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66,293 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Palatine, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
64.5%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
47.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
13.0%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
18.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
7.6%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
9.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
676 /100k
May 2026
▼ 23%
relative change
874 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$97,819
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$80,526 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.7%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
90.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.1%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
9.8% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
51.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
50.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
67.4%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
69.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.7%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
3.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Palatine, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Violent crime
Violent crime rate
95 /100k
May 2026
▲ 48%
relative change
64 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
May 2026
▲ 16%
relative change
3.7% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
3 /100k
May 2026
▲ 99%
relative change
2 a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.2%
2019-23
▲ 16%
relative change
7.1% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
20.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
23.7% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$396,075
Jun 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$375,252 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$244,680
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$235,149 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Population
66,293
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
68,407 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 48% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 95 in May 2026, up from 64 a year earlier.
95 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Yorba Linda, CA 62 (May 26) 1st -28.1% 1st 68% below peers
Malden, MA 196 (Mar 26) 12th -26.8% 2nd on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 148 (May 26) 7th -23.7% 3rd 25% below peers
Skokie, IL 141 (May 26) 5th -12.4% 4th 28% below peers
Davis, CA 173 (May 26) 9th -12.1% 5th 12% below peers
Janesville, WI 119 (May 26) 4th -11.2% 6th 40% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 284 (May 26) 16th -10.5% 7th 45% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 198 (May 26) 13th -9.5% 8th 1% above peers
Brentwood, CA 190 (May 26) 11th -9.3% 9th 3% below peers
Albany, GA 921 (May 26) 22nd -8.8% 10th 369% above peers
Rowlett, TX 163 (May 26) 8th -7.6% 11th 17% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 219 (May 26) 14th -6.9% 12th 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 367 (May 26) 17th -4.3% 13th 87% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 177 (May 26) 10th -4.3% 14th 10% below peers
Commerce City, CO 727 (Mar 26) 21st -3.5% 15th 270% above peers
Caldwell, ID 444 (May 26) 18th -3.1% 16th 126% above peers
Lorain, OH 554 (May 26) 20th +1.7% 17th 182% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 263 (May 26) 15th +2.9% 18th 34% above peers
Waterloo, IA 490 (May 26) 19th +11.8% 19th 149% above peers
Novi, MI 109 (May 26) 3rd +17.5% 20th 45% below peers
Greenwood, IN 144 (May 26) 6th +25.0% 21st 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 95 (May 26) 2nd +47.6% 22nd 52% 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 →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% 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 23% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 2% 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: 676 in May 2026, down from 874 a year earlier.
676 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Caldwell, ID 589 (May 26) 3rd -30.9% 1st 59% below peers
Brentwood, CA 1,420 (May 26) 11th -30.8% 2nd on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 527 (May 26) 2nd -25.3% 3rd 63% below peers
Palatine, IL 676 (May 26) 4th -22.7% 4th 52% below peers
Janesville, WI 1,465 (May 26) 13th -20.8% 5th 3% above peers
Rowlett, TX 1,144 (May 26) 8th -18.0% 6th 20% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2,490 (Mar 26) 18th -15.3% 7th 75% above peers
Davis, CA 1,823 (May 26) 16th -14.9% 8th 28% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 2,437 (May 26) 17th -12.7% 9th 71% above peers
Novi, MI 505 (May 26) 1st -11.8% 10th 64% below peers
Malden, MA 1,060 (Mar 26) 7th -11.2% 11th 25% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2,556 (May 26) 20th -10.1% 12th 80% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 1,401 (May 26) 10th -7.5% 13th 1% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 944 (May 26) 6th -6.6% 14th 34% below peers
Victoria, TX 1,766 (May 26) 15th -6.5% 15th 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 1,285 (May 26) 9th -6.4% 16th 10% below peers
Lorain, OH 1,422 (May 26) 12th -3.3% 17th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 2,511 (May 26) 19th -2.3% 18th 77% above peers
Albany, GA 3,809 (May 26) 22nd +1.4% 19th 168% above peers
Skokie, IL 2,615 (May 26) 21st +4.8% 20th 84% above peers
Greenwood, IN 1,653 (May 26) 14th +13.5% 21st 16% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 876 (May 26) 5th +18.1% 22nd 38% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 99% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide rose slightly from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, up from 2 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Commerce City, CO 0 (Mar 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Novi, MI 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Davis, CA 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 1 (May 26) 12th -66.7% 6th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 1 (May 26) 9th -50.0% 7th 18% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3 (May 26) 14th -33.4% 8th 99% above peers
Lorain, OH 3 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 9th 104% above peers
Waterloo, IA 6 (May 26) 19th +33.3% 10th 297% above peers
Janesville, WI 4 (May 26) 17th +50.0% 11th 202% above peers
Albany, GA 35 (May 26) 22nd +64.3% 12th 2234% above peers
Palatine, IL 3 (May 26) 16th +99.3% 13th 105% above peers
Victoria, TX 12 (May 26) 21st +166.5% 14th 712% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7 (May 26) 20th +401.4% 15th 385% above peers
Skokie, IL 2 (May 26) 13th 3% above peers
Caldwell, ID 1 (May 26) 10th 12% below peers
Malden, MA 0 (Mar 26) 6th 100% below peers
Rowlett, TX 1 (May 26) 11th 3% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0 (May 26) 7th 100% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 5 (May 26) 18th 206% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0 (May 26) 8th 100% 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 →
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 23% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 50 in May 2026, down from 66 a year earlier.
50 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Rowlett, TX 49 (May 26) 5th -56.2% 1st 52% below peers
Janesville, WI 41 (May 26) 3rd -50.9% 2nd 61% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 76 (May 26) 10th -49.0% 3rd 26% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 32 (May 26) 1st -45.0% 4th 68% below peers
Commerce City, CO 443 (Mar 26) 22nd -42.9% 5th 331% above peers
Caldwell, ID 61 (May 26) 8th -42.0% 6th 40% below peers
Brentwood, CA 139 (May 26) 16th -38.8% 7th 36% above peers
Davis, CA 83 (May 26) 11th -33.3% 8th 19% below peers
Novi, MI 38 (May 26) 2nd -33.3% 9th 63% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 48 (May 26) 4th -30.4% 10th 54% below peers
Skokie, IL 176 (May 26) 18th -28.1% 11th 71% above peers
Palatine, IL 50 (May 26) 7th -23.3% 12th 51% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 50 (May 26) 6th -22.6% 13th 51% below peers
Malden, MA 135 (Mar 26) 14th -20.4% 14th 31% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 160 (May 26) 17th -19.8% 15th 55% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 68 (May 26) 9th -16.7% 16th 34% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 124 (May 26) 13th -12.0% 17th 20% above peers
Victoria, TX 103 (May 26) 12th -9.3% 18th on par with peers
Albany, GA 333 (May 26) 21st -3.5% 19th 224% above peers
Greenwood, IN 136 (May 26) 15th +14.6% 20th 32% above peers
Lorain, OH 214 (May 26) 19th +28.2% 21st 108% above peers
Waterloo, IA 321 (May 26) 20th +33.1% 22nd 213% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 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 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $80,526 to $97,819 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,667). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($72,180 to $97,819).
$97,819
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%
Malden, MA $100,606 12th +52% 1st 12% above peers
St. Cloud, FL $83,174 18th +50% 2nd 8% below peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 21st +49% 3rd 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 2nd +46% 4th 157% above peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 10th +45% 5th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 6th 166% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 26th +37% 7th 29% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 29th +35% 8th 37% below peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 17th +32% 9th 7% below peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 25th +31% 10th 29% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 5th +31% 11th 58% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 15th +31% 12th 6% above peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 20th +30% 13th 18% below peers
Davis, CA $90,045 16th +30% 14th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 4th +30% 15th 64% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 16th 41% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 14th +29% 17th 7% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 31st +29% 18th 48% below peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 22nd +27% 19th 19% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 20th 46% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 8th +26% 21st 31% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 23rd +24% 22nd 25% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 27th +22% 23rd 31% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 19th +22% 24th 12% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 13th +21% 25th 9% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 28th +21% 26th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 27th 75% above peers
Union City, CA $133,715 6th +17% 28th 48% above peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 24th +16% 29th 28% below peers
Novi, MI $110,723 11th +13% 30th 23% above peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 9th +11% 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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3 of 11 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 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,650 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening slower than 81% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in May 2026, up from 3.7% a year earlier.
4.3%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Lorain, OH 3.8% (May 26) 12th -1.5pp 1st 5% below peers
Waterloo, IA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (May 26) 22nd -0.6pp 3rd 15% above peers
Union City, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 4th 5% below peers
Brentwood, CA 4.1% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Greenwood, IN 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 6th 30% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 7th 30% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Commerce City, CO 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.1pp 9th 2% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (May 26) 23rd -0.1pp 10th 20% above peers
Janesville, WI 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 11th 22% below peers
Davis, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 12th 10% below peers
Malden, MA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 14th 32% below peers
Caldwell, ID 3.7% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 15th 7% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 2.9% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 16th 28% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Victoria, TX 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 4.5% (May 26) 21st +0.4pp 21st 12% above peers
Palatine, IL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 22nd 7% above peers
Novi, MI 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.6pp 23rd 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (May 26) 25th +0.8pp 24th 23% above peers
Ocala, FL 5.0% (May 26) 26th +0.9pp 25th 25% above peers
Sammamish, WA 4.8% (May 26) 24th +1.1pp 26th 20% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 5.1% (May 26) 27th +1.3pp 27th 27% 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 8.1% now; margin ±2.4pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 8.1%).
8.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 11.5% -0.8pp
United States ref 12.0%
Port Charlotte, FL 9.5% 17th -4.2pp 1st 6% above peers
Caldwell, ID 11.7% 22nd -4.4pp 2nd 30% above peers
Malden, MA 11.3% 21st -4.1pp 3rd 27% above peers
Commerce City, CO 8.6% 14th -2.9pp 4th 4% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 10.0% 19th -3.1pp 5th 12% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 20th -3.3pp 6th 17% above peers
Janesville, WI 8.9% 16th -2.3pp 7th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 11th -1.6pp 8th 18% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.1% 12th -1.6pp 9th 9% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.6% 15th -1.5pp 10th 3% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 11th 19% below peers
Davis, CA 25.8% 30th -3.2pp 12th 188% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 31st -3.1pp 13th 193% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.3% 24th -0.9pp 14th 82% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 7th -0.2pp 15th 32% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 5th -0.1pp 16th 34% below peers
Lorain, OH 24.9% 29th +0.1pp 17th 178% above peers
Skokie, IL 9.6% 18th +0.2pp 18th 7% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 38% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 10th +0.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Ocala, FL 20.2% 27th +0.8pp 21st 126% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.9% 26th +0.8pp 22nd 100% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 15.9% 23rd +0.8pp 23rd 78% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.9% 28th +3.4pp 24th 156% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.3% 25th +2.8pp 25th 94% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.0% 6th +1.0pp 26th 32% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 27th 36% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 2nd +1.4pp 28th 40% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 13th +2.5pp 29th 7% below peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 8th +2.2pp 30th 20% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 1st +1.9pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.3% to 13.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.4pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.7% to 13.0%).
13.0%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 15.1% -2.0pp
United States ref 16.1%
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 22nd -8.0pp 1st 32% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 13.1% 18th -6.6pp 2nd 12% above peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 19th -5.7pp 3rd 13% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 13th -3.7pp 4th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 17th -5.3pp 5th 11% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 16th -4.6pp 6th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 8th -2.8pp 7th 38% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 21st -5.5pp 8th 22% above peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 3rd -2.1pp 9th 46% below peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 23rd -5.1pp 10th 33% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 12th -2.3pp 11th 27% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 6th -1.6pp 12th 40% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 2nd -1.2pp 13th 47% below peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 25th -3.2pp 14th 92% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 31st -5.1pp 15th 231% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 11th -0.9pp 16th 31% below peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 15th -0.8pp 17th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 20th -0.4pp 18th 19% above peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 30th -0.9pp 19th 231% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 26th +0.2pp 20th 103% above peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 29th +1.4pp 21st 166% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 9th +0.5pp 22nd 37% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 28th +2.9pp 23rd 160% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 5th +0.7pp 24th 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 24th +2.9pp 25th 78% above peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 14th +1.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 27th +5.7pp 27th 130% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 7th +2.1pp 28th 39% below peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 4th +2.5pp 29th 41% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 1st +2.0pp 30th 58% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 10th +4.7pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.5% to 95.7% - 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 8.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.7% to 95.7%).
95.7%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 90.9% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lorain, OH 83.4% 29th +14.2pp 1st 12% below peers
Ocala, FL 91.3% 25th +14.0pp 2nd 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 30th +9.5pp 3rd 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 14th +11.0pp 4th on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 19th +10.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 27th +8.8pp 6th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 26th +8.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 31st +7.9pp 8th 15% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 24th +8.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 17th +8.7pp 10th on par with peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 16th +8.6pp 11th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 22nd +8.3pp 12th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 21st +8.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 20th +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 95.2% 12th +7.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 18th +7.1pp 16th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 23rd +6.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 10th +5.2pp 18th 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 28th +4.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 8th +4.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 7th +3.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 4th +3.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 13th +2.9pp 23rd 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 9th +2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 5th +2.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 3rd +2.3pp 27th 3% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 6th +1.6pp 28th 3% above peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 15th +1.0pp 29th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 11th -0.0pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.44 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.43).
0.43
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Ocala, FL 0.48 28th -0.055 1st 12% above peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 18th -0.044 2nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 16th -0.040 3rd on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 6th -0.028 4th 11% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 3rd -0.023 5th 15% below peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 4th -0.023 6th 13% below peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 21st -0.024 7th 4% above peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 8th -0.019 8th 8% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 9th 19% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 12th -0.019 10th 3% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 11th 18% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 12th 15% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 23rd -0.018 13th 5% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 17th -0.016 14th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 14th -0.016 15th 1% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.39 7th -0.011 16th 9% below peers
Albany, GA 0.47 27th -0.010 17th 10% above peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 26th -0.004 18th 10% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 19th 23% above peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 19th +0.005 20th 3% above peers
Novi, MI 0.45 24th +0.007 21st 6% above peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 15th +0.010 22nd on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 11th +0.010 23rd 3% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 25th +0.015 24th 9% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 25th 13% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 22nd +0.017 26th 4% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 10th +0.016 27th 4% below peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 5th +0.022 28th 12% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 9th +0.035 29th 5% below peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 13th +0.054 30th 1% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 20th +0.066 31st 3% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (7.1% then, 8.2% now; margin ±1.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.5% to 8.2%).
8.2%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 13.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 77% below peers
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 20th -8.3pp 2nd 32% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 6th -2.2pp 3rd 49% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 15th -2.3pp 4th 6% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 22nd -2.4pp 5th 36% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 26th -2.1pp 6th 70% above peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 27th -1.8pp 7th 92% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 11th -0.7pp 8th 25% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 19th -1.0pp 9th 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 18th -0.7pp 10th 14% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 30th -1.1pp 11th 165% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 15.1% 24th -0.7pp 12th 60% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 13th 141% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 9th +0.1pp 14th 32% below peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 17th +0.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 12th +0.2pp 16th 23% below peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 29th +1.6pp 17th 147% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 18th 238% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 23rd +1.1pp 19th 55% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 8th +0.6pp 20th 37% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 14th +1.1pp 21st 13% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 22nd 68% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 21st +2.6pp 23rd 33% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 4th +0.9pp 24th 66% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 7th +1.5pp 25th 45% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 13th +2.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 10th +2.1pp 27th 30% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 5th +1.4pp 28th 57% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 72% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 73% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 16th +5.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $396,075 in June 2026, up from $375,252 a year earlier.
$396,075
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%
Skokie, IL $435,880 (Jun 26) 12th +6.6% 1st 10% above peers
Janesville, WI $300,089 (Jun 26) 20th +6.1% 2nd 24% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $262,782 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.6% 3rd 34% below peers
Palatine, IL $396,075 (Jun 26) 14th +5.5% 4th on par with peers
Union City, NJ $569,523 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 5th 44% above peers
Lorain, OH $158,944 (Jun 26) 26th +4.1% 6th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 7th 810% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $391,685 (Jun 26) 15th +3.5% 8th 1% below peers
Novi, MI $478,638 (Jun 26) 11th +3.0% 9th 21% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 10th 259% above peers
Malden, MA $694,637 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 11th 75% above peers
Greenwood, IN $331,142 (Jun 26) 19th +1.4% 12th 16% below peers
Victoria, TX $217,561 (Jun 26) 25th +0.5% 13th 45% below peers
Waterloo, IA $149,410 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 14th 62% below peers
Caldwell, ID $402,988 (Jun 26) 13th +0.3% 15th 2% above peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 28th -0.2% 16th 66% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $730,793 (Jun 26) 7th -0.5% 17th 85% above peers
Dundalk, MD $227,014 (Jun 26) 24th -1.1% 18th 43% below peers
Davis, CA $854,071 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 19th 116% above peers
Brentwood, CA $799,857 (Jun 26) 6th -2.5% 20th 102% above peers
Ocala, FL $268,867 (Jun 26) 21st -2.9% 21st 32% below peers
Rowlett, TX $371,639 (Jun 26) 17th -3.3% 22nd 6% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 18th -3.8% 23rd 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO $489,357 (Jun 26) 10th -4.0% 24th 24% above peers
Union City, CA $1,247,792 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 25th 215% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $375,312 (Jun 26) 16th -5.3% 26th 5% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,591,920 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.7% 27th 302% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $268,380 (Jun 26) 22nd -7.7% 28th 32% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $244,680 in June 2026, up from $235,149 a year earlier.
$244,680
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $155,806 (Jun 26) +6.0%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Lorain, OH $111,370 (Jun 26) 26th +9.2% 1st 63% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $192,148 (Jun 26) 22nd +7.4% 2nd 37% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,465 (Jun 26) 20th +6.5% 3rd 27% below peers
Skokie, IL $306,804 (Jun 26) 13th +5.9% 4th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $301,669 (Jun 26) 15th +5.4% 5th 1% below peers
Palatine, IL $244,680 (Jun 26) 19th +4.1% 6th 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 7th 634% above peers
Novi, MI $300,843 (Jun 26) 16th +2.5% 8th 1% below peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 28th +2.3% 9th 79% below peers
Greenwood, IN $249,037 (Jun 26) 18th +2.2% 10th 18% below peers
Union City, NJ $364,639 (Jun 26) 10th +1.7% 11th 20% above peers
Malden, MA $511,942 (Jun 26) 7th +1.3% 12th 69% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 13th 230% above peers
Caldwell, ID $338,708 (Jun 26) 11th +0.9% 14th 12% above peers
Victoria, TX $118,549 (Jun 26) 25th -0.3% 15th 61% below peers
Waterloo, IA $82,231 (Jun 26) 27th -0.4% 16th 73% below peers
Davis, CA $641,969 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 17th 111% above peers
Dundalk, MD $188,100 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.3% 18th 38% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $483,817 (Jun 26) 8th -1.7% 19th 59% above peers
Brentwood, CA $643,588 (Jun 26) 5th -3.2% 20th 112% above peers
Ocala, FL $195,336 (Jun 26) 21st -3.4% 21st 36% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 14th -4.1% 22nd on par with peers
Rowlett, TX $299,498 (Jun 26) 17th -4.3% 23rd 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO $387,464 (Jun 26) 9th -4.6% 24th 28% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $312,330 (Jun 26) 12th -5.3% 25th 3% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,089,579 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.8% 26th 259% above peers
Union City, CA $779,118 (Jun 26) 4th -6.6% 27th 157% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $181,828 (Jun 26) 24th -9.0% 28th 40% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.0% then, 67.4% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.5% to 67.4%).
67.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 67.1% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 9th +9.7pp 1st 11% above peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 26th +6.0pp 2nd 21% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 2nd +7.4pp 3rd 27% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 5th +5.1pp 4th 25% above peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 8th +4.3pp 5th 14% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 6th 27% above peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 6th +3.2pp 7th 17% above peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 13th +1.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 20th +1.2pp 9th 6% below peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 21st +1.1pp 10th 10% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 14th +1.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 23rd +1.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 19th +0.8pp 13th 2% below peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 28th +0.4pp 14th 34% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 15th 37% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 3rd +0.4pp 16th 26% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 25th +0.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 24th -0.0pp 18th 16% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 15th -0.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 18th -0.7pp 20th 2% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 72.5% 10th -1.2pp 21st 10% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 17th -1.3pp 22nd 1% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 16th -1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 12th -1.7pp 24th 3% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 27th -1.3pp 25th 21% below peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 22nd -1.6pp 26th 12% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 4th -3.1pp 27th 26% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 11th -4.6pp 28th 6% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 29th 43% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 30th 71% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 7th -10.7pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently
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Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,990 in June 2026, up from $1,941 a year earlier.
$1,990
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%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 135% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.2% 2nd 34% below peers
Lorain, OH $1,075 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 3rd 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,208 (Jun 26) 25th +4.8% 4th 34% below peers
Waterloo, IA $898 (Jun 26) 28th +4.8% 5th 51% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,494 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.2% 6th 18% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,250 (Jun 26) 10th +4.0% 7th 23% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,365 (Jun 26) 4th +4.0% 8th 84% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,729 (Jun 26) 16th +3.9% 9th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 10th 123% above peers
Victoria, TX $1,212 (Jun 26) 24th +3.1% 11th 34% below peers
Palatine, IL $1,990 (Jun 26) 12th +2.5% 12th 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD $1,614 (Jun 26) 19th +2.4% 13th 12% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,421 (Jun 26) 9th +2.4% 14th 32% above peers
Commerce City, CO $2,484 (Jun 26) 8th +2.3% 15th 36% above peers
Union City, CA $2,867 (Jun 26) 5th +2.1% 16th 57% above peers
Greenwood, IN $1,609 (Jun 26) 20th +1.7% 17th 12% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,738 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 18th 104% above peers
Novi, MI $1,857 (Jun 26) 13th +1.5% 19th 1% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 14th +1.1% 20th on par with peers
Davis, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 7th +0.7% 21st 48% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 27th +0.6% 22nd 49% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,116 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Malden, MA $2,803 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 24th 53% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,582 (Jun 26) 21st -0.7% 25th 14% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,699 (Jun 26) 17th -1.4% 26th 7% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,794 (Jun 26) 15th -2.0% 27th 2% below peers
Rowlett, TX $1,668 (Jun 26) 18th -2.2% 28th 9% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.7% then, 33.1% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.2% to 33.1%).
33.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 30.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 52% above peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 27th -3.6pp 2nd 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 21st -3.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 20th -2.6pp 4th 5% above peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 24th -2.6pp 5th 15% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 6th 23% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 6th -0.6pp 7th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 11th -0.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 8th -0.5pp 9th 14% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 26th -0.6pp 10th 20% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 19th -0.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 18th +0.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 3rd +0.5pp 13th 23% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 17th +0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 12th +0.7pp 15th 3% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 13th +1.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 15th +1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 5th +1.1pp 18th 22% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 2nd +1.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 7th +1.3pp 20th 15% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 22nd +1.9pp 21st 7% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 9th +1.8pp 22nd 13% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 36.4% 23rd +2.3pp 23rd 10% above peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 16th +2.4pp 24th on par with peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 25th 42% above peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 29th +3.8pp 26th 30% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 10th +3.0pp 27th 6% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 28th 30% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 28th +5.6pp 29th 28% above peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 25th +5.5pp 30th 15% above peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 14th +8.6pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±2.9pp 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 (3.7% then, 4.7% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 4.7%).
4.7%
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
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 11th -1.6pp 1st 31% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 23rd -3.1pp 2nd 34% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 8th -1.3pp 3rd 38% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 27th -2.6pp 4th 58% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 14th -1.4pp 5th 14% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 26th -2.0pp 6th 54% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 9th -0.7pp 7th 38% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 8th 203% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 24th -1.1pp 9th 43% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 10th 114% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 20th -0.9pp 11th 25% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 19th -0.7pp 12th 21% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 16th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 14th 114% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 18th -0.2pp 15th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 16th 616% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 22nd -0.0pp 17th 33% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 6th +0.0pp 18th 45% below peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 15th +0.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 20th 38% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 5th +0.1pp 21st 53% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 17th +0.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 25th +1.5pp 23rd 47% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 12th +0.9pp 24th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 13th +1.0pp 25th 18% below peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 10th +0.9pp 26th 34% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 27th 72% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 4th +1.1pp 28th 58% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 72% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 59% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 21st +4.1pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.9% to 7.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 7.6%).
7.6%
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 6.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 14th -4.9pp 1st 15% below peers
Skokie, IL 5.1% 10th -3.1pp 2nd 31% below peers
Greenwood, IN 5.4% 12th -3.2pp 3rd 26% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 17th -2.3pp 4th 3% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 7th -0.9pp 5th 54% below peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 28th -3.1pp 6th 79% above peers
Commerce City, CO 7.4% 16th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
St. Cloud, FL 8.8% 20th -1.7pp 8th 19% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.3% 11th -1.0pp 9th 28% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 6th -0.5pp 10th 60% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 4th -0.3pp 11th 66% below peers
Ocala, FL 11.8% 25th -1.4pp 12th 59% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 13th 74% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 71% below peers
Victoria, TX 17.3% 30th -1.0pp 15th 134% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 22nd -0.5pp 16th 27% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 18th -0.3pp 17th 6% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 18th 70% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.9% 8th -0.0pp 19th 34% below peers
Union City, NJ 23.9% 31st +0.6pp 20th 223% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.3% 26th +0.6pp 21st 66% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.6% 29th +0.7pp 22nd 98% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 13th +0.5pp 23rd 25% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 15th +0.6pp 24th 6% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 9th +0.6pp 25th 34% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.1% 19th +1.1pp 26th 10% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.3% 24th +2.3pp 27th 40% above peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 5th +0.8pp 28th 61% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 23rd +2.8pp 29th 36% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.1% 21st +2.7pp 30th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 3rd +0.8pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

29.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 34.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 53% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 44% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 3rd 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 4th 31% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 5th 30% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 6th 27% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 7th 24% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 8th 21% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 9th 20% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 10th 15% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 11th 13% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 12th 13% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 13th 11% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 30.5% 14th 8% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 15th 5% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 16th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 17th 1% above peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 18th 2% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 19th 7% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 20th 10% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 21st 11% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 22nd 11% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 23rd 13% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 24th 17% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 25th 19% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 26th 22% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 27th 23% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 28th 23% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 29th 23% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 30th 35% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 31st 35% 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 (6.4% then, 4.5% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.2% to 4.5%).
4.5%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 3.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 7th -7.3pp 1st 39% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 79% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 17th -3.4pp 3rd 5% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 12th -2.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 9th -1.7pp 5th 38% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 65% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 18th -1.9pp 7th 8% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 78% below peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 19th -1.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 4th -0.5pp 10th 60% below peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 26th -2.6pp 11th 137% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 15th -1.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 20th -0.8pp 13th 21% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 22nd -1.1pp 14th 77% above peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 13th -0.4pp 15th 16% below peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 11th -0.1pp 16th 27% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 24th -0.0pp 17th 104% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 14th +0.0pp 18th 16% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 5th +0.1pp 19th 52% below peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 21st +0.6pp 20th 24% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 21st 251% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 8th +0.5pp 22nd 38% below peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 25th +2.5pp 23rd 122% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 10th +0.8pp 24th 35% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 23rd +3.2pp 25th 101% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 29th +5.8pp 26th 183% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 16th +2.3pp 27th on par with peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 27th +5.6pp 28th 138% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 30th +9.3pp 29th 223% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 30th 50% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 28th +8.1pp 31st 158% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.4pp 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
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College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.0% then, 51.1% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.5% to 51.1%).
51.1%
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 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
St. Cloud, FL 31.6% 18th +13.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 29th +5.9pp 2nd 42% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 20th +6.8pp 3rd 15% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 19th +7.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 5th 53% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 13th +6.2pp 6th 17% above peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 23rd +3.8pp 7th 23% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 8th 56% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 22nd +3.7pp 9th 19% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 11th +6.1pp 10th 34% above peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 15th +4.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 8th +6.2pp 12th 60% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 10th +4.8pp 13th 35% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 27th +2.0pp 14th 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 16th +3.2pp 15th on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 12th +4.0pp 16th 28% above peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 17th +2.3pp 17th 1% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 21st +1.8pp 18th 18% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 14th +2.4pp 19th 13% above peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 26th +1.3pp 20th 36% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 5th +3.5pp 21st 91% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 3rd +2.9pp 22nd 129% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 7th +2.1pp 23rd 67% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 2nd +1.9pp 24th 130% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 9th +1.1pp 25th 52% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 4th +1.5pp 26th 111% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 6th +1.2pp 27th 72% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 28th 145% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 28th -0.4pp 29th 40% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 24th -1.1pp 30th 30% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 25th -1.6pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±2.1pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment rose 16.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.9% to 64.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.9% to 64.5%).
64.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 51.1% -4.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Victoria, TX 52.8% 11th +16.8pp 1st 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 63% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 7th +16.7pp 3rd 45% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 18th +9.0pp 4th 6% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 15th +7.2pp 5th 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 5th +9.8pp 6th 47% above peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 10th +5.2pp 7th 26% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 34.5% 22nd +3.0pp 8th 23% below peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 9th 52% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 8th +3.6pp 10th 38% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 17th +0.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 28th +0.4pp 12th 42% below peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 13th 48% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 14th -0.7pp 14th 4% above peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 15th 56% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 23rd -3.0pp 16th 24% below peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 27th -2.5pp 17th 41% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 25th -4.4pp 18th 30% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 26th -4.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 24th -4.9pp 20th 28% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 20th -7.6pp 21st 15% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 6th -15.5pp 22nd 47% above peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 21st -11.2pp 23rd 17% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 9th -18.6pp 24th 31% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 13th -15.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 19th -13.7pp 26th 11% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 12th -22.1pp 27th 10% above peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 16th -21.5pp 28th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 55% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 29th -16.0pp 30th 44% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 30th -19.3pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.7% then, 5.9% now; margin ±8.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 5.9%).
5.9%
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 6.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 1st -6.6pp 1st 93% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.9% 2nd -12.3pp 2nd 84% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 4th -6.2pp 3rd 68% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 17th -7.1pp 4th 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 18th -5.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 7th -2.1pp 6th 55% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 5th -1.6pp 7th 65% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 8th 51% below peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 23rd -1.5pp 9th 40% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 22nd -0.8pp 10th 29% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 21st -0.6pp 11th 25% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 10th -0.2pp 12th 30% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 13th +0.1pp 13th 25% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 16th +0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 25th +1.2pp 15th 64% above peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 19th +0.9pp 16th 5% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 20th +1.6pp 17th 8% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 18th 180% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 15th +1.4pp 19th 15% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 27th +3.8pp 20th 74% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 8th +1.0pp 21st 54% below peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 12th +2.0pp 22nd 26% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 29th +6.2pp 23rd 123% above peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 71% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 25th 57% below peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 24th +5.4pp 26th 62% above peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 26th +6.1pp 27th 74% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 11th +3.1pp 28th 27% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 14th +3.3pp 29th 24% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 28th +9.8pp 30th 100% above peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 30th +12.3pp 31st 146% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±7.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 68,407 to 66,293 - more than the combined survey margin (±202). 7 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (69,015 to 66,293).
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Horizon West, FL 67,416 2nd +73% 1st 1% above peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 31st +54% 2nd 2% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 6th +38% 3rd 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65,130 30th +27% 4th 2% below peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 13th +21% 5th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 16th +18% 6th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 21st +14% 7th 1% below peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 12th +12% 8th on par with peers
Novi, MI 66,717 11th +11% 9th on par with peers
Malden, MA 65,906 24th +8% 10th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 22nd +7% 11th 1% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 19th +6% 12th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 29th +5% 13th 2% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 23rd +5% 14th 1% below peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 18th +4% 15th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 20th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 14th +3% 17th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 26th +3% 18th 1% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 28th +3% 19th 2% below peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 27th +2% 20th 2% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 9th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 3rd +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 10th -0% 23rd on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 5th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 7th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 25th -2% 26th 1% below peers
Davis, CA 66,978 8th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 15th -3% 28th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 17th -3% 29th on par with peers
Albany, GA 67,224 4th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Union City, CA 67,464 1st -10% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.7% to 20.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 11 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; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.8% to 20.9%).
20.9%
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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
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 11th +1.6pp 1st 5% above peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 12th +1.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 19th +0.6pp 3rd 5% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 10th +0.6pp 4th 6% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 8th +0.1pp 5th 10% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 2nd +0.1pp 6th 24% above peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 7th -0.2pp 7th 12% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 5th -0.2pp 8th 15% above peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 24th -0.5pp 9th 10% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 22nd -0.5pp 10th 6% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 28th -0.4pp 11th 26% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 17th -0.5pp 12th 4% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 21st -0.6pp 13th 5% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 16th -0.7pp 14th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 20th -0.8pp 15th 5% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 9th -0.9pp 16th 7% above peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 4th -1.3pp 17th 22% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 26.5% 6th -1.3pp 18th 13% above peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 14th -1.3pp 19th on par with peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 27th -1.2pp 20th 22% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 23rd -1.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 1st -2.3pp 22nd 29% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 26th -1.7pp 23rd 12% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 30th -1.4pp 24th 41% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 31st -1.4pp 25th 42% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 18th -2.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 29th -1.9pp 27th 28% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 13th -2.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 15th -2.9pp 29th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 25th -2.8pp 30th 11% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 3rd -4.4pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±1.7pp 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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.4% then, 26.9% now; margin ±6.8pp).

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 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.5% to 26.9%).
26.9%
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
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 18th +11.3pp 1st 4% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 17th +8.2pp 2nd 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 14th +8.7pp 3rd 7% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 32.5% 11th +9.6pp 4th 21% above peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 25th +2.8pp 5th 38% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 3rd +8.0pp 6th 86% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 19th +3.6pp 7th 14% below peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 4th +7.5pp 8th 86% above peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 2nd +5.2pp 9th 125% above peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 10th 39% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 16th +1.5pp 11th on par with peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 21st +1.2pp 12th 22% below peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 5th +2.0pp 13th 64% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 12th +1.0pp 14th 17% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 1st +1.8pp 15th 166% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 7th +0.5pp 16th 36% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 9th +0.1pp 17th 26% above peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 29th -0.2pp 18th 53% below peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 6th -1.3pp 19th 51% above peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 24th -0.7pp 20th 33% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 10th -2.2pp 21st 23% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 20th -2.0pp 22nd 17% below peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 23rd 31% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 15th -2.9pp 24th 6% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 25th 49% below peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 22nd -2.4pp 26th 23% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 13th -3.4pp 27th 10% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 30th -1.6pp 28th 54% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 23rd -3.4pp 29th 32% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 26th -4.5pp 30th 38% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 31st -2.7pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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3 of 11 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 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.1% then, 68.3% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
68.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Union City, CA 78.1% 1st +14.3pp 1st 13% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 12th +9.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 24th +7.9pp 3rd 9% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 18th +7.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 25th +6.6pp 5th 12% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 23rd +6.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 16th +6.5pp 7th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 13th +6.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 27th +4.5pp 9th 13% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 8th +5.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 2nd +5.3pp 11th 7% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 4th +4.8pp 12th 7% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 19th +4.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 14th +3.0pp 14th 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65.0% 21st +1.5pp 15th 6% below peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 15th +1.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 3rd +1.3pp 17th 7% above peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 20th +0.7pp 18th 2% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 22nd +0.6pp 19th 6% below peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 11th -1.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 6th -1.5pp 21st 6% above peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 10th -1.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 30th -1.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 17th -2.7pp 24th 1% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 9th -3.6pp 25th 5% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 26th -3.3pp 26th 13% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 7th -6.4pp 27th 6% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 5th -7.2pp 28th 6% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 28th -7.5pp 29th 13% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 31st -9.2pp 30th 20% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 29th -11.3pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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