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400,987 people (2025) 250k-1m Midwest

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Wichita, KS shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$64,620
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
$52,620 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.4%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
7.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.6%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
81.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
11.0%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
11.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
28.1%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
28.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
58.9%
2020-24
flat
relative change
58.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Wichita, KS shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.4%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
12.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.5%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
6.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.5%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
38.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.0%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
7.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
21.8%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
22.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
31.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
30.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.9%
2020-24
flat
relative change
15.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
24.1%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
25.2% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,159
Sep 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,110 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$121,769
Sep 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$118,982 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$204,831
Sep 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$200,202 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $52,620 to $64,620 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,592).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Wichita 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 41% from 2014 to 2024 ($45,907 to $64,620).
Bright spot $64,620
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Miami, FL $62,462 19th +60% 1st 22% below peers
Newark, NJ $52,060 22nd +48% 2nd 35% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 12th +46% 3rd on par with peers
Tampa, FL $75,475 13th +40% 4th 6% below peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 16th +40% 5th 9% below peers
Long Beach, CA $87,430 7th +39% 6th 9% above peers
Oakland, CA $101,600 1st +38% 7th 27% above peers
New Orleans, LA $56,631 21st +36% 8th 29% below peers
Aurora, CO $88,368 6th +36% 9th 11% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 2nd +33% 10th 19% above peers
Cleveland, OH $40,801 23rd +32% 11th 49% below peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 4th +32% 12th 14% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 9th +31% 13th 6% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $80,846 10th +29% 14th 1% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $80,540 11th +28% 15th 1% above peers
Tulsa, OK $59,838 20th +26% 16th 25% below peers
Arlington, TX $75,171 14th +24% 17th 6% below peers
Wichita, KS $64,620 18th +23% 18th 19% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 15th +22% 19th 8% below peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 5th +22% 20th 13% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 3rd +21% 21st 16% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 17th +21% 22nd 13% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 8th +21% 23rd 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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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16 of 107 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 (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami, FL up about 60% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, 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 ±$1,440 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.7% in July 2026, down from 4.8% a year earlier.
4.7%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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)
Newark, NJ 6.9% (Jul 26) 20th -2.0pp 1st 47% above peers
Cleveland, OH 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th -1.5pp 2nd 19% below peers
Long Beach, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 3rd 9% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 4th 47% above peers
Stockton, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 5th 51% above peers
Riverside, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 17th -0.5pp 6th 9% above peers
Miami, FL 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 7th 53% below peers
Oakland, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 14th -0.4pp 8th 4% above peers
New Orleans, LA 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 9th 9% above peers
Omaha, NE 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 10th 30% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.5% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 11th 17% above peers
Anaheim, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 12th 6% below peers
Lexington, KY 4.3% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Wichita, KS 4.7% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 14th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 5th +0.1pp 15th 11% below peers
Aurora, CO 4.4% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 16th 6% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.4pp 17th 26% below peers
Arlington, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 18th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 7th +0.6pp 19th 9% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 20th 6% below peers
Tampa, FL 4.9% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 21st 4% above peers
Tulsa, OK 4.8% (Jul 26) 13th +1.3pp 22nd 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.9% then, 15.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.3% to 15.9%).
Needs attention 15.9%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Colorado Springs, CO 9.1% 3rd -2.6pp 1st 39% below peers
Oakland, CA 13.4% 9th -3.4pp 2nd 10% below peers
Miami, FL 19.4% 20th -4.0pp 3rd 31% above peers
Tampa, FL 15.4% 14th -3.2pp 4th 4% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 16.0% 17th -3.2pp 5th 8% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.4% 7th -2.4pp 6th 16% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.7% 11th -2.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 23.4% 22nd -4.0pp 8th 58% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.5% 15th -2.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Riverside, CA 12.2% 6th -1.7pp 10th 18% below peers
Long Beach, CA 14.8% 12th -2.0pp 11th on par with peers
Arlington, TX 12.9% 8th -1.7pp 12th 13% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.9% 13th -1.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Cleveland, OH 30.6% 23rd -2.1pp 14th 107% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.3% 18th -1.1pp 15th 10% above peers
New Orleans, LA 22.6% 21st -1.0pp 16th 53% above peers
Tulsa, OK 18.7% 19th -0.7pp 17th 27% above peers
Wichita, KS 15.9% 16th +0.0pp 18th 7% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.5% 10th +0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Aurora, CO 11.9% 5th +1.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.9% 4th +1.3pp 21st 20% below peers
Henderson, NV 9.0% 2nd +1.0pp 22nd 39% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 8.6% 1st +1.3pp 23rd 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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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16 of 107 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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How breakdowns work →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 4.2pp 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
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 (22.0% then, 21.8% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
82% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.6% to 21.8%).
Needs attention 21.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 1st 44% below peers
Oakland, CA 16.6% 7th -8.2pp 2nd 8% below peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 6th -6.9pp 3rd 15% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 17.9% 11th -7.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.2% 14th -7.3pp 5th 6% above peers
Long Beach, CA 18.6% 13th -5.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 19th -6.6pp 7th 40% above peers
Arlington, TX 17.7% 9th -4.4pp 8th 2% below peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 4th -3.2pp 9th 18% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 21st -6.6pp 10th 73% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 15th -3.8pp 11th 14% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 16th -3.3pp 12th 15% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 10th -2.6pp 13th 1% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 8th -1.5pp 14th 5% below peers
Tulsa, OK 27.4% 20th -2.4pp 15th 51% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 23rd -3.3pp 16th 149% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 22.0% 18th -1.2pp 17th 22% above peers
New Orleans, LA 32.5% 22nd -1.7pp 18th 80% above peers
Wichita, KS 21.8% 17th -0.2pp 19th 21% above peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 2nd +1.1pp 20th 41% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 11.4% 3rd +1.3pp 21st 37% below peers
Aurora, CO 18.1% 12th +3.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 5th +2.8pp 23rd 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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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16 of 107 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.4% to 91.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Wichita started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 16.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.8% to 91.6%).
Bright spot 91.6%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Miami, FL 83.7% 23rd +17.5pp 1st 9% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 21st +16.7pp 2nd 6% below peers
Cleveland, OH 84.8% 22nd +16.1pp 3rd 8% below peers
New Orleans, LA 86.6% 20th +13.1pp 4th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 13th +12.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Wichita, KS 91.6% 15th +10.2pp 6th 1% below peers
Oakland, CA 91.7% 14th +8.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Long Beach, CA 93.4% 8th +8.8pp 8th 1% above peers
Tulsa, OK 89.8% 18th +8.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 93.6% 7th +8.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 16th +7.1pp 11th 1% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 90.9% 17th +7.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 94.1% 5th +6.8pp 13th 2% above peers
Arlington, TX 92.4% 12th +6.6pp 14th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 4th +6.5pp 15th 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 9th +6.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 19th +5.9pp 17th 3% below peers
Aurora, CO 93.7% 6th +6.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 11th +5.7pp 19th on par with peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 1st +5.7pp 20th 3% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 94.5% 3rd +4.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 2nd +4.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 10th +3.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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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16 of 107 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI up 21.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Laredo, TX up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.47 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
36% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.47).
0.47
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Stockton, CA 0.44 6th -0.031 1st 9% below peers
New Orleans, LA 0.55 22nd -0.017 2nd 14% above peers
Tulsa, OK 0.51 18th -0.012 3rd 5% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 3rd -0.009 4th 10% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 23rd -0.009 5th 15% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 14th -0.008 6th 1% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 1st -0.007 7th 13% below peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 17th -0.007 8th 3% above peers
Long Beach, CA 0.46 10th -0.005 9th 4% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 0.45 8th -0.005 10th 7% below peers
Cleveland, OH 0.51 19th -0.005 11th 5% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 0.50 16th -0.003 12th 2% above peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 15th -0.001 13th 2% above peers
Oakland, CA 0.51 20th -0.000 14th 6% above peers
Tampa, FL 0.54 21st +0.001 15th 12% above peers
Arlington, TX 0.44 5th +0.005 16th 9% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 9th +0.006 17th 4% below peers
Wichita, KS 0.47 11th +0.009 18th 2% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 12th +0.011 19th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 13th +0.015 20th 1% above peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 7th +0.015 21st 8% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 0.44 4th +0.019 22nd 10% below peers
Aurora, CO 0.43 2nd +0.020 23rd 11% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.8% to 11.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
32% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 50% moved the other way. Wichita started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.1% to 10.9%).
Bright spot 11.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 6.8% -0.8pp
United States ref 12.1% +0.3pp
Miami, FL 25.4% 22nd -4.8pp 1st 74% above peers
Tampa, FL 15.5% 16th -2.8pp 2nd 7% above peers
Orlando, FL 14.7% 13th -2.0pp 3rd 1% above peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 3rd -1.0pp 4th 41% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 12.5% 11th -1.4pp 5th 14% below peers
Cleveland, OH 30.3% 23rd -3.1pp 6th 108% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.8% 4th -0.9pp 7th 33% below peers
Wichita, KS 10.9% 8th -0.9pp 8th 25% below peers
Arlington, TX 10.4% 5th -0.6pp 9th 29% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.5% 21st -0.9pp 10th 68% above peers
Omaha, NE 10.6% 6th -0.2pp 11th 27% below peers
Riverside, CA 11.3% 10th +0.5pp 12th 22% below peers
New Orleans, LA 18.5% 19th +1.2pp 13th 27% above peers
Tulsa, OK 16.0% 17th +1.2pp 14th 10% above peers
Stockton, CA 21.9% 20th +2.2pp 15th 51% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.6% 1st +0.7pp 16th 55% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.7% 7th +1.3pp 17th 27% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 18.1% 18th +2.6pp 18th 24% above peers
Aurora, CO 11.1% 9th +2.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Henderson, NV 7.8% 2nd +1.7pp 20th 47% below peers
Long Beach, CA 14.6% 12th +3.9pp 21st on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 15.1% 14th +4.4pp 22nd 4% above peers
Oakland, CA 15.3% 15th +5.5pp 23rd 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
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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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $204,831 in September 2026, up from $200,202 a year earlier.
Big move $204,831
2002September 2026
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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%
Lexington, KY $331,087 (Sep 26) 16th +3.4% 1st 22% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $424,785 (Sep 26) 11th +3.1% 2nd 1% above peers
Anaheim, CA $941,684 (Sep 26) 1st +3.1% 3rd 123% above peers
Tulsa, OK $217,760 (Sep 26) 21st +2.8% 4th 48% below peers
Long Beach, CA $852,391 (Sep 26) 2nd +2.4% 5th 102% above peers
Wichita, KS $204,831 (Sep 26) 22nd +2.3% 6th 52% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $774,710 (Sep 26) 3rd +2.3% 7th 83% above peers
Omaha, NE $294,607 (Sep 26) 19th +2.3% 8th 30% below peers
Miami, FL $583,705 (Sep 26) 6th +1.4% 9th 38% above peers
Riverside, CA $641,514 (Sep 26) 5th +0.9% 10th 52% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $328,351 (Sep 26) 17th +0.7% 11th 22% below peers
Oakland, CA $710,647 (Sep 26) 4th +0.6% 12th 68% above peers
Tampa, FL $375,619 (Sep 26) 14th +0.4% 13th 11% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $385,686 (Sep 26) 13th +0.0% 14th 9% below peers
Arlington, TX $306,472 (Sep 26) 18th -0.5% 15th 27% below peers
Cleveland, OH $115,810 (Sep 26) 23rd -0.8% 16th 73% below peers
Newark, NJ $480,494 (Sep 26) 7th -1.0% 17th 14% above peers
Orlando, FL $372,775 (Sep 26) 15th -1.1% 18th 12% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $439,542 (Sep 26) 10th -1.5% 19th 4% above peers
New Orleans, LA $241,895 (Sep 26) 20th -1.5% 20th 43% below peers
Stockton, CA $422,451 (Sep 26) 12th -1.7% 21st on par with peers
Henderson, NV $478,064 (Sep 26) 8th -2.3% 22nd 13% above peers
Aurora, CO $447,833 (Sep 26) 9th -2.6% 23rd 6% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 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 2% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 14% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $121,769 in September 2026, up from $118,982 a year earlier.
Big move $121,769
2002September 2026
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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%
Virginia Beach, VA $305,145 (Sep 26) 12th +4.0% 1st on par with peers
Lexington, KY $231,775 (Sep 26) 17th +4.0% 2nd 24% below peers
Wichita, KS $121,769 (Sep 26) 22nd +2.3% 3rd 60% below peers
Anaheim, CA $756,854 (Sep 26) 1st +2.3% 4th 148% above peers
Tulsa, OK $126,210 (Sep 26) 21st +2.1% 5th 59% below peers
Omaha, NE $198,623 (Sep 26) 19th +2.0% 6th 35% below peers
Newark, NJ $377,182 (Sep 26) 5th +1.4% 7th 24% above peers
Riverside, CA $535,275 (Sep 26) 3rd +1.4% 8th 75% above peers
Cleveland, OH $69,081 (Sep 26) 23rd +1.3% 9th 77% below peers
Tampa, FL $239,812 (Sep 26) 15th +0.8% 10th 21% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $217,372 (Sep 26) 18th +0.7% 11th 29% below peers
New Orleans, LA $144,153 (Sep 26) 20th +0.6% 12th 53% below peers
Long Beach, CA $576,872 (Sep 26) 2nd +0.6% 13th 89% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $286,344 (Sep 26) 13th -0.2% 14th 6% below peers
Arlington, TX $243,944 (Sep 26) 14th -0.2% 15th 20% below peers
Stockton, CA $330,786 (Sep 26) 9th -1.0% 16th 8% above peers
Miami, FL $352,706 (Sep 26) 8th -1.0% 17th 16% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $377,036 (Sep 26) 6th -1.2% 18th 24% above peers
Oakland, CA $466,853 (Sep 26) 4th -1.3% 19th 53% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $328,452 (Sep 26) 10th -1.7% 20th 8% above peers
Henderson, NV $353,927 (Sep 26) 7th -2.5% 21st 16% above peers
Orlando, FL $237,095 (Sep 26) 16th -2.5% 22nd 22% below peers
Aurora, CO $320,478 (Sep 26) 11th -4.1% 23rd 5% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.8% then, 58.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.5% to 58.9%).
Bright spot 58.9%
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%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 21st +4.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 10th +5.2pp 2nd 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 23rd +2.1pp 3rd 53% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 15th +4.2pp 4th 6% below peers
New Orleans, LA 51.2% 13th +2.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 8th +2.8pp 6th 9% above peers
Aurora, CO 62.4% 3rd +2.5pp 7th 20% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 22nd +1.2pp 8th 41% below peers
Oakland, CA 42.3% 18th +1.6pp 9th 18% below peers
Tampa, FL 50.3% 14th +1.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Long Beach, CA 41.2% 20th +1.3pp 11th 21% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 1st +2.0pp 12th 27% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 4th +1.8pp 13th 17% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 17th +1.4pp 14th 11% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 60.6% 5th +1.5pp 15th 17% above peers
Tulsa, OK 51.9% 12th +1.2pp 16th on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA 65.2% 2nd +1.4pp 17th 25% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 47.7% 16th +0.5pp 18th 8% below peers
Cleveland, OH 41.7% 19th +0.2pp 19th 20% below peers
Wichita, KS 58.9% 6th +0.1pp 20th 13% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 11th -0.7pp 21st 4% above peers
Arlington, TX 54.3% 9th -0.9pp 22nd 5% above peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 7th -1.3pp 23rd 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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 ±1.0pp 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 4% over the 12 months ending September 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,159 in September 2026, up from $1,110 a year earlier.
Big move $1,159
2015September 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,932 (Sep 26) +2.7%
Oakland, CA $2,758 (Sep 26) 2nd +10.8% 1st 46% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA $2,098 (Sep 26) 8th +7.8% 2nd 11% above peers
Wichita, KS $1,159 (Sep 26) 23rd +4.4% 3rd 39% below peers
Cleveland, OH $1,359 (Sep 26) 21st +4.3% 4th 28% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $2,715 (Sep 26) 4th +4.2% 5th 44% above peers
Lexington, KY $1,631 (Sep 26) 18th +3.9% 6th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $1,747 (Sep 26) 14th +3.2% 7th 8% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $1,901 (Sep 26) 11th +3.1% 8th 1% above peers
Tulsa, OK $1,273 (Sep 26) 22nd +3.1% 9th 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,717 (Sep 26) 16th +2.6% 10th 9% below peers
Anaheim, CA $2,755 (Sep 26) 3rd +2.6% 11th 46% above peers
Long Beach, CA $2,412 (Sep 26) 6th +2.4% 12th 28% above peers
New Orleans, LA $1,633 (Sep 26) 17th +2.0% 13th 14% below peers
Riverside, CA $2,427 (Sep 26) 5th +2.0% 14th 28% above peers
Omaha, NE $1,389 (Sep 26) 20th +1.8% 15th 26% below peers
Stockton, CA $2,032 (Sep 26) 9th +1.7% 16th 8% above peers
Miami, FL $2,965 (Sep 26) 1st +1.3% 17th 57% above peers
Orlando, FL $1,889 (Sep 26) 12th +1.0% 18th on par with peers
Arlington, TX $1,468 (Sep 26) 19th +0.8% 19th 22% below peers
Henderson, NV $1,783 (Sep 26) 13th +0.7% 20th 6% below peers
Newark, NJ $2,111 (Sep 26) 7th +0.3% 21st 12% above peers
Tampa, FL $1,930 (Sep 26) 10th -0.7% 22nd 2% above peers
Aurora, CO $1,742 (Sep 26) 15th -1.2% 23rd 8% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-09 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (28.9% then, 28.1% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.5% to 28.1%).
Bright spot 28.1%
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 25.9% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Newark, NJ 53.8% 22nd -4.6pp 1st 32% above peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 14th -2.2pp 2nd 1% above peers
Miami, FL 54.7% 23rd -1.6pp 3rd 34% above peers
Wichita, KS 28.1% 1st -0.7pp 4th 31% below peers
Long Beach, CA 45.7% 19th -0.8pp 5th 12% above peers
New Orleans, LA 45.3% 18th -0.8pp 6th 11% above peers
Oakland, CA 43.1% 16th -0.6pp 7th 6% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 21st -0.3pp 8th 16% above peers
Cleveland, OH 40.7% 12th +0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 17th +0.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.1% 6th +0.4pp 11th 14% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.2% 4th +0.5pp 12th 18% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 35.2% 7th +0.6pp 13th 14% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 39.7% 10th +1.0pp 14th 3% below peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 15th +1.5pp 15th 4% above peers
Tampa, FL 40.9% 13th +1.7pp 16th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 39.7% 11th +1.7pp 17th 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 20th +2.0pp 18th 13% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 8th +1.6pp 19th 12% below peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 2nd +1.6pp 20th 21% below peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 3rd +1.9pp 21st 19% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 5th +3.6pp 22nd 14% below peers
Arlington, TX 39.6% 9th +5.5pp 23rd 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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 (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.4% to 6.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp).

Broader trend
32% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 9% moved the other way. Wichita started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 6.4%).
Bright spot 6.4%
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 5.1% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 9th -2.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 39% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 41% below peers
Tampa, FL 8.5% 15th -1.4pp 4th 15% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.4% 7th -1.0pp 5th 14% below peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 23rd -4.1pp 6th 363% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 10th -0.7pp 7th 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 12th -0.6pp 8th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA 8.9% 16th -0.7pp 9th 21% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 15.6% 17th -1.2pp 10th 111% above peers
New Orleans, LA 17.4% 20th -1.1pp 11th 136% above peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 21st -0.9pp 12th 141% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 13th -0.4pp 13th 1% above peers
Cleveland, OH 22.1% 22nd -1.0pp 14th 198% above peers
Tulsa, OK 8.3% 14th -0.3pp 15th 13% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 19th +0.0pp 16th 124% above peers
Oakland, CA 16.2% 18th +0.1pp 17th 118% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 6th +0.2pp 18th 25% below peers
Aurora, CO 6.6% 8th +0.5pp 19th 11% below peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 1st +0.3pp 20th 42% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.6% 4th +0.4pp 21st 38% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 11th +1.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Arlington, TX 5.0% 5th +0.9pp 23rd 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Fresno, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Stockton, CA down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.1% then, 12.4% now; margin ±0.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.1% to 12.4%).
Needs attention 12.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Oakland, CA 5.6% 2nd -2.3pp 1st 33% below peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 15th -2.1pp 2nd 19% above peers
Miami, FL 16.3% 21st -3.4pp 3rd 95% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.3% 4th -1.3pp 4th 25% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 5.7% 3rd -0.9pp 5th 33% below peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 11th -1.1pp 6th 3% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.2% 14th -1.0pp 7th 10% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.6% 1st -0.4pp 8th 57% below peers
Tampa, FL 10.6% 16th -1.0pp 9th 27% above peers
Orlando, FL 13.9% 19th -1.3pp 10th 65% above peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 13th -0.5pp 11th 6% above peers
Tulsa, OK 16.1% 20th -0.5pp 12th 92% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.4% 12th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.7% 9th -0.1pp 14th 8% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 8th -0.0pp 15th 12% below peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 6th +0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Wichita, KS 12.4% 17th +0.2pp 17th 48% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 5th +0.2pp 18th 20% below peers
Arlington, TX 19.0% 22nd +0.7pp 19th 126% above peers
Cleveland, OH 8.1% 10th +0.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 7th +0.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Newark, NJ 19.7% 23rd +2.3pp 22nd 135% above peers
Aurora, CO 13.7% 18th +2.4pp 23rd 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anaheim, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

39.5%
20202023
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Kansas ref 36.4%
United States ref 32.9%
Urban Honolulu, HI 24.3% 1st 28% below peers
Anaheim, CA 26.8% 2nd 21% below peers
Long Beach, CA 27.4% 3rd 19% below peers
Oakland, CA 27.6% 4th 18% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.4% 5th 16% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 28.6% 6th 15% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.9% 7th 14% below peers
Aurora, CO 29.1% 8th 14% below peers
Miami, FL 29.9% 9th 12% below peers
Stockton, CA 31.8% 10th 6% below peers
Tampa, FL 31.9% 11th 6% below peers
Arlington, TX 33.8% 12th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 33.9% 13th on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 34.0% 14th 1% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 34.5% 15th 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 34.5% 16th 2% above peers
Newark, NJ 35.9% 17th 6% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 36.5% 18th 8% above peers
Riverside, CA 36.7% 19th 9% above peers
Tulsa, OK 37.5% 20th 11% above peers
Omaha, NE 37.5% 21st 11% above peers
Wichita, KS 39.5% 22nd 17% above peers
Cleveland, OH 42.2% 23rd 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2023 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (6.6% then, 6.5% now; margin ±1.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 6.5%).
Needs attention 6.5%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Lexington, KY 3.0% 4th -1.3pp 1st 44% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 6th -0.8pp 2nd 35% below peers
Oakland, CA 3.5% 5th -0.7pp 3rd 35% below peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 18th -1.3pp 4th 36% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 3.0% 3rd -0.5pp 5th 45% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 1st -0.2pp 6th 58% below peers
Wichita, KS 6.5% 17th -0.1pp 7th 21% above peers
Long Beach, CA 3.7% 7th +0.1pp 8th 32% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.4% 19th +0.2pp 9th 57% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.0% 10th +0.2pp 10th 24% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 9th +0.3pp 11th 27% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 15th +0.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 2nd +0.3pp 13th 46% below peers
Tampa, FL 6.2% 14th +0.8pp 14th 16% above peers
Arlington, TX 13.1% 23rd +1.8pp 15th 144% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 16th +1.0pp 16th 21% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.9% 20th +1.8pp 17th 67% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 12th +1.1pp 18th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 21st +2.1pp 19th 80% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 3.8% 8th +1.0pp 20th 29% below peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 22nd +3.2pp 21st 112% above peers
Cleveland, OH 4.4% 11th +1.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
New Orleans, LA 5.4% 13th +1.9pp 23rd on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 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 (30.1% then, 31.1% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.8% to 31.1%).
Needs attention 31.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Newark, NJ 19.7% 23rd +4.5pp 1st 47% below peers
Cleveland, OH 22.4% 21st +4.9pp 2nd 40% below peers
Miami, FL 37.4% 11th +7.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Tampa, FL 45.7% 4th +7.1pp 4th 22% above peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 18th +4.2pp 5th 20% below peers
Long Beach, CA 35.6% 13th +4.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 40.9% 9th +4.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Aurora, CO 33.6% 14th +3.9pp 8th 10% below peers
New Orleans, LA 42.4% 7th +4.8pp 9th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 12th +4.0pp 10th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 25.7% 19th +2.7pp 11th 31% below peers
Orlando, FL 42.5% 6th +4.5pp 12th 14% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 41.5% 8th +4.3pp 13th 11% above peers
Oakland, CA 48.8% 2nd +4.7pp 14th 30% above peers
Lexington, KY 48.3% 3rd +4.6pp 15th 29% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 55.5% 1st +5.1pp 16th 49% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.0% 22nd +1.7pp 17th 47% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 23.6% 20th +1.7pp 18th 37% below peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 16th +2.3pp 19th 13% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 5th +2.9pp 20th 14% above peers
Tulsa, OK 33.6% 15th +2.1pp 21st 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 10th +2.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Wichita, KS 31.1% 17th +1.0pp 23rd 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 6.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Winston-Salem, NC up 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.0% then, 36.5% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Broader trend
45% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.7% to 36.5%).
Needs attention 36.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 23 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%
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 6th +7.1pp 1st 17% above peers
Aurora, CO 44.2% 11th +6.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 16th +4.8pp 3rd 7% below peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 13th +3.5pp 4th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 58.2% 4th +4.6pp 5th 32% above peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 1st +4.3pp 6th 54% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.7% 18th +2.0pp 7th 10% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 14th -1.6pp 8th 1% below peers
New Orleans, LA 61.5% 3rd -2.4pp 9th 40% above peers
Wichita, KS 36.5% 20th -1.5pp 10th 17% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 19th -2.8pp 11th 10% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 2nd -5.8pp 12th 54% above peers
Tulsa, OK 42.5% 15th -4.3pp 13th 3% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 50.2% 8th -5.2pp 14th 14% above peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 5th -6.2pp 15th 25% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 47.6% 9th -6.1pp 16th 8% above peers
Oakland, CA 51.0% 7th -6.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Long Beach, CA 44.0% 12th -7.0pp 18th on par with peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 21st -6.0pp 19th 17% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.3% 23rd -5.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 17th -7.3pp 21st 7% below peers
Cleveland, OH 33.7% 22nd -8.7pp 22nd 23% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 10th -14.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Corpus Christi, TX up 8.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • El Paso, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Aurora, CO up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 9.0% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
18% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.1% to 9.0%).
Needs attention 9.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Orlando, FL 4.3% 2nd -4.4pp 1st 37% below peers
Tulsa, OK 5.8% 6th -3.4pp 2nd 14% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 18th -4.1pp 3rd 24% above peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 20th -1.8pp 4th 44% above peers
Arlington, TX 6.3% 7th -1.0pp 5th 8% below peers
Oakland, CA 7.9% 14th -0.6pp 6th 16% above peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 5th -0.3pp 7th 17% below peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 15th -0.4pp 8th 18% above peers
Long Beach, CA 7.3% 13th -0.3pp 9th 7% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 9th -0.2pp 10th 6% below peers
Cleveland, OH 10.4% 23rd -0.2pp 11th 52% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.1% 16th -0.1pp 12th 19% above peers
Tampa, FL 5.2% 4th +0.0pp 13th 23% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 8th +0.3pp 14th 7% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 11th +0.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 22nd +1.0pp 16th 48% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 1st +0.5pp 17th 38% below peers
Wichita, KS 9.0% 19th +1.7pp 18th 32% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 10th +1.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.9% 3rd +1.0pp 20th 28% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 10.0% 21st +2.0pp 21st 47% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 17th +2.1pp 22nd 20% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.8% 12th +1.9pp 23rd on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 389,877 to 397,945 - more than the combined survey margin (±123).

Broader trend
64% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (385,518 to 397,945).
397,945
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Orlando, FL 319,758 21st +14% 1st 20% below peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 18th +11% 2nd 16% below peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 23rd +10% 3rd 22% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 411,986 9th +9% 4th 4% above peers
Aurora, CO 394,432 13th +7% 5th 1% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 2nd +5% 6th 23% above peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 20th +4% 7th 19% below peers
Tampa, FL 401,618 10th +4% 8th 1% above peers
Oakland, CA 439,418 6th +3% 9th 10% above peers
Tulsa, OK 413,794 8th +3% 10th 4% above peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 1st +3% 11th 23% above peers
Wichita, KS 397,945 11th +2% 12th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 427,246 7th +2% 13th 7% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 456,349 4th +1% 14th 15% above peers
Miami, FL 459,745 3rd +1% 15th 16% above peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 19th +1% 16th 19% below peers
Arlington, TX 397,742 12th +1% 17th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 16th -1% 18th 13% below peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 17th -2% 19th 13% below peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 22nd -2% 20th 20% below peers
Long Beach, CA 455,548 5th -2% 21st 15% above peers
New Orleans, LA 371,853 14th -5% 22nd 7% below peers
Cleveland, OH 366,097 15th -5% 23rd 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±97 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.2% to 24.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.3pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.8% to 24.1%).
Big move 24.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Orlando, FL 21.4% 13th +0.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 3rd +0.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 15th +0.1pp 3rd 4% below peers
Tulsa, OK 24.1% 6th -0.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 21.9% 11th -0.4pp 5th on par with peers
New Orleans, LA 19.7% 18th -0.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.2% 1st -0.7pp 7th 34% above peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 16th -0.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Arlington, TX 24.8% 4th -0.8pp 9th 14% above peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 9th -0.8pp 10th 6% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 5th -0.9pp 11th 11% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.0pp 12th 22% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 23rd -0.7pp 13th 25% below peers
Wichita, KS 24.1% 7th -1.2pp 14th 10% above peers
Cleveland, OH 21.0% 14th -1.1pp 15th 4% below peers
Oakland, CA 18.9% 20th -1.0pp 16th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 18.8% 21st -1.0pp 17th 14% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 22nd -1.0pp 18th 24% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 12th -1.4pp 19th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 23.9% 8th -1.5pp 20th 9% above peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 10th -1.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 19.4% 19th -2.1pp 22nd 11% below peers
Long Beach, CA 19.9% 17th -2.5pp 23rd 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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 (36.3% then, 34.6% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 34.6%).
34.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 22nd +3.9pp 1st 22% below peers
Aurora, CO 34.0% 14th +4.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6% 18th +2.5pp 3rd 14% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 21st +2.4pp 4th 19% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 20th +2.3pp 5th 16% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 5th +3.1pp 6th 16% above peers
Long Beach, CA 40.2% 6th +2.8pp 7th 13% above peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 15th +1.9pp 8th 6% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 35.5% 12th +1.4pp 9th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 35.8% 11th +1.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 1st +1.9pp 11th 103% above peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 2nd -0.2pp 12th 64% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 19th -0.6pp 13th 15% below peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 17th -1.2pp 14th 11% below peers
Wichita, KS 34.6% 13th -1.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Tampa, FL 40.1% 7th -2.4pp 16th 13% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.9% 10th -2.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Tulsa, OK 39.2% 8th -2.7pp 18th 10% above peers
New Orleans, LA 53.7% 3rd -4.0pp 19th 51% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 4th -3.5pp 20th 20% above peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 16th -3.0pp 21st 8% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 23rd -2.6pp 22nd 26% below peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 9th -5.0pp 23rd 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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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15 of 107 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.1% then, 70.3% now; margin ±5.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.1% to 70.3%).
70.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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
Oakland, CA 71.6% 6th +7.0pp 1st 4% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 13th +6.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Tampa, FL 74.3% 2nd +6.3pp 3rd 8% above peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 16th +5.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Long Beach, CA 71.3% 8th +5.9pp 5th 4% above peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 14th +4.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 19th +3.8pp 7th 8% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 68.8% 12th +3.6pp 8th on par with peers
Arlington, TX 67.2% 17th +1.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 22nd +1.6pp 10th 10% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 4th +1.5pp 11th 5% above peers
Wichita, KS 70.3% 10th +1.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 3rd +1.1pp 13th 8% above peers
Tulsa, OK 63.8% 18th +0.9pp 14th 7% below peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 15th +0.3pp 15th 2% below peers
New Orleans, LA 70.2% 11th -1.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 5th -1.7pp 17th 5% above peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 7th -1.8pp 18th 4% above peers
Aurora, CO 63.5% 20th -1.9pp 19th 8% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 9th -2.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 62.4% 21st -1.9pp 21st 9% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 74.6% 1st -3.9pp 22nd 8% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 23rd -3.4pp 23rd 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 107 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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15 of 107 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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