL 39.1% 9th -1.3pp 1st 4% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 38.7% 8th -1.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
San Jose, CA 37.5% 4th -1.0pp 3rd 1% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 34.1% 1st -0.1pp 4th 10% below peers
San Diego, CA 43.3% 12th +0.1pp 5th 15% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 51.8% 13th +0.1pp 6th 37% above peers
Austin, TX 37.2% 3rd +1.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Charlotte, NC 34.9% 2nd +1.9pp 8th 8% below peers
Dallas, TX 40.5% 10th +2.6pp 9th 7% above peers
Houston, TX 41.2% 11th +3.1pp 10th 9% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 37.7% 6th +3.1pp 11th on par with peers
San Antonio, TX 37.7% 5th +3.1pp 12th on par with peers
Fort Worth, TX 37.8% 7th +4.4pp 13th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.9% then, 26.6% now; margin ±0.5pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.9% to 26.6%).
Needs attention 26.6%
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 11.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Phoenix, AZ 6.6% 4th -1.2pp 1st 10% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 7.3% 7th -0.6pp 2nd on par with peers
San Antonio, TX 7.7% 8th -0.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 27.9% 13th -2.2pp 4th 282% above peers
Dallas, TX 8.8% 9th -0.5pp 5th 21% above peers
Chicago, IL 26.6% 12th -0.3pp 6th 264% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 5.5% 1st -0.0pp 7th 25% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 11.9% 11th -0.0pp 8th 63% above peers
Charlotte, NC 6.4% 3rd +0.0pp 9th 12% below peers
San Diego, CA 6.6% 5th +0.2pp 10th 10% below peers
Austin, TX 7.1% 6th +0.9pp 11th 3% below peers
San Jose, CA 6.1% 2nd +0.9pp 12th 16% below peers
Houston, TX 10.1% 10th +1.6pp 13th 38% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Cities of similar size (1m+) 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 →
  • Philadelphia, PA down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 9.8% now; margin ±0.2pp).

Broader trend
75% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.7% to 9.8%).
Bright spot 9.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 13 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 6.9% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
San Diego, CA 5.8% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 53% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 9.5% 4th -2.0pp 2nd 24% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 7.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 43% below peers
Austin, TX 12.4% 7th -1.2pp 4th on par with peers
San Jose, CA 4.8% 1st -0.3pp 5th 61% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 11.2% 6th -0.8pp 6th 10% below peers
Dallas, TX 22.8% 12th -0.8pp 7th 84% above peers
Chicago, IL 9.8% 5th +0.1pp 8th 21% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 18.6% 11th +0.2pp 9th 50% above peers
Phoenix, AZ 14.3% 9th +0.3pp 10th 16% above peers
Charlotte, NC 12.8% 8th +0.3pp 11th 4% above peers
Houston, TX 23.7% 13th +0.6pp 12th 91% above peers
San Antonio, TX 17.6% 10th +1.0pp 13th 42% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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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 (1m+) 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 →
  • San Diego, CA down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • New York, NY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Philadelphia, PA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.2pp 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 roughly in line with the peer median.

35.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 34.6%
United States ref 33.4%
San Jose, CA 23.2% 1st 32% below peers
San Diego, CA 24.7% 2nd 28% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 27.5% 3rd 20% below peers
Austin, TX 29.2% 4th 15% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 33.7% 5th 2% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 33.8% 6th 1% below peers
Charlotte, NC 34.3% 7th on par with peers
Phoenix, AZ 35.1% 8th 2% above peers
Chicago, IL 35.2% 9th 3% above peers
Houston, TX 35.7% 10th 4% above peers
Dallas, TX 36.0% 11th 5% above peers
San Antonio, TX 38.2% 12th 11% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 39.7% 13th 16% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 0.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.4% to 4.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.3pp). 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
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 8% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 4.1%).
Needs attention 4.1%
20122024
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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
Los Angeles, CA 3.5% 2nd -0.7pp 1st 60% below peers
San Jose, CA 1.8% 1st -0.3pp 2nd 80% below peers
San Diego, CA 3.5% 3rd -0.1pp 3rd 59% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 7.0% 6th +0.2pp 4th 20% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 10.1% 9th +0.5pp 5th 15% above peers
Austin, TX 9.6% 8th +0.6pp 6th 10% above peers
Dallas, TX 16.3% 12th +1.4pp 7th 87% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 13.5% 11th +1.8pp 8th 55% above peers
Chicago, IL 4.1% 4th +0.7pp 9th 53% below peers
San Antonio, TX 10.4% 10th +1.9pp 10th 20% above peers
Houston, TX 16.3% 13th +3.2pp 11th 87% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 4.6% 5th +1.1pp 12th 47% below peers
Charlotte, NC 8.7% 7th +2.3pp 13th on par with peers
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.3pp 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 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.5% to 44.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Chicago started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.9% to 44.3%).
Bright spot 44.3%
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 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Philadelphia, PA 35.4% 9th +5.7pp 1st 7% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 33.6% 10th +4.9pp 2nd 12% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 33.2% 11th +4.6pp 3rd 13% below peers
Austin, TX 59.6% 1st +7.8pp 4th 56% above peers
Dallas, TX 38.2% 7th +4.9pp 5th on par with peers
Chicago, IL 44.3% 5th +4.9pp 6th 16% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 38.5% 6th +4.0pp 7th 1% above peers
San Antonio, TX 29.0% 13th +3.0pp 8th 24% below peers
Houston, TX 36.6% 8th +3.8pp 9th 4% below peers
San Diego, CA 51.0% 2nd +5.1pp 10th 33% above peers
Charlotte, NC 48.0% 3rd +3.7pp 11th 25% above peers
San Jose, CA 47.3% 4th +3.6pp 12th 24% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 32.0% 12th +2.4pp 13th 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Cities of similar size (1m+) 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 →
  • Austin, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 73% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Diego, CA up 5.1pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • New York, NY up 3.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 7.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.9% to 50.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 8% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.8% to 50.7%).
Needs attention 50.7%
20112024
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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%
Dallas, TX 47.0% 6th +4.2pp 1st 3% above peers
Houston, TX 44.6% 8th +0.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 39.0% 12th +0.1pp 3rd 14% below peers
San Diego, CA 53.3% 2nd -1.6pp 4th 17% above peers
San Antonio, TX 42.1% 10th -1.5pp 5th 8% below peers
Austin, TX 51.8% 3rd -1.9pp 6th 14% above peers
San Jose, CA 54.3% 1st -2.5pp 7th 19% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 41.1% 11th -2.5pp 8th 10% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 31.4% 13th -2.7pp 9th 31% below peers
Charlotte, NC 42.5% 9th -5.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 45.6% 7th -5.8pp 11th on par with peers
Chicago, IL 50.7% 4th -7.2pp 12th 11% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 49.4% 5th -7.7pp 13th 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (1m+) 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 York, NY up 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 (8.1% then, 8.3% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
25% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.1% to 8.3%).
8.3%
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
Philadelphia, PA 8.2% 6th -0.9pp 1st 2% below peers
San Diego, CA 4.2% 2nd -0.4pp 2nd 50% below peers
Austin, TX 5.5% 3rd -0.5pp 3rd 33% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 8.6% 8th -0.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Dallas, TX 10.1% 10th -0.1pp 5th 21% above peers
Chicago, IL 8.3% 7th +0.2pp 6th on par with peers
Fort Worth, TX 7.5% 5th +0.3pp 7th 9% below peers
San Jose, CA 3.8% 1st +0.3pp 8th 54% below peers
Houston, TX 10.4% 12th +1.0pp 9th 25% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 7.2% 4th +0.8pp 10th 13% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 10.3% 11th +1.3pp 11th 24% above peers
San Antonio, TX 10.8% 13th +2.6pp 12th 30% above peers
Charlotte, NC 8.6% 9th +2.7pp 13th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2,709,534 to 2,711,226 - more than the combined survey margin (±125). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 42% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Big move 2,711,226
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Fort Worth, TX 963,194 12th +10% 1st 31% below peers
Jacksonville, FL 977,670 11th +10% 2nd 30% below peers
Charlotte, NC 903,844 13th +5% 3rd 35% below peers
Austin, TX 979,539 10th +3% 4th 30% below peers
Houston, TX 2,328,253 3rd +1% 5th 68% above peers
Phoenix, AZ 1,642,323 4th +1% 6th 18% above peers
Chicago, IL 2,711,226 2nd +0% 7th 95% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 1,579,706 5th +0% 8th 14% above peers
San Diego, CA 1,389,526 7th -1% 9th on par with peers
Dallas, TX 1,307,930 8th -2% 10th 6% below peers
San Antonio, TX 1,479,835 6th -2% 11th 6% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 3,857,263 1st -3% 12th 178% above peers
San Jose, CA 990,138 9th -4% 13th 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±63 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.9% to 19.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.2pp).

Broader trend
92% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.5% to 19.4%).
Big move 19.4%
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
Jacksonville, FL 22.6% 7th -0.3pp 1st on par with peers
Philadelphia, PA 21.2% 8th -0.7pp 2nd 6% below peers
Charlotte, NC 22.7% 6th -1.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Dallas, TX 23.9% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 6% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 26.4% 1st -1.3pp 5th 17% above peers
San Antonio, TX 23.6% 4th -1.4pp 6th 4% above peers
Houston, TX 23.4% 5th -1.7pp 7th 3% above peers
Chicago, IL 19.4% 10th -1.5pp 8th 14% below peers
San Diego, CA 18.4% 12th -1.5pp 9th 19% below peers
Los Angeles, CA 19.2% 11th -1.6pp 10th 15% below peers
San Jose, CA 20.5% 9th -2.0pp 11th 10% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 23.6% 3rd -2.5pp 12th 4% above peers
Austin, TX 18.0% 13th -2.4pp 13th 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.6% then, 39.4% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.4% to 39.4%).
Big move 39.4%
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 29.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
San Antonio, TX 40.8% 3rd +3.2pp 1st 11% above peers
San Jose, CA 22.6% 13th +1.6pp 2nd 38% below peers
Houston, TX 41.9% 2nd +2.1pp 3rd 14% above peers
Los Angeles, CA 35.4% 9th +0.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Charlotte, NC 36.4% 8th -0.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 36.8% 7th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Jacksonville, FL 39.3% 5th -0.8pp 7th 7% above peers
Dallas, TX 39.2% 6th -0.9pp 8th 6% above peers
Chicago, IL 39.4% 4th -1.1pp 9th 7% above peers
San Diego, CA 24.5% 12th -1.0pp 10th 33% below peers
Austin, TX 26.9% 11th -1.1pp 11th 27% below peers
Fort Worth, TX 31.5% 10th -1.4pp 12th 14% below peers
Philadelphia, PA 52.4% 1st -2.4pp 13th 43% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (70.3% then, 72.4% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
58% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.1% to 72.4%).
Big move 72.4%
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 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
San Jose, CA 74.6% 1st +9.8pp 1st 10% above peers
Fort Worth, TX 67.7% 7th +7.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Austin, TX 68.6% 6th +6.7pp 3rd 1% above peers
San Diego, CA 68.8% 4th +4.5pp 4th 2% above peers
Houston, TX 61.7% 12th +3.8pp 5th 9% below peers
Phoenix, AZ 67.4% 8th +3.7pp 6th on par with peers
Los Angeles, CA 66.7% 9th +2.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Chicago, IL 72.4% 2nd +2.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Dallas, TX 61.3% 13th +1.2pp 9th 9% below peers
San Antonio, TX 63.0% 11th +0.9pp 10th 7% below peers
Charlotte, NC 68.8% 5th +0.5pp 11th 2% above peers
Philadelphia, PA 72.0% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 6% above peers
Jacksonville, FL 66.3% 10th -0.1pp 13th 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 792 census tracts
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DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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