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Elkhart, IN
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Elkhart, IN

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54,092 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Elkhart, IN shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
128 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 56%
relative change
287 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,374 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 42%
relative change
2,384 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.1%
2020-24
▼ 32%
relative change
11.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.8%
2019-23
▼ 31%
relative change
18.6% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$51,028
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$40,750 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
Jul 2026
▼ 20%
relative change
5.4% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
662 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 20%
relative change
831 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
17.7%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
15.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.2%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
77.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Elkhart, IN shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
31.0%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
32.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
9.7%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
25.1%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
26.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.0%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
14.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.2%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
21.9% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.1%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
14.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
53.2%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
50.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
56.7%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
69.6% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,170
Aug 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$1,086 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$233,030
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$219,601 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$156,982
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$148,030 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
53,733
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
52,257 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.3%
2020-24
high
vs peers
27.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
56.0%
2020-24
high
vs peers
48.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 1% lower than in 2020 (868 then, 862 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,259 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 662 in April 2026, down from 831 a year earlier.
Bright spot 662 per 100k
2018April 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%
Elyria, OH 179 (Apr 26) -34.3% 1st
Tinley Park, IL 85 (Jul 26) -23.0% 2nd
Everett, MA 250 (Jun 26) -22.2% 3rd
Elkhart, IN 662 (Apr 26) -20.4% 4th
Grand Island, NE 326 (Jul 26) -17.4% 5th
West New York, NJ 222 (Jul 26) -4.8% 6th
Joplin, MO 560 (Jul 26) -4.1% 7th
Rocky Mount, NC 706 (Jun 26) -2.3% 8th
Galveston, TX 488 (Jul 26) -0.4% 9th
Minnetonka, MN 93 (May 26) +6.1% 10th
Arcadia, CA 209 (Jul 26) +8.7% 11th
Jeffersonville, IN 288 (Mar 25) +14.7% 12th
Kentwood, MI 475 (Jul 26) +23.8% 13th
Normal, IL 372 (Jul 26) +26.9% 14th
Edina, MN 79 (Jul 26) +38.7% 15th
Rockwall, TX 163 (Jul 26) +41.9% 16th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 42% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2020 to 2025, slower than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,374 in April 2026, down from 2,384 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,374 per 100k
2018April 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%
Elkhart, IN 1,374 (Apr 26) -42.4% 1st
Minnetonka, MN 1,121 (May 26) -25.0% 2nd
Rocky Mount, NC 2,990 (Jun 26) -21.2% 3rd
Arcadia, CA 2,223 (Jul 26) -16.7% 4th
West New York, NJ 1,111 (Jul 26) -15.3% 5th
Rockwall, TX 974 (Jul 26) -13.8% 6th
Elyria, OH 1,262 (Jul 26) -13.3% 7th
Grand Island, NE 1,576 (Jul 26) -10.3% 8th
Kentwood, MI 1,513 (Jul 26) -9.7% 9th
Tinley Park, IL 1,050 (Jul 26) -7.9% 10th
Joplin, MO 3,592 (Jul 26) -6.3% 11th
Normal, IL 1,594 (Jul 26) -6.2% 12th
Galveston, TX 2,221 (Jul 26) -5.1% 13th
Everett, MA 1,225 (Jun 26) -3.3% 14th
Jeffersonville, IN 1,667 (Mar 25) -0.8% 15th
Edina, MN 1,446 (Jul 26) +3.4% 16th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 33% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about where it was in 2020 (0 then, 6 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 17 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent reading: 2 homicides in the 12 months ending April 2026, down from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
2 homicides
2018April 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%
Arcadia, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Rockwall, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Grand Island, NE 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Normal, IL 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Elkhart, IN 4 (Apr 26) -33.3% 5th
Galveston, TX 7 (Jul 26) -20.0% 6th
Edina, MN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Elyria, OH 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Rocky Mount, NC 25 (Jun 26) +27.3% 9th
Jeffersonville, IN 6 (Mar 25) +193.7% 10th
Minnetonka, MN 0 (May 26)
Joplin, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Everett, MA 0 (Jun 26)
Kentwood, MI 0 (Jul 26)
West New York, NJ 0 (Jul 26)
Tinley Park, IL 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 56% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 5% lower than in 2020 (297 then, 281 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 492 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 128 in April 2026, down from 287 a year earlier.
Bright spot 128 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 16 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%
Elkhart, IN 128 (Apr 26) -55.5% 1st
Grand Island, NE 82 (Jul 26) -48.8% 2nd
Rocky Mount, NC 218 (Jun 26) -45.2% 3rd
Arcadia, CA 155 (Jul 26) -40.4% 4th
Rockwall, TX 48 (Jul 26) -35.0% 5th
Normal, IL 49 (Jul 26) -25.7% 6th
Elyria, OH 93 (Jul 26) -21.9% 7th
Jeffersonville, IN 299 (Mar 25) -19.8% 8th
Minnetonka, MN 65 (May 26) -18.8% 9th
West New York, NJ 88 (Jul 26) -17.5% 10th
Kentwood, MI 186 (Jul 26) -14.3% 11th
Galveston, TX 209 (Jul 26) -13.8% 12th
Tinley Park, IL 131 (Jul 26) -5.3% 13th
Joplin, MO 404 (Jul 26) +2.8% 14th
Everett, MA 146 (Jun 26) +12.8% 15th
Edina, MN 149 (Jul 26) +39.7% 16th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 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 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $40,750 to $51,028 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,988).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Elkhart started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 44% from 2014 to 2024 ($35,505 to $51,028).
Bright spot $51,028
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
Indiana ref $71,957 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Pensacola, FL $74,212 19th +47% 1st 4% below peers
Murray, UT $90,746 12th +41% 2nd 17% above peers
Kentwood, MI $74,373 18th +37% 3rd 4% below peers
Summerville, SC $81,046 14th +37% 4th 5% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $55,534 28th +37% 5th 28% below peers
Lebanon, TN $72,848 20th +34% 6th 6% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $105,189 10th +34% 7th 36% above peers
Colton, CA $71,208 22nd +32% 8th 8% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $90,794 11th +31% 9th 17% above peers
Everett, MA $85,218 13th +30% 10th 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN $77,518 16th +30% 11th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA $77,513 17th +29% 12th on par with peers
Aspen Hill, MD $111,575 8th +28% 13th 44% above peers
West New York, NJ $71,729 21st +27% 14th 7% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 9th +27% 15th 41% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $70,930 23rd +26% 16th 8% below peers
Elkhart, IN $51,028 31st +25% 17th 34% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $119,517 3rd +25% 18th 54% above peers
Berwyn, IL $78,408 15th +25% 19th 1% above peers
Elyria, OH $54,945 29th +24% 20th 29% below peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 21st 66% above peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 6th +21% 22nd 46% above peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 4th +21% 23rd 50% above peers
Rockwall, TX $115,580 5th +21% 24th 49% above peers
Manhattan, KS $60,172 26th +19% 25th 22% below peers
Wheaton, IL $120,008 2nd +16% 26th 55% above peers
Grand Island, NE $63,795 25th +16% 27th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO $52,097 30th +15% 28th 33% below peers
Galveston, TX $55,631 27th +13% 29th 28% below peers
Normal, IL $64,785 24th +11% 30th 16% below peers
Methuen, MA $113,310 7th 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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1 of 11 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,967 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 1.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in July 2026, down from 5.4% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.3%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 3.3% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Grand Island, NE 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -1.5pp 1st 30% below peers
Elyria, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -1.5pp 2nd 23% below peers
Elkhart, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th -1.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Normal, IL 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -1.1pp 4th 16% below peers
West New York, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th -1.0pp 5th 2% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 6.1% (Jul 26) 28th -0.9pp 6th 42% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.0% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 7th 16% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.7pp 8th 19% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.7pp 9th 14% above peers
Colton, CA 5.6% (Jul 26) 27th -0.6pp 10th 30% above peers
Joplin, MO 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 11th 7% below peers
Gallatin, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 12th 28% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 7.6% (Jul 26) 29th -0.3pp 13th 77% above peers
Lebanon, TN 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 14th 26% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.3pp 15th 14% above peers
Methuen, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th -0.2pp 16th 21% above peers
Placentia, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th -0.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Murray, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.1pp 18th 12% below peers
Summerville, SC 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.1pp 19th 12% below peers
Manhattan, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.0pp 20th 7% below peers
Everett, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.2pp 21st 5% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.3pp 22nd 7% above peers
Rockwall, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +0.4pp 23rd 5% below peers
Wheaton, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.4pp 24th 5% above peers
Berwyn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 26th +0.4pp 25th 21% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 26th 2% below peers
Edina, MN 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 27th 7% below peers
Pensacola, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 28th 2% above peers
Galveston, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 29th 14% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.9% then, 18.2% now; margin ±4.0pp). 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
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 8.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.5% to 18.2%).
Needs attention 18.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 12.3% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tinley Park, IL 5.0% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 56% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.7% 23rd -6.4pp 2nd 48% above peers
Pensacola, FL 12.6% 17th -4.8pp 3rd 12% above peers
Murray, UT 6.0% 6th -1.5pp 4th 47% below peers
Elkhart, IN 18.2% 25th -3.7pp 5th 61% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 11.0% 14th -2.1pp 6th 3% below peers
Berwyn, IL 10.9% 13th -1.9pp 7th 4% below peers
Rockwall, TX 4.0% 1st -0.6pp 8th 65% below peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 11th -1.6pp 9th 11% below peers
Normal, IL 21.4% 28th -3.2pp 10th 89% above peers
Arcadia, CA 8.6% 8th -1.2pp 11th 24% below peers
Manhattan, KS 23.3% 30th -3.0pp 12th 106% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 9th -1.2pp 13th 20% below peers
Colton, CA 13.7% 20th -1.4pp 14th 21% above peers
Joplin, MO 16.9% 24th -1.3pp 15th 49% above peers
Lebanon, TN 13.1% 19th -0.9pp 16th 16% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.4% 12th -0.6pp 17th 8% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 9.7% 10th -0.5pp 18th 14% below peers
Edina, MN 4.7% 2nd -0.2pp 19th 59% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.4% 26th -0.6pp 20th 71% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 7th -0.1pp 21st 30% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 19.7% 27th +0.5pp 22nd 74% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.6% 4th +0.2pp 23rd 51% below peers
Galveston, TX 21.4% 29th +1.5pp 24th 89% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 11.2% 15th +0.9pp 25th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.0% 18th +1.3pp 26th 15% above peers
Everett, MA 14.7% 21st +2.0pp 27th 30% above peers
Grand Island, NE 15.2% 22nd +2.4pp 28th 34% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.9% 5th +1.9pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.4% then, 31.0% now; margin ±6.5pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.8% to 31.0%).
Needs attention 31.0%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 16.0% -2.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Rockwall, TX 3.1% 1st -3.2pp 1st 80% below peers
Normal, IL 7.4% 7th -5.5pp 2nd 52% below peers
Murray, UT 4.9% 3rd -3.2pp 3rd 68% below peers
Pensacola, FL 17.9% 19th -10.5pp 4th 15% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 8th -4.3pp 5th 50% below peers
Summerville, SC 11.5% 12th -5.9pp 6th 26% below peers
Elyria, OH 26.1% 26th -13.1pp 7th 68% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.5% 6th -3.2pp 8th 58% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.4% 11th -4.2pp 9th 33% below peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 10th -2.8pp 10th 40% below peers
Joplin, MO 19.1% 21st -5.3pp 11th 23% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 15.5% 16th -3.3pp 12th on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 15.4% 14th -3.3pp 13th 1% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 13.5% 13th -2.6pp 14th 13% below peers
Lebanon, TN 19.5% 22nd -2.9pp 15th 25% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 9th -1.1pp 16th 42% below peers
West New York, NJ 28.7% 27th -3.0pp 17th 85% above peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 2nd -0.4pp 18th 71% below peers
Colton, CA 20.7% 23rd -1.0pp 19th 33% above peers
Elkhart, IN 31.0% 28th -1.4pp 20th 100% above peers
Grand Island, NE 18.8% 20th +0.4pp 21st 21% above peers
Kentwood, MI 16.2% 17th +1.6pp 22nd 4% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.0% 4th +0.5pp 23rd 68% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.3% 29th +4.2pp 24th 115% above peers
Manhattan, KS 16.8% 18th +2.3pp 25th 8% above peers
Everett, MA 23.6% 25th +3.5pp 26th 52% above peers
Galveston, TX 35.7% 30th +9.2pp 27th 130% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 15th +5.2pp 28th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 24th +8.4pp 29th 39% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.7% 5th +2.5pp 30th 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.2pp 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 12.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.7% to 90.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Elkhart 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 22.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (67.7% to 90.2%).
Bright spot 90.2%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 90.0% +9.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lebanon, TN 93.2% 12th +13.0pp 1st 1% above peers
Elkhart, IN 90.2% 24th +12.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Elyria, OH 87.0% 27th +11.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 92.0% 19th +11.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 92.2% 17th +10.5pp 5th on par with peers
Everett, MA 94.2% 8th +10.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 92.5% 14th +9.7pp 7th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 88.6% 26th +9.2pp 8th 4% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 80.7% 30th +8.3pp 9th 13% below peers
Galveston, TX 91.5% 20th +9.4pp 10th 1% below peers
Murray, UT 94.0% 9th +9.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Normal, IL 86.8% 29th +8.1pp 12th 6% below peers
West New York, NJ 87.0% 28th +8.1pp 13th 6% below peers
Colton, CA 90.8% 23rd +8.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Berwyn, IL 92.3% 16th +8.1pp 15th on par with peers
Grand Island, NE 89.7% 25th +7.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Summerville, SC 93.1% 13th +7.9pp 17th 1% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 92.4% 15th +7.8pp 18th on par with peers
Palm Desert, CA 91.3% 21st +6.1pp 19th 1% below peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 1st +5.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 94.3% 7th +5.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Kentwood, MI 91.2% 22nd +4.3pp 22nd 1% below peers
Rockwall, TX 96.3% 2nd +4.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Manhattan, KS 92.1% 18th +4.2pp 24th on par with peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 11th +4.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 6th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 95.8% 3rd +3.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Wheaton, IL 95.8% 4th +3.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 93.7% 10th +3.0pp 29th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 5th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys 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 (0.43 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.04).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.46).
0.46
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 0.45 -0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Lebanon, TN 0.42 13th -0.024 1st 7% below peers
Summerville, SC 0.42 7th -0.022 2nd 8% below peers
Pensacola, FL 0.49 25th -0.020 3rd 6% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 0.51 28th -0.020 4th 12% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 0.47 19th -0.015 5th 2% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 12th -0.013 6th 7% below peers
Colton, CA 0.39 1st -0.007 7th 15% below peers
Murray, UT 0.42 6th -0.007 8th 9% below peers
Joplin, MO 0.48 23rd -0.008 9th 4% above peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 10th 16% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 0.42 10th -0.006 11th 8% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 0.47 21st -0.006 12th 3% above peers
Kentwood, MI 0.41 2nd -0.002 13th 11% below peers
Berwyn, IL 0.41 5th +0.002 14th 10% below peers
Elyria, OH 0.45 15th +0.003 15th 2% below peers
Wheaton, IL 0.46 17th +0.003 16th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 0.47 22nd +0.004 17th 3% above peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 24th +0.007 18th 6% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 0.44 14th +0.008 19th 3% below peers
Manhattan, KS 0.49 26th +0.015 20th 8% above peers
Galveston, TX 0.52 30th +0.017 21st 15% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 0.42 9th +0.016 22nd 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX 0.41 4th +0.018 23rd 10% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 0.41 3rd +0.020 24th 11% below peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 11th +0.023 25th 7% below peers
Normal, IL 0.51 29th +0.029 26th 12% above peers
Grand Island, NE 0.47 20th +0.030 27th 2% above peers
Elkhart, IN 0.46 16th +0.031 28th on par with peers
Everett, MA 0.46 18th +0.035 29th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 0.51 27th +0.040 30th 11% above peers
Methuen, MA 0.42 8th 8% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 5.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 18.6% to 12.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Elkhart started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 12.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (25.1% to 12.8%).
Bright spot 12.8%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 9.0% -1.7pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Gallatin, TN 9.6% 16th -6.6pp 1st on par with peers
Murray, UT 4.5% 4th -2.6pp 2nd 53% below peers
Lebanon, TN 11.0% 19th -5.7pp 3rd 15% above peers
Wheaton, IL 3.6% 3rd -1.7pp 4th 62% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.8% 22nd -5.8pp 5th 34% above peers
Grand Island, NE 9.4% 14th -4.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Summerville, SC 8.1% 12th -3.0pp 7th 15% below peers
Pensacola, FL 11.4% 20th -4.0pp 8th 19% above peers
Elyria, OH 16.0% 26th -3.3pp 9th 67% above peers
Galveston, TX 13.0% 23rd -2.3pp 10th 36% above peers
Colton, CA 14.9% 24th -2.5pp 11th 55% above peers
West New York, NJ 18.0% 28th -2.7pp 12th 89% above peers
Normal, IL 7.3% 10th -0.9pp 13th 24% below peers
Kentwood, MI 10.6% 17th -0.9pp 14th 11% above peers
Joplin, MO 15.7% 25th -0.9pp 15th 64% above peers
Berwyn, IL 16.2% 27th -0.8pp 16th 69% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 3.4% 2nd +0.0pp 17th 64% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 25.4% 30th +0.2pp 18th 166% above peers
Everett, MA 18.6% 29th +1.0pp 19th 95% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.5% 13th +0.5pp 20th 11% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.8% 18th +0.9pp 21st 12% above peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 1st +0.6pp 22nd 71% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 11th +1.6pp 23rd 19% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 11.9% 21st +2.6pp 24th 24% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.8% 8th +1.6pp 25th 28% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.0% 9th +1.7pp 26th 27% below peers
Rockwall, TX 5.0% 5th +1.7pp 27th 47% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 6.7% 7th +2.9pp 28th 30% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 9.4% 15th +4.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.8% 6th +4.2pp 30th 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $233,030 in August 2026, up from $219,601 a year earlier.
Big move $233,030
2005August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref $260,095 (Aug 26) +3.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Berwyn, IL $321,149 (Aug 26) 19th +6.2% 1st 26% below peers
Elkhart, IN $233,030 (Aug 26) 26th +6.1% 2nd 46% below peers
Wheaton, IL $514,751 (Aug 26) 9th +5.3% 3rd 18% above peers
Manhattan, KS $298,350 (Aug 26) 21st +4.9% 4th 31% below peers
Elyria, OH $190,344 (Aug 26) 28th +4.8% 5th 56% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $337,869 (Aug 26) 17th +4.8% 6th 22% below peers
West New York, NJ $450,193 (Aug 26) 13th +4.5% 7th 4% above peers
Edina, MN $626,258 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 8th 44% above peers
Kentwood, MI $334,412 (Aug 26) 18th +4.0% 9th 23% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $485,327 (Aug 26) 11th +3.0% 10th 12% above peers
Placentia, CA $1,101,906 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.4% 11th 153% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $943,821 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.0% 12th 117% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $573,373 (Aug 26) 6th +2.0% 13th 32% above peers
Joplin, MO $207,169 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 14th 52% below peers
Arcadia, CA $1,381,933 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 15th 218% above peers
Murray, UT $546,866 (Aug 26) 7th +1.8% 16th 26% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $253,784 (Aug 26) 25th +1.5% 17th 42% below peers
Lebanon, TN $447,311 (Aug 26) 14th +1.3% 18th 3% above peers
Pensacola, FL $266,727 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 19th 39% below peers
Everett, MA $628,482 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 20th 45% above peers
Colton, CA $495,001 (Aug 26) 10th +0.9% 21st 14% above peers
Gallatin, TN $434,846 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 22nd on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC $188,603 (Aug 26) 29th +0.1% 23rd 57% below peers
Normal, IL $267,616 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.2% 24th 38% below peers
Grand Island, NE $253,838 (Aug 26) 24th -0.2% 25th 42% below peers
Summerville, SC $379,909 (Aug 26) 16th -0.8% 26th 13% below peers
Rockwall, TX $474,989 (Aug 26) 12th -1.0% 27th 9% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $538,918 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 28th 24% above peers
Galveston, TX $317,544 (Aug 26) 20th -4.9% 29th 27% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $156,982 in August 2026, up from $148,030 a year earlier.
Big move $156,982
2014August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref $157,269 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Berwyn, IL $261,280 (Aug 26) 16th +9.9% 1st 6% below peers
Manhattan, KS $215,910 (Aug 26) 20th +6.6% 2nd 22% below peers
Elyria, OH $129,698 (Aug 26) 28th +6.2% 3rd 53% below peers
Elkhart, IN $156,982 (Aug 26) 26th +6.0% 4th 43% below peers
Wheaton, IL $340,137 (Aug 26) 9th +5.3% 5th 23% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $253,005 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 6th 9% below peers
Kentwood, MI $256,464 (Aug 26) 17th +4.3% 7th 8% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $463,771 (Aug 26) 4th +3.0% 8th 67% above peers
Normal, IL $201,002 (Aug 26) 21st +3.0% 9th 28% below peers
Joplin, MO $133,567 (Aug 26) 27th +2.6% 10th 52% below peers
Colton, CA $403,731 (Aug 26) 6th +2.2% 11th 46% above peers
Pensacola, FL $168,814 (Aug 26) 25th +2.1% 12th 39% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $721,092 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 13th 160% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $194,409 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 14th 30% below peers
West New York, NJ $277,283 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 15th on par with peers
Lebanon, TN $322,593 (Aug 26) 11th +1.5% 16th 16% above peers
Placentia, CA $806,415 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 17th 191% above peers
Everett, MA $444,185 (Aug 26) 5th +1.1% 18th 60% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $306,340 (Aug 26) 13th +0.9% 19th 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN $309,188 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 20th 12% above peers
Arcadia, CA $929,293 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 21st 235% above peers
Murray, UT $391,433 (Aug 26) 8th +0.3% 22nd 41% above peers
Summerville, SC $296,674 (Aug 26) 14th +0.1% 23rd 7% above peers
Grand Island, NE $180,301 (Aug 26) 24th -0.4% 24th 35% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $395,996 (Aug 26) 7th -1.6% 25th 43% above peers
Rockwall, TX $336,573 (Aug 26) 10th -1.7% 26th 21% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $95,036 (Aug 26) 29th -2.0% 27th 66% below peers
Edina, MN $243,048 (Aug 26) 19th -3.3% 28th 12% below peers
Galveston, TX $197,563 (Aug 26) 22nd -5.3% 29th 29% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.7% then, 53.2% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.0% to 53.2%).
Needs attention 53.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 70.5% +1.5pp
United States ref 65.2%
West New York, NJ 22.9% 30th +2.5pp 1st 63% below peers
Manhattan, KS 43.5% 28th +4.5pp 2nd 30% below peers
Summerville, SC 69.1% 9th +5.4pp 3rd 11% above peers
Pensacola, FL 64.2% 13th +4.6pp 4th 3% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.0% 6th +5.1pp 5th 15% above peers
Lebanon, TN 62.4% 15th +4.1pp 6th on par with peers
Kentwood, MI 61.4% 16th +3.2pp 7th 2% below peers
Galveston, TX 46.2% 27th +2.4pp 8th 26% below peers
Berwyn, IL 61.1% 17th +3.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Elkhart, IN 53.2% 24th +2.5pp 10th 15% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 71.6% 8th +2.6pp 11th 15% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 65.0% 10th +2.2pp 12th 4% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 86.9% 1st +2.5pp 13th 39% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 5th +1.6pp 14th 16% above peers
Colton, CA 52.8% 25th +1.1pp 15th 15% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 73.4% 3rd +0.8pp 16th 18% above peers
Elyria, OH 60.0% 18th +0.6pp 17th 4% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 21% above peers
Normal, IL 54.8% 22nd -0.6pp 19th 12% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 64.8% 11th -0.8pp 20th 4% above peers
Grand Island, NE 57.8% 20th -1.0pp 21st 7% below peers
Wheaton, IL 71.7% 7th -1.6pp 22nd 15% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 19th -1.3pp 23rd 7% below peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 14th -1.7pp 24th 2% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 49.0% 26th -1.6pp 25th 21% below peers
Everett, MA 37.2% 29th -1.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Murray, UT 64.7% 12th -2.5pp 27th 4% above peers
Rockwall, TX 72.5% 4th -3.8pp 28th 16% above peers
Joplin, MO 53.4% 23rd -4.3pp 29th 14% below peers
Gallatin, TN 57.1% 21st -5.4pp 30th 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2023 to 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,170 in August 2026, up from $1,086 a year earlier.
Big move $1,170
2023August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Elkhart, IN $1,170 (Aug 26) 29th +7.8% 1st 30% below peers
Elyria, OH $1,202 (Aug 26) 28th +6.1% 2nd 28% below peers
Joplin, MO $1,237 (Aug 26) 27th +6.0% 3rd 25% below peers
Berwyn, IL $1,427 (Aug 26) 20th +5.6% 4th 14% below peers
Kentwood, MI $1,592 (Aug 26) 18th +5.4% 5th 4% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $1,825 (Aug 26) 13th +4.5% 6th 10% above peers
Manhattan, KS $1,338 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.4% 7th 19% below peers
Summerville, SC $1,895 (Aug 26) 11th +4.4% 8th 14% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $2,191 (Aug 26) 8th +4.4% 9th 32% above peers
Palm Desert, CA $2,677 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 10th 61% above peers
Edina, MN $2,015 (Aug 26) 10th +3.3% 11th 21% above peers
Placentia, CA $2,853 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 12th 72% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $1,272 (Aug 26) 26th +2.8% 13th 23% below peers
Everett, MA $2,802 (Aug 26) 4th +2.6% 14th 69% above peers
Pensacola, FL $1,657 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 15th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,524 (Aug 26) 1st +2.4% 16th 112% above peers
Normal, IL $1,397 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.3% 17th 16% below peers
West New York, NJ $2,531 (Aug 26) 6th +2.2% 18th 52% above peers
Lebanon, TN $1,639 (Aug 26) 17th +2.2% 19th 1% below peers
Colton, CA $1,883 (Aug 26) 12th +2.0% 20th 13% above peers
Wheaton, IL $2,182 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 21st 31% above peers
Murray, UT $1,482 (Aug 26) 19th +1.6% 22nd 11% below peers
Gallatin, TN $1,660 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 23rd on par with peers
Rockwall, TX $1,762 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 24th 6% above peers
Arcadia, CA $3,414 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 25th 106% above peers
Galveston, TX $1,405 (Aug 26) 21st +0.7% 26th 15% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 25th +0.3% 27th 22% below peers
Grand Island, NE $1,322 (Aug 26) 24th -0.9% 28th 20% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $2,331 (Aug 26) 7th -2.5% 29th 40% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.4% then, 33.5% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.6% to 33.5%).
33.5%
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
Indiana ref 25.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Rocky Mount, NC 32.0% 14th -6.2pp 1st 3% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 26.2% 2nd -4.4pp 2nd 21% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.1% 17th -4.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Summerville, SC 31.1% 12th -3.2pp 4th 6% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 20th -3.1pp 5th 5% above peers
Elyria, OH 30.2% 9th -2.4pp 6th 8% below peers
Murray, UT 26.9% 3rd -1.8pp 7th 19% below peers
Manhattan, KS 36.7% 23rd -2.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Pensacola, FL 33.1% 16th -1.6pp 9th on par with peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 10th 13% below peers
Everett, MA 49.0% 30th -0.8pp 11th 48% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 24.2% 1st -0.3pp 12th 27% below peers
Kentwood, MI 28.6% 6th -0.2pp 13th 14% below peers
Colton, CA 43.9% 27th +0.1pp 14th 33% above peers
Elkhart, IN 33.5% 19th +0.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Lebanon, TN 29.9% 8th +0.9pp 16th 10% below peers
Wheaton, IL 28.5% 5th +1.0pp 17th 14% below peers
Berwyn, IL 39.3% 24th +1.4pp 18th 19% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 27.7% 4th +1.1pp 19th 16% below peers
West New York, NJ 50.0% 31st +3.6pp 20th 51% above peers
Joplin, MO 31.7% 13th +2.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 46.4% 29th +4.3pp 22nd 40% above peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 28th +4.3pp 23rd 38% above peers
Normal, IL 33.0% 15th +3.1pp 24th on par with peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 25th +4.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.7% 26th +4.6pp 26th 32% above peers
Rockwall, TX 30.6% 10th +4.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Grand Island, NE 30.6% 11th +5.4pp 28th 7% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 36.4% 22nd +6.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN 34.9% 21st +6.9pp 30th 6% above peers
Methuen, MA 33.3% 18th 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.8% to 8.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Elkhart started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 8.1%).
Bright spot 8.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 6.2% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Manhattan, KS 4.3% 6th -4.1pp 1st 29% below peers
Elkhart, IN 8.1% 22nd -3.7pp 2nd 34% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 3.9% 4th -1.1pp 3rd 36% below peers
Rockwall, TX 2.5% 1st -0.7pp 4th 58% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.7% 9th -1.2pp 5th 23% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.1% 5th -0.8pp 6th 32% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.2% 3rd -0.6pp 7th 47% below peers
Elyria, OH 8.9% 25th -0.9pp 8th 48% above peers
Gallatin, TN 5.0% 11th -0.4pp 9th 17% below peers
Galveston, TX 10.7% 28th -0.6pp 10th 77% above peers
Normal, IL 6.0% 16th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 40.0% 31st -0.3pp 12th 565% above peers
Berwyn, IL 9.0% 26th +0.1pp 13th 49% above peers
Pensacola, FL 8.4% 24th +0.2pp 14th 39% above peers
Everett, MA 19.0% 30th +0.9pp 15th 216% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 12.0% 29th +0.7pp 16th 99% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 2nd +0.2pp 17th 52% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 8.2% 23rd +0.5pp 18th 37% above peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 19th +0.4pp 19th 8% above peers
Joplin, MO 9.6% 27th +0.8pp 20th 59% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 6.1% 17th +0.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 6.4% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 7% above peers
Kentwood, MI 7.6% 21st +1.1pp 23rd 26% above peers
Summerville, SC 4.6% 7th +0.7pp 24th 24% below peers
Murray, UT 5.5% 13th +1.2pp 25th 9% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 10th +1.3pp 26th 18% below peers
Wheaton, IL 5.4% 12th +1.6pp 27th 10% below peers
Grand Island, NE 7.3% 20th +2.2pp 28th 21% above peers
Colton, CA 5.6% 14th +1.8pp 29th 6% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 8th +1.6pp 30th 24% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.0% 15th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.0% then, 12.0% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 11.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.4% to 12.0%).
Needs attention 12.0%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 7.4% -1.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Minnetonka, MN 1.3% 1st -1.2pp 1st 83% below peers
Wheaton, IL 2.2% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 71% below peers
Kentwood, MI 3.9% 7th -2.1pp 3rd 50% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 8th -1.8pp 4th 39% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 5th -1.1pp 5th 55% below peers
Murray, UT 7.1% 15th -2.1pp 6th 8% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 2nd -0.5pp 7th 78% below peers
Rockwall, TX 8.1% 18th -2.3pp 8th 5% above peers
Elkhart, IN 12.0% 27th -2.0pp 9th 56% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.2% 23rd -1.5pp 10th 33% above peers
Galveston, TX 16.5% 30th -2.3pp 11th 115% above peers
Elyria, OH 6.7% 13th -0.9pp 12th 12% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 5.5% 10th -0.7pp 13th 28% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.7% 6th -0.3pp 14th 52% below peers
West New York, NJ 21.4% 31st +0.0pp 15th 178% above peers
Everett, MA 6.9% 14th +0.0pp 16th 10% below peers
Gallatin, TN 8.6% 19th +0.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 5.7% 11th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 12th +0.2pp 19th 17% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 13.7% 28th +0.6pp 20th 78% above peers
Joplin, MO 11.7% 26th +0.6pp 21st 52% above peers
Lebanon, TN 9.5% 21st +0.6pp 22nd 24% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.3% 24th +0.9pp 23rd 47% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.0% 17th +0.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 22nd +1.0pp 25th 32% above peers
Colton, CA 9.1% 20th +1.0pp 26th 18% above peers
Grand Island, NE 14.5% 29th +1.8pp 27th 89% above peers
Normal, IL 4.9% 9th +0.9pp 28th 37% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 11.3% 25th +2.3pp 29th 47% above peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 16th +2.0pp 30th on par with peers
Methuen, MA 3.4% 4th 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp 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.

45.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 38.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Arcadia, CA 16.3% 1st 52% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.8% 2nd 36% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 3rd 31% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 24.8% 4th 28% below peers
Placentia, CA 26.0% 5th 24% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 27.0% 6th 21% below peers
Wheaton, IL 29.0% 7th 15% below peers
Everett, MA 29.3% 8th 15% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 30.5% 9th 11% below peers
Pensacola, FL 31.7% 10th 8% below peers
Murray, UT 32.2% 11th 6% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 32.6% 12th 5% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 33.1% 13th 3% below peers
Manhattan, KS 33.5% 14th 2% below peers
Rockwall, TX 34.3% 15th on par with peers
Kentwood, MI 34.3% 16th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 34.9% 17th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 35.4% 18th 3% above peers
Normal, IL 36.0% 19th 5% above peers
Joplin, MO 36.4% 20th 6% above peers
Summerville, SC 36.6% 21st 7% above peers
Colton, CA 37.5% 22nd 9% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.3% 23rd 12% above peers
Lebanon, TN 38.7% 24th 13% above peers
Gallatin, TN 40.6% 25th 18% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 41.6% 26th 21% above peers
Elyria, OH 42.5% 27th 24% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.1% 28th 26% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 44.0% 29th 28% above peers
Elkhart, IN 45.9% 30th 34% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.0% then, 9.7% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 9.7%).
Needs attention 9.7%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 5.9% -0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Wheaton, IL 0.8% 1st -2.3pp 1st 73% below peers
Kentwood, MI 1.2% 4th -2.7pp 2nd 64% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 2nd -1.5pp 3rd 71% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 1.0% 3rd -1.1pp 4th 67% below peers
Everett, MA 2.3% 10th -2.3pp 5th 27% below peers
Gallatin, TN 2.6% 12th -2.4pp 6th 18% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 8th -1.3pp 7th 39% below peers
Normal, IL 1.4% 5th -0.6pp 8th 56% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 2.5% 11th -1.1pp 9th 22% below peers
Rockwall, TX 7.1% 27th -3.0pp 10th 124% above peers
Berwyn, IL 2.3% 9th -0.7pp 11th 29% below peers
Colton, CA 3.6% 17th -1.0pp 12th 14% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.8% 14th -0.7pp 13th 14% below peers
Elyria, OH 2.6% 13th -0.5pp 14th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO 4.1% 19th -0.6pp 15th 29% above peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 7th -0.2pp 16th 40% below peers
Galveston, TX 11.2% 31st -0.1pp 17th 253% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 18th +0.0pp 18th 25% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 15th +0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 26th +0.4pp 20th 111% above peers
Elkhart, IN 9.7% 29th +0.6pp 21st 203% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 6.6% 25th +0.5pp 22nd 108% above peers
Summerville, SC 6.4% 22nd +1.8pp 23rd 101% above peers
Lebanon, TN 6.5% 23rd +2.4pp 24th 105% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 5.4% 21st +2.1pp 25th 70% above peers
Murray, UT 7.5% 28th +3.0pp 26th 136% above peers
Manhattan, KS 3.2% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
West New York, NJ 10.3% 30th +4.9pp 28th 224% above peers
Pensacola, FL 6.6% 24th +3.5pp 29th 107% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.2% 20th +2.4pp 30th 31% above peers
Methuen, MA 1.5% 6th 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.0% to 17.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
52% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Elkhart started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.5% to 17.7%).
Bright spot 17.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 29.5% +3.0pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Murray, UT 41.9% 11th +8.4pp 1st 20% above peers
Everett, MA 24.9% 25th +4.9pp 2nd 29% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 28.2% 22nd +5.4pp 3rd 19% below peers
Galveston, TX 36.0% 15th +6.8pp 4th 3% above peers
Lebanon, TN 30.8% 21st +5.3pp 5th 12% below peers
Gallatin, TN 33.5% 18th +5.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Elkhart, IN 17.7% 30th +2.7pp 7th 50% below peers
Pensacola, FL 43.0% 10th +5.8pp 8th 23% above peers
Kentwood, MI 36.7% 14th +4.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Elyria, OH 17.8% 29th +2.3pp 10th 49% below peers
Rockwall, TX 48.6% 7th +6.0pp 11th 39% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.9% 27th +2.6pp 12th 35% below peers
Summerville, SC 33.5% 17th +3.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 8th +4.9pp 14th 26% above peers
West New York, NJ 33.5% 19th +3.3pp 15th 5% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 40.7% 12th +3.8pp 16th 16% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.9% 23rd +2.5pp 17th 23% below peers
Normal, IL 52.9% 6th +4.5pp 18th 51% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 65.0% 2nd +4.8pp 19th 85% above peers
Berwyn, IL 24.2% 26th +1.6pp 20th 31% below peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 4th +2.6pp 21st 64% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 22nd 107% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 16th +1.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Manhattan, KS 53.3% 5th +1.4pp 24th 52% above peers
Grand Island, NE 20.9% 28th +0.3pp 25th 40% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 37.0% 13th +0.4pp 26th 6% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 43.3% 9th +0.3pp 27th 23% above peers
Joplin, MO 26.6% 24th +0.2pp 28th 24% below peers
Wheaton, IL 64.5% 3rd +0.3pp 29th 84% above peers
Colton, CA 16.6% 31st -0.8pp 30th 53% below peers
Methuen, MA 31.0% 20th 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.0% then, 25.1% now; margin ±14.0pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.8% to 25.1%).
Needs attention 25.1%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 39.7% -1.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Placentia, CA 60.8% 5th +21.8pp 1st 28% above peers
Colton, CA 46.5% 16th +15.4pp 2nd 2% below peers
Grand Island, NE 45.6% 18th +13.3pp 3rd 4% below peers
Kentwood, MI 59.0% 7th +15.1pp 4th 24% above peers
Normal, IL 57.0% 8th +11.3pp 5th 20% above peers
Murray, UT 61.8% 3rd +12.2pp 6th 30% above peers
Manhattan, KS 60.8% 4th +11.1pp 7th 28% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.4% 24th +5.2pp 8th 30% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 59.4% 6th +6.5pp 9th 25% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.9% 23rd +3.6pp 10th 29% below peers
Berwyn, IL 50.8% 11th +4.0pp 11th 7% above peers
Elyria, OH 48.8% 14th +3.8pp 12th 2% above peers
Lebanon, TN 44.0% 19th +2.2pp 13th 8% below peers
Rockwall, TX 45.6% 17th +1.2pp 14th 4% below peers
West New York, NJ 64.8% 2nd -0.0pp 15th 36% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 49.4% 12th -1.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Elkhart, IN 25.1% 28th -0.9pp 17th 47% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 10th -3.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 1st -7.9pp 19th 40% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.5% 21st -5.4pp 20th 9% below peers
Pensacola, FL 47.7% 15th -8.5pp 21st on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 32.8% 26th -6.8pp 22nd 31% below peers
Wheaton, IL 54.2% 9th -18.7pp 23rd 14% above peers
Joplin, MO 21.9% 30th -8.0pp 24th 54% below peers
Everett, MA 43.5% 20th -17.1pp 25th 9% below peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 13th -19.3pp 26th 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 33.1% 25th -14.4pp 27th 31% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 26.4% 27th -14.5pp 28th 45% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 41.7% 22nd -36.0pp 29th 13% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.0% 29th -23.3pp 30th 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.7% then, 11.1% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.0% to 11.1%).
Needs attention 11.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 6.0% -0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Yucaipa, CA 2.8% 7th -6.9pp 1st 49% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% 13th -7.3pp 2nd 19% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 3.5% 10th -4.7pp 3rd 37% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 3.6% 11th -2.9pp 4th 34% below peers
Murray, UT 3.5% 9th -2.7pp 5th 37% below peers
Manhattan, KS 1.8% 4th -0.9pp 6th 68% below peers
Kentwood, MI 5.5% 16th -2.2pp 7th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 11.1% 26th -3.6pp 8th 101% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 22nd -0.1pp 9th 36% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 12th +0.1pp 10th 28% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.9% 14th +0.6pp 11th 11% below peers
Joplin, MO 5.2% 15th +0.8pp 12th 6% below peers
Berwyn, IL 7.6% 24th +1.3pp 13th 38% above peers
Wheaton, IL 1.3% 2nd +0.2pp 14th 77% below peers
Elyria, OH 18.2% 30th +3.6pp 15th 229% above peers
Rockwall, TX 6.0% 17th +1.3pp 16th 9% above peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 20th +1.8pp 17th 21% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.2% 25th +3.2pp 18th 84% above peers
Summerville, SC 7.5% 23rd +2.5pp 19th 36% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 2.6% 5th +1.0pp 20th 53% below peers
Everett, MA 6.5% 19th +2.9pp 21st 18% above peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 8th +1.5pp 22nd 41% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 3rd +0.8pp 23rd 71% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.9% 29th +7.0pp 24th 151% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 21st +3.9pp 25th 22% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.7% 6th +1.6pp 26th 51% below peers
West New York, NJ 23.0% 31st +13.5pp 27th 316% above peers
Colton, CA 11.6% 27th +7.5pp 28th 110% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.7% 28th +8.7pp 29th 111% above peers
Normal, IL 0.8% 1st +0.6pp 30th 85% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.3% 18th 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.8pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52,257 to 53,733 - more than the combined survey margin (±320).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 34% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (51,539 to 53,733).
Big move 53,733
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Lebanon, TN 44,788 31st +35% 1st 16% below peers
Gallatin, TN 48,532 30th +27% 2nd 9% below peers
Rockwall, TX 51,168 26th +16% 3rd 4% below peers
Everett, MA 50,045 29th +9% 4th 6% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 27th +7% 5th 4% below peers
Galveston, TX 53,424 15th +6% 6th on par with peers
Kentwood, MI 54,296 6th +5% 7th 2% above peers
Joplin, MO 52,593 22nd +4% 8th 1% below peers
Grand Island, NE 52,884 20th +3% 9th 1% below peers
Edina, MN 53,262 17th +3% 10th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 53,733 11th +3% 11th 1% above peers
Pensacola, FL 54,036 9th +3% 12th 1% above peers
Murray, UT 50,188 28th +2% 13th 6% below peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 21st +2% 14th 1% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 54,421 4th +2% 15th 2% above peers
Wheaton, IL 53,557 13th +1% 16th 1% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 53,279 16th +0% 17th on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 55,595 1st +0% 18th 4% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 53,064 18th +0% 19th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 54,297 5th -0% 20th 2% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 51,990 24th -1% 21st 2% below peers
West New York, NJ 52,004 23rd -1% 22nd 2% below peers
Elyria, OH 53,035 19th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Colton, CA 53,772 10th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 7th -2% 25th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 54,239 8th -2% 26th 2% above peers
Normal, IL 53,569 12th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Summerville, SC 51,654 25th -3% 28th 3% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 54,842 3rd -3% 29th 3% above peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 2nd -5% 30th 4% above peers
Methuen, MA 53,475 14th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 ±41 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.6% then, 26.3% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.5% to 26.3%).
Big move 26.3%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 23.3% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Yucaipa, CA 26.2% 3rd +1.5pp 1st 20% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 21.4% 18th +1.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 25.6% 4th +1.0pp 3rd 17% above peers
Grand Island, NE 28.2% 1st +0.2pp 4th 29% above peers
Lebanon, TN 23.1% 9th +0.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 8th -0.2pp 6th 7% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 17th -0.5pp 7th 1% below peers
Murray, UT 21.1% 20th -0.6pp 8th 4% below peers
Everett, MA 21.8% 16th -0.6pp 9th on par with peers
Elyria, OH 21.9% 15th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Rockwall, TX 24.3% 5th -1.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Kentwood, MI 23.3% 7th -1.1pp 12th 7% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 12th -1.1pp 13th 3% above peers
Elkhart, IN 26.3% 2nd -1.3pp 14th 20% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.0% 14th -1.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Manhattan, KS 14.6% 30th -0.8pp 16th 33% below peers
Wheaton, IL 22.0% 13th -1.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 27th -1.1pp 18th 17% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 22nd -1.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Normal, IL 16.1% 28th -1.0pp 20th 26% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.5% 25th -1.4pp 21st 11% below peers
Joplin, MO 20.9% 23rd -1.6pp 22nd 4% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 23rd 6% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 20.9% 21st -1.9pp 24th 4% below peers
Summerville, SC 22.9% 10th -2.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 12.8% 31st -1.6pp 26th 41% below peers
Galveston, TX 14.8% 29th -2.4pp 27th 32% below peers
Colton, CA 23.4% 6th -4.3pp 28th 7% above peers
Berwyn, IL 22.4% 11th -4.8pp 29th 3% above peers
Pensacola, FL 18.7% 26th -5.6pp 30th 15% below peers
Methuen, MA 21.3% 19th 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (48.2% then, 56.0% now; margin ±9.0pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.5% to 56.0%).
Big move 56.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 29.9% -1.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 22nd +6.9pp 1st 29% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 30th +3.5pp 2nd 55% below peers
Joplin, MO 40.9% 7th +9.4pp 3rd 21% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 37.2% 13th +7.9pp 4th 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN 37.8% 10th +7.6pp 5th 11% above peers
Elkhart, IN 56.0% 2nd +7.9pp 6th 65% above peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 25th +2.5pp 7th 35% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.2% 21st +2.6pp 8th 29% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.4% 1st +6.2pp 9th 93% above peers
West New York, NJ 42.1% 5th +2.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Berwyn, IL 37.5% 12th +1.5pp 11th 11% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 15.8% 29th +0.2pp 12th 54% below peers
Summerville, SC 34.4% 15th +0.5pp 13th 1% above peers
Everett, MA 42.1% 6th +0.5pp 14th 24% above peers
Colton, CA 38.4% 8th +0.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 35.0% 14th -0.2pp 16th 3% above peers
Rockwall, TX 16.2% 27th -0.3pp 17th 52% below peers
Galveston, TX 42.9% 4th -0.8pp 18th 27% above peers
Murray, UT 23.7% 23rd -1.3pp 19th 30% below peers
Grand Island, NE 38.2% 9th -4.4pp 20th 13% above peers
Pensacola, FL 37.6% 11th -4.8pp 21st 11% above peers
Elyria, OH 49.9% 3rd -7.7pp 22nd 47% above peers
Kentwood, MI 31.2% 17th -5.0pp 23rd 8% below peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 26th -3.2pp 24th 45% below peers
Wheaton, IL 10.1% 31st -1.8pp 25th 70% below peers
Normal, IL 22.6% 24th -4.2pp 26th 33% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.6% 19th -6.2pp 27th 19% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 16.2% 28th -4.7pp 28th 52% below peers
Lebanon, TN 30.1% 18th -9.2pp 29th 11% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 24.4% 20th -9.0pp 30th 28% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.9% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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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1 of 11 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±7.3pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents fell 12.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.6% to 56.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.6pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents fell 10.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.1% to 56.7%).
Big move 56.7%
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
Indiana ref 67.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 17th +17.6pp 1st 1% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 66.5% 22nd +16.4pp 2nd 7% below peers
Colton, CA 71.5% 16th +17.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Wheaton, IL 73.0% 14th +15.4pp 4th 2% above peers
Joplin, MO 73.6% 12th +13.7pp 5th 3% above peers
Pensacola, FL 82.8% 1st +14.4pp 6th 16% above peers
Rockwall, TX 74.1% 10th +12.3pp 7th 4% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 82.2% 2nd +13.4pp 8th 15% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.9% 15th +10.3pp 9th 2% above peers
West New York, NJ 63.3% 27th +7.1pp 10th 11% below peers
Summerville, SC 81.2% 3rd +7.8pp 11th 14% above peers
Lebanon, TN 74.7% 8th +5.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 67.9% 19th +3.3pp 13th 5% below peers
Elyria, OH 67.5% 21st +3.0pp 14th 6% below peers
Normal, IL 76.8% 5th +3.0pp 15th 7% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 26th +1.8pp 16th 10% below peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 18th +1.8pp 17th 3% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 78.9% 4th +1.7pp 18th 10% above peers
Manhattan, KS 73.5% 13th +1.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Everett, MA 75.1% 6th +1.2pp 20th 5% above peers
Berwyn, IL 74.5% 9th +1.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Kentwood, MI 67.8% 20th +0.7pp 22nd 5% below peers
Gallatin, TN 65.0% 24th +0.5pp 23rd 9% below peers
Murray, UT 64.9% 25th +0.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Grand Island, NE 75.0% 7th -3.0pp 25th 5% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 57.8% 29th -5.4pp 26th 19% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.6% 23rd -10.1pp 27th 8% below peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 28th -10.5pp 28th 12% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.7% 31st -12.9pp 29th 21% below peers
Galveston, TX 56.9% 30th -17.9pp 30th 20% below peers
Methuen, MA 73.8% 11th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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1 of 11 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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