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112,989 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Springfield, IL shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$66,064
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$54,648 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.1%
Jul 2026
▼ 20%
relative change
5.1% a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
24.2%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
29.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
758 /100k
Aug 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
907 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.1%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
79.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
4,151 /100k
Aug 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
4,663 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.3%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
61.4% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.3%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
1.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
27.4%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
28.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.1%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
36.3%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
35.8% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Springfield, IL shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
19.3%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
15.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
609 /100k
Aug 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
669 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.3%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
10.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.7%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
10.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.8%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
18.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
49.8%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
60.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 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 →
Home value
Typical home value
$174,110
Sep 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
$162,964 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$85,457
Sep 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
$80,142 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
20.8%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
21.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,178
Sep 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,131 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
113,330
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
115,888 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
79.6%
2020-24
high
vs peers
77.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
45.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
48.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 53% 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 fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 758 in August 2026, down from 907 a year earlier.
Bright spot 758 per 100k
2018August 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 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Provo, UT 137 (Aug 26) -26.3% 1st
Pueblo, CO 1,114 (Dec 25) -22.7% 2nd
Tyler, TX 318 (Aug 26) -17.7% 3rd
Springfield, IL 758 (Aug 26) -16.4% 4th
Concord, NC 120 (Aug 26) -15.3% 5th
Beaumont, TX 878 (Aug 26) -9.7% 6th
Hillsboro, OR 248 (Apr 26) -9.7% 7th
Richmond, CA 1,021 (Aug 26) -9.4% 8th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 319 (Aug 26) -8.4% 9th
Gresham, OR 328 (Jul 26) -8.0% 10th
Edinburg, TX 204 (Aug 26) -6.6% 11th
Everett, WA 195 (Aug 26) -3.5% 12th
Santa Maria, CA 602 (Aug 26) -3.5% 13th
Greeley, CO 645 (Mar 26) -1.5% 14th
Waterbury, CT 273 (Aug 26) -0.9% 15th
Sparks, NV 358 (Jul 26) +0.0% 16th
Murrieta, CA 196 (Jul 26) +0.9% 17th
Allen, TX 83 (Aug 26) +1.1% 18th
Carlsbad, CA 232 (Aug 26) +3.6% 19th
Lansing, MI 1,278 (Aug 26) +9.6% 20th
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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. 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 →
  • Rockford, IL down about 22% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 18% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 9% higher than in 2021 (3,812 then, 4,173 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 5,107 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4,151 in August 2026, down from 4,663 a year earlier.
Bright spot 4,151 per 100k
2018August 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%
Murrieta, CA 624 (Jul 26) -32.4% 1st
Carlsbad, CA 924 (Aug 26) -28.1% 2nd
Everett, WA 1,964 (Aug 26) -27.5% 3rd
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 1,561 (Aug 26) -22.9% 4th
Santa Maria, CA 1,529 (Aug 26) -21.9% 5th
Edinburg, TX 1,299 (Aug 26) -19.7% 6th
Hillsboro, OR 1,777 (Aug 26) -18.0% 7th
Pueblo, CO 4,253 (Dec 25) -16.8% 8th
Allen, TX 655 (Aug 26) -16.4% 9th
Tyler, TX 1,610 (Aug 26) -13.5% 10th
Beaumont, TX 2,657 (Aug 26) -12.2% 11th
Greeley, CO 2,771 (Mar 26) -11.1% 12th
Springfield, IL 4,151 (Aug 26) -11.0% 13th
Provo, UT 1,036 (Aug 26) -10.5% 14th
Waterbury, CT 2,338 (Aug 26) -7.3% 15th
Sparks, NV 2,253 (Jul 26) -7.3% 16th
Concord, NC 883 (Aug 26) -6.3% 17th
Gresham, OR 2,246 (Jul 26) -0.2% 18th
Richmond, CA 2,527 (Aug 26) +0.9% 19th
Lansing, MI 2,181 (Aug 26) +8.4% 20th
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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. 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 35% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 28% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 21% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 17% 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 Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides fell about 33% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 6 homicides in the 12 months ending August 2026, down from 9 in the prior 12 months. That is 5 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
6 homicides
2018August 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Sparks, NV 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Provo, UT 0 (Aug 26) -100.0% 2nd
Everett, WA 1 (Aug 26) -85.7% 3rd
Santa Maria, CA 2 (Aug 26) -71.3% 4th
Gresham, OR 3 (Jul 26) -66.7% 5th
Pueblo, CO 10 (Dec 25) -57.5% 6th
Tyler, TX 4 (Aug 26) -55.5% 7th
Springfield, IL 5 (Aug 26) -33.4% 8th
Allen, TX 1 (Aug 26) +0.0% 9th
Carlsbad, CA 2 (Aug 26) +0.0% 10th
Lansing, MI 5 (Aug 26) +0.0% 11th
Hillsboro, OR 2 (Aug 26) +0.0% 12th
Beaumont, TX 14 (Aug 26) +33.3% 13th
Waterbury, CT 7 (Aug 26) +33.4% 14th
Greeley, CO 8 (Mar 26) +49.8% 15th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 2 (Aug 26) +100.0% 16th
Murrieta, CA 3 (Jul 26) +200.2% 17th
Concord, NC 6 (Aug 26) +249.1% 18th
Richmond, CA 12 (Aug 26) +600.6% 19th
Edinburg, TX 0 (Aug 26)
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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. 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 →
  • Rochester, NY down about 37% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Rock, AR down about 23% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 16% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 9% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 29% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 24% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 609 in August 2026, down from 669 a year earlier.
Needs attention 609 per 100k
2018August 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 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%
Allen, TX 23 (Aug 26) -61.2% 1st
Everett, WA 196 (Aug 26) -48.3% 2nd
Greeley, CO 286 (Mar 26) -41.6% 3rd
Edinburg, TX 89 (Aug 26) -33.3% 4th
Tyler, TX 88 (Aug 26) -32.9% 5th
Beaumont, TX 143 (Aug 26) -31.9% 6th
Gresham, OR 337 (Jul 26) -30.9% 7th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 115 (Aug 26) -30.0% 8th
Pueblo, CO 899 (Dec 25) -28.9% 9th
Hillsboro, OR 96 (Aug 26) -27.7% 10th
Murrieta, CA 60 (Jul 26) -26.9% 11th
Santa Maria, CA 295 (Aug 26) -25.9% 12th
Carlsbad, CA 55 (Aug 26) -23.5% 13th
Lansing, MI 434 (Aug 26) -19.8% 14th
Concord, NC 111 (Aug 26) -17.0% 15th
Provo, UT 57 (Aug 26) -16.7% 16th
Waterbury, CT 346 (Aug 26) -10.7% 17th
Springfield, IL 609 (Aug 26) -9.0% 18th
Sparks, NV 262 (Jul 26) -3.3% 19th
Richmond, CA 909 (Aug 26) +24.9% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 42% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending August 2026 · sustained: down about 15% 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 $54,648 to $66,064 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,674).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Springfield started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 35% from 2014 to 2024 ($48,848 to $66,064).
Bright spot $66,064
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%
East Los Angeles, CA $68,741 19th +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
Pueblo, CO $56,664 28th +40% 4th 31% below peers
Richmond, CA $95,391 8th +39% 5th 16% above peers
Sparks, NV $89,056 11th +38% 6th 8% above peers
Everett, WA $83,512 15th +37% 7th 1% above peers
Clearwater, FL $66,381 21st +36% 8th 19% below peers
Riverview, FL $100,438 7th +35% 9th 22% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM $89,596 10th +34% 10th 9% above peers
Santa Maria, CA $84,746 14th +34% 11th 3% above peers
Provo, UT $64,171 23rd +31% 12th 22% below peers
Elgin, IL $90,282 9th +31% 13th 10% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $103,069 6th +31% 14th 25% above peers
Lansing, MI $54,382 29th +30% 15th 34% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $106,409 5th +29% 16th 29% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $142,748 1st +29% 17th 73% above peers
Concord, NC $86,921 13th +28% 18th 6% above peers
Tyler, TX $67,486 20th +27% 19th 18% below peers
Murrieta, CA $114,081 4th +26% 20th 39% above peers
Temecula, CA $121,063 3rd +26% 21st 47% above peers
South Fulton, GA $82,324 16th +25% 22nd on par with peers
Allen, TX $130,901 2nd +24% 23rd 59% above peers
Waterbury, CT $51,886 30th +22% 24th 37% below peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 25th +22% 25th 28% below peers
Davie, FL $87,250 12th +22% 26th 6% above peers
Greeley, CO $69,881 18th +21% 27th 15% below peers
Springfield, IL $66,064 22nd +21% 28th 20% below peers
Peoria, IL $59,410 26th +15% 29th 28% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $51,464 31st +14% 30th 37% below peers
Beaumont, TX $56,997 27th +13% 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 36 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 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,378 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 1.0 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% 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: 4.1% in July 2026, down from 5.1% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.1%
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 4.0% (2024)
Lansing, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 27th -1.5pp 1st 31% above peers
Peoria, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 8th -1.3pp 2nd 10% below peers
Springfield, IL 4.1% (Jul 26) 6th -1.0pp 3rd 16% below peers
Elgin, IL 3.9% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 4th 20% below peers
Tyler, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th -0.7pp 5th 10% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 3.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.6pp 6th 35% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 7th -0.4pp 7th 12% below peers
Richmond, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 17th -0.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Sparks, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th -0.4pp 9th 20% below peers
Temecula, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 11th 6% above peers
Concord, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 12th 27% below peers
Murrieta, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 13th 4% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.2pp 14th 8% below peers
Gresham, OR 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th -0.2pp 15th 20% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Greeley, CO 5.1% (Jul 26) 19th -0.1pp 17th 4% above peers
Provo, UT 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.0pp 18th 33% below peers
South Fulton, GA 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th +0.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th +0.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Edinburg, TX 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 21st 20% above peers
Everett, WA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Beaumont, TX 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.4pp 23rd 20% above peers
Allen, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.4pp 24th 10% below peers
Pueblo, CO 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.4pp 25th 37% above peers
Clearwater, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 26th 10% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.5% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 27th 12% above peers
Davie, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Waterbury, CT 8.9% (Jul 26) 29th +2.4pp 29th 82% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.6% then, 16.8% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.6% to 16.8%).
Needs attention 16.8%
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%
Miami Gardens, FL 13.6% 18th -7.3pp 1st 4% above peers
Murrieta, CA 5.4% 1st -2.8pp 2nd 59% below peers
Tyler, TX 12.5% 14th -5.0pp 3rd 4% below peers
Pueblo, CO 17.5% 24th -6.0pp 4th 34% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 7.4% 5th -2.1pp 5th 43% below peers
Gresham, OR 13.0% 16th -3.4pp 6th on par with peers
Lansing, MI 20.1% 25th -4.5pp 7th 54% above peers
Elgin, IL 9.8% 11th -1.5pp 8th 25% below peers
Provo, UT 23.0% 28th -3.2pp 9th 77% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 8.5% 7th -1.0pp 10th 35% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 17.3% 23rd -1.9pp 11th 33% above peers
Sparks, NV 8.5% 8th -0.9pp 12th 35% below peers
Springfield, IL 16.8% 21st -1.8pp 13th 29% above peers
Concord, NC 9.6% 10th -1.0pp 14th 26% below peers
Richmond, CA 13.6% 17th -1.1pp 15th 4% above peers
Davie, FL 11.2% 13th -0.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Greeley, CO 15.1% 20th -1.1pp 17th 16% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.8% 19th -0.6pp 18th 13% above peers
Riverview, FL 7.5% 6th -0.3pp 19th 42% below peers
South Fulton, GA 9.1% 9th +0.0pp 20th 30% below peers
Everett, WA 12.9% 15th +0.1pp 21st 1% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 25.1% 30th +1.1pp 22nd 93% above peers
Waterbury, CT 24.7% 29th +1.3pp 23rd 89% above peers
Peoria, IL 21.0% 26th +1.3pp 24th 61% above peers
Temecula, CA 7.3% 4th +0.5pp 25th 44% below peers
Edinburg, TX 26.0% 31st +2.1pp 26th 99% above peers
Beaumont, TX 21.2% 27th +2.6pp 27th 63% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 10.4% 12th +1.5pp 28th 20% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 6.9% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 47% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 17.3% 22nd +2.8pp 30th 33% above peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 2nd +1.5pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 (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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.8% to 24.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Springfield started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.6% to 24.1%).
Bright spot 24.2%
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%
Murrieta, CA 5.4% 1st -4.6pp 1st 62% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.2% 18th -14.7pp 2nd 27% above peers
Gresham, OR 14.3% 16th -11.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Rio Rancho, NM 7.7% 3rd -5.2pp 4th 46% below peers
Pueblo, CO 22.1% 21st -11.5pp 5th 54% above peers
Provo, UT 14.0% 15th -5.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Tyler, TX 18.0% 17th -6.4pp 7th 26% above peers
Lansing, MI 28.4% 28th -9.8pp 8th 99% above peers
Elgin, IL 13.9% 13th -4.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Sparks, NV 10.6% 7th -2.7pp 10th 26% below peers
Springfield, IL 24.1% 24th -5.6pp 11th 69% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 11.4% 8th -2.6pp 12th 20% below peers
Everett, WA 13.6% 12th -2.9pp 13th 5% below peers
Davie, FL 11.4% 9th -2.2pp 14th 20% below peers
Clearwater, FL 20.0% 20th -3.5pp 15th 40% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 25.0% 26th -3.3pp 16th 75% above peers
Riverview, FL 8.4% 4th -0.7pp 17th 41% below peers
Greeley, CO 18.8% 19th -0.8pp 18th 32% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 23.6% 23rd -0.7pp 19th 65% above peers
Waterbury, CT 34.9% 30th +0.0pp 20th 144% above peers
Beaumont, TX 28.6% 29th +0.2pp 21st 100% above peers
Richmond, CA 22.2% 22nd +0.8pp 22nd 55% above peers
Concord, NC 13.9% 14th +0.5pp 23rd 3% below peers
Temecula, CA 8.6% 5th +0.4pp 24th 40% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 7.2% 2nd +0.7pp 25th 49% below peers
South Fulton, GA 13.3% 11th +1.3pp 26th 7% below peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 31st +4.1pp 27th 152% above peers
Peoria, IL 28.4% 27th +3.8pp 28th 99% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 24.2% 25th +3.7pp 29th 69% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 12.0% 10th +3.6pp 30th 16% below peers
Allen, TX 8.9% 6th +3.6pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 (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 ±2.6pp 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 11.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79.0% to 90.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Springfield 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 13.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.2% to 90.1%).
Bright spot 90.1%
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%
East Los Angeles, CA 88.5% 25th +20.9pp 1st 4% below peers
Beaumont, TX 90.4% 19th +18.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 87.6% 27th +16.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Pueblo, CO 88.2% 26th +14.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Waterbury, CT 85.6% 30th +13.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Peoria, IL 90.2% 20th +14.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Provo, UT 84.8% 31st +13.0pp 7th 8% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 24th +12.6pp 8th 3% below peers
Springfield, IL 90.1% 21st +11.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Lansing, MI 89.5% 23rd +10.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Tyler, TX 90.9% 18th +10.2pp 11th 1% below peers
South Fulton, GA 95.7% 7th +9.7pp 12th 4% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 86.6% 29th +8.1pp 13th 6% below peers
Greeley, CO 91.2% 17th +8.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Elgin, IL 94.0% 11th +8.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Gresham, OR 91.7% 16th +7.6pp 16th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 87.3% 28th +6.8pp 17th 5% below peers
Everett, WA 92.8% 15th +7.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Sparks, NV 93.1% 14th +6.1pp 19th 1% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 96.4% 4th +6.2pp 20th 5% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 94.8% 8th +6.0pp 21st 3% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 94.7% 9th +6.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Concord, NC 94.0% 12th +5.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Richmond, CA 93.3% 13th +5.3pp 24th 2% above peers
Riverview, FL 97.9% 1st +4.3pp 25th 7% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 89.8% 22nd +3.4pp 26th 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 96.2% 6th +3.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Temecula, CA 97.5% 2nd +3.4pp 28th 6% above peers
Davie, FL 94.6% 10th +2.9pp 29th 3% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 96.3% 5th +1.6pp 30th 5% above peers
Allen, TX 97.3% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 (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 (0.49 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.49).
Needs attention 0.49
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Tyler, TX 0.46 21st -0.036 1st 5% above peers
Elgin, IL 0.40 4th -0.027 2nd 11% below peers
Provo, UT 0.47 23rd -0.014 3rd 6% above peers
Temecula, CA 0.38 1st -0.009 4th 15% below peers
Pueblo, CO 0.46 22nd -0.011 5th 5% above peers
Beaumont, TX 0.48 25th -0.010 6th 9% above peers
Sparks, NV 0.40 7th -0.006 7th 9% below peers
Murrieta, CA 0.40 5th -0.005 8th 9% below peers
Davie, FL 0.49 26th -0.004 9th 10% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 0.52 31st -0.003 10th 19% above peers
South Fulton, GA 0.41 8th -0.001 11th 8% below peers
Lansing, MI 0.43 13th +0.001 12th 3% below peers
Concord, NC 0.44 16th +0.001 13th on par with peers
Miami Gardens, FL 0.42 11th +0.001 14th 4% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 0.39 3rd +0.003 15th 11% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 0.43 15th +0.003 16th 2% below peers
Springfield, IL 0.49 27th +0.004 17th 12% above peers
Greeley, CO 0.44 17th +0.005 18th on par with peers
Peoria, IL 0.52 30th +0.008 19th 18% above peers
Gresham, OR 0.43 14th +0.007 20th 3% below peers
Riverview, FL 0.39 2nd +0.007 21st 13% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 0.46 20th +0.009 22nd 4% above peers
Richmond, CA 0.45 19th +0.010 23rd 2% above peers
Allen, TX 0.41 9th +0.010 24th 7% below peers
Clearwater, FL 0.50 29th +0.012 25th 14% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 0.43 12th +0.010 26th 3% below peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 24th +0.014 27th 8% above peers
Everett, WA 0.45 18th +0.017 28th 1% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 0.40 6th +0.022 29th 9% below peers
Waterbury, CT 0.50 28th +0.035 30th 13% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 0.42 10th +0.032 31st 5% below 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 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.9% to 19.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.3% to 19.3%).
Needs attention 19.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 13.8% +1.1pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Allen, TX 2.4% 1st -1.5pp 1st 82% below peers
Clearwater, FL 10.1% 11th -2.8pp 2nd 26% below peers
Provo, UT 6.0% 3rd -1.5pp 3rd 56% below peers
Davie, FL 9.6% 8th -2.0pp 4th 30% below peers
Tyler, TX 9.8% 10th -1.6pp 5th 28% below peers
Everett, WA 15.7% 18th -2.0pp 6th 14% above peers
Waterbury, CT 29.5% 30th -2.0pp 7th 116% above peers
Gresham, OR 19.1% 23rd -1.2pp 8th 40% above peers
Lansing, MI 20.1% 25th -1.2pp 9th 47% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 30.7% 31st -0.8pp 10th 124% above peers
Sparks, NV 9.6% 9th -0.2pp 11th 30% below peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 27th -0.1pp 12th 68% above peers
Pueblo, CO 24.0% 29th +0.8pp 13th 75% above peers
Elgin, IL 13.7% 15th +0.5pp 14th on par with peers
Riverview, FL 9.4% 7th +0.5pp 15th 31% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 11.5% 12th +0.9pp 16th 16% below peers
Beaumont, TX 18.1% 22nd +1.6pp 17th 32% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 9.2% 6th +1.0pp 18th 33% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 11.6% 14th +1.5pp 19th 15% below peers
Peoria, IL 22.6% 26th +3.8pp 20th 65% above peers
Springfield, IL 19.3% 24th +3.4pp 21st 41% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 13.7% 16th +2.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Santa Maria, CA 16.9% 20th +3.4pp 23rd 24% above peers
South Fulton, GA 17.3% 21st +3.8pp 24th 26% above peers
Murrieta, CA 8.2% 5th +2.0pp 25th 40% below peers
Concord, NC 11.6% 13th +3.0pp 26th 16% below peers
Greeley, CO 15.7% 19th +4.2pp 27th 15% above peers
Richmond, CA 14.2% 17th +4.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.8% 2nd +1.3pp 29th 72% below peers
Temecula, CA 7.3% 4th +2.6pp 30th 47% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 23.3% 28th +11.0pp 31st 70% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (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 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Knoxville, TN down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 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 7% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $174,110 in September 2026, up from $162,964 a year earlier.
Big move $174,110
2006September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $295,943 (Sep 26) +5.3%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
Springfield, IL $174,110 (Sep 26) 27th +6.8% 1st 62% below peers
Peoria, IL $136,279 (Sep 26) 30th +5.2% 2nd 71% below peers
Elgin, IL $340,323 (Sep 26) 21st +4.7% 3rd 26% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $665,485 (Sep 26) 6th +4.0% 4th 44% above peers
Waterbury, CT $284,914 (Sep 26) 22nd +3.6% 5th 38% below peers
Beaumont, TX $172,183 (Sep 26) 28th +2.9% 6th 63% below peers
Sparks, NV $534,404 (Sep 26) 9th +2.4% 7th 16% above peers
Lansing, MI $166,379 (Sep 26) 29th +2.1% 8th 64% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $885,887 (Sep 26) 2nd +1.4% 9th 92% above peers
Provo, UT $478,876 (Sep 26) 13th +1.3% 10th 4% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL $474,495 (Sep 26) 14th +1.0% 11th 3% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $243,681 (Sep 26) 25th +0.8% 12th 47% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM $360,463 (Sep 26) 19th +0.7% 13th 22% below peers
Edinburg, TX $212,973 (Sep 26) 26th +0.5% 14th 54% below peers
Temecula, CA $756,809 (Sep 26) 3rd +0.5% 15th 64% above peers
Murrieta, CA $686,107 (Sep 26) 4th +0.5% 16th 48% above peers
Clearwater, FL $340,654 (Sep 26) 20th +0.4% 17th 26% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA $671,284 (Sep 26) 5th +0.1% 18th 45% above peers
Tyler, TX $249,480 (Sep 26) 24th -0.2% 19th 46% below peers
Gresham, OR $462,189 (Sep 26) 15th -0.5% 20th on par with peers
Concord, NC $377,926 (Sep 26) 17th -0.5% 21st 18% below peers
Richmond, CA $600,690 (Sep 26) 8th -1.0% 22nd 30% above peers
Greeley, CO $413,427 (Sep 26) 16th -1.2% 23rd 11% below peers
Davie, FL $515,457 (Sep 26) 10th -1.6% 24th 12% above peers
Everett, WA $630,664 (Sep 26) 7th -1.8% 25th 36% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $509,612 (Sep 26) 11th -2.3% 26th 10% above peers
Pueblo, CO $281,571 (Sep 26) 23rd -2.4% 27th 39% below peers
Riverview, FL $363,056 (Sep 26) 18th -2.4% 28th 21% below peers
Allen, TX $487,620 (Sep 26) 12th -5.1% 29th 6% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $1,564,213 (Sep 26) 1st -18.6% 30th 238% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 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 7% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $85,457 in September 2026, up from $80,142 a year earlier.
Big move $85,457
2006September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref $154,757 (Sep 26) +6.0%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Peoria, IL $57,681 (Sep 26) 30th +7.6% 1st 83% below peers
Springfield, IL $85,457 (Sep 26) 29th +6.6% 2nd 75% below peers
Elgin, IL $262,784 (Sep 26) 20th +5.7% 3rd 23% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $558,177 (Sep 26) 6th +4.5% 4th 64% above peers
Beaumont, TX $92,441 (Sep 26) 28th +4.5% 5th 73% below peers
Waterbury, CT $208,408 (Sep 26) 21st +4.5% 6th 39% below peers
Lansing, MI $106,753 (Sep 26) 27th +3.0% 7th 69% below peers
Edinburg, TX $135,531 (Sep 26) 26th +2.9% 8th 60% below peers
Sparks, NV $413,937 (Sep 26) 9th +2.3% 9th 21% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $693,772 (Sep 26) 2nd +1.6% 10th 103% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $583,490 (Sep 26) 4th +1.5% 11th 71% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM $299,714 (Sep 26) 16th +1.4% 12th 12% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL $363,134 (Sep 26) 13th +1.3% 13th 6% above peers
Temecula, CA $627,306 (Sep 26) 3rd +0.5% 14th 84% above peers
Murrieta, CA $565,875 (Sep 26) 5th +0.1% 15th 66% above peers
Provo, UT $351,553 (Sep 26) 14th +0.0% 16th 3% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $146,808 (Sep 26) 25th -0.1% 17th 57% below peers
Concord, NC $270,540 (Sep 26) 19th -0.6% 18th 21% below peers
Richmond, CA $461,415 (Sep 26) 8th -0.7% 19th 35% above peers
Gresham, OR $364,542 (Sep 26) 12th -1.0% 20th 7% above peers
Greeley, CO $341,080 (Sep 26) 15th -1.3% 21st on par with peers
Pueblo, CO $178,856 (Sep 26) 22nd -1.9% 22nd 48% below peers
Everett, WA $466,208 (Sep 26) 7th -2.0% 23rd 37% above peers
Tyler, TX $148,344 (Sep 26) 24th -2.3% 24th 57% below peers
Riverview, FL $284,790 (Sep 26) 17th -2.9% 25th 17% below peers
Hillsboro, OR $404,316 (Sep 26) 10th -3.3% 26th 19% above peers
Davie, FL $275,835 (Sep 26) 18th -3.5% 27th 19% below peers
Clearwater, FL $178,070 (Sep 26) 23rd -3.7% 28th 48% below peers
Allen, TX $367,190 (Sep 26) 11th -4.5% 29th 8% above peers
Carlsbad, CA $969,231 (Sep 26) 1st -6.5% 30th 184% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.4% to 64.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.0% to 64.3%).
Bright spot 64.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 67.1% +1.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Waterbury, CT 47.2% 28th +5.8pp 1st 19% below peers
Richmond, CA 54.7% 22nd +4.9pp 2nd 7% below peers
Pueblo, CO 61.4% 13th +4.8pp 3rd 5% above peers
Everett, WA 49.0% 27th +3.1pp 4th 16% below peers
Lansing, MI 53.8% 23rd +3.2pp 5th 8% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 82.2% 1st +4.7pp 6th 40% above peers
South Fulton, GA 71.5% 4th +4.1pp 7th 22% above peers
Murrieta, CA 69.5% 5th +3.5pp 8th 19% above peers
Riverview, FL 75.7% 2nd +3.7pp 9th 29% above peers
Tyler, TX 55.4% 20th +2.5pp 10th 5% below peers
Temecula, CA 68.0% 7th +3.0pp 11th 16% above peers
Springfield, IL 64.3% 11th +2.9pp 12th 10% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 55.9% 18th +1.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Elgin, IL 72.0% 3rd +2.1pp 14th 23% above peers
Gresham, OR 55.8% 19th +1.6pp 15th 5% below peers
Peoria, IL 57.5% 17th +1.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Beaumont, TX 55.3% 21st +1.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Greeley, CO 60.9% 14th +1.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Sparks, NV 59.8% 15th +1.1pp 19th 2% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 64.4% 10th +0.9pp 20th 10% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 50.2% 26th +0.5pp 21st 14% below peers
Davie, FL 67.1% 8th +0.2pp 22nd 15% above peers
Clearwater, FL 58.6% 16th +0.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Provo, UT 39.4% 30th -0.2pp 24th 33% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 33.5% 31st -0.5pp 25th 43% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.9% 12th -1.8pp 26th 7% above peers
Concord, NC 65.2% 9th -2.5pp 27th 11% above peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 24th -2.5pp 28th 9% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 50.2% 25th -3.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Allen, TX 69.4% 6th -4.7pp 30th 18% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 42.9% 29th -5.5pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 September 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,178 in September 2026, up from $1,131 a year earlier.
Big move $1,178
2017September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Sparks, NV $2,140 (Sep 26) 9th +10.1% 1st 12% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA $2,125 (Sep 26) 10th +6.9% 2nd 11% above peers
Lansing, MI $1,197 (Sep 26) 28th +5.9% 3rd 38% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL $1,701 (Sep 26) 19th +5.0% 4th 11% below peers
Carlsbad, CA $3,531 (Sep 26) 1st +4.4% 5th 84% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL $2,521 (Sep 26) 6th +4.4% 6th 31% above peers
Springfield, IL $1,178 (Sep 26) 29th +4.2% 7th 39% below peers
Peoria, IL $1,240 (Sep 26) 27th +4.0% 8th 35% below peers
Elgin, IL $1,923 (Sep 26) 14th +3.8% 9th on par with peers
Provo, UT $1,575 (Sep 26) 21st +3.8% 10th 18% below peers
Temecula, CA $2,946 (Sep 26) 2nd +3.7% 11th 54% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $2,898 (Sep 26) 3rd +3.4% 12th 51% above peers
Richmond, CA $2,538 (Sep 26) 5th +3.1% 13th 32% above peers
Murrieta, CA $2,650 (Sep 26) 4th +2.5% 14th 38% above peers
Concord, NC $1,784 (Sep 26) 17th +2.2% 15th 7% below peers
Everett, WA $1,919 (Sep 26) 15th +2.2% 16th on par with peers
Waterbury, CT $1,551 (Sep 26) 22nd +2.1% 17th 19% below peers
Tyler, TX $1,259 (Sep 26) 26th +1.8% 18th 34% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM $1,867 (Sep 26) 16th +1.8% 19th 3% below peers
Beaumont, TX $1,287 (Sep 26) 25th +1.8% 20th 33% below peers
Davie, FL $2,432 (Sep 26) 8th +1.4% 21st 27% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,027 (Sep 26) 30th +1.2% 22nd 46% below peers
Allen, TX $1,734 (Sep 26) 18th +0.9% 23rd 10% below peers
Santa Maria, CA $2,509 (Sep 26) 7th +0.8% 24th 31% above peers
Clearwater, FL $1,975 (Sep 26) 12th +0.7% 25th 3% above peers
Hillsboro, OR $1,969 (Sep 26) 13th +0.5% 26th 3% above peers
Pueblo, CO $1,323 (Sep 26) 24th +0.2% 27th 31% below peers
Riverview, FL $2,106 (Sep 26) 11th -0.0% 28th 10% above peers
Greeley, CO $1,454 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.2% 29th 24% below peers
Gresham, OR $1,601 (Sep 26) 20th -0.4% 30th 17% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (28.5% then, 27.4% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% to 27.4%).
Bright spot 27.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 30.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Rio Rancho, NM 24.4% 1st -5.9pp 1st 38% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 44.0% 27th -4.9pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lansing, MI 34.1% 12th -1.7pp 3rd 13% below peers
Richmond, CA 43.1% 25th -1.9pp 4th 10% above peers
Springfield, IL 27.4% 2nd -1.1pp 5th 30% below peers
Elgin, IL 31.9% 5th -1.2pp 6th 18% below peers
Gresham, OR 42.9% 24th -1.4pp 7th 10% above peers
Provo, UT 39.1% 16th -1.2pp 8th on par with peers
Tyler, TX 32.4% 8th -0.6pp 9th 17% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 40.3% 19th -0.7pp 10th 3% above peers
Pueblo, CO 37.0% 15th -0.6pp 11th 5% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 51.7% 31st -0.5pp 12th 32% above peers
Sparks, NV 32.4% 7th -0.1pp 13th 17% below peers
Murrieta, CA 40.8% 21st +0.3pp 14th 4% above peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 11th +0.4pp 15th 14% below peers
Waterbury, CT 48.3% 30th +0.6pp 16th 24% above peers
Everett, WA 42.1% 23rd +1.3pp 17th 8% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 41.2% 22nd +1.5pp 18th 6% above peers
Temecula, CA 39.3% 17th +1.9pp 19th 1% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 33.4% 10th +1.7pp 20th 14% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 44.5% 29th +2.5pp 21st 14% above peers
Peoria, IL 33.2% 9th +2.7pp 22nd 15% below peers
Clearwater, FL 44.0% 28th +3.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
South Fulton, GA 36.2% 14th +3.3pp 24th 7% below peers
Riverview, FL 32.0% 6th +3.2pp 25th 18% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 39.8% 18th +4.2pp 26th 2% above peers
Davie, FL 43.6% 26th +4.6pp 27th 12% above peers
Concord, NC 31.2% 3rd +3.6pp 28th 20% below peers
Beaumont, TX 35.1% 13th +4.7pp 29th 10% below peers
Allen, TX 31.4% 4th +4.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Greeley, CO 40.4% 20th +6.2pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 →
  • 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 ±1.6pp 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 (10.9% then, 10.3% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 10.3%).
Needs attention 10.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 11.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Peoria, IL 10.1% 27th -4.1pp 1st 67% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.3% 12th -1.5pp 2nd 13% below peers
Everett, WA 8.0% 20th -2.1pp 3rd 32% above peers
Clearwater, FL 8.9% 24th -2.3pp 4th 46% above peers
Sparks, NV 4.7% 10th -1.1pp 5th 23% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.1% 16th -0.9pp 6th on par with peers
Pueblo, CO 8.6% 22nd -1.2pp 7th 42% above peers
Murrieta, CA 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 8th 56% below peers
Lansing, MI 11.8% 30th -0.8pp 9th 94% above peers
Waterbury, CT 18.6% 31st -1.3pp 10th 207% above peers
Springfield, IL 10.3% 28th -0.5pp 11th 70% above peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 13th -0.2pp 12th 11% below peers
Concord, NC 4.5% 9th -0.2pp 13th 26% below peers
Richmond, CA 8.3% 21st -0.3pp 14th 36% above peers
South Fulton, GA 3.9% 7th -0.1pp 15th 36% below peers
Davie, FL 4.2% 8th -0.1pp 16th 30% below peers
Greeley, CO 5.6% 15th +0.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 7.8% 19th +0.0pp 18th 28% above peers
Elgin, IL 5.5% 14th +0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 29th +0.5pp 20th 88% above peers
Tyler, TX 6.3% 17th +0.3pp 21st 4% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.8% 23rd +0.5pp 22nd 45% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 9.6% 26th +0.9pp 23rd 58% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 2.7% 2nd +0.3pp 24th 56% below peers
Provo, UT 4.7% 11th +0.6pp 25th 22% below peers
Beaumont, TX 9.6% 25th +1.4pp 26th 57% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.2% 6th +0.6pp 27th 47% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 6.3% 18th +1.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Allen, TX 3.2% 5th +0.9pp 29th 48% below peers
Temecula, CA 2.7% 3rd +0.8pp 30th 55% below peers
Riverview, FL 3.1% 4th +0.9pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 4.1% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.9% to 4.1%).
Bright spot 4.1%
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
Riverview, FL 7.5% 13th -3.4pp 1st 11% below peers
Richmond, CA 7.4% 11th -2.7pp 2nd 12% below peers
Pueblo, CO 5.8% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 31% below peers
Murrieta, CA 4.6% 3rd -1.4pp 4th 45% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.2% 4th -1.4pp 5th 38% below peers
Provo, UT 9.0% 18th -2.2pp 6th 7% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 14.9% 26th -3.5pp 7th 78% above peers
Lansing, MI 6.1% 8th -1.2pp 8th 28% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 4.0% 1st -0.8pp 9th 52% below peers
Temecula, CA 5.3% 5th -1.0pp 10th 36% below peers
South Fulton, GA 10.0% 20th -1.6pp 11th 19% above peers
Elgin, IL 10.8% 23rd -0.6pp 12th 29% above peers
Springfield, IL 4.1% 2nd -0.2pp 13th 51% below peers
Everett, WA 9.3% 19th -0.1pp 14th 11% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 19.8% 29th -0.1pp 15th 136% above peers
Gresham, OR 8.0% 14th -0.0pp 16th 4% below peers
Concord, NC 8.6% 17th +0.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 7.4% 12th +0.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Edinburg, TX 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 19th 186% above peers
Waterbury, CT 8.4% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Beaumont, TX 20.3% 30th +0.6pp 21st 142% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 14.6% 25th +0.5pp 22nd 75% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 6.2% 9th +0.2pp 23rd 26% below peers
Sparks, NV 10.2% 21st +0.8pp 24th 21% above peers
Tyler, TX 18.0% 28th +1.5pp 25th 114% above peers
Clearwater, FL 15.1% 27th +1.3pp 26th 80% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.7% 6th +0.5pp 27th 32% below peers
Davie, FL 13.1% 24th +1.7pp 28th 56% above peers
Allen, TX 8.4% 15th +1.2pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, IL 6.8% 10th +1.0pp 30th 18% below peers
Greeley, CO 10.3% 22nd +1.8pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 (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 ±0.5pp 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 about a quarter above the peer median.

41.1%
20202023
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 34.6%
United States ref 32.9%
Carlsbad, CA 23.3% 1st 30% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 25.9% 2nd 22% below peers
Davie, FL 28.0% 3rd 16% below peers
Sparks, NV 28.6% 4th 14% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 30.2% 5th 9% below peers
Provo, UT 30.7% 6th 8% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.2% 7th 6% below peers
Riverview, FL 31.4% 8th 6% below peers
Allen, TX 31.7% 9th 5% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 31.9% 10th 4% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 31.9% 11th 4% below peers
Everett, WA 32.7% 12th 2% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 32.9% 13th 1% below peers
Richmond, CA 32.9% 14th 1% below peers
Temecula, CA 33.0% 15th 1% below peers
Clearwater, FL 33.3% 16th on par with peers
Murrieta, CA 33.4% 17th on par with peers
Concord, NC 33.5% 18th 1% above peers
Pueblo, CO 33.5% 19th 1% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 34.3% 20th 3% above peers
South Fulton, GA 35.1% 21st 5% above peers
Greeley, CO 35.1% 22nd 5% above peers
Elgin, IL 35.8% 23rd 8% above peers
Peoria, IL 36.2% 24th 9% above peers
Tyler, TX 37.5% 25th 13% above peers
Lansing, MI 39.9% 26th 20% above peers
Waterbury, CT 40.5% 27th 22% above peers
Springfield, IL 41.1% 28th 23% above peers
Beaumont, TX 42.1% 29th 26% above peers
Edinburg, TX 42.5% 30th 28% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 42.6% 31st 28% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (1.7% then, 1.3% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.5% to 1.3%).
Bright spot 1.3%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 3.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Riverview, FL 3.6% 11th -3.1pp 1st 12% below peers
South Fulton, GA 4.3% 17th -2.2pp 2nd 4% above peers
Richmond, CA 3.2% 6th -1.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
Pueblo, CO 2.0% 2nd -0.8pp 4th 52% below peers
Springfield, IL 1.3% 1st -0.5pp 5th 69% below peers
Lansing, MI 2.1% 3rd -0.7pp 6th 50% below peers
Sparks, NV 5.2% 19th -1.2pp 7th 26% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 2.7% 5th -0.5pp 8th 35% below peers
Provo, UT 9.2% 25th -1.5pp 9th 122% above peers
Temecula, CA 4.1% 16th -0.5pp 10th on par with peers
Concord, NC 3.8% 13th -0.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Elgin, IL 3.8% 15th -0.2pp 12th 7% below peers
Everett, WA 3.3% 7th -0.1pp 13th 21% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.5% 4th -0.0pp 14th 39% below peers
East Los Angeles, CA 5.2% 20th +0.1pp 15th 26% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 5.8% 23rd +0.4pp 16th 40% above peers
Peoria, IL 3.5% 10th +0.5pp 17th 16% below peers
Beaumont, TX 11.7% 30th +1.7pp 18th 184% above peers
Greeley, CO 5.4% 21st +1.1pp 19th 30% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 3.4% 8th +0.7pp 20th 17% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.5% 9th +0.7pp 21st 16% below peers
Tyler, TX 10.6% 26th +2.3pp 22nd 156% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 10.8% 27th +2.6pp 23rd 161% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 31st +4.6pp 24th 259% above peers
Clearwater, FL 11.4% 28th +3.9pp 25th 176% above peers
Allen, TX 6.1% 24th +2.3pp 26th 48% above peers
Waterbury, CT 3.8% 14th +1.5pp 27th 8% below peers
Davie, FL 11.7% 29th +5.2pp 28th 182% above peers
Murrieta, CA 3.7% 12th +2.0pp 29th 11% below peers
Gresham, OR 4.7% 18th +2.6pp 30th 12% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.6% 22nd +3.6pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
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 (35.8% then, 36.3% now; margin ±1.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.9% to 36.3%).
Bright spot 36.3%
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 37.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
East Los Angeles, CA 11.4% 31st +2.7pp 1st 65% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 18.1% 28th +4.0pp 2nd 45% below peers
Pueblo, CO 23.7% 26th +4.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Everett, WA 28.8% 20th +5.5pp 4th 12% below peers
Sparks, NV 27.6% 23rd +4.4pp 5th 15% below peers
Richmond, CA 33.0% 15th +4.8pp 6th 1% above peers
Riverview, FL 36.5% 12th +5.2pp 7th 12% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 41.5% 5th +5.7pp 8th 27% above peers
Lansing, MI 30.2% 19th +4.1pp 9th 7% below peers
Temecula, CA 38.8% 10th +4.8pp 10th 19% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 15.7% 30th +1.8pp 11th 52% below peers
Greeley, CO 27.8% 22nd +3.0pp 12th 15% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 34.0% 14th +3.5pp 13th 4% above peers
Elgin, IL 27.0% 24th +2.5pp 14th 17% below peers
Waterbury, CT 17.3% 29th +1.6pp 15th 47% below peers
Concord, NC 40.9% 6th +3.4pp 16th 26% above peers
Peoria, IL 37.6% 11th +2.7pp 17th 16% above peers
Murrieta, CA 32.6% 16th +2.3pp 18th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 32.6% 17th +2.2pp 19th on par with peers
Tyler, TX 31.4% 18th +2.0pp 20th 4% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 39.4% 8th +2.5pp 21st 21% above peers
Allen, TX 57.5% 2nd +2.9pp 22nd 76% above peers
Provo, UT 45.2% 3rd +2.1pp 23rd 39% above peers
Gresham, OR 23.3% 27th +1.0pp 24th 29% below peers
Carlsbad, CA 62.1% 1st +2.5pp 25th 90% above peers
South Fulton, GA 39.0% 9th +1.6pp 26th 20% above peers
Davie, FL 40.0% 7th +1.3pp 27th 23% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 21st +0.7pp 28th 13% below peers
Springfield, IL 36.3% 13th +0.5pp 29th 11% above peers
Beaumont, TX 24.9% 25th +0.4pp 30th 24% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 42.3% 4th +0.3pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
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 (60.7% then, 49.8% now; margin ±13.3pp). The newest releases lean downward: 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
Preschool enrollment fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.5% to 49.9%).
Needs attention 49.8%
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% 23rd +13.3pp 1st 10% below peers
Lansing, MI 49.0% 13th +9.2pp 2nd 18% above peers
Clearwater, FL 55.3% 4th +10.3pp 3rd 33% above peers
Provo, UT 37.5% 24th +3.3pp 4th 10% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 48.6% 14th +3.7pp 5th 17% above peers
Elgin, IL 51.2% 8th +3.7pp 6th 23% above peers
Concord, NC 51.2% 7th +2.0pp 7th 23% above peers
Peoria, IL 51.1% 9th +1.9pp 8th 22% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 62.3% 2nd +1.6pp 9th 49% above peers
Riverview, FL 52.5% 6th +0.7pp 10th 26% above peers
Beaumont, TX 49.8% 12th +0.3pp 11th 19% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 36.2% 25th +0.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Greeley, CO 38.3% 22nd -0.8pp 13th 8% below peers
Davie, FL 56.9% 3rd -1.5pp 14th 36% above peers
South Fulton, GA 65.8% 1st -2.0pp 15th 58% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 41.7% 16th -1.6pp 16th on par with peers
Sparks, NV 38.8% 20th -2.6pp 17th 7% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 26.0% 31st -1.8pp 18th 38% below peers
Temecula, CA 41.0% 17th -3.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Richmond, CA 38.9% 19th -4.6pp 20th 7% below peers
Gresham, OR 31.2% 29th -4.5pp 21st 25% below peers
Waterbury, CT 47.7% 15th -8.1pp 22nd 14% above peers
Murrieta, CA 36.0% 26th -6.5pp 23rd 14% below peers
Springfield, IL 49.9% 11th -10.9pp 24th 19% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 55.1% 5th -12.6pp 25th 32% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 38.5% 21st -10.3pp 26th 8% below peers
Allen, TX 51.0% 10th -14.5pp 27th 22% above peers
Pueblo, CO 32.5% 28th -14.8pp 28th 22% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 39.1% 18th -18.1pp 29th 6% below peers
Everett, WA 26.9% 30th -14.8pp 30th 35% below peers
Tyler, TX 34.8% 27th -19.3pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.4pp 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
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 (10.6% then, 9.7% now; margin ±4.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 9.7%).
Needs attention 9.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 6.6% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Temecula, CA 2.5% 2nd -4.0pp 1st 69% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 5.3% 7th -5.8pp 2nd 33% below peers
Riverview, FL 5.5% 8th -4.5pp 3rd 31% below peers
Provo, UT 4.2% 5th -3.2pp 4th 47% below peers
Richmond, CA 8.0% 16th -5.6pp 5th on par with peers
Pueblo, CO 11.8% 29th -4.8pp 6th 47% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 7.6% 14th -2.5pp 7th 6% below peers
Clearwater, FL 7.5% 13th -2.1pp 8th 7% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.8% 6th -1.2pp 9th 41% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 2.5% 1st -0.6pp 10th 69% below peers
Everett, WA 8.7% 18th -1.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Concord, NC 6.4% 10th -0.7pp 12th 21% below peers
Springfield, IL 9.7% 23rd -0.9pp 13th 21% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 6.8% 12th -0.6pp 14th 16% below peers
Elgin, IL 6.4% 11th +0.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Davie, FL 2.8% 3rd +0.1pp 16th 65% below peers
Lansing, MI 11.0% 26th +1.0pp 17th 36% above peers
Beaumont, TX 11.2% 27th +1.1pp 18th 39% above peers
Tyler, TX 8.4% 17th +1.1pp 19th 5% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 9.1% 19th +1.7pp 20th 13% above peers
Gresham, OR 9.6% 22nd +2.0pp 21st 20% above peers
Peoria, IL 11.3% 28th +3.1pp 22nd 41% above peers
Greeley, CO 7.9% 15th +2.9pp 23rd 2% below peers
Waterbury, CT 14.2% 30th +6.2pp 24th 77% above peers
Allen, TX 5.8% 9th +2.6pp 25th 28% below peers
Murrieta, CA 9.2% 20th +4.5pp 26th 15% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 3.1% 4th +1.6pp 27th 62% below peers
Sparks, NV 9.4% 21st +4.8pp 28th 17% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 31st +7.8pp 29th 79% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 10.7% 25th +6.4pp 30th 32% above peers
South Fulton, GA 10.5% 24th +8.7pp 31st 31% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 (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 ±3.8pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 115,888 to 113,330 - more than the combined survey margin (±682).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 73% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (116,815 to 113,330).
Big move 113,330
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Riverview, FL 113,697 7th +19% 1st 2% above peers
Concord, NC 108,719 27th +18% 2nd 3% below peers
South Fulton, GA 110,471 21st +15% 3rd 1% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 108,515 28th +13% 4th 3% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 111,038 19th +12% 5th 1% below peers
Sparks, NV 110,024 24th +9% 6th 1% below peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 31st +9% 7th 6% below peers
Allen, TX 110,265 23rd +8% 8th 1% below peers
Waterbury, CT 114,869 4th +6% 9th 3% above peers
Richmond, CA 115,505 2nd +5% 10th 3% above peers
Greeley, CO 110,806 20th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Tyler, TX 109,215 26th +4% 12th 2% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 110,462 22nd +4% 13th 1% below peers
Davie, FL 108,346 29th +4% 14th 3% below peers
Elgin, IL 114,934 3rd +2% 15th 3% above peers
Everett, WA 111,845 15th +2% 16th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 117,247 1st +2% 17th 5% above peers
Gresham, OR 112,378 12th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Miami Gardens, FL 113,177 10th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Hillsboro, OR 108,231 30th +2% 20th 3% below peers
Pueblo, CO 111,561 17th +1% 21st on par with peers
Carlsbad, CA 114,373 6th +0% 22nd 2% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 109,857 25th -0% 23rd 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 112,064 14th -1% 24th on par with peers
Peoria, IL 112,169 13th -1% 25th on par with peers
Provo, UT 114,766 5th -1% 26th 3% above peers
Temecula, CA 111,167 18th -2% 27th on par with peers
Springfield, IL 113,330 8th -2% 28th 2% above peers
Lansing, MI 113,023 11th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Beaumont, TX 113,279 9th -4% 30th 1% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 111,647 16th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±437 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.9% to 20.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.2% to 20.8%).
Big move 20.8%
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 21.9% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
South Fulton, GA 26.5% 5th +1.7pp 1st 14% above peers
Davie, FL 22.4% 20th +0.9pp 2nd 3% below peers
Concord, NC 26.8% 3rd +0.7pp 3rd 16% above peers
Tyler, TX 23.3% 15th +0.3pp 4th 1% above peers
Beaumont, TX 25.3% 10th +0.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Peoria, IL 24.4% 12th +0.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 23.4% 14th +0.2pp 7th 1% above peers
Greeley, CO 25.0% 11th +0.2pp 8th 8% above peers
Riverview, FL 26.3% 6th +0.2pp 9th 14% above peers
Santa Maria, CA 30.9% 1st -0.6pp 10th 33% above peers
Pueblo, CO 21.6% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 17.4% 30th -0.6pp 12th 25% below peers
Everett, WA 19.8% 27th -0.8pp 13th 15% below peers
Lansing, MI 21.6% 23rd -1.0pp 14th 7% below peers
Elgin, IL 25.3% 9th -1.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Richmond, CA 20.8% 24th -1.0pp 16th 10% below peers
Springfield, IL 20.8% 25th -1.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Sparks, NV 22.1% 21st -1.4pp 18th 5% below peers
Waterbury, CT 23.2% 16th -1.5pp 19th on par with peers
Rio Rancho, NM 22.8% 17th -1.6pp 20th 2% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 22.7% 18th -1.7pp 21st 2% below peers
Temecula, CA 26.8% 4th -2.1pp 22nd 16% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 19.7% 28th -1.6pp 23rd 15% below peers
Gresham, OR 22.7% 19th -2.0pp 24th 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 26.3% 7th -2.3pp 25th 14% above peers
Clearwater, FL 16.9% 31st -1.6pp 26th 27% below peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 2nd -3.0pp 27th 19% above peers
Allen, TX 25.4% 8th -2.9pp 28th 10% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 24.1% 13th -3.2pp 29th 4% above peers
Provo, UT 18.7% 29th -3.1pp 30th 19% below peers
Hillsboro, OR 20.4% 26th -3.8pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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 (48.6% then, 45.8% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.3% to 45.8%).
Big move 45.8%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 29.7% +0.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Hillsboro, OR 30.3% 22nd +7.8pp 1st 13% below peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 10th +9.4pp 2nd 28% above peers
Provo, UT 17.8% 30th +3.7pp 3rd 49% below peers
Concord, NC 33.0% 17th +6.6pp 4th 5% below peers
Gresham, OR 38.7% 14th +7.4pp 5th 12% above peers
Greeley, CO 34.7% 16th +6.4pp 6th on par with peers
East Los Angeles, CA 45.1% 9th +7.7pp 7th 30% above peers
Sparks, NV 32.7% 18th +5.3pp 8th 6% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 42.6% 11th +5.7pp 9th 23% above peers
Allen, TX 15.2% 31st +1.9pp 10th 56% below peers
Elgin, IL 31.2% 19th +2.4pp 11th 10% below peers
Rio Rancho, NM 30.3% 21st +2.3pp 12th 13% below peers
Temecula, CA 20.5% 27th +1.5pp 13th 41% below peers
Beaumont, TX 50.5% 2nd +3.2pp 14th 45% above peers
Riverview, FL 28.0% 25th +0.8pp 15th 19% below peers
Peoria, IL 45.5% 8th +0.8pp 16th 31% above peers
Waterbury, CT 57.5% 1st +1.0pp 17th 66% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 19.3% 29th +0.3pp 18th 44% below peers
Pueblo, CO 46.0% 6th +0.1pp 19th 32% above peers
Richmond, CA 35.5% 15th -0.0pp 20th 2% above peers
Tyler, TX 30.7% 20th -0.1pp 21st 11% below peers
South Fulton, GA 40.7% 13th -0.4pp 22nd 17% above peers
Lansing, MI 48.2% 4th -0.9pp 23rd 39% above peers
Clearwater, FL 41.9% 12th -0.8pp 24th 21% above peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 46.4% 5th -1.2pp 25th 34% above peers
Springfield, IL 45.8% 7th -2.8pp 26th 32% above peers
Davie, FL 30.0% 24th -1.9pp 27th 14% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 26.9% 26th -2.3pp 28th 22% below peers
Murrieta, CA 20.1% 28th -2.2pp 29th 42% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 50.4% 3rd -9.2pp 30th 45% above peers
Everett, WA 30.2% 23rd -7.0pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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 36 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 ±4.4pp 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 (77.4% then, 79.6% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.9% to 79.6%).
Big move 79.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Illinois ref 71.8% +2.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Hillsboro, OR 69.0% 17th +13.2pp 1st on par with peers
Provo, UT 49.1% 31st +9.2pp 2nd 29% below peers
Gresham, OR 69.1% 16th +12.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Greeley, CO 63.8% 25th +8.7pp 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
Temecula, CA 61.4% 27th +7.2pp 7th 11% below peers
Miami Gardens, FL 73.2% 10th +8.3pp 8th 6% above peers
Clearwater, FL 71.7% 12th +7.6pp 9th 4% above peers
Beaumont, TX 65.5% 22nd +6.9pp 10th 5% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 76.7% 3rd +8.0pp 11th 11% above peers
Peoria, IL 74.4% 6th +7.5pp 12th 8% above peers
Carlsbad, CA 74.2% 7th +7.1pp 13th 7% above peers
Rio Rancho, NM 64.6% 24th +6.1pp 14th 6% below peers
Richmond, CA 66.2% 21st +4.9pp 15th 4% below peers
Waterbury, CT 74.6% 5th +5.5pp 16th 8% above peers
Pueblo, CO 67.7% 19th +4.0pp 17th 2% below peers
Tyler, TX 69.5% 15th +4.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Davie, FL 73.2% 9th +3.7pp 19th 6% above peers
Springfield, IL 79.6% 2nd +2.2pp 20th 15% above peers
Elgin, IL 70.7% 13th +0.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Concord, NC 73.8% 8th -0.3pp 22nd 7% above peers
Allen, TX 63.0% 26th -0.5pp 23rd 9% below peers
Tuscaloosa, AL 72.2% 11th -1.0pp 24th 5% above peers
East Los Angeles, CA 59.2% 29th -1.7pp 25th 14% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 23rd -2.0pp 26th 6% below peers
Riverview, FL 69.9% 14th -4.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Lansing, MI 68.0% 18th -5.5pp 28th 2% below peers
Everett, WA 60.2% 28th -6.0pp 29th 13% below peers
Santa Maria, CA 67.5% 20th -6.8pp 30th 2% below peers
Murrieta, CA 54.9% 30th -6.0pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 36 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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4 of 36 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 ±6.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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