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150,025 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Olathe, KS shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
2.4%
2019-23
▼ 52%
relative change
5.0% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
5.5%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
7.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$114,009
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
$90,435 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
74.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
72.3% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.8%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
93.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.6%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.2%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
3.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
51.0%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
45.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
50.5%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
49.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.1%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
7.2%
2020-24
flat
relative change
7.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Olathe, KS shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
23.7%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
21.6% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
0.38 in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
15.7%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
21.5% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
77.6%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
69.8% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
26.0%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
28.5% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$333,257
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$314,115 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
145,057
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
137,618 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,810
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,734 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Economy 7 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 26% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $90,435 to $114,009 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,335).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Olathe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 49% from 2014 to 2024 ($76,519 to $114,009).
Bright spot $114,009
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%
Escondido, CA $91,967 9th +44% 1st 27% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 16th +41% 2nd on par with peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 7th +41% 3rd 39% above peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 15th +38% 4th 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 19th +37% 5th 8% below peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 6th 128% above peers
Kansas City, KS $62,401 21st +37% 7th 14% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 27th +35% 8th 25% below peers
Lakewood, CO $89,792 10th +35% 9th 24% above peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 28th +34% 10th 27% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 11th 156% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 24th +32% 12th 21% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 13th +32% 13th 13% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 22nd +32% 14th 15% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 14th +31% 15th 9% above peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 8th +31% 16th 27% above peers
Hayward, CA $113,318 5th +31% 17th 56% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 6th +30% 18th 42% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 12th +26% 19th 23% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 4th +26% 20th 57% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 23rd +26% 21st 19% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 17th +25% 22nd on par with peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 30th +25% 23rd 34% below peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 31st +24% 24th 36% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA $51,234 29th +24% 25th 29% below peers
Hollywood, FL $67,203 18th +24% 26th 7% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 26th +24% 27th 25% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 28th 114% above peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 20th +18% 29th 11% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 25th +17% 30th 24% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 11th +13% 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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11 of 32 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,589 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in July 2026, down from 3.8% a year earlier.
3.7%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 3.8% (Jul 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Elizabeth, NJ 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th -1.6pp 1st 27% above peers
Rockford, IL 5.0% (Jul 26) 18th -1.2pp 2nd 4% above peers
Columbia, SC 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Pomona, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Hayward, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 5th 4% below peers
Victorville, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 29th -0.6pp 6th 50% above peers
Visalia, CA 7.0% (Jul 26) 28th -0.3pp 7th 46% above peers
Escondido, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 9th 27% below peers
Kansas City, KS 5.0% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 10th 4% above peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 11th 38% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.1pp 12th 10% below peers
Savannah, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.1pp 13th 35% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 14th 23% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.8% (Jul 26) 25th +0.0pp 15th 21% above peers
Thornton, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Springfield, MA 8.0% (Jul 26) 31st +0.0pp 17th 67% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th +0.0pp 18th 17% below peers
Midland, TX 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th +0.1pp 19th 27% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.2pp 21st 10% above peers
Waco, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 12th +0.3pp 24th 6% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 25th 13% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 26th 6% below peers
Hollywood, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th +0.6pp 27th 10% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.7pp 28th 8% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.8pp 29th 8% below peers
Gainesville, FL 6.6% (Jul 26) 27th +1.0pp 30th 38% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 7.3% (Jul 26) 30th +1.6pp 31st 52% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 5.6% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.4% to 5.6%).
Bright spot 5.6%
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 11.3% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 4th -2.6pp 1st 58% below peers
Visalia, CA 11.5% 11th -4.7pp 2nd 20% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 51% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.3% 16th -3.6pp 4th on par with peers
Kansas City, KS 15.9% 19th -3.8pp 5th 11% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 7th -1.4pp 6th 40% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.2% 13th -1.9pp 7th 15% below peers
McAllen, TX 20.0% 23rd -3.1pp 8th 39% above peers
Waco, TX 23.1% 26th -3.1pp 9th 61% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.8% 18th -1.9pp 10th 10% above peers
Savannah, GA 19.6% 22nd -2.2pp 11th 37% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.7% 12th -1.3pp 12th 18% below peers
Victorville, CA 18.4% 20th -1.8pp 13th 28% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.8% 30th -2.3pp 14th 101% above peers
Rockford, IL 21.3% 25th -1.0pp 15th 49% above peers
Springfield, MA 25.8% 29th -1.1pp 16th 80% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.6% 2nd -0.2pp 17th 61% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 21.0% 24th -0.8pp 18th 47% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.7% 28th -0.2pp 19th 72% above peers
Gainesville, FL 30.8% 31st +0.1pp 20th 115% above peers
Lakewood, CO 9.2% 8th +0.1pp 21st 36% below peers
Joliet, IL 11.1% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 23% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 69% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.4% 15th +0.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 59% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 6th +0.6pp 26th 50% below peers
Columbia, SC 24.0% 27th +2.2pp 27th 67% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.9% 21st +1.9pp 28th 32% above peers
Hayward, CA 9.6% 9th +1.3pp 29th 33% below peers
Hollywood, FL 14.7% 17th +2.1pp 30th 3% above peers
Midland, TX 12.4% 14th +3.2pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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11 of 32 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

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.9% to 5.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Olathe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.7% to 5.5%).
Bright spot 5.5%
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%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 72% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 2nd 81% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 15th -8.8pp 3rd 10% below peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 10th -6.8pp 4th 26% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 3rd -2.5pp 5th 72% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 11th -5.5pp 6th 25% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 5th -2.8pp 7th 55% below peers
Kansas City, KS 21.7% 19th -7.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 17th -5.2pp 9th 3% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 22nd -6.4pp 10th 42% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 13th -2.7pp 11th 21% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 7th -1.7pp 12th 46% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 24th -3.4pp 13th 47% above peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 27th -3.4pp 14th 60% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 14th -1.7pp 15th 19% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 30th -3.3pp 16th 88% above peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 21st -1.6pp 17th 29% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 35.5% 29th -2.0pp 18th 85% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 19th 129% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 20th -0.7pp 20th 21% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 26th -0.8pp 21st 57% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 28th +2.1pp 22nd 75% above peers
Lakewood, CO 13.1% 9th +1.2pp 23rd 32% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 23rd +2.6pp 24th 47% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 25th +3.0pp 25th 56% above peers
Hayward, CA 11.5% 8th +1.3pp 26th 40% below peers
Hollywood, FL 19.2% 16th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 18th +3.9pp 28th 10% above peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 12th +3.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 4th +1.5pp 30th 71% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 6th +3.6pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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11 of 32 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.4% to 95.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Olathe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 4.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.0% to 95.8%).
Bright spot 95.8%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 90.8% +8.6pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 26th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 29th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 23rd +13.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 22nd +13.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Kansas City, KS 88.8% 24th +13.1pp 5th 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 85.8% 30th +10.4pp 6th 7% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 18th +10.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 21st +9.6pp 8th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 27th +9.2pp 9th 5% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 28th +8.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 25th +7.8pp 12th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 10th +7.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 15th +7.8pp 14th on par with peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 13th +7.6pp 15th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 9th +7.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 8th +7.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 4th +6.5pp 18th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 17th +6.2pp 19th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 91.4% 20th +5.9pp 20th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 16th +6.0pp 21st on par with peers
Hayward, CA 95.0% 7th +5.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 14th +5.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 19th +4.7pp 24th 1% below peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 12th +4.6pp 25th on par with peers
Lakewood, CO 93.3% 11th +4.6pp 26th 1% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 6th +2.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 31st +0.8pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
Loading tract map…
11 of 32 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 →
▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% 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 about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.38 to 0.41 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.41).
Needs attention 0.41
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
Visalia, CA 0.41 5th -0.037 1st 11% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 22nd -0.026 2nd 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 18th -0.011 3rd 4% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 25th -0.011 4th 9% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 9th -0.006 5th 7% below peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 20th -0.006 6th 4% above peers
Kansas City, KS 0.43 10th -0.001 7th 7% below peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 7th -0.000 8th 8% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 0.52 29th +0.002 9th 14% above peers
Waco, TX 0.51 28th +0.002 10th 12% above peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 3rd +0.003 11th 11% below peers
Hollywood, FL 0.49 23rd +0.005 12th 7% above peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 13th 17% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 14th 21% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 6th +0.005 15th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CO 0.44 11th +0.006 16th 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 15th +0.008 17th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 27th +0.010 18th 11% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 12th +0.010 19th 4% below peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 1st +0.010 20th 15% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 24th +0.017 21st 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 26th +0.018 22nd 9% above peers
Hayward, CA 0.42 8th +0.016 23rd 8% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 17th +0.020 24th 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 2nd +0.017 25th 12% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 21st +0.022 26th 6% above peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 16th +0.023 27th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 4th +0.021 28th 11% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 13th +0.031 29th 3% below peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 19th +0.042 30th 4% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 14th +0.049 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 5.0% to 2.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Olathe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.6% to 2.4%).
Bright spot 2.4%
20102023
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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 Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 7.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 83% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 73% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 9th -2.5pp 3rd 37% below peers
Kansas City, KS 13.2% 13th -2.8pp 4th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 12th -2.7pp 5th 7% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 4th -0.8pp 6th 70% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 21st -2.4pp 7th 23% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 27th -3.1pp 8th 70% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 25th -2.4pp 9th 38% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 18th -1.7pp 10th 5% above peers
Hollywood, FL 14.5% 17th -1.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 19th -1.4pp 12th 13% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 13th 100% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 8th -0.4pp 14th 41% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 15th 156% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 15th -0.3pp 16th 3% below peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 20th -0.2pp 17th 15% above peers
Hayward, CA 10.5% 10th +0.2pp 18th 26% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 24th +1.1pp 19th 32% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 11th +0.8pp 20th 21% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 22.1% 26th +1.8pp 21st 56% above peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 28th +2.3pp 22nd 91% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 23rd +1.6pp 23rd 31% above peers
Lakewood, CO 7.2% 6th +0.6pp 24th 49% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 22nd +2.0pp 25th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 16th +1.7pp 26th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 29th +3.6pp 27th 99% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 14th +1.9pp 28th 3% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 7th +1.3pp 29th 45% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 79% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 5th +1.8pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • West Jordan, UT down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $434,937 in August 2026, up from $414,822 a year earlier.
$434,937
2001August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $249,603 (Aug 26) +3.8%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Rockford, IL $186,897 (Aug 26) 30th +9.7% 1st 53% below peers
Syracuse, NY $224,508 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 2nd 44% below peers
Olathe, KS $434,937 (Aug 26) 13th +4.8% 3rd 9% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $364,989 (Aug 26) 16th +4.5% 4th 8% below peers
Naperville, IL $625,494 (Aug 26) 6th +4.4% 5th 57% above peers
Springfield, MA $305,068 (Aug 26) 19th +4.3% 6th 23% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $548,920 (Aug 26) 8th +2.5% 7th 38% above peers
Kansas City, KS $204,669 (Aug 26) 28th +2.2% 8th 49% below peers
Midland, TX $330,434 (Aug 26) 17th +1.9% 9th 17% below peers
Visalia, CA $397,626 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 10th on par with peers
Joliet, IL $269,608 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 11th 32% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,994,916 (Aug 26) 1st +1.2% 12th 402% above peers
Columbia, SC $230,191 (Aug 26) 24th +1.2% 13th 42% below peers
Meridian, ID $535,976 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 14th 35% above peers
Victorville, CA $434,932 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 15th 9% above peers
McAllen, TX $229,066 (Aug 26) 25th +0.5% 16th 42% below peers
Escondido, CA $842,305 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.4% 17th 112% above peers
Pomona, CA $682,283 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 18th 72% above peers
Gainesville, FL $295,760 (Aug 26) 21st -1.2% 19th 26% below peers
Waco, TX $197,932 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 20th 50% below peers
Miramar, FL $521,195 (Aug 26) 10th -1.4% 21st 31% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $303,910 (Aug 26) 20th -1.7% 22nd 24% below peers
Lakewood, CO $556,597 (Aug 26) 7th -2.0% 23rd 40% above peers
Thornton, CO $492,295 (Aug 26) 11th -2.2% 24th 24% above peers
Hollywood, FL $444,268 (Aug 26) 12th -2.3% 25th 12% above peers
Pasadena, TX $218,883 (Aug 26) 27th -2.3% 26th 45% below peers
Mesquite, TX $258,678 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.5% 27th 35% below peers
Savannah, GA $322,239 (Aug 26) 18th -2.8% 28th 19% below peers
Hayward, CA $820,844 (Aug 26) 4th -3.2% 29th 106% above peers
Bellevue, WA $1,418,231 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.9% 30th 257% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $333,257 in August 2026, up from $314,115 a year earlier.
Big move $333,257
2001August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref $122,167 (Aug 26) +4.1%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $117,389 (Aug 26) 30th +12.9% 1st 55% below peers
Syracuse, NY $154,567 (Aug 26) 26th +6.8% 2nd 40% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $230,143 (Aug 26) 18th +6.2% 3rd 11% below peers
Olathe, KS $333,257 (Aug 26) 13th +6.1% 4th 29% above peers
Springfield, MA $258,798 (Aug 26) 15th +5.6% 5th on par with peers
Kansas City, KS $140,601 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 6th 46% below peers
Naperville, IL $396,237 (Aug 26) 8th +3.3% 7th 53% above peers
Midland, TX $226,993 (Aug 26) 19th +2.9% 8th 12% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $426,821 (Aug 26) 7th +2.7% 9th 65% above peers
Visalia, CA $316,933 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 10th 22% above peers
Victorville, CA $383,617 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 11th 48% above peers
McAllen, TX $160,497 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 12th 38% below peers
Joliet, IL $202,194 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 13th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID $434,141 (Aug 26) 6th +1.1% 14th 68% above peers
Columbia, SC $141,482 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 15th 45% below peers
Pomona, CA $570,077 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 16th 120% above peers
Escondido, CA $648,894 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.6% 17th 151% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,214,029 (Aug 26) 1st -0.8% 18th 369% above peers
Waco, TX $125,268 (Aug 26) 29th -1.0% 19th 52% below peers
Gainesville, FL $182,482 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.4% 20th 29% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $240,102 (Aug 26) 16th -2.5% 21st 7% below peers
Miramar, FL $365,221 (Aug 26) 12th -2.6% 22nd 41% above peers
Mesquite, TX $207,504 (Aug 26) 21st -2.9% 23rd 20% below peers
Hayward, CA $636,981 (Aug 26) 4th -2.9% 24th 146% above peers
Thornton, CO $384,871 (Aug 26) 9th -3.0% 25th 49% above peers
Pasadena, TX $166,424 (Aug 26) 24th -3.4% 26th 36% below peers
Hollywood, FL $239,304 (Aug 26) 17th -3.7% 27th 8% below peers
Bellevue, WA $762,573 (Aug 26) 2nd -3.8% 28th 195% above peers
Savannah, GA $214,177 (Aug 26) 20th -3.8% 29th 17% below peers
Lakewood, CO $367,696 (Aug 26) 11th -4.5% 30th 42% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.3% to 74.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.8% to 74.8%).
Bright spot 74.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 67.2% +0.9pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 12th +6.5pp 1st 4% above peers
Hayward, CA 58.0% 16th +5.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Kansas City, KS 60.9% 11th +4.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 24th +3.3pp 4th 15% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 5th 37% above peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 29th +2.7pp 6th 28% below peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 23rd +3.0pp 7th 14% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 9th +3.7pp 8th 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 9th 56% below peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 20th +2.2pp 10th 8% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 5th +3.0pp 11th 27% above peers
Hollywood, FL 58.9% 14th +2.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 26th +1.6pp 13th 22% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 14th 29% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 28th +1.0pp 15th 26% below peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 10th +1.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 19th +1.2pp 17th 7% below peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 18th +0.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 17th +0.7pp 19th 5% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 8th +0.1pp 20th 12% above peers
Lakewood, CO 58.1% 15th -0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 7th -0.6pp 22nd 19% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 25th -0.5pp 23rd 22% below peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 3rd -0.8pp 24th 29% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 51.4% 22nd -0.9pp 25th 11% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 6th -1.4pp 26th 23% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 4th -1.6pp 27th 29% above peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 13th -1.4pp 28th 3% above peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 30th -1.2pp 29th 35% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 27th -1.6pp 30th 25% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 21st -2.1pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,810 in August 2026, up from $1,734 a year earlier.
Big move $1,810
2016August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Sunnyvale, CA $3,932 (Aug 26) 1st +8.8% 1st 111% above peers
Rockford, IL $1,195 (Aug 26) 30th +7.8% 2nd 36% below peers
Kansas City, KS $1,326 (Aug 26) 28th +5.4% 3rd 29% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,668 (Aug 26) 20th +5.2% 4th 11% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 9th +4.7% 5th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID $2,084 (Aug 26) 11th +4.7% 6th 12% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,810 (Aug 26) 17th +4.4% 7th 3% below peers
Syracuse, NY $1,541 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.3% 8th 17% below peers
Springfield, MA $1,853 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 9th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA $1,871 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 10th on par with peers
Hayward, CA $2,637 (Aug 26) 4th +3.0% 11th 41% above peers
Naperville, IL $2,289 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 12th 23% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $1,990 (Aug 26) 12th +2.7% 13th 7% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,479 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 14th 21% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,618 (Aug 26) 21st +1.7% 15th 13% below peers
Bellevue, WA $2,828 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 16th 51% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,243 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 17th 20% above peers
Hollywood, FL $2,341 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 18th 25% above peers
Pasadena, TX $1,378 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 19th 26% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,353 (Aug 26) 6th +1.1% 20th 26% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,867 (Aug 26) 15th +1.1% 21st on par with peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Aug 26) 29th +1.0% 22nd 31% below peers
Waco, TX $1,363 (Aug 26) 27th +0.3% 23rd 27% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,547 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 24th 36% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,689 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.1% 25th 44% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,757 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 26th 6% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,471 (Aug 26) 25th -0.7% 27th 21% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,881 (Aug 26) 13th -1.1% 28th 1% above peers
Lakewood, CO $1,800 (Aug 26) 18th -1.3% 29th 4% below peers
Midland, TX $1,599 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.2% 30th 14% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.6% to 23.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 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
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.1% to 23.7%).
Needs attention 23.7%
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
Joliet, IL 28.5% 4th -3.9pp 1st 26% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 25th -4.0pp 2nd 14% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 21% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 29th -3.2pp 4th 32% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 23rd -2.3pp 5th 12% above peers
Kansas City, KS 33.0% 8th -1.5pp 6th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 7th 33% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 32% below peers
Hayward, CA 40.2% 18th -1.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 6th -0.7pp 10th 23% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 11th 36% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 26th -0.8pp 12th 21% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 13th 12% below peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 22nd -0.3pp 14th 9% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 5th -0.1pp 15th 23% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 21st +0.1pp 16th 9% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 7th +0.2pp 17th 18% below peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 14th +0.6pp 18th 6% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 11th +0.7pp 19th 10% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 19th +1.0pp 20th 6% above peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 20th +1.4pp 21st 6% above peers
Lakewood, CO 36.9% 15th +1.9pp 22nd 4% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 38.4% 16th +2.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 24th +3.4pp 24th 14% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 25th 38% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 12th +3.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Hollywood, FL 50.0% 28th +4.5pp 27th 30% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 17th +4.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 29th 34% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 13th +5.5pp 30th 6% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 10th +7.4pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.5% then, 3.2% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.6% to 3.2%).
Bright spot 3.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 5.1% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 5th -1.6pp 1st 47% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 28% below peers
Kansas City, KS 7.3% 20th -2.4pp 3rd 12% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 23rd -3.2pp 4th 62% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 17th -1.9pp 5th 5% above peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 28th -3.7pp 6th 179% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 30th -3.6pp 7th 216% above peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 14th -0.9pp 8th 7% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 3rd -0.3pp 9th 50% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 12th -0.5pp 10th 10% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 2nd -0.2pp 11th 54% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 31st -1.4pp 12th 295% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 11.3% 25th -0.6pp 13th 73% above peers
Lakewood, CO 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 14th 7% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 6th -0.1pp 15th 42% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 29th -0.6pp 16th 199% above peers
Hollywood, FL 8.2% 21st -0.2pp 17th 26% above peers
Hayward, CA 5.7% 11th -0.1pp 18th 13% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 16th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 1st -0.0pp 20th 63% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 26th -0.0pp 21st 76% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 27th +0.1pp 22nd 96% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 7th +0.2pp 23rd 28% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 18th +0.3pp 24th 7% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 9th +0.2pp 25th 25% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 13th +0.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 10th +0.7pp 27th 23% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 4th +0.5pp 28th 47% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 24th +1.7pp 29th 66% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 19th +1.1pp 30th 8% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 22nd +1.7pp 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 7.2% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 7.2%).
Bright spot 7.2%
20132024
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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 8.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 17th -3.1pp 1st 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 2nd 71% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.9% 22nd -3.1pp 3rd 40% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.9% 8th -1.2pp 4th 31% below peers
Midland, TX 14.4% 23rd -2.4pp 5th 45% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.4% 11th -1.1pp 6th 25% below peers
Columbia, SC 7.7% 13th -1.1pp 7th 22% below peers
Escondido, CA 10.8% 18th -1.5pp 8th 9% above peers
Pomona, CA 11.0% 19th -1.4pp 9th 11% above peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 10th 75% below peers
Hollywood, FL 15.5% 26th -1.4pp 11th 56% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 4th -0.3pp 12th 57% below peers
Kansas City, KS 17.8% 27th -1.0pp 13th 79% above peers
McAllen, TX 24.1% 29th -1.2pp 14th 143% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 3rd -0.2pp 15th 61% below peers
Lakewood, CO 7.5% 12th -0.3pp 16th 24% below peers
Waco, TX 15.2% 25th -0.2pp 17th 54% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.2% 9th -0.0pp 18th 28% below peers
Syracuse, NY 5.0% 5th +0.0pp 19th 49% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.1% 15th +0.2pp 20th 18% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.5% 28th +0.7pp 21st 117% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 13.6% 21st +0.6pp 22nd 37% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.8% 20th +0.7pp 23rd 29% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.9% 14th +0.5pp 24th 20% below peers
Rockford, IL 7.2% 10th +0.4pp 25th 27% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.5% 31st +2.1pp 26th 187% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 6th +0.5pp 27th 39% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.8% 24th +1.2pp 28th 50% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.2% 30th +3.4pp 29th 144% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 16th +1.6pp 30th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 6.2% 7th +1.4pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 36.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 45% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 44% below peers
Hayward, CA 21.7% 3rd 37% below peers
Lakewood, CO 25.6% 4th 26% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 5th 21% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 6th 18% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 7th 18% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 8th 15% below peers
Hollywood, FL 31.5% 9th 9% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 10th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 11th 8% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 12th 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 13th 4% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 14th 2% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 15th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 16th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 17th 1% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 18th 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 19th 5% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 20th 6% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 21st 12% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 22nd 13% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 23rd 13% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 24th 15% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 25th 17% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 26th 17% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 27th 19% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 28th 19% above peers
Kansas City, KS 42.3% 29th 22% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 30th 29% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 48.5% 31st 40% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.5% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.6% to 4.6%).
4.6%
20122024
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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 5.5% +0.4pp
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 1st 73% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 11th -1.1pp 2nd 27% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 124% above peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 19th -1.0pp 4th 28% above peers
Lakewood, CO 4.8% 15th -0.7pp 5th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 16th -0.4pp 6th on par with peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 2nd -0.1pp 7th 67% below peers
Hollywood, FL 7.2% 23rd -0.3pp 8th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 21st -0.1pp 9th 31% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 14th +0.1pp 10th 11% below peers
Kansas City, KS 9.3% 26th +0.3pp 11th 79% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 17th +0.2pp 12th 2% above peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 13th 181% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 14th 238% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 24th +0.8pp 15th 68% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 29th +1.4pp 16th 166% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 7th +0.4pp 17th 45% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 18th +0.8pp 18th 6% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 10th +0.6pp 19th 29% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 12th +0.7pp 20th 24% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 9th +0.6pp 21st 37% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 6.8% 22nd +1.2pp 22nd 32% above peers
Hayward, CA 2.9% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 44% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 6th +0.6pp 24th 55% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 13th +1.1pp 25th 22% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 4th +0.6pp 26th 60% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 25th +2.4pp 27th 72% above peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 5th +0.6pp 28th 59% below peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 20th +2.7pp 29th 30% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 28th +5.5pp 30th 149% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 ★ Strong performer
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 (49.7% then, 50.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.0% to 50.5%).
Bright spot 50.5%
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 35.6% +2.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 9th +10.1pp 1st 20% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 24th +4.6pp 2nd 25% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 22nd +4.7pp 3rd 23% below peers
Hayward, CA 34.0% 10th +6.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 17th +5.1pp 5th 8% below peers
Hollywood, FL 33.8% 11th +5.9pp 6th 8% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 4th +8.6pp 7th 72% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 8th +6.9pp 8th 41% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 13th +5.1pp 9th 7% above peers
Kansas City, KS 20.8% 25th +3.1pp 10th 33% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 12th +4.8pp 11th 8% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 20th +3.4pp 12th 18% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 18th +3.8pp 13th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 14th +3.7pp 14th 5% above peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 29th +1.8pp 15th 48% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 27th +2.2pp 16th 35% below peers
Lakewood, CO 45.3% 7th +4.4pp 17th 45% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 26th +1.9pp 18th 35% below peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 16th +2.8pp 19th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 28th +1.8pp 20th 37% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 30th +1.1pp 21st 53% below peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 15th +2.2pp 22nd 4% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 23rd 122% above peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 24th 132% above peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 23rd +1.1pp 25th 25% below peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 26th 131% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 6th +2.1pp 27th 47% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 21st +0.9pp 28th 23% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 26.3% 19th +0.9pp 29th 16% below peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 5th +0.8pp 30th 62% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 31st -0.2pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (45.1% then, 51.0% now; margin ±6.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.2% to 51.0%).
Bright spot 51.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 44.7% -2.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 19th +11.8pp 1st 4% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 18th +9.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 21st +5.4pp 3rd 14% below peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 3rd +7.7pp 4th 31% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 11th +5.9pp 5th 7% above peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 10th +5.8pp 6th 7% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 14th +4.3pp 7th 1% above peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 17th +3.8pp 8th 3% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 9th 30% below peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 29th +1.0pp 10th 37% below peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 5th +1.6pp 11th 25% above peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 13th -1.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 16th -1.5pp 13th on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 1st -2.2pp 14th 39% above peers
Kansas City, KS 40.7% 22nd -2.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 4th -5.5pp 16th 28% above peers
Hayward, CA 41.4% 20th -3.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 6th -5.9pp 18th 25% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 2nd -6.5pp 19th 34% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 15th -4.9pp 20th on par with peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 24th -3.8pp 21st 23% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 23rd -4.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Lakewood, CO 50.3% 12th -6.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 8th -9.6pp 24th 11% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 9th -12.0pp 25th 10% above peers
Hollywood, FL 54.7% 7th -19.0pp 26th 14% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 26th -12.3pp 27th 29% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 34.8% 25th -15.7pp 28th 27% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 30th -19.0pp 29th 42% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 28th -23.1pp 30th 33% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.0pp 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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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (4.2% then, 4.1% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.4% to 4.1%).
Bright spot 4.1%
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 5.4% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 75% below peers
Kansas City, KS 6.3% 16th -4.9pp 3rd on par with peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 10th -3.2pp 4th 13% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 28th -6.5pp 5th 84% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 9th -2.4pp 6th 17% below peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 13th -2.4pp 7th 7% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 17th -2.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 8.7% 24th -1.9pp 9th 38% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 18th -1.4pp 10th 2% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 29th -2.4pp 11th 96% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 6th -0.7pp 12th 36% below peers
Hayward, CA 5.6% 11th -0.9pp 13th 11% below peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 12th -0.8pp 14th 8% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 15th -0.8pp 15th 5% below peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 21st -0.9pp 16th 6% above peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 19th -0.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 8th -0.4pp 18th 29% below peers
Lakewood, CO 8.1% 23rd -0.4pp 19th 29% above peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 7th -0.1pp 20th 35% below peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 25th +0.1pp 21st 47% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 30th +0.7pp 23rd 98% above peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 31st +2.3pp 24th 105% above peers
Hollywood, FL 7.0% 22nd +1.3pp 25th 12% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 26th +2.4pp 26th 71% above peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 27th +2.6pp 27th 73% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 5th +1.2pp 28th 39% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 20th +2.1pp 29th 5% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 4th +1.9pp 30th 39% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 3rd +1.7pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 137,618 to 145,057 - more than the combined survey margin (±119).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (129,913 to 145,057).
Big move 145,057
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 30th +28% 1st 12% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 31st +16% 2nd 12% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 27th +13% 3rd 7% below peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 19th +10% 4th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 23rd +9% 5th 3% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 28th +7% 6th 7% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 24th +6% 7th 3% below peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 21st +5% 8th 2% below peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 22nd +5% 9th 3% below peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 8th +5% 10th 3% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 25th +5% 11th 6% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 13th +4% 12th 1% above peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 18th +2% 13th 1% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 14th +2% 14th 1% above peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 20th +2% 15th 2% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 156,578 3rd +2% 16th 6% above peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 9th +2% 17th 2% above peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 10th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 16th +2% 19th on par with peers
Kansas City, KS 155,135 4th +2% 20th 5% above peers
Hollywood, FL 155,082 5th +2% 21st 5% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 7th +1% 22nd 4% above peers
Lakewood, CO 156,583 2nd +1% 23rd 6% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 6th +0% 24th 5% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 17th +0% 25th on par with peers
Hayward, CA 158,801 1st -0% 26th 7% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 26th -1% 27th 6% below peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 11th -1% 28th 1% above peers
Midland, TX 136,640 29th -1% 29th 8% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 12th -3% 30th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 15th -3% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.5% to 26.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 3.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.1% to 26.0%).
Big move 26.0%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 23.8% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Midland, TX 29.8% 1st +2.2pp 1st 23% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 30% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 24th -0.0pp 3rd 16% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 3rd -0.1pp 4th 17% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 5th 46% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 24.4% 13th -0.2pp 6th 1% above peers
Kansas City, KS 27.6% 7th -0.2pp 7th 14% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 12th -0.6pp 9th 3% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 15th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 16th -0.8pp 11th on par with peers
Hollywood, FL 19.1% 28th -0.7pp 12th 21% below peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 20th -0.9pp 13th 8% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 18th -1.0pp 14th 6% below peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 5th -1.3pp 15th 15% above peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 23rd -1.0pp 16th 15% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 9th -1.2pp 17th 6% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 26th -1.1pp 18th 19% below peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 6th -1.6pp 19th 15% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 4th -1.8pp 20th 16% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 2nd -2.1pp 21st 23% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 27th -1.5pp 22nd 19% below peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 19th -1.8pp 23rd 6% below peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 17th -2.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 8th -2.4pp 25th 8% above peers
Hayward, CA 19.6% 25th -1.9pp 26th 19% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 22nd -2.3pp 27th 14% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 10th -3.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 11th -3.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Lakewood, CO 16.3% 30th -2.1pp 30th 33% below peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 14th -3.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent fell 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.5% to 15.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.8% to 15.7%).
Big move 15.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 25.8% -0.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 27th +3.8pp 1st 58% below peers
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 12th +7.2pp 2nd 8% above peers
Lakewood, CO 37.0% 18th +5.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 24th +2.3pp 4th 31% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 11th +3.3pp 5th 16% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 15th +2.8pp 6th 2% above peers
Kansas City, KS 44.8% 10th +2.3pp 7th 19% above peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 9th +2.1pp 8th 23% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 5th +2.4pp 9th 44% above peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 20th +1.5pp 10th 9% below peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 54.3% 4th +2.2pp 11th 44% above peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 16th +1.3pp 12th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 7th +1.3pp 13th 33% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 14th 63% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 21st +0.2pp 15th 16% below peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 6th -0.1pp 16th 37% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 8th -0.6pp 17th 24% above peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 3rd -1.0pp 18th 48% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 1st -1.2pp 19th 69% above peers
Hollywood, FL 38.4% 14th -1.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 21st 65% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 17th -1.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 2nd -3.0pp 23rd 51% above peers
Hayward, CA 25.7% 25th -2.0pp 24th 32% below peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 13th -3.3pp 25th 4% above peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 22nd -2.7pp 26th 21% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 23rd -3.3pp 27th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 29th -1.9pp 28th 61% below peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 19th -6.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 26th -5.0pp 30th 42% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 28th -5.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.8% to 77.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.6pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.2% to 77.6%).
Big move 77.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 69.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 24th +10.0pp 1st 8% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 14th +8.7pp 2nd 1% above peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 21st +7.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 2nd +7.8pp 4th 13% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 3rd +7.3pp 5th 12% above peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 12th +6.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 27th +4.6pp 7th 11% below peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 5th +4.7pp 8th 8% above peers
Hayward, CA 69.5% 13th +4.0pp 9th 1% above peers
Lakewood, CO 69.7% 11th +3.9pp 10th 2% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 26th +3.5pp 11th 8% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 6th +3.7pp 12th 8% above peers
Kansas City, KS 68.5% 16th +2.8pp 13th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 10th +2.5pp 14th 5% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 15th 20% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 15th +2.2pp 16th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 19th +0.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 18th 13% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 19th 24% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 18th -1.3pp 20th 1% below peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 8th -1.7pp 21st 6% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 22nd -1.6pp 22nd 6% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 4th -2.0pp 23rd 10% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 29th -1.7pp 24th 17% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 9th -2.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Macon-Bibb County, GA 72.8% 7th -3.4pp 26th 6% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 25th -3.2pp 27th 8% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 23rd -3.9pp 28th 8% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 29th 18% below peers
Hollywood, FL 67.9% 17th -6.3pp 30th 1% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 20th -7.7pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 32 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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