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78,505 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Bowling Green, KY shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
166 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 35%
relative change
253 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,172 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 20%
relative change
2,717 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Household income
Median household income
$48,873
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
$42,216 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
15.1%
2019-23
▼ 16%
relative change
17.9% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.1%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
84.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.2%
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
5.5% a year earlier
Improving recently Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
1 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 67%
relative change
3 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
197 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
189 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 11 indicators

Where Bowling Green, KY shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.5%
2020-24
▲ 274%
relative change
1.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.7%
2020-24
▲ 204%
relative change
1.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.1%
2020-24
▲ 43%
relative change
7.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.5%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
7.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
36.6%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
38.8% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
31.2%
2020-24
flat
relative change
31.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
25.6%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
24.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
38.4%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
34.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
31.2%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
32.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
40.0%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
50.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 7 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
50.9%
2020-24
▼ 23%
relative change
66.2% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
75,388
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
67,600 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
22.7%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
20.7% in 2019
Rising  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,252
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$1,236 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$196,297
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$194,865 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$281,762
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$281,061 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
35.5%
2020-24
low
vs peers
39.9% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. Bowling Green started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 197 in July 2026, up from 189 a year earlier.
Bright spot 197 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Bismarck, ND 250 (Jul 26) -42.0% 1st
Tustin, CA 191 (Jul 26) -26.2% 2nd
Rochester Hills, MI 57 (Jul 26) -18.5% 3rd
Broomfield, CO 163 (Jul 26) -16.9% 4th
Missouri City, TX 128 (Jul 26) -16.1% 5th
Missoula, MT 545 (Jul 26) -13.5% 6th
Cedar Park, TX 87 (Jul 26) -8.0% 7th
Flower Mound, TX 45 (Jul 26) -7.7% 8th
Maricopa, AZ 209 (Jul 26) -6.3% 9th
Alhambra, CA 178 (Jul 26) -6.0% 10th
Bethlehem, PA 173 (Jul 26) -4.8% 11th
San Marcos, TX 365 (Jul 26) +0.4% 12th
Bowling Green, KY 197 (Jul 26) +4.7% 13th
Racine, WI 408 (Apr 26) +6.4% 14th
Flagstaff, AZ 505 (Jan 26) +7.2% 15th
Wyoming, MI 473 (Jul 26) +9.4% 16th
Lakeville, MN 92 (Jul 26) +12.3% 17th
Schaumburg, IL 69 (Jul 26) +12.8% 18th
Ankeny, IA 170 (Jul 26) +15.8% 19th
Plymouth, MN 65 (Jul 26) +18.6% 20th
Parma, OH 167 (Apr 26) +36.5% 21st
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities. Bowling Green started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,172 in July 2026, down from 2,717 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,172 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Bismarck, ND 1,692 (Jul 26) -49.5% 1st
Tustin, CA 1,504 (Jul 26) -33.7% 2nd
Rochester Hills, MI 469 (Jul 26) -28.6% 3rd
Bowling Green, KY 2,172 (Jul 26) -20.1% 4th
Missoula, MT 2,599 (Jul 26) -19.5% 5th
Alhambra, CA 1,787 (Jul 26) -19.4% 6th
Plymouth, MN 770 (Jul 26) -16.6% 7th
Schaumburg, IL 1,644 (Jul 26) -15.9% 8th
Missouri City, TX 931 (Jul 26) -13.7% 9th
Flower Mound, TX 515 (Jul 26) -10.9% 10th
Wyoming, MI 1,804 (Jul 26) -10.3% 11th
Bethlehem, PA 1,223 (Jul 26) -8.4% 12th
Broomfield, CO 1,724 (Jul 26) -7.7% 13th
San Marcos, TX 1,768 (Jul 26) -7.5% 14th
Milpitas, CA 2,346 (Jul 26) -3.7% 15th
Flagstaff, AZ 2,134 (Jan 26) -3.5% 16th
Lakeville, MN 522 (Jul 26) -0.7% 17th
Ankeny, IA 1,084 (Jul 26) +2.6% 18th
Parma, OH 832 (Apr 26) +2.7% 19th
Cedar Park, TX 1,151 (Jul 26) +4.5% 20th
Maricopa, AZ 896 (Jul 26) +10.4% 21st
Racine, WI 1,658 (Jul 26) +36.7% 22nd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 16% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities. Bowling Green started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 68% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 1 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 1 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 1 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Cedar Park, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Broomfield, CO 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Missouri City, TX 1 (Jul 26) -75.0% 3rd
Bowling Green, KY 1 (Jul 26) -66.8% 4th
San Marcos, TX 1 (Jul 26) -66.8% 5th
Wyoming, MI 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 6th
Flagstaff, AZ 3 (Jan 26) -50.0% 7th
Racine, WI 3 (Jul 26) -49.9% 8th
Maricopa, AZ 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 9th
Bethlehem, PA 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 10th
Tustin, CA 4 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Rochester Hills, MI 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Alhambra, CA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Missoula, MT 3 (Jul 26) +99.2% 14th
Schaumburg, IL 4 (Jul 26) +200.8% 15th
Parma, OH 1 (Apr 26)
Milpitas, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Plymouth, MN 0 (Jul 26)
Bismarck, ND 4 (Jul 26)
Ankeny, IA 3 (Jul 26)
Lakeville, MN 0 (Jul 26)
Flower Mound, TX 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 13% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities. Bowling Green started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 166 in July 2026, down from 253 a year earlier.
Bright spot 166 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lakeville, MN 11 (Jul 26) -60.9% 1st
Bismarck, ND 141 (Jul 26) -54.4% 2nd
Ankeny, IA 39 (Jul 26) -50.8% 3rd
Alhambra, CA 134 (Jul 26) -48.1% 4th
Schaumburg, IL 49 (Jul 26) -47.9% 5th
Broomfield, CO 134 (Jul 26) -40.8% 6th
Bowling Green, KY 166 (Jul 26) -34.7% 7th
Missouri City, TX 71 (Jul 26) -34.5% 8th
Parma, OH 59 (Apr 26) -31.3% 9th
Tustin, CA 125 (Jul 26) -29.2% 10th
Flower Mound, TX 34 (Jul 26) -28.9% 11th
Flagstaff, AZ 102 (Jan 26) -28.8% 12th
Wyoming, MI 136 (Jul 26) -26.7% 13th
Cedar Park, TX 51 (Jul 26) -25.9% 14th
Missoula, MT 113 (Jul 26) -25.8% 15th
Milpitas, CA 205 (Jul 26) -24.1% 16th
Maricopa, AZ 54 (Jul 26) -16.0% 17th
San Marcos, TX 224 (Jul 26) -13.9% 18th
Bethlehem, PA 99 (Jul 26) -11.2% 19th
Rochester Hills, MI 43 (Jul 26) +6.5% 20th
Racine, WI 252 (Jul 26) +20.2% 21st
Plymouth, MN 51 (Jul 26) +21.2% 22nd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 16% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $42,216 to $48,873 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,800).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bowling Green 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 44% from 2014 to 2024 ($34,036 to $48,873).
Bright spot $48,873
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
Kentucky ref $63,726 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Missoula, MT $70,392 25th +48% 1st 27% below peers
Upland, CA $105,830 12th +45% 2nd 10% above peers
Alhambra, CA $88,024 18th +43% 3rd 9% below peers
Wyoming, MI $73,677 23rd +36% 4th 24% below peers
Milpitas, CA $178,798 1st +35% 5th 85% above peers
Pittsburg, CA $99,861 14th +34% 6th 4% above peers
Tustin, CA $112,503 10th +33% 7th 17% above peers
Racine, WI $57,740 28th +31% 8th 40% below peers
Flint, MI $37,646 31st +31% 9th 61% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 16th +29% 10th on par with peers
Marysville, WA $103,974 13th +29% 11th 8% above peers
Plymouth, MN $136,534 4th +29% 12th 42% above peers
Broomfield, CO $123,874 7th +28% 13th 29% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI $120,694 8th +28% 14th 25% above peers
Lakewood, CA $119,177 9th +28% 15th 24% above peers
San Marcos, TX $51,281 29th +27% 16th 47% below peers
Lakeville, MN $139,041 3rd +26% 17th 44% above peers
Ankeny, IA $108,198 11th +25% 18th 12% above peers
Cedar Park, TX $129,545 5th +25% 19th 34% above peers
Bethlehem, PA $68,879 27th +23% 20th 29% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ $71,512 24th +22% 21st 26% below peers
Bismarck, ND $78,387 20th +22% 22nd 19% below peers
Parma, OH $69,295 26th +21% 23rd 28% below peers
Chino Hills, CA $126,334 6th +19% 24th 31% above peers
Kendall, FL $87,325 19th +19% 25th 9% below peers
Flower Mound, TX $161,235 2nd +17% 26th 67% above peers
Schaumburg, IL $97,514 15th +17% 27th 1% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $48,873 30th +16% 28th 49% below peers
Bloomington, IL $77,384 22nd +15% 29th 20% below peers
Mableton, GA $77,980 21st +12% 30th 19% below peers
Missouri City, TX $94,390 17th +7% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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2 of 15 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,044 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 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 59% 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 rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.2% in July 2026, down from 5.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.2%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 4.7% (Jul 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Flint, MI 12.5% (Jul 26) 30th -2.8pp 1st 191% above peers
Parma, OH 3.0% (Jul 26) 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 30% below peers
Bloomington, IL 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -1.0pp 3rd 23% below peers
Milpitas, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.7pp 4th 5% below peers
Wyoming, MI 4.3% (Jul 26) 16th -0.6pp 5th on par with peers
Bismarck, ND 2.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.6pp 6th 53% below peers
Lakewood, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 7th 16% above peers
Alhambra, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th -0.5pp 8th 19% above peers
Upland, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Ankeny, IA 3.1% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 10th 28% below peers
Tustin, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 11th 5% below peers
Mableton, GA 3.3% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 23% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 5.2% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 13th 21% above peers
Missoula, MT 2.6% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 14th 40% below peers
Chino Hills, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 17th -0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Pittsburg, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 28th -0.2pp 16th 26% above peers
Racine, WI 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st -0.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 18th 5% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 19th 5% above peers
Marysville, WA 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.1pp 20th 14% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th +0.2pp 21st 12% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th +0.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
Broomfield, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 23rd 7% below peers
San Marcos, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 24th 2% below peers
Missouri City, TX 5.7% (Jul 26) 29th +0.4pp 25th 33% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 5.1% (Jul 26) 25th +0.5pp 26th 19% above peers
Lakeville, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +0.6pp 27th 5% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +0.6pp 28th 5% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 5.3% (Jul 26) 27th +0.7pp 29th 23% above peers
Plymouth, MN 4.2% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 30th 2% below 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 (24.4% then, 25.6% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.5% to 25.6%).
Needs attention 25.6%
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
Kentucky ref 16.1% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Missoula, MT 11.8% 23rd -5.7pp 1st 27% above peers
Lakeville, MN 2.9% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 69% below peers
Upland, CA 9.3% 15th -3.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Ankeny, IA 4.2% 2nd -1.2pp 4th 55% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.4% 12th -1.6pp 5th 20% below peers
San Marcos, TX 26.9% 30th -5.2pp 6th 189% above peers
Wyoming, MI 10.5% 19th -1.7pp 7th 12% above peers
Racine, WI 18.2% 28th -2.8pp 8th 95% above peers
Milpitas, CA 5.9% 8th -0.9pp 9th 37% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 11.2% 21st -1.7pp 10th 20% above peers
Tustin, CA 9.9% 17th -1.5pp 11th 6% above peers
Bloomington, IL 11.0% 20th -1.6pp 12th 18% above peers
Lakewood, CA 5.8% 7th -0.8pp 13th 38% below peers
Flint, MI 34.1% 31st -4.7pp 14th 266% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.7% 6th -0.7pp 15th 39% below peers
Alhambra, CA 12.6% 24th -0.1pp 16th 35% above peers
Bismarck, ND 9.3% 16th +0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 15.7% 26th +0.3pp 18th 68% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 18.2% 27th +0.7pp 19th 95% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 25.6% 29th +1.2pp 20th 174% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 5.2% 5th +0.4pp 21st 45% below peers
Broomfield, CO 6.2% 10th +0.6pp 22nd 34% below peers
Parma, OH 10.1% 18th +1.0pp 23rd 8% above peers
Marysville, WA 8.1% 14th +0.9pp 24th 13% below peers
Plymouth, MN 4.3% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 54% below peers
Kendall, FL 11.2% 22nd +1.9pp 26th 20% above peers
Mableton, GA 13.5% 25th +2.5pp 27th 45% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 5.9% 9th +1.1pp 28th 37% below peers
Chino Hills, CA 7.6% 13th +1.6pp 29th 18% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.3% 4th +1.4pp 30th 54% below peers
Missouri City, TX 7.1% 11th +2.4pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.3% then, 31.2% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.9% to 31.2%).
Needs attention 31.2%
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
Kentucky ref 20.3% -3.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Lakeville, MN 2.0% 1st -2.5pp 1st 79% below peers
Missoula, MT 8.3% 12th -7.6pp 2nd 15% below peers
San Marcos, TX 18.1% 26th -15.9pp 3rd 87% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 4.4% 3rd -3.4pp 4th 55% below peers
Milpitas, CA 5.0% 5th -3.7pp 5th 49% below peers
Upland, CA 10.4% 17th -5.8pp 6th 7% above peers
Lakewood, CA 5.3% 7th -2.1pp 7th 45% below peers
Missouri City, TX 5.3% 6th -2.1pp 8th 46% below peers
Wyoming, MI 13.2% 20th -4.6pp 9th 36% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 13th -2.3pp 10th 12% below peers
Racine, WI 23.8% 28th -6.5pp 11th 145% above peers
Ankeny, IA 3.4% 2nd -0.6pp 12th 65% below peers
Tustin, CA 13.5% 21st -2.4pp 13th 39% above peers
Flint, MI 49.3% 31st -5.5pp 14th 408% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.3% 19th -0.9pp 15th 27% above peers
Bloomington, IL 10.9% 18th -0.5pp 16th 12% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 16.5% 24th -0.3pp 17th 70% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 31.2% 30th -0.1pp 18th 222% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 23.3% 27th +0.1pp 19th 140% above peers
Broomfield, CO 6.5% 10th +0.3pp 20th 33% below peers
Marysville, WA 9.7% 15th +0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Cedar Park, TX 6.1% 9th +0.7pp 22nd 37% below peers
Bismarck, ND 9.7% 16th +1.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Parma, OH 15.8% 23rd +2.2pp 24th 62% above peers
Kendall, FL 13.6% 22nd +2.7pp 25th 41% above peers
Mableton, GA 24.4% 29th +5.4pp 26th 151% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 5.8% 8th +1.3pp 27th 41% below peers
Plymouth, MN 4.6% 4th +1.8pp 28th 52% below peers
Chino Hills, CA 9.4% 14th +4.0pp 29th 3% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 16.6% 25th +7.3pp 30th 72% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 6.7% 11th +3.3pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.5% to 90.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bowling Green 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 14.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.1% to 90.1%).
Bright spot 90.1%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 88.8% +9.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Flint, MI 83.2% 31st +21.7pp 1st 12% below peers
San Marcos, TX 85.3% 30th +10.4pp 2nd 10% below peers
Racine, WI 89.2% 26th +9.9pp 3rd 6% below peers
Upland, CA 96.5% 7th +9.8pp 4th 2% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 88.6% 28th +7.3pp 5th 6% below peers
Parma, OH 91.3% 23rd +7.5pp 6th 4% below peers
Mableton, GA 95.6% 12th +7.8pp 7th 1% above peers
Bloomington, IL 90.9% 24th +7.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Alhambra, CA 94.4% 18th +7.1pp 9th on par with peers
Bismarck, ND 88.2% 29th +6.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Kendall, FL 94.6% 17th +6.8pp 11th on par with peers
Missoula, MT 93.3% 20th +6.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 90.1% 25th +5.6pp 13th 5% below peers
Wyoming, MI 92.0% 22nd +4.5pp 14th 3% below peers
Tustin, CA 96.5% 6th +4.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CA 94.7% 15th +4.2pp 16th on par with peers
Rochester Hills, MI 95.6% 11th +4.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 3rd +3.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 95.4% 14th +3.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Marysville, WA 94.7% 16th +3.6pp 20th on par with peers
Broomfield, CO 96.8% 5th +3.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Ankeny, IA 94.3% 19th +3.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Lakeville, MN 96.3% 8th +3.3pp 23rd 2% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 88.7% 27th +3.0pp 24th 6% below peers
Plymouth, MN 96.2% 10th +3.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 97.6% 1st +2.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Milpitas, CA 97.0% 4th +2.4pp 27th 2% above peers
Missouri City, TX 96.3% 9th +1.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 92.1% 21st +1.4pp 29th 3% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 95.5% 13th +0.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 97.4% 2nd +0.4pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

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 (0.50 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.49).
Needs attention 0.49
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 0.48 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Broomfield, CO 0.40 7th -0.034 1st 5% below peers
Racine, WI 0.41 10th -0.030 2nd 2% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 0.42 12th -0.024 3rd 1% below peers
Flint, MI 0.46 24th -0.024 4th 10% above peers
Bloomington, IL 0.47 27th -0.025 5th 12% above peers
San Marcos, TX 0.46 23rd -0.023 6th 10% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 7th 18% below peers
Missoula, MT 0.47 26th -0.021 8th 11% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 0.42 13th -0.019 9th 1% below peers
Alhambra, CA 0.46 22nd -0.018 10th 8% above peers
Ankeny, IA 0.38 4th -0.013 11th 9% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 0.49 30th -0.012 12th 17% above peers
Upland, CA 0.44 19th -0.009 13th 4% above peers
Mableton, GA 0.43 18th -0.003 14th 1% above peers
Plymouth, MN 0.44 20th -0.003 15th 4% above peers
Bismarck, ND 0.44 21st -0.001 16th 4% above peers
Marysville, WA 0.38 2nd +0.003 17th 10% below peers
Kendall, FL 0.49 31st +0.006 18th 17% above peers
Lakeville, MN 0.38 3rd +0.007 19th 10% below peers
Lakewood, CA 0.39 5th +0.011 20th 8% below peers
Tustin, CA 0.46 25th +0.016 21st 10% above peers
Missouri City, TX 0.41 9th +0.016 22nd 2% below peers
Milpitas, CA 0.42 15th +0.018 23rd on par with peers
Wyoming, MI 0.42 14th +0.018 24th on par with peers
Flagstaff, AZ 0.49 29th +0.023 25th 16% above peers
Parma, OH 0.40 6th +0.022 26th 6% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 0.48 28th +0.027 27th 14% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 0.41 11th +0.025 28th 2% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 0.42 16th +0.032 29th on par with peers
Cedar Park, TX 0.41 8th +0.033 30th 3% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 0.42 17th +0.048 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 17.9% to 15.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Bowling Green started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 3.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.0% to 15.1%).
Bright spot 15.1%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 12.7% -2.5pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Ankeny, IA 3.1% 3rd -2.3pp 1st 59% below peers
Missoula, MT 8.1% 17th -4.9pp 2nd 7% above peers
Plymouth, MN 2.5% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 67% below peers
Racine, WI 21.2% 30th -6.9pp 4th 181% above peers
Wyoming, MI 12.2% 24th -3.3pp 5th 62% above peers
San Marcos, TX 7.5% 15th -1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Mableton, GA 10.6% 21st -2.2pp 7th 41% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 15.1% 28th -2.8pp 8th 100% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 12th -0.7pp 9th 6% below peers
Flint, MI 39.5% 31st -3.4pp 10th 423% above peers
Missouri City, TX 7.2% 13th -0.6pp 11th 4% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 3.8% 6th -0.1pp 12th 50% below peers
Upland, CA 8.4% 18th -0.1pp 13th 12% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 1.7% 1st -0.0pp 14th 77% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 9.3% 19th -0.1pp 15th 23% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 14.8% 27th +0.0pp 16th 96% above peers
Bismarck, ND 6.3% 11th +0.1pp 17th 16% below peers
Broomfield, CO 3.2% 4th +0.1pp 18th 58% below peers
Marysville, WA 10.8% 22nd +0.2pp 19th 43% above peers
Tustin, CA 7.5% 14th +0.2pp 20th 1% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.9% 10th +0.2pp 21st 21% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 18.7% 29th +0.8pp 22nd 148% above peers
Kendall, FL 12.2% 23rd +0.7pp 23rd 62% above peers
Parma, OH 12.4% 25th +0.8pp 24th 65% above peers
Bloomington, IL 12.7% 26th +1.0pp 25th 68% above peers
Lakeville, MN 3.8% 7th +0.6pp 26th 50% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.4% 5th +1.0pp 27th 55% below peers
Milpitas, CA 5.7% 9th +2.2pp 28th 25% below peers
Lakewood, CA 7.5% 16th +3.9pp 29th on par with peers
Alhambra, CA 10.2% 20th +5.4pp 30th 35% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 4.7% 8th +2.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $281,762 in August 2026, up from $281,061 a year earlier.
Big move $281,762
2000August 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
Kentucky ref $232,578 (Aug 26) -0.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Racine, WI $222,732 (Aug 26) 28th +5.9% 1st 53% below peers
Bismarck, ND $377,821 (Aug 26) 17th +5.5% 2nd 20% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $360,740 (Aug 26) 19th +4.9% 3rd 23% below peers
Parma, OH $219,443 (Aug 26) 29th +4.3% 4th 53% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $361,684 (Aug 26) 18th +4.1% 5th 23% below peers
Wyoming, MI $292,287 (Aug 26) 25th +3.5% 6th 38% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI $469,977 (Aug 26) 15th +3.5% 7th on par with peers
Lakewood, CA $872,166 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 8th 86% above peers
Bloomington, IL $270,349 (Aug 26) 27th +2.1% 9th 42% below peers
Plymouth, MN $509,531 (Aug 26) 13th +1.9% 10th 8% above peers
Chino Hills, CA $972,593 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 11th 107% above peers
Alhambra, CA $916,065 (Aug 26) 4th +1.6% 12th 95% above peers
Missoula, MT $568,490 (Aug 26) 11th +1.2% 13th 21% above peers
Lakeville, MN $485,324 (Aug 26) 14th +1.0% 14th 3% above peers
Upland, CA $815,032 (Aug 26) 6th +1.0% 15th 73% above peers
Ankeny, IA $338,606 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.8% 16th 28% below peers
Bowling Green, KY $281,762 (Aug 26) 26th +0.2% 17th 40% below peers
Tustin, CA $1,157,866 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.2% 18th 146% above peers
Flint, MI $65,250 (Aug 26) 30th +0.1% 19th 86% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ $656,451 (Aug 26) 7th +0.1% 20th 40% above peers
Marysville, WA $617,386 (Aug 26) 9th +0.1% 21st 31% above peers
Flower Mound, TX $604,723 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 22nd 29% above peers
Broomfield, CO $620,898 (Aug 26) 8th -0.7% 23rd 32% above peers
Milpitas, CA $1,386,077 (Aug 26) 1st -1.1% 24th 195% above peers
Pittsburg, CA $558,760 (Aug 26) 12th -1.2% 25th 19% above peers
Missouri City, TX $333,316 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.6% 26th 29% below peers
Mableton, GA $349,892 (Aug 26) 20th -2.5% 27th 26% below peers
San Marcos, TX $306,851 (Aug 26) 24th -3.4% 28th 35% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $341,392 (Aug 26) 21st -3.4% 29th 27% below peers
Cedar Park, TX $461,620 (Aug 26) 16th -3.6% 30th 2% below 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $196,297 in August 2026, up from $194,865 a year earlier.
Big move $196,297
2000August 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
Kentucky ref $122,154 (Aug 26) -3.8%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Racine, WI $170,112 (Aug 26) 28th +8.4% 1st 48% below peers
Bismarck, ND $254,390 (Aug 26) 20th +6.7% 2nd 22% below peers
Parma, OH $186,672 (Aug 26) 27th +5.3% 3rd 42% below peers
Flint, MI $30,373 (Aug 26) 30th +5.1% 4th 91% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $267,713 (Aug 26) 18th +4.7% 5th 17% below peers
Wyoming, MI $242,045 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.5% 6th 25% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $266,017 (Aug 26) 19th +4.1% 7th 18% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI $306,889 (Aug 26) 16th +3.2% 8th 5% below peers
Lakewood, CA $787,657 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 9th 143% above peers
Bloomington, IL $164,010 (Aug 26) 29th +2.5% 10th 49% below peers
Lakeville, MN $362,359 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 11th 12% above peers
Chino Hills, CA $741,876 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.1% 12th 129% above peers
Bowling Green, KY $196,297 (Aug 26) 26th +0.7% 13th 39% below peers
Upland, CA $639,496 (Aug 26) 6th +0.7% 14th 97% above peers
Plymouth, MN $324,395 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 15th on par with peers
Missoula, MT $434,242 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 16th 34% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $469,108 (Aug 26) 9th +0.4% 17th 45% above peers
Marysville, WA $514,662 (Aug 26) 7th +0.3% 18th 59% above peers
Ankeny, IA $241,477 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.2% 19th 26% below peers
Alhambra, CA $701,893 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 20th 116% above peers
Flower Mound, TX $439,505 (Aug 26) 11th -0.9% 21st 35% above peers
Tustin, CA $732,842 (Aug 26) 4th -0.9% 22nd 126% above peers
Broomfield, CO $484,895 (Aug 26) 8th -1.2% 23rd 49% above peers
Pittsburg, CA $454,225 (Aug 26) 10th -1.5% 24th 40% above peers
Mableton, GA $252,036 (Aug 26) 21st -1.6% 25th 22% below peers
Missouri City, TX $239,572 (Aug 26) 24th -1.7% 26th 26% below peers
Milpitas, CA $1,005,471 (Aug 26) 1st -2.4% 27th 210% above peers
San Marcos, TX $227,729 (Aug 26) 25th -3.5% 28th 30% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $299,964 (Aug 26) 17th -3.7% 29th 8% below peers
Cedar Park, TX $348,991 (Aug 26) 14th -4.4% 30th 8% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.8% then, 36.6% now; margin ±2.5pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.8% to 36.6%).
Needs attention 36.6%
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
Kentucky ref 68.3% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Racine, WI 60.2% 21st +9.2pp 1st 4% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 62.3% 18th +8.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Plymouth, MN 75.1% 6th +3.9pp 3rd 19% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 2nd +4.0pp 4th 33% above peers
Upland, CA 57.1% 23rd +2.3pp 5th 9% below peers
San Marcos, TX 30.8% 31st +1.1pp 6th 51% below peers
Bismarck, ND 65.5% 14th +2.2pp 7th 4% above peers
Marysville, WA 69.4% 10th +2.2pp 8th 10% above peers
Alhambra, CA 41.0% 29th +1.1pp 9th 35% below peers
Lakeville, MN 87.8% 1st +2.3pp 10th 39% above peers
Wyoming, MI 67.1% 12th +1.5pp 11th 7% above peers
Bloomington, IL 61.9% 20th +1.2pp 12th 2% below peers
Parma, OH 72.4% 7th +0.7pp 13th 15% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.2% 19th +0.4pp 14th 1% below peers
Missouri City, TX 81.8% 4th +0.3pp 15th 30% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 76.7% 5th -0.4pp 16th 22% above peers
Missoula, MT 47.0% 27th -0.4pp 17th 25% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 63.0% 16th -0.8pp 18th on par with peers
Lakewood, CA 71.4% 8th -0.9pp 19th 13% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 50.0% 25th -0.8pp 20th 21% below peers
Tustin, CA 48.8% 26th -0.9pp 21st 22% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 66.7% 13th -1.8pp 22nd 6% above peers
Ankeny, IA 71.3% 9th -2.4pp 23rd 13% above peers
Broomfield, CO 62.7% 17th -2.5pp 24th on par with peers
Flower Mound, TX 82.5% 3rd -3.3pp 25th 31% above peers
Flint, MI 53.8% 24th -3.1pp 26th 15% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 36.6% 30th -2.2pp 27th 42% below peers
Mableton, GA 64.6% 15th -4.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 69.2% 11th -5.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Milpitas, CA 58.4% 22nd -6.0pp 30th 7% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 42.3% 28th -5.1pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,252 in August 2026, up from $1,236 a year earlier.
Big move $1,252
2018August 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%
Milpitas, CA $3,702 (Aug 26) 1st +9.5% 1st 87% above peers
Parma, OH $1,346 (Aug 26) 25th +8.6% 2nd 32% below peers
Lakewood, CA $3,602 (Aug 26) 2nd +8.0% 3rd 82% above peers
Flint, MI $954 (Aug 26) 30th +7.8% 4th 52% below peers
Bloomington, IL $1,336 (Aug 26) 26th +5.0% 5th 33% below peers
Racine, WI $1,242 (Aug 26) 29th +4.3% 6th 37% below peers
Plymouth, MN $1,922 (Aug 26) 16th +3.7% 7th 3% below peers
Upland, CA $2,385 (Aug 26) 9th +3.5% 8th 20% above peers
Bismarck, ND $1,306 (Aug 26) 27th +3.4% 9th 34% below peers
Pittsburg, CA $2,453 (Aug 26) 7th +3.1% 10th 24% above peers
Schaumburg, IL $2,147 (Aug 26) 11th +2.9% 11th 8% above peers
Mableton, GA $1,982 (Aug 26) 15th +2.4% 12th on par with peers
Missoula, MT $1,537 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.2% 13th 22% below peers
Cedar Park, TX $1,727 (Aug 26) 20th +2.0% 14th 13% below peers
Lakeville, MN $2,136 (Aug 26) 12th +1.9% 15th 8% above peers
Marysville, WA $2,554 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 16th 29% above peers
Bethlehem, PA $1,884 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 17th 5% below peers
Ankeny, IA $1,526 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.4% 18th 23% below peers
Bowling Green, KY $1,252 (Aug 26) 28th +1.3% 19th 37% below peers
Tustin, CA $3,152 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.3% 20th 59% above peers
Flower Mound, TX $2,410 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 21st 22% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,790 (Aug 26) 19th +1.1% 22nd 10% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI $1,812 (Aug 26) 18th +1.1% 23rd 9% below peers
Alhambra, CA $2,607 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 24th 31% above peers
Chino Hills, CA $3,011 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 25th 52% above peers
Wyoming, MI $1,659 (Aug 26) 21st +0.3% 26th 16% below peers
Broomfield, CO $2,096 (Aug 26) 14th +0.1% 27th 6% above peers
San Marcos, TX $1,428 (Aug 26) 24th +0.0% 28th 28% below peers
Missouri City, TX $2,117 (Aug 26) 13th -0.3% 29th 7% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $2,166 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 30th 9% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.6% then, 38.4% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.9% to 38.4%).
Needs attention 38.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 26.1% +0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Rochester Hills, MI 21.4% 2nd -2.2pp 1st 39% below peers
Chino Hills, CA 35.6% 18th -3.6pp 2nd 2% above peers
Upland, CA 37.9% 23rd -3.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Alhambra, CA 43.8% 29th -3.1pp 4th 25% above peers
Flint, MI 40.2% 25th -1.6pp 5th 15% above peers
Missoula, MT 36.9% 22nd -1.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 43.5% 28th -1.4pp 7th 24% above peers
Tustin, CA 43.8% 30th -1.3pp 8th 25% above peers
Lakewood, CA 35.2% 17th -0.9pp 9th 1% above peers
Racine, WI 36.8% 21st -0.7pp 10th 5% above peers
Milpitas, CA 30.5% 14th -0.1pp 11th 13% below peers
Parma, OH 24.2% 5th -0.0pp 12th 31% below peers
Wyoming, MI 28.5% 10th +0.2pp 13th 18% below peers
Bismarck, ND 25.6% 8th +0.2pp 14th 27% below peers
Bloomington, IL 24.4% 6th +0.3pp 15th 30% below peers
Broomfield, CO 28.1% 9th +0.6pp 16th 20% below peers
Plymouth, MN 22.8% 3rd +0.8pp 17th 35% below peers
Kendall, FL 41.0% 26th +1.5pp 18th 17% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.0% 19th +1.4pp 19th 3% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 29.2% 12th +1.3pp 20th 17% below peers
San Marcos, TX 52.7% 31st +2.9pp 21st 51% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 11th +1.8pp 22nd 18% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 42.7% 27th +3.1pp 23rd 22% above peers
Marysville, WA 35.0% 16th +2.9pp 24th on par with peers
Bowling Green, KY 38.4% 24th +3.8pp 25th 10% above peers
Ankeny, IA 22.8% 4th +2.5pp 26th 35% below peers
Lakeville, MN 20.4% 1st +2.6pp 27th 42% below peers
Mableton, GA 34.7% 15th +5.7pp 28th 1% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 30.4% 13th +5.6pp 29th 13% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 25.6% 7th +4.9pp 30th 27% below peers
Missouri City, TX 36.8% 20th +10.8pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.8% to 10.5% - 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
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.8% to 10.5%).
Needs attention 10.5%
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
Kentucky ref 6.8% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Racine, WI 7.7% 27th -5.4pp 1st 50% above peers
Wyoming, MI 5.9% 18th -2.6pp 2nd 15% above peers
Plymouth, MN 2.9% 6th -0.6pp 3rd 44% below peers
Parma, OH 4.6% 14th -0.9pp 4th 10% below peers
Missoula, MT 6.7% 22nd -1.1pp 5th 30% above peers
Flint, MI 16.4% 31st -2.6pp 6th 220% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 4.7% 15th -0.5pp 7th 9% below peers
Alhambra, CA 7.4% 26th -0.6pp 8th 44% above peers
Bloomington, IL 7.2% 24th -0.5pp 9th 41% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 10.7% 30th -0.5pp 10th 108% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.1% 16th -0.0pp 11th on par with peers
Upland, CA 4.2% 10th -0.0pp 12th 18% below peers
Ankeny, IA 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 13th 64% below peers
Chino Hills, CA 2.5% 4th +0.0pp 14th 51% below peers
Tustin, CA 4.3% 12th +0.1pp 15th 16% below peers
Mableton, GA 4.4% 13th +0.3pp 16th 14% below peers
Bismarck, ND 7.2% 25th +1.0pp 17th 41% above peers
Lakewood, CA 4.3% 11th +0.6pp 18th 16% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 7.1% 23rd +1.2pp 19th 38% above peers
Missouri City, TX 2.6% 5th +0.5pp 20th 50% below peers
San Marcos, TX 8.1% 28th +1.8pp 21st 59% above peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 19th +1.4pp 22nd 19% above peers
Broomfield, CO 3.8% 8th +0.9pp 23rd 27% below peers
Lakeville, MN 3.5% 7th +0.8pp 24th 32% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 10.5% 29th +2.7pp 25th 105% above peers
Marysville, WA 5.6% 17th +1.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 27th 70% below peers
Milpitas, CA 6.3% 20th +2.2pp 28th 23% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 6.4% 21st +2.5pp 29th 25% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 54% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.8% 9th +2.1pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.1% to 10.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 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
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.4% to 10.1%).
Needs attention 10.1%
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
Kentucky ref 6.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Alhambra, CA 4.2% 6th -1.9pp 1st 31% below peers
Flint, MI 5.4% 14th -2.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
Wyoming, MI 5.9% 15th -1.7pp 3rd 4% below peers
Plymouth, MN 2.4% 1st -0.7pp 4th 62% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.4% 8th -0.8pp 5th 28% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.2% 11th -0.9pp 6th 15% below peers
Bismarck, ND 5.2% 12th -0.7pp 7th 15% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 6.5% 19th -0.7pp 8th 6% above peers
Missoula, MT 6.1% 16th -0.7pp 9th on par with peers
Kendall, FL 7.9% 23rd -0.9pp 10th 29% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 6.5% 21st -0.6pp 11th 7% above peers
Tustin, CA 7.1% 22nd -0.5pp 12th 17% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 2.9% 3rd +0.0pp 13th 53% below peers
Broomfield, CO 4.4% 7th +0.1pp 14th 28% below peers
San Marcos, TX 16.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 168% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 8.3% 25th +0.3pp 16th 36% above peers
Lakewood, CA 4.8% 9th +0.1pp 17th 21% below peers
Upland, CA 6.3% 17th +0.5pp 18th 3% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 10.5% 28th +0.9pp 19th 72% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 5.0% 10th +0.4pp 20th 19% below peers
Ankeny, IA 3.7% 5th +0.3pp 21st 40% below peers
Mableton, GA 16.8% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 174% above peers
Racine, WI 8.2% 24th +1.0pp 23rd 35% above peers
Parma, OH 6.5% 20th +0.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Bloomington, IL 5.3% 13th +1.1pp 25th 13% below peers
Marysville, WA 6.4% 18th +1.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Missouri City, TX 11.8% 29th +2.5pp 27th 93% above peers
Milpitas, CA 3.0% 4th +0.7pp 28th 50% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 26th +2.9pp 29th 64% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 10.1% 27th +3.0pp 30th 64% above peers
Lakeville, MN 2.7% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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.

39.3%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 38.2%
United States ref 33.4%
Milpitas, CA 17.1% 1st 46% below peers
Alhambra, CA 20.3% 2nd 36% below peers
Plymouth, MN 23.9% 3rd 25% below peers
Lakewood, CA 24.3% 4th 24% below peers
Broomfield, CO 25.0% 5th 22% below peers
Tustin, CA 25.3% 6th 21% below peers
Chino Hills, CA 25.7% 7th 19% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 26.3% 8th 18% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 26.4% 9th 17% below peers
Kendall, FL 26.5% 10th 17% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 26.5% 11th 17% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 27.4% 12th 14% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 28.5% 13th 11% below peers
Missoula, MT 29.3% 14th 8% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 31.7% 15th 1% below peers
Lakeville, MN 31.9% 16th on par with peers
Upland, CA 32.6% 17th 2% above peers
Mableton, GA 33.2% 18th 4% above peers
Bloomington, IL 34.5% 19th 8% above peers
Marysville, WA 34.7% 20th 9% above peers
Ankeny, IA 34.8% 21st 9% above peers
Parma, OH 35.3% 22nd 11% above peers
Missouri City, TX 35.4% 23rd 11% above peers
Wyoming, MI 36.4% 24th 14% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.4% 25th 14% above peers
San Marcos, TX 37.6% 26th 18% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 27th 18% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 39.3% 28th 23% above peers
Bismarck, ND 39.5% 29th 24% above peers
Racine, WI 42.9% 30th 34% above peers
Flint, MI 48.9% 31st 53% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.9% to 5.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 5.7%).
Needs attention 5.7%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 4.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Schaumburg, IL 1.4% 3rd -2.5pp 1st 55% below peers
Wyoming, MI 2.2% 8th -3.2pp 2nd 30% below peers
Flint, MI 1.5% 4th -1.8pp 3rd 52% below peers
Alhambra, CA 1.4% 2nd -1.5pp 4th 56% below peers
Bismarck, ND 3.2% 18th -3.3pp 5th 3% above peers
Plymouth, MN 1.6% 5th -1.0pp 6th 50% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 6.0% 25th -0.9pp 7th 92% above peers
Parma, OH 2.5% 11th -0.3pp 8th 19% below peers
Marysville, WA 3.2% 19th -0.2pp 9th 4% above peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 26th +0.0pp 10th 95% above peers
Missouri City, TX 6.1% 27th +0.2pp 11th 96% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 4.4% 23rd +0.2pp 12th 39% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 2.4% 10th +0.2pp 13th 22% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 3.7% 21st +0.4pp 14th 18% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 3.2% 17th +0.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Bloomington, IL 3.7% 20th +0.4pp 16th 17% above peers
Racine, WI 2.9% 13th +0.3pp 17th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CA 2.6% 12th +0.4pp 18th 18% below peers
San Marcos, TX 8.8% 29th +1.5pp 19th 179% above peers
Broomfield, CO 2.4% 9th +0.4pp 20th 24% below peers
Tustin, CA 2.9% 14th +0.7pp 21st 6% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 7.5% 28th +1.9pp 22nd 138% above peers
Lakeville, MN 2.0% 7th +0.5pp 23rd 35% below peers
Missoula, MT 3.1% 15th +0.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Mableton, GA 11.3% 30th +3.5pp 25th 261% above peers
Upland, CA 3.1% 16th +1.0pp 26th on par with peers
Chino Hills, CA 3.7% 22nd +1.3pp 27th 19% above peers
Milpitas, CA 1.1% 1st +0.5pp 28th 63% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 31st +5.8pp 29th 272% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 5.7% 24th +3.8pp 30th 80% above peers
Ankeny, IA 1.9% 6th +1.4pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.6% then, 31.2% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.4% to 31.2%).
Needs attention 31.2%
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
Kentucky ref 27.6% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Racine, WI 21.4% 30th +4.8pp 1st 49% below peers
Wyoming, MI 25.5% 25th +4.8pp 2nd 39% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.0% 22nd +6.8pp 3rd 14% below peers
Marysville, WA 24.3% 27th +3.8pp 4th 42% below peers
Flint, MI 14.2% 31st +2.0pp 5th 66% below peers
Alhambra, CA 40.8% 17th +5.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Upland, CA 37.2% 21st +4.9pp 7th 11% below peers
Milpitas, CA 58.2% 5th +7.5pp 8th 39% above peers
San Marcos, TX 38.3% 20th +4.9pp 9th 8% below peers
Parma, OH 24.4% 26th +2.7pp 10th 42% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 23.6% 28th +2.5pp 11th 43% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 52.3% 8th +5.2pp 12th 25% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 55.6% 6th +5.5pp 13th 33% above peers
Plymouth, MN 65.9% 1st +6.4pp 14th 58% above peers
Missoula, MT 53.0% 7th +5.1pp 15th 27% above peers
Bismarck, ND 39.2% 18th +3.5pp 16th 6% below peers
Tustin, CA 47.4% 15th +3.6pp 17th 13% above peers
Broomfield, CO 60.3% 4th +4.6pp 18th 44% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 61.4% 3rd +4.0pp 19th 47% above peers
Kendall, FL 47.9% 14th +2.8pp 20th 14% above peers
Lakewood, CA 32.6% 23rd +1.8pp 21st 22% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 65.5% 2nd +3.5pp 22nd 57% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 48.1% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 15% above peers
Ankeny, IA 52.1% 9th +1.3pp 24th 25% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 50.4% 11th +1.0pp 25th 21% above peers
Bloomington, IL 48.8% 12th +0.5pp 26th 17% above peers
Mableton, GA 38.7% 19th +0.4pp 27th 7% below peers
Lakeville, MN 50.6% 10th +0.1pp 28th 21% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 31.2% 24th -1.4pp 29th 25% below peers
Missouri City, TX 41.8% 16th -1.9pp 30th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 29th -1.1pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (50.7% then, 40.0% now; margin ±14.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.1% to 40.0%).
Needs attention 40.0%
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
Kentucky ref 36.7% -4.5pp
United States ref 45.5%
Cedar Park, TX 76.6% 1st +20.8pp 1st 69% above peers
Bismarck, ND 38.1% 24th +7.0pp 2nd 16% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 49.3% 12th +7.0pp 3rd 9% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 45.4% 16th +6.0pp 4th on par with peers
Plymouth, MN 70.2% 2nd +8.6pp 5th 55% above peers
Missouri City, TX 54.7% 7th +6.5pp 6th 21% above peers
Marysville, WA 42.5% 20th +4.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Milpitas, CA 58.0% 6th +3.4pp 8th 28% above peers
Lakeville, MN 53.5% 8th +1.1pp 9th 18% above peers
San Marcos, TX 36.8% 28th +0.4pp 10th 19% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 64.5% 3rd -0.8pp 11th 42% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 61.1% 5th -1.4pp 12th 35% above peers
Missoula, MT 51.3% 11th -2.9pp 13th 13% above peers
Wyoming, MI 37.6% 26th -2.4pp 14th 17% below peers
Parma, OH 39.3% 22nd -3.3pp 15th 13% below peers
Ankeny, IA 43.9% 19th -6.0pp 16th 3% below peers
Lakewood, CA 45.4% 15th -6.2pp 17th on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 45.9% 14th -6.6pp 18th 1% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.3% 4th -10.0pp 19th 37% above peers
Alhambra, CA 52.4% 9th -10.9pp 20th 15% above peers
Bloomington, IL 46.9% 13th -11.2pp 21st 3% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 51.5% 10th -12.5pp 22nd 14% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 45.2% 17th -11.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Bowling Green, KY 40.0% 21st -10.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Flint, MI 37.6% 27th -10.6pp 25th 17% below peers
Tustin, CA 33.1% 30th -10.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Upland, CA 38.0% 25th -18.4pp 27th 16% below peers
Broomfield, CO 45.2% 18th -23.0pp 28th on par with peers
Racine, WI 33.5% 29th -17.2pp 29th 26% below peers
Mableton, GA 38.9% 23rd -23.7pp 30th 14% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 31st -16.0pp 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.0pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.5% to 5.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp). 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
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 5.5%).
Needs attention 5.5%
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
Kentucky ref 7.8% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Bloomington, IL 2.0% 3rd -3.5pp 1st 64% below peers
Ankeny, IA 1.8% 2nd -2.8pp 2nd 67% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 2.5% 4th -1.7pp 3rd 55% below peers
Upland, CA 4.9% 13th -1.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Alhambra, CA 5.4% 15th -2.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Bismarck, ND 5.6% 17th -1.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Tustin, CA 4.2% 12th -0.6pp 7th 24% below peers
Flint, MI 8.8% 27th -1.1pp 8th 60% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 24th -0.8pp 9th 38% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 0.9% 1st -0.0pp 10th 83% below peers
Marysville, WA 8.9% 28th -0.3pp 11th 63% above peers
Wyoming, MI 8.3% 26th -0.2pp 12th 52% above peers
Lakeville, MN 3.1% 10th +0.0pp 13th 43% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 2.5% 5th +0.1pp 14th 54% below peers
Milpitas, CA 3.0% 8th +0.2pp 15th 45% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.5% 19th +0.5pp 16th 18% above peers
Racine, WI 11.5% 29th +1.0pp 17th 110% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 3.0% 9th +0.3pp 18th 45% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 3.4% 11th +0.5pp 19th 38% below peers
Missoula, MT 2.8% 6th +0.6pp 20th 49% below peers
Mableton, GA 6.2% 18th +1.5pp 21st 13% above peers
Pittsburg, CA 8.0% 25th +2.3pp 22nd 45% above peers
San Marcos, TX 2.8% 7th +0.9pp 23rd 49% below peers
Missouri City, TX 7.3% 23rd +2.5pp 24th 32% above peers
Parma, OH 11.6% 30th +5.0pp 25th 111% above peers
Lakewood, CA 6.8% 20th +3.5pp 26th 23% above peers
Broomfield, CO 7.0% 22nd +3.7pp 27th 27% above peers
Plymouth, MN 6.9% 21st +4.3pp 28th 25% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 5.5% 16th +4.0pp 29th on par with peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.3% 14th +4.4pp 30th 3% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 13.1% 31st +12.3pp 31st 137% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 12% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 67,600 to 75,388 - more than the combined survey margin (±93).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 24% from 2014 to 2024 (60,660 to 75,388).
Big move 75,388
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mableton, GA 77,678 15th +87% 1st on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 31st +38% 2nd 13% below peers
Ankeny, IA 72,615 29th +17% 3rd 6% below peers
Lakeville, MN 74,354 27th +16% 4th 4% below peers
Broomfield, CO 76,304 23rd +12% 5th 2% below peers
San Marcos, TX 70,897 30th +12% 6th 9% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 75,388 26th +12% 7th 3% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 76,257 24th +7% 8th 2% below peers
Marysville, WA 73,002 28th +6% 9th 6% below peers
Kendall, FL 79,562 5th +6% 10th 2% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 76,445 22nd +6% 11th 2% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 78,301 12th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 77,089 18th +4% 13th 1% below peers
Bismarck, ND 75,556 25th +4% 14th 3% below peers
Missoula, MT 76,514 21st +4% 15th 1% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 76,868 19th +4% 16th 1% below peers
Upland, CA 79,257 6th +3% 17th 2% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 77,956 13th +3% 18th on par with peers
Missouri City, TX 76,558 20th +3% 19th 1% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 78,389 11th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Wyoming, MI 77,353 17th +2% 21st on par with peers
Plymouth, MN 79,220 7th +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Bloomington, IL 78,907 9th +1% 23rd 2% above peers
Parma, OH 79,870 3rd +1% 24th 3% above peers
Racine, WI 77,633 16th +1% 25th on par with peers
Lakewood, CA 79,850 4th -1% 26th 3% above peers
Tustin, CA 78,981 8th -1% 27th 2% above peers
Milpitas, CA 78,578 10th -1% 28th 1% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 77,927 14th -3% 29th on par with peers
Alhambra, CA 81,022 1st -4% 30th 4% above peers
Flint, MI 80,175 2nd -17% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±62 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.7% to 22.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children rose 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.2% to 22.7%).
Big move 22.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 22.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Kendall, FL 21.1% 20th +2.9pp 1st 3% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 22.7% 12th +2.0pp 2nd 4% above peers
Plymouth, MN 24.7% 6th +1.4pp 3rd 13% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 23.2% 10th +1.2pp 4th 6% above peers
Alhambra, CA 17.1% 29th +0.2pp 5th 21% below peers
Rochester Hills, MI 21.8% 16th +0.1pp 6th on par with peers
Ankeny, IA 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 7th 25% above peers
Racine, WI 27.2% 3rd -0.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 4th -0.2pp 9th 24% above peers
Bismarck, ND 21.5% 19th -0.2pp 10th 1% below peers
Upland, CA 21.6% 18th -0.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Bloomington, IL 22.5% 14th -0.4pp 12th 3% above peers
Lakeville, MN 27.8% 1st -0.8pp 13th 28% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 17.3% 27th -0.6pp 14th 21% below peers
San Marcos, TX 13.3% 31st -0.6pp 15th 39% below peers
Wyoming, MI 24.2% 8th -1.3pp 16th 11% above peers
Flint, MI 23.6% 9th -1.4pp 17th 8% above peers
Milpitas, CA 20.3% 24th -1.3pp 18th 7% below peers
Lakewood, CA 20.5% 22nd -1.4pp 19th 6% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 17.2% 28th -1.2pp 20th 21% below peers
Missoula, MT 16.6% 30th -1.2pp 21st 24% below peers
Parma, OH 17.4% 26th -1.3pp 22nd 20% below peers
Chino Hills, CA 21.0% 21st -1.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 25.7% 5th -2.5pp 24th 18% above peers
Missouri City, TX 20.3% 25th -2.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Marysville, WA 22.3% 15th -2.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Tustin, CA 22.5% 13th -2.7pp 27th 3% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 24.7% 7th -3.1pp 28th 13% above peers
Broomfield, CO 20.5% 23rd -2.7pp 29th 6% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 21.8% 17th -3.0pp 30th on par with peers
Mableton, GA 23.2% 11th -4.1pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.9% then, 35.5% now; margin ±7.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.9% to 35.5%).
Big move 35.5%
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
Kentucky ref 30.4% -1.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 15th +8.2pp 1st 2% above peers
Mableton, GA 42.5% 4th +12.0pp 2nd 63% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 36.5% 6th +9.6pp 3rd 40% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 14.2% 29th +3.2pp 4th 46% below peers
Bloomington, IL 30.5% 9th +5.5pp 5th 17% above peers
Milpitas, CA 18.0% 24th +3.2pp 6th 31% below peers
Alhambra, CA 29.0% 12th +4.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Kendall, FL 25.6% 17th +3.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Plymouth, MN 18.4% 22nd +2.5pp 9th 30% below peers
Missouri City, TX 29.1% 11th +3.6pp 10th 11% above peers
Marysville, WA 24.1% 20th +2.8pp 11th 8% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 11.3% 31st +0.7pp 12th 57% below peers
Cedar Park, TX 16.5% 27th +1.0pp 13th 37% below peers
Missoula, MT 30.5% 10th +1.8pp 14th 17% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 20.2% 21st +1.0pp 15th 23% below peers
Broomfield, CO 18.0% 25th +0.7pp 16th 31% below peers
Parma, OH 35.8% 7th +1.2pp 17th 37% above peers
Flint, MI 73.3% 1st +2.2pp 18th 181% above peers
Racine, WI 57.1% 2nd +0.7pp 19th 119% above peers
Upland, CA 29.0% 13th -0.3pp 20th 11% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 13.7% 30th -0.7pp 21st 47% below peers
Lakeville, MN 14.4% 28th -1.2pp 22nd 45% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 44.0% 3rd -5.0pp 23rd 68% above peers
San Marcos, TX 40.2% 5th -4.9pp 24th 54% above peers
Bowling Green, KY 35.5% 8th -4.4pp 25th 36% above peers
Tustin, CA 24.8% 18th -3.6pp 26th 5% below peers
Ankeny, IA 18.0% 23rd -4.2pp 27th 31% below peers
Lakewood, CA 17.9% 26th -4.3pp 28th 32% below peers
Wyoming, MI 28.1% 14th -8.3pp 29th 8% above peers
Bismarck, ND 24.2% 19th -7.8pp 30th 7% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 26.1% 16th -9.4pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents fell 15.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 66.2% to 50.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.2pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents fell 14.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.7% to 50.9%).
Big move 50.9%
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
Kentucky ref 66.0% -0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Schaumburg, IL 66.0% 24th +10.7pp 1st 5% below peers
Missouri City, TX 77.6% 7th +12.6pp 2nd 12% above peers
Rochester Hills, MI 68.4% 19th +11.0pp 3rd 2% below peers
Pittsburg, CA 69.2% 18th +9.3pp 4th on par with peers
Milpitas, CA 68.2% 20th +8.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Racine, WI 78.3% 6th +9.5pp 6th 13% above peers
Chino Hills, CA 66.0% 23rd +5.5pp 7th 5% below peers
Mableton, GA 81.4% 3rd +6.6pp 8th 17% above peers
Bloomington, IL 70.8% 14th +5.4pp 9th 2% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 71.5% 12th +5.1pp 10th 3% above peers
Kendall, FL 67.8% 22nd +4.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Lakeville, MN 77.4% 8th +5.1pp 12th 11% above peers
Alhambra, CA 64.8% 26th +4.1pp 13th 7% below peers
Ankeny, IA 84.0% 2nd +5.2pp 14th 21% above peers
Plymouth, MN 85.7% 1st +5.3pp 15th 23% above peers
Tustin, CA 68.0% 21st +3.8pp 16th 2% below peers
Missoula, MT 79.7% 5th +4.2pp 17th 15% above peers
San Marcos, TX 80.6% 4th +3.2pp 18th 16% above peers
Parma, OH 69.3% 17th +2.3pp 19th on par with peers
Wyoming, MI 73.9% 11th +2.2pp 20th 6% above peers
Flint, MI 69.5% 16th +2.0pp 21st on par with peers
Marysville, WA 57.2% 27th -0.8pp 22nd 18% below peers
Upland, CA 70.1% 15th -1.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 71.1% 13th -2.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Cedar Park, TX 56.0% 29th -2.5pp 25th 19% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 57.0% 28th -3.1pp 26th 18% below peers
Lakewood, CA 74.1% 9th -4.3pp 27th 7% above peers
Broomfield, CO 65.7% 25th -8.2pp 28th 5% below peers
Bismarck, ND 74.1% 10th -10.8pp 29th 7% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 30th -9.2pp 30th 21% below peers
Bowling Green, KY 50.9% 31st -15.3pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 15 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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