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76,340 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Evanston, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
2026
▼ 100%
relative change
9 in 2021
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$96,434
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
$78,904 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,095 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 22%
relative change
2,684 a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.9%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
89.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
69.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
67.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.2%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.9%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
131 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
135 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Evanston, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
7.5%
2019-23
▲ 37%
relative change
5.5% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
55.2%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
72.3% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.6%
May 2026
▲ 15%
relative change
4.0% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.54
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.55 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
17.3%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
16.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
37.2%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
37.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
56.2%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
55.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
17.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
20.2% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$496,114
Jun 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$460,718 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$297,616
Jun 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$276,761 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,562
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$2,434 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
76,340
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
74,587 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 131 in April 2026, down from 135 a year earlier.
131 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Redmond, WA 67 (May 26) 3rd -51.3% 1st 70% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 55 (May 26) 2nd -47.0% 2nd 76% below peers
Bismarck, ND 270 (May 26) 14th -36.0% 3rd 19% above peers
Appleton, WI 171 (May 26) 9th -33.6% 4th 25% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 37 (May 26) 1st -24.3% 5th 84% below peers
Broomfield, CO 145 (May 26) 7th -17.3% 6th 36% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 228 (May 26) 12th -16.6% 7th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 389 (May 26) 17th -14.7% 8th 71% above peers
Iowa City, IA 266 (May 26) 13th -13.9% 9th 17% above peers
Missoula, MT 547 (May 26) 21st -13.2% 10th 140% above peers
Hammond, IN 586 (Feb 26) 22nd -13.1% 11th 157% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 112 (May 26) 5th -5.6% 12th 51% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 68 (May 26) 4th -5.5% 13th 70% below peers
Evanston, IL 131 (Apr 26) 6th -2.9% 14th 42% below peers
Alameda, CA 334 (May 26) 16th -0.4% 15th 47% above peers
Missouri City, TX 151 (May 26) 8th -0.2% 16th 34% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 192 (May 26) 10th +2.0% 17th 16% below peers
Scranton, PA 316 (May 26) 15th +4.8% 18th 39% above peers
Wyoming, MI 463 (May 26) 19th +5.2% 19th 103% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 489 (Dec 25) 20th +7.0% 20th 115% above peers
Racine, WI 418 (May 26) 18th +7.6% 21st 83% above peers
Southfield, MI 596 (May 26) 23rd +31.5% 22nd 162% above peers
Mansfield, TX 220 (Apr 26) 11th +92.0% 23rd 3% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2023-2026
  • Janesville, WI down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,095 in April 2026, down from 2,684 a year earlier.
2,095 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Bismarck, ND 1,738 (May 26) 14th -48.7% 1st 6% above peers
Appleton, WI 873 (May 26) 3rd -38.7% 2nd 47% below peers
Redmond, WA 1,594 (May 26) 10th -34.7% 3rd 2% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 1,193 (May 26) 7th -22.5% 4th 27% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 1,635 (May 26) 12th -22.0% 5th on par with peers
Evanston, IL 2,095 (Apr 26) 17th -21.9% 6th 28% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 2,133 (May 26) 18th -21.3% 7th 30% above peers
Missoula, MT 2,703 (May 26) 22nd -19.0% 8th 65% above peers
Mansfield, TX 1,144 (May 26) 5th -18.1% 9th 30% below peers
Hammond, IN 2,403 (Feb 26) 21st -18.0% 10th 47% above peers
Missouri City, TX 916 (May 26) 4th -17.0% 11th 44% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 1,245 (May 26) 8th -13.3% 12th 24% below peers
Broomfield, CO 1,559 (May 26) 9th -10.2% 13th 5% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 546 (May 26) 1st -9.5% 14th 67% below peers
Southfield, MI 2,238 (May 26) 19th -7.9% 15th 37% above peers
Scranton, PA 1,183 (May 26) 6th -7.9% 16th 28% below peers
Alameda, CA 3,602 (May 26) 23rd -6.7% 17th 120% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 2,088 (Dec 25) 16th -5.3% 18th 28% above peers
Iowa City, IA 1,628 (May 26) 11th -2.9% 19th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 2,283 (May 26) 20th -1.3% 20th 40% above peers
Wyoming, MI 1,897 (May 26) 15th -1.1% 21st 16% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 841 (May 26) 2nd -0.9% 22nd 49% below peers
Racine, WI 1,686 (May 26) 13th +35.5% 23rd 3% above peers
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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 →
  • Appleton, WI down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicide fell about 20% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving faster than 93% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
Longer view: homicide fell about 15% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in April 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Broomfield, CO 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Iowa City, IA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Alameda, CA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Wyoming, MI 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Appleton, WI 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 3 (Dec 25) 14th -59.9% 6th 3% above peers
Missoula, MT 1 (May 26) 8th -50.2% 7th 50% below peers
Missouri City, TX 3 (May 26) 12th -38.5% 8th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 8 (May 26) 22nd -33.3% 9th 214% above peers
Racine, WI 4 (May 26) 15th -25.1% 10th 53% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 1 (May 26) 9th -3.8% 11th 49% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 2 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 12th 2% below peers
Hammond, IN 15 (Feb 26) 23rd +10.0% 13th 480% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 5 (May 26) 18th +33.5% 14th 106% above peers
Southfield, MI 8 (May 26) 21st +199.6% 15th 210% above peers
Scranton, PA 4 (May 26) 16th +200.0% 16th 58% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 4 (May 26) 17th +200.0% 17th 60% above peers
Mansfield, TX 6 (May 26) 20th +363.8% 18th 140% above peers
Evanston, IL 0 (Apr 26) 6th 100% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 1 (May 26) 10th 47% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5 (May 26) 19th 108% above peers
Bismarck, ND 3 (May 26) 13th 1% above peers
Redmond, WA 0 (May 26) 7th 100% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 26% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 157 in April 2026, down from 191 a year earlier.
157 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Redmond, WA 85 (May 26) 6th -68.4% 1st 37% below peers
Bismarck, ND 137 (May 26) 13th -57.0% 2nd 2% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 55 (May 26) 4th -49.4% 3rd 59% below peers
Broomfield, CO 140 (May 26) 14th -39.0% 4th 4% above peers
Missoula, MT 115 (May 26) 8th -38.1% 5th 14% below peers
Appleton, WI 39 (May 26) 1st -37.6% 6th 71% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 172 (May 26) 17th -33.2% 7th 28% above peers
Wyoming, MI 134 (May 26) 12th -26.9% 8th on par with peers
Southfield, MI 413 (May 26) 21st -23.6% 9th 208% above peers
Mansfield, TX 129 (Apr 26) 11th -22.7% 10th 4% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 47 (May 26) 2nd -22.2% 11th 65% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 112 (Dec 25) 7th -17.9% 12th 16% below peers
Missouri City, TX 84 (May 26) 5th -17.6% 13th 37% below peers
Evanston, IL 157 (Apr 26) 16th -17.4% 14th 17% above peers
Alameda, CA 662 (May 26) 23rd -17.0% 15th 394% above peers
Scranton, PA 121 (May 26) 9th -12.4% 16th 10% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 154 (May 26) 15th -12.2% 17th 15% above peers
Iowa City, IA 122 (May 26) 10th -4.1% 18th 9% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 205 (May 26) 18th -1.2% 19th 52% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 227 (May 26) 19th -1.1% 20th 69% above peers
Racine, WI 247 (May 26) 20th +15.6% 21st 84% above peers
Hammond, IN 418 (Feb 26) 22nd +20.6% 22nd 212% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 51 (May 26) 3rd +37.3% 23rd 62% below peers
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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. 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 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $78,904 to $96,434 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,433). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 39% from 2014 to 2024 ($69,347 to $96,434).
$96,434
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%
Missoula, MT $70,392 20th +48% 1st 11% below peers
Appleton, WI $80,483 15th +38% 2nd 2% above peers
Poinciana, FL $68,015 26th +36% 3rd 14% below peers
Rock Hill, SC $68,771 22nd +36% 4th 13% below peers
Wyoming, MI $73,677 18th +36% 5th 6% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $68,310 24th +35% 6th 13% below peers
Pittsburg, CA $99,861 10th +34% 7th 27% above peers
Carmichael, CA $85,914 14th +33% 8th 9% above peers
Alameda, CA $137,697 4th +31% 9th 75% above peers
Bellflower, CA $78,722 16th +31% 10th on par with peers
Racine, WI $57,740 28th +31% 11th 27% below peers
Broomfield, CO $123,874 5th +28% 12th 57% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI $120,694 7th +28% 13th 53% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $69,882 21st +28% 14th 11% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY $68,613 23rd +27% 15th 13% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $107,504 9th +27% 16th 37% above peers
Scranton, PA $50,739 30th +25% 17th 36% below peers
Redmond, WA $162,560 2nd +23% 18th 106% above peers
Southfield, MI $68,166 25th +22% 19th 13% below peers
Evanston, IL $96,434 12th +22% 20th 22% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $71,512 19th +22% 21st 9% below peers
Mansfield, TX $121,126 6th +22% 22nd 54% above peers
Bismarck, ND $78,387 17th +22% 23rd on par with peers
Pleasanton, CA $190,124 1st +22% 24th 142% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL $116,723 8th +21% 25th 48% above peers
Hammond, IN $55,504 29th +20% 26th 29% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $156,964 3rd +19% 27th 99% above peers
Iowa City, IA $58,546 27th +19% 28th 26% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $97,514 11th +17% 29th 24% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $48,873 31st +16% 30th 38% below peers
Missouri City, TX $94,390 13th +7% 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±$2,339 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 76% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in May 2026, up from 4.0% a year earlier.
4.6%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Hammond, IN 4.1% (May 26) 11th -1.2pp 1st 5% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 3.9% (May 26) 8th -0.9pp 2nd 9% below peers
Iowa City, IA 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 3rd 44% below peers
Bismarck, ND 1.8% (May 26) 1st -0.3pp 4th 58% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 3.7% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 5th 14% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 5.8% (May 26) 25th -0.3pp 6th 35% above peers
Alameda, CA 4.0% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 7th 7% below peers
Appleton, WI 2.7% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 8th 37% below peers
Bellflower, CA 5.1% (May 26) 23rd -0.1pp 9th 19% above peers
Wyoming, MI 4.3% (May 26) 13th -0.1pp 10th on par with peers
Broomfield, CO 3.6% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 11th 16% below peers
Missoula, MT 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 12th 40% below peers
Racine, WI 3.9% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 4.5% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 14th 5% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 4.8% (May 26) 21st +0.0pp 15th 12% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 4.5% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 16th 5% above peers
Mansfield, TX 4.1% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 17th 5% below peers
Missouri City, TX 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.3pp 18th 14% above peers
Evanston, IL 4.6% (May 26) 18th +0.6pp 19th 7% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 3.8% (May 26) 7th +0.6pp 20th 12% below peers
Redmond, WA 4.3% (May 26) 14th +0.7pp 21st on par with peers
Flagstaff, AZ 4.7% (May 26) 19th +0.7pp 22nd 9% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.5% (May 26) 17th +0.7pp 23rd 5% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 4.7% (May 26) 20th +0.7pp 24th 9% above peers
Scranton, PA 5.1% (May 26) 24th +1.0pp 25th 19% above peers
Southfield, MI 6.8% (May 26) 26th +1.2pp 26th 58% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.1% then, 10.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 10.6%).
10.6%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 11.5% -0.8pp
United States ref 12.0%
Missoula, MT 11.4% 19th -5.5pp 1st 10% above peers
Appleton, WI 8.0% 12th -2.5pp 2nd 23% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 12.1% 20th -2.8pp 3rd 17% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 13.2% 23rd -2.3pp 4th 27% above peers
Wyoming, MI 10.4% 15th -1.6pp 5th on par with peers
Hammond, IN 18.9% 28th -2.9pp 6th 82% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 11.1% 18th -1.7pp 7th 7% above peers
Racine, WI 17.9% 27th -2.6pp 8th 73% above peers
Evanston, IL 10.6% 17th -1.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.6% 5th -0.7pp 10th 46% below peers
Poinciana, FL 14.8% 24th -1.6pp 11th 43% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.1% 14th -1.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.7% 1st -0.3pp 13th 64% below peers
Carmichael, CA 12.4% 21st -0.7pp 14th 20% above peers
Iowa City, IA 24.0% 31st -1.3pp 15th 131% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 16.5% 26th -0.7pp 16th 59% above peers
Alameda, CA 7.1% 11th -0.1pp 17th 32% below peers
Scranton, PA 21.3% 29th -0.2pp 18th 105% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 10.4% 16th -0.0pp 19th on par with peers
Bismarck, ND 9.0% 13th +0.1pp 20th 13% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.4% 9th +0.0pp 21st 38% below peers
Bellflower, CA 13.1% 22nd +0.4pp 22nd 26% above peers
Redmond, WA 5.6% 4th +0.2pp 23rd 46% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 15.4% 25th +1.0pp 24th 48% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 5.0% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 52% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 23.7% 30th +2.0pp 26th 128% above peers
Broomfield, CO 6.1% 8th +0.6pp 27th 41% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 5.3% 3rd +1.0pp 28th 49% below peers
Missouri City, TX 7.0% 10th +2.4pp 29th 32% below peers
Mansfield, TX 5.8% 6th +2.0pp 30th 44% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 6.0% 7th +2.1pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.7% then, 10.0% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 10.0%).
10.0%
20132024
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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%
Southfield, MI 5.9% 9th -8.2pp 1st 46% below peers
Alameda, CA 3.8% 3rd -4.6pp 2nd 66% below peers
Missoula, MT 8.3% 11th -7.6pp 3rd 25% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 2.1% 1st -1.8pp 4th 81% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 4.4% 5th -3.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Appleton, WI 11.0% 16th -5.0pp 6th on par with peers
Pawtucket, RI 17.3% 23rd -7.1pp 7th 57% above peers
Missouri City, TX 5.3% 6th -2.1pp 8th 52% below peers
Wyoming, MI 13.2% 17th -4.6pp 9th 20% above peers
Hammond, IN 26.2% 29th -8.6pp 10th 138% above peers
Racine, WI 23.8% 27th -6.5pp 11th 116% above peers
Iowa City, IA 14.2% 18th -3.6pp 12th 29% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 17.5% 25th -4.3pp 13th 59% above peers
Redmond, WA 3.0% 2nd -0.7pp 14th 73% below peers
Carmichael, CA 17.1% 22nd -2.9pp 15th 55% above peers
Bellflower, CA 15.8% 19th -2.4pp 16th 43% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 25.5% 28th -1.7pp 17th 132% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 16.5% 20th -0.3pp 18th 50% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 31.2% 30th -0.1pp 19th 183% above peers
Poinciana, FL 21.6% 26th +0.3pp 20th 96% above peers
Scranton, PA 34.4% 31st +1.4pp 21st 213% above peers
Broomfield, CO 6.5% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 41% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 17.5% 24th +1.0pp 23rd 59% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 8.3% 12th +0.9pp 24th 25% below peers
Evanston, IL 10.0% 15th +1.3pp 25th 10% below peers
Bismarck, ND 9.7% 14th +1.3pp 26th 12% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 5.5% 7th +0.8pp 27th 50% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 5.8% 8th +1.3pp 28th 48% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 16.6% 21st +7.3pp 29th 51% above peers
Mansfield, TX 8.3% 13th +4.2pp 30th 24% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.3% 4th +2.9pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±3.0pp 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
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Broadband rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.2% to 93.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 27 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 7.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.7% to 93.9%).
93.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 90.9% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hammond, IN 87.3% 29th +13.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Poinciana, FL 92.9% 17th +13.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Bellflower, CA 91.3% 21st +10.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Racine, WI 89.2% 25th +9.9pp 4th 4% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 88.4% 27th +8.7pp 5th 5% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 89.6% 24th +8.7pp 6th 4% below peers
Southfield, MI 91.9% 20th +8.3pp 7th 1% below peers
Appleton, WI 94.3% 12th +7.7pp 8th 1% above peers
Scranton, PA 84.2% 31st +6.2pp 9th 10% below peers
Bismarck, ND 88.2% 28th +6.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 95.2% 10th +6.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 94.1% 14th +6.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Missoula, MT 93.3% 16th +6.0pp 13th on par with peers
Bowling Green, KY 90.1% 23rd +5.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 91.3% 22nd +5.2pp 15th 2% below peers
Carmichael, CA 94.2% 13th +5.0pp 16th 1% above peers
Evanston, IL 93.9% 15th +4.7pp 17th 1% above peers
Wyoming, MI 92.0% 19th +4.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Alameda, CA 95.0% 11th +4.4pp 19th 2% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 95.6% 8th +4.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 95.4% 9th +3.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Broomfield, CO 96.8% 2nd +3.6pp 22nd 4% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 96.5% 3rd +3.3pp 23rd 3% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 88.7% 26th +3.0pp 24th 5% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 97.9% 1st +2.8pp 25th 5% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 96.3% 4th +2.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Mansfield, TX 96.3% 5th +2.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Missouri City, TX 96.3% 6th +1.7pp 28th 3% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 92.1% 18th +1.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Redmond, WA 95.8% 7th +0.7pp 30th 3% above peers
Iowa City, IA 86.5% 30th -0.6pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.55 then, 0.54 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.54).
0.54
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Broomfield, CO 0.40 3rd -0.034 1st 8% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 0.43 14th -0.034 2nd 2% below peers
Racine, WI 0.41 6th -0.030 3rd 6% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 0.42 9th -0.024 4th 5% below peers
Missoula, MT 0.47 25th -0.021 5th 7% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 0.42 10th -0.019 6th 5% below peers
Carmichael, CA 0.46 23rd -0.018 7th 5% above peers
Bellflower, CA 0.42 13th -0.014 8th 3% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 0.43 15th -0.014 9th 1% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 0.40 1st -0.010 10th 9% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 0.49 28th -0.012 11th 13% above peers
Evanston, IL 0.54 31st -0.013 12th 24% above peers
Scranton, PA 0.46 24th -0.010 13th 6% above peers
Bismarck, ND 0.44 16th -0.001 14th on par with peers
Apple Valley, CA 0.44 18th +0.001 15th 1% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 0.44 17th +0.002 16th 1% above peers
Hammond, IN 0.44 20th +0.002 17th 2% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 0.41 7th +0.003 18th 6% below peers
Southfield, MI 0.44 21st +0.009 19th 2% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 0.44 19th +0.012 20th 1% above peers
Iowa City, IA 0.53 30th +0.015 21st 20% above peers
Poinciana, FL 0.41 4th +0.015 22nd 7% below peers
Missouri City, TX 0.41 5th +0.016 23rd 6% below peers
Wyoming, MI 0.42 11th +0.018 24th 4% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 0.49 27th +0.023 25th 12% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 0.41 8th +0.022 26th 6% below peers
Mansfield, TX 0.40 2nd +0.025 27th 8% below peers
Alameda, CA 0.47 26th +0.029 28th 8% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 0.42 12th +0.032 29th 4% below peers
Redmond, WA 0.45 22nd +0.041 30th 3% above peers
Appleton, WI 0.50 29th +0.062 31st 14% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Worsening
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SNAP rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 5.5% to 7.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 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, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.2% to 7.5%).
7.5%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 13.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Rock Hill, SC 8.5% 16th -5.2pp 1st on par with peers
Missoula, MT 8.1% 15th -4.9pp 2nd 6% below peers
Racine, WI 21.2% 29th -6.9pp 3rd 148% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.7% 11th -1.9pp 4th 21% below peers
Wyoming, MI 12.2% 20th -3.3pp 5th 43% above peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 30th -5.9pp 6th 168% above peers
Iowa City, IA 6.6% 10th -1.6pp 7th 23% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 20.4% 28th -3.9pp 8th 139% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 15.1% 24th -2.8pp 9th 77% above peers
Hammond, IN 18.6% 26th -1.7pp 10th 118% above peers
Mansfield, TX 4.1% 6th -0.4pp 11th 52% below peers
Redmond, WA 3.4% 4th -0.3pp 12th 60% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.2% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 62% below peers
Missouri City, TX 7.2% 12th -0.6pp 14th 15% below peers
Appleton, WI 9.5% 18th -0.8pp 15th 12% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 3.8% 5th -0.1pp 16th 56% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 9.3% 17th -0.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 14.8% 23rd +0.0pp 18th 73% above peers
Bismarck, ND 6.3% 9th +0.1pp 19th 26% below peers
Broomfield, CO 3.2% 2nd +0.1pp 20th 63% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.9% 8th +0.2pp 21st 31% below peers
Scranton, PA 26.9% 31st +1.1pp 22nd 215% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 13.4% 21st +1.0pp 23rd 57% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.8% 27th +1.8pp 24th 120% above peers
Southfield, MI 13.7% 22nd +1.4pp 25th 61% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.4% 7th +0.5pp 26th 49% below peers
Carmichael, CA 12.2% 19th +2.3pp 27th 43% above peers
Bellflower, CA 17.9% 25th +4.6pp 28th 110% above peers
Evanston, IL 7.5% 13th +2.0pp 29th 12% below peers
Alameda, CA 7.7% 14th +2.9pp 30th 10% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 3.1% 1st +1.9pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp 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 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $496,114 in June 2026, up from $460,718 a year earlier.
$496,114
2000June 2026
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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%
Arlington Heights, IL $502,325 (Jun 26) 11th +8.0% 1st 15% above peers
Evanston, IL $496,114 (Jun 26) 12th +7.7% 2nd 14% above peers
Appleton, WI $308,435 (Jun 26) 22nd +6.5% 3rd 29% below peers
Bismarck, ND $381,727 (Jun 26) 18th +5.5% 4th 12% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $363,376 (Jun 26) 19th +4.9% 5th 16% below peers
Racine, WI $221,388 (Jun 26) 28th +4.9% 6th 49% below peers
Iowa City, IA $305,697 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.4% 7th 30% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI $480,334 (Jun 26) 13th +3.6% 8th 10% above peers
Wyoming, MI $296,437 (Jun 26) 24th +3.2% 9th 32% below peers
Southfield, MI $258,802 (Jun 26) 27th +1.8% 10th 41% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $405,279 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 11th 7% below peers
Bellflower, CA $806,220 (Jun 26) 4th +0.9% 12th 85% above peers
Missoula, MT $576,303 (Jun 26) 8th +0.9% 13th 32% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $435,130 (Jun 26) 15th +0.7% 14th on par with peers
Hammond, IN $178,516 (Jun 26) 30th +0.7% 15th 59% below peers
Bowling Green, KY $288,478 (Jun 26) 25th +0.2% 16th 34% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $748,152 (Jun 26) 5th -0.2% 17th 72% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $665,540 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 18th 53% above peers
Carmichael, CA $565,058 (Jun 26) 10th -0.6% 19th 30% above peers
Mansfield, TX $449,169 (Jun 26) 14th -1.0% 20th 3% above peers
Broomfield, CO $631,967 (Jun 26) 7th -1.3% 21st 45% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $329,229 (Jun 26) 21st -1.4% 22nd 24% below peers
Alameda, CA $1,160,754 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 23rd 167% above peers
Missouri City, TX $338,546 (Jun 26) 20th -1.9% 24th 22% below peers
Pittsburg, CA $568,060 (Jun 26) 9th -2.6% 25th 31% above peers
Scranton, PA $205,566 (Jun 26) 29th -2.8% 26th 53% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $402,222 (Jun 26) 17th -3.6% 27th 8% below peers
Redmond, WA $1,364,438 (Jun 26) 2nd -4.1% 28th 214% above peers
Poinciana, FL $282,132 (Jun 26) 26th -4.7% 29th 35% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $1,556,554 (Jun 26) 1st -6.4% 30th 258% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $297,616 in June 2026, up from $276,761 a year earlier.
$297,616
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%
Evanston, IL $297,616 (Jun 26) 16th +7.5% 1st 5% below peers
Appleton, WI $242,191 (Jun 26) 22nd +7.3% 2nd 22% below peers
Bismarck, ND $258,567 (Jun 26) 19th +6.9% 3rd 17% below peers
Racine, WI $167,972 (Jun 26) 28th +6.2% 4th 46% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $295,455 (Jun 26) 17th +5.9% 5th 5% below peers
Iowa City, IA $198,799 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 6th 36% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $266,037 (Jun 26) 18th +4.6% 7th 15% below peers
Wyoming, MI $245,695 (Jun 26) 21st +4.0% 8th 21% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI $313,574 (Jun 26) 14th +3.5% 9th on par with peers
Hammond, IN $140,826 (Jun 26) 30th +2.2% 10th 55% below peers
Scranton, PA $154,135 (Jun 26) 29th +2.1% 11th 51% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $353,324 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 12th 13% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $362,090 (Jun 26) 11th +0.9% 13th 16% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $202,777 (Jun 26) 25th +0.7% 14th 35% below peers
Bellflower, CA $671,637 (Jun 26) 4th +0.4% 15th 115% above peers
Missoula, MT $438,448 (Jun 26) 9th +0.1% 16th 40% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $475,488 (Jun 26) 7th -0.3% 17th 52% above peers
Southfield, MI $173,669 (Jun 26) 27th -0.4% 18th 44% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $517,639 (Jun 26) 5th -0.4% 19th 66% above peers
Mansfield, TX $335,148 (Jun 26) 13th -0.7% 20th 7% above peers
Carmichael, CA $428,459 (Jun 26) 10th -0.9% 21st 37% above peers
Alameda, CA $828,890 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.3% 22nd 166% above peers
Broomfield, CO $494,263 (Jun 26) 6th -1.4% 23rd 58% above peers
Missouri City, TX $241,272 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.4% 24th 23% below peers
Rock Hill, SC $217,628 (Jun 26) 24th -3.0% 25th 30% below peers
Pittsburg, CA $465,904 (Jun 26) 8th -3.0% 26th 49% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $312,159 (Jun 26) 15th -3.2% 27th on par with peers
Redmond, WA $785,668 (Jun 26) 3rd -4.0% 28th 152% above peers
Poinciana, FL $245,895 (Jun 26) 20th -4.4% 29th 21% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $1,043,528 (Jun 26) 1st -6.4% 30th 234% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.7% then, 56.2% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.4% to 56.2%).
56.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 67.1% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Racine, WI 60.2% 18th +9.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 62.3% 17th +8.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Poinciana, FL 77.2% 2nd +8.7pp 3rd 24% above peers
Southfield, MI 53.4% 21st +5.6pp 4th 14% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 50.1% 24th +5.0pp 5th 20% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 69.9% 9th +4.3pp 6th 12% above peers
Alameda, CA 50.7% 23rd +2.7pp 7th 19% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 77.1% 3rd +3.1pp 8th 24% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 71.1% 8th +2.6pp 9th 14% above peers
Bismarck, ND 65.5% 13th +2.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 54.2% 20th +1.7pp 11th 13% below peers
Hammond, IN 62.4% 16th +1.8pp 12th on par with peers
Scranton, PA 49.9% 25th +1.3pp 13th 20% below peers
Wyoming, MI 67.1% 10th +1.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Appleton, WI 67.0% 11th +1.4pp 15th 7% above peers
Evanston, IL 56.2% 19th +0.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Missouri City, TX 81.8% 1st +0.3pp 17th 31% above peers
Bellflower, CA 39.3% 30th +0.0pp 18th 37% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 76.7% 4th -0.4pp 19th 23% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 74.0% 5th -0.6pp 20th 19% above peers
Missoula, MT 47.0% 27th -0.4pp 21st 25% below peers
Iowa City, IA 47.2% 26th -0.5pp 22nd 24% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 63.0% 14th -0.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.0% 6th -2.1pp 24th 15% above peers
Carmichael, CA 52.2% 22nd -1.9pp 25th 16% below peers
Broomfield, CO 62.7% 15th -2.5pp 26th on par with peers
Pleasanton, CA 67.0% 12th -2.9pp 27th 7% above peers
Mansfield, TX 71.5% 7th -4.1pp 28th 15% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 36.6% 31st -2.2pp 29th 41% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 42.3% 29th -5.1pp 30th 32% below peers
Redmond, WA 43.2% 28th -6.8pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,562 in June 2026, up from $2,434 a year earlier.
$2,562
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Alameda, CA $2,948 (Jun 26) 2nd +5.5% 1st 57% above peers
Evanston, IL $2,562 (Jun 26) 4th +5.3% 2nd 37% above peers
Appleton, WI $1,187 (Jun 26) 29th +5.0% 3rd 37% below peers
Hammond, IN $1,479 (Jun 26) 24th +4.5% 4th 21% below peers
Bismarck, ND $1,372 (Jun 26) 25th +4.3% 5th 27% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $1,872 (Jun 26) 15th +4.1% 6th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC $1,494 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.1% 7th 20% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $3,180 (Jun 26) 1st +4.0% 8th 70% above peers
Bellflower, CA $2,472 (Jun 26) 6th +3.7% 9th 32% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $1,868 (Jun 26) 16th +3.6% 10th on par with peers
Iowa City, IA $1,308 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 11th 30% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $2,552 (Jun 26) 5th +3.4% 12th 36% above peers
Missoula, MT $1,550 (Jun 26) 21st +3.3% 13th 17% below peers
Scranton, PA $1,315 (Jun 26) 26th +3.2% 14th 30% below peers
Wyoming, MI $1,607 (Jun 26) 20th +3.0% 15th 14% below peers
Poinciana, FL $1,932 (Jun 26) 14th +2.9% 16th 3% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $1,284 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 17th 31% below peers
Racine, WI $1,180 (Jun 26) 30th +2.4% 18th 37% below peers
Carmichael, CA $1,795 (Jun 26) 18th +2.2% 19th 4% below peers
Pittsburg, CA $2,396 (Jun 26) 7th +1.9% 20th 28% above peers
Schaumburg, IL $2,099 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 21st 12% above peers
Redmond, WA $2,640 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 22nd 41% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $2,117 (Jun 26) 10th +1.7% 23rd 13% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL $1,949 (Jun 26) 13th +1.5% 24th 4% above peers
Southfield, MI $1,533 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.2% 25th 18% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI $1,800 (Jun 26) 17th +1.2% 26th 4% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $2,262 (Jun 26) 8th +0.7% 27th 21% above peers
Mansfield, TX $1,732 (Jun 26) 19th +0.4% 28th 7% below peers
Missouri City, TX $2,121 (Jun 26) 9th +0.1% 29th 13% above peers
Broomfield, CO $2,035 (Jun 26) 12th -0.9% 30th 9% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.5% then, 37.2% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.5% to 37.2%).
37.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 30.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Appleton, WI 21.8% 2nd -3.5pp 1st 41% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 21.4% 1st -2.2pp 2nd 42% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 25.8% 4th -2.4pp 3rd 30% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 37.9% 22nd -3.3pp 4th 3% above peers
Bellflower, CA 46.9% 31st -3.4pp 5th 28% above peers
Missoula, MT 36.9% 18th -1.2pp 6th on par with peers
Pittsburg, CA 43.5% 30th -1.4pp 7th 18% above peers
Scranton, PA 37.2% 21st -1.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Racine, WI 36.8% 17th -0.7pp 9th on par with peers
Evanston, IL 37.2% 20th -0.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Southfield, MI 40.0% 25th +0.0pp 11th 9% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 36.0% 15th +0.1pp 12th 2% below peers
Wyoming, MI 28.5% 7th +0.2pp 13th 22% below peers
Bismarck, ND 25.6% 3rd +0.2pp 14th 30% below peers
Alameda, CA 37.1% 19th +0.8pp 15th 1% above peers
Broomfield, CO 28.1% 5th +0.6pp 16th 24% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 41.1% 27th +1.2pp 17th 12% above peers
Poinciana, FL 41.1% 26th +1.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 29.2% 9th +1.3pp 19th 21% below peers
Iowa City, IA 42.2% 28th +1.9pp 20th 15% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 28.7% 8th +1.4pp 21st 22% below peers
Carmichael, CA 39.5% 24th +2.1pp 22nd 7% above peers
Hammond, IN 32.2% 13th +2.2pp 23rd 13% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 32.3% 14th +2.3pp 24th 12% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 42.7% 29th +3.1pp 25th 16% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 38.4% 23rd +3.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 30.1% 11th +3.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 29.6% 10th +3.9pp 28th 19% below peers
Redmond, WA 28.2% 6th +3.9pp 29th 23% below peers
Mansfield, TX 30.8% 12th +5.5pp 30th 16% below peers
Missouri City, TX 36.8% 16th +10.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 (16.5% then, 17.3% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.4% to 17.3%).
17.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 11.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Racine, WI 7.7% 22nd -5.4pp 1st 15% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.0% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 55% below peers
Wyoming, MI 5.9% 13th -2.6pp 3rd 11% below peers
Hammond, IN 8.3% 24th -2.1pp 4th 25% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 8.4% 25th -1.6pp 5th 26% above peers
Poinciana, FL 3.1% 5th -0.6pp 6th 53% below peers
Missoula, MT 6.7% 16th -1.1pp 7th on par with peers
Arlington Heights, IL 5.3% 11th -0.8pp 8th 20% below peers
Scranton, PA 14.2% 30th -2.0pp 9th 113% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 4.7% 8th -0.5pp 10th 30% below peers
Mansfield, TX 2.2% 1st -0.2pp 11th 66% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 12.7% 29th -0.8pp 12th 90% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 4.0% 7th -0.1pp 13th 40% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.1% 10th -0.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Alameda, CA 8.1% 23rd -0.0pp 15th 21% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 6.9% 17th -0.0pp 16th 4% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.0% 26th +0.2pp 17th 50% above peers
Iowa City, IA 11.0% 28th +0.3pp 18th 65% above peers
Redmond, WA 7.6% 21st +0.2pp 19th 14% above peers
Appleton, WI 5.5% 12th +0.2pp 20th 18% below peers
Carmichael, CA 7.1% 19th +0.2pp 21st 7% above peers
Bellflower, CA 6.1% 14th +0.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Evanston, IL 17.3% 31st +0.8pp 23rd 159% above peers
Bismarck, ND 7.2% 20th +1.0pp 24th 9% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 7.1% 18th +1.2pp 25th 6% above peers
Missouri City, TX 2.6% 3rd +0.5pp 26th 61% below peers
Broomfield, CO 3.8% 6th +0.9pp 27th 43% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 10.5% 27th +2.7pp 28th 58% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 4.9% 9th +1.3pp 29th 26% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 2.5% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 63% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 6.4% 15th +2.5pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 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 →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better 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 (4.6% then, 4.2% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 4.2%).
4.2%
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
Carmichael, CA 4.1% 8th -2.3pp 1st 21% below peers
Alameda, CA 1.9% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 62% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 2.7% 3rd -1.4pp 3rd 48% below peers
Southfield, MI 3.8% 6th -1.5pp 4th 26% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 4.7% 13th -1.5pp 5th 9% below peers
Iowa City, IA 4.4% 12th -1.3pp 6th 14% below peers
Wyoming, MI 5.9% 17th -1.7pp 7th 14% above peers
Poinciana, FL 13.0% 31st -3.2pp 8th 151% above peers
Appleton, WI 4.3% 10th -0.9pp 9th 17% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.2% 16th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Bellflower, CA 8.8% 24th -1.5pp 11th 71% above peers
Bismarck, ND 5.0% 15th -0.7pp 12th 2% below peers
Missoula, MT 6.0% 18th -0.7pp 13th 17% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 7.1% 21st -0.8pp 14th 38% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 6.5% 20th -0.7pp 15th 25% above peers
Evanston, IL 4.2% 9th -0.5pp 16th 19% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 9.0% 25th -0.9pp 17th 74% above peers
Hammond, IN 10.3% 27th -0.9pp 18th 99% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 2.9% 4th +0.0pp 19th 45% below peers
Broomfield, CO 4.4% 11th +0.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 2.2% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 58% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 10.4% 28th +0.9pp 22nd 102% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.8% 14th +0.5pp 23rd 7% below peers
Racine, WI 8.2% 23rd +1.0pp 24th 58% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 6.2% 19th +0.9pp 25th 21% above peers
Redmond, WA 3.7% 5th +0.7pp 26th 29% below peers
Missouri City, TX 11.7% 30th +2.5pp 27th 127% above peers
Scranton, PA 7.5% 22nd +1.9pp 28th 45% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.0% 7th +1.1pp 29th 22% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 9.9% 26th +3.0pp 30th 92% above peers
Mansfield, TX 11.2% 29th +4.3pp 31st 117% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 34.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Pleasanton, CA 16.1% 1st 51% below peers
Alameda, CA 18.2% 2nd 45% below peers
Redmond, WA 19.3% 3rd 41% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 23.4% 4th 29% below peers
Broomfield, CO 25.0% 5th 24% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 26.3% 6th 20% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 26.4% 7th 20% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 26.5% 8th 19% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 27.2% 9th 17% below peers
Bellflower, CA 28.7% 10th 12% below peers
Missoula, MT 29.3% 11th 11% below peers
Evanston, IL 29.8% 12th 9% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 31.7% 13th 3% below peers
Iowa City, IA 32.4% 14th 1% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.6% 15th 1% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 32.8% 16th on par with peers
Carmichael, CA 34.4% 17th 5% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 34.8% 18th 6% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.3% 19th 8% above peers
Missouri City, TX 35.4% 20th 8% above peers
Scranton, PA 35.6% 21st 9% above peers
Wyoming, MI 36.4% 22nd 11% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 36.9% 23rd 12% above peers
Mansfield, TX 36.9% 24th 12% above peers
Poinciana, FL 38.1% 25th 16% above peers
Southfield, MI 38.8% 26th 18% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 39.3% 27th 20% above peers
Bismarck, ND 39.5% 28th 20% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.5% 29th 20% above peers
Hammond, IN 41.8% 30th 27% above peers
Racine, WI 42.9% 31st 31% 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, 2.7% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.1% to 2.7%).
2.7%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 3.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Southfield, MI 0.3% 1st -2.9pp 1st 89% below peers
Carmichael, CA 1.8% 9th -3.2pp 2nd 43% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 1.4% 6th -2.5pp 3rd 54% below peers
Wyoming, MI 2.2% 11th -3.2pp 4th 29% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 1.5% 7th -1.6pp 5th 50% below peers
Bismarck, ND 3.2% 19th -3.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 1.1% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 66% below peers
Iowa City, IA 1.6% 8th -1.2pp 8th 48% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 0.6% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 82% below peers
Alameda, CA 1.4% 5th -0.5pp 10th 55% below peers
Poinciana, FL 8.8% 30th -2.2pp 11th 185% above peers
Appleton, WI 2.0% 10th -0.5pp 12th 33% below peers
Hammond, IN 4.3% 23rd -0.7pp 13th 41% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 4.2% 22nd -0.6pp 14th 37% above peers
Bellflower, CA 4.4% 25th -0.6pp 15th 45% above peers
Missouri City, TX 6.1% 27th +0.2pp 16th 100% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 4.4% 24th +0.2pp 17th 42% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 3.1% 17th +0.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Evanston, IL 2.7% 14th +0.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 2.4% 13th +0.2pp 20th 21% below peers
Racine, WI 2.9% 15th +0.3pp 21st 6% below peers
Broomfield, CO 2.4% 12th +0.4pp 22nd 22% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 7.5% 29th +1.9pp 23rd 143% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 3.5% 20th +0.9pp 24th 13% above peers
Missoula, MT 3.1% 18th +0.9pp 25th 1% above peers
Mansfield, TX 10.2% 31st +4.2pp 26th 232% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 3.1% 16th +1.3pp 27th on par with peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 21st +2.0pp 28th 34% above peers
Redmond, WA 1.3% 4th +0.7pp 29th 59% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 5.7% 26th +3.8pp 30th 84% above peers
Scranton, PA 6.2% 28th +4.6pp 31st 101% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better 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 (67.1% then, 69.5% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.4% to 69.5%).
69.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Racine, WI 21.4% 29th +4.8pp 1st 47% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 29.6% 22nd +6.0pp 2nd 27% below peers
Wyoming, MI 25.5% 23rd +4.8pp 3rd 37% below peers
Hammond, IN 17.4% 31st +3.1pp 4th 57% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.1% 27th +3.4pp 5th 46% below peers
Bellflower, CA 21.6% 28th +3.1pp 6th 47% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.1% 20th +4.8pp 7th 14% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 47.8% 13th +6.2pp 8th 18% above peers
Appleton, WI 38.2% 18th +4.8pp 9th 6% below peers
Alameda, CA 61.5% 5th +6.9pp 10th 51% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 23.6% 24th +2.5pp 11th 42% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 52.3% 11th +5.2pp 12th 29% above peers
Missoula, MT 53.0% 10th +5.1pp 13th 30% above peers
Bismarck, ND 39.2% 17th +3.5pp 14th 4% below peers
Carmichael, CA 36.7% 19th +3.2pp 15th 10% below peers
Broomfield, CO 60.3% 9th +4.6pp 16th 48% above peers
Southfield, MI 40.7% 16th +2.9pp 17th on par with peers
Pleasanton, CA 69.8% 2nd +5.0pp 18th 72% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 61.4% 6th +4.0pp 19th 51% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.9% 30th +0.9pp 20th 54% below peers
Redmond, WA 75.3% 1st +3.5pp 21st 85% above peers
Scranton, PA 23.1% 25th +1.0pp 22nd 43% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 60.4% 8th +2.5pp 23rd 49% above peers
Evanston, IL 69.5% 3rd +2.4pp 24th 71% above peers
Iowa City, IA 60.5% 7th +1.4pp 25th 49% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 68.8% 4th +1.4pp 26th 69% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 50.4% 12th +1.0pp 27th 24% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 22.2% 26th +0.4pp 28th 45% below peers
Mansfield, TX 42.5% 14th +0.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 31.2% 21st -1.4pp 30th 23% below peers
Missouri City, TX 41.8% 15th -1.9pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 17.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.3% to 55.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.8pp). 9 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 20.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.9% to 55.2%).
55.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 51.1% -4.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bismarck, ND 38.1% 22nd +7.0pp 1st 8% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 49.3% 10th +7.0pp 2nd 19% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 45.4% 13th +6.0pp 3rd 9% above peers
Missouri City, TX 54.7% 7th +6.5pp 4th 32% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.7% 19th +3.9pp 5th 4% below peers
Alameda, CA 69.8% 1st +4.1pp 6th 68% above peers
Iowa City, IA 46.5% 12th +2.2pp 7th 12% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 66.4% 2nd +0.9pp 8th 60% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 64.5% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 55% above peers
Missoula, MT 51.3% 9th -2.9pp 10th 24% above peers
Wyoming, MI 37.6% 23rd -2.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Mansfield, TX 41.5% 16th -5.0pp 12th on par with peers
Ellicott City, MD 61.7% 4th -8.5pp 13th 49% above peers
Poinciana, FL 28.6% 30th -4.2pp 14th 31% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 34.6% 26th -5.9pp 15th 17% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 38.2% 21st -6.8pp 16th 8% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 39.8% 18th -7.2pp 17th 4% below peers
Redmond, WA 59.7% 5th -12.4pp 18th 44% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 51.5% 8th -12.5pp 19th 24% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 38.5% 20th -9.4pp 20th 7% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 40.0% 17th -10.7pp 21st 4% below peers
Carmichael, CA 37.2% 24th -10.9pp 22nd 10% below peers
Hammond, IN 29.5% 29th -8.9pp 23rd 29% below peers
Evanston, IL 55.2% 6th -17.1pp 24th 33% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 48.0% 11th -21.9pp 25th 16% above peers
Bellflower, CA 33.3% 28th -16.4pp 26th 20% below peers
Broomfield, CO 45.2% 14th -23.0pp 27th 9% above peers
Racine, WI 33.5% 27th -17.2pp 28th 19% below peers
Southfield, MI 41.9% 15th -22.6pp 29th 1% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 27.9% 31st -16.7pp 30th 33% below peers
Scranton, PA 35.4% 25th -21.9pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 3.9% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.4% to 3.9%).
3.9%
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 6.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Ellicott City, MD 1.3% 3rd -2.9pp 1st 77% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 1.1% 2nd -2.4pp 2nd 80% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 3.8% 12th -3.5pp 3rd 33% below peers
Carmichael, CA 6.0% 17th -4.9pp 4th 6% above peers
Bellflower, CA 6.3% 19th -3.7pp 5th 12% above peers
Poinciana, FL 7.8% 24th -4.6pp 6th 40% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 3.4% 10th -1.1pp 7th 40% below peers
Bismarck, ND 5.6% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Southfield, MI 8.2% 26th -1.3pp 9th 46% above peers
Appleton, WI 3.3% 9th -0.5pp 10th 41% below peers
Scranton, PA 7.3% 22nd -1.0pp 11th 31% above peers
Mansfield, TX 3.6% 11th -0.4pp 12th 35% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 0.9% 1st -0.0pp 13th 84% below peers
Wyoming, MI 8.3% 27th -0.2pp 14th 49% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 9.1% 29th -0.1pp 15th 62% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 2.5% 5th +0.1pp 16th 55% below peers
Racine, WI 11.5% 31st +1.0pp 17th 106% above peers
Evanston, IL 3.9% 13th +0.6pp 18th 31% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 7.5% 23rd +1.2pp 19th 35% above peers
Missoula, MT 2.8% 7th +0.6pp 20th 50% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 8.0% 25th +2.3pp 21st 42% above peers
Hammond, IN 9.6% 30th +2.9pp 22nd 72% above peers
Missouri City, TX 7.3% 21st +2.5pp 23rd 30% above peers
Broomfield, CO 7.0% 20th +3.7pp 24th 25% above peers
Alameda, CA 3.2% 8th +1.9pp 25th 43% below peers
Iowa City, IA 2.0% 4th +1.2pp 26th 65% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 8.9% 28th +5.7pp 27th 59% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 5.5% 15th +4.0pp 28th 2% below peers
Redmond, WA 2.8% 6th +2.1pp 29th 51% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.3% 14th +4.4pp 30th 5% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 6.2% 18th +5.7pp 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74,587 to 76,340 - more than the combined survey margin (±60). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 23 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 (75,282 to 76,340).
76,340
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 76,011 21st +31% 1st on par with peers
Carmichael, CA 76,948 8th +19% 2nd 1% above peers
Redmond, WA 77,353 3rd +18% 3rd 1% above peers
Broomfield, CO 76,304 16th +12% 4th on par with peers
Bowling Green, KY 75,388 27th +12% 5th 1% below peers
Mansfield, TX 77,510 2nd +11% 6th 2% above peers
Poinciana, FL 75,068 30th +7% 7th 2% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 76,257 17th +7% 8th on par with peers
Pawtucket, RI 75,893 23rd +6% 9th 1% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 76,445 14th +6% 10th on par with peers
Southfield, MI 76,236 18th +4% 11th on par with peers
Rochester Hills, MI 77,089 6th +4% 12th 1% above peers
Bismarck, ND 75,556 25th +4% 13th 1% below peers
Missoula, MT 76,514 13th +4% 14th on par with peers
Apple Valley, CA 75,473 26th +4% 15th 1% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 76,868 9th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 75,257 29th +4% 17th 1% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 76,056 19th +3% 18th on par with peers
Missouri City, TX 76,558 12th +3% 19th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 75,259 28th +3% 20th 1% below peers
Evanston, IL 76,340 15th +2% 21st on par with peers
Wyoming, MI 77,353 4th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Appleton, WI 75,023 31st +1% 23rd 2% below peers
Iowa City, IA 75,752 24th +1% 24th 1% below peers
Racine, WI 77,633 1st +1% 25th 2% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 76,005 22nd +1% 26th on par with peers
Hammond, IN 76,768 11th +0% 27th 1% above peers
Bellflower, CA 76,819 10th -0% 28th 1% above peers
Scranton, PA 76,033 20th -1% 29th on par with peers
Alameda, CA 77,238 5th -2% 30th 1% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 76,960 7th -6% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.2% to 17.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.0% to 17.9%).
17.9%
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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
Bowling Green, KY 22.7% 13th +2.0pp 1st 3% above peers
Alameda, CA 22.0% 16th +1.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Pawtucket, RI 22.4% 15th +1.5pp 3rd 2% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 18.5% 26th +1.2pp 4th 16% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 22.6% 14th +1.2pp 5th 3% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 23.2% 8th +1.2pp 6th 6% above peers
Scranton, PA 21.2% 21st +0.6pp 7th 4% below peers
Carmichael, CA 20.6% 23rd +0.5pp 8th 7% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 21.8% 17th +0.1pp 9th 1% below peers
Racine, WI 27.2% 3rd -0.1pp 10th 24% above peers
Southfield, MI 18.4% 27th -0.0pp 11th 16% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 24.7% 5th -0.3pp 12th 12% above peers
Bismarck, ND 21.5% 20th -0.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 27.6% 2nd -0.4pp 14th 26% above peers
Mansfield, TX 28.4% 1st -0.8pp 15th 29% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 17.3% 29th -0.6pp 16th 21% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 21.7% 19th -0.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 23.1% 9th -1.2pp 18th 5% above peers
Wyoming, MI 24.2% 6th -1.3pp 19th 10% above peers
Iowa City, IA 14.3% 31st -0.9pp 20th 35% below peers
Hammond, IN 23.5% 7th -1.5pp 21st 7% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 24.9% 4th -1.8pp 22nd 13% above peers
Missoula, MT 16.6% 30th -1.2pp 23rd 24% below peers
Redmond, WA 20.9% 22nd -1.5pp 24th 5% below peers
Appleton, WI 22.8% 12th -1.7pp 25th 4% above peers
Bellflower, CA 23.1% 10th -2.4pp 26th 5% above peers
Missouri City, TX 20.3% 25th -2.2pp 27th 8% below peers
Evanston, IL 17.9% 28th -2.4pp 28th 19% below peers
Broomfield, CO 20.5% 24th -2.7pp 29th 7% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 21.8% 18th -3.0pp 30th 1% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 11th -3.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.1% then, 25.6% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.4% to 25.6%).
25.6%
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 29.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Arlington Heights, IL 15.3% 27th +4.7pp 1st 47% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 36.5% 7th +9.6pp 2nd 26% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 14.2% 28th +3.2pp 3rd 51% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 22.6% 23rd +3.5pp 4th 22% below peers
Alameda, CA 22.4% 24th +3.2pp 5th 23% below peers
Carmichael, CA 34.8% 10th +4.9pp 6th 20% above peers
Scranton, PA 50.3% 3rd +6.9pp 7th 73% above peers
Missouri City, TX 29.1% 16th +3.6pp 8th on par with peers
Mansfield, TX 25.0% 21st +3.0pp 9th 14% below peers
Appleton, WI 31.4% 13th +3.3pp 10th 8% above peers
Iowa City, IA 28.5% 17th +2.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Poinciana, FL 35.3% 9th +3.0pp 12th 21% above peers
Bellflower, CA 38.2% 6th +3.1pp 13th 32% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 14.0% 29th +1.1pp 14th 52% below peers
Hammond, IN 51.2% 2nd +3.5pp 15th 76% above peers
Evanston, IL 25.6% 20th +1.6pp 16th 12% below peers
Missoula, MT 30.5% 15th +1.8pp 17th 5% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 20.2% 25th +1.0pp 18th 31% below peers
Broomfield, CO 18.0% 26th +0.7pp 19th 38% below peers
Racine, WI 57.1% 1st +0.7pp 20th 96% above peers
Redmond, WA 12.1% 30th -0.1pp 21st 58% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 46.3% 4th -3.5pp 22nd 59% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 40.2% 5th -3.3pp 23rd 38% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 11.3% 31st -1.0pp 24th 61% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 31.2% 14th -3.0pp 25th 7% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 35.5% 8th -4.4pp 26th 22% above peers
Southfield, MI 34.5% 11th -6.6pp 27th 19% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.4% 12th -7.6pp 28th 12% above peers
Wyoming, MI 28.1% 18th -8.3pp 29th 3% below peers
Bismarck, ND 24.2% 22nd -7.8pp 30th 17% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 26.1% 19th -9.4pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.1% then, 70.4% now; margin ±12.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.3% to 70.4%).
70.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Poinciana, FL 73.5% 12th +13.7pp 1st 4% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 66.0% 23rd +10.7pp 2nd 6% below peers
Missouri City, TX 77.6% 4th +12.6pp 3rd 10% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 68.4% 21st +11.0pp 4th 3% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 69.2% 19th +9.3pp 5th 2% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 77.5% 5th +10.1pp 6th 10% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 65.9% 24th +8.1pp 7th 6% below peers
Racine, WI 78.3% 3rd +9.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Redmond, WA 57.6% 29th +6.9pp 9th 18% below peers
Hammond, IN 62.3% 26th +6.4pp 10th 12% below peers
Alameda, CA 80.9% 1st +7.0pp 11th 15% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 72.3% 13th +6.0pp 12th 3% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 71.5% 15th +5.1pp 13th 2% above peers
Missoula, MT 79.7% 2nd +4.2pp 14th 13% above peers
Appleton, WI 74.8% 8th +3.5pp 15th 6% above peers
Iowa City, IA 68.9% 20th +2.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Wyoming, MI 73.9% 11th +2.2pp 17th 5% above peers
Bellflower, CA 67.4% 22nd +2.0pp 18th 4% below peers
Southfield, MI 74.2% 9th +2.1pp 19th 5% above peers
Mansfield, TX 76.0% 7th +1.9pp 20th 8% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 77.4% 6th +0.7pp 21st 10% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.2% 14th +0.5pp 22nd 3% above peers
Evanston, IL 70.4% 16th -0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 70.3% 17th -3.8pp 24th on par with peers
Scranton, PA 61.8% 27th -3.6pp 25th 12% below peers
Carmichael, CA 59.4% 28th -6.3pp 26th 16% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 70.3% 18th -8.4pp 27th on par with peers
Broomfield, CO 65.7% 25th -8.2pp 28th 7% below peers
Bismarck, ND 74.1% 10th -10.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 46.1% 31st -11.2pp 30th 34% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 50.9% 30th -15.3pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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2 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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