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Des Plaines, IL
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Des Plaines, IL

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59,156 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where Des Plaines, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$97,875
2020-24
▲ 40%
relative change
$69,760 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
751 /100k
Jan 2026
▼ 33%
relative change
1,117 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
6.8%
2020-24
▼ 32%
relative change
10.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.9%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
8.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
27.9%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
33.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.2%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
83.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
78.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
75.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
99 /100k
Jan 2026
▼ 18%
relative change
121 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.5%
2019-23
▼ 7%
relative change
9.1% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
38.9%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
38.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.4%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
5.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.5%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Des Plaines, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
42.5%
2020-24
▼ 33%
relative change
63.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.6%
May 2026
▲ 21%
relative change
3.8% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.7%
2020-24
▲ 80%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.0%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
8.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 4 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 →
Home value
Typical home value
$360,826
Jun 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$339,938 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,031
Jun 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$1,924 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
59,156
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
58,673 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
20.0%
2020-24
flat
relative change
20.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
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Violent crime fell about 18% over the 12 months ending January 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 13% a year from 2020 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 11% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 99 in January 2026, down from 121 a year earlier.
99 per 100k
2018January 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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%
Terre Haute, IN 482 (Apr 26) -23.0% 1st
Petaluma, CA 195 (May 26) -22.7% 2nd
Grand Forks, ND 267 (May 26) -21.2% 3rd
Monterey Park, CA 228 (May 26) -21.0% 4th
St. Peters, MO 171 (May 26) -19.2% 5th
Burlington, NC 660 (May 26) -19.2% 6th
Des Plaines, IL 99 (Jan 26) -18.3% 7th
Hempstead, NY 369 (Apr 26) -16.3% 8th
West Allis, WI 186 (May 26) -14.0% 9th
Dubuque, IA 375 (May 26) -9.4% 10th
Gardena, CA 633 (May 26) -8.8% 11th
Medford, MA 180 (Dec 25) +1.9% 12th
Youngstown, OH 726 (Aug 25) +1.9% 13th
Gilroy, CA 416 (May 26) +2.0% 14th
Kokomo, IN 486 (Mar 26) +15.4% 15th
National City, CA 739 (May 26) +15.5% 16th
Lenexa, KS 215 (May 26) +16.4% 17th
Weymouth Town, MA 253 (Apr 26) +23.7% 18th
Hoboken, NJ 216 (May 26) +30.6% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Flower Mound, TX down about 35% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 7% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Orem, UT down about 4% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
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Property crime fell about 33% over the 12 months ending January 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime is about 2% higher than in 2020 (1,004 then, 1,027 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,190 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view: property crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 751 in January 2026, down from 1,117 a year earlier.
751 per 100k
2018January 2026
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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%
Lenexa, KS 900 (May 26) -34.9% 1st
Des Plaines, IL 751 (Jan 26) -32.7% 2nd
Weymouth Town, MA 567 (Apr 26) -23.4% 3rd
Medford, MA 935 (Dec 25) -22.0% 4th
Hempstead, NY 812 (Apr 26) -21.2% 5th
Terre Haute, IN 2,961 (Apr 26) -19.5% 6th
Petaluma, CA 987 (May 26) -18.9% 7th
Hoboken, NJ 1,229 (May 26) -18.8% 8th
West Allis, WI 1,549 (May 26) -18.6% 9th
Monterey Park, CA 1,674 (May 26) -18.2% 10th
St. Peters, MO 770 (May 26) -15.7% 11th
Grand Forks, ND 1,892 (May 26) -12.5% 12th
Dubuque, IA 1,334 (May 26) -7.8% 13th
National City, CA 1,673 (May 26) -7.5% 14th
Gilroy, CA 1,863 (May 26) -4.7% 15th
Gardena, CA 2,861 (May 26) -2.5% 16th
Kokomo, IN 1,313 (Mar 26) -2.1% 17th
Burlington, NC 2,767 (May 26) -0.2% 18th
Youngstown, OH 2,906 (Aug 25) +4.2% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Appleton, WI down about 27% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell less than 1% a year from 2020 to 2025, slower than 56% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving slower than 56% of similar-size cities over 2020-2025.
Longer view: homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in January 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
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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%
Monterey Park, CA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Grand Forks, ND 0 (May 26) -100.0% 2nd
Gardena, CA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 3rd
Burlington, NC 0 (May 26) -100.0% 4th
Hoboken, NJ 0 (May 26) -100.0% 5th
Lenexa, KS 0 (May 26) -100.0% 6th
Youngstown, OH 14 (Aug 25) -55.6% 7th
National City, CA 7 (May 26) +33.3% 8th
Hempstead, NY 5 (Apr 26) +50.0% 9th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) +100.6% 10th
Terre Haute, IN 5 (Apr 26) +200.0% 11th
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jan 26)
Dubuque, IA 3 (May 26)
St. Peters, MO 0 (May 26)
Petaluma, CA 0 (May 26)
Gilroy, CA 0 (May 26)
Medford, MA 0 (Dec 25)
West Allis, WI 5 (May 26)
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Apr 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Arcadia, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bozeman, MT essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 2% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 19% over the 12 months ending January 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 17% a year from 2020 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 11% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 100 in January 2026, down from 124 a year earlier.
100 per 100k
2018January 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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%
Lenexa, KS 77 (May 26) -61.3% 1st
Hempstead, NY 106 (Apr 26) -46.6% 2nd
National City, CA 340 (May 26) -34.3% 3rd
Terre Haute, IN 297 (Apr 26) -32.6% 4th
Medford, MA 80 (Dec 25) -30.4% 5th
Dubuque, IA 63 (May 26) -27.4% 6th
Burlington, NC 228 (May 26) -22.2% 7th
Gardena, CA 584 (May 26) -20.9% 8th
West Allis, WI 216 (May 26) -19.4% 9th
Des Plaines, IL 100 (Jan 26) -19.2% 10th
Monterey Park, CA 328 (May 26) -11.6% 11th
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) -10.3% 12th
St. Peters, MO 70 (May 26) -8.5% 13th
Hoboken, NJ 64 (May 26) -7.3% 14th
Youngstown, OH 555 (Aug 25) -7.1% 15th
Grand Forks, ND 140 (May 26) -4.5% 16th
Petaluma, CA 114 (May 26) -4.2% 17th
Gilroy, CA 316 (May 26) -4.0% 18th
Weymouth Town, MA 85 (Apr 26) +0.0% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
See all Public Safety data →
Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 40% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $69,760 to $97,875 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,618). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 48% from 2014 to 2024 ($65,953 to $97,875).
$97,875
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%
Gardena, CA $84,803 17th +45% 1st 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 14th +45% 2nd 6% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 3rd 22% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 12th +40% 4th 14% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 26th +37% 5th 27% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 174% above peers
Medford, MA $129,540 5th +34% 7th 51% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 18th +32% 8th 4% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 9th 80% below peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 27th +32% 10th 34% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 4th +31% 11th 55% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 15th +30% 12th 1% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 8th +30% 13th 32% above peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 20th +30% 14th 16% below peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 22nd +29% 15th 21% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 25th +27% 16th 26% below peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 7th +26% 17th 35% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 18th 57% above peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 19th +23% 19th 11% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 20th 111% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 16th +22% 21st on par with peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 24th +21% 22nd 23% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 10th +21% 23rd 20% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 6th +21% 24th 43% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 28th +21% 25th 35% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 26th 60% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 9th +19% 27th 21% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 28th 50% below peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 13th +16% 29th 7% above peers
Towson, MD $101,320 11th +14% 30th 18% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 21st +13% 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,762 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 less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 88% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in May 2026, up from 3.8% a year earlier.
4.6%
1990May 2026
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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
Kokomo, IN 5.0% (May 26) 24th -1.4pp 1st 28% above peers
Youngstown, OH 5.3% (May 26) 26th -1.2pp 2nd 36% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.8pp 3rd 3% above peers
Dubuque, IA 2.9% (May 26) 4th -0.7pp 4th 26% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 5th 38% below peers
Casper, WY 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 33% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.6% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 59% below peers
Santee, CA 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 9th 5% below peers
National City, CA 4.6% (May 26) 21st -0.3pp 10th 18% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.3% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 15% below peers
Burlington, NC 3.9% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 14th 10% below peers
Hanford, CA 6.8% (May 26) 27th -0.3pp 15th 74% above peers
West Allis, WI 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 18th 8% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.1pp 19th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Medford, MA 4.0% (May 26) 17th -0.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th -0.1pp 22nd 28% above peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 23rd 18% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.8% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 24th 23% above peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.6pp 25th 5% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.8pp 26th 18% above peers
Margate, FL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 27th 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 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.3% to 5.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 6 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 5.9%).
5.9%
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 11.5% -0.8pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 1st -1.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.9% 6th -2.4pp 2nd 44% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 24th -4.5pp 3rd 33% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 8th -1.8pp 4th 38% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.0% 19th -3.0pp 5th 12% above peers
Burlington, NC 16.3% 27th -3.8pp 6th 53% above peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 7th 27% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 14.4% 25th -2.9pp 8th 35% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.7% 18th -1.9pp 9th 9% above peers
Medford, MA 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 10th 31% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 10th -0.9pp 11th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 14th -1.0pp 12th 8% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 13th -0.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 16.7% 28th -1.5pp 14th 57% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 29th -1.2pp 15th 105% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.4% 26th -0.8pp 16th 35% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.3% 22nd -0.6pp 17th 16% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 7th -0.2pp 18th 39% below peers
Margate, FL 12.0% 20th -0.4pp 19th 13% above peers
West Allis, WI 11.4% 17th -0.3pp 20th 7% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 21st 403% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 3rd +0.2pp 22nd 50% below peers
Youngstown, OH 34.9% 30th +1.9pp 23rd 228% above peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 15th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 16th +0.9pp 25th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 21st +1.2pp 26th 13% above peers
Santee, CA 7.7% 12th +0.8pp 27th 27% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 28th 47% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 29th 28% below peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 54% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.6% 4th +2.5pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.0% to 6.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). 7 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 6.8%).
6.8%
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%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 5th -6.7pp 1st 53% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 26th -14.7pp 2nd 69% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 3rd -2.6pp 3rd 62% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 14th -5.9pp 4th 15% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 8th -3.2pp 5th 43% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 23rd -8.3pp 6th 50% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 6th -2.4pp 7th 49% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 21st -6.1pp 8th 28% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 15th -4.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 7th -2.2pp 10th 49% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 17th -3.6pp 11th 10% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 1st -0.8pp 12th 76% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 27th -5.2pp 13th 83% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 28th -5.6pp 14th 101% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 22nd -2.9pp 15th 35% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 10th -1.3pp 16th 39% below peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 16th -2.1pp 17th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 18th 140% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 24th -2.1pp 19th 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 18th -1.0pp 20th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 21st 339% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 12th +0.1pp 22nd 24% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 23rd 517% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 20th +1.1pp 24th 20% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 9th +0.6pp 25th 42% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 13th +1.1pp 26th 22% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 19th +2.3pp 27th 18% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 25th +6.5pp 28th 54% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 11th +3.1pp 29th 39% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 4th +2.8pp 30th 54% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.9% to 94.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 12.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.9% to 94.2%).
94.2%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 90.9% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +18.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 22nd +12.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 24th +12.6pp 4th 4% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 26th +11.8pp 5th 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 13th +12.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 19th +11.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 27th +10.9pp 8th 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 9th 6% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 11th +10.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 18th +9.6pp 11th on par with peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 21st +8.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 16th +8.0pp 13th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 23rd +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 9th +7.6pp 15th 2% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 28th +6.8pp 16th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 20th +6.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 25th +4.9pp 18th 4% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 17th +4.7pp 19th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 4th +4.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 22nd 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 8th +3.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 10th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 7th +3.2pp 25th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 12th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 15th +2.3pp 29th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 6th +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 14th +1.1pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.41).
0.41
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 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Burlington, NC 0.45 21st -0.030 1st 2% above peers
Margate, FL 0.43 13th -0.028 2nd 3% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 5th -0.023 3rd 8% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 25th -0.018 4th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 5th 39% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 26th -0.015 6th 7% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 14th -0.014 7th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 10th -0.012 8th 4% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 12th -0.008 9th 3% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 16th -0.007 10th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 11th -0.004 11th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 12th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 22nd -0.001 13th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 18th +0.001 14th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 24th +0.003 15th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 4th +0.003 16th 13% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 29th +0.006 17th 9% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 20th +0.007 18th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 8th +0.007 19th 5% below peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 7th +0.007 20th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 30th +0.010 21st 15% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 2nd +0.011 22nd 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 28th +0.019 23rd 9% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 24th 24% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 25th 2% above peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 9th +0.023 26th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 27th +0.028 27th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 15th +0.027 28th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 23rd +0.030 29th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 6th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 17th +0.044 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 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 (9.1% then, 8.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.8% to 8.5%).
8.5%
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
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 84% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 20th -6.0pp 2nd 17% above peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 74% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 11th -2.6pp 4th 21% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 5th 49% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 18th -2.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 22nd -3.1pp 7th 45% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 19th -2.3pp 8th 9% above peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 15th -2.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 3rd -0.5pp 10th 76% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 8th -1.2pp 11th 28% below peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 24th -1.5pp 12th 63% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 27th -1.6pp 13th 86% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 26th -1.3pp 14th 83% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 12th -0.6pp 15th 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 16th 292% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 7th -0.3pp 17th 29% below peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 5th +0.0pp 18th 51% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 19th 126% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 9th +0.3pp 20th 27% below peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 23rd +0.9pp 21st 56% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 23rd 109% above peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 25th +2.5pp 24th 72% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 25th 467% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 13th +1.7pp 26th 8% below peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 10th +2.3pp 27th 26% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 21st +4.4pp 28th 29% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 14th +3.4pp 29th 7% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 17th +4.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 2nd +1.5pp 31st 81% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.5pp 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 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $360,826 in June 2026, up from $339,938 a year earlier.
$360,826
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 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%
Youngstown, OH $72,648 (Jun 26) 27th +8.0% 1st 85% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $303,687 (Jun 26) 21st +7.6% 2nd 39% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $360,826 (Jun 26) 18th +6.1% 3rd 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA $253,886 (Jun 26) 24th +5.5% 4th 49% below peers
Kokomo, IN $186,870 (Jun 26) 25th +5.1% 5th 63% below peers
Lenexa, KS $487,610 (Jun 26) 15th +4.4% 6th 2% below peers
Hempstead, NY $647,376 (Jun 26) 10th +4.0% 7th 30% above peers
West Allis, WI $282,915 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.6% 8th 43% below peers
Cupertino, CA $3,065,443 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 9th 514% above peers
Hanford, CA $384,771 (Jun 26) 17th +2.4% 10th 23% below peers
Towson, MD $483,869 (Jun 26) 16th +2.2% 11th 3% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,215 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 12th 77% above peers
Gardena, CA $793,575 (Jun 26) 8th +2.0% 13th 59% above peers
National City, CA $692,258 (Jun 26) 9th +1.7% 14th 39% above peers
Burlington, NC $259,252 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.5% 15th 48% below peers
Casper, WY $314,485 (Jun 26) 20th +1.5% 16th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $928,283 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.4% 17th 86% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $499,305 (Jun 26) 14th +1.3% 18th on par with peers
Herriman, UT $609,118 (Jun 26) 11th +1.2% 19th 22% above peers
Severn, MD $522,552 (Jun 26) 13th +1.1% 20th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $163,505 (Jun 26) 26th +0.6% 21st 67% below peers
Medford, MA $856,375 (Jun 26) 6th +0.5% 22nd 72% above peers
Gilroy, CA $1,068,039 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.9% 23rd 114% above peers
Petaluma, CA $913,233 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 24th 83% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $538,248 (Jun 26) 12th -1.6% 25th 8% above peers
Santee, CA $799,400 (Jun 26) 7th -2.7% 26th 60% above peers
Margate, FL $321,338 (Jun 26) 19th -3.2% 27th 36% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $245,882 in June 2026, up from $236,317 a year earlier.
$245,882
2000June 2026
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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%
Youngstown, OH $42,153 (Jun 26) 27th +11.3% 1st 89% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $208,386 (Jun 26) 21st +8.6% 2nd 44% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $604,336 (Jun 26) 7th +5.7% 3rd 62% above peers
West Allis, WI $240,427 (Jun 26) 19th +5.5% 4th 35% below peers
Lenexa, KS $372,576 (Jun 26) 14th +5.3% 5th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY $573,601 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 6th 54% above peers
Dubuque, IA $173,403 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.7% 7th 53% below peers
Kokomo, IN $115,530 (Jun 26) 25th +4.6% 8th 69% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,882 (Jun 26) 18th +4.0% 9th 34% below peers
National City, CA $567,564 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 10th 52% above peers
Burlington, NC $174,091 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.0% 11th 53% below peers
Casper, WY $224,167 (Jun 26) 20th +2.3% 12th 40% below peers
Hanford, CA $299,303 (Jun 26) 17th +2.3% 13th 20% below peers
Severn, MD $390,040 (Jun 26) 13th +1.6% 14th 5% above peers
Gardena, CA $656,383 (Jun 26) 5th +1.5% 15th 76% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $419,081 (Jun 26) 12th +1.4% 16th 12% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,783,632 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 17th 379% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $744,070 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.7% 18th 100% above peers
Towson, MD $316,196 (Jun 26) 16th +0.6% 19th 15% below peers
Medford, MA $650,787 (Jun 26) 6th +0.2% 20th 75% above peers
Herriman, UT $449,054 (Jun 26) 11th -0.0% 21st 21% above peers
Gilroy, CA $860,108 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.1% 22nd 131% above peers
Petaluma, CA $723,191 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 23rd 94% above peers
Santee, CA $588,223 (Jun 26) 8th -2.1% 24th 58% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $350,114 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 25th 6% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $94,208 (Jun 26) 26th -5.0% 26th 75% below peers
Margate, FL $127,438 (Jun 26) 24th -9.4% 27th 66% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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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 (75.6% then, 78.3% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.9% to 78.3%).
78.3%
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%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 27th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 4th +7.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 15th +5.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 16th +5.0pp 4th on par with peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 8th +5.5pp 5th 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 13th +4.0pp 6th 1% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 21st +3.4pp 7th 11% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 28th +2.8pp 8th 25% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 23rd +2.3pp 9th 13% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 3rd +2.7pp 10th 26% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 11th 46% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 10th +1.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 19th +1.2pp 13th 9% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 26th +0.9pp 14th 21% below peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 14th +0.9pp 15th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 6th +1.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 5th +0.6pp 17th 17% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 17th +0.4pp 18th 2% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 9th +0.4pp 19th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 7th +0.3pp 20th 14% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 12th -0.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 24th -0.5pp 23rd 16% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 24th 44% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 11th -1.4pp 25th 4% above peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 20th -1.8pp 26th 10% below peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 1st -2.7pp 27th 27% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 22nd -2.1pp 28th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 18th -4.1pp 29th 9% below peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 2nd -8.9pp 30th 27% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±2.7pp 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
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Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,031 in June 2026, up from $1,924 a year earlier.
$2,031
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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%
Youngstown, OH $1,087 (Jun 26) 25th +9.3% 1st 47% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.9% 2nd 43% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,267 (Jun 26) 1st +7.5% 3rd 108% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,031 (Jun 26) 15th +5.5% 4th 1% below peers
West Allis, WI $1,372 (Jun 26) 20th +5.2% 5th 33% below peers
Gardena, CA $2,362 (Jun 26) 11th +4.3% 6th 15% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $995 (Jun 26) 27th +4.3% 7th 52% below peers
Petaluma, CA $2,927 (Jun 26) 6th +3.9% 8th 43% above peers
Dubuque, IA $1,110 (Jun 26) 24th +3.8% 9th 46% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 10th 92% above peers
Kokomo, IN $1,009 (Jun 26) 26th +3.4% 11th 51% below peers
Medford, MA $3,419 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.1% 12th 67% above peers
Gilroy, CA $3,082 (Jun 26) 5th +3.1% 13th 50% above peers
Towson, MD $1,932 (Jun 26) 16th +2.8% 14th 6% below peers
Lenexa, KS $1,685 (Jun 26) 18th +2.8% 15th 18% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,545 (Jun 26) 8th +2.7% 16th 24% above peers
Burlington, NC $1,298 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.6% 17th 37% below peers
Santee, CA $2,790 (Jun 26) 7th +2.2% 18th 36% above peers
Severn, MD $2,316 (Jun 26) 12th +2.1% 19th 13% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,053 (Jun 26) 14th +1.9% 20th on par with peers
Casper, WY $1,363 (Jun 26) 21st +0.7% 21st 34% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,467 (Jun 26) 10th +0.6% 22nd 20% above peers
Margate, FL $2,154 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 23rd 5% above peers
Herriman, UT $1,931 (Jun 26) 17th +0.0% 24th 6% below peers
National City, CA $2,472 (Jun 26) 9th -0.0% 25th 20% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,417 (Jun 26) 19th -0.7% 26th 31% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4th 64% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.8% to 27.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). 1 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; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.7% to 27.9%).
27.9%
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
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 6th -5.9pp 1st 19% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 2nd 42% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 12th -3.0pp 3rd 12% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 14th -2.0pp 4th 6% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 10th -1.6pp 5th 16% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 5th -1.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 26th -2.0pp 7th 29% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 13th -0.7pp 8th 7% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 2nd +0.0pp 10th 25% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 27th +0.1pp 11th 31% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 12th 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 18th +0.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 20th +0.5pp 14th 4% above peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 15th +0.6pp 15th 3% below peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 7th +0.6pp 16th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 11th +0.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 22nd +1.3pp 18th 13% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 19th 40% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 21st +1.4pp 20th 7% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 23rd +1.6pp 21st 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 22nd 41% above peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 8th +1.6pp 23rd 17% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 25th +2.6pp 24th 22% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 9th +1.9pp 25th 16% below peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 16th +2.3pp 26th on par with peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 4th +2.3pp 27th 22% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 19th +3.2pp 28th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 24th +3.7pp 29th 15% above peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 1st +2.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 17th +3.6pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Guaynabo zona urbana, PR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.4% then, 5.4% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% 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 11.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Gardena, CA 5.2% 10th -1.6pp 1st 27% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 2nd 47% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 3rd 167% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 15th -1.1pp 4th 3% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 24th -1.2pp 5th 50% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 16th -0.6pp 6th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 8th -0.3pp 7th 37% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 9th -0.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 9th 377% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 19th -0.3pp 10th 14% above peers
National City, CA 10.9% 25th -0.3pp 11th 53% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 28th -0.1pp 12th 136% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 13th -0.0pp 13th 24% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 14th 233% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 6th +0.0pp 15th 41% below peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 11th +0.1pp 16th 27% below peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 23rd +0.3pp 17th 42% above peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 27th +0.6pp 18th 63% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 21st +0.6pp 19th 26% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 7th +0.3pp 20th 39% below peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 22nd +1.3pp 21st 34% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 2nd +0.5pp 22nd 57% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 12th +0.8pp 23rd 26% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 14th +1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 26th +1.9pp 25th 60% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 20th +1.5pp 26th 16% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 17th +1.5pp 27th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 28th 49% below peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 18th +1.9pp 29th 9% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 1st +2.5pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.7% then, 8.0% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 8.0%).
8.0%
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
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 9th -3.1pp 1st 43% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 54% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 8th -2.0pp 3rd 44% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 23rd -5.1pp 4th 45% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 12th -2.4pp 5th 30% below peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 25th -5.3pp 6th 75% above peers
Santee, CA 3.0% 5th -1.2pp 7th 50% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.8% 14th -1.7pp 8th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 11th -1.3pp 9th 37% below peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 28th -2.8pp 10th 79% above peers
Gardena, CA 8.4% 22nd -2.1pp 11th 39% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.8% 10th -1.0pp 12th 37% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 13th 62% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 27th -2.5pp 14th 79% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 15th 70% below peers
Kokomo, IN 6.1% 17th -1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Burlington, NC 11.2% 29th -2.0pp 17th 85% above peers
Hanford, CA 5.6% 15th -0.9pp 18th 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.0% 21st -0.8pp 19th 32% above peers
National City, CA 11.2% 30th -0.3pp 20th 86% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.0pp 21st 59% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.0% 16th -0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 6.7% 19th +0.2pp 23rd 10% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 26th +0.4pp 24th 76% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 31st +0.8pp 25th 97% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 24th +0.7pp 26th 50% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 13th +0.3pp 27th 30% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.8% 20th +1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 29th 44% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 30th 47% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 18th +2.9pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

28.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 34.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 52% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 42% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 3rd 26% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 19% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 5th 19% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 6th 19% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 7th 14% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 8th 12% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 9th 11% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 10th 11% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 11th 10% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 12th 10% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 13th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 14th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 15th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 17th 1% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 18th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 19th 6% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 20th 10% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 21st 12% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 22nd 15% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 23rd 15% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 24th 16% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 17% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 26th 22% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 28% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 32% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 29th 34% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 49% 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 (2.6% then, 4.7% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 4.7%).
4.7%
20122024
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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 3.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 78% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 49% below peers
Herriman, UT 1.6% 9th -4.9pp 3rd 36% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 4th 53% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 7th -1.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 10th -2.2pp 6th 35% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 19th -3.7pp 7th 11% above peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 8th -1.6pp 8th 43% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 30th -8.0pp 9th 216% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 12th -1.4pp 10th 18% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 27th -3.0pp 11th 139% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 24th -2.1pp 12th 93% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 11th -0.7pp 13th 35% below peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 14th -0.5pp 14th 11% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 26th -1.2pp 15th 130% above peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 16th -0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 28th -0.7pp 17th 198% above peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 21st +0.1pp 18th 55% above peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 15th +0.1pp 19th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 20th 62% below peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 18th +0.3pp 21st 9% above peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 15% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 31st +2.3pp 23rd 298% above peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 25th +1.2pp 24th 114% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 29th +3.1pp 25th 214% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 23rd +2.1pp 26th 82% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 27th 61% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 17th +1.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 20th +1.9pp 29th 31% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 22nd +2.6pp 30th 70% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.2% then, 38.9% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.2% to 38.9%).
38.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 30 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 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 22nd +4.4pp 2nd 29% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 17th +5.4pp 3rd 13% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 9th +7.4pp 4th 22% above peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 18th +5.0pp 5th 15% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 15th +5.5pp 6th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 26th +3.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 19th +4.1pp 8th 16% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 21st +3.5pp 9th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 14th +4.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 11th 56% below peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 4th +6.0pp 12th 71% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 16th +2.9pp 13th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 8th +3.6pp 14th 22% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 23rd +1.9pp 15th 30% below peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 7th +3.4pp 16th 25% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 10th +2.9pp 17th 14% above peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 18th 32% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 19th 98% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 6th +2.6pp 20th 32% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 20th +1.6pp 21st 16% below peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 22nd 135% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 13th +1.5pp 23rd 8% above peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 5th +2.2pp 24th 65% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 25th 136% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 12th +0.8pp 26th 11% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 27th 12% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 24th -0.3pp 28th 31% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 28th -0.3pp 29th 48% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 27th -1.0pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 20.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.2% to 42.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±14.7pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 21.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.8% to 42.5%).
42.5%
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%
Severn, MD 66.5% 6th +33.2pp 1st 35% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 10th +16.8pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 3rd +14.8pp 3rd 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 2nd +15.4pp 4th 61% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 23rd +6.0pp 5th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 24th +5.7pp 6th 20% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 7th 37% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 8th +7.8pp 8th 33% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 9th 38% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 22nd +4.0pp 10th 16% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 11th 84% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 7th +3.4pp 12th 34% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 12th +1.4pp 13th 9% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 4th -0.4pp 14th 41% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 16th -2.2pp 15th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 9th -4.2pp 16th 20% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 15th -4.5pp 17th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 11th -6.3pp 18th 9% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 21st -5.0pp 19th 16% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 25th -5.2pp 20th 21% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 20th -8.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 13th -10.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 18th -10.1pp 23rd 7% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 14th -12.0pp 24th 3% above peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 28th -9.3pp 25th 27% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 26th -12.9pp 26th 21% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 27th -15.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 17th -19.7pp 28th 3% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 29th -15.1pp 29th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 19th -20.7pp 30th 14% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 4.5% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 4.5%).
4.5%
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 6.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 25th -9.9pp 2nd 34% above peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 10th -2.3pp 3rd 36% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 12th -1.8pp 4th 30% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 5th 42% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 24th -2.5pp 6th 31% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 5th -0.8pp 7th 56% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 13th -1.2pp 8th 30% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 27% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 6th -0.5pp 10th 51% below peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 18th -0.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 27th -0.3pp 12th 48% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 13th 63% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 20th -0.1pp 14th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 14th -0.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 16th 38% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 30th +1.3pp 17th 77% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 28th +2.0pp 18th 69% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 7th +0.8pp 19th 47% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 31st +3.0pp 20th 90% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 17th +2.1pp 21st 13% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 16th +2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 23rd +3.1pp 23rd 30% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 19th +2.8pp 24th 19% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 15th +2.4pp 25th 11% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 26th 31% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 21st +4.3pp 27th 26% above peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 29th +6.2pp 28th 73% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 26th +7.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 71% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 3rd +2.1pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58,673 to 59,156 - more than the combined survey margin (±391). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (58,802 to 59,156).
59,156
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Herriman, UT 59,346 6th +48% 1st 1% above peers
Severn, MD 58,402 29th +16% 2nd 1% below peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 3rd +12% 3rd 1% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 25th +10% 4th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 30th +8% 5th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 31st +7% 6th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 22nd +6% 7th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 1st +6% 8th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 16th +4% 9th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 17th +4% 10th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 15th +3% 11th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 27th +3% 12th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 5th +3% 13th 1% above peers
Santee, CA 59,332 7th +3% 14th on par with peers
Margate, FL 59,198 10th +2% 15th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 11th +2% 16th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 14th +2% 17th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 23rd +1% 18th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 12th +1% 19th on par with peers
Casper, WY 58,839 20th +1% 20th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 4th -0% 21st 1% above peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 2nd -1% 22nd 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 13th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 24th -2% 24th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 9th -3% 25th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 26th -3% 26th 1% below peers
National City, CA 58,893 19th -4% 27th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 28th -4% 28th 1% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 18th -4% 29th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 21st -4% 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 8th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.3% then, 20.4% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.8% to 20.4%).
20.4%
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 21.8% -1.0pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 7th +1.5pp 1st 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 2nd 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 18th +1.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 17th +1.1pp 4th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 10th +1.1pp 5th 11% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 14th +1.0pp 6th 4% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 8th +0.9pp 7th 12% above peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 6th +0.9pp 8th 14% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 26th +0.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 13th +0.7pp 10th 9% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 21st +0.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.4pp 12th 39% above peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 25th +0.1pp 13th 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 4th +0.1pp 14th 27% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 5th +0.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 23rd -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 9th -0.4pp 17th 11% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 16th -0.5pp 18th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 19th -0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 27th -0.5pp 20th 19% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 20th -0.7pp 21st 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 22nd -1.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 15th -1.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 28th -1.5pp 24th 21% below peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 3rd -2.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 12th -3.1pp 26th 9% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 24th -2.8pp 27th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 29th 67% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 11th -3.8pp 30th 10% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 29th -3.1pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.0% then, 20.0% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.0% to 20.0%).
20.0%
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 29.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Gardena, CA 43.4% 9th +14.6pp 1st 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 13th +10.4pp 2nd 11% above peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 5th +9.2pp 3rd 61% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 20th +3.6pp 4th 18% below peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 5th 57% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 6th 77% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 26th +1.8pp 7th 32% below peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 16th +2.4pp 8th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 9th 86% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 10th +2.5pp 10th 26% above peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 11th +1.3pp 11th 23% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 12th 154% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 25th -0.0pp 13th 31% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 30th -0.1pp 14th 72% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 8th -0.5pp 15th 52% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 14th -1.0pp 16th 7% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 19th -1.1pp 17th 9% below peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 21st -1.0pp 18th 22% below peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 19th 152% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 20th 29% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 6th -4.4pp 21st 61% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 17th -2.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 22nd -2.7pp 23rd 27% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 27th -2.5pp 24th 37% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 12th -4.6pp 25th 13% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 23rd -3.9pp 26th 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 15th -5.9pp 27th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 28th -3.8pp 28th 37% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 18th -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 30th 78% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.8pp 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

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.2% then, 67.4% now; margin ±11.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.0% to 67.4%).
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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 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 5th +22.1pp 1st 18% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 18th +13.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 15th +10.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 6th +11.4pp 4th 18% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 5th 19% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 28th +6.3pp 6th 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 9th +7.6pp 7th 12% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 8th 23% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 13th +7.0pp 9th 7% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 11th +6.3pp 10th 11% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 20th +4.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 8th +3.3pp 12th 14% above peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 7th +3.0pp 13th 15% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 29th +2.3pp 14th 12% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 22nd +2.2pp 15th 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 10th +1.8pp 16th 11% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 21st +1.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 30th +0.5pp 18th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 19th 24% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 26th -0.2pp 21st 5% below peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 25th -1.7pp 22nd 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 24th -2.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 19th -2.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 17th -5.4pp 25th 1% below peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 12th -7.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 23rd -8.0pp 27th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 31st -8.7pp 28th 17% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 14th -12.7pp 29th 2% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 16th -14.6pp 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 27th -17.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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