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110,920 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Peoria, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.1%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
14.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.4%
Jul 2026
▼ 23%
relative change
5.7% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.2%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
76.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$59,410
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
$51,771 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
37.7%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
34.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
51.1%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
49.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Peoria, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
22.0%
2019-23
▲ 21%
relative change
18.2% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.8%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
28.4%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
24.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.2%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
30.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.52
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
0.52 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
21.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
19.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.3%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 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 →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$59,636
Aug 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$55,443 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$138,052
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$130,751 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,266
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,215 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
112,169
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
113,532 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
74.4%
2020-24
high
vs peers
66.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
45.5%
2020-24
high
vs peers
44.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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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 15% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $51,771 to $59,410 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,823).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Peoria started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 29% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,042 to $59,410).
Bright spot $59,410
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $83,390 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
East Los Angeles, CA $68,741 21st +49% 1st 16% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $63,627 24th +44% 2nd 23% below peers
Gresham, OR $77,795 17th +44% 3rd 6% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 20th +42% 4th 10% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $96,713 10th +42% 5th 17% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 18th +42% 6th 6% below peers
Pueblo, CO $56,664 28th +40% 7th 31% below peers
Sparks, NV $89,056 12th +38% 8th 8% above peers
Everett, WA $83,512 15th +37% 9th 1% above peers
Riverview, FL $100,438 9th +35% 10th 22% above peers
Santa Maria, CA $84,746 14th +34% 11th 3% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $111,505 6th +33% 12th 35% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 19th +31% 13th 7% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $103,069 8th +31% 14th 25% above peers
Lansing, MI $54,382 29th +30% 15th 34% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $106,409 7th +29% 16th 29% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $142,748 1st +29% 17th 73% above peers
Tyler, TX $67,486 22nd +27% 18th 18% below peers
Murrieta, CA $114,081 5th +26% 19th 39% above peers
South Fulton, GA $82,324 16th +25% 20th on par with peers
Allen, TX $130,901 4th +24% 21st 59% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 25th +22% 22nd 28% below peers
Davie, FL $87,250 13th +22% 23rd 6% above peers
Springfield, IL $66,064 23rd +21% 24th 20% below peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 3rd +21% 25th 60% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 11th +20% 26th 10% above peers
Peoria, IL $59,410 26th +15% 27th 28% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $51,464 30th +14% 28th 37% below peers
Beaumont, TX $56,997 27th +13% 29th 31% below peers
Sugar Land, TX $136,217 2nd +12% 30th 65% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR $19,470 31st +12% 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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5 of 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,144 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 1.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.4% in July 2026, down from 5.7% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.4%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.6pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Lansing, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 26th -1.5pp 1st 42% above peers
Peoria, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th -1.3pp 2nd 2% below peers
Springfield, IL 4.1% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 3rd 9% below peers
Downey, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 4th 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.7pp 5th 27% below peers
Tyler, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 3.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.6pp 7th 29% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 8th 4% below peers
Sparks, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.4pp 9th 13% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th -0.3pp 10th 16% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.2pp 11th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.2pp 12th 16% below peers
Murrieta, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 13th 13% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 14th 9% above peers
Gresham, OR 5.9% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 15th 31% above peers
St. George, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th +0.1pp 16th 16% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 17th 16% below peers
South Fulton, GA 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 5.1% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 19th 13% above peers
Edinburg, TX 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.3pp 20th 31% above peers
Everett, WA 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st +0.4pp 21st 18% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th +0.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Pueblo, CO 6.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.4pp 23rd 49% above peers
Beaumont, TX 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 24th 31% above peers
Allen, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th +0.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 26th 22% above peers
Davie, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.7pp 27th 2% below peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.7% then, 21.0% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.3% to 21.0%).
Needs attention 21.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 11.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Miami Gardens, FL 13.6% 21st -7.3pp 1st 20% above peers
Murrieta, CA 5.4% 2nd -2.8pp 2nd 53% below peers
Tyler, TX 12.5% 17th -5.0pp 3rd 10% above peers
Pueblo, CO 17.5% 25th -6.0pp 4th 54% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% 11th -2.7pp 5th 20% below peers
Gresham, OR 13.0% 20th -3.4pp 6th 15% above peers
Lansing, MI 20.1% 26th -4.5pp 7th 77% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.6% 14th -1.7pp 8th 7% below peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 16th -1.7pp 9th on par with peers
Hillsboro, OR 8.5% 8th -1.0pp 10th 26% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 17.3% 24th -1.9pp 11th 53% above peers
Sparks, NV 8.5% 9th -0.9pp 12th 25% below peers
Springfield, IL 16.8% 22nd -1.8pp 13th 48% above peers
Davie, FL 11.2% 15th -0.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Riverview, FL 7.5% 6th -0.3pp 15th 34% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.6% 31st -0.6pp 16th 336% above peers
South Fulton, GA 9.1% 12th +0.0pp 17th 20% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.0% 7th +0.0pp 18th 30% below peers
Everett, WA 12.9% 18th +0.1pp 19th 14% above peers
Downey, CA 9.0% 10th +0.1pp 20th 21% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.3% 1st +0.1pp 21st 71% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 25.1% 29th +1.1pp 22nd 121% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.9% 19th +0.6pp 23rd 14% above peers
Peoria, IL 21.0% 27th +1.3pp 24th 85% above peers
Edinburg, TX 26.0% 30th +2.1pp 25th 128% above peers
Beaumont, TX 21.2% 28th +2.6pp 26th 87% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 10.4% 13th +1.5pp 27th 8% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 6.9% 5th +1.1pp 28th 39% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 17.3% 23rd +2.8pp 29th 52% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.5% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 51% below peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 4th +1.5pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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5 of 31 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.6% to 28.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.9% to 28.4%).
Needs attention 28.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 15.1% -2.0pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murrieta, CA 5.4% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 60% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.2% 21st -14.7pp 2nd 34% above peers
Gresham, OR 14.3% 17th -11.2pp 3rd 5% above peers
Pueblo, CO 22.1% 22nd -11.5pp 4th 62% above peers
Tyler, TX 18.0% 20th -6.4pp 5th 33% above peers
Lansing, MI 28.4% 28th -9.8pp 6th 109% above peers
Sparks, NV 10.6% 7th -2.7pp 7th 22% below peers
Springfield, IL 24.1% 24th -5.6pp 8th 78% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 11.4% 10th -2.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Everett, WA 13.6% 16th -2.9pp 10th on par with peers
Davie, FL 11.4% 11th -2.2pp 11th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 14th -2.4pp 12th 3% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 12.2% 13th -1.9pp 13th 10% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 25.0% 26th -3.3pp 14th 84% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 18th -2.2pp 15th 24% above peers
Riverview, FL 8.4% 5th -0.7pp 16th 38% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 17th 384% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 9th -0.4pp 18th 18% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 23.6% 23rd -0.7pp 19th 73% above peers
Beaumont, TX 28.6% 29th +0.2pp 20th 110% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 19th +0.2pp 21st 24% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 22nd 78% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 7.2% 4th +0.7pp 23rd 47% below peers
South Fulton, GA 13.3% 15th +1.3pp 24th 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 30th +4.1pp 25th 165% above peers
Peoria, IL 28.4% 27th +3.8pp 26th 109% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 24.2% 25th +3.7pp 27th 78% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 10.9% 8th +2.7pp 28th 20% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 6.0% 3rd +1.6pp 29th 56% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 12.0% 12th +3.6pp 30th 12% below peers
Allen, TX 8.9% 6th +3.6pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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5 of 31 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 14.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 76.1% to 90.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Peoria started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 19.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (70.8% to 90.2%).
Bright spot 90.2%
20172024
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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 90.9% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Ponce zona urbana, PR 85.9% 31st +25.5pp 1st 7% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 88.5% 27th +20.9pp 2nd 4% below peers
Beaumont, TX 90.4% 20th +18.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 87.6% 29th +16.9pp 4th 5% below peers
Pueblo, CO 88.2% 28th +14.5pp 5th 4% below peers
Peoria, IL 90.2% 21st +14.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 26th +12.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 25th +11.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Springfield, IL 90.1% 22nd +11.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Lansing, MI 89.5% 24th +10.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Tyler, TX 90.9% 18th +10.2pp 11th 1% below peers
South Fulton, GA 95.7% 10th +9.7pp 12th 4% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 86.6% 30th +8.1pp 13th 6% below peers
Gresham, OR 91.7% 17th +7.6pp 14th on par with peers
Everett, WA 92.8% 15th +7.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 13th +6.2pp 16th 1% above peers
Sparks, NV 93.1% 14th +6.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 96.4% 6th +6.2pp 18th 5% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 94.7% 11th +6.0pp 19th 3% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 16th +5.7pp 20th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 19th +5.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 96.1% 9th +4.7pp 22nd 5% above peers
Riverview, FL 97.9% 1st +4.3pp 23rd 6% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 97.0% 4th +4.0pp 24th 6% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 89.8% 23rd +3.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 96.2% 8th +3.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Davie, FL 94.6% 12th +2.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 97.6% 2nd +2.5pp 28th 6% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 5th +2.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 96.3% 7th +1.6pp 30th 5% above peers
Allen, TX 97.3% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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5 of 31 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.52 then, 0.52 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.50 to 0.52).
Needs attention 0.52
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Tyler, TX 0.46 23rd -0.036 1st 7% above peers
Pueblo, CO 0.46 24th -0.011 2nd 7% above peers
Beaumont, TX 0.48 26th -0.010 3rd 11% above peers
St. George, UT 0.44 17th -0.007 4th 1% above peers
Sparks, NV 0.40 5th -0.006 5th 7% below peers
Murrieta, CA 0.40 3rd -0.005 6th 8% below peers
Davie, FL 0.49 27th -0.004 7th 12% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 0.52 30th -0.003 8th 21% above peers
South Fulton, GA 0.41 7th -0.001 9th 6% below peers
Lansing, MI 0.43 13th +0.001 10th 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 0.42 11th +0.001 11th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 9th +0.002 12th 4% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 0.43 16th +0.003 13th on par with peers
Springfield, IL 0.49 28th +0.004 14th 14% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 15th 33% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 0.36 1st +0.004 16th 17% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 0.44 18th +0.005 17th 2% above peers
Peoria, IL 0.52 29th +0.008 18th 20% above peers
Gresham, OR 0.43 14th +0.007 19th 2% below peers
Riverview, FL 0.39 2nd +0.007 20th 11% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 0.46 22nd +0.009 21st 6% above peers
Allen, TX 0.41 8th +0.010 22nd 5% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 0.43 12th +0.010 23rd 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 25th +0.014 24th 10% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 6th +0.014 25th 6% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 0.46 21st +0.016 26th 5% above peers
Everett, WA 0.45 19th +0.017 27th 3% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 0.40 4th +0.022 28th 7% below peers
Downey, CA 0.43 15th +0.028 29th 1% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 0.42 10th +0.032 30th 3% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 20th +0.050 31st 4% 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 18.2% to 22.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 7.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (15.1% to 22.0%).
Needs attention 22.0%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 13.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Allen, TX 2.1% 1st -1.6pp 1st 81% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 5th -3.1pp 2nd 50% below peers
Tyler, TX 9.7% 12th -2.8pp 3rd 14% below peers
Davie, FL 9.4% 11th -2.1pp 4th 16% below peers
Gresham, OR 18.6% 23rd -3.7pp 5th 66% above peers
Lansing, MI 19.8% 25th -3.1pp 6th 76% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 7th -1.2pp 7th 32% below peers
Everett, WA 16.6% 20th -2.1pp 8th 48% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 10.7% 15th -1.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Beaumont, TX 16.0% 19th -1.5pp 10th 43% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 30.1% 30th -2.6pp 11th 168% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 28th -1.7pp 12th 105% above peers
Riverview, FL 9.7% 13th -0.5pp 13th 13% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 21st +0.4pp 14th 55% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.6% 9th +0.3pp 15th 23% below peers
Pueblo, CO 24.6% 29th +1.0pp 16th 120% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.5% 18th +0.8pp 17th 39% above peers
Sparks, NV 10.3% 14th +0.7pp 18th 8% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 8.7% 10th +0.6pp 19th 22% below peers
Springfield, IL 18.3% 22nd +2.3pp 20th 63% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 21st 387% above peers
Murrieta, CA 7.3% 6th +1.2pp 22nd 35% below peers
Peoria, IL 22.0% 27th +3.8pp 23rd 97% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 14.3% 17th +3.2pp 24th 28% above peers
South Fulton, GA 18.9% 24th +4.7pp 25th 69% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 7.7% 8th +2.0pp 26th 31% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 2nd +0.9pp 27th 77% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 16th +4.1pp 28th on par with peers
East Los Angeles, CA 21.1% 26th +8.9pp 29th 88% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.6% 3rd +1.6pp 30th 68% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 3.7% 4th +1.8pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $138,052 in August 2026, up from $130,751 a year earlier.
Big move $138,052
2002August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $297,573 (Aug 26) +5.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Springfield, IL $172,189 (Aug 26) 25th +7.2% 1st 63% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $1,411,696 (Aug 26) 2nd +6.3% 2nd 204% above peers
Peoria, IL $138,052 (Aug 26) 27th +5.6% 3rd 70% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $665,729 (Aug 26) 6th +3.7% 4th 43% above peers
Beaumont, TX $174,699 (Aug 26) 24th +3.2% 5th 62% below peers
Downey, CA $878,882 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 6th 89% above peers
Lansing, MI $169,388 (Aug 26) 26th +2.1% 7th 64% below peers
Sparks, NV $535,221 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 8th 15% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $245,668 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.9% 9th 47% below peers
Edinburg, TX $217,369 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.8% 10th 53% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $410,897 (Aug 26) 16th +0.4% 11th 12% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $475,297 (Aug 26) 13th +0.4% 12th 2% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $666,566 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 13th 43% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $442,326 (Aug 26) 15th +0.2% 14th 5% below peers
Murrieta, CA $687,308 (Aug 26) 4th +0.1% 15th 48% above peers
Tyler, TX $252,481 (Aug 26) 21st -0.3% 16th 46% below peers
Gresham, OR $464,687 (Aug 26) 14th -0.5% 17th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL $342,262 (Aug 26) 19th -0.9% 18th 26% below peers
Centennial, CO $632,941 (Aug 26) 8th -1.3% 19th 36% above peers
Everett, WA $636,751 (Aug 26) 7th -1.6% 20th 37% above peers
Davie, FL $516,933 (Aug 26) 10th -2.1% 21st 11% above peers
Pueblo, CO $282,535 (Aug 26) 20th -2.5% 22nd 39% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $392,485 (Aug 26) 17th -2.6% 23rd 16% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $512,474 (Aug 26) 11th -2.6% 24th 10% above peers
Riverview, FL $363,568 (Aug 26) 18th -2.8% 25th 22% below peers
Allen, TX $485,393 (Aug 26) 12th -5.4% 26th 4% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $1,593,241 (Aug 26) 1st -15.9% 27th 243% 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 8% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $59,636 in August 2026, up from $55,443 a year earlier.
Big move $59,636
2002August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $155,904 (Aug 26) +6.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Peoria, IL $59,636 (Aug 26) 27th +7.6% 1st 82% below peers
Springfield, IL $85,953 (Aug 26) 26th +6.6% 2nd 75% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $1,014,150 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 3rd 199% above peers
Beaumont, TX $97,910 (Aug 26) 25th +6.1% 4th 71% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $558,449 (Aug 26) 6th +4.4% 5th 64% above peers
Edinburg, TX $141,466 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.7% 6th 58% below peers
Lansing, MI $109,424 (Aug 26) 24th +3.3% 7th 68% below peers
Downey, CA $746,237 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.5% 8th 120% above peers
Sparks, NV $416,227 (Aug 26) 9th +1.7% 9th 23% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $579,642 (Aug 26) 4th +1.7% 10th 71% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $329,822 (Aug 26) 15th +1.3% 11th 3% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $364,303 (Aug 26) 13th +0.4% 12th 7% above peers
Murrieta, CA $566,220 (Aug 26) 5th -0.3% 13th 67% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $149,142 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.4% 14th 56% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $278,883 (Aug 26) 18th -0.6% 15th 18% below peers
Gresham, OR $366,857 (Aug 26) 12th -1.1% 16th 8% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $303,351 (Aug 26) 16th -1.6% 17th 11% below peers
Everett, WA $472,835 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 18th 39% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $981,152 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.8% 19th 189% above peers
Centennial, CO $483,951 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 20th 42% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $339,749 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 21st on par with peers
Pueblo, CO $179,474 (Aug 26) 20th -2.4% 22nd 47% below peers
Tyler, TX $151,432 (Aug 26) 21st -2.6% 23rd 55% below peers
Riverview, FL $286,786 (Aug 26) 17th -3.4% 24th 16% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $407,638 (Aug 26) 10th -3.6% 25th 20% above peers
Davie, FL $275,994 (Aug 26) 19th -4.0% 26th 19% below peers
Allen, TX $368,034 (Aug 26) 11th -4.9% 27th 8% above 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 (55.9% then, 57.5% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.6% to 57.5%).
57.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 67.1% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 2nd +7.6pp 1st 37% above peers
Pueblo, CO 61.4% 15th +4.8pp 2nd 3% above peers
Everett, WA 49.0% 28th +3.1pp 3rd 18% below peers
Lansing, MI 53.8% 23rd +3.2pp 4th 10% below peers
South Fulton, GA 71.5% 6th +4.1pp 5th 20% above peers
Murrieta, CA 69.5% 7th +3.5pp 6th 16% above peers
Riverview, FL 75.7% 5th +3.7pp 7th 27% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 82.2% 1st +3.9pp 8th 37% above peers
Tyler, TX 55.4% 21st +2.5pp 9th 7% below peers
Springfield, IL 64.3% 13th +2.9pp 10th 7% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 55.9% 19th +1.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 39.5% 30th +1.2pp 12th 34% below peers
Gresham, OR 55.8% 20th +1.6pp 13th 7% below peers
Peoria, IL 57.5% 18th +1.6pp 14th 4% below peers
Beaumont, TX 55.3% 22nd +1.3pp 15th 8% below peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 25th +1.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Sparks, NV 59.8% 16th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 10th +1.1pp 18th 11% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 17th +0.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 11th +0.9pp 20th 9% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 64.4% 12th +0.9pp 21st 8% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 50.2% 27th +0.5pp 22nd 16% below peers
Davie, FL 67.1% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 12% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 80.3% 4th -1.1pp 24th 34% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 33.5% 31st -0.5pp 25th 44% below peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 3rd -1.6pp 26th 35% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.9% 14th -1.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 24th -2.5pp 28th 11% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 50.2% 26th -3.0pp 29th 16% below peers
Allen, TX 69.4% 8th -4.7pp 30th 16% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 42.9% 29th -5.5pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,266 in August 2026, up from $1,215 a year earlier.
Big move $1,266
2016August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Sparks, NV $2,140 (Aug 26) 9th +9.2% 1st 10% above peers
Lansing, MI $1,222 (Aug 26) 25th +6.0% 2nd 37% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $3,556 (Aug 26) 1st +4.7% 3rd 83% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $1,448 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 4th 26% below peers
Peoria, IL $1,266 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.2% 5th 35% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $2,571 (Aug 26) 4th +3.8% 6th 32% above peers
Downey, CA $2,305 (Aug 26) 7th +3.4% 7th 18% above peers
Santa Maria, CA $2,537 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 8th 30% above peers
Springfield, IL $1,159 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 9th 40% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $3,148 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 10th 62% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $2,111 (Aug 26) 11th +2.3% 11th 8% above peers
Everett, WA $1,946 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 12th on par with peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $2,035 (Aug 26) 12th +2.0% 13th 5% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,547 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 14th 21% below peers
Tyler, TX $1,314 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.6% 15th 33% below peers
Murrieta, CA $2,672 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.5% 16th 37% above peers
Beaumont, TX $1,243 (Aug 26) 24th +1.4% 17th 36% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $1,868 (Aug 26) 16th +1.2% 18th 4% below peers
Davie, FL $2,404 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 19th 24% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,029 (Aug 26) 27th +0.8% 20th 47% below peers
Pueblo, CO $1,342 (Aug 26) 21st +0.3% 21st 31% below peers
Allen, TX $1,714 (Aug 26) 17th +0.3% 22nd 12% below peers
Riverview, FL $2,129 (Aug 26) 10th -0.4% 23rd 9% above peers
Centennial, CO $2,231 (Aug 26) 8th -0.5% 24th 15% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $2,032 (Aug 26) 13th -0.6% 25th 4% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $1,944 (Aug 26) 15th -0.9% 26th on par with peers
Gresham, OR $1,617 (Aug 26) 18th -0.9% 27th 17% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.5% to 33.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.3% to 33.2%).
Needs attention 33.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 30.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
East Los Angeles, CA 44.0% 28th -4.9pp 1st 26% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 27.2% 3rd -2.2pp 2nd 22% below peers
Lansing, MI 34.1% 15th -1.7pp 3rd 2% below peers
Springfield, IL 27.4% 4th -1.1pp 4th 21% below peers
Gresham, OR 42.9% 25th -1.4pp 5th 23% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 43.3% 26th -0.9pp 6th 25% above peers
Tyler, TX 32.4% 10th -0.6pp 7th 7% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 40.3% 21st -0.7pp 8th 16% above peers
Pueblo, CO 37.0% 19th -0.6pp 9th 6% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 51.7% 31st -0.5pp 10th 49% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 16th -0.1pp 11th on par with peers
Sparks, NV 32.4% 9th -0.1pp 12th 7% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 8th -0.0pp 13th 8% below peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 30th +0.1pp 14th 29% above peers
Murrieta, CA 40.8% 22nd +0.3pp 15th 17% above peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 14th +0.4pp 16th 3% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 11th +0.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 5th +0.8pp 18th 16% below peers
Everett, WA 42.1% 24th +1.3pp 19th 21% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 41.2% 23rd +1.5pp 20th 19% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 33.4% 13th +1.7pp 21st 4% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 44.5% 29th +2.5pp 22nd 28% above peers
Peoria, IL 33.2% 12th +2.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
South Fulton, GA 36.2% 18th +3.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Riverview, FL 32.0% 7th +3.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 39.8% 20th +4.2pp 26th 15% above peers
Davie, FL 43.6% 27th +4.6pp 27th 26% above peers
Beaumont, TX 35.1% 17th +4.7pp 28th 1% above peers
Allen, TX 31.4% 6th +4.8pp 29th 10% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 26.9% 2nd +4.3pp 30th 23% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 1st +4.6pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.3% to 10.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Peoria started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.0% to 10.1%).
Bright spot 10.1%
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 11.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Peoria, IL 10.1% 27th -4.1pp 1st 88% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.3% 15th -1.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 31st -4.5pp 3rd 199% above peers
Everett, WA 8.0% 22nd -2.1pp 4th 49% above peers
Sparks, NV 4.7% 12th -1.1pp 5th 13% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 2.1% 1st -0.5pp 6th 60% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 2.1% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 60% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 17th -0.9pp 8th 13% above peers
Pueblo, CO 8.6% 23rd -1.2pp 9th 61% above peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 10th -0.6pp 10th 23% below peers
Murrieta, CA 2.7% 3rd -0.3pp 11th 50% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 20th -0.5pp 12th 28% above peers
Lansing, MI 11.8% 30th -0.8pp 13th 119% above peers
Springfield, IL 10.3% 28th -0.5pp 14th 92% above peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 16th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
South Fulton, GA 3.9% 8th -0.1pp 16th 28% below peers
Davie, FL 4.2% 11th -0.1pp 17th 22% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 7.8% 21st +0.0pp 18th 44% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 29th +0.5pp 19th 112% above peers
Tyler, TX 6.3% 18th +0.3pp 20th 17% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.8% 24th +0.5pp 21st 64% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 9.6% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 79% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 4.8% 13th +0.7pp 23rd 10% below peers
Beaumont, TX 9.6% 25th +1.4pp 24th 78% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.2% 7th +0.6pp 25th 41% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 6.3% 19th +1.4pp 26th 17% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 4th +0.7pp 27th 46% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 28th 27% below peers
Allen, TX 3.2% 6th +0.9pp 29th 41% below peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 14th +1.5pp 30th 2% below peers
Riverview, FL 3.1% 5th +0.9pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.8% to 6.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.1% to 6.8%).
Needs attention 6.8%
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 6.9% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Riverview, FL 7.5% 14th -3.4pp 1st 11% below peers
Downey, CA 7.1% 12th -3.2pp 2nd 15% below peers
Pueblo, CO 5.8% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 30% below peers
Murrieta, CA 4.6% 5th -1.4pp 4th 45% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 3rd -1.2pp 5th 52% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 23rd -3.1pp 6th 30% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.2% 6th -1.4pp 7th 38% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.5% 19th -2.3pp 8th 15% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 14.9% 27th -3.5pp 9th 79% above peers
Lansing, MI 6.1% 8th -1.2pp 10th 27% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.8pp 11th 52% below peers
South Fulton, GA 10.0% 21st -1.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 10th -0.8pp 13th 25% below peers
St. George, UT 11.5% 24th -0.9pp 14th 38% above peers
Springfield, IL 4.1% 4th -0.2pp 15th 51% below peers
Everett, WA 9.3% 18th -0.1pp 16th 12% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 19.8% 29th -0.1pp 17th 137% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.0% 15th -0.0pp 18th 3% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 7.4% 13th +0.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Edinburg, TX 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 20th 188% above peers
Beaumont, TX 20.3% 30th +0.6pp 21st 143% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 14.6% 26th +0.5pp 22nd 76% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.2% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 26% below peers
Sparks, NV 10.2% 22nd +0.8pp 24th 22% above peers
Tyler, TX 18.0% 28th +1.5pp 25th 116% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.6% 20th +0.9pp 26th 15% above peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 1st +0.5pp 27th 54% below peers
Davie, FL 13.1% 25th +1.7pp 28th 57% above peers
Allen, TX 8.4% 17th +1.2pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, IL 6.8% 11th +1.0pp 30th 18% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.3% 16th +1.4pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 34.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Centennial, CO 22.2% 1st 33% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.6% 2nd 29% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 27.2% 3rd 18% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 27.3% 4th 18% below peers
Downey, CA 28.2% 5th 15% below peers
Allen, TX 28.5% 6th 14% below peers
Davie, FL 28.9% 7th 13% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 29.2% 8th 12% below peers
Sparks, NV 29.9% 9th 10% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 10th 9% below peers
Riverview, FL 31.3% 11th 5% below peers
Murrieta, CA 31.3% 12th 5% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 31.6% 13th 5% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.6% 14th 5% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 32.5% 15th 2% below peers
Pueblo, CO 33.1% 16th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 17th 3% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 18th 3% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 34.6% 19th 5% above peers
Everett, WA 35.0% 20th 6% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 35.7% 21st 8% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 36.5% 22nd 10% above peers
Peoria, IL 36.8% 23rd 11% above peers
South Fulton, GA 37.0% 24th 12% above peers
Lansing, MI 37.7% 25th 14% above peers
Beaumont, TX 39.3% 26th 19% above peers
Springfield, IL 39.5% 27th 19% above peers
Tyler, TX 39.8% 28th 20% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 44.3% 29th 34% above peers
Edinburg, TX 45.7% 30th 38% 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 (3.0% then, 3.5% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.1% to 3.5%).
3.5%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 3.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Costa Mesa, CA 2.7% 8th -4.3pp 1st 28% below peers
Downey, CA 3.0% 10th -3.9pp 2nd 17% below peers
Riverview, FL 3.6% 15th -3.1pp 3rd 1% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 2nd -1.0pp 4th 53% below peers
South Fulton, GA 4.3% 17th -2.2pp 5th 18% above peers
Pueblo, CO 2.0% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Springfield, IL 1.3% 1st -0.5pp 7th 65% below peers
Lansing, MI 2.1% 4th -0.7pp 8th 43% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 27th -3.8pp 9th 210% above peers
Sparks, NV 5.2% 19th -1.2pp 10th 42% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 2.7% 9th -0.5pp 11th 27% below peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 28th -2.0pp 12th 212% above peers
Everett, WA 3.3% 11th -0.1pp 13th 11% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.5% 6th -0.0pp 14th 32% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 5.2% 20th +0.1pp 15th 42% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.8% 21st +0.4pp 16th 58% above peers
Peoria, IL 3.5% 14th +0.5pp 17th 5% below peers
Beaumont, TX 11.7% 30th +1.7pp 18th 220% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.0% 24th +1.5pp 19th 144% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 3.4% 12th +0.7pp 20th 6% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 5th +0.5pp 21st 35% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.5% 13th +0.7pp 22nd 6% below peers
Tyler, TX 10.6% 25th +2.3pp 23rd 188% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 10.8% 26th +2.6pp 24th 195% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 7th +0.8pp 25th 29% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 31st +4.6pp 26th 305% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.1% 23rd +2.9pp 27th 120% above peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 22nd +2.3pp 28th 66% above peers
Davie, FL 11.7% 29th +5.2pp 29th 218% above peers
Murrieta, CA 3.7% 16th +2.0pp 30th on par with peers
Gresham, OR 4.7% 18th +2.6pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.9% to 37.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Peoria started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.1% to 37.6%).
Bright spot 37.7%
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 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 30th +2.7pp 1st 65% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 18th +6.8pp 2nd 9% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.1% 28th +4.0pp 3rd 45% below peers
Pueblo, CO 23.7% 26th +4.8pp 4th 27% below peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 12th +7.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Everett, WA 28.8% 19th +5.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Sparks, NV 27.6% 21st +4.4pp 7th 15% below peers
Riverview, FL 36.5% 13th +5.2pp 8th 12% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 41.5% 7th +5.7pp 9th 27% above peers
Lansing, MI 30.2% 17th +4.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 22nd +3.1pp 11th 19% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.7% 29th +1.8pp 12th 52% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 23.9% 25th +2.6pp 13th 27% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 45.0% 5th +4.6pp 14th 38% above peers
Downey, CA 26.1% 23rd +2.7pp 15th 20% below peers
Centennial, CO 62.6% 2nd +5.2pp 16th 92% above peers
Peoria, IL 37.6% 11th +2.7pp 17th 16% above peers
Murrieta, CA 32.6% 15th +2.3pp 18th on par with peers
Tyler, TX 31.4% 16th +2.0pp 19th 4% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 39.4% 9th +2.5pp 20th 21% above peers
Allen, TX 57.5% 4th +2.9pp 21st 76% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.0% 1st +2.9pp 22nd 93% above peers
Gresham, OR 23.3% 27th +1.0pp 23rd 29% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.1% 3rd +2.5pp 24th 90% above peers
South Fulton, GA 39.0% 10th +1.6pp 25th 20% above peers
Davie, FL 40.0% 8th +1.3pp 26th 23% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 20th +0.7pp 27th 13% below peers
Springfield, IL 36.3% 14th +0.5pp 28th 11% above peers
Beaumont, TX 24.9% 24th +0.4pp 29th 24% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 42.3% 6th +0.3pp 30th 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.2% then, 51.1% now; margin ±10.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.9% to 51.1%).
Bright spot 51.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 51.1% -4.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 22nd +13.3pp 1st 16% below peers
Lansing, MI 49.0% 14th +9.2pp 2nd 9% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 48.6% 15th +3.7pp 3rd 8% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 64.8% 2nd +2.7pp 4th 44% above peers
Peoria, IL 51.1% 10th +1.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 62.3% 3rd +1.6pp 6th 39% above peers
Riverview, FL 52.5% 9th +0.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Beaumont, TX 49.8% 13th +0.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Davie, FL 56.9% 6th -1.5pp 9th 27% above peers
South Fulton, GA 65.8% 1st -2.0pp 10th 46% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 41.7% 17th -1.6pp 11th 7% below peers
Sparks, NV 38.8% 20th -2.6pp 12th 14% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 26.0% 31st -1.8pp 13th 42% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 58.2% 5th -4.4pp 14th 29% above peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 16th -6.3pp 15th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 18th -5.6pp 16th 11% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.2% 28th -4.5pp 17th 31% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 29.2% 29th -5.1pp 18th 35% below peers
Murrieta, CA 36.0% 23rd -6.5pp 19th 20% below peers
Springfield, IL 49.9% 12th -10.9pp 20th 11% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 7th -12.8pp 21st 25% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 55.1% 8th -12.6pp 22nd 22% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 24th -8.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 4th -14.5pp 24th 32% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 38.5% 21st -10.3pp 25th 14% below peers
Allen, TX 51.0% 11th -14.5pp 26th 13% above peers
Pueblo, CO 32.5% 26th -14.8pp 27th 28% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 39.1% 19th -18.1pp 28th 13% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 27th -15.7pp 29th 29% below peers
Everett, WA 26.9% 30th -14.8pp 30th 40% below peers
Tyler, TX 34.8% 25th -19.3pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 11.3% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.6% to 11.3%).
Needs attention 11.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 6.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Centennial, CO 2.2% 1st -1.9pp 1st 75% below peers
Riverview, FL 5.5% 7th -4.5pp 2nd 39% below peers
Pueblo, CO 11.8% 29th -4.8pp 3rd 31% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 7.6% 13th -2.5pp 4th 16% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.8% 5th -1.2pp 5th 47% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.5% 2nd -0.6pp 6th 73% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 5.6% 8th -1.0pp 7th 38% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.7% 20th -1.6pp 8th 7% above peers
Everett, WA 8.7% 15th -1.4pp 9th 4% below peers
Springfield, IL 9.7% 21st -0.9pp 10th 8% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 6.8% 12th -0.6pp 11th 25% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 28th -0.2pp 12th 29% above peers
Davie, FL 2.8% 3rd +0.1pp 13th 69% below peers
Lansing, MI 11.0% 25th +1.0pp 14th 21% above peers
Beaumont, TX 11.2% 26th +1.1pp 15th 23% above peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 11th +0.7pp 16th 27% below peers
Tyler, TX 8.4% 14th +1.1pp 17th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 30th +1.9pp 18th 33% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 9.1% 16th +1.7pp 19th on par with peers
Gresham, OR 9.6% 19th +2.0pp 20th 6% above peers
Peoria, IL 11.3% 27th +3.1pp 21st 25% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.1% 6th +1.9pp 22nd 43% below peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 10th +2.2pp 23rd 36% below peers
Allen, TX 5.8% 9th +2.6pp 24th 36% below peers
Murrieta, CA 9.2% 17th +4.5pp 25th 2% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.1% 4th +1.6pp 26th 66% below peers
Sparks, NV 9.4% 18th +4.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 31st +7.8pp 28th 59% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 22nd +5.8pp 29th 9% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 10.7% 24th +6.4pp 30th 18% above peers
South Fulton, GA 10.5% 23rd +8.7pp 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.3pp 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 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 113,532 to 112,169 - more than the combined survey margin (±430).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 63% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (115,718 to 112,169).
Big move 112,169
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
St. George, UT 101,995 30th +21% 1st 8% below peers
Riverview, FL 113,697 2nd +19% 2nd 3% above peers
South Fulton, GA 110,471 15th +15% 3rd on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 31st +14% 4th 11% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 109,189 23rd +13% 5th 1% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 111,038 13th +12% 6th 1% above peers
Sparks, NV 110,024 19th +9% 7th on par with peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 29th +9% 8th 5% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 28th +9% 9th 4% below peers
Allen, TX 110,265 18th +8% 10th on par with peers
Tyler, TX 109,215 22nd +4% 11th 1% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 110,462 16th +4% 12th on par with peers
Davie, FL 108,346 24th +4% 13th 2% below peers
Everett, WA 111,845 10th +2% 14th 1% above peers
Gresham, OR 112,378 7th +2% 15th 2% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 113,177 5th +2% 16th 2% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 108,231 25th +2% 17th 2% below peers
Pueblo, CO 111,561 12th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 114,373 1st +0% 19th 4% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 109,857 21st -0% 20th 1% below peers
Murrieta, CA 112,064 9th -1% 21st 1% above peers
Peoria, IL 112,169 8th -1% 22nd 2% above peers
Downey, CA 110,939 14th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 26th -2% 24th 2% below peers
Springfield, IL 113,330 3rd -2% 25th 3% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 110,330 17th -3% 26th on par with peers
Lansing, MI 113,023 6th -4% 27th 2% above peers
Beaumont, TX 113,279 4th -4% 28th 3% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 27th -5% 29th 2% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 110,016 20th -7% 30th on par with peers
East Los Angeles, CA 111,647 11th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.1% then, 24.4% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.0% to 24.4%).
24.4%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 21.9% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
South Fulton, GA 26.5% 4th +1.7pp 1st 17% above peers
Davie, FL 22.4% 17th +0.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Tyler, TX 23.3% 13th +0.3pp 3rd 3% above peers
Beaumont, TX 25.3% 8th +0.3pp 4th 11% above peers
Peoria, IL 24.4% 10th +0.3pp 5th 8% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.4% 12th +0.2pp 6th 3% above peers
Riverview, FL 26.3% 5th +0.2pp 7th 16% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 22.9% 14th +0.2pp 8th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 9th -0.1pp 9th 9% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 30.9% 1st -0.6pp 10th 36% above peers
Pueblo, CO 21.6% 20th -0.8pp 11th 4% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 17.4% 29th -0.6pp 12th 23% below peers
Everett, WA 19.8% 26th -0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 23rd -0.9pp 14th 6% below peers
Lansing, MI 21.6% 21st -1.0pp 15th 5% below peers
Springfield, IL 20.8% 24th -1.1pp 16th 8% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 31st -1.0pp 17th 24% below peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 19th -1.3pp 18th 4% below peers
Sparks, NV 22.1% 18th -1.4pp 19th 3% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 22.7% 15th -1.7pp 20th on par with peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 19.7% 27th -1.6pp 21st 13% below peers
Gresham, OR 22.7% 16th -2.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 26.3% 6th -2.3pp 23rd 16% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 18.5% 28th -1.8pp 24th 18% below peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 2nd -3.0pp 25th 22% above peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 22nd -2.4pp 26th 6% below peers
Allen, TX 25.4% 7th -2.9pp 27th 12% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 24.1% 11th -3.2pp 28th 7% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 30th -2.7pp 29th 24% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 26.8% 3rd -4.4pp 30th 18% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 20.4% 25th -3.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (44.8% then, 45.5% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.2% to 45.5%).
Big move 45.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 29.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Hillsboro, OR 30.3% 18th +7.8pp 1st 6% below peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 10th +9.4pp 2nd 37% above peers
Gresham, OR 38.7% 13th +7.4pp 3rd 20% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 45.1% 9th +7.7pp 4th 39% above peers
Sparks, NV 32.7% 15th +5.3pp 5th 1% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 21.6% 25th +3.5pp 6th 33% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 16th +4.8pp 7th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 42.6% 11th +5.7pp 8th 32% above peers
Allen, TX 15.2% 30th +1.9pp 9th 53% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 10.7% 31st +1.3pp 10th 67% below peers
Beaumont, TX 50.5% 2nd +3.2pp 11th 56% above peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 14th +2.1pp 12th 12% above peers
Riverview, FL 28.0% 22nd +0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Peoria, IL 45.5% 8th +0.8pp 14th 41% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 19.3% 27th +0.3pp 15th 40% below peers
Pueblo, CO 46.0% 6th +0.1pp 16th 42% above peers
Tyler, TX 30.7% 17th -0.1pp 17th 5% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 18th 111% above peers
South Fulton, GA 40.7% 12th -0.4pp 19th 26% above peers
Lansing, MI 48.2% 4th -0.9pp 20th 49% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 46.4% 5th -1.2pp 21st 43% above peers
Springfield, IL 45.8% 7th -2.8pp 22nd 41% above peers
Davie, FL 30.0% 20th -1.9pp 23rd 7% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 24.6% 24th -2.0pp 24th 24% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 26.9% 23rd -2.3pp 25th 17% below peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 29th -1.6pp 26th 51% below peers
Murrieta, CA 20.1% 26th -2.2pp 27th 38% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 21st -4.5pp 28th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 28th -2.9pp 29th 46% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 50.4% 3rd -9.2pp 30th 55% above peers
Everett, WA 30.2% 19th -7.0pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
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DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.9% then, 74.4% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.9% to 74.4%).
Big move 74.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 28th +11.7pp 1st 17% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 69.0% 16th +13.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Gresham, OR 69.1% 15th +12.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.6% 23rd +8.2pp 4th 8% below peers
South Fulton, GA 84.7% 1st +10.5pp 5th 23% above peers
Sparks, NV 75.0% 4th +9.2pp 6th 9% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 25th +7.2pp 7th 10% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 73.2% 8th +8.3pp 8th 6% above peers
Beaumont, TX 65.5% 21st +6.9pp 9th 5% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 76.7% 3rd +8.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Peoria, IL 74.4% 5th +7.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 74.2% 6th +7.1pp 12th 8% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 56.6% 29th +4.0pp 13th 18% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 71.0% 11th +4.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Pueblo, CO 67.7% 18th +4.0pp 15th 2% below peers
Tyler, TX 69.5% 14th +4.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Davie, FL 73.2% 7th +3.7pp 17th 6% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 20th +2.3pp 18th 4% below peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 12th +2.3pp 19th 2% above peers
Springfield, IL 79.6% 2nd +2.2pp 20th 15% above peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 10th +1.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Allen, TX 63.0% 24th -0.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 72.2% 9th -1.0pp 23rd 5% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 59.2% 27th -1.7pp 24th 14% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 22nd -2.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Riverview, FL 69.9% 13th -4.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Lansing, MI 68.0% 17th -5.5pp 27th 1% below peers
Everett, WA 60.2% 26th -6.0pp 28th 13% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 67.5% 19th -6.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 54.9% 30th -6.0pp 30th 20% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 31st -7.2pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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