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50,420 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Lawrence, IN shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.6%
2020-24
▼ 59%
relative change
23.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.7%
2020-24
▼ 41%
relative change
14.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$74,022
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$56,819 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.0%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
11.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.2%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
78.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.3%
Jul 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
3.8% a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
28.3%
2020-24
flat
relative change
28.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Lawrence, IN shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
27.7%
2020-24
▼ 39%
relative change
45.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.2%
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.9%
2020-24
▲ 100%
relative change
5.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
12.5%
2019-23
▲ 16%
relative change
10.8% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.4%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
7.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
86.3%
2020-24
▲ 43%
relative change
60.2% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,549
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,502 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
49,517
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
48,699 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$188,593
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$187,681 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$268,242
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$267,655 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.6%
2020-24
high
vs peers
25.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $56,819 to $74,022 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,054).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lawrence started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 48% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,849 to $74,022).
Bright spot $74,022
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 $71,957 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Florin, CA $71,111 21st +59% 1st 9% below peers
Watsonville, CA $78,393 16th +41% 2nd on par with peers
Paramount, CA $75,250 17th +35% 3rd 4% below peers
Greer, SC $82,626 13th +34% 4th 5% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA $62,254 25th +33% 5th 21% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $73,685 19th +31% 6th 6% below peers
Cleveland, TN $58,559 27th +31% 7th 25% below peers
Waxahachie, TX $85,723 12th +31% 8th 9% above peers
Lawrence, IN $74,022 18th +30% 9th 6% below peers
Levittown, PA $105,071 9th +30% 10th 34% above peers
Columbia, TN $63,719 24th +29% 11th 19% below peers
Hilo, HI $81,779 14th +29% 12th 4% above peers
Troy, NY $58,477 28th +28% 13th 25% below peers
Stillwater, OK $43,700 31st +27% 14th 44% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $72,705 20th +27% 15th 7% below peers
Irondequoit, NY $79,162 15th +27% 16th 1% above peers
Barnstable, MA $91,982 11th +26% 17th 17% above peers
East Hartford, CT $70,778 22nd +26% 18th 10% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN $101,648 10th +26% 19th 30% above peers
La Crosse, WI $55,866 29th +24% 20th 29% below peers
Grapevine, TX $111,376 6th +22% 21st 42% above peers
Downers Grove, IL $115,114 5th +21% 22nd 47% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $48,099 30th +21% 23rd 39% below peers
Milford, CT $111,201 7th +21% 24th 42% above peers
Holly Springs, NC $135,578 3rd +21% 25th 73% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $165,349 1st +20% 26th 111% above peers
Enid, OK $62,125 26th +20% 27th 21% below peers
Florissant, MO $65,318 23rd +19% 28th 17% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $106,806 8th +16% 29th 36% above peers
Plainfield, IL $144,000 2nd +10% 30th 84% above peers
Draper, UT $128,910 4th +10% 31st 64% 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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6 of 11 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,986 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.3% in July 2026, down from 3.8% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.3%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 24 similar-size cities by change rank
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
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -1.3pp 1st 24% below peers
Watsonville, CA 6.5% (Jul 26) 24th -1.2pp 2nd 55% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.1pp 3rd 26% above peers
Cleveland, TN 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -0.7pp 4th 7% below peers
Greer, SC 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.6pp 5th 21% below peers
Lawrence, IN 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 6th 21% below peers
Florissant, MO 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 8th 2% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 9th 29% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 10th 5% below peers
Draper, UT 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 11th 12% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 6.0% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.1pp 12th 43% above peers
La Crosse, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 13th 17% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Plainfield, IL 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.2pp 15th 2% above peers
Troy, NY 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.2pp 16th 24% above peers
Barnstable, MA 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th +0.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Grapevine, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 9th +0.4pp 18th 7% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 19th 10% above peers
Columbia, TN 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 20th 19% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 21st 7% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.6pp 22nd 12% above peers
Stillwater, OK 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +1.0pp 23rd 12% above peers
Enid, OK 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +1.3pp 24th 2% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty fell 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.8% to 8.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Lawrence started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.2% to 8.7%).
Bright spot 8.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 12.3% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Lawrence, IN 8.7% 13th -6.1pp 1st 14% below peers
Florin, CA 15.7% 24th -9.3pp 2nd 55% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 7.9% 12th -4.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
Paramount, CA 12.6% 18th -4.1pp 4th 24% above peers
Stillwater, OK 27.4% 29th -7.8pp 5th 170% above peers
Hilo, HI 14.5% 22nd -2.6pp 6th 43% above peers
Cleveland, TN 16.7% 25th -2.8pp 7th 64% above peers
East Hartford, CT 13.2% 19th -1.8pp 8th 30% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 25.7% 28th -2.6pp 9th 154% above peers
Florissant, MO 10.1% 15th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
Enid, OK 13.7% 20th -1.3pp 11th 35% above peers
La Crosse, WI 21.4% 26th -1.6pp 12th 111% above peers
Barnstable, MA 7.4% 11th -0.5pp 13th 27% below peers
Troy, NY 23.4% 27th -1.0pp 14th 130% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.5% 17th -0.1pp 15th 4% above peers
Watsonville, CA 14.7% 23rd -0.1pp 16th 45% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 30.4% 30th -0.0pp 17th 199% above peers
Columbia, TN 14.2% 21st +0.2pp 18th 40% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.5% 1st +0.1pp 19th 65% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 6.9% 8th +0.4pp 20th 32% below peers
Milford, CT 5.2% 4th +0.5pp 21st 49% below peers
Greer, SC 10.1% 16th +0.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Downers Grove, IL 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 46% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 9.2% 14th +0.9pp 24th 9% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 30.5% 31st +4.2pp 25th 201% above peers
Grapevine, TX 6.7% 7th +1.0pp 26th 34% below peers
Levittown, PA 7.0% 9th +1.3pp 27th 31% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 4.8% 3rd +1.3pp 28th 53% below peers
Draper, UT 6.2% 6th +2.0pp 29th 39% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.2% 10th +2.6pp 30th 29% below peers
Plainfield, IL 4.2% 2nd +1.8pp 31st 59% 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.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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6 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Goose Creek, SC down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 13.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.5% to 9.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Lawrence started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 18.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.6% to 9.6%).
Bright spot 9.6%
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 16.0% -2.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Lawrence, IN 9.6% 10th -13.9pp 1st 33% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.5% 1st -1.8pp 2nd 89% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 9.5% 9th -10.4pp 3rd 33% below peers
Florin, CA 23.1% 28th -14.7pp 4th 62% above peers
Hilo, HI 16.8% 20th -8.4pp 5th 17% above peers
Enid, OK 17.0% 21st -4.7pp 6th 19% above peers
Paramount, CA 18.6% 23rd -5.1pp 7th 30% above peers
East Hartford, CT 16.2% 19th -4.2pp 8th 13% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 14.8% 17th -1.4pp 9th 3% above peers
Watsonville, CA 19.5% 25th -1.9pp 10th 36% above peers
Cleveland, TN 25.3% 29th -1.8pp 11th 77% above peers
La Crosse, WI 14.3% 16th -0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 18.4% 22nd -0.0pp 13th 29% above peers
Stillwater, OK 22.6% 27th +0.4pp 14th 58% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 44.0% 31st +1.8pp 15th 208% above peers
Columbia, TN 19.1% 24th +0.8pp 16th 33% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 9.9% 13th +0.9pp 17th 31% below peers
Troy, NY 40.5% 30th +3.7pp 18th 183% above peers
Milford, CT 5.1% 4th +0.6pp 19th 64% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 21.8% 26th +3.4pp 20th 52% above peers
Grapevine, TX 8.3% 8th +1.3pp 21st 42% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 13.6% 15th +2.2pp 22nd 5% below peers
Levittown, PA 8.1% 7th +1.6pp 23rd 43% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 4.3% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 70% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 9.9% 12th +2.2pp 25th 31% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.7% 2nd +1.0pp 26th 74% below peers
Greer, SC 15.1% 18th +4.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Barnstable, MA 13.1% 14th +4.4pp 28th 9% below peers
Draper, UT 6.1% 6th +2.1pp 29th 57% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 9.8% 11th +4.5pp 30th 31% below peers
Plainfield, IL 5.4% 5th +3.1pp 31st 62% 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.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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6 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • 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
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp 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 13.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 78.4% to 92.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.5pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lawrence 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 17.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.6% to 92.2%).
Bright spot 92.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 90.0% +9.4pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hilo, HI 92.0% 17th +17.3pp 1st on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 89.5% 24th +14.0pp 2nd 3% below peers
Lawrence, IN 92.2% 16th +13.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 89.8% 23rd +11.9pp 4th 3% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 85.7% 31st +11.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Paramount, CA 90.7% 21st +10.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Columbia, TN 91.3% 20th +10.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Greer, SC 92.8% 12th +10.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Florin, CA 92.8% 13th +9.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 85.9% 30th +7.7pp 10th 7% below peers
Enid, OK 86.5% 29th +7.7pp 11th 6% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 91.9% 18th +7.7pp 12th on par with peers
East Hartford, CT 88.6% 26th +7.4pp 13th 4% below peers
Levittown, PA 94.0% 11th +7.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Troy, NY 88.9% 25th +7.2pp 15th 4% below peers
Florissant, MO 92.7% 15th +7.0pp 16th on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 88.5% 27th +6.5pp 17th 4% below peers
Stillwater, OK 87.8% 28th +6.1pp 18th 5% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 94.4% 9th +6.5pp 19th 2% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 96.1% 5th +6.5pp 20th 4% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 90.7% 22nd +6.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Milford, CT 94.1% 10th +5.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Barnstable, MA 94.5% 8th +5.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 91.6% 19th +4.7pp 24th 1% below peers
Draper, UT 95.0% 7th +4.6pp 25th 3% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 98.1% 1st +3.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 95.8% 6th +3.0pp 27th 4% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 92.7% 14th +2.0pp 28th on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 96.3% 4th +1.5pp 29th 4% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 97.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 5% above peers
Plainfield, IL 96.7% 3rd +0.3pp 31st 5% 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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6 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
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 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality fell about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.45 to 0.40 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.03). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.40).
Bright spot 0.40
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 0.45 -0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Florin, CA 0.42 10th -0.053 1st 2% below peers
Lawrence, IN 0.40 5th -0.046 2nd 6% below peers
Cleveland, TN 0.47 25th -0.033 3rd 10% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 0.45 23rd -0.030 4th 6% above peers
La Crosse, WI 0.45 22nd -0.026 5th 6% above peers
Milford, CT 0.42 12th -0.023 6th 1% below peers
Enid, OK 0.42 11th -0.019 7th 1% below peers
East Hartford, CT 0.43 15th -0.013 8th on par with peers
Stillwater, OK 0.55 31st -0.015 9th 28% above peers
Watsonville, CA 0.43 17th -0.009 10th on par with peers
Holly Springs, NC 0.36 1st -0.007 11th 15% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 0.42 13th -0.008 12th 1% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 0.41 6th -0.003 13th 5% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.42 9th +0.001 14th 2% below peers
Troy, NY 0.48 26th +0.004 15th 11% above peers
Draper, UT 0.44 19th +0.004 16th 3% above peers
Greer, SC 0.43 18th +0.008 17th 1% above peers
Barnstable, MA 0.47 24th +0.011 18th 10% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 0.53 30th +0.017 19th 25% above peers
Columbia, TN 0.43 16th +0.013 20th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 0.42 14th +0.013 21st 1% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.37 3rd +0.016 22nd 13% below peers
Grapevine, TX 0.44 20th +0.020 23rd 3% above peers
Florissant, MO 0.38 4th +0.019 24th 12% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 0.48 27th +0.024 25th 13% above peers
Plainfield, IL 0.36 2nd +0.020 26th 15% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 0.41 7th +0.023 27th 4% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 0.49 28th +0.034 28th 15% above peers
Paramount, CA 0.41 8th +0.031 29th 4% below peers
Hilo, HI 0.49 29th +0.038 30th 16% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 0.44 21st +0.035 31st 4% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (10.8% then, 12.5% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.4% to 12.5%).
Needs attention 12.5%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 9.0% -1.7pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.8% 1st -1.0pp 1st 92% below peers
Grapevine, TX 2.2% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 78% below peers
Columbia, TN 10.7% 19th -8.5pp 3rd 6% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 3.5% 5th -2.5pp 4th 66% below peers
Greer, SC 6.9% 10th -4.8pp 5th 32% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 2.6% 4th -1.7pp 6th 75% below peers
Cleveland, TN 14.6% 23rd -4.0pp 7th 44% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.6% 18th -2.8pp 8th 4% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.9% 31st -4.3pp 9th 175% above peers
Hilo, HI 19.6% 26th -1.9pp 10th 94% above peers
East Hartford, CT 20.1% 27th -1.3pp 11th 98% above peers
Plainfield, IL 4.0% 6th -0.2pp 12th 61% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 10.4% 17th -0.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Draper, UT 1.8% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 82% below peers
Troy, NY 21.4% 28th -0.5pp 15th 111% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.2% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 15th +0.4pp 17th 2% below peers
Paramount, CA 17.3% 25th +1.1pp 18th 71% above peers
Watsonville, CA 21.8% 29th +2.2pp 19th 115% above peers
Barnstable, MA 9.6% 13th +1.0pp 20th 5% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 10.9% 20th +1.2pp 21st 7% above peers
Florin, CA 22.7% 30th +2.8pp 22nd 124% above peers
Lawrence, IN 12.5% 21st +1.7pp 23rd 23% above peers
La Crosse, WI 12.6% 22nd +1.8pp 24th 24% above peers
Enid, OK 16.1% 24th +2.3pp 25th 59% above peers
Stillwater, OK 7.6% 12th +1.1pp 26th 25% below peers
Levittown, PA 9.7% 14th +1.6pp 27th 4% below peers
Milford, CT 5.3% 7th +1.0pp 28th 48% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% 11th +1.8pp 29th 30% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.1% 8th +2.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 6.1% 9th +2.4pp 31st 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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  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±3.8pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $268,242 in August 2026, up from $267,655 a year earlier.
Big move $268,242
2003August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref $260,095 (Aug 26) +3.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Hoffman Estates, IL $408,240 (Aug 26) 12th +6.3% 1st 10% above peers
Downers Grove, IL $509,231 (Aug 26) 9th +6.0% 2nd 37% above peers
Hilo, HI $557,173 (Aug 26) 7th +5.5% 3rd 50% above peers
East Hartford, CT $310,951 (Aug 26) 19th +5.2% 4th 16% below peers
Troy, NY $300,987 (Aug 26) 20th +5.0% 5th 19% below peers
Stillwater, OK $269,266 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.7% 6th 28% below peers
La Crosse, WI $287,924 (Aug 26) 21st +4.4% 7th 23% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $220,780 (Aug 26) 25th +4.2% 8th 41% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $354,251 (Aug 26) 16th +3.5% 9th 5% below peers
Enid, OK $136,865 (Aug 26) 27th +3.1% 10th 63% below peers
Levittown, PA $400,851 (Aug 26) 13th +3.0% 11th 8% above peers
Draper, UT $811,598 (Aug 26) 4th +2.9% 12th 118% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $267,027 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 13th 28% below peers
Paramount, CA $647,068 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 14th 74% above peers
Grapevine, TX $553,270 (Aug 26) 8th +2.2% 15th 49% above peers
Florissant, MO $194,823 (Aug 26) 26th +1.8% 16th 48% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $1,086,045 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 17th 192% above peers
Cleveland, TN $313,361 (Aug 26) 18th +1.7% 18th 16% below peers
Plainfield, IL $429,313 (Aug 26) 10th +1.7% 19th 16% above peers
Greer, SC $350,510 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 20th 6% below peers
Watsonville, CA $823,847 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.3% 21st 122% above peers
Columbia, TN $371,690 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 22nd on par with peers
Florin, CA $418,742 (Aug 26) 11th +1.0% 23rd 13% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $905,566 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.9% 24th 144% above peers
Lawrence, IN $268,242 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.2% 25th 28% below peers
Holly Springs, NC $574,699 (Aug 26) 6th -0.8% 26th 55% above peers
Waxahachie, TX $368,535 (Aug 26) 15th -1.3% 27th 1% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $188,593 in August 2026, up from $187,681 a year earlier.
Big move $188,593
2003August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref $157,269 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
La Crosse, WI $220,463 (Aug 26) 21st +7.6% 1st 19% below peers
Troy, NY $224,075 (Aug 26) 19th +7.5% 2nd 18% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $279,449 (Aug 26) 13th +6.5% 3rd 2% above peers
Hilo, HI $415,089 (Aug 26) 7th +6.4% 4th 52% above peers
East Hartford, CT $243,980 (Aug 26) 17th +6.2% 5th 11% below peers
Downers Grove, IL $315,253 (Aug 26) 12th +5.9% 6th 15% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $177,413 (Aug 26) 24th +5.9% 7th 35% below peers
Stillwater, OK $182,028 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.7% 8th 33% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $266,674 (Aug 26) 15th +4.7% 9th 2% below peers
Levittown, PA $353,346 (Aug 26) 9th +4.6% 10th 29% above peers
Cleveland, TN $220,930 (Aug 26) 20th +4.0% 11th 19% below peers
Florissant, MO $149,856 (Aug 26) 26th +3.4% 12th 45% below peers
Harrisburg, PA $164,439 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 13th 40% below peers
Enid, OK $65,223 (Aug 26) 27th +2.8% 14th 76% below peers
Greer, SC $242,042 (Aug 26) 18th +2.3% 15th 11% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $777,092 (Aug 26) 1st +2.3% 16th 184% above peers
Watsonville, CA $645,061 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.1% 17th 136% above peers
Plainfield, IL $336,266 (Aug 26) 11th +2.1% 18th 23% above peers
Grapevine, TX $428,481 (Aug 26) 6th +2.1% 19th 57% above peers
Columbia, TN $261,729 (Aug 26) 16th +2.0% 20th 4% below peers
Draper, UT $546,923 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 21st 100% above peers
Florin, CA $352,790 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 22nd 29% above peers
Lawrence, IN $188,593 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.5% 23rd 31% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $715,499 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.1% 24th 162% above peers
Paramount, CA $495,226 (Aug 26) 5th -0.6% 25th 81% above peers
Holly Springs, NC $398,302 (Aug 26) 8th -2.1% 26th 46% above peers
Waxahachie, TX $273,343 (Aug 26) 14th -2.1% 27th on par with 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 (65.1% then, 66.1% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.3% to 66.1%).
66.1%
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 70.5% +1.5pp
United States ref 65.2%
Greer, SC 72.7% 10th +10.4pp 1st 15% above peers
Columbia, TN 63.4% 16th +6.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Hilo, HI 66.1% 13th +5.4pp 3rd 4% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 60.2% 19th +4.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Troy, NY 37.4% 29th +1.8pp 5th 41% below peers
Paramount, CA 43.0% 26th +2.0pp 6th 32% below peers
Levittown, PA 87.2% 3rd +4.0pp 7th 38% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 64.4% 15th +2.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Watsonville, CA 44.8% 25th +1.7pp 9th 29% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 40.2% 27th +1.5pp 10th 36% below peers
East Hartford, CT 60.4% 18th +1.9pp 11th 5% below peers
Florissant, MO 67.1% 12th +1.9pp 12th 6% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 57.8% 20th +1.6pp 13th 9% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 36.6% 31st +0.9pp 14th 42% below peers
Florin, CA 56.1% 21st +1.1pp 15th 11% below peers
Lawrence, IN 66.1% 14th +1.0pp 16th 4% above peers
Milford, CT 75.5% 7th +1.1pp 17th 19% above peers
Barnstable, MA 75.7% 6th +0.8pp 18th 20% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 78.8% 5th +0.7pp 19th 24% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 87.5% 2nd +0.7pp 20th 38% above peers
Enid, OK 61.3% 17th +0.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Cleveland, TN 48.0% 23rd +0.3pp 22nd 24% below peers
La Crosse, WI 46.1% 24th +0.0pp 23rd 27% below peers
Grapevine, TX 52.7% 22nd -0.1pp 24th 17% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.5% 28th -0.1pp 25th 38% below peers
Stillwater, OK 37.1% 30th -0.1pp 26th 41% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 75.2% 8th -0.7pp 27th 19% above peers
Plainfield, IL 88.0% 1st -0.9pp 28th 39% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 74.2% 9th -1.5pp 29th 17% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 80.6% 4th -1.9pp 30th 27% above peers
Draper, UT 68.6% 11th -11.1pp 31st 8% 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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6 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,549 in August 2026, up from $1,502 a year earlier.
Big move $1,549
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Stillwater, OK $1,410 (Aug 26) 23rd +7.6% 1st 20% below peers
Troy, NY $1,483 (Aug 26) 22nd +7.3% 2nd 16% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $1,535 (Aug 26) 21st +6.7% 3rd 13% below peers
East Hartford, CT $1,619 (Aug 26) 18th +6.6% 4th 9% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA $1,780 (Aug 26) 12th +6.4% 5th 1% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $3,199 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.4% 6th 81% above peers
La Crosse, WI $1,080 (Aug 26) 27th +5.3% 7th 39% below peers
Watsonville, CA $3,229 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 8th 82% above peers
Paramount, CA $2,753 (Aug 26) 5th +4.7% 9th 55% above peers
Florissant, MO $1,636 (Aug 26) 17th +4.0% 10th 8% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $2,012 (Aug 26) 8th +3.8% 11th 14% above peers
Downers Grove, IL $2,187 (Aug 26) 6th +3.3% 12th 24% above peers
Plainfield, IL $3,019 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.1% 13th 70% above peers
Lawrence, IN $1,549 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 14th 13% below peers
Enid, OK $1,150 (Aug 26) 26th +2.5% 15th 35% below peers
Holly Springs, NC $1,889 (Aug 26) 10th +2.4% 16th 7% above peers
Columbia, TN $1,576 (Aug 26) 19th +2.4% 17th 11% below peers
Greer, SC $1,705 (Aug 26) 15th +2.1% 18th 4% below peers
Draper, UT $1,704 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 19th 4% below peers
Harrisburg, PA $1,369 (Aug 26) 25th +1.6% 20th 23% below peers
Waxahachie, TX $1,777 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 21st on par with peers
Levittown, PA $1,832 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 22nd 3% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $2,973 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 23rd 68% above peers
Grapevine, TX $1,771 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 24th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN $1,400 (Aug 26) 24th +1.0% 25th 21% below peers
Florin, CA $1,988 (Aug 26) 9th -2.8% 26th 12% above peers
Hilo, HI 7th 23% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.4% then, 28.3% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.0% to 28.3%).
Bright spot 28.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 25.5% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Florin, CA 38.3% 23rd -8.5pp 1st 22% above peers
Levittown, PA 26.7% 5th -5.1pp 2nd 15% below peers
Watsonville, CA 45.6% 28th -4.8pp 3rd 46% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.0% 20th -2.7pp 4th 8% above peers
Plainfield, IL 24.7% 1st -1.6pp 5th 21% below peers
Milford, CT 31.9% 17th -2.0pp 6th 2% above peers
East Hartford, CT 39.1% 25th -1.8pp 7th 25% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 28.6% 11th -1.2pp 8th 9% below peers
Paramount, CA 46.8% 29th -1.1pp 9th 49% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 25.2% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 20% below peers
Lawrence, IN 28.3% 10th -0.1pp 11th 10% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 27.1% 7th +0.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 27.4% 8th +0.2pp 13th 13% below peers
La Crosse, WI 36.0% 22nd +0.5pp 14th 15% above peers
Hilo, HI 31.2% 15th +0.5pp 15th on par with peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 30.5% 14th +0.7pp 16th 3% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.6% 21st +1.0pp 17th 10% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 28.1% 9th +1.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Florissant, MO 30.4% 13th +1.2pp 19th 3% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 51.0% 31st +2.2pp 20th 63% above peers
Stillwater, OK 48.7% 30th +2.2pp 21st 55% above peers
Troy, NY 40.2% 27th +2.0pp 22nd 28% above peers
Columbia, TN 33.9% 19th +1.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Barnstable, MA 40.0% 26th +2.2pp 24th 28% above peers
Greer, SC 25.5% 3rd +1.7pp 25th 19% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 33.5% 18th +2.6pp 26th 7% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 38.8% 24th +3.1pp 27th 24% above peers
Grapevine, TX 31.3% 16th +3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Enid, OK 27.0% 6th +3.4pp 29th 14% below peers
Draper, UT 29.8% 12th +6.1pp 30th 5% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 25.6% 4th +5.9pp 31st 18% 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.2% then, 7.2% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 7.2%).
Needs attention 7.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 6.2% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Greer, SC 3.7% 6th -2.8pp 1st 40% below peers
Columbia, TN 3.0% 5th -1.4pp 2nd 52% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 6.5% 18th -2.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 4.9% 11th -1.4pp 4th 20% below peers
Cleveland, TN 6.7% 20th -1.6pp 5th 9% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 1.4% 1st -0.3pp 6th 78% below peers
Levittown, PA 4.0% 7th -0.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Troy, NY 19.7% 30th -2.2pp 8th 220% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 6.2% 16th -0.6pp 9th on par with peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.8% 21st -0.4pp 10th 10% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 23rd -0.3pp 11th 14% above peers
La Crosse, WI 9.8% 28th -0.4pp 12th 59% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 24.3% 31st -0.1pp 13th 294% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 7.0% 24th +0.2pp 14th 14% above peers
Florin, CA 8.4% 26th +0.3pp 15th 37% above peers
Plainfield, IL 2.6% 3rd +0.2pp 16th 57% below peers
Florissant, MO 6.5% 19th +0.4pp 17th 6% above peers
East Hartford, CT 12.1% 29th +0.9pp 18th 97% above peers
Stillwater, OK 6.8% 22nd +0.6pp 19th 11% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.5% 15th +0.5pp 20th 11% below peers
Milford, CT 4.8% 9th +0.5pp 21st 23% below peers
Enid, OK 5.2% 13th +0.6pp 22nd 15% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 2.2% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 64% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 5.4% 14th +0.8pp 24th 13% below peers
Hilo, HI 8.9% 27th +1.6pp 25th 44% above peers
Grapevine, TX 4.3% 8th +0.9pp 26th 31% below peers
Barnstable, MA 6.2% 17th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Waxahachie, TX 5.0% 12th +1.1pp 28th 19% below peers
Lawrence, IN 7.2% 25th +2.0pp 29th 16% above peers
Draper, UT 2.9% 4th +1.0pp 30th 52% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.8% 10th +1.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.4% to 9.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Lawrence started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.2% to 9.0%).
Bright spot 9.0%
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 7.4% -1.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Cleveland, TN 10.2% 25th -4.3pp 1st 55% above peers
Barnstable, MA 4.0% 9th -1.5pp 2nd 39% below peers
Greer, SC 10.8% 27th -3.9pp 3rd 64% above peers
Lawrence, IN 9.0% 21st -2.4pp 4th 37% above peers
Stillwater, OK 8.7% 19th -2.1pp 5th 33% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.5% 26th -1.9pp 6th 59% above peers
Columbia, TN 9.7% 24th -1.5pp 7th 47% above peers
Troy, NY 4.6% 10th -0.7pp 8th 31% below peers
Enid, OK 13.5% 29th -2.0pp 9th 105% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 3.4% 7th -0.5pp 10th 48% below peers
Milford, CT 2.5% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 62% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.9% 14th -0.5pp 12th 25% below peers
Florissant, MO 8.3% 17th -0.7pp 13th 26% above peers
Hilo, HI 2.9% 4th -0.2pp 14th 55% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.7% 3rd -0.1pp 15th 59% below peers
Draper, UT 4.7% 12th -0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 3.2% 5th -0.1pp 17th 52% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 9.4% 23rd -0.1pp 18th 42% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 14.3% 30th -0.2pp 19th 117% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.6% 11th +0.0pp 20th 30% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.7% 1st +0.1pp 21st 74% below peers
East Hartford, CT 6.5% 15th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Florin, CA 8.5% 18th +0.5pp 23rd 30% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.9% 28th +1.7pp 24th 96% above peers
Watsonville, CA 9.2% 22nd +1.3pp 25th 40% above peers
Plainfield, IL 3.3% 6th +0.7pp 26th 50% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 3.8% 8th +0.9pp 27th 42% below peers
Paramount, CA 15.2% 31st +3.6pp 28th 131% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 8.7% 20th +2.6pp 29th 33% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6.6% 16th +2.0pp 30th on par with peers
Levittown, PA 4.8% 13th +1.8pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

39.8%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 38.5%
United States ref 33.4%
El Dorado Hills, CA 22.3% 1st 35% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 23.9% 2nd 31% below peers
Hilo, HI 25.0% 3rd 28% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 25.9% 4th 25% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 26.5% 5th 23% below peers
Barnstable, MA 28.1% 6th 19% below peers
Milford, CT 28.1% 7th 19% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 29.6% 8th 14% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 29.9% 9th 13% below peers
Draper, UT 30.1% 10th 13% below peers
Levittown, PA 31.5% 11th 9% below peers
Paramount, CA 31.8% 12th 8% below peers
Greer, SC 32.7% 13th 5% below peers
Plainfield, IL 33.4% 14th 3% below peers
Grapevine, TX 34.1% 15th 1% below peers
Florin, CA 34.5% 16th on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 34.5% 17th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 36.3% 18th 5% above peers
La Crosse, WI 37.2% 19th 8% above peers
East Hartford, CT 37.4% 20th 8% above peers
Florissant, MO 37.4% 21st 8% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 38.3% 22nd 11% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 38.7% 23rd 12% above peers
Stillwater, OK 39.0% 24th 13% above peers
Troy, NY 39.2% 25th 14% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.7% 26th 15% above peers
Lawrence, IN 39.8% 27th 15% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 41.1% 28th 19% above peers
Cleveland, TN 41.7% 29th 21% above peers
Columbia, TN 42.2% 30th 22% above peers
Enid, OK 42.3% 31st 23% 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 (7.1% then, 5.4% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 5.4%).
Needs attention 5.4%
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
Troy, NY 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 1st 80% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.1% 6th -1.6pp 2nd 71% below peers
Columbia, TN 4.1% 18th -2.9pp 3rd 5% above peers
Barnstable, MA 1.0% 4th -0.6pp 4th 75% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 2.0% 9th -0.7pp 5th 49% below peers
Stillwater, OK 7.5% 24th -2.7pp 6th 92% above peers
Plainfield, IL 1.0% 5th -0.3pp 7th 74% below peers
Lawrence, IN 5.4% 21st -1.8pp 8th 38% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 7.0% 23rd -2.2pp 9th 79% above peers
Milford, CT 0.9% 3rd -0.1pp 10th 76% below peers
Enid, OK 6.6% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 70% above peers
East Hartford, CT 2.8% 11th -0.1pp 12th 28% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.8% 8th +0.1pp 13th 54% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.5% 10th +0.1pp 14th 37% below peers
La Crosse, WI 3.0% 13th +0.5pp 15th 23% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.8% 2nd +0.1pp 16th 79% below peers
Greer, SC 8.9% 29th +1.6pp 17th 130% above peers
Florin, CA 4.0% 17th +0.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Hilo, HI 3.9% 15th +0.9pp 19th 1% below peers
Draper, UT 3.9% 16th +1.0pp 20th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 7.9% 26th +2.0pp 21st 103% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 13.9% 31st +4.4pp 22nd 258% above peers
Grapevine, TX 11.2% 30th +3.8pp 23rd 188% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.1% 27th +2.8pp 24th 108% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.2% 19th +1.5pp 25th 9% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.5% 14th +1.4pp 26th 11% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.7% 25th +3.8pp 27th 98% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 8.9% 28th +4.5pp 28th 130% above peers
Watsonville, CA 2.8% 12th +1.7pp 29th 27% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 4.4% 20th +2.7pp 30th 13% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.6% 7th +1.2pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.5% then, 35.6% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.5% to 35.6%).
35.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 29.5% +3.0pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Troy, NY 37.3% 17th +10.5pp 1st on par with peers
Waxahachie, TX 31.4% 21st +8.5pp 2nd 16% below peers
Columbia, TN 25.4% 25th +6.6pp 3rd 32% below peers
Paramount, CA 14.9% 29th +3.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Greer, SC 41.4% 13th +8.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Cleveland, TN 30.2% 22nd +5.2pp 6th 19% below peers
Grapevine, TX 57.5% 5th +9.8pp 7th 54% above peers
Levittown, PA 26.0% 23rd +4.0pp 8th 31% below peers
Milford, CT 50.3% 9th +7.7pp 9th 34% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 25.9% 24th +3.7pp 10th 31% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 67.3% 1st +9.2pp 11th 80% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 37.7% 15th +4.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Barnstable, MA 42.1% 12th +3.4pp 13th 12% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 59.9% 3rd +4.9pp 14th 60% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 54.4% 7th +4.4pp 15th 45% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 40.4% 14th +3.2pp 16th 8% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 64.2% 2nd +5.0pp 17th 71% above peers
Lawrence, IN 35.6% 18th +2.0pp 18th 5% below peers
Plainfield, IL 56.0% 6th +3.2pp 19th 50% above peers
Florin, CA 13.9% 30th +0.6pp 20th 63% below peers
Draper, UT 51.9% 8th +1.9pp 21st 39% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 58.2% 4th +1.9pp 22nd 55% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 37.5% 16th +1.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Enid, OK 23.1% 26th +0.7pp 24th 38% below peers
Stillwater, OK 49.9% 10th +1.2pp 25th 33% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 48.5% 11th +0.7pp 26th 29% above peers
Watsonville, CA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 27th 67% below peers
Hilo, HI 34.6% 20th +0.1pp 28th 8% below peers
La Crosse, WI 35.0% 19th -0.5pp 29th 7% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.4% 27th -1.5pp 30th 40% below peers
East Hartford, CT 17.2% 28th -2.2pp 31st 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.
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 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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 17.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.1% to 27.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 18.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.5% to 27.8%).
Needs attention 27.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 39.7% -1.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Harrisonburg, VA 45.2% 17th +7.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Stillwater, OK 51.8% 10th +6.6pp 2nd 11% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 66.0% 2nd +7.9pp 3rd 42% above peers
La Crosse, WI 52.8% 9th +5.0pp 4th 13% above peers
Draper, UT 55.2% 7th +5.0pp 5th 19% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 68.0% 1st +6.1pp 6th 46% above peers
Enid, OK 40.5% 18th +2.7pp 7th 13% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 31.6% 24th +1.9pp 8th 32% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.8% 21st +0.7pp 9th 25% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 59.3% 4th -2.1pp 10th 27% above peers
Florin, CA 30.8% 25th -1.4pp 11th 34% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 55.8% 6th -3.2pp 12th 20% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.3% 20th -2.8pp 13th 22% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 48.4% 14th -5.1pp 14th 4% above peers
East Hartford, CT 51.5% 11th -6.3pp 15th 11% above peers
Florissant, MO 52.9% 8th -7.7pp 16th 14% above peers
Milford, CT 60.1% 3rd -8.9pp 17th 29% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 33.6% 23rd -5.0pp 18th 28% below peers
Levittown, PA 49.0% 13th -7.4pp 19th 5% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 55.9% 5th -11.9pp 20th 20% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.8% 26th -7.2pp 21st 36% below peers
Plainfield, IL 50.6% 12th -14.1pp 22nd 9% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 46.5% 16th -13.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 47.0% 15th -17.7pp 24th 1% above peers
Hilo, HI 34.5% 22nd -13.9pp 25th 26% below peers
Lawrence, IN 27.8% 28th -17.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 28.0% 27th -18.8pp 27th 40% below peers
Barnstable, MA 36.3% 19th -24.5pp 28th 22% below peers
Greer, SC 22.8% 30th -20.6pp 29th 51% below peers
Troy, NY 25.8% 29th -31.2pp 30th 45% below peers
Columbia, TN 18.9% 31st -28.6pp 31st 60% 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 ±7.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.5% then, 10.9% now; margin ±8.1pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 10.9%).
Needs attention 10.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 6.0% -0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Irondequoit, NY 5.5% 9th -4.5pp 1st 23% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.1% 16th -5.6pp 2nd on par with peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.5pp 3rd 77% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 1.1% 1st -0.3pp 4th 84% below peers
East Hartford, CT 8.0% 20th -1.4pp 5th 12% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 3.7% 5th -0.6pp 6th 48% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.4% 6th -0.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Stillwater, OK 2.1% 4th +0.1pp 8th 70% below peers
Enid, OK 7.7% 18th +1.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Barnstable, MA 16.3% 30th +2.6pp 10th 128% above peers
Columbia, TN 6.6% 13th +1.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Draper, UT 5.4% 8th +1.2pp 12th 24% below peers
Florissant, MO 16.6% 31st +4.7pp 13th 132% above peers
Milford, CT 5.7% 10th +1.8pp 14th 21% below peers
Florin, CA 16.0% 29th +5.2pp 15th 124% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 5.8% 11th +2.3pp 16th 19% below peers
Greer, SC 15.0% 28th +6.1pp 17th 110% above peers
Hilo, HI 11.8% 24th +5.3pp 18th 65% above peers
Lawrence, IN 10.9% 23rd +5.5pp 19th 53% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 12.5% 25th +6.6pp 20th 75% above peers
Troy, NY 7.0% 14th +3.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 15th +4.2pp 22nd 1% below peers
Cleveland, TN 7.3% 17th +4.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 5.2% 7th +3.1pp 24th 27% below peers
Plainfield, IL 6.5% 12th +3.9pp 25th 9% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 13.8% 27th +8.8pp 26th 93% above peers
Levittown, PA 10.7% 22nd +7.0pp 27th 50% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 7.9% 19th +5.4pp 28th 10% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.7% 26th +9.8pp 29th 78% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.4% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 81% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 9.9% 21st +9.2pp 31st 39% 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 ±6.1pp 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 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48,699 to 49,517 - more than the combined survey margin (±66).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (46,796 to 49,517).
Big move 49,517
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Greer, SC 41,536 31st +35% 1st 18% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 45,248 30th +30% 2nd 10% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 45,347 29th +28% 3rd 10% below peers
Columbia, TN 45,441 28th +18% 4th 10% below peers
Hilo, HI 50,404 16th +12% 5th on par with peers
Barnstable, MA 49,568 22nd +12% 6th 2% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 51,026 9th +10% 7th 1% above peers
Cleveland, TN 48,829 25th +9% 8th 3% below peers
Plainfield, IL 46,708 27th +8% 9th 7% below peers
Florin, CA 50,211 19th +6% 10th on par with peers
Draper, UT 50,278 18th +5% 11th on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 50,909 13th +3% 12th 1% above peers
Troy, NY 51,033 8th +3% 13th 1% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 48,491 26th +3% 14th 4% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 50,287 17th +2% 15th on par with peers
St. Louis Park, MN 49,594 21st +2% 16th 2% below peers
Lawrence, IN 49,517 23rd +2% 17th 2% below peers
East Hartford, CT 50,918 12th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 50,054 20th +1% 19th 1% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 50,657 14th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 51,175 6th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Florissant, MO 51,773 2nd +1% 22nd 3% above peers
Enid, OK 50,653 15th +1% 23rd on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 51,356 5th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Stillwater, OK 49,269 24th -1% 25th 2% below peers
Levittown, PA 50,926 11th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Milford, CT 51,023 10th -3% 27th 1% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 51,392 4th -4% 28th 2% above peers
Watsonville, CA 51,712 3rd -4% 29th 3% above peers
Grapevine, TX 51,139 7th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Paramount, CA 52,050 1st -5% 31st 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.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±55 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 (25.7% then, 26.6% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.4% to 26.6%).
Big move 26.6%
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
Harrisonburg, VA 17.3% 25th +0.9pp 1st 21% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 19.9% 21st +1.1pp 2nd 9% below peers
Lawrence, IN 26.6% 7th +0.9pp 3rd 22% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.5% 5th +0.8pp 4th 26% above peers
Greer, SC 26.6% 6th +0.7pp 5th 22% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 24.0% 13th +0.5pp 6th 10% above peers
Enid, OK 25.6% 8th +0.5pp 7th 17% above peers
Milford, CT 17.3% 26th +0.2pp 8th 21% below peers
Columbia, TN 25.6% 9th +0.2pp 9th 17% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 21.9% 16th +0.1pp 10th on par with peers
St. Louis Park, MN 17.4% 24th -0.1pp 11th 20% below peers
Cleveland, TN 20.9% 19th -0.2pp 12th 4% below peers
Barnstable, MA 17.2% 28th -0.2pp 13th 21% below peers
La Crosse, WI 14.6% 29th -0.2pp 14th 33% below peers
East Hartford, CT 21.7% 17th -0.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 32.4% 1st -0.8pp 16th 48% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 25.1% 10th -1.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.1% 2nd -1.2pp 18th 33% above peers
Hilo, HI 20.1% 20th -1.0pp 19th 8% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 24.3% 12th -1.4pp 20th 11% above peers
Grapevine, TX 21.3% 18th -1.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Florin, CA 23.4% 14th -2.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Draper, UT 28.7% 3rd -3.3pp 23rd 31% above peers
Stillwater, OK 14.2% 30th -1.7pp 24th 35% below peers
Plainfield, IL 28.5% 4th -3.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 17.7% 23rd -2.4pp 26th 19% below peers
Troy, NY 17.2% 27th -2.4pp 27th 21% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.3% 15th -3.1pp 28th 2% above peers
Paramount, CA 25.1% 11th -3.5pp 29th 15% above peers
Levittown, PA 19.2% 22nd -3.2pp 30th 12% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 10.3% 31st -2.7pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 ±1.9pp 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 (33.9% then, 37.5% now; margin ±9.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.6% to 37.5%).
37.5%
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
Stillwater, OK 36.4% 12th +13.6pp 1st 10% above peers
La Crosse, WI 43.4% 6th +12.3pp 2nd 31% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 17.9% 27th +3.9pp 3rd 46% below peers
Milford, CT 21.4% 22nd +4.1pp 4th 36% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 13.3% 29th +1.9pp 5th 60% below peers
Troy, NY 71.8% 1st +9.9pp 6th 116% above peers
Plainfield, IL 14.8% 28th +2.0pp 7th 55% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 34.9% 14th +4.3pp 8th 5% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 20.0% 25th +2.3pp 9th 40% below peers
Greer, SC 25.4% 19th +2.9pp 10th 23% below peers
Watsonville, CA 37.9% 8th +4.0pp 11th 14% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 27.8% 17th +2.7pp 12th 16% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 12.6% 30th +1.2pp 13th 62% below peers
Lawrence, IN 37.5% 11th +3.6pp 14th 13% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.1% 13th +2.9pp 15th 9% above peers
Enid, OK 37.8% 9th +2.6pp 16th 14% above peers
Florissant, MO 47.6% 3rd +1.2pp 17th 43% above peers
East Hartford, CT 47.0% 4th -0.5pp 18th 41% above peers
Florin, CA 43.9% 5th -2.7pp 19th 32% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 66.8% 2nd -4.7pp 20th 101% above peers
Cleveland, TN 37.6% 10th -2.8pp 21st 13% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 23.7% 21st -2.1pp 22nd 29% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.6% 15th -3.4pp 23rd 4% above peers
Levittown, PA 20.8% 24th -2.3pp 24th 37% below peers
Columbia, TN 39.7% 7th -5.3pp 25th 20% above peers
Barnstable, MA 24.8% 20th -4.0pp 26th 25% below peers
Draper, UT 9.9% 31st -2.2pp 27th 70% below peers
Grapevine, TX 20.9% 23rd -6.6pp 28th 37% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 25.5% 18th -8.5pp 29th 23% below peers
Hilo, HI 33.2% 16th -12.4pp 30th on par with peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 19.9% 26th -9.1pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents rose 26.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60.2% to 86.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (84.2% to 86.3%).
Big move 86.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Indiana ref 67.2% -0.3pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lawrence, IN 86.3% 1st +26.1pp 1st 24% above peers
Stillwater, OK 66.8% 20th +12.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 83.2% 5th +14.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 70.9% 12th +10.7pp 4th 2% above peers
Enid, OK 68.2% 18th +10.2pp 5th 2% below peers
Cleveland, TN 71.3% 11th +10.4pp 6th 2% above peers
La Crosse, WI 80.2% 7th +11.3pp 7th 15% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 69.8% 16th +7.6pp 8th on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 74.6% 10th +8.0pp 9th 7% above peers
Milford, CT 83.5% 4th +6.4pp 10th 20% above peers
Florin, CA 63.4% 25th +4.0pp 11th 9% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 70.9% 13th +3.8pp 12th 2% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 84.5% 2nd +4.0pp 13th 21% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 82.6% 6th +2.1pp 14th 18% above peers
Paramount, CA 60.9% 27th +1.5pp 15th 13% below peers
Florissant, MO 83.5% 3rd +1.6pp 16th 20% above peers
Hilo, HI 70.1% 15th +0.9pp 17th on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 67.8% 19th +0.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Troy, NY 74.6% 9th -1.0pp 19th 7% above peers
Plainfield, IL 64.1% 23rd -1.5pp 20th 8% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 59.1% 28th -2.3pp 21st 15% below peers
East Hartford, CT 75.2% 8th -5.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Draper, UT 50.0% 31st -3.9pp 23rd 28% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 62.0% 26th -4.9pp 24th 11% below peers
Levittown, PA 69.2% 17th -6.5pp 25th 1% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 64.9% 22nd -6.3pp 26th 7% below peers
Watsonville, CA 56.7% 30th -5.9pp 27th 19% below peers
Columbia, TN 63.7% 24th -7.9pp 28th 9% below peers
Barnstable, MA 70.5% 14th -10.7pp 29th 1% above peers
Greer, SC 59.0% 29th -10.8pp 30th 16% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 65.2% 21st -13.1pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±11.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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