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96,051 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Lawrence, KS shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$65,009
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$53,639 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.0%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
19.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.7%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
88.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.4%
2020-24
▼ 35%
relative change
2.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
55.8%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
53.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.8%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.9%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
6.4% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Lawrence, KS shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.4%
2020-24
▲ 44%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
43.6%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
44.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.8%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
7.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.8%
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
36.6%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
35.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 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 →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,288
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,224 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$246,413
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$236,141 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
16.3%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
17.0% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$341,775
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$329,879 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
96,051
2020-24
flat
relative change
96,369 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $53,639 to $65,009 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,312). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 39% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,929 to $65,009).
$65,009
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%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 17th +53% 1st on par with peers
Deltona, FL $76,924 18th +46% 2nd 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 25th +43% 3rd 19% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 19th +42% 4th 8% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 16th +42% 5th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL $77,652 15th +42% 6th on par with peers
Yakima, WA $62,815 24th +40% 7th 19% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 5th +39% 8th 41% above peers
Beaverton, OR $98,622 9th +37% 9th 28% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $63,732 23rd +37% 10th 18% below peers
Reading, PA $44,091 31st +37% 11th 43% below peers
Carson, CA $108,703 6th +32% 12th 41% above peers
Vista, CA $94,975 11th +32% 13th 23% above peers
Tracy, CA $121,119 2nd +32% 14th 57% above peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 27th +30% 15th 27% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 20th +30% 16th 9% below peers
Orem, UT $83,342 14th +29% 17th 8% above peers
Edmond, OK $103,183 7th +27% 18th 33% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 8th +25% 19th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA $55,378 28th +25% 20th 28% below peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 21st +25% 21st 14% below peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 12th +24% 22nd 20% above peers
Plantation, FL $92,541 13th +24% 23rd 20% above peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 10th +23% 24th 27% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 4th +23% 25th 43% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 29th +22% 26th 36% below peers
Erie, PA $46,113 30th +22% 27th 40% below peers
Lawrence, KS $65,009 22nd +21% 28th 16% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 1st +21% 29th 61% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 3rd +19% 30th 45% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $60,491 26th +16% 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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10 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,505 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 82% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.5% in May 2026, up from 3.2% a year earlier.
3.5%
1990May 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 3.8% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Asheville, NC 3.4% (May 26) 5th -1.6pp 1st 17% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.8% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 2nd 32% below peers
Tracy, CA 4.4% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 3rd 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.4% (May 26) 26th -0.3pp 4th 32% above peers
Redding, CA 4.2% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
San Marcos, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 6th 12% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.1pp 7th 17% below peers
Vista, CA 3.9% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 9th 22% below peers
Orem, UT 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 10th 17% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.8% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 11th 32% below peers
Greenville, NC 4.3% (May 26) 17th +0.0pp 12th 5% above peers
Beaverton, OR 4.7% (May 26) 22nd +0.1pp 13th 15% above peers
Suffolk, VA 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.2pp 14th 10% below peers
Carson, CA 5.5% (May 26) 27th +0.2pp 15th 34% above peers
Lawrence, KS 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.3pp 16th 15% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.3% (May 26) 4th +0.3pp 17th 20% below peers
Roanoke, VA 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Yakima, WA 5.9% (May 26) 28th +0.3pp 19th 44% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 4.4% (May 26) 19th +0.3pp 20th 7% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.1% (May 26) 14th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Erie, PA 4.6% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 22nd 12% above peers
Plantation, FL 4.1% (May 26) 15th +1.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Deltona, FL 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 24th 22% above peers
Sunrise, FL 4.4% (May 26) 20th +1.0pp 25th 7% above peers
Edmond, OK 3.9% (May 26) 13th +1.2pp 26th 5% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 5.0% (May 26) 24th +1.2pp 27th 22% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.3% (May 26) 25th +1.2pp 28th 29% above peers
Reading, PA 6.3% (May 26) 29th +1.3pp 29th 54% 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 →

Poverty fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.1% to 16.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.3% to 16.0%).
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 10.9% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.0%
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.8% 23rd -5.0pp 1st 59% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 45% below peers
Edmond, OK 8.0% 7th -2.0pp 3rd 24% below peers
San Marcos, CA 9.0% 9th -2.2pp 4th 14% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.2% 14th -2.4pp 5th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 13.8% 19th -3.3pp 6th 31% above peers
Yakima, WA 16.3% 22nd -3.6pp 7th 55% above peers
Greenville, NC 23.2% 30th -5.0pp 8th 120% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.0% 21st -3.1pp 9th 52% above peers
Vista, CA 10.4% 15th -1.9pp 10th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 11th 56% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.5% 16th -1.7pp 12th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 10.6% 17th -1.6pp 13th on par with peers
Reading, PA 27.8% 31st -3.9pp 14th 164% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 12th -1.4pp 15th 5% below peers
Erie, PA 21.9% 29th -3.0pp 16th 107% above peers
Roanoke, VA 18.0% 26th -2.4pp 17th 71% above peers
Beaverton, OR 10.1% 13th -1.2pp 18th 5% below peers
Bellingham, WA 17.8% 25th -2.0pp 19th 69% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 19.0% 27th -2.0pp 20th 80% above peers
Suffolk, VA 9.3% 10th -1.0pp 21st 12% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.7% 6th -0.3pp 22nd 27% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.8% 20th -0.4pp 23rd 50% above peers
Carson, CA 8.6% 8th -0.1pp 24th 19% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.3% 28th -0.1pp 25th 83% above peers
Asheville, NC 13.8% 18th +0.4pp 26th 31% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 16.9% 24th +0.8pp 27th 60% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 3rd +0.3pp 28th 48% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.9% 11th +1.6pp 29th 6% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 49% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 5th +1.5pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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10 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.8% then, 9.8% now; margin ±3.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.4% to 9.8%).
9.8%
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%
Toms River, NJ 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 73% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 2nd 76% below peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 7th -4.7pp 3rd 37% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 6th -4.1pp 4th 42% below peers
Yakima, WA 21.5% 23rd -10.8pp 5th 63% above peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 24th -10.8pp 6th 65% above peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 18th -7.5pp 7th 17% above peers
Beaverton, OR 11.3% 13th -5.4pp 8th 14% below peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 8th -4.4pp 9th 28% below peers
Vista, CA 13.8% 17th -4.6pp 10th 5% above peers
Lawrence, KS 9.8% 11th -3.0pp 11th 26% below peers
Sunrise, FL 13.2% 16th -3.9pp 12th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 24.6% 25th -7.2pp 13th 87% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 27th -7.1pp 14th 93% above peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 9th -2.6pp 15th 28% below peers
Edmond, OK 9.6% 10th -2.6pp 16th 27% below peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 15th -3.3pp 17th 3% below peers
Deltona, FL 12.5% 14th -3.1pp 18th 5% below peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 19th -3.1pp 19th 23% above peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 29th -4.8pp 20th 102% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.9% 26th -4.0pp 21st 89% above peers
Reading, PA 39.0% 31st -6.2pp 22nd 196% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 20th -2.2pp 23rd 28% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 4th -0.6pp 24th 57% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 25.7% 28th -2.3pp 25th 95% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 30th -3.1pp 26th 164% above peers
Tracy, CA 10.8% 12th -0.3pp 27th 18% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 5th +0.5pp 28th 53% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 22nd +3.2pp 29th 58% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 59% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 21st +6.9pp 31st 43% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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10 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

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 88.3% to 91.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 29 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.2% to 91.7%).
91.7%
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%
Fall River, MA 86.5% 29th +16.1pp 1st 6% below peers
Sunrise, FL 92.1% 16th +15.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Reading, PA 86.6% 28th +12.3pp 3rd 6% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 25th +11.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Yakima, WA 89.3% 24th +11.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Roanoke, VA 85.9% 30th +10.5pp 6th 7% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 26th +10.7pp 7th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 11th +11.0pp 8th 2% above peers
Deltona, FL 94.7% 9th +10.3pp 9th 3% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 90.0% 22nd +9.1pp 10th 2% below peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 23rd +8.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 21st +8.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 88.0% 27th +8.1pp 13th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 17th +7.7pp 14th on par with peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 20th +6.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 6th +6.8pp 16th 3% above peers
Plantation, FL 95.2% 5th +6.4pp 17th 3% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 13th +6.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 12th +5.4pp 19th 2% above peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 10th +5.4pp 20th 3% above peers
Edmond, OK 96.3% 1st +4.7pp 21st 5% above peers
Vista, CA 95.3% 3rd +4.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 19th +4.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Beaverton, OR 94.8% 8th +4.2pp 24th 3% above peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 2nd +4.0pp 25th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 14th +3.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Lawrence, KS 91.7% 18th +3.4pp 27th on par with peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 7th +3.4pp 28th 3% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 15th +2.7pp 29th on par with peers
Tracy, CA 95.2% 4th +2.1pp 30th 3% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 84.1% 31st -8.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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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10 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 ±1.8pp 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 →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.48 to 0.48).
0.48
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
Yakima, WA 0.43 6th -0.028 1st 5% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 27th -0.028 2nd 11% above peers
Edmond, OK 0.47 21st -0.021 3rd 5% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 30th -0.017 4th 13% above peers
Deltona, FL 0.38 1st -0.011 5th 17% below peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 13th -0.011 6th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 2nd -0.009 7th 16% below peers
Lawrence, KS 0.48 22nd -0.009 8th 6% above peers
Sunrise, FL 0.44 11th -0.006 9th 3% below peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 10th -0.005 10th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 0.46 17th -0.003 11th 1% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 18th -0.003 12th 2% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 0.51 29th -0.001 13th 13% above peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 9th -0.000 14th 4% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 4th +0.000 15th 13% below peers
Beaverton, OR 0.43 8th +0.001 16th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 31st +0.001 17th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 19th +0.003 18th 3% above peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 23rd +0.005 19th 6% above peers
Reading, PA 0.47 20th +0.013 20th 5% above peers
Tracy, CA 0.38 3rd +0.014 21st 15% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 0.45 15th +0.017 22nd on par with peers
Orem, UT 0.44 12th +0.017 23rd 3% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 26th +0.026 24th 9% above peers
Roanoke, VA 0.51 28th +0.028 25th 13% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 7th +0.028 26th 5% below peers
Plantation, FL 0.48 24th +0.033 27th 7% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 5th +0.031 28th 5% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 25th +0.045 29th 8% above peers
Vista, CA 0.44 14th +0.043 30th 2% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 16th +0.050 31st on par with 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 (6.4% then, 5.9% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.0% to 5.9%).
5.9%
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
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 89% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 5th -2.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 75% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 12.8% 21st -3.4pp 4th 15% above peers
Vista, CA 7.6% 11th -1.4pp 5th 32% below peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 15th -1.7pp 6th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 12th -1.2pp 7th 32% below peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 18th -1.8pp 8th 9% above peers
Reading, PA 38.5% 31st -5.4pp 9th 244% above peers
Sunrise, FL 14.4% 22nd -1.6pp 10th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA 16.6% 24th -1.9pp 11th 48% above peers
Yakima, WA 22.6% 28th -2.2pp 12th 102% above peers
Lawrence, KS 5.9% 7th -0.5pp 13th 48% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 6th -0.1pp 14th 52% below peers
Beaverton, OR 11.2% 16th -0.0pp 15th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 23rd +0.1pp 16th 32% above peers
Deltona, FL 17.2% 25th +0.2pp 17th 54% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 29th +1.0pp 18th 170% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 9th +0.2pp 19th 40% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.1% 13th +0.7pp 20th 28% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 4th +0.4pp 21st 57% below peers
Edmond, OK 6.6% 8th +0.6pp 22nd 41% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 26th +1.8pp 23rd 57% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 17th +1.5pp 24th 6% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 30th +4.0pp 25th 183% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 20th +1.8pp 26th 14% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 3rd +0.6pp 27th 60% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 10th +1.4pp 28th 36% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 19.2% 27th +4.1pp 29th 72% above peers
Tracy, CA 9.7% 14th +2.1pp 30th 13% below peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 19th +5.1pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±1.0pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $341,775 in June 2026, up from $329,879 a year earlier.
$341,775
2005June 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 $252,794 (Jun 26) +4.1%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Erie, PA $209,960 (Jun 26) 29th +5.9% 1st 47% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $385,227 (Jun 26) 16th +4.3% 2nd 2% below peers
Toms River, NJ $470,769 (Jun 26) 11th +3.7% 3rd 20% above peers
Lawrence, KS $341,775 (Jun 26) 21st +3.6% 4th 13% below peers
Reading, PA $268,714 (Jun 26) 27th +3.2% 5th 32% below peers
Orem, UT $511,940 (Jun 26) 9th +3.1% 6th 30% above peers
Roanoke, VA $285,213 (Jun 26) 25th +3.0% 7th 27% below peers
Livonia, MI $323,035 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 8th 18% below peers
Suffolk, VA $392,538 (Jun 26) 15th +2.3% 9th on par with peers
Fall River, MA $459,250 (Jun 26) 13th +2.3% 10th 17% above peers
Sandy, UT $670,855 (Jun 26) 7th +1.8% 11th 71% above peers
Yakima, WA $367,991 (Jun 26) 17th +1.4% 12th 6% below peers
Greenville, NC $238,644 (Jun 26) 28th +1.3% 13th 39% below peers
Carson, CA $798,573 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 14th 103% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $269,835 (Jun 26) 26th +0.8% 15th 31% below peers
Edmond, OK $358,374 (Jun 26) 19th +0.6% 16th 9% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $887,149 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.4% 17th 126% above peers
Vista, CA $883,373 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 18th 125% above peers
Bellingham, WA $674,798 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 19th 72% above peers
Redding, CA $394,739 (Jun 26) 14th -1.0% 20th 1% above peers
San Marcos, CA $957,606 (Jun 26) 1st -1.1% 21st 144% above peers
Deltona, FL $300,807 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 22nd 23% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $344,274 (Jun 26) 20th -2.5% 23rd 12% below peers
Beaverton, OR $532,257 (Jun 26) 8th -3.0% 24th 36% above peers
Plantation, FL $498,545 (Jun 26) 10th -3.3% 25th 27% above peers
Sunrise, FL $363,431 (Jun 26) 18th -4.1% 26th 7% below peers
Asheville, NC $464,131 (Jun 26) 12th -5.2% 27th 18% above peers
Tracy, CA $688,735 (Jun 26) 5th -5.3% 28th 75% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $309,562 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.3% 29th 21% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 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 →

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $246,413 in June 2026, up from $236,141 a year earlier.
$246,413
2005June 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 $123,530 (Jun 26) +4.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Erie, PA $129,940 (Jun 26) 29th +6.8% 1st 54% below peers
Reading, PA $176,564 (Jun 26) 26th +5.5% 2nd 37% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $284,971 (Jun 26) 14th +4.9% 3rd 2% above peers
Lawrence, KS $246,413 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 4th 12% below peers
Fall River, MA $370,359 (Jun 26) 10th +3.4% 5th 32% above peers
Livonia, MI $248,896 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 6th 11% below peers
Suffolk, VA $257,172 (Jun 26) 17th +2.8% 7th 8% below peers
Toms River, NJ $329,204 (Jun 26) 11th +2.2% 8th 17% above peers
Roanoke, VA $188,328 (Jun 26) 25th +1.9% 9th 33% below peers
Yakima, WA $265,615 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 10th 5% below peers
Orem, UT $382,402 (Jun 26) 9th +1.7% 11th 36% above peers
Sandy, UT $511,817 (Jun 26) 6th +1.3% 12th 83% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $203,980 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.3% 13th 27% below peers
Greenville, NC $157,988 (Jun 26) 27th +0.9% 14th 44% below peers
Edmond, OK $254,750 (Jun 26) 18th +0.8% 15th 9% below peers
Vista, CA $693,753 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 16th 148% above peers
Bellingham, WA $486,485 (Jun 26) 7th +0.6% 17th 74% above peers
Carson, CA $668,515 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.4% 18th 139% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $557,254 (Jun 26) 4th -0.1% 19th 99% above peers
Redding, CA $304,862 (Jun 26) 13th -0.8% 20th 9% above peers
San Marcos, CA $706,614 (Jun 26) 1st -1.1% 21st 152% above peers
Deltona, FL $251,065 (Jun 26) 19th -2.1% 22nd 10% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $280,183 (Jun 26) 15th -2.2% 23rd on par with peers
Beaverton, OR $407,484 (Jun 26) 8th -4.2% 24th 45% above peers
Asheville, NC $325,051 (Jun 26) 12th -4.7% 25th 16% above peers
Tracy, CA $557,108 (Jun 26) 5th -5.2% 26th 99% above peers
Plantation, FL $250,872 (Jun 26) 20th -5.6% 27th 10% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $191,148 (Jun 26) 24th -9.5% 28th 32% below peers
Sunrise, FL $140,986 (Jun 26) 28th -9.6% 29th 50% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.9% then, 43.6% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.6% to 43.6%).
43.6%
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%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 28th +5.2pp 1st 28% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 25th +4.7pp 2nd 20% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 2nd +7.6pp 3rd 42% above peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 21st +3.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 18th +3.3pp 5th 6% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 57.9% 15th +2.9pp 6th on par with peers
Vista, CA 51.7% 22nd +2.5pp 7th 11% below peers
Deltona, FL 80.2% 5th +3.1pp 8th 39% above peers
Tracy, CA 65.0% 12th +2.2pp 9th 12% above peers
Sunrise, FL 68.8% 11th +2.3pp 10th 19% above peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 3rd +2.5pp 11th 42% above peers
Edmond, OK 70.3% 10th +2.1pp 12th 22% above peers
Reading, PA 40.6% 29th +1.2pp 13th 30% below peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 9th +2.0pp 14th 22% above peers
Beaverton, OR 50.5% 23rd +1.2pp 15th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 14th +1.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Roanoke, VA 52.4% 20th +1.0pp 17th 9% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 8th +1.2pp 18th 27% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 19th 51% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 7th +0.9pp 20th 28% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 17th +0.6pp 21st 5% below peers
Plantation, FL 64.3% 13th +0.5pp 22nd 11% above peers
Yakima, WA 53.9% 19th -0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 49.1% 24th -0.5pp 24th 15% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 4th -1.1pp 25th 40% above peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 31st -0.5pp 26th 43% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 26th -0.8pp 27th 23% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 30th -1.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Lawrence, KS 43.6% 27th -1.3pp 29th 25% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 16th -2.2pp 30th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 6th -3.4pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHomeownership rate
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▸ 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 →

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,288 in June 2026, up from $1,224 a year earlier.
$1,288
2017June 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 $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Lawrence, KS $1,288 (Jun 26) 28th +5.3% 1st 28% below peers
Roanoke, VA $1,394 (Jun 26) 25th +4.8% 2nd 22% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,346 (Jun 26) 27th +4.5% 3rd 24% below peers
Reading, PA $1,395 (Jun 26) 24th +4.4% 4th 22% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $1,617 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.3% 5th 9% below peers
Yakima, WA $1,369 (Jun 26) 26th +3.8% 6th 23% below peers
Orem, UT $1,520 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 7th 15% below peers
Deltona, FL $2,023 (Jun 26) 9th +3.3% 8th 14% above peers
Fall River, MA $1,811 (Jun 26) 14th +3.3% 9th 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA $1,993 (Jun 26) 10th +3.3% 10th 12% above peers
Erie, PA $1,036 (Jun 26) 29th +3.3% 11th 42% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,662 (Jun 26) 20th +3.2% 12th 7% below peers
Redding, CA $1,642 (Jun 26) 21st +2.9% 13th 8% below peers
Toms River, NJ $2,797 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.4% 14th 57% above peers
San Marcos, CA $3,258 (Jun 26) 1st +1.9% 15th 83% above peers
Vista, CA $2,682 (Jun 26) 5th +1.7% 16th 51% above peers
Fayetteville, AR $1,720 (Jun 26) 16th +1.6% 17th 3% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,425 (Jun 26) 8th +1.6% 18th 36% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $1,925 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 19th 8% above peers
Bellingham, WA $1,976 (Jun 26) 11th +1.2% 20th 11% above peers
Edmond, OK $1,701 (Jun 26) 17th +1.1% 21st 4% below peers
Plantation, FL $2,514 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 22nd 41% above peers
Asheville, NC $1,688 (Jun 26) 18th +0.5% 23rd 5% below peers
Sunrise, FL $2,566 (Jun 26) 6th +0.3% 24th 44% above peers
Carson, CA $2,953 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.1% 25th 66% above peers
Tracy, CA $2,717 (Jun 26) 4th -0.5% 26th 53% above peers
Beaverton, OR $1,871 (Jun 26) 13th -0.5% 27th 5% above peers
Sandy, UT $1,681 (Jun 26) 19th -0.9% 28th 5% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $1,779 (Jun 26) 15th -1.6% 29th on par with peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.9% then, 36.6% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.0% to 36.6%).
36.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 25.9% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Toms River, NJ 30.6% 6th -6.2pp 1st 14% below peers
Roanoke, VA 33.6% 10th -3.8pp 2nd 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 17th -3.0pp 3rd 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 21st -2.9pp 4th 14% above peers
Deltona, FL 32.7% 9th -2.2pp 5th 8% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 26th -1.7pp 6th 25% above peers
Tracy, CA 35.3% 14th -1.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 15th -0.9pp 8th 1% below peers
Yakima, WA 33.8% 11th -0.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 13th -0.4pp 10th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 20th -0.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Beaverton, OR 35.7% 16th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Vista, CA 45.0% 28th -0.1pp 13th 26% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 8th -0.0pp 14th 10% below peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 12th +0.2pp 15th 5% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 22nd +0.6pp 16th 23% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.6% 19th +0.7pp 17th 2% above peers
Reading, PA 45.7% 29th +1.0pp 18th 28% above peers
Edmond, OK 27.7% 4th +0.6pp 19th 23% below peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 18th +1.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 3rd +1.1pp 21st 32% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 22nd 42% below peers
Sunrise, FL 47.6% 31st +2.7pp 23rd 33% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 24th 41% below peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 5th +1.8pp 25th 16% below peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 27th +3.8pp 26th 26% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 7th +2.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 44.8% 25th +4.3pp 28th 25% above peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 30th +4.9pp 29th 32% above peers
Plantation, FL 44.7% 24th +4.9pp 30th 25% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 44.6% 23rd +5.7pp 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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10 of 22 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.8% to 8.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 8.4%).
8.4%
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 5.1% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 1st -1.8pp 1st 58% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 3rd -1.6pp 2nd 55% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 13th -2.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Sunrise, FL 5.9% 16th -2.0pp 4th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 7th -1.0pp 5th 41% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 24th -2.3pp 6th 62% above peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 4th -0.7pp 7th 46% below peers
Deltona, FL 2.6% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 55% below peers
Roanoke, VA 11.0% 27th -2.1pp 9th 86% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 10.2% 25th -1.7pp 10th 73% above peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 14th -0.8pp 11th 15% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.3% 5th -0.5pp 12th 44% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 20th -1.1pp 13th 30% above peers
Yakima, WA 7.3% 18th -0.9pp 14th 25% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th -2.0pp 15th 179% above peers
Reading, PA 23.4% 31st -2.2pp 16th 296% above peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 17th 191% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 26th -0.4pp 18th 82% above peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 17th -0.2pp 19th 3% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 22nd -0.2pp 20th 43% above peers
Tracy, CA 3.4% 6th -0.0pp 21st 43% below peers
Beaverton, OR 8.7% 23rd -0.0pp 22nd 47% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 19th +0.0pp 23rd 29% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.0% 28th +0.8pp 24th 104% above peers
Plantation, FL 5.3% 15th +0.9pp 25th 11% below peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 8th +0.7pp 26th 38% below peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 10th +1.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 28th 33% below peers
Vista, CA 4.6% 11th +1.4pp 29th 22% below peers
Lawrence, KS 8.4% 21st +2.6pp 30th 42% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 12th +1.6pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.7% then, 8.8% now; margin ±1.2pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.8% to 8.8%).
8.8%
20122024
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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 8.5% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Beaverton, OR 6.0% 11th -2.4pp 1st 15% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.3% 7th -1.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 7.0% 15th -2.4pp 3rd 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL 9.8% 23rd -3.2pp 4th 38% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 25th -3.1pp 5th 52% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.8% 4th -1.0pp 6th 32% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 16th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 3rd -0.7pp 8th 43% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 21st -1.6pp 9th 33% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.1% 5th -0.9pp 10th 27% below peers
Tracy, CA 5.4% 8th -0.8pp 11th 23% below peers
Erie, PA 5.7% 9th -0.8pp 12th 20% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.0% 27th -1.3pp 13th 56% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 24th -1.1pp 14th 42% above peers
Roanoke, VA 9.7% 22nd -1.0pp 15th 37% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 16th 65% below peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 14th -0.5pp 17th 6% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 2nd -0.3pp 18th 45% below peers
Vista, CA 10.9% 26th -0.7pp 19th 55% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.2% 18th +0.0pp 20th 16% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.2% 12th +0.0pp 21st 12% below peers
Greenville, NC 9.4% 20th +0.0pp 22nd 33% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 6th +0.2pp 23rd 25% below peers
Redding, CA 6.5% 13th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Edmond, OK 7.7% 17th +0.6pp 25th 9% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.6% 28th +1.0pp 26th 64% above peers
Deltona, FL 12.3% 29th +1.4pp 27th 74% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 17.3% 31st +2.1pp 28th 145% above peers
Lawrence, KS 8.8% 19th +1.1pp 29th 25% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.7% 10th +1.4pp 30th 20% below peers
Reading, PA 14.6% 30th +4.8pp 31st 107% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.5%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 1st 25% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 2nd 24% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 3rd 23% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 4th 17% below peers
Vista, CA 28.1% 5th 17% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 6th 14% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 7th 14% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 8th 13% below peers
Plantation, FL 29.5% 9th 12% below peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 10th 8% below peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 11th 8% below peers
Beaverton, OR 31.1% 12th 8% below peers
Sunrise, FL 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
Tracy, CA 32.4% 14th 4% below peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 15th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 16th on par with peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.9% 17th 1% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 18th 1% above peers
Edmond, OK 34.7% 19th 3% above peers
Deltona, FL 35.2% 20th 4% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 21st 5% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 22nd 7% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 23rd 8% above peers
Roanoke, VA 36.3% 24th 8% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.5% 25th 8% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 26th 15% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 27th 21% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 28th 24% above peers
Yakima, WA 41.8% 29th 24% above peers
Reading, PA 43.3% 30th 28% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 45.6% 31st 35% 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 (4.3% then, 5.8% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 5.8%).
5.8%
20122024
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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 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 1st 77% below peers
Beaverton, OR 3.0% 7th -1.7pp 2nd 29% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 3rd -1.2pp 3rd 48% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 9th -1.9pp 4th 16% below peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 5th -1.0pp 5th 43% below peers
Yakima, WA 3.8% 13th -1.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 30th -3.8pp 7th 174% above peers
Plantation, FL 6.5% 24th -2.1pp 8th 56% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 60% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.3% 8th -0.4pp 10th 20% below peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 14th -0.4pp 11th 5% below peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 6th -0.1pp 12th 38% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 10th -0.1pp 13th 15% below peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 28th +0.3pp 14th 94% above peers
Vista, CA 5.4% 20th +0.3pp 15th 29% above peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 12th +0.6pp 16th 13% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 17th +1.0pp 17th 11% above peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 18th 44% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.8% 22nd +1.5pp 19th 41% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.2% 31st +4.2pp 20th 267% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 5.7% 21st +1.6pp 21st 36% above peers
Edmond, OK 5.0% 19th +1.6pp 22nd 21% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 18th +1.7pp 23rd 19% above peers
Sunrise, FL 7.9% 27th +3.0pp 24th 89% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 11th +1.4pp 25th 14% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 16th +1.6pp 26th on par with peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 15th +1.8pp 27th 5% below peers
Roanoke, VA 6.2% 23rd +3.1pp 28th 50% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 25th +3.8pp 29th 80% above peers
Reading, PA 7.8% 26th +4.2pp 30th 87% above peers
Deltona, FL 10.6% 29th +6.8pp 31st 154% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 (53.3% then, 55.8% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.4% to 55.8%).
55.8%
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 35.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 21st +6.8pp 1st 19% below peers
Tracy, CA 28.5% 24th +6.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Roanoke, VA 30.0% 20th +6.6pp 3rd 18% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.6% 17th +6.9pp 4th 8% below peers
Deltona, FL 19.9% 29th +3.7pp 5th 45% below peers
Vista, CA 29.3% 23rd +5.4pp 6th 20% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 10th +6.8pp 7th 20% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 16th +4.8pp 8th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 18th +3.9pp 9th 8% below peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 13th +4.5pp 10th 15% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.3% 26th +2.4pp 11th 33% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 15th +3.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 8th +4.2pp 13th 26% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 7th +4.2pp 14th 33% above peers
Yakima, WA 20.8% 28th +1.8pp 15th 43% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 4th +4.5pp 16th 47% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 11th +3.6pp 17th 20% above peers
Edmond, OK 57.6% 2nd +4.2pp 18th 58% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 32.0% 19th +2.3pp 19th 12% below peers
Beaverton, OR 50.1% 5th +3.6pp 20th 37% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 1st +4.5pp 21st 88% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 27th +1.5pp 22nd 37% below peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 30th +1.0pp 23rd 55% below peers
Plantation, FL 45.9% 9th +2.6pp 24th 26% above peers
Reading, PA 11.4% 31st +0.6pp 25th 69% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 25th +1.2pp 26th 26% below peers
Lawrence, KS 55.8% 3rd +2.5pp 27th 53% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 12th +1.8pp 28th 19% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 22nd +1.1pp 29th 20% below peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 14th +1.4pp 30th 7% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 6th -1.2pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 ±2.5pp 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 (57.9% then, 48.6% now; margin ±13.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 8.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.4% to 48.6%).
48.6%
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 44.7% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Reading, PA 36.1% 27th +14.0pp 1st 21% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 1st +11.2pp 2nd 54% above peers
Roanoke, VA 49.8% 12th +7.3pp 3rd 9% above peers
Beaverton, OR 46.7% 15th +4.9pp 4th 2% above peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 7th +4.9pp 5th 16% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 2nd +5.2pp 6th 37% above peers
Edmond, OK 52.5% 8th +3.5pp 7th 15% above peers
Plantation, FL 60.9% 4th +2.2pp 8th 33% above peers
Deltona, FL 36.5% 24th +1.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 19th +1.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 5th +1.1pp 11th 24% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 17th -1.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 11th -2.2pp 13th 9% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 6th -3.5pp 14th 22% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 21st -3.2pp 15th 15% below peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 9th -4.6pp 16th 12% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 3rd -8.9pp 17th 37% above peers
Sunrise, FL 48.9% 13th -8.2pp 18th 7% above peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 16th -7.9pp 19th on par with peers
Tracy, CA 37.7% 22nd -7.0pp 20th 18% below peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 18th -8.1pp 21st 5% below peers
Lawrence, KS 48.6% 14th -9.3pp 22nd 6% above peers
Vista, CA 36.3% 25th -8.5pp 23rd 21% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 28th -8.3pp 24th 23% below peers
Yakima, WA 26.9% 31st -6.5pp 25th 41% below peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 10th -14.5pp 26th 10% above peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 23rd -11.9pp 27th 19% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 29.8% 30th -11.5pp 28th 35% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 26th -20.9pp 29th 21% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.2% 29th -23.2pp 30th 27% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 20th -29.2pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.6pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.2% then, 1.4% now; margin ±2.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.0% to 1.4%).
1.4%
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
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 11th -3.2pp 1st 23% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.7% 4th -2.0pp 2nd 44% below peers
Lawrence, KS 1.4% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 79% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 3rd -1.5pp 4th 47% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 6th -1.5pp 5th 36% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 2nd -0.5pp 6th 60% below peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 17th -1.4pp 7th 7% above peers
Beaverton, OR 4.5% 9th -0.6pp 8th 33% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 8.6% 22nd -0.5pp 9th 29% above peers
Sunrise, FL 6.6% 14th -0.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 8th -0.0pp 11th 33% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.2% 20th +0.5pp 12th 23% above peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 16th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 15th +1.1pp 14th on par with peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 24th +1.6pp 15th 45% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 21st +1.4pp 16th 24% above peers
Roanoke, VA 13.0% 31st +2.7pp 17th 93% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 26th +2.1pp 18th 49% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 13th +1.4pp 19th 15% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.9% 29th +3.0pp 20th 76% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 10th +1.4pp 21st 25% below peers
Vista, CA 10.2% 27th +3.1pp 22nd 53% above peers
Reading, PA 8.9% 23rd +2.8pp 23rd 33% above peers
Deltona, FL 7.3% 18th +2.4pp 24th 9% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 5th +1.5pp 25th 37% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.9% 19th +2.8pp 26th 17% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 7th +1.6pp 27th 33% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.1% 30th +6.2pp 28th 80% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 25th +5.8pp 29th 47% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 12th +3.7pp 30th 23% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 28th +9.9pp 31st 61% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±1.2pp 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
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 96,369 to 96,051 - more than the combined survey margin (±57). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. 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.*

Falling 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 6% from 2014 to 2024 (90,194 to 96,051).
96,051
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Fort Myers, FL 95,051 17th +19% 1st on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 1st +17% 2nd 4% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 5th +14% 3rd 3% above peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 3rd +10% 4th 4% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 24th +8% 5th 1% below peers
Reading, PA 95,242 16th +8% 6th on par with peers
Deltona, FL 97,334 8th +8% 7th 2% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 27th +8% 8th 2% below peers
Tracy, CA 96,966 11th +7% 9th 2% above peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 19th +6% 10th on par with peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 28th +5% 11th 2% below peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 23rd +5% 12th 1% below peers
Edmond, OK 96,825 13th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Sunrise, FL 97,918 6th +4% 14th 3% above peers
Yakima, WA 96,961 12th +4% 15th 2% above peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 21st +3% 16th 1% below peers
Plantation, FL 96,293 14th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 97,190 9th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Redding, CA 93,409 29th +2% 19th 2% below peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 31st +1% 20th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 92,871 30th +1% 21st 2% below peers
Orem, UT 97,182 10th +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Beaverton, OR 97,812 7th -0% 23rd 3% above peers
Lawrence, KS 96,051 15th -0% 24th 1% above peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 25th -0% 25th 1% below peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 20th -0% 26th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 98,355 4th -1% 27th 3% above peers
Vista, CA 99,114 2nd -2% 28th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 22nd -2% 29th 1% below peers
Erie, PA 93,850 26th -4% 30th 1% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 18th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±50 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 0.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.0% to 16.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). 9 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (17.2% to 16.3%).
16.3%
20172024
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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 23.6% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Beaverton, OR 20.5% 21st +1.0pp 1st 8% below peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 4th +1.2pp 2nd 19% above peers
Roanoke, VA 22.6% 15th +0.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 25th +0.6pp 4th 16% below peers
Plantation, FL 20.9% 19th +0.5pp 5th 6% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 27th +0.3pp 6th 19% below peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 16th +0.2pp 7th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 26th +0.2pp 8th 16% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 17th +0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Yakima, WA 27.8% 2nd +0.2pp 10th 25% above peers
Edmond, OK 25.4% 6th -0.1pp 11th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 22nd -0.1pp 12th 10% below peers
Deltona, FL 23.1% 11th -0.3pp 13th 4% above peers
Sunrise, FL 20.7% 20th -0.3pp 14th 7% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 23.0% 12th -0.4pp 15th 4% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 13th -0.4pp 16th 3% above peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 10th -0.7pp 17th 6% above peers
Reading, PA 28.4% 1st -0.9pp 18th 28% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.3% 29th -0.6pp 19th 27% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 23rd -0.8pp 20th 11% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 7th -1.0pp 21st 13% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 14th -1.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Vista, CA 24.3% 8th -1.2pp 23rd 9% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 28th -1.0pp 24th 23% below peers
Tracy, CA 26.5% 3rd -1.6pp 25th 19% above peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 5th -1.9pp 26th 18% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 18th -1.6pp 27th 4% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 28th 38% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 19.1% 24th -1.6pp 29th 14% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 9th -2.9pp 30th 9% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 30th -3.0pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±0.5pp 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 (27.3% then, 29.0% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.8% to 29.0%).
29.0%
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 25.8% -0.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sandy, UT 20.5% 24th +5.2pp 1st 34% below peers
Vista, CA 30.9% 16th +7.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 27th +3.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 30th +2.3pp 4th 51% below peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 4th +8.4pp 5th 81% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 6th 102% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 55.0% 5th +4.8pp 7th 78% above peers
Reading, PA 66.1% 1st +5.1pp 8th 114% above peers
Tracy, CA 19.0% 29th +1.2pp 9th 38% below peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 3rd +3.5pp 10th 88% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 12th +2.0pp 11th 4% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 9th +2.1pp 12th 14% above peers
Lawrence, KS 29.0% 19th +1.7pp 13th 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 18th +1.3pp 14th 6% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 25th +0.7pp 15th 34% below peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 20th +0.3pp 16th 9% below peers
Yakima, WA 42.6% 8th +0.1pp 17th 38% above peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 13th -0.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Deltona, FL 34.2% 10th -0.3pp 19th 11% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 31st -0.3pp 20th 55% below peers
Roanoke, VA 51.7% 6th -1.4pp 21st 68% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 45.2% 7th -1.8pp 22nd 46% above peers
Beaverton, OR 26.7% 21st -1.6pp 23rd 13% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 14th -2.5pp 24th 1% above peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 23rd -2.5pp 25th 33% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.7% 11th -4.3pp 26th 9% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 17th -4.5pp 27th 5% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 15th -5.6pp 28th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 19.1% 28th -4.0pp 29th 38% below peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 26th -5.3pp 30th 37% below peers
Plantation, FL 26.3% 22nd -10.9pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction 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 (78.7% then, 73.1% now; margin ±13.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.5% to 73.1%).
73.1%
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 69.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 16th +14.3pp 1st on par with peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 2nd +15.2pp 2nd 15% above peers
Vista, CA 74.0% 9th +14.1pp 3rd 7% above peers
Deltona, FL 82.2% 1st +13.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 25th +10.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 6th +8.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Yakima, WA 72.9% 12th +7.6pp 7th 5% above peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 19th +6.8pp 8th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 10th +7.4pp 9th 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 7th +7.1pp 10th 9% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 31st +4.3pp 11th 28% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 3rd +6.2pp 12th 11% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 14th +5.5pp 13th 3% above peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 18th +5.1pp 14th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 5th +4.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Plantation, FL 72.0% 13th +4.0pp 16th 4% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 65.6% 23rd +3.4pp 17th 5% below peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 4th +3.0pp 18th 10% above peers
Edmond, OK 64.3% 27th +2.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Tracy, CA 57.8% 30th +2.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 17th +2.5pp 21st on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 22nd +2.3pp 22nd 4% below peers
Beaverton, OR 66.7% 20th +1.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Roanoke, VA 70.4% 15th +1.2pp 24th 2% above peers
Sunrise, FL 75.5% 8th -4.9pp 25th 9% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 21st -4.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Lawrence, KS 73.1% 11th -5.6pp 27th 5% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 26th -6.0pp 28th 7% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 29th -6.0pp 29th 11% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 65.4% 24th -7.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Reading, PA 64.0% 28th -7.6pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 22 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 ±10.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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