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65,842 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Palatine, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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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
10.0% in 2019
Real improvement 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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Property crime
Property crime rate
662 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 21%
relative change
837 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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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
8.2%
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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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.1%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
30.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
46 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 19%
relative change
56 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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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 5 indicators

Where Palatine, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Jul 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
3.9% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
2 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 100%
relative change
1 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
96 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 37%
relative change
70 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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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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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.5%
2020-24
▼ 30%
relative change
6.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
20.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
23.7% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$245,481
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$235,740 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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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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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,953
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$1,911 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 3% 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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 96 in July 2026, up from 70 a year earlier.
Needs attention 96 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Burnsville, MN 106 (Jul 26) -47.3% 1st
Malden, MA 169 (Jul 26) -35.3% 2nd
Marana, AZ 70 (Jul 26) -27.0% 3rd
Richland, WA 210 (Jul 26) -23.5% 4th
Brentwood, CA 182 (Jul 26) -15.4% 5th
Skokie, IL 129 (Jul 26) -14.9% 6th
Davis, CA 177 (Jul 26) -10.7% 7th
Lorain, OH 522 (Jul 26) -10.5% 8th
Cheyenne, WY 269 (Jul 26) -6.8% 9th
Muncie, IN 501 (Jul 26) -6.3% 10th
Yorba Linda, CA 67 (Jul 26) -4.4% 11th
Victoria, TX 377 (Jul 26) +1.2% 12th
Waltham, MA 226 (Jul 26) +6.5% 13th
Parker, CO 230 (Jul 26) +12.6% 14th
South San Francisco, CA 300 (Jul 26) +21.1% 15th
North Little Rock, AR 1,130 (Jul 26) +24.1% 16th
Palatine, IL 96 (Jul 26) +37.0% 17th
Westfield, IN 68 (Jul 26) +55.2% 18th
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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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 15% higher than in 2021 (584 then, 674 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 931 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 662 in July 2026, down from 837 a year earlier.
Bright spot 662 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Malden, MA 930 (Jul 26) -31.4% 1st
Brentwood, CA 1,362 (Jul 26) -30.4% 2nd
Yorba Linda, CA 535 (Jul 26) -21.8% 3rd
Palatine, IL 662 (Jul 26) -20.9% 4th
Muncie, IN 1,366 (Jul 26) -18.1% 5th
Davis, CA 1,805 (Jul 26) -16.7% 6th
Parker, CO 1,094 (Jul 26) -16.5% 7th
Westfield, IN 429 (Jul 26) -15.0% 8th
Cheyenne, WY 2,288 (Jul 26) -14.7% 9th
Burnsville, MN 1,491 (Jul 26) -12.3% 10th
Lorain, OH 1,394 (Jul 26) -8.6% 11th
Skokie, IL 2,302 (Jul 26) -7.8% 12th
South San Francisco, CA 1,093 (Jul 26) -3.1% 13th
Richland, WA 1,790 (Jul 26) -2.8% 14th
Victoria, TX 1,786 (Jul 26) -2.6% 15th
North Little Rock, AR 3,888 (Jul 26) -0.9% 16th
Marana, AZ 1,296 (Jul 26) +0.0% 17th
Waltham, MA 736 (Jul 26) +4.8% 18th
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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 →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide rose slightly from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Latest
Most recent reading: 2 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 3 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 2 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Richland, WA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Waltham, MA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
North Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -41.2% 3rd
Victoria, TX 8 (Jul 26) -28.6% 4th
Burnsville, MN 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 5th
Muncie, IN 8 (Jul 26) +25.0% 6th
Lorain, OH 5 (Jul 26) +50.0% 7th
Palatine, IL 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 8th
Parker, CO 6 (Jul 26)
Yorba Linda, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Davis, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Marana, AZ 3 (Jul 26)
Westfield, IN 3 (Jul 26)
Malden, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Cheyenne, WY 5 (Jul 26)
Skokie, IL 2 (Jul 26)
Brentwood, CA 0 (Jul 26)
South San Francisco, CA 0 (Jul 26)
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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 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 12% higher than in 2021 (42 then, 47 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 69 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 46 in July 2026, down from 56 a year earlier.
Bright spot 46 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Malden, MA 84 (Jul 26) -59.1% 1st
Brentwood, CA 123 (Jul 26) -43.1% 2nd
Davis, CA 82 (Jul 26) -28.9% 3rd
Skokie, IL 149 (Jul 26) -28.8% 4th
Parker, CO 55 (Jul 26) -28.0% 5th
South San Francisco, CA 126 (Jul 26) -26.1% 6th
Palatine, IL 46 (Jul 26) -18.9% 7th
Cheyenne, WY 158 (Jul 26) -18.6% 8th
Lorain, OH 173 (Jul 26) -17.5% 9th
Muncie, IN 258 (Jul 26) -13.8% 10th
Yorba Linda, CA 70 (Jul 26) -4.2% 11th
Richland, WA 156 (Jul 26) -3.8% 12th
North Little Rock, AR 401 (Jul 26) -2.6% 13th
Victoria, TX 108 (Jul 26) +7.5% 14th
Marana, AZ 58 (Jul 26) +8.6% 15th
Burnsville, MN 112 (Jul 26) +17.7% 16th
Westfield, IN 29 (Jul 26) +18.8% 17th
Waltham, MA 46 (Jul 26) +20.0% 18th
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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 →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Palatine started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($72,180 to $97,819).
Bright spot $97,819
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 $83,390 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Malden, MA $100,606 14th +52% 1st 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY $111,572 13th +51% 2nd 15% above peers
Apopka, FL $96,884 16th +47% 3rd on par with peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 22nd +43% 4th 23% below peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 5th 147% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 28th +37% 6th 34% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $113,648 10th +36% 7th 17% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 3rd +32% 8th 47% above peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 26th +31% 9th 34% below peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 12th +31% 10th 16% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 11th 54% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 4th +31% 12th 47% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 18th +31% 13th 2% below peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 11th +30% 14th 16% above peers
Davis, CA $90,045 19th +30% 15th 7% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $136,578 5th +30% 16th 41% above peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 23rd +27% 17th 25% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 18th 50% below peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 9th +25% 19th 24% above peers
Westfield, IN $122,789 8th +25% 20th 27% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 24th +24% 21st 31% below peers
Richland, WA $95,813 17th +23% 22nd 1% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 21st +22% 23rd 19% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 15th +21% 24th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 2nd +21% 25th 63% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 29th +21% 26th 46% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 7th +20% 27th 38% above peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 20th +18% 28th 10% below peers
Union City, CA $133,715 6th +17% 29th 38% above peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 27th +16% 30th 34% below peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 25th +16% 31st 33% 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.
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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, up from 3.9% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.2%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.6pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Lorain, OH 4.2% (Jul 26) 9th -1.7pp 1st 7% below peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th -1.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
Muncie, IN 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.9pp 3rd 2% above peers
Davis, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th -0.7pp 4th 4% above peers
Richland, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.7pp 5th 24% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Union City, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 24th -0.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Westfield, IN 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 9th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 10th 9% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 11th 22% below peers
Malden, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 13th 42% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Waltham, MA 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -0.1pp 15th 9% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 16th 7% below peers
Victoria, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th +0.3pp 19th 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.3pp 20th 9% above peers
Port Orange, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Burnsville, MN 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 22nd 4% below peers
Apopka, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.6pp 23rd 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.7pp 24th 11% above peers
Sammamish, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 26th +0.8pp 25th 16% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.8pp 26th 9% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 8.2% 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.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 8.2%).
Bright spot 8.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 11.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 1st -3.8pp 1st 62% below peers
Brentwood, NY 6.7% 7th -5.7pp 2nd 29% below peers
Westfield, IN 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 3rd 61% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 9.6% 17th -4.2pp 4th 2% above peers
Malden, MA 11.4% 23rd -4.1pp 5th 21% above peers
Port Orange, FL 11.0% 22nd -3.9pp 6th 17% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.5% 20th -3.3pp 7th 11% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 5th -1.4pp 8th 48% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 11th -1.7pp 9th 13% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.7% 13th -1.6pp 10th 7% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.3% 27th -3.5pp 11th 116% above peers
Davis, CA 26.5% 30th -3.3pp 12th 181% above peers
Kenner, LA 15.4% 24th -1.9pp 13th 64% above peers
Muncie, IN 29.2% 31st -1.8pp 14th 210% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 6.7% 9th -0.2pp 15th 28% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 8th -0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Lorain, OH 25.2% 29th +0.1pp 17th 168% above peers
Waltham, MA 9.4% 16th +0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Richland, WA 9.0% 15th +0.1pp 19th 4% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.7% 18th +0.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Victoria, TX 18.4% 26th +0.9pp 21st 95% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 19th +0.9pp 22nd 9% above peers
Shoreline, WA 8.8% 14th +1.2pp 23rd 6% below peers
Union City, NJ 23.1% 28th +3.5pp 24th 146% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.4% 25th +2.8pp 25th 85% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 6th +1.3pp 26th 38% below peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 4th +1.2pp 27th 53% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 12th +2.5pp 28th 11% below peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 21st +3.3pp 29th 15% above peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 10th +2.2pp 30th 23% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 3rd +1.9pp 31st 55% 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

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).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Palatine started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.7% to 13.0%).
Bright spot 13.0%
20132024
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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 15.1% -2.0pp
United States ref 16.1%
Westfield, IN 2.2% 1st -6.7pp 1st 81% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 3rd -6.2pp 2nd 69% below peers
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 10th -9.9pp 3rd 37% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 4th -3.3pp 4th 62% below peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 18th -6.8pp 5th 12% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 13th -4.0pp 6th 33% below peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 24th -8.0pp 7th 36% above peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 20th -5.7pp 8th 16% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 14th -3.7pp 9th 21% below peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 25th -8.2pp 10th 77% above peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 19th -5.3pp 11th 14% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 22nd -5.5pp 12th 26% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 28th -8.5pp 13th 145% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 14th 49% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 17th -3.0pp 15th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 9th -1.6pp 16th 38% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 12th -1.5pp 17th 35% below peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 29th -4.3pp 18th 166% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 21st -1.2pp 19th 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 16th -0.8pp 20th on par with peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 31st -0.9pp 21st 240% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 26th +0.2pp 22nd 109% above peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 2nd +0.2pp 23rd 70% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 30th +2.9pp 24th 168% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 8th +0.7pp 25th 39% below peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 15th +1.5pp 26th 15% below peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 11th +1.3pp 27th 35% below peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 23rd +2.6pp 28th 27% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 27th +5.7pp 29th 137% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 7th +2.5pp 30th 40% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 5th +2.0pp 31st 57% 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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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 →
  • 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Palatine started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 8.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.7% to 95.7%).
Bright spot 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 11% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 27th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 25th +11.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 26th +10.9pp 4th 7% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 30th +9.5pp 5th 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 13th +11.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 20th +9.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 16th +9.8pp 8th on par with peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 24th +8.8pp 9th 6% below peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 15th +8.6pp 10th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 22nd +8.3pp 11th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 17th +7.1pp 12th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 11th +7.1pp 13th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 95.7% 10th +6.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 23rd +6.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 7th +5.9pp 16th 3% above peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 18th +5.4pp 17th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 8th +5.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 28th +4.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 98.4% 2nd +4.5pp 20th 4% above peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 21st +4.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 4th +4.0pp 22nd 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 19th +3.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 6th +3.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 12th +2.9pp 25th 1% above peers
Westfield, IN 97.3% 5th +2.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 3rd +2.0pp 27th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 28th 18% below peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 14th +1.0pp 29th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 9th -0.0pp 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: 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 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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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
Victoria, TX 0.44 17th -0.044 1st 2% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 14th -0.040 2nd on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 3rd -0.036 3rd 7% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 27th -0.030 4th 9% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 26th -0.024 5th 8% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 9th -0.019 6th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 23rd -0.018 7th 4% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 15th -0.016 8th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 12th -0.016 9th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 4th -0.010 10th 7% below peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 10th -0.008 11th 2% below peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 28th -0.004 12th 9% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 13th 23% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 5th +0.002 14th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 18th +0.005 15th 2% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 13th +0.012 16th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 17th 13% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 22nd +0.017 18th 4% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 8th +0.016 19th 4% below peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 30th +0.022 20th 14% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 24th +0.022 21st 5% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 19th +0.023 22nd 3% above peers
Parker, CO 0.38 2nd +0.026 23rd 12% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 21st +0.032 24th 4% above peers
Westfield, IN 0.43 16th +0.032 25th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 6th +0.035 26th 5% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 7th +0.051 27th 5% below peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 11th +0.054 28th 2% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 0.46 25th +0.059 29th 7% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.33 1st +0.046 30th 24% 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 →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.5% to 8.2%).
Needs attention 8.2%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 13.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Westfield, IN 2.4% 1st -1.1pp 1st 73% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 6th -2.2pp 2nd 46% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 7th -2.2pp 3rd 43% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 16th -2.3pp 4th on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 23rd -3.1pp 5th 42% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 13th -1.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 19th -1.7pp 7th 21% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 25th -1.4pp 8th 52% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 21st -1.0pp 9th 32% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 24th -0.8pp 10th 47% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 31st -1.1pp 11th 181% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 29th -0.9pp 12th 156% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 17th -0.2pp 13th 3% above peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 30th +1.6pp 14th 162% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 26th +1.1pp 15th 65% above peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 28th +1.8pp 16th 130% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 5th +0.4pp 17th 60% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 15th +1.1pp 18th 8% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 27th +2.3pp 19th 79% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 20th +1.7pp 20th 30% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 12th +1.5pp 21st 14% below peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 22nd +2.6pp 22nd 42% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.8% 10th +1.2pp 23rd 35% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 9th +1.6pp 24th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 3rd +0.9pp 25th 64% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 5.3% 8th +1.5pp 26th 41% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 14th +2.4pp 27th 10% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 11th +2.1pp 28th 25% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 4th +1.3pp 29th 61% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 72% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 18th +5.8pp 31st 6% above 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.
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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 →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • 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 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

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $393,104 in August 2026, up from $369,433 a year earlier.
$393,104
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $297,573 (Aug 26) +5.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Skokie, IL $433,130 (Aug 26) 17th +7.7% 1st 8% below peers
Palatine, IL $393,104 (Aug 26) 20th +6.4% 2nd 17% below peers
Union City, NJ $563,754 (Aug 26) 13th +5.3% 3rd 19% above peers
Brentwood, NY $645,519 (Aug 26) 12th +5.1% 4th 36% above peers
Lorain, OH $156,898 (Aug 26) 30th +3.9% 5th 67% below peers
Kenner, LA $269,861 (Aug 26) 24th +3.9% 6th 43% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $169,776 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 7th 64% below peers
Muncie, IN $158,233 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 8th 67% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $392,134 (Aug 26) 21st +3.5% 9th 17% below peers
Westfield, IN $473,286 (Aug 26) 15th +3.2% 10th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,399,669 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.0% 11th 196% above peers
South San Francisco, CA $1,222,899 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.9% 12th 158% above peers
Burnsville, MN $368,875 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.4% 13th 22% below peers
Malden, MA $674,568 (Aug 26) 11th +1.9% 14th 43% above peers
Waltham, MA $819,328 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 15th 73% above peers
Victoria, TX $218,636 (Aug 26) 27th +0.9% 16th 54% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,089,663 (Aug 26) 5th +0.8% 17th 130% above peers
Richland, WA $466,478 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 18th 1% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $504,093 (Aug 26) 14th -0.2% 19th 7% above peers
Apopka, FL $394,175 (Aug 26) 19th -0.6% 20th 17% below peers
Davis, CA $837,982 (Aug 26) 6th -1.2% 21st 77% above peers
Brentwood, CA $785,641 (Aug 26) 8th -1.3% 22nd 66% above peers
Marana, AZ $417,076 (Aug 26) 18th -1.4% 23rd 12% below peers
Dundalk, MD $221,991 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 24th 53% below peers
Parker, CO $676,203 (Aug 26) 10th -1.6% 25th 43% above peers
Port Orange, FL $337,510 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.4% 26th 29% below peers
Shoreline, WA $785,498 (Aug 26) 9th -2.4% 27th 66% above peers
Union City, CA $1,198,720 (Aug 26) 4th -2.8% 28th 153% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $267,275 (Aug 26) 25th -4.6% 29th 44% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,516,014 (Aug 26) 1st -5.3% 30th 220% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $245,481 in August 2026, up from $235,740 a year earlier.
Big move $245,481
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $155,904 (Aug 26) +6.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Brentwood, NY $597,003 (Aug 26) 10th +13.3% 1st 70% above peers
Lorain, OH $108,986 (Aug 26) 28th +9.3% 2nd 69% below peers
Kenner, LA $195,822 (Aug 26) 24th +8.9% 3rd 44% below peers
Skokie, IL $308,412 (Aug 26) 18th +7.3% 4th 12% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $303,416 (Aug 26) 19th +5.3% 5th 14% below peers
Palatine, IL $245,481 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.1% 6th 30% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $940,947 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 7th 167% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $92,224 (Aug 26) 29th +3.1% 8th 74% below peers
Westfield, IN $347,187 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 9th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ $360,334 (Aug 26) 14th +2.4% 10th 2% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $987,175 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 11th 181% above peers
Muncie, IN $89,592 (Aug 26) 30th +2.1% 12th 75% below peers
Waltham, MA $613,699 (Aug 26) 8th +1.7% 13th 74% above peers
Malden, MA $499,623 (Aug 26) 12th +1.6% 14th 42% above peers
Richland, WA $351,785 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 15th on par with peers
Victoria, TX $122,022 (Aug 26) 27th +0.8% 16th 65% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $844,087 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 17th 140% above peers
Burnsville, MN $248,718 (Aug 26) 21st +0.1% 18th 29% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $413,350 (Aug 26) 13th -0.2% 19th 18% above peers
Davis, CA $631,759 (Aug 26) 7th -0.2% 20th 80% above peers
Apopka, FL $293,799 (Aug 26) 20th -1.1% 21st 16% below peers
Marana, AZ $314,133 (Aug 26) 17th -1.2% 22nd 11% below peers
Parker, CO $541,886 (Aug 26) 11th -1.5% 23rd 54% above peers
Dundalk, MD $182,978 (Aug 26) 25th -1.6% 24th 48% below peers
Shoreline, WA $600,193 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 25th 71% above peers
Brentwood, CA $632,015 (Aug 26) 6th -2.0% 26th 80% above peers
Port Orange, FL $246,084 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.1% 27th 30% below peers
Union City, CA $748,596 (Aug 26) 5th -4.9% 28th 113% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,052,161 (Aug 26) 1st -5.5% 29th 199% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $179,507 (Aug 26) 26th -5.7% 30th 49% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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%
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 7th +7.5pp 1st 21% above peers
Kenner, LA 63.1% 21st +5.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 3rd +7.4pp 3rd 25% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 9th +5.8pp 4th 17% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 6th +5.1pp 5th 24% above peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 11th +4.3pp 6th 13% above peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 2nd +4.3pp 7th 26% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 25th +2.6pp 8th 21% below peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 10th +3.2pp 9th 14% above peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 16th +2.6pp 10th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 12th +1.3pp 11th 9% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 15th +1.2pp 12th 1% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 24th +1.0pp 13th 14% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 19th +0.8pp 14th 3% below peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 29th +0.4pp 15th 34% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 30th +0.3pp 16th 38% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 18th +0.4pp 17th 2% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 4th +0.4pp 18th 25% above peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 20th -0.7pp 19th 3% below peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 17th -0.7pp 20th 2% below peers
Westfield, IN 79.5% 8th -1.8pp 21st 20% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 14th -1.7pp 22nd 2% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 26th -1.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 23rd -1.6pp 24th 13% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 84.7% 1st -2.8pp 25th 28% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 59.0% 22nd -2.2pp 26th 11% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 5th -3.1pp 27th 25% above peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 27th -2.0pp 28th 25% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 28th -2.7pp 29th 33% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 13th -4.7pp 30th 8% above peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 31st 71% 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 · 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,953 in August 2026, up from $1,911 a year earlier.
Big move $1,953
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
South San Francisco, CA $4,027 (Aug 26) 2nd +16.5% 1st 101% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $2,889 (Aug 26) 8th +7.3% 2nd 44% above peers
Union City, CA $2,945 (Aug 26) 5th +6.3% 3rd 47% above peers
Muncie, IN $1,002 (Aug 26) 29th +6.1% 4th 50% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,361 (Aug 26) 11th +6.0% 5th 18% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,532 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.8% 6th 24% below peers
Victoria, TX $1,193 (Aug 26) 26th +4.8% 7th 40% below peers
Westfield, IN $1,928 (Aug 26) 18th +4.3% 8th 4% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,396 (Aug 26) 10th +4.2% 9th 20% above peers
Sammamish, WA $3,587 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 10th 79% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,406 (Aug 26) 4th +4.0% 11th 70% above peers
Lorain, OH $1,133 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 12th 43% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 14th +3.6% 13th 9% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $2,236 (Aug 26) 13th +2.9% 14th 12% above peers
Davis, CA $2,529 (Aug 26) 9th +2.5% 15th 26% above peers
Waltham, MA $2,939 (Aug 26) 6th +2.4% 16th 47% above peers
Palatine, IL $1,953 (Aug 26) 17th +2.2% 17th 2% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,118 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 18th 106% above peers
Shoreline, WA $2,003 (Aug 26) 15th +1.8% 19th on par with peers
Malden, MA $2,895 (Aug 26) 7th +1.8% 20th 45% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $1,148 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 21st 43% below peers
Burnsville, MN $1,486 (Aug 26) 24th +0.9% 22nd 26% below peers
Dundalk, MD $1,485 (Aug 26) 25th +0.7% 23rd 26% below peers
Port Orange, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 20th +0.3% 24th 13% below peers
Kenner, LA $1,525 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.3% 25th 24% below peers
Apopka, FL $2,003 (Aug 26) 16th -0.2% 26th on par with peers
Richland, WA $1,731 (Aug 26) 21st -1.1% 27th 14% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,770 (Aug 26) 19th -2.0% 28th 12% below peers
Parker, CO $2,266 (Aug 26) 12th -2.9% 29th 13% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.2% to 33.1%).
Bright spot 33.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 30.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 12th -14.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Muncie, IN 31.9% 8th -4.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 3rd 46% above peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 28th -3.6pp 4th 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 18th -3.0pp 5th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 17th -2.6pp 6th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 25th -2.6pp 7th 10% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 22nd -0.4pp 8th 3% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 16th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 15th -0.1pp 10th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 13th +0.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 24th +0.9pp 12th 7% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 21st +1.1pp 13th 3% above peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 10th +1.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 14th +1.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 23rd +1.8pp 16th 4% above peers
Westfield, IN 24.4% 3rd +1.2pp 17th 29% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 20th +1.9pp 18th 2% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 28.1% 5th +1.5pp 19th 19% below peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 19th +2.0pp 20th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 38.7% 27th +2.6pp 21st 12% above peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 11th +2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 23rd 36% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 7th +3.0pp 24th 10% below peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 9th +3.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 2nd +2.5pp 26th 32% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 27th 33% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 29th +5.6pp 28th 22% above peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 26th +5.5pp 29th 10% above peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 6th +5.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 4th +4.8pp 31st 25% 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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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 →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 4.7%).
Bright spot 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
Apopka, FL 2.4% 5th -2.0pp 1st 58% below peers
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 49% below peers
Westfield, IN 1.9% 4th -0.7pp 3rd 66% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 26th -2.6pp 4th 58% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 13th -1.4pp 5th 14% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 22nd -2.0pp 6th 42% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 15th -1.1pp 7th 3% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 8th 203% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 23rd -1.1pp 9th 43% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 20th -0.9pp 10th 25% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 18th -0.7pp 11th 21% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 16th -0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 13th 114% above peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 27th -0.3pp 14th 83% above peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 15th 616% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 11th -0.0pp 16th 27% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.7% 1st +0.0pp 17th 88% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 9th +0.1pp 18th 38% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 6th +0.1pp 19th 53% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 17th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 19th +0.4pp 21st 23% above peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 25th +0.7pp 22nd 49% above peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 24th +0.7pp 23rd 44% above peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 70% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 14th +0.8pp 25th 5% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 21st +1.4pp 26th 30% above peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 12th +1.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 10th +0.9pp 28th 34% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 7th +0.6pp 29th 52% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 28th +2.9pp 30th 84% above peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 72% 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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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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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 →
What changed

Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.0% to 7.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Palatine started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 7.6%).
Bright spot 7.6%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 6.9% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Skokie, IL 5.1% 15th -3.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Shoreline, WA 3.8% 10th -1.8pp 2nd 44% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% 7th -1.5pp 3rd 54% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.8% 12th -1.7pp 4th 28% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.3% 27th -3.8pp 5th 69% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.7% 9th -1.2pp 6th 45% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 17th -2.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.7% 16th -2.0pp 8th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 22nd -1.9pp 9th 24% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 10th 57% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 6th -0.5pp 11th 56% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.8% 26th -1.6pp 12th 61% above peers
Muncie, IN 8.0% 19th -1.1pp 13th 19% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 14th 63% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 14th -0.5pp 15th 26% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 1st -0.2pp 16th 68% below peers
Victoria, TX 17.6% 30th -1.0pp 17th 162% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 18th -0.3pp 18th 18% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.6% 28th -0.3pp 19th 89% above peers
Kenner, LA 14.6% 29th +0.3pp 20th 118% above peers
Union City, NJ 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 21st 258% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.5% 25th +0.7pp 22nd 57% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 51% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 13th +0.6pp 24th 27% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.2% 21st +1.1pp 25th 22% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 11th +0.8pp 26th 34% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 24th +2.3pp 27th 55% above peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 5th +0.8pp 28th 56% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.5% 23rd +2.8pp 29th 41% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 66% below peers
Burnsville, MN 8.0% 20th +4.1pp 31st 19% 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 · 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 7.8pp 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 99% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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 50% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 41% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 3rd 39% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 21.4% 4th 33% below peers
Parker, CO 21.9% 5th 31% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 6th 28% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 7th 25% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 8th 24% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 9th 24% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 10th 17% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 11th 16% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 12th 9% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 13th 9% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 14th 8% below peers
Westfield, IN 29.3% 15th 8% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 31.8% 16th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 17th 2% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 18th 5% above peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 19th 5% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 20th 5% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 21st 10% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 22nd 11% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 23rd 12% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 24th 15% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 25th 16% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 26th 17% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 27th 25% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 28th 28% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 29th 29% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 30th 31% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 31st 41% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.2% to 4.5%).
Needs attention 4.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 3.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 10th -4.3pp 1st 38% below peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 65% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 77% below peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 6th -0.9pp 4th 58% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 5th -0.8pp 5th 62% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 19th -1.9pp 6th 17% above peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 16th -1.5pp 7th on par with peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.6% 21st -2.1pp 8th 48% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 76% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.2% 18th -1.5pp 10th 12% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 1.4% 4th -0.3pp 11th 64% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 17th -1.0pp 12th 9% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 26th -1.1pp 13th 93% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 9th -0.3pp 14th 43% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 8th -0.2pp 15th 45% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 15th -0.4pp 16th 9% below peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 13th -0.1pp 17th 21% below peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 23rd +0.0pp 18th 58% above peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 20th +0.6pp 19th 34% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 20th 281% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 11th +0.5pp 21st 33% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 22nd +1.4pp 22nd 52% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 28th +2.1pp 23rd 127% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 25th +1.9pp 24th 86% above peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 29th +2.5pp 25th 141% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 12th +0.8pp 26th 29% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 14th +1.2pp 27th 18% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 27th +3.2pp 28th 119% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 7th +1.5pp 29th 46% below peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 24th +5.0pp 30th 80% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 30th +8.1pp 31st 180% 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 99% 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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.5% to 51.1%).
Bright spot 51.1%
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 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Apopka, FL 38.8% 18th +11.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 29th +4.2pp 2nd 57% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 25th +6.8pp 3rd 29% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 22nd +5.6pp 4th 21% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 5th 61% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 17th +6.2pp 6th 1% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 7th 63% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 24th +4.0pp 8th 27% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 13th +6.1pp 9th 13% above peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 20th +4.6pp 10th 12% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 37.8% 19th +4.9pp 11th 5% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 40.8% 15th +5.2pp 12th 3% above peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 7th +6.2pp 13th 35% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 12th +4.8pp 14th 14% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 26th +2.6pp 15th 34% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 23rd +3.0pp 16th 23% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 27th +2.0pp 17th 48% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 21st +3.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 11th +3.6pp 19th 17% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 8th +3.9pp 20th 33% above peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 10th +2.8pp 21st 20% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 4th +3.0pp 22nd 44% above peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 6th +2.8pp 23rd 41% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 93% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 5th +2.1pp 25th 41% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 1st +1.9pp 26th 94% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 9th +1.1pp 27th 29% above peers
Westfield, IN 59.8% 3rd +1.2pp 28th 50% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 16th +0.8pp 29th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 14th -0.3pp 30th 12% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 28th -0.4pp 31st 49% 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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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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

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.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Palatine started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.9% to 64.5%).
Bright spot 64.5%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 51.1% -4.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 15th +18.5pp 1st 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 14th +16.8pp 2nd 7% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 2nd +20.2pp 3rd 48% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 8th +16.7pp 4th 31% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 1st +13.1pp 5th 50% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 23rd +6.9pp 6th 15% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 20th +7.2pp 7th 9% below peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 18th +7.4pp 8th 4% below peers
Westfield, IN 65.8% 7th +9.9pp 9th 34% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 63.2% 9th +9.0pp 10th 28% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 13th +7.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 4th +9.5pp 12th 37% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 42.6% 22nd +4.7pp 13th 13% below peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 10th +5.2pp 14th 14% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 5th +4.1pp 15th 37% above peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 17th +1.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 30th +0.7pp 17th 42% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 12th +1.4pp 18th 9% above peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 6th +0.3pp 19th 34% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 19th -0.7pp 20th 6% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 3rd -3.4pp 21st 41% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 24th -2.1pp 22nd 23% below peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 11th -3.1pp 23rd 13% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 27th -3.0pp 24th 31% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 29th -4.3pp 25th 38% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 26th -6.3pp 26th 31% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 25th -7.6pp 27th 23% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 16th -22.1pp 28th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 21st -21.5pp 29th 9% below peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 28th -17.0pp 30th 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 31st -19.3pp 31st 58% 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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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 →
  • 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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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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
Parker, CO 0.6% 1st -3.1pp 1st 90% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 3rd -6.2pp 2nd 68% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 18th -7.1pp 3rd 1% above peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 19th -5.2pp 4th 3% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 4th -1.6pp 5th 65% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 6th 33% below peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 16th -3.1pp 7th on par with peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 8th -0.9pp 8th 47% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 25th -1.9pp 9th 54% above peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 24th -1.5pp 10th 41% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 31st -0.6pp 11th 137% above peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 15th -0.2pp 12th 3% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 28th +1.2pp 14th 65% above peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 20th +0.9pp 15th 5% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 7.3% 22nd +1.2pp 16th 24% above peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 26th +1.8pp 17th 60% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 14th +1.3pp 18th 11% below peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 13th +1.4pp 19th 14% below peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 11th +1.3pp 20th 27% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 10th +1.2pp 21st 30% below peers
Westfield, IN 2.5% 5th +0.9pp 22nd 57% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 29th +3.8pp 23rd 75% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 6th +1.0pp 24th 54% below peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 23rd +3.1pp 25th 34% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 12th +2.0pp 26th 26% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.0% 7th +1.4pp 27th 49% below peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.9pp 28th 71% below peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 21st +3.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 27th +5.4pp 30th 63% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 30th +9.8pp 31st 101% 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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 60% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (69,015 to 66,293).
Big move 66,293
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 53,290 31st +64% 1st 18% below peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 15th +54% 2nd on par with peers
Westfield, IN 54,677 30th +38% 3rd 16% below peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 29th +26% 4th 12% below peers
Parker, CO 61,783 26th +14% 5th 5% below peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 28th +12% 6th 10% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 25th +11% 7th 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 27th +9% 8th 6% below peers
Malden, MA 65,906 10th +8% 9th 1% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 8th +6% 10th 2% above peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 14th +5% 11th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 23rd +5% 12th 1% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 9th +5% 13th 1% above peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 7th +4% 14th 2% above peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 19th +3% 15th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 20th +3% 16th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 17th +3% 17th on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 16th +3% 18th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 4th +3% 19th 2% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 13th +3% 20th on par with peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 12th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 2nd -1% 22nd 3% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 11th -2% 23rd 1% above peers
Davis, CA 66,978 3rd -2% 24th 3% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 22nd -2% 25th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 5th -3% 26th 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 18th -3% 27th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 6th -3% 28th 2% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 64,305 24th -5% 29th 1% below peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 21st -6% 30th on par with peers
Union City, CA 67,464 1st -10% 31st 4% 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

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).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.8% to 20.9%).
Big move 20.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 21.9% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 8th +1.1pp 1st 9% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 16th +0.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 7th +0.5pp 3rd 14% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 5th +0.1pp 4th 16% above peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 9th -0.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 3rd -0.2pp 6th 18% above peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 30th -0.1pp 7th 39% below peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 23rd -0.2pp 8th 16% below peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 15th -0.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 18th -0.5pp 10th 5% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 17th -0.5pp 11th 1% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 14th -0.5pp 12th 1% above peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 10th -0.6pp 13th 6% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 20th -0.8pp 14th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 12th -1.0pp 15th 4% above peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 2nd -1.3pp 16th 29% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 28th -0.9pp 17th 29% below peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 11th -1.3pp 18th 6% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 24th -1.2pp 19th 18% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 17.2% 25th -1.2pp 20th 23% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 43.4% 1st -3.4pp 21st 95% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 21st -1.7pp 22nd 7% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 23rd 38% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 31st -1.4pp 24th 39% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 26th -1.9pp 25th 24% below peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 27th -2.1pp 26th 26% below peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 19th -2.8pp 27th 6% below peers
Westfield, IN 25.9% 4th -4.0pp 28th 16% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 13th -3.9pp 29th 1% above peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 6th -4.4pp 30th 16% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 22nd -4.5pp 31st 8% 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's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

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).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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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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
Waltham, MA 24.0% 16th +7.3pp 1st on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 8th +6.0pp 2nd 42% above peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 3rd +8.0pp 3rd 108% above peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 1st +5.2pp 4th 151% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 25th +1.4pp 5th 28% below peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 26th +1.2pp 6th 31% below peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 7th 32% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 15th +1.5pp 8th 12% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 19th +1.2pp 9th 13% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 11th +1.0pp 10th 31% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 13th +0.5pp 11th 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 6th +0.1pp 12th 58% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 118% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 4th -0.4pp 14th 97% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 22.4% 17th -0.4pp 15th 7% below peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 21st -0.4pp 16th 19% below peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 5th -1.3pp 17th 70% above peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 24th -0.7pp 18th 25% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 10th -2.2pp 19th 38% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 9th -2.9pp 20th 38% above peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 7th -3.6pp 21st 47% above peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 20th -2.4pp 22nd 14% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 14th -3.4pp 23rd 23% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 29th -1.6pp 24th 48% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 22nd -2.6pp 25th 22% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 23rd -3.4pp 26th 24% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 12th -6.9pp 27th 26% above peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 18th -7.5pp 28th 7% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 30th -2.7pp 29th 72% below peers
Westfield, IN 13.6% 28th -6.2pp 30th 44% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.5% 31st -4.0pp 31st 73% 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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What changed

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).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
68.3%
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 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marana, AZ 71.4% 13th +19.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 79.3% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 2nd +18.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 5th +14.3pp 4th 12% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 7th +13.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 49.8% 31st +8.6pp 6th 29% below peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 12th +10.7pp 7th 3% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 20th +7.8pp 8th 3% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 24th +6.6pp 9th 13% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 17th +6.5pp 10th 1% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 11th +6.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 23rd +5.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 10th +5.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 15th +4.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 21st +4.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 4th +4.6pp 16th 12% above peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 16th +3.0pp 17th on par with peers
South San Francisco, CA 78.4% 3rd +2.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 8th +1.3pp 19th 6% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 9th -1.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 19th -1.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 14th -1.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 29th -1.8pp 23rd 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 24th 2% below peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 26th -3.3pp 25th 14% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 22nd -4.9pp 26th 4% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 6th -6.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 27th -7.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Westfield, IN 60.2% 25th -11.2pp 29th 14% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 28th -11.3pp 30th 17% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 31st 28% 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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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 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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