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157,805 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where Kansas City, KS shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
6.3%
2020-24
▼ 44%
relative change
11.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$62,401
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$45,665 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.3%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
9.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
21.7%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
28.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.0%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
19.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.2%
2019-23
▼ 18%
relative change
16.0% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
88.8%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
75.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
20.8%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
17.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
60.9%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
56.3% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.0%
Jul 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
5.3% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
17.8%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
18.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.0%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
34.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.43 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Kansas City, KS shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
9.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
40.7%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
42.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,326
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,259 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$140,601
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$135,570 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$204,669
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$200,252 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
155,135
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
152,522 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
44.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
42.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $45,665 to $62,401 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,950).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 64% from 2014 to 2024 ($38,073 to $62,401).
Bright spot $62,401
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $74,275 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Salinas, CA $91,908 12th +49% 1st 16% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 17th +41% 2nd 9% below peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 3rd 108% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 21st +37% 4th 21% below peers
Paterson, NJ $55,997 26th +35% 5th 30% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 27th +35% 6th 32% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 10th +35% 7th 16% above peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 13th +35% 8th 13% above peers
Roseville, CA $119,288 5th +34% 9th 50% above peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 28th +34% 10th 34% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 11th 134% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 25th +32% 12th 28% below peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 22nd +32% 13th 23% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 16th +31% 14th on par with peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 11th +31% 15th 16% above peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 7th +31% 16th 43% above peers
Corona, CA $109,242 8th +30% 17th 37% above peers
Palmdale, CA $81,770 15th +30% 18th 3% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 9th +30% 19th 30% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 6th +26% 20th 43% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 24th +26% 21st 26% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 18th +25% 22nd 9% below peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 30th +24% 23rd 42% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 29th +24% 24th 36% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 19th +24% 25th 15% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 26th 95% above peers
Killeen, TX $60,977 23rd +23% 27th 23% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR $31,750 31st +19% 28th 60% below peers
Alexandria, VA $119,681 4th +19% 29th 51% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 20th +18% 30th 18% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 14th +13% 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 7 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,656 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.0% in July 2026, down from 5.3% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.0%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 3.8% (Jul 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Paterson, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 29th -1.9pp 1st 62% above peers
Palmdale, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 24th -1.5pp 2nd 28% above peers
Pomona, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 3rd 21% above peers
Hayward, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Charleston, SC 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.6pp 5th 32% below peers
Salinas, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.4pp 6th 34% above peers
Corona, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 7th 2% below peers
Kansas City, KS 5.0% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 8th 6% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 9th 26% below peers
Roseville, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 10th 11% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 11th 9% below peers
Savannah, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 12th 34% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 13th 21% below peers
Lakewood, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Alexandria, VA 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.0pp 15th 32% below peers
Springfield, MA 8.0% (Jul 26) 30th +0.0pp 16th 70% above peers
Pasadena, TX 5.8% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.0pp 17th 23% above peers
Thornton, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 9th +0.0pp 18th 11% below peers
Midland, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 19th 26% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 20th 11% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st +0.2pp 21st 13% above peers
Waco, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 12th +0.3pp 23rd 4% below peers
Mesquite, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 24th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 25th 28% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Hollywood, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.6pp 27th 9% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.7pp 28th 11% above peers
Gainesville, FL 6.6% (Jul 26) 27th +1.0pp 29th 40% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 7.3% (Jul 26) 28th +1.6pp 30th 55% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.8% to 16.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.4% to 15.9%).
Bright spot 16.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 11.3% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Roseville, CA 5.9% 4th -2.5pp 1st 57% below peers
Alexandria, VA 7.9% 7th -2.4pp 2nd 42% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 48% below peers
Paterson, NJ 21.2% 26th -5.4pp 4th 56% above peers
Pomona, CA 14.3% 17th -3.6pp 5th 5% above peers
Kansas City, KS 15.9% 20th -3.8pp 6th 17% above peers
Salinas, CA 13.6% 16th -3.2pp 7th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 20.0% 24th -3.1pp 8th 47% above peers
Waco, TX 23.1% 27th -3.1pp 9th 70% above peers
Corona, CA 8.7% 8th -1.1pp 10th 36% below peers
Savannah, GA 19.6% 23rd -2.2pp 11th 44% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.7% 12th -1.3pp 12th 14% below peers
Charleston, SC 12.3% 13th -0.9pp 13th 10% below peers
Springfield, MA 25.8% 29th -1.1pp 14th 89% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.6% 2nd -0.2pp 15th 59% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 21.0% 25th -0.8pp 16th 54% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.7% 28th -0.2pp 17th 81% above peers
Gainesville, FL 30.8% 30th +0.1pp 18th 126% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.2% 9th +0.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 34.2% 31st +0.3pp 20th 151% above peers
Palmdale, CA 15.7% 19th +0.2pp 21st 15% above peers
Joliet, IL 11.1% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 19% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 67% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.4% 15th +0.6pp 24th 2% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 57% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 6th +0.6pp 26th 47% below peers
Pasadena, TX 18.9% 22nd +1.9pp 27th 39% above peers
Hayward, CA 9.6% 10th +1.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.7% 18th +2.1pp 29th 8% above peers
Killeen, TX 17.4% 21st +2.7pp 30th 28% above peers
Midland, TX 12.4% 14th +3.2pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.6% to 21.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 17.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.1% to 21.7%).
Bright spot 21.7%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 13.1% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Alexandria, VA 11.5% 9th -7.3pp 1st 35% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.5% 3rd -3.0pp 2nd 69% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 3rd 80% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 15th -8.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 2nd -2.5pp 5th 69% below peers
Salinas, CA 17.8% 16th -7.8pp 6th on par with peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 5th -2.8pp 7th 51% below peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 19th -7.0pp 8th 22% above peers
Paterson, NJ 29.4% 26th -8.2pp 9th 66% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 23rd -6.4pp 10th 53% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 12th -2.7pp 11th 14% below peers
Corona, CA 10.2% 7th -1.6pp 12th 43% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 25th -3.4pp 13th 59% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 13th -1.7pp 14th 12% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 30th -3.3pp 15th 103% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 29th -2.0pp 16th 100% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 21st -0.7pp 17th 31% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 27th -0.8pp 18th 70% above peers
Palmdale, CA 22.1% 20th +0.5pp 19th 25% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 51.8% 31st +2.5pp 20th 192% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 21st 89% above peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 10th +1.2pp 22nd 26% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 24th +2.6pp 23rd 59% above peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 8th +1.3pp 24th 35% below peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 14th +2.2pp 25th 5% below peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 17th +2.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 18th +3.9pp 27th 19% above peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 11th +3.3pp 28th 16% below peers
Killeen, TX 26.0% 22nd +6.1pp 29th 47% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 4th +1.5pp 30th 68% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 6th +3.6pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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5 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 13.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75.7% to 88.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 21.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (67.7% to 88.8%).
Bright spot 88.8%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 90.8% +8.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Paterson, NJ 89.3% 24th +20.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 28th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 25th +13.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 26th +13.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 17th +13.6pp 5th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 94.4% 8th +11.5pp 6th 2% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 29th +10.4pp 7th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 19th +10.9pp 8th 1% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 85.1% 31st +9.1pp 9th 8% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 23rd +9.6pp 10th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 27th +9.2pp 11th 5% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 12th +7.8pp 12th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 18th +7.8pp 13th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 15th +7.6pp 14th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 11th +7.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 4th +6.5pp 16th 4% above peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 21st +5.9pp 17th 2% below peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 7th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Palmdale, CA 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 19th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 16th +5.6pp 20th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 91.4% 22nd +5.0pp 21st 2% below peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 20th +4.7pp 22nd 1% below peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 13th +4.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Corona, CA 94.3% 9th +4.5pp 24th 2% above peers
Roseville, CA 95.5% 6th +4.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 26th 4% above peers
Alexandria, VA 94.1% 10th +2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 5th +2.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 29th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 30th +0.8pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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
Loading tract map…
5 of 61 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.43 to 0.43).
Bright spot 0.43
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 0.46 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Savannah, GA 0.48 22nd -0.026 1st 6% above peers
Corona, CA 0.41 6th -0.010 2nd 9% below peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 24th -0.008 3rd 8% above peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 20th -0.006 4th 5% above peers
Roseville, CA 0.42 7th -0.004 5th 9% below peers
Paterson, NJ 0.47 19th -0.004 6th 4% above peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 11th -0.001 7th 6% below peers
Salinas, CA 0.41 5th -0.001 8th 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 8th -0.000 9th 8% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 30th +0.002 10th 14% above peers
Waco, TX 0.51 29th +0.002 11th 12% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 3rd +0.003 12th 11% below peers
Palmdale, CA 0.43 12th +0.003 13th 6% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 23rd +0.005 14th 7% above peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 31st +0.006 15th 17% above peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 13th +0.006 16th 4% below peers
Alexandria, VA 0.46 16th +0.009 17th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 27th +0.010 18th 11% above peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 1st +0.010 19th 15% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 0.51 28th +0.015 20th 12% above peers
Midland, TX 0.50 25th +0.017 21st 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 26th +0.018 22nd 9% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 9th +0.016 23rd 8% below peers
Killeen, TX 0.42 10th +0.017 24th 7% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 18th +0.020 25th 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 2nd +0.017 26th 12% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 21st +0.022 27th 6% above peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 17th +0.023 28th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 4th +0.021 29th 11% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 14th +0.031 30th 2% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 15th +0.049 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 16.0% to 13.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Kansas City started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 5.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.2% to 13.2%).
Bright spot 13.2%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 7.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 83% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 62% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 12th -2.5pp 3rd 36% below peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 15th -2.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 3rd -0.8pp 5th 69% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 22nd -2.4pp 6th 26% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 28th -3.1pp 7th 75% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 26th -2.4pp 8th 42% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 19th -1.7pp 9th 8% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 18th -1.6pp 10th 5% above peers
Paterson, NJ 34.1% 29th -3.1pp 11th 148% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 11th -0.4pp 12th 40% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 13th 163% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 16th -0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 21st -0.2pp 15th 19% above peers
Killeen, TX 15.9% 20th +0.2pp 16th 16% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 13th +0.2pp 17th 24% below peers
Corona, CA 7.6% 9th +0.3pp 18th 45% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 27th +1.8pp 19th 61% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 24th +1.6pp 20th 35% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 8th +0.6pp 21st 48% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 23rd +2.0pp 22nd 29% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 17th +1.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 5.2% 5th +0.8pp 24th 62% below peers
Salinas, CA 11.0% 14th +1.7pp 25th 20% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 10th +1.3pp 26th 43% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 36.0% 30th +7.7pp 27th 162% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 28th 79% below peers
Palmdale, CA 18.9% 25th +4.9pp 29th 38% above peers
Roseville, CA 5.6% 7th +1.6pp 30th 59% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 4th +1.8pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 17% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $204,669 in August 2026, up from $200,252 a year earlier.
Big move $204,669
2005August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $249,603 (Aug 26) +3.8%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Olathe, KS $434,937 (Aug 26) 16th +4.8% 1st 2% below peers
Paterson, NJ $536,737 (Aug 26) 12th +4.8% 2nd 21% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $364,989 (Aug 26) 17th +4.5% 3rd 18% below peers
Naperville, IL $625,494 (Aug 26) 9th +4.4% 4th 41% above peers
Springfield, MA $305,068 (Aug 26) 20th +4.3% 5th 31% below peers
Kansas City, KS $204,669 (Aug 26) 28th +2.2% 6th 54% below peers
Midland, TX $330,434 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 7th 26% below peers
Salinas, CA $748,418 (Aug 26) 5th +1.4% 8th 68% above peers
Charleston, SC $591,821 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 9th 33% above peers
Joliet, IL $269,608 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 10th 39% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,994,916 (Aug 26) 1st +1.2% 11th 349% above peers
Alexandria, VA $666,031 (Aug 26) 7th +0.9% 12th 50% above peers
McAllen, TX $229,066 (Aug 26) 25th +0.5% 13th 48% below peers
Roseville, CA $645,119 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 14th 45% above peers
Palmdale, CA $499,832 (Aug 26) 13th +0.1% 15th 13% above peers
Corona, CA $754,203 (Aug 26) 4th -0.1% 16th 70% above peers
Pomona, CA $682,283 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 17th 54% above peers
Killeen, TX $219,533 (Aug 26) 26th -1.1% 18th 51% below peers
Gainesville, FL $295,760 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.2% 19th 33% below peers
Waco, TX $197,932 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 20th 55% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $303,910 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 21st 32% below peers
Lakewood, CO $556,597 (Aug 26) 11th -2.0% 22nd 25% above peers
Thornton, CO $492,295 (Aug 26) 14th -2.2% 23rd 11% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,268 (Aug 26) 15th -2.3% 24th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX $218,883 (Aug 26) 27th -2.3% 25th 51% below peers
Mesquite, TX $258,678 (Aug 26) 24th -2.5% 26th 42% below peers
Savannah, GA $322,239 (Aug 26) 19th -2.8% 27th 27% below peers
Hayward, CA $820,844 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.2% 28th 85% above peers
Bellevue, WA $1,418,231 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.9% 29th 219% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 29% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $140,601 in August 2026, up from $135,570 a year earlier.
Big move $140,601
2005August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $122,167 (Aug 26) +4.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Paterson, NJ $426,126 (Aug 26) 8th +6.9% 1st 28% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $230,143 (Aug 26) 19th +6.2% 2nd 31% below peers
Olathe, KS $333,257 (Aug 26) 15th +6.1% 3rd on par with peers
Springfield, MA $258,798 (Aug 26) 16th +5.6% 4th 22% below peers
Kansas City, KS $140,601 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 5th 58% below peers
Naperville, IL $396,237 (Aug 26) 10th +3.3% 6th 19% above peers
Midland, TX $226,993 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 7th 32% below peers
Salinas, CA $626,114 (Aug 26) 4th +1.9% 8th 88% above peers
McAllen, TX $160,497 (Aug 26) 27th +1.2% 9th 52% below peers
Joliet, IL $202,194 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 10th 39% below peers
Charleston, SC $394,543 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 11th 18% above peers
Roseville, CA $523,076 (Aug 26) 7th +0.8% 12th 57% above peers
Pomona, CA $570,077 (Aug 26) 6th +0.5% 13th 71% above peers
Corona, CA $622,910 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 14th 87% above peers
Palmdale, CA $418,496 (Aug 26) 9th -0.2% 15th 26% above peers
Alexandria, VA $394,721 (Aug 26) 11th -0.3% 16th 18% above peers
Killeen, TX $162,502 (Aug 26) 26th -0.6% 17th 51% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,214,029 (Aug 26) 1st -0.8% 18th 264% above peers
Waco, TX $125,268 (Aug 26) 29th -1.0% 19th 62% below peers
Gainesville, FL $182,482 (Aug 26) 24th -2.4% 20th 45% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $240,102 (Aug 26) 17th -2.5% 21st 28% below peers
Mesquite, TX $207,504 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.9% 22nd 38% below peers
Hayward, CA $636,981 (Aug 26) 3rd -2.9% 23rd 91% above peers
Thornton, CO $384,871 (Aug 26) 13th -3.0% 24th 15% above peers
Pasadena, TX $166,424 (Aug 26) 25th -3.4% 25th 50% below peers
Hollywood, FL $239,304 (Aug 26) 18th -3.7% 26th 28% below peers
Bellevue, WA $762,573 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.8% 27th 129% above peers
Savannah, GA $214,177 (Aug 26) 21st -3.8% 28th 36% below peers
Lakewood, CO $367,696 (Aug 26) 14th -4.5% 29th 10% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56.3% to 60.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.5% to 60.9%).
Bright spot 60.9%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 67.2% +0.9pp
United States ref 65.2%
Killeen, TX 49.5% 23rd +5.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 16th +5.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 12th +4.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 24th +3.3pp 4th 15% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 5th 37% above peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 22nd +3.0pp 6th 14% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 11th +3.7pp 7th 8% above peers
Salinas, CA 47.0% 25th +2.2pp 8th 19% below peers
Roseville, CA 68.8% 7th +3.1pp 9th 19% above peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 4th +3.0pp 10th 27% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 14th +2.3pp 11th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 26th +1.6pp 12th 22% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 13th 29% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 69.5% 6th +2.4pp 14th 20% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.9% 31st +0.8pp 15th 54% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 28th +1.0pp 16th 26% below peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 19th +1.2pp 17th 7% below peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 18th +0.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Palmdale, CA 66.2% 8th +0.9pp 19th 14% above peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 9th +0.1pp 20th 12% above peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 17th +0.0pp 21st 4% below peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 15th -0.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Corona, CA 63.8% 10th -0.3pp 23rd 10% above peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 3rd -0.8pp 24th 29% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 21st -0.9pp 25th 11% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 5th -1.4pp 26th 23% above peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 13th -1.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 42.1% 29th -1.1pp 28th 27% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 30th -1.2pp 29th 35% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 27th -1.6pp 30th 25% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 20th -2.1pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,326 in August 2026, up from $1,259 a year earlier.
Big move $1,326
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Sunnyvale, CA $3,932 (Aug 26) 1st +8.8% 1st 109% above peers
Salinas, CA $2,501 (Aug 26) 7th +5.5% 2nd 33% above peers
Kansas City, KS $1,326 (Aug 26) 27th +5.4% 3rd 29% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,668 (Aug 26) 21st +5.2% 4th 11% below peers
Charleston, SC $2,312 (Aug 26) 10th +5.0% 5th 23% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,810 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 6th 4% below peers
Springfield, MA $1,853 (Aug 26) 17th +4.3% 7th 1% below peers
Corona, CA $2,674 (Aug 26) 4th +3.2% 8th 42% above peers
Hayward, CA $2,637 (Aug 26) 5th +3.0% 9th 40% above peers
Naperville, IL $2,289 (Aug 26) 11th +2.7% 10th 22% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $1,990 (Aug 26) 13th +2.7% 11th 6% above peers
Gainesville, FL $1,618 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.7% 12th 14% below peers
Bellevue, WA $2,828 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 13th 51% above peers
Hollywood, FL $2,341 (Aug 26) 9th +1.3% 14th 25% above peers
Pasadena, TX $1,378 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 15th 27% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,353 (Aug 26) 8th +1.1% 16th 25% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,867 (Aug 26) 16th +1.1% 17th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Aug 26) 28th +1.0% 18th 32% below peers
Paterson, NJ $1,878 (Aug 26) 15th +1.0% 19th on par with peers
Palmdale, CA $2,751 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 20th 46% above peers
Roseville, CA $2,569 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 21st 37% above peers
Waco, TX $1,363 (Aug 26) 26th +0.3% 22nd 27% below peers
Savannah, GA $1,757 (Aug 26) 20th -0.7% 23rd 6% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,471 (Aug 26) 24th -0.7% 24th 22% below peers
Killeen, TX $1,273 (Aug 26) 29th -1.0% 25th 32% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,881 (Aug 26) 14th -1.1% 26th on par with peers
Lakewood, CO $1,800 (Aug 26) 19th -1.3% 27th 4% below peers
Alexandria, VA $2,285 (Aug 26) 12th -1.3% 28th 22% above peers
Midland, TX $1,599 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.2% 29th 15% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.4% then, 33.0% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.1% to 33.0%).
Bright spot 33.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 25.9% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Salinas, CA 41.2% 21st -5.9pp 1st 12% above peers
Joliet, IL 28.5% 3rd -3.9pp 2nd 23% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 25th -4.0pp 3rd 19% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 31.7% 7th -2.1pp 4th 14% below peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 8th -1.5pp 5th 11% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 29th -1.8pp 6th 39% above peers
Corona, CA 41.7% 22nd -1.4pp 7th 13% above peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 19th -1.2pp 8th 9% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 5th -0.7pp 9th 20% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 10th 34% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 26th -0.8pp 11th 25% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 12th 9% below peers
Paterson, NJ 56.6% 31st -0.7pp 13th 54% above peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 24th -0.3pp 14th 13% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 4th -0.1pp 15th 20% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 23rd +0.1pp 16th 13% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 6th +0.2pp 17th 15% below peers
Roseville, CA 36.2% 14th +0.5pp 18th 2% below peers
Palmdale, CA 46.7% 27th +1.4pp 19th 27% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 15th +1.2pp 20th 1% below peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 16th +1.9pp 21st on par with peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 17th +2.2pp 22nd 4% above peers
Alexandria, VA 35.3% 11th +2.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 24th 36% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 12th +3.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 28th +4.5pp 26th 36% above peers
Killeen, TX 40.2% 20th +4.6pp 27th 9% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 18th +4.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 30th +6.4pp 29th 39% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 13th +5.5pp 30th 2% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 10th +7.4pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.7% to 7.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.2% to 7.3%).
Bright spot 7.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 5.1% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 21st -2.4pp 1st 12% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 24th -3.2pp 2nd 62% above peers
Killeen, TX 5.0% 8th -1.5pp 3rd 24% below peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 17th -1.9pp 4th 5% above peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 29th -3.7pp 5th 179% above peers
Paterson, NJ 26.1% 31st -5.2pp 6th 301% above peers
Palmdale, CA 4.8% 6th -0.9pp 7th 27% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 50% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 12.3% 28th -1.0pp 9th 88% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 13th -0.5pp 10th 10% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 1st -0.2pp 11th 54% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 26th -0.6pp 12th 73% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 13th 7% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 4th -0.1pp 14th 42% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 30th -0.6pp 15th 199% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 26% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 11th -0.1pp 17th 13% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 16th -0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 10th +0.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 20th +0.3pp 20th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 5th +0.2pp 21st 28% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 18th +0.3pp 22nd 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 7th +0.2pp 23rd 25% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 14th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 9th +0.7pp 25th 23% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 25th +1.7pp 26th 66% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 19th +1.1pp 27th 8% above peers
Alexandria, VA 11.4% 27th +2.0pp 28th 75% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 23rd +1.7pp 29th 41% above peers
Corona, CA 3.7% 3rd +0.8pp 30th 43% below peers
Roseville, CA 5.7% 12th +1.4pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.8% to 17.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.9% to 17.8%).
Bright spot 17.8%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 8.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 6.0% 6th -2.1pp 1st 40% below peers
Roseville, CA 3.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 69% below peers
Alexandria, VA 8.8% 15th -2.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 71% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.9% 21st -3.1pp 5th 40% above peers
Midland, TX 14.4% 22nd -2.4pp 6th 45% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.4% 10th -1.1pp 7th 25% below peers
Pomona, CA 11.0% 17th -1.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 6.7% 8th -0.8pp 9th 32% below peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 10th 75% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.5% 26th -1.4pp 11th 56% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 12th 57% below peers
Corona, CA 8.4% 14th -0.7pp 13th 16% below peers
Salinas, CA 12.3% 18th -0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Kansas City, KS 17.8% 27th -1.0pp 15th 79% above peers
McAllen, TX 24.1% 30th -1.2pp 16th 143% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 4th -0.2pp 17th 61% below peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 11th -0.3pp 18th 24% below peers
Waco, TX 15.2% 24th -0.2pp 19th 54% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.2% 9th -0.0pp 20th 28% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.1% 12th +0.2pp 21st 18% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.5% 29th +0.7pp 22nd 117% above peers
Palmdale, CA 8.2% 13th +0.3pp 23rd 18% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.6% 20th +0.6pp 24th 37% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.8% 19th +0.7pp 25th 29% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.5% 31st +2.1pp 26th 187% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.8% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 50% above peers
Paterson, NJ 19.5% 28th +1.6pp 28th 97% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 16th +1.6pp 29th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 15.3% 25th +3.0pp 30th 55% above peers
Hayward, CA 6.2% 7th +1.4pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

42.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 44% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 43% below peers
Hayward, CA 21.7% 3rd 37% below peers
Roseville, CA 24.6% 4th 28% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 5th 25% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 6th 20% below peers
Charleston, SC 29.1% 7th 15% below peers
Alexandria, VA 29.5% 8th 14% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 9th 14% below peers
Palmdale, CA 30.4% 10th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 11th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 12th 6% below peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 13th 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 14th 3% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 15th 1% below peers
Salinas, CA 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 17th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 18th 4% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 19th 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 20th 8% above peers
Paterson, NJ 37.3% 21st 9% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 22nd 13% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 23rd 14% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 24th 17% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 25th 18% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 26th 21% above peers
Killeen, TX 41.7% 27th 22% above peers
Kansas City, KS 42.3% 28th 24% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 29th 30% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 30th 42% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.0% then, 9.3% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.5% to 9.3%).
Needs attention 9.3%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 2.7% 7th -1.2pp 1st 43% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 5th -1.0pp 2nd 53% below peers
Alexandria, VA 4.8% 16th -1.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 10th -1.1pp 4th 20% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 28th -3.0pp 5th 144% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 20th -1.0pp 6th 39% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 15th -0.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 1st -0.1pp 8th 64% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 23rd -0.3pp 9th 51% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 12th +0.1pp 10th 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 27th +0.3pp 11th 95% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 18th +0.2pp 12th 10% above peers
Corona, CA 4.7% 13th +0.2pp 13th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 14th 206% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 15th 268% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 24th +0.8pp 16th 83% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 29th +1.4pp 17th 189% above peers
Killeen, TX 6.0% 19th +0.7pp 18th 26% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 9th +0.6pp 19th 22% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 22nd +1.2pp 20th 43% above peers
Roseville, CA 2.5% 6th +0.5pp 21st 49% below peers
Paterson, NJ 9.0% 26th +1.8pp 22nd 88% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 39% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 11th +1.1pp 24th 15% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 3rd +0.6pp 25th 56% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 25th +2.4pp 26th 87% above peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 27th 55% below peers
Palmdale, CA 4.7% 14th +1.7pp 28th 1% below peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 21st +2.7pp 29th 41% above peers
Salinas, CA 5.2% 17th +2.3pp 30th 9% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.8% to 20.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.5% to 20.8%).
Bright spot 20.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 35.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 21st +4.6pp 1st 28% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 20th +4.7pp 2nd 26% below peers
Salinas, CA 16.5% 28th +3.1pp 3rd 49% below peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 10th +6.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 11th +5.9pp 5th 4% above peers
Corona, CA 32.4% 16th +5.4pp 6th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 6th +8.6pp 7th 65% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 13th +5.1pp 8th 3% above peers
Kansas City, KS 20.8% 23rd +3.1pp 9th 36% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 12th +4.8pp 10th 4% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 19th +3.4pp 11th 21% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 17th +3.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 14th +3.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 29th +1.8pp 14th 50% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 25th +2.2pp 15th 38% below peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 8th +4.4pp 16th 39% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 24th +1.9pp 17th 37% below peers
Palmdale, CA 17.1% 27th +1.6pp 18th 47% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 26th +1.8pp 19th 40% below peers
Charleston, SC 58.3% 5th +5.2pp 20th 79% above peers
Killeen, TX 21.9% 22nd +1.7pp 21st 33% below peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 15th +2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 23rd 114% above peers
Paterson, NJ 11.8% 30th +0.7pp 24th 64% below peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 25th 123% above peers
Roseville, CA 44.3% 9th +2.6pp 26th 36% above peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 27th 122% above peers
Alexandria, VA 66.2% 4th +3.1pp 28th 104% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 18th +0.9pp 29th 19% below peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 7th +0.8pp 30th 56% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.7% then, 40.7% now; margin ±8.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.8% to 40.7%).
Needs attention 40.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 44.7% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 17th +11.8pp 1st 1% below peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 19th +5.4pp 2nd 12% below peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 2nd +8.3pp 3rd 40% above peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 4th +7.7pp 4th 35% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 13th +5.9pp 5th 10% above peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 12th +5.8pp 6th 11% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 15th +4.3pp 7th 5% above peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 16th +3.8pp 8th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 26th +1.0pp 9th 34% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 1st -2.2pp 10th 44% above peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 20th -2.0pp 11th 12% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 59.3% 6th -3.8pp 12th 28% above peers
Alexandria, VA 51.3% 11th -4.2pp 13th 11% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 18th -3.8pp 14th 11% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 5th -5.9pp 15th 29% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 3rd -6.5pp 16th 39% above peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 21st -4.5pp 17th 14% below peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 14th -6.8pp 18th 9% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 9th -9.6pp 19th 15% above peers
Paterson, NJ 58.2% 7th -10.9pp 20th 26% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 10th -12.0pp 21st 14% above peers
Killeen, TX 26.2% 31st -7.3pp 22nd 43% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.7% 27th -9.6pp 23rd 36% below peers
Salinas, CA 26.9% 30th -8.9pp 24th 42% below peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 8th -19.0pp 25th 18% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 24th -12.3pp 26th 26% below peers
Roseville, CA 39.2% 22nd -17.6pp 27th 15% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 23rd -15.7pp 28th 25% below peers
Corona, CA 27.5% 29th -12.9pp 29th 41% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 28th -19.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 25th -23.1pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.2% to 6.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kansas City started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.4% to 6.3%).
Bright spot 6.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 5.4% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 75% below peers
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 13th -4.9pp 3rd 2% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 8th -3.2pp 4th 15% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 11th -2.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 14th -2.2pp 6th 1% below peers
Alexandria, VA 5.1% 7th -1.7pp 7th 21% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 65% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 24th -1.9pp 9th 35% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 15th -1.4pp 10th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 9th -0.9pp 11th 13% below peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 10th -0.8pp 12th 10% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 12th -0.8pp 13th 7% below peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 16th -0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Paterson, NJ 6.8% 18th -0.5pp 15th 6% above peers
Palmdale, CA 7.2% 21st -0.5pp 16th 13% above peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 22nd -0.4pp 17th 26% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 6th -0.1pp 18th 36% below peers
Salinas, CA 8.4% 23rd +0.0pp 19th 30% above peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 26th +0.1pp 20th 44% above peers
Corona, CA 7.0% 19th +0.6pp 21st 8% above peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 30th +2.3pp 22nd 100% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 20th +1.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Killeen, TX 11.9% 29th +2.3pp 24th 86% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 27th +2.4pp 25th 67% above peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 28th +2.6pp 26th 69% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 13.7% 31st +3.8pp 27th 114% above peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 17th +2.1pp 28th 2% above peers
Roseville, CA 8.8% 25th +3.2pp 29th 38% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 5th +1.9pp 30th 41% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 4th +1.7pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 152,522 to 155,135 - more than the combined survey margin (±58).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (147,598 to 155,135).
Big move 155,135
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 31st +16% 1st 16% below peers
Roseville, CA 155,955 11th +15% 2nd 1% above peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 15th +14% 3rd on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 25th +10% 4th 6% below peers
Paterson, NJ 158,735 6th +9% 5th 3% above peers
Killeen, TX 158,159 7th +9% 6th 3% above peers
Waco, TX 143,570 29th +6% 7th 7% below peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 27th +5% 8th 6% below peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 28th +5% 9th 7% below peers
Palmdale, CA 164,634 2nd +5% 10th 7% above peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 17th +5% 11th 2% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 21st +4% 12th 3% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 166,923 1st +4% 13th 8% above peers
Salinas, CA 161,761 3rd +4% 14th 5% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 22nd +2% 15th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 26th +2% 16th 6% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 10th +2% 17th 2% above peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 18th +2% 18th 2% below peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 19th +2% 19th 2% below peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 24th +2% 20th 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 12th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 13th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 16th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 9th +1% 24th 2% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 14th +0% 25th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 5th -0% 26th 3% above peers
Alexandria, VA 156,976 8th -0% 27th 2% above peers
Midland, TX 136,640 30th -1% 28th 11% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 20th -3% 29th 3% below peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 23rd -3% 30th 4% below peers
Corona, CA 159,670 4th -4% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 ±39 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.8% then, 27.6% now; margin ±0.3pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (28.1% to 27.6%).
27.6%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 23.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Midland, TX 29.8% 1st +2.2pp 1st 28% above peers
Charleston, SC 17.3% 28th +0.6pp 2nd 25% below peers
Paterson, NJ 27.6% 8th +0.4pp 3rd 19% above peers
Alexandria, VA 18.1% 27th -0.0pp 4th 22% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 22nd -0.0pp 5th 12% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 5th -0.1pp 6th 22% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 7th 43% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 13th -0.2pp 8th 5% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 9th -0.2pp 9th 19% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 20th -0.3pp 10th 5% below peers
Palmdale, CA 29.5% 2nd -0.5pp 11th 27% above peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 12th -0.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 15th -0.6pp 13th 4% above peers
Killeen, TX 29.3% 4th -1.0pp 14th 26% above peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 26th -0.7pp 15th 18% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 18th -1.0pp 16th 2% below peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 7th -1.3pp 17th 20% above peers
Roseville, CA 22.6% 19th -1.1pp 18th 3% below peers
Salinas, CA 29.4% 3rd -1.6pp 19th 27% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 24th -1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 6th -1.8pp 21st 21% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 25th -1.5pp 22nd 16% below peers
Corona, CA 23.2% 16th -2.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 17th -2.2pp 24th 1% below peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 10th -2.4pp 25th 12% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 23rd -1.9pp 26th 16% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 21st -2.3pp 27th 10% below peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 11th -3.1pp 28th 8% above peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 29th -2.1pp 29th 30% below peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 14th -3.3pp 30th 5% above peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 15.5% 30th -2.7pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.5% then, 44.8% now; margin ±4.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.9% to 44.8%).
Big move 44.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 25.8% -0.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 28th +3.8pp 1st 57% below peers
Salinas, CA 43.8% 10th +9.2pp 2nd 18% above peers
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 12th +7.2pp 3rd 10% above peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 17th +5.8pp 4th on par with peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 63.2% 2nd +7.3pp 5th 71% above peers
Killeen, TX 43.1% 11th +4.5pp 6th 16% above peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 21st +2.3pp 7th 29% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 9th +3.3pp 8th 19% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 15th +2.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 8th +2.3pp 10th 21% above peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 7th +2.1pp 11th 25% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 12th 46% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 4th +2.2pp 13th 47% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 14th 62% below peers
Corona, CA 22.5% 25th +0.3pp 15th 39% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 19th +0.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Paterson, NJ 54.0% 6th -0.6pp 17th 46% above peers
Palmdale, CA 33.2% 18th -0.6pp 18th 10% below peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 3rd -1.0pp 19th 50% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 20th 72% above peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 14th -1.1pp 21st 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 22nd 64% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 16th -1.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 22nd -2.0pp 24th 30% below peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 13th -3.3pp 25th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 20th -2.7pp 26th 19% below peers
Alexandria, VA 24.6% 24th -3.9pp 27th 33% below peers
Roseville, CA 17.8% 27th -4.0pp 28th 52% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 26th -5.0pp 29th 41% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 23rd -6.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 29th -5.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.8% then, 68.5% now; margin ±8.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.9% to 68.5%).
68.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 69.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Alexandria, VA 79.8% 1st +14.0pp 1st 18% above peers
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 24th +10.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Palmdale, CA 65.3% 19th +9.1pp 3rd 4% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 12th +8.7pp 4th 2% above peers
Salinas, CA 59.9% 28th +6.0pp 5th 11% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 3rd +7.8pp 6th 15% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 4th +7.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Corona, CA 67.8% 15th +5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Killeen, TX 67.2% 17th +5.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 2nd +6.5pp 10th 18% above peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 6th +4.7pp 11th 9% above peers
Paterson, NJ 64.4% 21st +3.7pp 12th 5% below peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 11th +4.0pp 13th 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 10th +3.9pp 14th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 26th +3.5pp 15th 7% below peers
Roseville, CA 64.3% 22nd +3.5pp 16th 5% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 7th +3.7pp 17th 9% above peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 13th +2.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 9th +2.5pp 19th 6% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 20th 23% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 16th -1.3pp 21st on par with peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 20th -1.6pp 22nd 4% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 5th -2.0pp 23rd 12% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 29th -1.7pp 24th 16% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 8th -3.4pp 25th 8% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 25th -3.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 23rd -3.9pp 27th 6% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 28th 17% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 14th -6.3pp 29th on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 18th -7.7pp 30th 2% below peers
Bayamón zona urbana, PR 60.3% 27th -10.2pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 61 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 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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