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Dubuque, IA
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59,148 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 15 indicators

Where Dubuque, IA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Dubuque, IA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 5 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 →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 17% lower than in 2021 (451 then, 374 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 502 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 374 in July 2026, down from 392 a year earlier.
374 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
San Rafael, CA 296 (Jul 26) -36.9% 1st
Lancaster, PA 315 (Apr 26) -32.4% 2nd
Medford, MA 142 (Jun 26) -26.7% 3rd
Terre Haute, IN 434 (Jun 26) -25.0% 4th
Des Plaines, IL 92 (Jul 26) -25.0% 5th
Bowie, MD 149 (Jul 26) -21.6% 6th
Petaluma, CA 193 (Jul 26) -20.7% 7th
Hempstead, NY 336 (Jun 26) -19.3% 8th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 303 (Jan 26) -17.0% 9th
Bozeman, MT 383 (Jun 26) -14.2% 10th
Brookhaven, GA 238 (Jul 26) -13.4% 11th
Midwest City, OK 296 (Jul 26) -10.3% 12th
Dubuque, IA 374 (Jul 26) -4.7% 13th
Gardena, CA 674 (Jul 26) +0.3% 14th
Youngstown, OH 729 (Aug 25) +1.8% 15th
La Mesa, CA 441 (Jul 26) +2.7% 16th
Texas City, TX 278 (Jul 26) +14.5% 17th
Hoboken, NJ 215 (Jul 26) +21.0% 18th
Pocatello, ID 383 (Jul 26) +21.6% 19th
Weymouth Town, MA 263 (Jul 26) +42.1% 20th
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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. 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
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities. Dubuque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,276 in July 2026, down from 1,506 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,276 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Petaluma, CA 861 (Jul 26) -32.5% 1st
San Rafael, CA 1,591 (Jul 26) -30.4% 2nd
Hempstead, NY 739 (Jun 26) -28.1% 3rd
Lake Havasu City, AZ 1,023 (Jan 26) -28.1% 4th
Brookhaven, GA 1,539 (Jul 26) -28.1% 5th
Bowie, MD 1,636 (Jul 26) -26.8% 6th
Terre Haute, IN 2,898 (Jun 26) -18.2% 7th
Texas City, TX 1,359 (Jul 26) -18.1% 8th
Bozeman, MT 1,503 (Jun 26) -17.5% 9th
Lancaster, PA 1,234 (Apr 26) -16.8% 10th
Hoboken, NJ 1,221 (Jul 26) -15.4% 11th
Pocatello, ID 1,325 (Jul 26) -15.3% 12th
Dubuque, IA 1,276 (Jul 26) -15.3% 13th
Medford, MA 958 (Jun 26) -9.5% 14th
Des Plaines, IL 813 (Jul 26) -8.8% 15th
Weymouth Town, MA 593 (Jul 26) -4.7% 16th
Gardena, CA 2,869 (Jul 26) -3.7% 17th
Midwest City, OK 2,243 (Jul 26) +1.9% 18th
Youngstown, OH 2,920 (Aug 25) +4.1% 19th
La Mesa, CA 1,521 (Jul 26) +18.2% 20th
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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. 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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 25% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Broader trend
Improving faster than 100% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in July 2026, up from 0 a year earlier.
Bright spot 3 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Hoboken, NJ 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Midwest City, OK 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Gardena, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
La Mesa, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Youngstown, OH 14 (Aug 25) -55.6% 5th
Texas City, TX 7 (Jul 26) -33.3% 6th
Bozeman, MT 2 (Jun 26) +0.0% 7th
Bowie, MD 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Terre Haute, IN 3 (Jun 26) +100.0% 9th
Brookhaven, GA 7 (Jul 26) +100.3% 10th
Hempstead, NY 7 (Jun 26) +100.3% 11th
Dubuque, IA 3 (Jul 26)
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0 (Jan 26)
San Rafael, CA 3 (Jul 26)
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jul 26)
Pocatello, ID 0 (Jul 26)
Petaluma, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Medford, MA 0 (Jun 26)
Lancaster, PA 5 (Jul 26)
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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. 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 →
  • Bloomington, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
  • Woodbury, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities. Dubuque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 56 in July 2026, down from 81 a year earlier.
Bright spot 56 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Medford, MA 70 (Jun 26) -41.7% 1st
Hempstead, NY 105 (Jun 26) -41.1% 2nd
Lancaster, PA 87 (Apr 26) -40.0% 3rd
Brookhaven, GA 107 (Jul 26) -39.6% 4th
Terre Haute, IN 269 (Jun 26) -38.3% 5th
Bozeman, MT 70 (Jun 26) -35.0% 6th
Bowie, MD 228 (Jul 26) -34.8% 7th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 54 (Jan 26) -34.7% 8th
Dubuque, IA 56 (Jul 26) -31.3% 9th
San Rafael, CA 234 (Jul 26) -30.8% 10th
Gardena, CA 556 (Jul 26) -29.5% 11th
Midwest City, OK 206 (Jul 26) -18.2% 12th
Pocatello, ID 124 (Jul 26) -17.0% 13th
Texas City, TX 121 (Jul 26) -16.3% 14th
Youngstown, OH 558 (Aug 25) -7.2% 15th
La Mesa, CA 184 (Jul 26) -6.8% 16th
Petaluma, CA 109 (Jul 26) -3.0% 17th
Weymouth Town, MA 80 (Jul 26) +2.2% 18th
Des Plaines, IL 107 (Jul 26) +6.8% 19th
Hoboken, NJ 63 (Jul 26) +23.3% 20th
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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. 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 →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $54,234 to $65,845 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,713).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dubuque 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 41% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,806 to $65,845).
Bright spot $65,845
20102024
▸ 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
Iowa ref $75,059 +24%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 16th +54% 1st on par with peers
Gardena, CA $84,803 18th +45% 2nd 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 14th +45% 3rd 5% above peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 12th +44% 4th 11% above peers
Texas City, TX $68,776 24th +41% 5th 20% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 11th +40% 6th 14% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 26th +40% 7th 26% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 8th 174% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 21st +34% 9th 16% below peers
Medford, MA $129,540 5th +34% 10th 51% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 13th +34% 11th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 12th 80% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 23rd +31% 13th 18% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 15th +30% 14th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA $119,435 6th +30% 15th 39% above peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 20th +30% 16th 16% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 27th +30% 17th 30% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 7th +27% 18th 37% above peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 8th +26% 19th 35% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 4th +25% 20th 57% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 3rd +25% 21st 66% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 22nd 111% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 17th +22% 23rd on par with peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 25th +21% 24th 23% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 9th +21% 25th 20% above peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 26th 60% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 19th +19% 27th 13% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 28th 50% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 28th +15% 29th 33% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 10th +14% 30th 18% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 22nd +13% 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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2 of 18 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 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 ±$2,898 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 62% 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 held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in July 2026, down from 4.0% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.7%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Iowa ref 3.2% (Jul 26) -0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Pico Rivera, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th -1.1pp 1st 25% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st -1.0pp 2nd 14% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.9pp 3rd 43% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 4th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.7pp 5th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.6pp 6th 14% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.6pp 7th 7% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.6pp 8th 43% below peers
Casper, WY 2.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 9th 43% below peers
Carson City, NV 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 10th 11% below peers
Dubuque, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 11th 16% below peers
Bozeman, MT 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 12th 50% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Pocatello, ID 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.2pp 14th 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 15th 9% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.0pp 17th 2% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 2.4% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 18th 45% below peers
Medford, MA 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.1pp 19th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 20th 2% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Texas City, TX 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 22nd 39% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 25th 14% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.0% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.2pp 26th 14% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 6.4% (Jul 26) 27th +1.5pp 27th 45% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.9% to 12.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Dubuque started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.8% to 12.7%).
Bright spot 12.7%
20112024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 11.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 2nd -1.9pp 1st 65% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 4th -2.4pp 2nd 48% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.4% 23rd -4.5pp 3rd 24% above peers
Bozeman, MT 13.7% 21st -4.1pp 4th 17% above peers
Dubuque, IA 12.7% 20th -3.2pp 5th 9% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.8% 24th -3.7pp 6th 27% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 28th -3.6pp 7th 74% above peers
Texas City, TX 16.2% 26th -2.8pp 8th 39% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 17th -1.9pp 9th 1% above peers
Medford, MA 7.6% 6th -1.2pp 10th 35% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.3% 9th -1.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.8% 8th -0.9pp 12th 33% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.3% 10th -1.0pp 13th 11% below peers
La Mesa, CA 11.5% 14th -1.1pp 14th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 29th -1.7pp 15th 111% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 25th -0.7pp 16th 29% above peers
San Rafael, CA 11.7% 16th -0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 5th -0.2pp 18th 44% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 54.7% 31st -0.4pp 19th 369% above peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 19th +0.6pp 20th 4% above peers
Youngstown, OH 37.3% 30th +2.1pp 21st 220% above peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 12th +0.7pp 22nd 8% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.1% 18th +1.2pp 23rd 4% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 3rd +0.6pp 24th 51% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.5% 27th +1.7pp 25th 41% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.6% 15th +1.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.3% 11th +1.5pp 27th 11% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 28th 68% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 7th +1.7pp 29th 34% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.0% 13th +2.5pp 30th 6% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.1% 22nd +3.7pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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2 of 18 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 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 ±1.4pp 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 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.4% to 15.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Dubuque 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 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 15.4%).
Bright spot 15.4%
20132024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 12.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 3rd -2.6pp 1st 70% below peers
Texas City, TX 20.8% 23rd -10.6pp 2nd 35% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 6th -3.2pp 3rd 56% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 4th -2.4pp 4th 60% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 16th -6.1pp 5th on par with peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 5th -2.2pp 6th 60% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 12th -3.6pp 7th 14% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 8th 81% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 9th 81% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 17th -4.0pp 10th 3% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 24th -5.2pp 11th 43% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 7th -1.4pp 12th 54% below peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 18th -2.9pp 13th 5% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 8th -1.3pp 14th 53% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 15th 88% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 20th -1.9pp 16th 17% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 27th -2.3pp 17th 77% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 18th 243% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 19th 382% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 26th +0.9pp 20th 53% above peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 15th +0.6pp 21st 5% below peers
San Rafael, CA 18.6% 22nd +1.0pp 22nd 21% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 11th +1.4pp 23rd 20% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 10th +1.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 25th 82% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 13th +2.3pp 26th 8% below peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 19th +4.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 14th +5.0pp 28th 8% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 21st +6.5pp 29th 20% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 9th +3.1pp 30th 52% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 25th +11.5pp 31st 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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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 →
  • 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 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.8% to 89.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dubuque 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 11.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.3% to 89.5%).
Bright spot 89.4%
20172024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 89.1% +7.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +18.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 25th +14.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 11th +12.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Texas City, TX 91.7% 20th +11.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 22nd +11.4pp 6th 1% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 91.3% 23rd +11.3pp 7th 1% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 8th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 21st +10.8pp 9th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 8th +10.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 18th +9.6pp 11th on par with peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 16th +8.0pp 12th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 27th +7.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 5th +7.6pp 14th 5% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 26th +6.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 24th +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
San Rafael, CA 94.7% 7th +5.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 14th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 17th +4.7pp 19th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 9th +4.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 21st 6% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 28th +3.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 19th +3.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 24th 10% below peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 10th +3.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 4th +3.0pp 26th 5% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 12th +2.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 28th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 15th +2.3pp 29th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 6th +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 13th +1.1pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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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 →
  • 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 ±1.7pp 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 (0.45 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.45).
0.45
20102024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 0.44 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 4th -0.023 1st 10% below peers
Texas City, TX 0.45 15th -0.023 2nd on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 3rd 37% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 22nd -0.015 4th 6% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 9th -0.014 5th 3% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 6th -0.012 6th 5% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 26th -0.013 7th 10% above peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 14th -0.010 8th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 8th -0.008 9th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 7th -0.006 10th 5% below peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 3rd -0.005 11th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 18th -0.001 12th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 11th +0.003 13th 2% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 21st +0.003 14th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 25th +0.006 15th 8% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 17th +0.007 16th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 5th +0.007 17th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 28th +0.010 18th 14% above peers
San Rafael, CA 0.51 27th +0.012 19th 13% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 20th 18% below peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 24th +0.013 21st 7% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 22nd 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 16th +0.020 23rd on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 19th +0.021 24th 2% above peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 23rd +0.028 25th 6% above peers
Casper, WY 0.46 20th +0.030 26th 3% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 12th +0.031 27th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 30th +0.044 28th 29% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 10th +0.038 29th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 13th +0.044 30th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 29th +0.098 31st 14% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 12.7% to 9.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way. Dubuque 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 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.8% to 9.8%).
Bright spot 9.8%
20102023
▸ 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 Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Iowa ref 9.2% -1.5pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 20th -6.0pp 1st 19% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 11th -2.6pp 2nd 20% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 4th -1.5pp 3rd 48% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 18th -2.9pp 4th 7% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 16th -2.4pp 5th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 19th -2.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Texas City, TX 17.6% 27th -2.9pp 7th 93% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 10th -1.1pp 8th 21% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 2nd -0.5pp 9th 63% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 25th -1.3pp 10th 86% above peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 13th -0.6pp 11th 9% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 14th -0.6pp 12th 6% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 13th 299% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 6th -0.3pp 14th 28% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 29th -0.1pp 15th 197% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 3rd +0.0pp 16th 50% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 17th 130% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 26th +0.7pp 18th 89% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 8th +0.3pp 19th 26% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 17th +0.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 24th +1.4pp 21st 68% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 22nd +1.2pp 22nd 33% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 23rd 477% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 15th +1.7pp 24th 6% below peers
San Rafael, CA 6.5% 5th +1.7pp 25th 29% below peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 9th +2.3pp 26th 24% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 14.3% 23rd +5.1pp 27th 57% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 21st +4.4pp 28th 31% above peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 7th +2.7pp 29th 26% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 12th +3.6pp 30th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 81% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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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 →
  • 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 ±1.3pp 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 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $250,358 in August 2026, up from $239,640 a year earlier.
Big move $250,358
2009August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Iowa ref $239,547 (Aug 26) +3.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Youngstown, OH $73,589 (Aug 26) 27th +7.4% 1st 86% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $358,473 (Aug 26) 19th +6.9% 2nd 31% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,427 (Aug 26) 5th +4.5% 3rd 71% above peers
Dubuque, IA $250,358 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.5% 4th 52% below peers
Hempstead, NY $646,638 (Aug 26) 11th +4.1% 5th 25% above peers
Cupertino, CA $2,965,725 (Aug 26) 1st +3.3% 6th 473% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $744,798 (Aug 26) 9th +3.2% 7th 44% above peers
Towson, MD $474,404 (Aug 26) 16th +2.6% 8th 8% below peers
San Rafael, CA $1,298,041 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 9th 151% above peers
Gardena, CA $779,150 (Aug 26) 7th +2.3% 10th 51% above peers
Casper, WY $313,856 (Aug 26) 21st +1.8% 11th 39% below peers
Pocatello, ID $343,159 (Aug 26) 20th +1.6% 12th 34% below peers
La Mesa, CA $885,051 (Aug 26) 4th +1.5% 13th 71% above peers
Severn, MD $517,542 (Aug 26) 14th +1.3% 14th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN $162,375 (Aug 26) 26th +1.0% 15th 69% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $747,422 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 16th 44% above peers
Midwest City, OK $170,640 (Aug 26) 25th +0.7% 17th 67% below peers
Medford, MA $826,077 (Aug 26) 6th +0.7% 18th 60% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $462,037 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 19th 11% below peers
Bozeman, MT $725,769 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 20th 40% above peers
Petaluma, CA $899,398 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 21st 74% above peers
Lacey, WA $509,747 (Aug 26) 15th +0.2% 22nd 2% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $534,688 (Aug 26) 12th -0.2% 23rd 3% above peers
Bowie, MD $520,578 (Aug 26) 13th -0.4% 24th 1% above peers
Texas City, TX $227,222 (Aug 26) 24th -1.8% 25th 56% below peers
Sarasota, FL $409,878 (Aug 26) 18th -2.7% 26th 21% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $278,815 (Aug 26) 22nd -6.4% 27th 46% below peers
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 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $169,835 in August 2026, up from $164,872 a year earlier.
Big move $169,835
2009August 2026
▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Iowa ref $131,928 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Youngstown, OH $43,239 (Aug 26) 27th +12.8% 1st 89% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $596,747 (Aug 26) 8th +8.4% 2nd 55% above peers
Hempstead, NY $573,243 (Aug 26) 9th +5.1% 3rd 49% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,871 (Aug 26) 20th +4.0% 4th 36% below peers
Pocatello, ID $259,905 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 5th 32% below peers
Dubuque, IA $169,835 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.0% 6th 56% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $458,665 (Aug 26) 11th +2.7% 7th 19% above peers
Casper, WY $224,668 (Aug 26) 21st +2.6% 8th 42% below peers
Gardena, CA $642,831 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 9th 67% above peers
Midwest City, OK $123,280 (Aug 26) 25th +1.9% 10th 68% below peers
San Rafael, CA $798,125 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.7% 11th 108% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA $676,538 (Aug 26) 4th +1.6% 12th 76% above peers
La Mesa, CA $647,821 (Aug 26) 5th +1.3% 13th 68% above peers
Severn, MD $384,636 (Aug 26) 14th +1.3% 14th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $335,700 (Aug 26) 16th +1.2% 15th 13% below peers
Cupertino, CA $1,732,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 16th 350% above peers
Lacey, WA $433,708 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 17th 13% above peers
Towson, MD $310,817 (Aug 26) 17th +0.7% 18th 19% below peers
Petaluma, CA $714,635 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.6% 19th 86% above peers
Bowie, MD $418,752 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 20th 9% above peers
Medford, MA $631,706 (Aug 26) 7th +0.2% 21st 64% above peers
Texas City, TX $154,378 (Aug 26) 24th -1.1% 22nd 60% below peers
Bozeman, MT $489,422 (Aug 26) 10th -1.4% 23rd 27% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $348,285 (Aug 26) 15th -2.4% 24th 9% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $93,084 (Aug 26) 26th -3.0% 25th 76% below peers
Sarasota, FL $259,750 (Aug 26) 19th -4.1% 26th 32% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,596 (Aug 26) 23rd -8.2% 27th 56% below peers
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 (64.2% then, 65.8% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.2% to 65.8%).
Bright spot 65.8%
20112024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 71.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 28th +6.6pp 1st 17% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 27th +6.1pp 2nd 17% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 26th +5.1pp 3rd 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 13th +5.6pp 4th 8% above peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 6th +5.5pp 5th 22% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 12th +4.0pp 6th 9% above peers
San Rafael, CA 53.0% 22nd +3.0pp 7th 8% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 3rd +2.8pp 8th 27% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 30th +1.6pp 9th 22% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 2nd +2.7pp 10th 36% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 5th +2.3pp 11th 23% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 11th +1.9pp 12th 12% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 23rd +1.6pp 13th 8% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 14th 41% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 15th +1.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 8th +1.7pp 16th 15% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 18th +1.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 25th +0.9pp 18th 15% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 1st +1.3pp 19th 46% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 19th +0.6pp 20th 3% below peers
Texas City, TX 56.5% 17th +0.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 14th +0.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 7th +0.4pp 23rd 17% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 4th +0.3pp 24th 24% above peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 16th -0.1pp 25th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 9th -0.3pp 26th 13% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 24th -0.5pp 27th 9% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 10th -1.4pp 28th 12% above peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 20th -1.8pp 29th 3% below peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 21st -2.1pp 30th 6% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,076 in August 2026, up from $1,043 a year earlier.
Big move $1,076
2022August 2026
▸ 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%
Youngstown, OH $1,059 (Aug 26) 26th +8.4% 1st 51% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +8.0% 2nd 104% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,058 (Aug 26) 16th +5.6% 3rd 4% below peers
Petaluma, CA $2,986 (Aug 26) 5th +5.1% 4th 39% above peers
San Rafael, CA $3,182 (Aug 26) 4th +4.4% 5th 48% above peers
Gardena, CA $2,354 (Aug 26) 10th +4.3% 6th 10% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,989 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.1% 7th 86% above peers
Lancaster, PA $1,547 (Aug 26) 20th +3.9% 8th 28% below peers
Bozeman, MT $2,149 (Aug 26) 14th +3.8% 9th on par with peers
Medford, MA $3,577 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.5% 10th 66% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $996 (Aug 26) 27th +3.3% 11th 54% below peers
Dubuque, IA $1,076 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 12th 50% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,694 (Aug 26) 19th +3.0% 13th 21% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $2,266 (Aug 26) 12th +2.7% 14th 5% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,392 (Aug 26) 9th +2.3% 15th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,202 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 16th 44% below peers
Towson, MD $1,872 (Aug 26) 17th +1.6% 17th 13% below peers
Casper, WY $1,393 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 18th 35% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $1,831 (Aug 26) 18th +1.1% 19th 15% below peers
Lacey, WA $2,137 (Aug 26) 15th +0.8% 20th 1% below peers
Pocatello, ID $1,074 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 21st 50% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,522 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 22nd 17% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,484 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 23rd 16% above peers
La Mesa, CA $2,645 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 24th 23% above peers
Severn, MD $2,336 (Aug 26) 11th +0.2% 25th 9% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,175 (Aug 26) 13th -0.2% 26th 1% above peers
Texas City, TX $1,323 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.4% 27th 38% below peers
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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 (27.6% then, 28.2% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.8% to 28.2%).
Bright spot 28.2%
20102024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 24.3% +0.8pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 5th -5.9pp 1st 22% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 31st -6.0pp 2nd 37% above peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 2nd -2.1pp 3rd 25% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 8th -1.6pp 4th 19% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 3rd -1.4pp 5th 23% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 21st -1.9pp 6th 10% above peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 27th -2.0pp 7th 24% above peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 28th -1.9pp 8th 26% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 12th -1.3pp 9th 10% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 11th -0.7pp 10th 10% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 1st -0.2pp 11th 25% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 15th +0.3pp 12th 1% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 16th +0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 17th +0.5pp 14th 1% above peers
San Rafael, CA 43.9% 26th +0.7pp 15th 23% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 9th +0.5pp 16th 12% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 24th +0.8pp 17th 16% above peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 6th +0.6pp 18th 21% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 20th +1.3pp 19th 9% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 18th +1.4pp 20th 3% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 30th +2.2pp 21st 36% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 4th +1.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 22nd +2.5pp 23rd 10% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 7th +1.9pp 24th 20% below peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 25th +2.9pp 25th 22% above peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 13th +2.3pp 26th 4% below peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 10th +2.6pp 27th 11% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 23rd +3.7pp 28th 11% above peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 14th +3.6pp 29th 2% below peers
Texas City, TX 38.0% 19th +4.8pp 30th 7% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 29th +6.8pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (8.4% then, 8.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 8.1%).
Needs attention 8.1%
20102024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 5.5% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Bowie, MD 2.5% 1st -1.2pp 1st 64% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 27th -5.8pp 2nd 122% above peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 16th -2.2pp 3rd on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 15th -1.9pp 4th 9% below peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 7th -1.6pp 5th 23% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 5th -0.9pp 6th 42% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 4th -0.8pp 7th 44% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 8th 182% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 25th -1.2pp 9th 59% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 10th 405% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 14th -0.3pp 11th 10% below peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 22nd -0.3pp 12th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 11th -0.2pp 13th 16% below peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 12th -0.2pp 14th 14% below peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 28th -0.1pp 15th 150% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 6th -0.0pp 16th 41% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 10th -0.0pp 17th 20% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 18th 252% above peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 8th +0.1pp 19th 22% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 19th +0.3pp 20th 5% above peers
Texas City, TX 7.0% 18th +0.3pp 21st 4% above peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 26th +0.6pp 22nd 73% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 24th +0.6pp 23rd 33% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 13th +0.5pp 24th 13% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 9th +0.8pp 25th 22% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 17th +1.1pp 26th 2% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 21st +1.5pp 27th 15% above peers
San Rafael, CA 8.7% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 29% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 20th +1.6pp 29th 10% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 3rd +0.8pp 30th 46% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 2nd +1.2pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.8% to 3.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Dubuque started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 3.9%).
Bright spot 3.9%
20132024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 5.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.5% 6th -2.1pp 1st 50% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 21st -5.0pp 2nd 27% above peers
Pocatello, ID 6.9% 15th -2.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 6.3% 12th -2.2pp 4th 10% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.4% 24th -2.8pp 5th 49% above peers
Hempstead, NY 11.0% 27th -2.9pp 6th 58% above peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 19th -2.2pp 7th 22% above peers
La Mesa, CA 4.9% 10th -1.2pp 8th 29% below peers
Dubuque, IA 3.9% 7th -1.0pp 9th 44% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 67% below peers
Casper, WY 10.9% 26th -2.6pp 11th 57% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 12th 74% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.4% 25th -1.9pp 13th 50% above peers
Texas City, TX 16.7% 31st -2.5pp 14th 141% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 29th -1.7pp 15th 94% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 30th -1.6pp 16th 125% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.3% 17th -0.7pp 17th 6% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.1% 18th -0.8pp 18th 17% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 20th -0.8pp 19th 24% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.1pp 20th 63% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 8.9% 22nd -0.3pp 21st 28% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.7% 14th -0.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
Youngstown, OH 6.9% 16th +0.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 8th +0.2pp 24th 44% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.2% 28th +0.6pp 25th 61% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.6% 23rd +0.7pp 26th 38% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 9th +0.3pp 27th 38% below peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 5th +0.9pp 28th 51% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 4th +1.0pp 29th 54% below peers
Lacey, WA 5.8% 11th +1.8pp 30th 17% below peers
Severn, MD 6.6% 13th +2.9pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

41.3%
20202022
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Iowa ref 38.7%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 50% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 2nd 24% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 3rd 23% below peers
San Rafael, CA 25.7% 4th 18% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 5th 17% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 6th 16% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 7th 15% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 8th 13% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 9th 12% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 10th 9% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 11th 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 12th 7% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 13th 4% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 14th 4% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 15th on par with peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 16th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 17th 4% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 18th 5% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 19th 10% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 20th 12% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 13% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 22nd 18% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 23rd 19% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 24th 21% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 25th 31% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 26th 31% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 32% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 37% above peers
Texas City, TX 45.3% 29th 45% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 54% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.9% to 1.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Dubuque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.8% to 1.7%).
Bright spot 1.7%
20122024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 3.3% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 81% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 17th -5.8pp 2nd 4% above peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 6th -2.2pp 3rd 43% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 15th -3.7pp 4th 3% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 5th -1.6pp 5th 51% below peers
San Rafael, CA 1.8% 7th -1.0pp 6th 40% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 7th 109% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 22nd -2.1pp 8th 68% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 28th -3.1pp 9th 204% above peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 9th -0.5pp 10th 22% below peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 18th -0.7pp 11th 9% above peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 10th -0.5pp 12th 13% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 25th -1.1pp 13th 153% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 26th -0.7pp 14th 160% above peers
Texas City, TX 10.7% 29th -0.4pp 15th 265% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 13th +0.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 11th +0.0pp 17th 12% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 18th 67% below peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 16th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 8th +0.3pp 20th 26% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 30th +3.0pp 21st 324% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 24th +2.2pp 22nd 151% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 14th +0.8pp 23rd 7% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 24th 467% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 27th +3.1pp 25th 174% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 19th +1.4pp 26th 10% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 21st +2.1pp 27th 59% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 28th 66% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 12th +1.4pp 29th 12% below peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 20th +1.9pp 30th 14% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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

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 →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.1% to 34.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dubuque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.9% to 34.0%).
Bright spot 34.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 30 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
Iowa ref 31.4% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Texas City, TX 20.0% 27th +5.0pp 1st 49% below peers
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 21st +6.5pp 2nd 24% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 16.4% 29th +3.4pp 3rd 58% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 20th +5.4pp 4th 22% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 28th +2.8pp 5th 52% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 26th +3.2pp 6th 45% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 12th +5.3pp 7th 7% above peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 22nd +3.5pp 8th 26% below peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 9th 60% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 15th +4.3pp 10th on par with peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 6th +6.0pp 11th 54% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 12th 39% below peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 5th +6.4pp 13th 68% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 18th +2.9pp 14th 12% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 11th +3.6pp 15th 10% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 23rd +1.9pp 16th 37% below peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 10th +3.4pp 17th 13% above peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 19th +2.3pp 18th 16% below peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 13th +2.8pp 19th 4% above peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 20th 39% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 4th +4.2pp 21st 78% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 9th +2.6pp 22nd 19% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 3rd +3.4pp 23rd 82% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 7th +2.2pp 24th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 25th 112% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 16th +1.5pp 26th 3% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 27th 113% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 14th +0.8pp 28th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 17th +0.3pp 29th 12% below peers
San Rafael, CA 49.7% 8th -2.5pp 30th 28% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±2.1pp 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 12.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51.7% to 38.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 14.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.0% to 38.9%).
Needs attention 38.9%
20112024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 43.4% -3.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 6th +33.2pp 1st 33% above peers
Texas City, TX 39.8% 22nd +16.1pp 2nd 20% below peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 11th +16.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 16th +15.1pp 4th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 2nd +18.3pp 5th 69% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 3rd +15.4pp 6th 59% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 20th +7.7pp 7th 15% below peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 27th +6.6pp 8th 23% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 10th +9.5pp 9th 14% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 13th +8.1pp 10th 3% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 23rd +5.7pp 11th 21% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 12th 37% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 13th 81% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 8th +3.4pp 14th 32% above peers
San Rafael, CA 65.8% 7th -0.2pp 15th 32% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 4th -0.4pp 16th 39% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 18th -1.1pp 17th 12% below peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 9th -4.2pp 18th 18% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 14th -3.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 15th -4.5pp 20th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 21st -5.0pp 21st 17% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 24th -5.2pp 22nd 22% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 12th -10.5pp 23rd 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 30th -10.5pp 24th 32% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 25th -12.9pp 25th 22% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 28th -12.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 29th -15.0pp 27th 25% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 17th -19.7pp 28th 5% below peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 26th -16.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 19th -20.7pp 30th 15% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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

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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.9pp 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 (3.7% then, 4.0% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.9% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 5.3% +0.3pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 12th -22.4pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 6th -3.7pp 3rd 49% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 15th -5.1pp 4th 6% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 5th 42% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 22nd -2.5pp 6th 31% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 10th -1.2pp 7th 30% below peers
Texas City, TX 8.3% 21st -1.8pp 8th 29% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 17th -1.4pp 9th 18% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 13th -0.8pp 10th 19% below peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 25th -0.3pp 11th 48% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 5th -0.1pp 12th 63% below peers
San Rafael, CA 7.8% 19th +0.2pp 13th 21% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 2nd +0.1pp 14th 84% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 15th 38% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 16th 154% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 27th +1.3pp 17th 77% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 7th +0.8pp 18th 47% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 29th +3.0pp 19th 90% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 16th +2.2pp 20th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 18th +2.8pp 21st 19% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 11th +1.8pp 22nd 27% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 23rd +3.5pp 23rd 41% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 24th 84% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 26th +4.4pp 25th 73% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 14th +2.4pp 26th 11% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 20th +4.3pp 27th 26% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 30th +7.2pp 28th 105% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 24th +7.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 3rd +1.4pp 30th 71% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 4th +2.1pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 58,196 to 59,174 - more than the combined survey margin (±68). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (58,068 to 59,174).
Big move 59,174
20102024
▸ 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
Bozeman, MT 56,114 30th +20% 1st 4% below peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 26th +17% 2nd 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 19th +16% 3rd on par with peers
Texas City, TX 55,364 31st +14% 4th 5% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 15th +10% 5th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 25th +7% 6th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 21st +7% 7th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 20th +7% 8th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 13th +6% 9th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 28th +4% 10th 2% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 17th +3% 11th on par with peers
Medford, MA 59,354 5th +3% 12th 1% above peers
San Rafael, CA 60,433 2nd +3% 13th 3% above peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 1st +2% 14th 4% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 23rd +2% 15th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 8th +2% 16th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 58,679 14th +1% 17th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 9th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 58,839 11th +1% 19th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 29th +0% 20th 3% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 4th -0% 21st 1% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 24th -1% 22nd 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 7th -3% 23rd 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 16th -3% 24th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 27th -3% 25th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 22nd -4% 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 18th -4% 27th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 10th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 3rd -4% 29th 3% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 12th -4% 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 6th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±59 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 (20.6% then, 19.9% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.9% to 19.9%).
19.9%
20172024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 22.9% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 26th +1.5pp 1st 25% below peers
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 11th +1.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 28th +0.9pp 3rd 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 18th +1.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 17th +1.1pp 5th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 6th +1.1pp 6th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 1st +1.2pp 7th 24% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 4th +0.7pp 8th 12% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 10th +0.6pp 9th 5% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 22nd +0.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 24th +0.1pp 11th 14% below peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 3rd +0.0pp 12th 17% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 18% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 5th -0.4pp 14th 11% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 16th -0.5pp 15th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 19th -0.6pp 16th 4% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 29th -0.4pp 17th 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 20th -0.7pp 18th 4% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 12th -0.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Texas City, TX 22.8% 7th -1.6pp 20th 10% above peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 13th -1.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 14th -1.9pp 22nd 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 25th -1.5pp 23rd 21% below peers
San Rafael, CA 19.7% 21st -2.3pp 24th 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 15th -2.5pp 25th 1% above peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 30th -1.6pp 26th 36% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 9th -3.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 23rd -2.8pp 28th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 29th 39% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 8th -3.8pp 30th 10% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 27th -3.1pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.2% then, 30.3% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.2% to 30.3%).
30.3%
20102024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 27.1% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bowie, MD 32.0% 14th +11.9pp 1st 6% above peers
Gardena, CA 43.4% 9th +14.6pp 2nd 44% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 17th +7.4pp 3rd 2% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 12th +8.6pp 4th 20% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 10th +8.2pp 5th 24% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 22nd +3.6pp 6th 22% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 11th +4.6pp 7th 22% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 6th +4.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 9th 69% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 18th +2.4pp 10th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 11th 77% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 19th +1.6pp 12th 5% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 8th +1.3pp 13th 45% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 14th 142% above peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 20th +0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 28th -0.0pp 16th 34% below peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 15th -1.0pp 17th 2% above peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 24th -1.0pp 18th 25% below peers
Texas City, TX 44.9% 7th -3.3pp 19th 49% above peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 20th 140% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 27th -1.8pp 21st 32% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 21st -2.8pp 22nd 7% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 26th -2.7pp 23rd 30% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 29th -2.5pp 24th 39% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 13th -4.6pp 25th 7% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 5th -8.6pp 26th 52% above peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 16th -5.9pp 27th on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 23rd -5.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 79% below peers
San Rafael, CA 22.4% 25th -7.5pp 30th 26% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 30th -7.3pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (86.1% then, 86.7% now; margin ±20.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 11.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.3% to 86.7%).
Big move 86.7%
20102024
▸ 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
Iowa ref 75.9% +0.8pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 5th +22.1pp 1st 20% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 26th +13.9pp 2nd 11% below peers
Texas City, TX 80.1% 9th +13.9pp 3rd 16% above peers
San Rafael, CA 75.6% 13th +12.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 7th +11.4pp 5th 19% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 11th +10.7pp 6th 14% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 6th +10.3pp 7th 20% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 8th 20% above peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 10th +7.6pp 9th 14% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 10th 25% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 12th +6.3pp 11th 12% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 16th +4.0pp 12th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 25th +2.3pp 13th 10% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 18th +2.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 8th +0.8pp 15th 17% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 28th +0.5pp 16th 15% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 17th 25% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 18th 22% above peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 14th -1.1pp 19th 4% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 21st -1.7pp 20th 4% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 20th -2.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 17th -3.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 31st -4.2pp 23rd 16% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 19th -5.9pp 24th 3% below peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 27th -5.7pp 25th 14% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 30th -6.1pp 26th 16% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 22nd -8.9pp 27th 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 29th -8.7pp 28th 16% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 23rd -9.7pp 29th 8% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 15th -14.6pp 30th 2% above peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 24th -17.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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2 of 18 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 ±19.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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