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West Des Moines, IA
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71,083 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 12 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

Big shifts 3 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, 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
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 183 in May 2026, down from 224 a year earlier.
183 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
St. Cloud, MN 304 (May 26) 12th -34.4% 1st 44% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 151 (May 26) 5th -28.9% 2nd 29% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 498 (May 26) 17th -24.6% 3rd 136% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 211 (May 26) 9th -23.1% 4th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 183 (May 26) 6th -18.4% 5th 13% below peers
Waukesha, WI 106 (May 26) 2nd -14.6% 6th 50% below peers
Camarillo, CA 131 (May 26) 4th -10.8% 7th 38% below peers
Tulare, CA 478 (May 26) 16th -10.7% 8th 126% above peers
Harlingen, TX 212 (May 26) 10th -8.9% 9th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 377 (May 26) 14th -7.3% 10th 78% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 350 (May 26) 13th -4.0% 11th 66% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 109 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 12th 48% below peers
San Marcos, TX 390 (May 26) 15th +2.4% 13th 84% above peers
St. Charles, MO 184 (May 26) 7th +3.1% 14th 13% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 186 (May 26) 8th +17.4% 15th 12% below peers
Apex, NC 54 (May 26) 1st +114.9% 16th 74% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 11th 6% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 47% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 94% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,362 in May 2026, down from 2,550 a year earlier.
1,362 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
West Des Moines, IA 1,362 (May 26) 8th -46.6% 1st 18% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 2,268 (May 26) 15th -36.4% 2nd 37% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2,115 (May 26) 14th -27.6% 3rd 28% above peers
Tulare, CA 1,277 (May 26) 5th -26.3% 4th 23% below peers
Johnson City, TN 1,839 (May 26) 12th -20.5% 5th 11% above peers
Camarillo, CA 970 (May 26) 4th -19.5% 6th 41% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1,314 (May 26) 7th -19.0% 7th 20% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 1,651 (May 26) 10th -15.2% 8th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 1,751 (May 26) 11th -9.4% 9th 6% above peers
San Marcos, TX 1,928 (May 26) 13th -4.7% 10th 17% above peers
Harlingen, TX 2,297 (May 26) 16th -3.2% 11th 39% above peers
St. Charles, MO 815 (May 26) 2nd +0.7% 12th 51% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 3,594 (May 26) 17th +0.8% 13th 118% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 1,292 (May 26) 6th +1.5% 14th 22% below peers
Waukesha, WI 970 (May 26) 3rd +26.2% 15th 41% below peers
Apex, NC 723 (May 26) 1st +90.9% 16th 56% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 9th 9% below peers

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 →
  • Appleton, WI down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Flat
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 17 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Waukesha, WI 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Apex, NC 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Tulare, CA 1 (May 26) 6th -85.7% 3rd 50% below peers
Johnson City, TN 1 (May 26) 5th -67.6% 4th 51% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 1 (May 26) 8th -66.7% 5th 49% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 3 (May 26) 9th -35.5% 6th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 4 (May 26) 13th -20.8% 7th 50% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 6 (May 26) 16th +0.0% 8th 104% above peers
Camarillo, CA 3 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 9th 5% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 10 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 10th 273% above peers
St. Charles, MO 4 (May 26) 14th +50.4% 11th 50% above peers
San Marcos, TX 4 (May 26) 12th +199.2% 12th 44% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 0 (May 26) 3rd 100% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 0 (May 26) 4th 100% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 10th 4% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 4 (May 26) 15th 54% above peers
Harlingen, TX 1 (May 26) 7th 50% below peers

Peers worth a call

1
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 59% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 80 in May 2026, down from 196 a year earlier.
80 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Camarillo, CA 44 (May 26) 3rd -60.3% 1st 63% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 80 (May 26) 6th -59.1% 2nd 34% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 114 (May 26) 9th -56.2% 3rd 6% below peers
Harlingen, TX 163 (May 26) 12th -33.0% 4th 35% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 199 (May 26) 13th -29.0% 5th 64% above peers
San Marcos, TX 232 (May 26) 15th -26.7% 6th 91% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 333 (May 26) 17th -23.6% 7th 175% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 128 (May 26) 11th -23.3% 8th 6% above peers
Johnson City, TN 121 (May 26) 10th -21.4% 9th on par with peers
Tulare, CA 241 (May 26) 16th -19.2% 10th 99% above peers
St. Charles, MO 92 (May 26) 7th -16.3% 11th 24% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 217 (May 26) 14th -13.9% 12th 79% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 93 (May 26) 8th +15.4% 13th 23% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 44 (May 26) 2nd +23.1% 14th 64% below peers
Waukesha, WI 70 (May 26) 4th +42.9% 15th 42% below peers
Apex, NC 41 (May 26) 1st +113.3% 16th 67% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 5th 39% below peers

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 →
  • Eagan, MN down about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 37% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Davis, CA down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 13% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $76,368 to $86,594 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,052). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 22% from 2014 to 2024 ($70,882 to $86,594).
$86,594
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%
Camden, NJ $40,546 31st +50% 1st 50% below peers
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 2nd 166% above peers
Johnson City, TN $57,254 25th +37% 3rd 29% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $97,305 10th +37% 4th 21% above peers
Passaic, NJ $55,371 27th +35% 5th 31% below peers
Harlingen, TX $53,645 29th +35% 6th 33% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 4th +34% 7th 76% above peers
Eastvale, CA $160,069 2nd +34% 8th 98% above peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 17th +34% 9th 10% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR $57,272 24th +33% 10th 29% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $83,887 13th +31% 11th 4% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ $83,683 15th +30% 12th 4% above peers
Wilmington, DE $58,671 21st +30% 13th 27% below peers
Apex, NC $144,135 3rd +29% 14th 79% above peers
Waukesha, WI $83,837 14th +28% 15th 4% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $57,697 23rd +28% 16th 28% below peers
San Marcos, TX $51,281 30th +27% 17th 36% below peers
East Orange, NJ $60,830 20th +27% 18th 25% below peers
St. Charles, MO $85,937 12th +25% 19th 7% above peers
St. Cloud, MN $61,374 19th +25% 20th 24% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA $130,432 7th +23% 21st 62% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 16th +22% 22nd on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI $67,395 18th +21% 23rd 16% below peers
Camarillo, CA $113,428 8th +21% 24th 41% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $132,731 6th +21% 25th 65% above peers
St. Joseph, MO $57,956 22nd +20% 26th 28% below peers
Dothan, AL $55,792 26th +19% 27th 31% below peers
Centreville, VA $139,510 5th +18% 28th 73% above peers
Dale City, VA $111,994 9th +18% 29th 39% above peers
Lafayette, IN $53,716 28th +16% 30th 33% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $86,594 11th +13% 31st 7% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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5 of 16 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 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,354 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 50% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 2.5% in May 2026, down from 2.9% a year earlier.
2.5%
1990May 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% (May 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Camden, NJ 7.7% (May 26) 27th -2.1pp 1st 103% above peers
East Orange, NJ 6.5% (May 26) 26th -1.5pp 2nd 71% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 5.0% (May 26) 20th -1.0pp 3rd 32% above peers
Passaic, NJ 4.8% (May 26) 19th -1.0pp 4th 26% above peers
Lafayette, IN 2.9% (May 26) 5th -0.7pp 5th 24% below peers
Tulare, CA 5.9% (May 26) 25th -0.6pp 6th 55% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.5pp 7th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 8th 13% below peers
Dublin, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 10th 34% below peers
Camarillo, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Wilmington, DE 5.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.2pp 12th 47% above peers
Johnson City, TN 2.9% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 13th 24% below peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 14th 32% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.2pp 15th 32% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 3.9% (May 26) 15th -0.2pp 16th 3% above peers
Eastvale, CA 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 17th 8% below peers
Apex, NC 2.8% (May 26) 4th -0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 5.0% (May 26) 21st +0.0pp 19th 32% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5.1% (May 26) 22nd +0.0pp 20th 34% above peers
San Marcos, TX 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 21st 3% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 4.7% (May 26) 18th +0.6pp 24th 24% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 3.8% (May 26) 14th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 5.6% (May 26) 24th +0.8pp 26th 47% above peers
Dothan, AL 3.4% (May 26) 8th +1.0pp 27th 11% below peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.9% to 8.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 8.3%).
8.3%
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 10.7% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Apex, NC 2.2% 1st -2.9pp 1st 83% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.5% 7th -2.1pp 2nd 52% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.9% 9th -1.9pp 3rd 48% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.7% 2nd -1.0pp 4th 72% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.8% 28th -5.7pp 5th 70% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.8% 5th -1.1pp 6th 64% below peers
Wilmington, DE 20.7% 26th -4.3pp 7th 55% above peers
Camden, NJ 29.3% 31st -6.0pp 8th 119% above peers
San Marcos, TX 24.3% 29th -4.6pp 9th 82% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 13.6% 17th -2.1pp 10th 1% above peers
Harlingen, TX 24.8% 30th -3.8pp 11th 85% above peers
Tulare, CA 17.8% 22nd -2.1pp 12th 33% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 19.0% 23rd -2.0pp 13th 42% above peers
East Orange, NJ 16.1% 19th -1.5pp 14th 21% above peers
St. Charles, MO 6.8% 8th -0.6pp 15th 49% below peers
Waukesha, WI 9.6% 15th -0.6pp 16th 28% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 7.1% 10th -0.4pp 17th 47% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 9.3% 14th -0.5pp 18th 31% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 16.9% 20th -0.8pp 19th 27% above peers
Johnson City, TN 19.3% 25th -0.5pp 20th 44% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 20.9% 27th +0.0pp 21st 57% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 13.4% 16th +0.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Dothan, AL 19.0% 24th +0.5pp 23rd 42% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 14.4% 18th +0.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Lafayette, IN 17.4% 21st +1.1pp 25th 30% above peers
Camarillo, CA 8.5% 13th +0.8pp 26th 37% below peers
Dublin, CA 4.4% 4th +0.4pp 27th 67% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 6.3% 6th +1.0pp 28th 53% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.0% 3rd +1.0pp 29th 70% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 11th +2.1pp 30th 46% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 8.3% 12th +2.4pp 31st 38% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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5 of 16 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 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 10.0% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 10.0%).
10.0%
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%
Apex, NC 2.1% 1st -3.9pp 1st 87% below peers
San Marcos, TX 18.1% 17th -15.9pp 2nd 7% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 6th -4.8pp 3rd 65% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.6% 8th -5.4pp 4th 49% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.6% 18th -9.8pp 5th 22% above peers
Johnson City, TN 21.1% 21st -6.6pp 6th 25% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.4% 4th -1.2pp 7th 74% below peers
St. Charles, MO 8.5% 7th -2.3pp 8th 50% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 2nd -1.0pp 9th 78% below peers
Passaic, NJ 32.1% 28th -7.4pp 10th 90% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.7% 22nd -5.1pp 11th 34% above peers
Camden, NJ 38.9% 30th -8.5pp 12th 131% above peers
Waukesha, WI 12.9% 15th -2.0pp 13th 23% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 12.0% 13th -1.4pp 14th 29% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 16.9% 16th -1.5pp 15th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 39.9% 31st -3.3pp 16th 136% above peers
Wilmington, DE 37.2% 29th -2.7pp 17th 121% above peers
East Orange, NJ 23.2% 23rd -1.4pp 18th 38% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 11.7% 12th -0.6pp 19th 31% below peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 24th -1.1pp 20th 45% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 20.6% 19th -0.3pp 21st 22% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 31.3% 27th -0.4pp 22nd 86% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.5% 5th +0.1pp 23rd 74% below peers
Lafayette, IN 25.8% 25th +1.4pp 24th 53% above peers
Dothan, AL 31.1% 26th +1.8pp 25th 85% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 75% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 20.9% 20th +1.7pp 27th 24% above peers
Camarillo, CA 12.2% 14th +1.3pp 28th 28% below peers
Centreville, VA 9.4% 10th +2.5pp 29th 44% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 10.0% 11th +2.7pp 30th 41% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 9.0% 9th +2.7pp 31st 47% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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

3
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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 →

Broadband rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.0% to 93.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.3% to 93.4%).
93.4%
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%
Camden, NJ 86.5% 28th +22.3pp 1st 7% below peers
Passaic, NJ 93.8% 15th +20.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 84.8% 31st +15.5pp 3rd 9% below peers
Wilmington, DE 87.2% 27th +14.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 19th +11.6pp 5th 1% below peers
San Marcos, TX 85.3% 30th +10.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Lafayette, IN 91.4% 21st +11.0pp 7th 2% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 85.9% 29th +10.1pp 8th 8% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 88.8% 24th +9.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 92.4% 17th +9.7pp 10th 1% below peers
East Orange, NJ 89.1% 23rd +9.0pp 11th 5% below peers
Dothan, AL 87.5% 26th +8.6pp 12th 6% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 92.1% 18th +7.9pp 13th 1% below peers
St. Charles, MO 94.6% 12th +7.7pp 14th 1% above peers
Waukesha, WI 94.4% 13th +7.4pp 15th 1% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 94.2% 14th +6.8pp 16th 1% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 91.7% 20th +6.5pp 17th 2% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 96.5% 8th +5.9pp 18th 3% above peers
Johnson City, TN 87.9% 25th +4.9pp 19th 6% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 96.4% 9th +5.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 94.8% 11th +4.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 91.1% 22nd +4.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Camarillo, CA 95.0% 10th +4.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 93.4% 16th +3.5pp 24th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Dale City, VA 97.2% 6th +2.9pp 26th 4% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 97.5% 5th +2.5pp 27th 4% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 4th +2.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Centreville, VA 98.3% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Apex, NC 97.0% 7th +1.7pp 30th 4% above peers
Eastvale, CA 98.4% 2nd +0.5pp 31st 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.44 to 0.47 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.47).
0.47
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
Eastvale, CA 0.33 1st -0.040 1st 24% below peers
Wilmington, DE 0.51 30th -0.032 2nd 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 2nd -0.022 3rd 17% below peers
Johnson City, TN 0.51 29th -0.030 4th 16% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 0.40 7th -0.022 5th 8% below peers
San Marcos, TX 0.46 20th -0.023 6th 5% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 0.44 17th -0.021 7th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 0.46 21st -0.021 8th 5% above peers
Passaic, NJ 0.48 25th -0.022 9th 9% above peers
Apex, NC 0.37 3rd -0.014 10th 16% below peers
Lafayette, IN 0.41 9th -0.015 11th 7% below peers
Camden, NJ 0.48 27th -0.015 12th 10% above peers
Dothan, AL 0.49 28th -0.010 13th 13% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.55 31st -0.005 14th 26% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 0.43 15th -0.002 15th 2% below peers
Waukesha, WI 0.42 10th -0.002 16th 5% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 0.46 19th -0.001 17th 4% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 0.42 12th +0.001 18th 5% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 0.42 11th +0.006 19th 5% below peers
Dale City, VA 0.38 4th +0.006 20th 13% below peers
St. Charles, MO 0.44 16th +0.009 21st on par with peers
East Orange, NJ 0.46 22nd +0.010 22nd 5% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 0.47 23rd +0.011 23rd 6% above peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 14th +0.010 24th 2% below peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 6th +0.010 25th 10% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 0.41 8th +0.014 26th 7% below peers
Camarillo, CA 0.46 18th +0.017 27th 4% above peers
Centreville, VA 0.39 5th +0.023 28th 11% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 0.48 26th +0.028 29th 9% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 0.47 24th +0.030 30th 7% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 0.42 13th +0.037 31st 4% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (6.1% then, 6.8% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.6% to 6.8%).
6.8%
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
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 88% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.6% 7th -3.2pp 2nd 64% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.5% 11th -3.1pp 3rd 45% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.6% 9th -2.5pp 4th 54% below peers
Johnson City, TN 9.9% 16th -5.0pp 5th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 4.0% 8th -2.0pp 6th 59% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.3% 5th -1.6pp 7th 67% below peers
Apex, NC 1.9% 2nd -0.8pp 8th 81% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 18th -3.6pp 9th 11% above peers
San Marcos, TX 7.5% 13th -1.8pp 10th 24% below peers
Harlingen, TX 20.5% 26th -4.1pp 11th 107% above peers
Waukesha, WI 9.2% 15th -1.7pp 12th 7% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.3% 19th -1.7pp 13th 23% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 10.7% 17th -1.0pp 14th 8% above peers
East Orange, NJ 20.7% 27th -1.5pp 15th 108% above peers
Passaic, NJ 38.2% 30th -1.2pp 16th 284% above peers
Wilmington, DE 22.8% 28th -0.7pp 17th 129% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 15.6% 21st +0.3pp 18th 56% above peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 29th +0.7pp 19th 131% above peers
Dothan, AL 16.8% 24th +0.8pp 20th 69% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 15.3% 20th +1.0pp 21st 54% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.4% 31st +3.4pp 22nd 337% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 15.7% 22nd +1.7pp 23rd 58% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 19.8% 25th +2.2pp 24th 99% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 6.8% 12th +0.8pp 25th 31% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.7% 3rd +0.4pp 26th 73% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.3% 14th +1.3pp 27th 16% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 28th 72% below peers
Camarillo, CA 4.7% 10th +1.3pp 29th 53% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.7% 23rd +5.6pp 30th 58% above peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 6th +1.9pp 31st 66% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $326,596 in June 2026, up from $323,857 a year earlier.
$326,596
2000June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Iowa ref $241,255 (Jun 26) +3.9%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukesha, WI $428,781 (Jun 26) 13th +6.1% 1st on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $264,857 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.5% 2nd 38% below peers
Dothan, AL $207,626 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 3rd 52% below peers
Lafayette, IN $271,084 (Jun 26) 21st +2.4% 4th 37% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $432,568 (Jun 26) 12th +1.9% 5th 1% above peers
Wilmington, DE $335,577 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 6th 22% below peers
Passaic, NJ $563,434 (Jun 26) 10th +1.7% 7th 31% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $725,567 (Jun 26) 5th +1.4% 8th 69% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $321,576 (Jun 26) 18th +1.3% 9th 25% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $600,724 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 10th 40% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $326,596 (Jun 26) 17th +0.8% 11th 24% below peers
Tulare, CA $359,149 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 12th 16% below peers
Johnson City, TN $300,337 (Jun 26) 20th +0.6% 13th 30% below peers
Camarillo, CA $923,396 (Jun 26) 4th +0.2% 14th 115% above peers
Eastvale, CA $948,803 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 15th 121% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $1,039,520 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.2% 16th 142% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $372,578 (Jun 26) 14th -0.3% 17th 13% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $630,828 (Jun 26) 7th -0.3% 18th 47% above peers
Centreville, VA $632,530 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 19th 48% above peers
East Orange, NJ $483,575 (Jun 26) 11th -1.0% 20th 13% above peers
Harlingen, TX $199,141 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 21st 54% below peers
Apex, NC $603,237 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 22nd 41% above peers
San Marcos, TX $310,919 (Jun 26) 19th -4.1% 23rd 27% below peers
Camden, NJ $150,576 (Jun 26) 25th -7.1% 24th 65% below peers
Dublin, CA $1,266,769 (Jun 26) 1st -7.8% 25th 195% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $212,089 in June 2026, up from $210,967 a year earlier.
$212,089
2000June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Iowa ref $132,765 (Jun 26) +4.3%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Waukesha, WI $315,715 (Jun 26) 13th +5.5% 1st on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $196,578 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.2% 2nd 38% below peers
Passaic, NJ $372,570 (Jun 26) 10th +4.1% 3rd 18% above peers
Dothan, AL $110,999 (Jun 26) 24th +3.6% 4th 65% below peers
Lafayette, IN $199,032 (Jun 26) 20th +3.1% 5th 37% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $317,148 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 6th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI $236,295 (Jun 26) 16th +1.5% 7th 25% below peers
Johnson City, TN $196,605 (Jun 26) 21st +1.4% 8th 38% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $615,097 (Jun 26) 4th +1.4% 9th 95% above peers
Tulare, CA $287,816 (Jun 26) 15th +1.3% 10th 9% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $422,438 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 11th 34% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $212,089 (Jun 26) 18th +0.5% 12th 33% below peers
Wilmington, DE $205,364 (Jun 26) 19th +0.2% 13th 35% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $290,499 (Jun 26) 14th +0.2% 14th 8% below peers
East Orange, NJ $371,991 (Jun 26) 11th +0.2% 15th 18% above peers
Camarillo, CA $728,304 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 16th 131% above peers
Centreville, VA $492,090 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 17th 56% above peers
Eastvale, CA $818,485 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.2% 18th 159% above peers
Harlingen, TX $127,034 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.8% 19th 60% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $479,599 (Jun 26) 7th -1.2% 20th 52% above peers
Camden, NJ $106,163 (Jun 26) 25th -1.6% 21st 66% below peers
Apex, NC $435,882 (Jun 26) 8th -3.2% 22nd 38% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $507,450 (Jun 26) 5th -3.3% 23rd 61% above peers
San Marcos, TX $231,168 (Jun 26) 17th -4.3% 24th 27% below peers
Dublin, CA $854,933 (Jun 26) 1st -7.9% 25th 171% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.1% to 57.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.3% to 57.4%).
57.4%
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%
East Orange, NJ 31.0% 29th +5.4pp 1st 47% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 38.7% 26th +6.8pp 2nd 34% below peers
Wilmington, DE 48.0% 24th +4.7pp 3rd 18% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 62.8% 14th +4.0pp 4th 7% above peers
Passaic, NJ 23.8% 31st +1.5pp 5th 59% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 67.5% 9th +3.5pp 6th 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 68.0% 8th +3.3pp 7th 16% above peers
Centreville, VA 73.2% 6th +3.2pp 8th 25% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 9th 54% above peers
San Marcos, TX 30.8% 30th +1.1pp 10th 47% below peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 16th +1.8pp 11th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 79.3% 3rd +2.4pp 12th 36% above peers
Apex, NC 76.5% 5th +2.0pp 13th 31% above peers
Johnson City, TN 51.3% 22nd +1.1pp 14th 12% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 63.5% 13th +1.3pp 15th 9% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 57.7% 17th +1.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Waukesha, WI 58.8% 15th +0.7pp 17th 1% above peers
Harlingen, TX 56.1% 20th +0.6pp 18th 4% below peers
Eastvale, CA 78.0% 4th +0.7pp 19th 33% above peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 10th +0.2pp 20th 12% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 64.4% 12th -0.2pp 21st 10% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 72.2% 7th -0.3pp 22nd 23% above peers
Camarillo, CA 64.6% 11th -0.6pp 23rd 10% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 48.6% 23rd -1.4pp 24th 17% below peers
Dothan, AL 57.1% 19th -2.1pp 25th 2% below peers
Lafayette, IN 46.7% 25th -1.9pp 26th 20% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 54.4% 21st -2.2pp 27th 7% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 82.3% 2nd -3.8pp 28th 41% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 36.2% 27th -2.3pp 29th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 57.4% 18th -3.7pp 30th 2% below peers
Camden, NJ 34.4% 28th -4.9pp 31st 41% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±2.1pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,369 in June 2026, up from $1,345 a year earlier.
$1,369
2016June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Passaic, NJ $2,097 (Jun 26) 10th +5.2% 1st 12% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $3,003 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.2% 2nd 60% above peers
Waukesha, WI $1,490 (Jun 26) 17th +4.2% 3rd 20% below peers
Camden, NJ $1,811 (Jun 26) 15th +4.1% 4th 3% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $2,261 (Jun 26) 8th +3.8% 5th 21% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $2,353 (Jun 26) 7th +3.6% 6th 26% above peers
Wilmington, DE $1,872 (Jun 26) 13th +3.4% 7th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $1,395 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 8th 25% below peers
Johnson City, TN $1,467 (Jun 26) 18th +2.8% 9th 22% below peers
Dublin, CA $3,233 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.4% 10th 73% above peers
East Orange, NJ $2,068 (Jun 26) 11th +2.3% 11th 10% above peers
Dothan, AL $1,207 (Jun 26) 24th +2.2% 12th 36% below peers
Lafayette, IN $1,234 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.0% 13th 34% below peers
Eastvale, CA $3,567 (Jun 26) 1st +2.0% 14th 91% above peers
Tulare, CA $1,849 (Jun 26) 14th +2.0% 15th 1% below peers
Eau Claire, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.0% 16th 35% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $1,369 (Jun 26) 21st +1.8% 17th 27% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,181 (Jun 26) 9th +0.8% 18th 16% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $1,539 (Jun 26) 16th +0.7% 19th 18% below peers
Harlingen, TX $1,135 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 20th 39% below peers
Camarillo, CA $2,885 (Jun 26) 4th +0.6% 21st 54% above peers
Apex, NC $2,017 (Jun 26) 12th +0.4% 22nd 8% above peers
Centreville, VA $2,424 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 23rd 29% above peers
San Marcos, TX $1,408 (Jun 26) 19th -1.8% 24th 25% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5th 39% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.2% to 26.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.8% to 26.5%).
26.5%
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
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 26.0% 5th -5.2pp 1st 21% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.5% 8th -5.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 3rd -3.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Eastvale, CA 33.8% 18th -4.3pp 4th 3% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 26.8% 7th -2.9pp 5th 18% below peers
St. Charles, MO 23.2% 4th -1.5pp 6th 29% below peers
Wilmington, DE 38.8% 22nd -2.5pp 7th 18% above peers
Dale City, VA 30.4% 10th -1.8pp 8th 8% below peers
Camden, NJ 50.5% 28th -2.9pp 9th 54% above peers
Passaic, NJ 54.9% 31st -2.8pp 10th 67% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 44.1% 26th -1.4pp 11th 34% above peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 24th -0.8pp 12th 24% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 43.9% 25th -0.2pp 13th 34% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 44.5% 27th +0.0pp 14th 35% above peers
Camarillo, CA 40.8% 23rd +0.5pp 15th 24% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 31.3% 15th +1.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Apex, NC 20.0% 1st +0.8pp 17th 39% below peers
Centreville, VA 29.1% 9th +1.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 16th +1.3pp 19th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 32.9% 17th +1.5pp 20th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 33.8% 19th +1.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 30.6% 12th +1.6pp 22nd 7% below peers
East Orange, NJ 51.7% 29th +2.8pp 23rd 57% above peers
San Marcos, TX 52.7% 30th +2.9pp 24th 60% above peers
Waukesha, WI 30.9% 14th +2.1pp 25th 6% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 20.9% 2nd +1.6pp 26th 36% below peers
Dothan, AL 30.9% 13th +2.7pp 27th 6% below peers
Lafayette, IN 35.4% 20th +3.7pp 28th 8% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 38.6% 21st +4.2pp 29th 17% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 26.5% 6th +3.3pp 30th 19% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 30.6% 11th +5.3pp 31st 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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 →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.5% then, 3.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.3% to 3.9%).
3.9%
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
Tulare, CA 3.9% 9th -2.6pp 1st 39% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.4% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 62% below peers
Passaic, NJ 25.7% 29th -7.6pp 3rd 304% above peers
Waukesha, WI 5.3% 14th -1.4pp 4th 16% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 8.4% 23rd -2.2pp 5th 33% above peers
Harlingen, TX 6.4% 16th -1.5pp 6th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 20th -1.4pp 7th 15% above peers
Dale City, VA 2.7% 5th -0.3pp 8th 57% below peers
Camden, NJ 30.8% 30th -3.6pp 9th 384% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 4.1% 11th -0.4pp 10th 36% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 3.7% 8th -0.2pp 11th 42% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.1% 13th -0.3pp 12th 19% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 9.5% 25th -0.4pp 13th 49% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 7.1% 19th -0.0pp 14th 12% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.2% 28th -0.0pp 15th 264% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 9.4% 24th +0.1pp 16th 47% above peers
St. Charles, MO 4.7% 12th +0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Wilmington, DE 22.5% 27th +1.0pp 18th 253% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 6.7% 17th +0.3pp 19th 6% above peers
East Orange, NJ 33.0% 31st +2.4pp 20th 418% above peers
Camarillo, CA 5.5% 15th +0.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 74% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.9% 10th +0.3pp 23rd 39% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.7% 18th +0.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Dothan, AL 8.0% 21st +0.9pp 25th 26% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.1% 22nd +1.8pp 26th 28% above peers
Apex, NC 2.7% 4th +0.7pp 27th 58% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.4% 7th +1.3pp 28th 46% below peers
Eastvale, CA 2.1% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 67% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.8% 6th +1.6pp 30th 56% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 75% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.9% to 4.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.4% to 4.8%).
4.8%
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 4.9% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 3.8% 6th -2.5pp 1st 48% below peers
Dublin, CA 1.5% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 79% below peers
Lafayette, IN 7.3% 17th -3.8pp 3rd 3% above peers
Camarillo, CA 3.2% 4th -1.6pp 4th 56% below peers
Dale City, VA 10.7% 23rd -3.7pp 5th 49% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.5% 19th -2.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Apex, NC 3.5% 5th -0.9pp 7th 52% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.9% 9th -0.8pp 8th 31% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.3% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 68% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.9% 13th -0.7pp 10th 17% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 16th -0.8pp 11th on par with peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.4% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 67% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.8% 20th -0.9pp 13th 37% above peers
Eastvale, CA 3.9% 7th -0.3pp 14th 46% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 5.7% 10th -0.2pp 15th 20% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.6% 31st -0.4pp 16th 216% above peers
East Orange, NJ 12.2% 26th +0.2pp 17th 70% above peers
San Marcos, TX 16.2% 29th +0.4pp 18th 126% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.7% 27th +0.9pp 19th 78% above peers
Dothan, AL 10.9% 24th +1.0pp 20th 53% above peers
Harlingen, TX 22.5% 30th +2.4pp 21st 214% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 11.9% 25th +1.4pp 22nd 66% above peers
Johnson City, TN 10.5% 22nd +1.2pp 23rd 47% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 11th +0.8pp 24th 19% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.8% 12th +0.8pp 25th 19% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 21st +1.9pp 26th 44% above peers
Wilmington, DE 7.5% 18th +1.5pp 27th 5% above peers
Camden, NJ 14.4% 28th +3.2pp 28th 102% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.0% 14th +1.8pp 29th 16% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.2% 15th +1.9pp 30th 13% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 4.8% 8th +1.8pp 31st 33% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.8%
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%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 56% below peers
Apex, NC 23.1% 2nd 34% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 25.2% 3rd 28% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 25.2% 4th 28% below peers
Centreville, VA 26.1% 5th 26% below peers
Camarillo, CA 27.0% 6th 23% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 27.5% 7th 22% below peers
Eastvale, CA 27.6% 8th 21% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.9% 9th 15% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 10th 11% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 31.5% 11th 10% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 33.8% 12th 4% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 34.1% 13th 3% below peers
Dale City, VA 34.7% 14th 1% below peers
Waukesha, WI 34.8% 15th 1% below peers
East Orange, NJ 35.1% 16th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 35.2% 17th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 35.8% 18th 2% above peers
Passaic, NJ 36.0% 19th 3% above peers
St. Charles, MO 36.3% 20th 3% above peers
Lafayette, IN 36.7% 21st 5% above peers
Dothan, AL 37.5% 22nd 7% above peers
San Marcos, TX 37.6% 23rd 7% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 24th 8% above peers
Johnson City, TN 38.5% 25th 10% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 40.8% 26th 16% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.8% 27th 16% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.6% 28th 24% above peers
Wilmington, DE 44.7% 29th 27% above peers
Harlingen, TX 46.6% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.6% then, 1.7% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.9% to 1.7%).
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
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.5% 1st -0.8pp 1st 86% below peers
Camarillo, CA 1.6% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 58% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.8% 8th -1.2pp 3rd 55% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 2.3% 9th -1.5pp 4th 42% below peers
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 14th -2.0pp 5th 14% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 2.4% 11th -1.1pp 6th 37% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.2% 24th -2.2pp 7th 60% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 1.1% 2nd -0.2pp 8th 71% below peers
East Orange, NJ 5.7% 21st -0.7pp 9th 48% above peers
Passaic, NJ 5.7% 22nd -0.0pp 10th 48% above peers
St. Charles, MO 3.1% 13th +0.0pp 11th 21% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 1.7% 7th +0.1pp 12th 56% below peers
Centreville, VA 5.8% 23rd +0.4pp 13th 50% above peers
Harlingen, TX 12.8% 31st +0.9pp 14th 231% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 5.2% 19th +0.5pp 15th 33% above peers
Johnson City, TN 4.6% 18th +0.5pp 16th 20% above peers
Apex, NC 2.4% 10th +0.3pp 17th 38% below peers
Wilmington, DE 4.2% 17th +0.6pp 18th 8% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.8% 29th +1.5pp 19th 126% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.3% 20th +1.0pp 20th 38% above peers
Eastvale, CA 1.3% 3rd +0.3pp 21st 65% below peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% 12th +0.7pp 22nd 34% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 1.7% 6th +0.5pp 23rd 56% below peers
Dothan, AL 3.6% 15th +1.1pp 24th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.0% 30th +4.7pp 25th 210% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 25th +3.2pp 26th 70% above peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 16th +2.0pp 27th on par with peers
Camden, NJ 8.0% 28th +4.1pp 28th 105% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6.8% 27th +3.6pp 29th 75% above peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 5th +1.1pp 30th 58% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.6% 26th +5.2pp 31st 71% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.4% then, 54.9% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.4% to 54.9%).
54.9%
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
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 26th +4.9pp 1st 41% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 42.5% 11th +7.5pp 2nd 11% above peers
Wilmington, DE 33.1% 19th +5.1pp 3rd 14% below peers
Dale City, VA 33.5% 18th +5.0pp 4th 12% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 7th +6.8pp 5th 17% above peers
Eastvale, CA 43.4% 9th +6.3pp 6th 13% above peers
St. Charles, MO 43.3% 10th +6.0pp 7th 13% above peers
East Orange, NJ 22.6% 25th +3.0pp 8th 41% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.1% 28th +1.9pp 9th 61% below peers
San Marcos, TX 38.3% 15th +4.9pp 10th on par with peers
St. Joseph, MO 23.0% 24th +2.5pp 11th 40% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 37.3% 16th +3.7pp 12th 3% below peers
Waukesha, WI 41.7% 13th +3.7pp 13th 9% above peers
Lafayette, IN 27.9% 21st +2.4pp 14th 27% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 26.3% 23rd +2.2pp 15th 31% below peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 29th +0.9pp 16th 69% below peers
Dothan, AL 27.6% 22nd +2.1pp 17th 28% below peers
Apex, NC 69.5% 3rd +5.2pp 18th 81% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 36.7% 17th +2.7pp 19th 4% below peers
Johnson City, TN 42.5% 12th +2.6pp 20th 11% above peers
Passaic, NJ 16.7% 27th +1.0pp 21st 56% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 39.6% 14th +2.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 57.1% 5th +3.1pp 23rd 49% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70.4% 1st +3.7pp 24th 84% above peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 2nd +3.4pp 25th 82% above peers
Camarillo, CA 43.5% 8th +1.9pp 26th 14% above peers
Camden, NJ 10.1% 30th +0.3pp 27th 74% below peers
Centreville, VA 58.2% 4th +0.0pp 28th 52% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 54.9% 6th -0.5pp 29th 43% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 30.4% 20th -0.4pp 30th 21% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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

3
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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.3% then, 46.2% now; margin ±12.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.7% to 46.2%).
46.2%
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%
St. Charles, MO 61.1% 7th +19.2pp 1st 33% above peers
Centreville, VA 68.9% 3rd +17.9pp 2nd 50% above peers
Eastvale, CA 53.4% 9th +9.7pp 3rd 16% above peers
Dale City, VA 29.3% 27th +4.8pp 4th 36% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 53.1% 10th +1.9pp 5th 16% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 18th +1.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 17th +1.5pp 7th 5% below peers
Dothan, AL 45.9% 16th +1.2pp 8th on par with peers
Waukesha, WI 50.7% 11th +1.1pp 9th 10% above peers
East Orange, NJ 72.8% 1st +1.5pp 10th 59% above peers
Passaic, NJ 67.2% 4th +1.0pp 11th 46% above peers
San Marcos, TX 36.8% 24th +0.4pp 12th 20% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 5th +0.1pp 13th 39% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 62.1% 6th -0.4pp 14th 35% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 49.2% 12th -1.4pp 15th 7% above peers
Wilmington, DE 55.3% 8th -4.6pp 16th 20% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70.6% 2nd -7.3pp 17th 54% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 25th -3.4pp 18th 33% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 46.2% 14th -6.1pp 19th 1% above peers
Johnson City, TN 29.1% 28th -6.6pp 20th 37% below peers
Harlingen, TX 38.0% 23rd -9.0pp 21st 17% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 38.8% 20th -10.7pp 22nd 15% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 38.1% 22nd -11.2pp 23rd 17% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.5% 29th -11.7pp 24th 40% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 47.5% 13th -20.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 20.9% 31st -12.7pp 26th 54% below peers
Apex, NC 46.0% 15th -31.5pp 27th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 38.8% 21st -28.2pp 28th 16% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 22.9% 30th -17.1pp 29th 50% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 29.7% 26th -24.7pp 30th 35% below peers
Camden, NJ 39.2% 19th -34.3pp 31st 15% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±9.0pp 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 →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.1% then, 2.9% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.6% to 2.9%).
2.9%
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
East Orange, NJ 5.3% 16th -13.9pp 1st on par with peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.3% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 57% below peers
Passaic, NJ 7.6% 24th -7.9pp 3rd 42% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 4.0% 11th -4.1pp 4th 25% below peers
Dothan, AL 5.2% 14th -4.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Harlingen, TX 11.9% 31st -8.0pp 6th 122% above peers
Apex, NC 1.7% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 68% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 3.6% 10th -1.5pp 8th 32% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 4th -1.0pp 9th 53% below peers
Wilmington, DE 10.5% 29th -2.0pp 10th 96% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 5.2% 15th +0.1pp 11th 3% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 27th +0.5pp 12th 89% above peers
Centreville, VA 4.3% 12th +0.3pp 13th 19% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.4% 20th +0.4pp 14th 19% above peers
Camden, NJ 11.3% 30th +0.8pp 15th 112% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 16th 8% above peers
Eastvale, CA 6.1% 18th +0.7pp 17th 14% above peers
Dale City, VA 3.1% 8th +0.4pp 18th 42% below peers
Lafayette, IN 8.9% 25th +1.3pp 19th 67% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 19th +1.0pp 20th 15% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 10.4% 28th +1.8pp 21st 96% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.5% 26th +1.7pp 22nd 78% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 3.2% 9th +1.0pp 23rd 41% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.0% 23rd +2.3pp 24th 32% above peers
San Marcos, TX 2.8% 5th +0.9pp 25th 47% below peers
Camarillo, CA 2.9% 6th +1.4pp 26th 47% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.4% 13th +2.3pp 27th 18% below peers
St. Charles, MO 6.7% 21st +4.0pp 28th 26% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.9% 7th +1.9pp 29th 46% below peers
Waukesha, WI 6.8% 22nd +4.8pp 30th 27% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.7% 1st 69% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 65,606 to 71,083 - more than the combined survey margin (±161). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 19% from 2014 to 2024 (59,815 to 71,083).
71,083
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 4th +67% 1st 1% above peers
Apex, NC 70,630 23rd +37% 2nd 1% below peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 20th +16% 3rd on par with peers
Eastvale, CA 70,633 22nd +14% 4th 1% below peers
San Marcos, TX 70,897 19th +12% 5th on par with peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 18th +12% 6th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 72,087 2nd +11% 7th 1% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 71,553 7th +10% 8th 1% above peers
East Orange, NJ 70,090 29th +9% 9th 1% below peers
Johnson City, TN 72,222 1st +9% 10th 2% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 71,083 16th +8% 11th on par with peers
Dothan, AL 71,514 8th +5% 12th 1% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 70,629 24th +4% 13th 1% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70,599 25th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 70,322 26th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Camarillo, CA 70,186 27th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 72,059 3rd +3% 17th 1% above peers
St. Charles, MO 71,508 9th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Wilmington, DE 71,727 5th +2% 19th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 21st +1% 20th on par with peers
Maple Grove, MN 71,173 14th +1% 21st on par with peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70,088 30th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Passaic, NJ 70,002 31st -0% 23rd 2% below peers
Waukesha, WI 71,233 13th -2% 24th on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 71,159 15th -2% 25th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 71,016 17th -2% 26th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC 71,279 11th -2% 27th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 71,706 6th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Camden, NJ 71,496 10th -3% 29th 1% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 71,236 12th -6% 30th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70,138 28th -8% 31st 1% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±123 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.8% to 21.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 16 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.2% to 21.0%).
21.0%
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 22.8% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
St. Cloud, MN 21.9% 16th +1.6pp 1st on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 23.4% 11th +1.2pp 2nd 7% above peers
St. Charles, MO 17.7% 27th +0.2pp 3rd 19% below peers
Dale City, VA 26.6% 8th +0.1pp 4th 22% above peers
Camarillo, CA 20.7% 22nd +0.0pp 5th 5% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.1% 12th -0.4pp 6th 6% above peers
Dothan, AL 22.6% 13th -0.5pp 7th 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 18.0% 26th -0.4pp 8th 18% below peers
Johnson City, TN 18.4% 25th -0.5pp 9th 16% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.1% 14th -0.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Apex, NC 29.1% 4th -0.9pp 11th 33% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 24.1% 10th -1.0pp 12th 10% above peers
San Marcos, TX 13.3% 31st -0.6pp 13th 39% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 17.7% 28th -1.0pp 14th 19% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 22.1% 15th -1.2pp 15th 1% above peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 9th -1.6pp 16th 14% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 17th 46% above peers
Passaic, NJ 30.1% 3rd -2.1pp 18th 37% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 2nd -2.3pp 19th 39% above peers
Wilmington, DE 21.0% 21st -1.7pp 20th 4% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 21.0% 20th -1.8pp 21st 4% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 19.2% 24th -1.7pp 22nd 12% below peers
Eastvale, CA 28.0% 6th -2.5pp 23rd 28% above peers
Waukesha, WI 19.2% 23rd -1.8pp 24th 12% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.8% 5th -2.7pp 25th 32% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 15.5% 29th -1.5pp 26th 29% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 21.4% 19th -2.3pp 27th 2% below peers
East Orange, NJ 21.7% 17th -2.4pp 28th 1% below peers
Centreville, VA 21.7% 18th -2.5pp 29th 1% below peers
Camden, NJ 27.5% 7th -3.4pp 30th 26% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 14.7% 30th -2.4pp 31st 33% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.0% then, 24.2% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.6% to 24.2%).
24.2%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Bayonne, NJ 41.7% 9th +11.2pp 1st 43% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 32.8% 14th +7.3pp 2nd 13% above peers
Centreville, VA 20.4% 24th +4.1pp 3rd 30% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 13th +7.9pp 4th 36% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.4% 11th +7.5pp 5th 39% above peers
Lafayette, IN 50.7% 5th +9.3pp 6th 74% above peers
Passaic, NJ 51.4% 4th +9.3pp 7th 76% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 28th +1.9pp 8th 61% below peers
Waukesha, WI 32.5% 15th +4.6pp 9th 12% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 24.2% 20th +2.2pp 10th 17% below peers
Dothan, AL 47.6% 6th +3.2pp 11th 63% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.1% 16th +1.7pp 12th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 45.1% 7th +2.2pp 13th 55% above peers
Wilmington, DE 67.8% 2nd +1.1pp 14th 133% above peers
Camden, NJ 75.7% 1st +0.3pp 15th 160% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 10th +0.0pp 16th 42% above peers
Camarillo, CA 19.6% 25th -0.3pp 17th 33% below peers
St. Charles, MO 27.8% 18th -0.7pp 18th 4% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 28.7% 17th -1.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 42.4% 8th -2.8pp 20th 46% above peers
East Orange, NJ 59.1% 3rd -5.6pp 21st 103% above peers
Dale City, VA 21.0% 23rd -2.2pp 22nd 28% below peers
San Marcos, TX 40.2% 12th -4.9pp 23rd 38% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 17.0% 26th -2.5pp 24th 42% below peers
Apex, NC 15.1% 27th -2.9pp 25th 48% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 22.1% 22nd -6.7pp 26th 24% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 31st -3.2pp 27th 69% below peers
Johnson City, TN 26.8% 19th -11.4pp 28th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 23.3% 21st -10.6pp 29th 20% below peers
Eastvale, CA 11.2% 29th -5.3pp 30th 62% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 11.0% 30th -5.8pp 31st 62% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±4.0pp 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 →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (73.9% then, 71.5% now; margin ±10.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.8% to 71.5%).
71.5%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Passaic, NJ 69.7% 19th +14.6pp 1st 1% below peers
Wilmington, DE 78.9% 5th +9.9pp 2nd 12% above peers
Apex, NC 77.0% 9th +9.6pp 3rd 9% above peers
Johnson City, TN 59.4% 28th +7.3pp 4th 16% below peers
Waukesha, WI 80.8% 2nd +9.1pp 5th 15% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70.8% 14th +7.8pp 6th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 30th +5.9pp 7th 22% below peers
Centreville, VA 80.2% 4th +8.5pp 8th 14% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 70.0% 17th +5.8pp 9th 1% below peers
Eastvale, CA 78.6% 7th +5.5pp 10th 12% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 69.7% 18th +4.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 29th +3.2pp 12th 18% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 81.3% 1st +4.2pp 13th 15% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70.7% 15th +3.6pp 14th on par with peers
San Marcos, TX 80.6% 3rd +3.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 78.7% 6th +2.0pp 16th 12% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 70.5% 16th +1.7pp 17th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 76.7% 10th +1.7pp 18th 9% above peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 25th -0.3pp 19th 9% below peers
Harlingen, TX 59.9% 27th -1.5pp 20th 15% below peers
Camden, NJ 71.2% 13th -1.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 64.9% 24th -2.1pp 22nd 8% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71.5% 12th -2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 78.5% 8th -2.9pp 24th 11% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 46.8% 31st -2.2pp 25th 34% below peers
Lafayette, IN 66.0% 20th -4.6pp 26th 6% below peers
Dothan, AL 65.4% 22nd -5.6pp 27th 7% below peers
East Orange, NJ 72.2% 11th -6.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Dale City, VA 65.2% 23rd -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 62.1% 26th -12.8pp 30th 12% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 65.7% 21st -13.7pp 31st 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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