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54,673 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 9 indicators

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

What needs attention 4 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 19% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $50,537 to $60,172 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,206).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Manhattan 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 39% from 2014 to 2024 ($43,275 to $60,172).
Bright spot $60,172
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $74,275 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Pensacola, FL $74,212 20th +47% 1st 5% below peers
Logan, UT $60,687 25th +45% 2nd 23% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 12th +41% 3rd 29% above peers
Kentwood, MI $74,373 19th +37% 4th 5% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $55,534 28th +37% 5th 29% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $105,189 10th +34% 6th 34% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $90,794 14th +31% 7th 16% above peers
Everett, MA $85,218 15th +30% 8th 9% above peers
Gallatin, TN $77,518 17th +30% 9th 1% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $101,720 11th +28% 10th 30% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 22nd +27% 11th 17% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 9th +27% 12th 39% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $70,930 21st +26% 13th 10% below peers
Elkhart, IN $51,028 31st +25% 14th 35% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $119,517 3rd +25% 15th 52% above peers
Berwyn, IL $78,408 16th +25% 16th on par with peers
Elyria, OH $54,945 29th +24% 17th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 6th +24% 18th 47% above peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 19th 64% above peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 7th +21% 20th 45% above peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 4th +21% 21st 48% above peers
Rockwall, TX $115,580 5th +21% 22nd 47% above peers
Manhattan, KS $60,172 26th +19% 23rd 23% below peers
West Haven, CT $74,382 18th +18% 24th 5% below peers
Chicopee, MA $62,615 24th +18% 25th 20% below peers
Wheaton, IL $120,008 2nd +16% 26th 53% above peers
Grand Island, NE $63,795 23rd +16% 27th 19% below peers
Joplin, MO $52,097 30th +15% 28th 34% below peers
Galveston, TX $55,631 27th +13% 29th 29% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $97,673 13th +9% 30th 25% above peers
Methuen, MA $113,310 8th 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,376 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in July 2026, unchanged from 4.0% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 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 4.0% (2024)
Grand Island, NE 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -1.5pp 1st 33% below peers
Elyria, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -1.5pp 2nd 27% below peers
Elkhart, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -1.1pp 3rd 4% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th -0.9pp 4th 36% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.0% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 5th 11% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.7pp 6th 22% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.7pp 7th 9% above peers
Joplin, MO 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 8th 11% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.5pp 9th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 10th 31% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 11th 9% above peers
Methuen, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th -0.2pp 12th 16% above peers
Placentia, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Manhattan, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 14th 11% below peers
Logan, UT 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.1pp 15th 31% below peers
Chicopee, MA 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.2pp 16th 31% above peers
Everett, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Tinley Park, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 18th 2% above peers
Rockwall, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.4pp 19th 9% below peers
Berwyn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 20th 16% above peers
Wheaton, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Edina, MN 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.5pp 22nd 11% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th +0.5pp 23rd 7% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 24th 4% below peers
Pensacola, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 25th 2% below peers
Galveston, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.7pp 27th 4% above peers
West Haven, CT 6.8% (Jul 26) 28th +1.5pp 28th 51% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.3% to 23.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Manhattan started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.4% to 23.3%).
Bright spot 23.3%
20112024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 11.3% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tinley Park, IL 5.0% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 56% below peers
Elyria, OH 16.7% 23rd -6.4pp 2nd 48% above peers
Pensacola, FL 12.6% 17th -4.8pp 3rd 12% above peers
Elkhart, IN 18.2% 26th -3.7pp 4th 61% above peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 29th -4.5pp 5th 97% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.9% 14th -1.9pp 6th 4% below peers
Rockwall, TX 4.0% 1st -0.6pp 7th 65% below peers
Arcadia, CA 8.6% 10th -1.2pp 8th 24% below peers
Manhattan, KS 23.3% 30th -3.0pp 9th 106% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 11th -1.2pp 10th 20% below peers
Joplin, MO 16.9% 24th -1.3pp 11th 49% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.4% 12th -0.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Edina, MN 4.7% 2nd -0.2pp 13th 59% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.6% 7th -0.1pp 14th 42% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 8th -0.1pp 15th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 9th +0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 19.7% 27th +0.5pp 17th 74% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 18th +0.3pp 18th 12% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.6% 4th +0.2pp 19th 51% below peers
Galveston, TX 21.4% 28th +1.5pp 20th 89% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 11.2% 15th +0.9pp 21st 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 13th +1.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.0% 19th +1.3pp 23rd 15% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 6.0% 6th +0.6pp 24th 47% below peers
Everett, MA 14.7% 21st +2.0pp 25th 30% above peers
Grand Island, NE 15.2% 22nd +2.4pp 26th 34% above peers
West Haven, CT 14.1% 20th +2.3pp 27th 25% above peers
Chicopee, MA 17.3% 25th +3.5pp 28th 53% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.9% 5th +1.9pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.5% then, 16.8% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 16.8%).
Needs attention 16.8%
20132024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 13.1% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Rockwall, TX 3.1% 1st -3.2pp 1st 80% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 4th -5.3pp 2nd 67% below peers
Pensacola, FL 17.9% 20th -10.5pp 3rd 16% above peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 8th -4.3pp 4th 50% below peers
Elyria, OH 26.1% 27th -13.1pp 5th 69% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.5% 7th -3.2pp 6th 58% below peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 24th -7.1pp 7th 44% above peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 11th -2.8pp 8th 39% below peers
Joplin, MO 19.1% 22nd -5.3pp 9th 24% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.1% 6th -1.6pp 10th 61% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 14th -3.4pp 11th 10% below peers
Berwyn, IL 15.4% 15th -3.3pp 12th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 13.5% 13th -2.6pp 13th 13% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 12th -1.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 10th -1.1pp 15th 41% below peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 2nd -0.4pp 16th 71% below peers
Elkhart, IN 31.0% 28th -1.4pp 17th 101% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 8.0% 9th -0.2pp 18th 48% below peers
West Haven, CT 16.7% 18th -0.3pp 19th 8% above peers
Grand Island, NE 18.8% 21st +0.4pp 20th 21% above peers
Chicopee, MA 24.2% 26th +2.3pp 21st 56% above peers
Kentwood, MI 16.2% 17th +1.6pp 22nd 5% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.0% 3rd +0.5pp 23rd 68% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.3% 29th +4.2pp 24th 116% above peers
Manhattan, KS 16.8% 19th +2.3pp 25th 9% above peers
Everett, MA 23.6% 25th +3.5pp 26th 53% above peers
Galveston, TX 35.7% 30th +9.2pp 27th 131% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 16th +5.2pp 28th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 23rd +8.4pp 29th 40% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 5.7% 5th +2.5pp 30th 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 12 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 →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.4pp 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 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.9% to 92.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Manhattan started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 7.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.2% to 92.1%).
Bright spot 92.1%
20172024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 90.8% +8.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 10th +14.3pp 1st 1% above peers
Elkhart, IN 90.2% 24th +12.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Elyria, OH 87.0% 29th +11.6pp 3rd 7% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 92.0% 21st +11.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 92.2% 19th +10.5pp 5th 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 15th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Everett, MA 94.2% 9th +10.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Pensacola, FL 92.5% 16th +9.7pp 8th 1% below peers
Joplin, MO 88.6% 27th +9.2pp 9th 5% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 80.7% 30th +8.3pp 10th 14% below peers
Galveston, TX 91.5% 22nd +9.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 94.0% 11th +8.5pp 12th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 92.3% 18th +8.1pp 13th 1% below peers
Grand Island, NE 89.7% 26th +7.8pp 14th 4% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 92.4% 17th +7.8pp 15th 1% below peers
Logan, UT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Chicopee, MA 88.4% 28th +6.5pp 17th 5% below peers
West Haven, CT 93.3% 14th +6.7pp 18th on par with peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 1st +5.5pp 19th 4% above peers
Kentwood, MI 91.2% 23rd +4.3pp 20th 2% below peers
Rockwall, TX 96.3% 2nd +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Manhattan, KS 92.1% 20th +4.2pp 22nd 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 95.0% 7th +4.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 13th +4.0pp 24th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 6th +4.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 95.8% 3rd +3.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Wheaton, IL 95.8% 4th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 93.7% 12th +3.0pp 28th on par with peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 8th +3.0pp 29th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 5th +2.4pp 30th 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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5 of 12 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 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

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 (0.48 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.51 to 0.49).
Needs attention 0.49
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 0.46 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Logan, UT 0.41 4th -0.025 1st 8% below peers
Pensacola, FL 0.49 28th -0.020 2nd 10% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 0.47 22nd -0.015 3rd 5% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 12th -0.013 4th 5% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 0.43 13th -0.010 5th 3% below peers
Joplin, MO 0.48 26th -0.008 6th 7% above peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 7th 19% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 0.47 24th -0.006 8th 6% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 14th -0.004 9th 2% below peers
Kentwood, MI 0.41 2nd -0.002 10th 9% below peers
Berwyn, IL 0.41 7th +0.002 11th 8% below peers
Elyria, OH 0.45 17th +0.003 12th 1% above peers
Wheaton, IL 0.46 20th +0.003 13th 3% above peers
Gallatin, TN 0.47 25th +0.004 14th 6% above peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 27th +0.007 15th 9% above peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 1st +0.007 16th 11% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 0.44 16th +0.008 17th on par with peers
Manhattan, KS 0.49 29th +0.015 18th 11% above peers
Galveston, TX 0.52 30th +0.017 19th 18% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 0.42 9th +0.016 20th 5% below peers
West Haven, CT 0.44 15th +0.019 21st on par with peers
Rockwall, TX 0.41 6th +0.018 22nd 8% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 0.41 3rd +0.020 23rd 8% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 5th +0.021 24th 8% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 0.42 10th +0.022 25th 5% below peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 11th +0.023 26th 5% below peers
Chicopee, MA 0.46 18th +0.028 27th 3% above peers
Grand Island, NE 0.47 23rd +0.030 28th 5% above peers
Elkhart, IN 0.46 19th +0.031 29th 3% above peers
Everett, MA 0.46 21st +0.035 30th 3% above peers
Methuen, MA 0.42 8th 6% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.6% then, 6.9% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
45% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 6.9%).
Bright spot 6.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 6.8% -0.8pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Logan, UT 5.8% 5th -4.7pp 1st 45% below peers
Gallatin, TN 9.6% 15th -3.3pp 2nd 10% below peers
Elkhart, IN 13.0% 22nd -2.9pp 3rd 22% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.9% 9th -1.5pp 4th 35% below peers
Elyria, OH 15.4% 23rd -3.1pp 5th 45% above peers
Pensacola, FL 12.4% 20th -2.5pp 6th 17% above peers
Galveston, TX 12.7% 21st -1.9pp 7th 19% above peers
Wheaton, IL 4.2% 3rd -0.3pp 8th 61% below peers
Grand Island, NE 11.4% 18th -0.6pp 9th 8% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 24.5% 30th -0.6pp 10th 130% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 24.2% 29th +0.3pp 11th 128% above peers
Manhattan, KS 6.9% 8th +0.2pp 12th 35% below peers
Everett, MA 18.8% 28th +0.8pp 13th 76% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.6% 16th +0.6pp 14th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 16.1% 24th +0.9pp 15th 51% above peers
Berwyn, IL 17.0% 26th +0.9pp 16th 60% above peers
West Haven, CT 17.3% 27th +1.1pp 17th 63% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 9.0% 13th +0.8pp 18th 16% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 11.9% 19th +2.6pp 19th 12% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.7% 7th +1.5pp 20th 37% below peers
Chicopee, MA 28.1% 31st +7.5pp 21st 164% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.0% 2nd +1.1pp 22nd 62% below peers
Edina, MN 3.0% 1st +1.0pp 23rd 71% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 12th +3.1pp 24th 25% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.1% 10th +3.1pp 25th 34% below peers
South Whittier, CA 11.3% 17th +5.3pp 26th 6% above peers
Rockwall, TX 5.2% 4th +2.6pp 27th 52% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 6.0% 6th +3.0pp 28th 44% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 9.2% 14th +5.2pp 29th 14% below peers
Arcadia, CA 7.6% 11th +6.0pp 30th 29% below peers
Methuen, MA 16.6% 25th 57% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 (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 →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Logan, UT down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Springdale, AR down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $294,183 in September 2026, up from $281,645 a year earlier.
$294,183
2009September 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $246,055 (Sep 26) +3.5%
United States ref $366,157 (Sep 26) +1.2%
West Haven, CT $362,817 (Sep 26) 15th +7.8% 1st 3% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $449,386 (Sep 26) 11th +7.6% 2nd 20% above peers
Elkhart, IN $229,980 (Sep 26) 25th +6.1% 3rd 39% below peers
Berwyn, IL $317,986 (Sep 26) 19th +6.0% 4th 15% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,377,121 (Sep 26) 1st +6.0% 5th 267% above peers
Wheaton, IL $507,044 (Sep 26) 8th +5.2% 6th 35% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $335,016 (Sep 26) 16th +5.0% 7th 11% below peers
Elyria, OH $186,585 (Sep 26) 27th +4.7% 8th 50% below peers
Manhattan, KS $294,183 (Sep 26) 21st +4.5% 9th 22% below peers
Edina, MN $624,597 (Sep 26) 5th +4.3% 10th 67% above peers
Kentwood, MI $332,257 (Sep 26) 17th +3.9% 11th 11% below peers
Chicopee, MA $319,956 (Sep 26) 18th +3.5% 12th 15% below peers
Placentia, CA $1,101,368 (Sep 26) 3rd +3.0% 13th 194% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $484,605 (Sep 26) 9th +2.8% 14th 29% above peers
Logan, UT $391,505 (Sep 26) 13th +2.7% 15th 4% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $574,481 (Sep 26) 7th +2.4% 16th 53% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $941,610 (Sep 26) 4th +2.0% 17th 151% above peers
Joplin, MO $206,480 (Sep 26) 26th +2.0% 18th 45% below peers
Arcadia, CA $1,375,605 (Sep 26) 2nd +1.6% 19th 267% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $251,463 (Sep 26) 24th +1.5% 20th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $374,918 (Sep 26) 14th +1.4% 21st on par with peers
Pensacola, FL $264,868 (Sep 26) 22nd +1.2% 22nd 29% below peers
Gallatin, TN $436,321 (Sep 26) 12th +0.6% 23rd 16% above peers
Everett, MA $619,615 (Sep 26) 6th +0.5% 24th 65% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $186,496 (Sep 26) 28th +0.3% 25th 50% below peers
Grand Island, NE $252,818 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.7% 26th 33% below peers
Rockwall, TX $472,474 (Sep 26) 10th -0.9% 27th 26% above peers
Galveston, TX $315,114 (Sep 26) 20th -4.0% 28th 16% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $210,208 in September 2026, up from $198,141 a year earlier.
Big move $210,208
2009September 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $118,565 (Sep 26) +3.7%
United States ref $197,716 (Sep 26) +2.2%
Berwyn, IL $257,300 (Sep 26) 16th +9.6% 1st 4% below peers
West Haven, CT $272,741 (Sep 26) 13th +7.5% 2nd 2% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL $304,025 (Sep 26) 11th +6.9% 3rd 13% above peers
Manhattan, KS $210,208 (Sep 26) 20th +6.1% 4th 22% below peers
Elkhart, IN $152,960 (Sep 26) 25th +6.1% 5th 43% below peers
Elyria, OH $126,272 (Sep 26) 27th +6.0% 6th 53% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,044,203 (Sep 26) 1st +5.1% 7th 289% above peers
Wheaton, IL $336,489 (Sep 26) 7th +5.0% 8th 25% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $251,039 (Sep 26) 18th +4.5% 9th 7% below peers
Kentwood, MI $254,554 (Sep 26) 17th +4.3% 10th 5% below peers
Chicopee, MA $266,554 (Sep 26) 15th +4.3% 11th 1% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $461,611 (Sep 26) 5th +3.3% 12th 72% above peers
Joplin, MO $133,407 (Sep 26) 26th +2.6% 13th 50% below peers
Pensacola, FL $166,138 (Sep 26) 24th +1.9% 14th 38% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $719,745 (Sep 26) 4th +1.8% 15th 168% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $191,872 (Sep 26) 22nd +1.8% 16th 29% below peers
Placentia, CA $806,541 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.8% 17th 200% above peers
Minnetonka, MN $304,901 (Sep 26) 10th +0.8% 18th 14% above peers
Gallatin, TN $307,308 (Sep 26) 9th +0.6% 19th 14% above peers
Logan, UT $302,495 (Sep 26) 12th +0.6% 20th 13% above peers
Everett, MA $437,553 (Sep 26) 6th +0.6% 21st 63% above peers
Arcadia, CA $926,775 (Sep 26) 2nd -0.0% 22nd 245% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $268,632 (Sep 26) 14th -0.7% 23rd on par with peers
Grand Island, NE $179,347 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.8% 24th 33% below peers
Rockwall, TX $333,752 (Sep 26) 8th -1.5% 25th 24% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $91,978 (Sep 26) 28th -2.0% 26th 66% below peers
Edina, MN $245,431 (Sep 26) 19th -3.5% 27th 9% below peers
Galveston, TX $195,136 (Sep 26) 21st -4.4% 28th 27% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.0% to 43.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 24% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.9% to 43.5%).
Bright spot 43.5%
20112024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 67.2% +0.9pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manhattan, KS 43.5% 28th +4.5pp 1st 29% below peers
Pensacola, FL 64.2% 13th +4.6pp 2nd 5% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.0% 7th +5.1pp 3rd 17% above peers
Kentwood, MI 61.4% 15th +3.2pp 4th on par with peers
Galveston, TX 46.2% 26th +2.4pp 5th 25% below peers
Berwyn, IL 61.1% 16th +3.0pp 6th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 53.2% 23rd +2.5pp 7th 13% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 71.6% 9th +2.6pp 8th 17% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 86.9% 1st +2.5pp 9th 42% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 6th +1.6pp 10th 18% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 73.4% 3rd +0.8pp 11th 20% above peers
Elyria, OH 60.0% 17th +0.6pp 12th 2% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 2nd +0.3pp 13th 23% above peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 12th -0.5pp 14th 6% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 68.7% 10th -0.7pp 15th 12% above peers
Grand Island, NE 57.8% 19th -1.0pp 16th 6% below peers
Wheaton, IL 71.7% 8th -1.6pp 17th 17% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 18th -1.3pp 18th 5% below peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 14th -1.7pp 19th 4% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 49.0% 25th -1.6pp 20th 20% below peers
Everett, MA 37.2% 30th -1.4pp 21st 39% below peers
Chicopee, MA 55.7% 21st -2.9pp 22nd 9% below peers
Rockwall, TX 72.5% 5th -3.8pp 23rd 18% above peers
Logan, UT 37.2% 29th -2.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 27th -2.5pp 25th 28% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 73.4% 4th -4.3pp 26th 20% above peers
West Haven, CT 50.6% 24th -4.1pp 27th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO 53.4% 22nd -4.3pp 28th 13% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 11th -5.3pp 29th 6% above peers
Gallatin, TN 57.1% 20th -5.4pp 30th 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 September 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,315 in September 2026, up from $1,249 a year earlier.
Big move $1,315
2015September 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Elyria, OH $1,176 (Sep 26) 27th +6.9% 1st 33% below peers
Chicopee, MA $1,665 (Sep 26) 16th +6.4% 2nd 6% below peers
Kentwood, MI $1,565 (Sep 26) 18th +6.4% 3rd 11% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $2,998 (Sep 26) 3rd +6.0% 4th 70% above peers
Elkhart, IN $1,186 (Sep 26) 26th +5.7% 5th 33% below peers
Manhattan, KS $1,315 (Sep 26) 24th +5.3% 6th 25% below peers
Minnetonka, MN $1,822 (Sep 26) 13th +4.1% 7th 3% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $2,199 (Sep 26) 7th +3.9% 8th 25% above peers
Joplin, MO $1,173 (Sep 26) 28th +3.8% 9th 33% below peers
Placentia, CA $2,882 (Sep 26) 4th +3.5% 10th 63% above peers
Logan, UT $1,368 (Sep 26) 21st +3.5% 11th 22% below peers
Edina, MN $2,015 (Sep 26) 9th +3.2% 12th 14% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $1,259 (Sep 26) 25th +2.9% 13th 29% below peers
Berwyn, IL $1,485 (Sep 26) 19th +2.6% 14th 16% below peers
Pensacola, FL $1,640 (Sep 26) 17th +2.6% 15th 7% below peers
Arcadia, CA $3,412 (Sep 26) 2nd +2.2% 16th 93% above peers
Everett, MA $2,803 (Sep 26) 5th +2.2% 17th 59% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL $1,835 (Sep 26) 12th +1.9% 18th 4% above peers
Grand Island, NE $1,342 (Sep 26) 23rd +1.7% 19th 24% below peers
Rockwall, TX $1,764 (Sep 26) 14th +1.5% 20th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN $1,719 (Sep 26) 15th +1.2% 21st 3% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $2,181 (Sep 26) 8th +1.0% 22nd 24% above peers
West Haven, CT $1,919 (Sep 26) 11th +0.7% 23rd 9% above peers
Wheaton, IL $2,375 (Sep 26) 6th +0.3% 24th 35% above peers
Galveston, TX $1,435 (Sep 26) 20th +0.3% 25th 19% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,538 (Sep 26) 1st +0.2% 26th 101% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $1,366 (Sep 26) 22nd -0.1% 27th 23% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $1,985 (Sep 26) 10th -0.7% 28th 13% above peers
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 (39.0% then, 36.7% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.2% to 36.7%).
Needs attention 36.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 25.9% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Rocky Mount, NC 32.0% 13th -6.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 26.2% 2nd -4.4pp 2nd 22% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 17th -3.1pp 3rd 3% above peers
Elyria, OH 30.2% 8th -2.4pp 4th 10% below peers
Manhattan, KS 36.7% 20th -2.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Pensacola, FL 33.1% 14th -1.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 7th 14% below peers
West Haven, CT 40.9% 24th -1.1pp 8th 22% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 31.9% 12th -0.6pp 9th 5% below peers
Everett, MA 49.0% 30th -0.8pp 10th 46% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 24.2% 1st -0.3pp 11th 28% below peers
Kentwood, MI 28.6% 6th -0.2pp 12th 15% below peers
Elkhart, IN 33.5% 16th +0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Logan, UT 38.6% 21st +0.5pp 14th 15% above peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 26th +0.7pp 15th 23% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 25th +1.1pp 16th 22% above peers
Wheaton, IL 28.5% 5th +1.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Berwyn, IL 39.3% 22nd +1.4pp 18th 17% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 31st +2.1pp 19th 55% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 27.7% 4th +1.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Joplin, MO 31.7% 11th +2.6pp 21st 5% below peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 29th +4.3pp 22nd 37% above peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 27th +4.5pp 23rd 28% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.7% 28th +4.6pp 24th 30% above peers
Rockwall, TX 30.6% 9th +4.6pp 25th 9% below peers
Chicopee, MA 40.3% 23rd +6.9pp 26th 20% above peers
Grand Island, NE 30.6% 10th +5.4pp 27th 9% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 27.6% 3rd +5.0pp 28th 18% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 36.4% 19th +6.8pp 29th 9% above peers
Gallatin, TN 34.9% 18th +6.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Methuen, MA 33.3% 15th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.3% to 4.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Manhattan 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 (7.1% to 4.3%).
Bright spot 4.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 5.1% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Manhattan, KS 4.3% 6th -4.1pp 1st 29% below peers
Elkhart, IN 8.1% 22nd -3.7pp 2nd 34% above peers
Logan, UT 4.1% 5th -1.7pp 3rd 31% below peers
Rockwall, TX 2.5% 1st -0.7pp 4th 58% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 4.1% 4th -0.8pp 5th 32% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.2% 3rd -0.6pp 6th 47% below peers
West Haven, CT 10.8% 29th -1.8pp 7th 80% above peers
Chicopee, MA 10.0% 27th -1.4pp 8th 66% above peers
Elyria, OH 8.9% 24th -0.9pp 9th 48% above peers
Gallatin, TN 5.0% 11th -0.4pp 10th 17% below peers
Galveston, TX 10.7% 28th -0.6pp 11th 77% above peers
Berwyn, IL 9.0% 25th +0.1pp 12th 49% above peers
Pensacola, FL 8.4% 23rd +0.2pp 13th 39% above peers
Everett, MA 19.0% 31st +0.9pp 14th 216% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 12.0% 30th +0.7pp 15th 99% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 16th +0.4pp 16th on par with peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 2nd +0.2pp 17th 52% below peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 19th +0.4pp 18th 8% above peers
Joplin, MO 9.6% 26th +0.8pp 19th 59% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 20th 24% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 6.1% 17th +0.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 6.4% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 7% above peers
Kentwood, MI 7.6% 21st +1.1pp 23rd 26% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 5.9% 14th +1.5pp 24th 2% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 9th +1.3pp 25th 18% below peers
Wheaton, IL 5.4% 13th +1.6pp 26th 10% below peers
Grand Island, NE 7.3% 20th +2.2pp 27th 21% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 10th +1.6pp 28th 18% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 8th +1.6pp 29th 24% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.3% 12th +2.2pp 30th 12% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.0% 15th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kenosha, WI down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.6% to 7.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 31% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 7.7%).
Needs attention 7.7%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 8.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Minnetonka, MN 1.3% 1st -1.2pp 1st 83% below peers
Wheaton, IL 2.2% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 71% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 4th -1.9pp 3rd 57% below peers
Kentwood, MI 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 4th 50% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 10th -1.8pp 5th 39% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 7th -1.1pp 6th 55% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 2nd -0.5pp 7th 78% below peers
Rockwall, TX 8.1% 19th -2.3pp 8th 5% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.2% 29th -3.1pp 9th 58% above peers
Elkhart, IN 12.0% 28th -2.0pp 10th 56% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.2% 23rd -1.5pp 11th 33% above peers
Galveston, TX 16.5% 31st -2.3pp 12th 115% above peers
Elyria, OH 6.7% 14th -0.9pp 13th 12% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.7% 8th -0.3pp 14th 52% below peers
Everett, MA 6.9% 15th +0.0pp 15th 10% below peers
Gallatin, TN 8.6% 20th +0.1pp 16th 12% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 5.7% 12th +0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 13th +0.2pp 18th 17% below peers
Joplin, MO 11.7% 27th +0.6pp 19th 52% above peers
West Haven, CT 7.9% 17th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.8% 11th +0.3pp 21st 38% below peers
Chicopee, MA 3.4% 6th +0.2pp 22nd 56% below peers
Pensacola, FL 11.3% 25th +0.9pp 23rd 47% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.0% 18th +0.8pp 24th 5% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 24th +1.2pp 25th 43% above peers
Logan, UT 9.4% 22nd +1.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Grand Island, NE 14.5% 30th +1.8pp 27th 89% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 9.1% 21st +1.4pp 28th 18% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 11.3% 26th +2.3pp 29th 47% above peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 16th +2.0pp 30th on par with peers
Methuen, MA 3.4% 5th 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

27.1%
20202023
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 36.4%
United States ref 32.9%
Arcadia, CA 16.5% 1st 50% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 20.6% 2nd 37% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.6% 3rd 34% below peers
Edina, MN 23.4% 4th 29% below peers
Placentia, CA 24.2% 5th 26% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 24.5% 6th 25% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 26.0% 7th 21% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.1% 8th 17% below peers
Wheaton, IL 28.2% 9th 14% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.2% 10th 14% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 28.5% 11th 13% below peers
Logan, UT 28.6% 12th 13% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 29.0% 13th 12% below peers
Everett, MA 31.0% 14th 5% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 31.5% 15th 4% below peers
Berwyn, IL 32.8% 16th on par with peers
Rockwall, TX 34.2% 17th 4% above peers
Chicopee, MA 34.7% 18th 6% above peers
Pensacola, FL 34.7% 19th 6% above peers
Kentwood, MI 34.9% 20th 6% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 34.9% 21st 6% above peers
West Haven, CT 35.7% 22nd 9% above peers
Galveston, TX 36.4% 23rd 11% above peers
Elyria, OH 39.5% 24th 20% above peers
Joplin, MO 39.6% 25th 21% above peers
Grand Island, NE 41.5% 26th 27% above peers
Gallatin, TN 42.0% 27th 28% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 42.4% 28th 29% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 45.0% 29th 37% above peers
Elkhart, IN 47.3% 30th 44% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 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 (1.8% then, 3.2% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.1% to 3.2%).
3.2%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 5.4% +0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Wheaton, IL 0.8% 1st -2.3pp 1st 73% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 5th -3.2pp 2nd 60% below peers
Kentwood, MI 1.2% 4th -2.7pp 3rd 64% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 2nd -1.5pp 4th 71% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 22nd -5.5pp 5th 43% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 1.0% 3rd -1.1pp 6th 67% below peers
Everett, MA 2.3% 10th -2.3pp 7th 27% below peers
Gallatin, TN 2.6% 11th -2.4pp 8th 18% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 8th -1.3pp 9th 39% below peers
Rockwall, TX 7.1% 28th -3.0pp 10th 124% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.6% 18th -1.1pp 11th 14% above peers
Berwyn, IL 2.3% 9th -0.7pp 12th 29% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.8% 13th -0.7pp 13th 14% below peers
Elyria, OH 2.6% 12th -0.5pp 14th 18% below peers
Joplin, MO 4.1% 20th -0.6pp 15th 29% above peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 7th -0.2pp 16th 40% below peers
Galveston, TX 11.2% 31st -0.1pp 17th 253% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 19th +0.0pp 18th 25% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 23rd +0.1pp 19th 51% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 14th +0.1pp 20th 9% below peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 27th +0.4pp 21st 111% above peers
Elkhart, IN 9.7% 30th +0.6pp 22nd 203% above peers
West Haven, CT 5.8% 25th +0.4pp 23rd 83% above peers
Logan, UT 7.1% 29th +1.4pp 24th 124% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 5.4% 24th +2.1pp 25th 70% above peers
Manhattan, KS 3.2% 16th +1.4pp 26th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.4% 17th +1.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Chicopee, MA 3.1% 15th +1.6pp 28th 3% below peers
Pensacola, FL 6.6% 26th +3.5pp 29th 107% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.2% 21st +2.4pp 30th 31% above peers
Methuen, MA 1.5% 6th 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.9% then, 53.3% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.7% to 53.3%).
Bright spot 53.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 35.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
West Haven, CT 30.5% 20th +6.2pp 1st 14% below peers
Everett, MA 24.9% 24th +4.9pp 2nd 30% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 28.2% 21st +5.4pp 3rd 21% below peers
Galveston, TX 36.0% 15th +6.8pp 4th 1% above peers
Gallatin, TN 33.5% 18th +5.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Elkhart, IN 17.7% 31st +2.7pp 6th 50% below peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 29th +2.6pp 7th 50% below peers
Pensacola, FL 43.0% 11th +5.8pp 8th 21% above peers
Kentwood, MI 36.7% 14th +4.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Elyria, OH 17.8% 30th +2.3pp 10th 50% below peers
Chicopee, MA 22.9% 27th +2.8pp 11th 36% below peers
Rockwall, TX 48.6% 6th +6.0pp 12th 37% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.9% 26th +2.6pp 13th 36% below peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 10th +4.9pp 14th 24% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 48.5% 7th +4.8pp 15th 36% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.9% 22nd +2.5pp 16th 24% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 16th +3.0pp 17th on par with peers
Logan, UT 40.3% 12th +3.4pp 18th 13% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 65.0% 2nd +4.8pp 19th 83% above peers
Berwyn, IL 24.2% 25th +1.6pp 20th 32% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 8th +2.9pp 21st 30% above peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 4th +2.6pp 22nd 61% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 23rd 104% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 17th +1.0pp 24th 1% below peers
Manhattan, KS 53.3% 5th +1.4pp 25th 50% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 45.9% 9th +0.9pp 26th 29% above peers
Grand Island, NE 20.9% 28th +0.3pp 27th 41% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 37.0% 13th +0.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Joplin, MO 26.6% 23rd +0.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Wheaton, IL 64.5% 3rd +0.3pp 30th 81% above peers
Methuen, MA 31.0% 19th 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (49.7% then, 60.8% now; margin ±20.7pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 17.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.4% to 60.8%).
Bright spot 60.8%
20112024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 44.7% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
West Haven, CT 79.0% 1st +35.0pp 1st 70% above peers
Placentia, CA 60.8% 5th +21.8pp 2nd 31% above peers
Grand Island, NE 45.6% 18th +13.3pp 3rd 2% below peers
Kentwood, MI 59.0% 6th +15.1pp 4th 27% above peers
Chicopee, MA 45.8% 16th +10.6pp 5th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 42.7% 23rd +9.4pp 6th 8% below peers
Manhattan, KS 60.8% 4th +11.1pp 7th 31% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.4% 25th +5.2pp 8th 28% below peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 15th +6.8pp 9th on par with peers
Logan, UT 46.8% 14th +6.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 50.8% 9th +4.0pp 11th 10% above peers
Elyria, OH 48.8% 12th +3.8pp 12th 5% above peers
Rockwall, TX 45.6% 17th +1.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 49.4% 10th -1.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Elkhart, IN 25.1% 28th -0.9pp 15th 46% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 3rd -3.3pp 16th 34% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 8th -3.3pp 17th 13% above peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 2nd -7.9pp 18th 44% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.5% 21st -5.4pp 19th 6% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 22nd -5.4pp 20th 7% below peers
Pensacola, FL 47.7% 13th -8.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Gallatin, TN 32.8% 26th -6.8pp 22nd 29% below peers
Wheaton, IL 54.2% 7th -18.7pp 23rd 17% above peers
Joplin, MO 21.9% 30th -8.0pp 24th 53% below peers
Everett, MA 43.5% 19th -17.1pp 25th 6% below peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 11th -19.3pp 26th 5% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 43.5% 20th -23.6pp 27th 6% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 26.4% 27th -14.5pp 28th 43% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 41.7% 24th -36.0pp 29th 10% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.0% 29th -23.3pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±16.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.7% then, 1.8% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.2% to 1.8%).
Bright spot 1.8%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 5.4% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Yucaipa, CA 2.8% 7th -6.9pp 1st 53% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 3rd -3.8pp 2nd 73% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 3.5% 10th -4.7pp 3rd 42% below peers
Chicopee, MA 6.9% 23rd -4.3pp 4th 15% above peers
Manhattan, KS 1.8% 4th -0.9pp 5th 70% below peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 26th -3.7pp 6th 43% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.5% 15th -2.2pp 7th 8% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 17th -2.1pp 8th 2% above peers
Elkhart, IN 11.1% 28th -3.6pp 9th 84% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.5% 11th -0.7pp 10th 42% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.3% 9th -0.0pp 11th 45% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 24th -0.1pp 12th 24% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 12th +0.1pp 13th 34% below peers
Joplin, MO 5.2% 14th +0.8pp 14th 14% below peers
Berwyn, IL 7.6% 25th +1.3pp 15th 27% above peers
Wheaton, IL 1.3% 1st +0.2pp 16th 79% below peers
Elyria, OH 18.2% 31st +3.6pp 17th 202% above peers
Rockwall, TX 6.0% 16th +1.3pp 18th on par with peers
Grand Island, NE 6.7% 21st +1.8pp 19th 11% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.2% 27th +3.2pp 20th 68% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 2.6% 5th +1.0pp 21st 57% below peers
Logan, UT 6.4% 19th +2.8pp 22nd 7% above peers
Everett, MA 6.5% 20th +2.9pp 23rd 9% above peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 8th +1.5pp 24th 46% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 25th 73% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.9% 30th +7.0pp 26th 130% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 22nd +3.9pp 27th 12% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.7% 6th +1.6pp 28th 55% below peers
Pensacola, FL 11.7% 29th +8.7pp 29th 94% above peers
West Haven, CT 4.5% 13th +3.8pp 30th 25% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.3% 18th 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±1.4pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55,290 to 54,239 - more than the combined survey margin (±60). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 69% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (55,112 to 54,239).
Big move 54,239
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Gallatin, TN 48,532 31st +27% 1st 11% below peers
Rockwall, TX 51,168 28th +16% 2nd 6% below peers
Everett, MA 50,045 30th +9% 3rd 8% below peers
Logan, UT 54,907 10th +8% 4th 1% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 29th +7% 5th 6% below peers
Galveston, TX 53,424 21st +6% 6th 2% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 55,679 2nd +5% 7th 3% above peers
Kentwood, MI 54,296 14th +5% 8th on par with peers
Joplin, MO 52,593 27th +4% 9th 3% below peers
Grand Island, NE 52,884 25th +3% 10th 2% below peers
Edina, MN 53,262 22nd +3% 11th 2% below peers
Elkhart, IN 53,733 18th +3% 12th 1% below peers
Pensacola, FL 54,036 17th +3% 13th on par with peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 26th +2% 14th 3% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 54,421 12th +2% 15th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 55,472 6th +2% 16th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 55,351 7th +1% 17th 2% above peers
Wheaton, IL 53,557 19th +1% 18th 1% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 1st +0% 19th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 55,595 5th +0% 20th 3% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 53,064 23rd +0% 21st 2% below peers
Chicopee, MA 55,295 8th -0% 22nd 2% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 54,297 13th -0% 23rd on par with peers
Elyria, OH 53,035 24th -1% 24th 2% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 15th -2% 25th on par with peers
Manhattan, KS 54,239 16th -2% 26th on par with peers
Tinley Park, IL 54,842 11th -3% 27th 1% above peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 9th -5% 28th 2% above peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 4th -8% 29th 3% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 3rd -8% 30th 3% above peers
Methuen, MA 53,475 20th 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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5 of 12 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.4% then, 14.6% now; margin ±0.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (13.6% to 14.6%).
Big move 14.6%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 23.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Yucaipa, CA 26.2% 3rd +1.5pp 1st 21% above peers
Minnetonka, MN 21.4% 18th +1.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
West Haven, CT 20.2% 24th +0.5pp 3rd 7% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 24.9% 4th +0.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Grand Island, NE 28.2% 1st +0.2pp 5th 30% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 7th -0.2pp 6th 7% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 17th -0.5pp 7th 1% below peers
Everett, MA 21.8% 15th -0.6pp 8th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 22.9% 8th -0.7pp 9th 5% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 26th -0.7pp 10th 13% below peers
Elyria, OH 21.9% 14th -0.8pp 11th 1% above peers
Chicopee, MA 19.2% 25th -0.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Rockwall, TX 24.3% 5th -1.2pp 13th 12% above peers
Kentwood, MI 23.3% 6th -1.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 11th -1.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Elkhart, IN 26.3% 2nd -1.3pp 16th 21% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.0% 13th -1.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Manhattan, KS 14.6% 31st -0.8pp 18th 33% below peers
Wheaton, IL 22.0% 12th -1.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 28th -1.1pp 20th 17% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 21st -1.3pp 21st 4% below peers
Joplin, MO 20.9% 22nd -1.6pp 22nd 4% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 20.5% 23rd -1.8pp 23rd 6% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 20.9% 20th -1.9pp 24th 4% below peers
Logan, UT 21.7% 16th -2.1pp 25th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 29th -1.7pp 26th 29% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 9th -2.8pp 27th 5% above peers
Galveston, TX 14.8% 30th -2.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Berwyn, IL 22.4% 10th -4.8pp 29th 3% above peers
Pensacola, FL 18.7% 27th -5.6pp 30th 14% below peers
Methuen, MA 21.3% 19th 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±0.6pp 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

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning down (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 (33.8% then, 27.6% now; margin ±8.0pp). 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.*

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.5% to 27.6%).
27.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 25.8% -0.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 23rd +7.5pp 1st 30% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 20th +6.9pp 2nd 23% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 30th +3.5pp 3rd 52% below peers
Joplin, MO 40.9% 8th +9.4pp 4th 31% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 20.9% 24th +4.5pp 5th 33% below peers
Gallatin, TN 37.8% 10th +7.6pp 6th 21% above peers
Chicopee, MA 56.4% 2nd +9.4pp 7th 81% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 30.0% 17th +4.3pp 8th 4% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.0% 3rd +7.9pp 9th 80% above peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 22nd +2.5pp 10th 30% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.2% 19th +2.6pp 11th 22% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.4% 1st +6.2pp 12th 110% above peers
Berwyn, IL 37.5% 12th +1.5pp 13th 20% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 15.8% 29th +0.2pp 14th 49% below peers
Everett, MA 42.1% 6th +0.5pp 15th 35% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 35.0% 13th -0.2pp 16th 12% above peers
Rockwall, TX 16.2% 27th -0.3pp 17th 48% below peers
Galveston, TX 42.9% 5th -0.8pp 18th 38% above peers
West Haven, CT 41.1% 7th -1.0pp 19th 32% above peers
Logan, UT 24.1% 21st -1.1pp 20th 23% below peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 25th -1.3pp 21st 33% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 15th -3.0pp 22nd 5% above peers
Grand Island, NE 38.2% 9th -4.4pp 23rd 22% above peers
Pensacola, FL 37.6% 11th -4.8pp 24th 20% above peers
Elyria, OH 49.9% 4th -7.7pp 25th 60% above peers
Kentwood, MI 31.2% 16th -5.0pp 26th on par with peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 26th -3.2pp 27th 41% below peers
Wheaton, IL 10.1% 31st -1.8pp 28th 68% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.6% 18th -6.2pp 29th 11% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 16.2% 28th -4.7pp 30th 48% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.9% 14th 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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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5 of 12 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.9pp 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
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 (72.0% then, 73.5% now; margin ±15.2pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 14.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.9% to 73.5%).
73.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 69.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Mount Prospect, IL 74.1% 8th +18.5pp 1st 5% above peers
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 16th +17.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Wheaton, IL 73.0% 13th +15.4pp 3rd 3% above peers
Joplin, MO 73.6% 11th +13.7pp 4th 4% above peers
Chicopee, MA 82.7% 2nd +14.5pp 5th 17% above peers
Pensacola, FL 82.8% 1st +14.4pp 6th 17% above peers
Rockwall, TX 74.1% 9th +12.3pp 7th 5% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.9% 14th +10.3pp 8th 3% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 15th +7.7pp 9th 2% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 4th +6.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Logan, UT 54.3% 31st +2.8pp 11th 23% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 67.9% 18th +3.3pp 12th 4% below peers
Elyria, OH 67.5% 21st +3.0pp 13th 5% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 26th +1.8pp 14th 9% below peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 17th +1.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Minnetonka, MN 78.9% 3rd +1.7pp 16th 12% above peers
Manhattan, KS 73.5% 12th +1.5pp 17th 4% above peers
Everett, MA 75.1% 5th +1.2pp 18th 6% above peers
Berwyn, IL 74.5% 7th +1.2pp 19th 5% above peers
Kentwood, MI 67.8% 19th +0.7pp 20th 4% below peers
Gallatin, TN 65.0% 24th +0.5pp 21st 8% below peers
Grand Island, NE 75.0% 6th -3.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
West Haven, CT 66.7% 22nd -5.7pp 23rd 6% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 57.8% 28th -5.4pp 24th 18% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 64.7% 25th -7.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 20th -8.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.6% 23rd -10.1pp 27th 7% below peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 27th -10.5pp 28th 11% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.7% 30th -12.9pp 29th 20% below peers
Galveston, TX 56.9% 29th -17.9pp 30th 20% below peers
Methuen, MA 73.8% 10th 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 12 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 ±10.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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