This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend.
Violent crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||
| Memphis, TN | 1,567 (May 26) | -35.3% | 1st | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 442 (May 26) | -31.2% | 2nd | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 882 (May 26) | -19.6% | 3rd | ||
| El Paso, TX | 273 (May 26) | -13.4% | 4th | ||
| Denver, CO | 829 (May 26) | -11.9% | 5th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 522 (May 26) | -11.9% | 6th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 1,483 (May 26) | -11.6% | 7th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 1,114 (May 26) | -11.1% | 8th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 1,380 (May 26) | -7.7% | 9th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 631 (May 26) | -7.2% | 10th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 684 (May 26) | -7.0% | 11th | ||
| Boston, MA | 570 (May 26) | -6.3% | 12th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 1,663 (May 26) | -3.8% | 13th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 430 (May 26) | -2.9% | 14th | ||
| Portland, OR | 704 (May 26) | -2.1% | 15th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 657 (May 26) | +0.1% | 16th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 688 (May 26) | +1.6% | 17th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Property crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 83% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||
| Memphis, TN | 3,939 (May 26) | -38.7% | 1st | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 2,303 (May 26) | -29.4% | 2nd | ||
| Washington, DC | 2,783 (May 26) | -24.0% | 3rd | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 4,992 (May 26) | -19.4% | 4th | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 3,567 (May 26) | -18.9% | 5th | ||
| El Paso, TX | 1,221 (May 26) | -17.0% | 6th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 2,233 (May 26) | -14.8% | 7th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 1,206 (May 26) | -13.7% | 8th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 3,987 (May 26) | -13.3% | 9th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 2,075 (May 26) | -12.8% | 10th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 2,575 (May 26) | -12.2% | 11th | ||
| Denver, CO | 3,984 (May 26) | -11.9% | 12th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 3,739 (May 26) | -11.7% | 13th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4,629 (May 26) | -7.8% | 14th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 2,604 (May 26) | -5.8% | 15th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 3,162 (May 26) | -4.2% | 16th | ||
| Boston, MA | 1,905 (May 26) | -3.5% | 17th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 4,148 (May 26) | -1.3% | 18th | ||
| Portland, OR | 5,327 (May 26) | -0.7% | 19th |
This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend.
Homicide fell about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||
| Tucson, AZ | 5 (May 26) | -59.2% | 1st | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 7 (May 26) | -50.0% | 2nd | ||
| Washington, DC | 14 (May 26) | -47.3% | 3rd | ||
| Boston, MA | 3 (May 26) | -47.1% | 4th | ||
| Memphis, TN | 24 (May 26) | -38.4% | 5th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4 (May 26) | -34.1% | 6th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 21 (May 26) | -32.0% | 7th | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 11 (May 26) | -31.8% | 8th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 12 (May 26) | -21.5% | 9th | ||
| El Paso, TX | 3 (May 26) | -18.3% | 10th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 24 (May 26) | -17.6% | 11th | ||
| Portland, OR | 7 (May 26) | -17.6% | 12th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 7 (May 26) | -17.5% | 13th | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 11 (May 26) | -16.7% | 14th | ||
| Denver, CO | 7 (May 26) | -10.9% | 15th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 26 (May 26) | -10.0% | 16th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 10 (May 26) | -8.1% | 17th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 23 (May 26) | -6.5% | 18th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 5 (May 26) | -3.7% | 19th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 3 (May 26) | +0.0% | 20th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Vehicle theft fell about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||
| Memphis, TN | 599 (May 26) | -55.2% | 1st | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 218 (May 26) | -54.4% | 2nd | ||
| Washington, DC | 397 (May 26) | -47.2% | 3rd | ||
| Boston, MA | 86 (May 26) | -38.6% | 4th | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 444 (May 26) | -37.6% | 5th | ||
| Denver, CO | 660 (May 26) | -36.4% | 6th | ||
| El Paso, TX | 201 (May 26) | -31.5% | 7th | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 960 (May 26) | -29.0% | 8th | ||
| Fresno, CA | 414 (May 26) | -25.9% | 9th | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 770 (May 26) | -25.1% | 10th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 1,199 (May 26) | -24.8% | 11th | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 532 (May 26) | -24.8% | 12th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 141 (May 26) | -20.8% | 13th | ||
| Detroit, MI | 924 (May 26) | -20.1% | 14th | ||
| Portland, OR | 605 (May 26) | -18.9% | 15th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 378 (May 26) | -18.2% | 16th | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 277 (May 26) | -17.7% | 17th | ||
| Seattle, WA | 705 (May 26) | -15.9% | 18th | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 769 (May 26) | -14.7% | 19th |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $53,436 to $66,849 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,666). 19 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Mesa, AZ | $82,752 | 7th | +42% | 1st | 17% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | $70,991 | 10th | +41% | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | $87,321 | 6th | +40% | 3rd | 23% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | $94,718 | 4th | +38% | 4th | 33% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | $97,344 | 3rd | +37% | 5th | 37% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | $123,860 | 1st | +34% | 6th | 74% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | $57,073 | 17th | +31% | 7th | 20% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | $73,877 | 9th | +31% | 8th | 4% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | $54,234 | 18th | +30% | 9th | 24% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | $77,371 | 8th | +29% | 10th | 9% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | $39,938 | 20th | +29% | 11th | 44% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | $68,317 | 13th | +29% | 12th | 4% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | $90,919 | 5th | +28% | 13th | 28% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | $69,166 | 11th | +28% | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | $109,870 | 2nd | +27% | 15th | 55% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | $59,745 | 16th | +26% | 16th | 16% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | $51,736 | 19th | +25% | 17th | 27% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | $66,849 | 14th | +25% | 18th | 6% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | $68,656 | 12th | +24% | 19th | 3% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | $62,177 | 15th | +23% | 20th | 12% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.5% then, 15.5% now; margin ±1.0pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky ref | 15.4% | -1.2pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.0% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.2% | 2nd | -4.5pp | 1st | 33% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 19.7% | 17th | -5.0pp | 2nd | 29% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 13.7% | 6th | -2.6pp | 3rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 18.1% | 14th | -3.4pp | 4th | 18% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 11.1% | 3rd | -1.6pp | 5th | 28% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 15.5% | 12th | -2.2pp | 6th | 1% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 22.2% | 18th | -2.5pp | 7th | 45% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 9.6% | 1st | -1.1pp | 8th | 37% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 14.4% | 8th | -1.4pp | 9th | 6% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 13.8% | 7th | -1.2pp | 10th | 10% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 15.3% | 11th | -1.3pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 22.6% | 19th | -1.9pp | 12th | 47% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 12.5% | 4th | -1.0pp | 13th | 19% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 19.1% | 16th | -1.4pp | 14th | 24% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 32.2% | 20th | -2.2pp | 15th | 110% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 13.7% | 5th | -0.9pp | 16th | 11% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 14.9% | 10th | -0.9pp | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 14.8% | 9th | -0.6pp | 18th | 3% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 18.2% | 15th | -0.7pp | 19th | 18% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 15.5% | 13th | +0.0pp | 20th | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.0% to 22.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 18 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 13.4% | 2nd | -8.8pp | 1st | 37% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 21.1% | 10th | -6.6pp | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 27.4% | 17th | -8.1pp | 3rd | 28% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 17.0% | 5th | -4.9pp | 4th | 20% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 24.2% | 14th | -6.3pp | 5th | 13% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 25.5% | 16th | -5.5pp | 6th | 19% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 19.9% | 7th | -4.1pp | 7th | 7% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 20.3% | 8th | -3.9pp | 8th | 5% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 9.3% | 1st | -1.6pp | 9th | 56% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 20.4% | 9th | -3.4pp | 10th | 5% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 31.7% | 18th | -5.0pp | 11th | 48% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 35.6% | 19th | -5.1pp | 12th | 67% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 16.0% | 4th | -2.2pp | 13th | 25% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 21.4% | 11th | -2.8pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 13.8% | 3rd | -1.7pp | 15th | 36% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 24.4% | 15th | -2.7pp | 16th | 14% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 19.2% | 6th | -2.1pp | 17th | 10% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 46.5% | 20th | -3.7pp | 18th | 117% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 22.4% | 12th | -1.6pp | 19th | 5% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 22.8% | 13th | -1.2pp | 20th | 7% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 7.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.7% to 90.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 19 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Detroit, MI | 85.8% | 19th | +21.2pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 87.6% | 18th | +17.9pp | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 88.4% | 17th | +13.2pp | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 91.8% | 9th | +11.5pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 85.5% | 20th | +10.7pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 89.4% | 15th | +10.6pp | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 90.6% | 11th | +9.7pp | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 90.5% | 14th | +8.9pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 92.1% | 7th | +9.0pp | 9th | 1% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 91.3% | 10th | +8.5pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 90.6% | 12th | +7.9pp | 11th | 1% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 92.7% | 6th | +7.6pp | 12th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 88.9% | 16th | +7.1pp | 13th | 3% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 90.5% | 13th | +6.7pp | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 93.7% | 3rd | +6.8pp | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 92.1% | 8th | +6.5pp | 16th | 1% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 93.3% | 4th | +6.4pp | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 93.0% | 5th | +6.1pp | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 94.0% | 2nd | +5.5pp | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 94.5% | 1st | +3.9pp | 20th | 4% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.01).
| 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 | |||||
| Mesa, AZ | 0.43 | 1st | -0.017 | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 0.45 | 2nd | -0.016 | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 0.52 | 18th | -0.010 | 3rd | 8% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 0.46 | 4th | -0.009 | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 0.48 | 10th | -0.008 | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 0.53 | 20th | -0.008 | 6th | 11% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 0.51 | 16th | -0.006 | 7th | 6% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 0.47 | 5th | -0.004 | 8th | 2% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 0.47 | 6th | -0.004 | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 0.47 | 7th | -0.003 | 10th | 2% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 0.48 | 12th | -0.000 | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 0.49 | 15th | -0.000 | 12th | 2% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 0.46 | 3rd | +0.001 | 13th | 4% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 0.52 | 19th | +0.002 | 14th | 9% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 0.51 | 17th | +0.002 | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 0.49 | 14th | +0.004 | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 0.48 | 11th | +0.005 | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 0.48 | 9th | +0.005 | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 0.48 | 8th | +0.011 | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 0.48 | 13th | +0.011 | 20th | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
SNAP fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 14.4% to 11.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 10 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 8.7% | 4th | -3.5pp | 1st | 41% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.1% | 2nd | -1.9pp | 2nd | 45% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 11.8% | 6th | -2.5pp | 3rd | 19% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 10.5% | 5th | -2.2pp | 4th | 28% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 14.5% | 9th | -2.1pp | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 7.5% | 1st | -1.0pp | 6th | 49% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 16.2% | 12th | -1.7pp | 7th | 11% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 20.4% | 16th | -2.1pp | 8th | 39% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.3% | 3rd | -0.7pp | 9th | 43% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 13.2% | 7th | -0.6pp | 10th | 10% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 38.0% | 20th | -1.7pp | 11th | 159% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 19.1% | 15th | -0.7pp | 12th | 30% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 23.6% | 18th | -0.9pp | 13th | 61% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 14.5% | 10th | -0.3pp | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 27.5% | 19th | -0.2pp | 15th | 88% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 23.0% | 17th | -0.0pp | 16th | 57% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 18.6% | 14th | +0.2pp | 17th | 27% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 13.7% | 8th | +0.5pp | 18th | 6% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 17.3% | 13th | +2.2pp | 19th | 18% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 14.7% | 11th | +2.2pp | 20th | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.1% then, 60.7% now; margin ±1.0pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Las Vegas, NV | 56.6% | 6th | +3.9pp | 1st | 9% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 50.1% | 13th | +3.4pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 51.7% | 11th | +3.2pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 50.4% | 12th | +3.1pp | 4th | 3% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 64.4% | 1st | +3.3pp | 5th | 24% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 55.4% | 7th | +2.1pp | 6th | 7% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 61.8% | 2nd | +2.1pp | 7th | 19% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 60.8% | 3rd | +1.9pp | 8th | 17% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 51.9% | 10th | +1.2pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 35.7% | 20th | +0.7pp | 10th | 31% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 41.8% | 18th | +0.4pp | 11th | 19% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 60.7% | 4th | +0.6pp | 12th | 17% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 47.5% | 15th | +0.0pp | 13th | 8% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 41.5% | 19th | -0.1pp | 14th | 20% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 58.5% | 5th | -0.4pp | 15th | 13% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 48.8% | 14th | -1.1pp | 16th | 6% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 52.0% | 9th | -1.4pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 52.4% | 8th | -1.5pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 44.9% | 16th | -1.7pp | 19th | 13% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 43.7% | 17th | -2.0pp | 20th | 16% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Cost burden rose 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.6% to 30.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Milwaukee, WI | 40.3% | 14th | -1.5pp | 1st | 4% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 42.5% | 19th | -0.8pp | 2nd | 10% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 33.5% | 4th | -0.6pp | 3rd | 14% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 43.5% | 20th | -0.7pp | 4th | 12% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 34.5% | 6th | -0.5pp | 5th | 11% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 42.5% | 18th | -0.4pp | 6th | 10% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 36.1% | 8th | -0.2pp | 7th | 7% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 33.2% | 3rd | +0.4pp | 8th | 14% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 38.7% | 11th | +0.6pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 36.1% | 9th | +0.7pp | 10th | 7% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 39.9% | 13th | +1.1pp | 11th | 3% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 41.8% | 17th | +1.4pp | 12th | 8% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 41.4% | 15th | +1.4pp | 13th | 7% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 30.7% | 1st | +1.2pp | 14th | 21% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 38.8% | 12th | +1.5pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 41.7% | 16th | +2.2pp | 16th | 8% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 36.0% | 7th | +2.2pp | 17th | 7% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 33.9% | 5th | +2.1pp | 18th | 12% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 31.5% | 2nd | +2.4pp | 19th | 19% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 36.9% | 10th | +3.8pp | 20th | 5% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
No vehicle fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.6% to 9.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 9 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Fresno, CA | 8.2% | 6th | -2.3pp | 1st | 19% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 5.2% | 1st | -1.2pp | 2nd | 49% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 20.1% | 17th | -3.6pp | 3rd | 99% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 9.0% | 9th | -1.3pp | 4th | 11% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 10.1% | 11th | -1.5pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 8.9% | 8th | -1.1pp | 6th | 12% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 10.3% | 12th | -1.3pp | 7th | 2% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 9.7% | 10th | -0.9pp | 8th | 5% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 26.7% | 18th | -2.2pp | 9th | 164% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 16.2% | 15th | -1.2pp | 10th | 60% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 7.1% | 5th | -0.4pp | 11th | 30% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 13.7% | 14th | -0.5pp | 12th | 36% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 7.0% | 4th | -0.2pp | 13th | 31% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 33.2% | 19th | -1.0pp | 14th | 229% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 8.4% | 7th | -0.2pp | 15th | 17% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 6.7% | 3rd | -0.0pp | 16th | 34% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 36.0% | 20th | +0.1pp | 17th | 256% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 10.3% | 13th | +0.5pp | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 19.0% | 16th | +1.2pp | 19th | 88% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 6.5% | 2nd | +0.4pp | 20th | 36% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Uninsured rose 0.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.4% to 5.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky ref | 5.8% | +0.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.2% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Fresno, CA | 6.0% | 8th | -2.1pp | 1st | 32% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 5.2% | 4th | -1.2pp | 2nd | 42% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.9% | 1st | -0.6pp | 3rd | 68% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.5% | 14th | -1.7pp | 4th | 18% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 7.4% | 9th | -1.0pp | 5th | 18% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 5.9% | 6th | -0.6pp | 6th | 34% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 5.3% | 5th | -0.5pp | 7th | 40% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 10.3% | 13th | -0.8pp | 8th | 15% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 10.9% | 15th | -0.8pp | 9th | 22% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 13.5% | 18th | -0.8pp | 10th | 51% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.9% | 11th | -0.3pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 9.0% | 12th | -0.2pp | 12th | 1% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 3.6% | 2nd | -0.0pp | 13th | 60% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 4.2% | 3rd | +0.0pp | 14th | 54% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 12.7% | 16th | +0.7pp | 15th | 42% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 14.5% | 19th | +1.0pp | 16th | 62% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 20.1% | 20th | +1.5pp | 17th | 125% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 8.5% | 10th | +0.7pp | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 13.2% | 17th | +1.1pp | 19th | 48% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 5.9% | 7th | +0.6pp | 20th | 34% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky ref | 38.2% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Denver, CO | 23.2% | 1st | 33% below peers | |
| Seattle, WA | 23.4% | 2nd | 33% below peers | |
| Washington, DC | 25.5% | 3rd | 27% below peers | |
| Boston, MA | 27.3% | 4th | 22% below peers | |
| Portland, OR | 28.2% | 5th | 19% below peers | |
| Albuquerque, NM | 28.4% | 6th | 18% below peers | |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 31.8% | 7th | 9% below peers | |
| Las Vegas, NV | 33.9% | 8th | 3% below peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | 33.9% | 9th | 3% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | 34.7% | 10th | on par with peers | |
| Tucson, AZ | 34.8% | 11th | on par with peers | |
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 36.1% | 12th | 4% above peers | |
| Baltimore, MD | 37.9% | 13th | 9% above peers | |
| Fresno, CA | 38.7% | 14th | 11% above peers | |
| El Paso, TX | 39.5% | 15th | 14% above peers | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 39.8% | 16th | 14% above peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | 40.0% | 17th | 15% above peers | |
| Milwaukee, WI | 43.4% | 18th | 25% above peers | |
| Detroit, MI | 45.0% | 19th | 29% above peers | |
| Memphis, TN | 45.1% | 20th | 30% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Child uninsured rose 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.7% to 3.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 11 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| 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 | |||||
| Portland, OR | 1.9% | 1st | -0.9pp | 1st | 66% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.3% | 16th | -1.7pp | 2nd | 45% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 2.8% | 6th | -0.4pp | 3rd | 51% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 2.5% | 4th | -0.2pp | 4th | 56% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 7.8% | 13th | -0.2pp | 5th | 38% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 3.3% | 8th | +0.0pp | 6th | 41% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8.0% | 14th | +0.9pp | 7th | 41% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 4.6% | 10th | +0.6pp | 8th | 19% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 11.2% | 20th | +2.1pp | 9th | 97% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 8.1% | 15th | +1.5pp | 10th | 43% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 9.6% | 18th | +2.4pp | 11th | 70% above peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 5.7% | 11th | +1.5pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 8.7% | 17th | +2.4pp | 13th | 53% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 1.9% | 2nd | +0.5pp | 14th | 66% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 3.1% | 7th | +0.9pp | 15th | 46% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 2.8% | 5th | +0.8pp | 16th | 51% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 3.9% | 9th | +1.1pp | 17th | 32% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 10.6% | 19th | +3.7pp | 18th | 86% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.0% | 3rd | +0.7pp | 19th | 64% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 5.9% | 12th | +2.5pp | 20th | 4% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.9% to 33.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 19 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.5% | 13th | +5.1pp | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 18.1% | 20th | +2.8pp | 2nd | 50% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 48.0% | 6th | +6.9pp | 3rd | 33% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 25.5% | 19th | +3.6pp | 4th | 29% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 56.5% | 3rd | +7.1pp | 5th | 56% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 31.1% | 14th | +3.7pp | 6th | 14% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 34.7% | 11th | +4.1pp | 7th | 4% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 36.1% | 10th | +4.2pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 33.8% | 12th | +3.9pp | 9th | 7% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 27.6% | 17th | +3.1pp | 10th | 23% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 28.1% | 15th | +3.1pp | 11th | 22% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 37.1% | 9th | +4.0pp | 12th | 3% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 27.4% | 18th | +2.8pp | 13th | 24% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 39.2% | 7th | +4.0pp | 14th | 9% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 54.9% | 4th | +5.2pp | 15th | 52% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 64.2% | 2nd | +5.7pp | 16th | 78% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.4% | 8th | +3.1pp | 17th | 6% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 28.0% | 16th | +1.9pp | 18th | 22% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 68.5% | 1st | +4.4pp | 19th | 89% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 53.8% | 5th | +3.3pp | 20th | 49% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Preschool enrollment fell 9.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.5% to 31.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.7pp). 7 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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% | ||||||
| El Paso, TX | 47.3% | 6th | +6.8pp | 1st | 19% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 39.9% | 10th | +2.7pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 65.1% | 3rd | +4.0pp | 3rd | 63% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 70.3% | 2nd | +1.0pp | 4th | 76% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 38.6% | 13th | +0.4pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 79.0% | 1st | +0.3pp | 6th | 98% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 39.4% | 11th | -0.7pp | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.1% | 18th | -1.2pp | 8th | 20% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 42.2% | 8th | -2.4pp | 9th | 6% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 37.0% | 15th | -2.2pp | 10th | 7% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 52.5% | 5th | -3.2pp | 11th | 32% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 35.5% | 16th | -3.9pp | 12th | 11% below peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 54.4% | 4th | -7.4pp | 13th | 36% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 38.7% | 12th | -5.9pp | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 32.7% | 17th | -5.9pp | 15th | 18% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 42.3% | 7th | -7.8pp | 16th | 6% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 38.0% | 14th | -8.4pp | 17th | 5% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 42.0% | 9th | -9.8pp | 18th | 5% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 31.9% | 19th | -9.6pp | 19th | 20% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 31.0% | 20th | -9.8pp | 20th | 22% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.8% then, 8.5% now; margin ±1.9pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Kansas City, MO | 5.7% | 4th | -3.3pp | 1st | 30% below peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 9.0% | 17th | -2.7pp | 2nd | 9% above peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 5.2% | 3rd | -1.5pp | 3rd | 37% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 8.0% | 10th | -0.9pp | 4th | 3% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 7.2% | 7th | -0.7pp | 5th | 12% below peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 2.9% | 1st | -0.2pp | 6th | 64% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 3.1% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 7th | 62% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 7.2% | 8th | -0.4pp | 8th | 12% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8.2% | 11th | -0.4pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 8.4% | 12th | -0.4pp | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 8.9% | 16th | -0.4pp | 11th | 9% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 7.3% | 9th | -0.0pp | 12th | 11% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.5% | 13th | +0.3pp | 13th | 4% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 5.7% | 6th | +0.3pp | 14th | 30% below peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 8.8% | 15th | +0.7pp | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 8.5% | 14th | +0.7pp | 16th | 4% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 5.7% | 5th | +0.6pp | 17th | 30% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 13.1% | 19th | +1.8pp | 18th | 60% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 16.7% | 20th | +2.7pp | 19th | 103% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 11.9% | 18th | +2.2pp | 20th | 45% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 617,790 to 631,818 - more than the combined survey margin (±238). 11 of the 19 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City, OK | 697,125 | 3rd | +8% | 1st | 9% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 528,706 | 18th | +6% | 2nd | 17% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 510,612 | 20th | +5% | 3rd | 20% below peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 754,195 | 1st | +4% | 4th | 18% above peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 660,400 | 8th | +4% | 5th | 3% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 545,970 | 17th | +4% | 6th | 14% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 690,130 | 4th | +4% | 7th | 8% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 511,764 | 19th | +2% | 8th | 20% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 631,818 | 11th | +2% | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 718,877 | 2nd | +2% | 10th | 13% above peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 547,073 | 16th | +1% | 11th | 14% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 562,218 | 15th | +1% | 12th | 12% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 680,130 | 6th | +0% | 13th | 7% above peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 641,165 | 9th | -1% | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 681,294 | 5th | -2% | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 666,442 | 7th | -3% | 16th | 4% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 566,973 | 14th | -5% | 17th | 11% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 618,980 | 12th | -5% | 18th | 3% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 638,530 | 10th | -5% | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 573,243 | 13th | -6% | 20th | 10% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.9% then, 40.5% now; margin ±2.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Portland, OR | 31.3% | 17th | +2.8pp | 1st | 23% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 36.9% | 14th | +2.8pp | 2nd | 9% below peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 42.2% | 8th | +2.4pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 61.4% | 2nd | +2.9pp | 4th | 51% above peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 37.6% | 13th | +1.6pp | 5th | 7% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 38.0% | 12th | +1.6pp | 6th | 6% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 40.5% | 10th | +0.6pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 30.9% | 18th | +0.3pp | 8th | 24% below peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 34.6% | 16th | +0.2pp | 9th | 15% below peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 59.9% | 3rd | -0.2pp | 10th | 48% above peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 67.1% | 1st | -1.0pp | 11th | 65% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 30.4% | 19th | -0.5pp | 12th | 25% below peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 36.3% | 15th | -0.9pp | 13th | 10% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.8% | 11th | -1.3pp | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 43.2% | 6th | -1.7pp | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 21.1% | 20th | -1.0pp | 16th | 48% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 45.3% | 5th | -2.3pp | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 54.2% | 4th | -3.8pp | 18th | 34% above peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 40.9% | 9th | -3.3pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 42.6% | 7th | -3.9pp | 20th | 5% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (73.5% then, 69.0% now; margin ±5.0pp). 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.*
| 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 | |||||
| Sacramento, CA | 71.9% | 6th | +7.6pp | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| Oklahoma City, OK | 68.8% | 13th | +4.6pp | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Fresno, CA | 65.0% | 15th | +3.6pp | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Denver, CO | 69.9% | 9th | +3.8pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Seattle, WA | 72.9% | 4th | +3.8pp | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Baltimore, MD | 74.6% | 3rd | +3.8pp | 6th | 7% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 63.5% | 16th | +1.6pp | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| Washington, DC | 77.5% | 2nd | +1.4pp | 8th | 11% above peers | ||
| Milwaukee, WI | 72.5% | 5th | +1.3pp | 9th | 4% above peers | ||
| Boston, MA | 78.6% | 1st | +0.9pp | 10th | 13% above peers | ||
| Albuquerque, NM | 69.7% | 10th | +0.6pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Portland, OR | 70.6% | 8th | +0.1pp | 12th | 1% above peers | ||
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN | 69.3% | 11th | -0.3pp | 13th | 1% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 71.9% | 7th | -0.3pp | 14th | 3% above peers | ||
| Memphis, TN | 66.7% | 14th | -1.8pp | 15th | 4% below peers | ||
| Las Vegas, NV | 62.4% | 18th | -2.0pp | 16th | 11% below peers | ||
| El Paso, TX | 58.5% | 20th | -2.2pp | 17th | 16% below peers | ||
| Tucson, AZ | 62.5% | 17th | -3.9pp | 18th | 10% below peers | ||
| Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY | 69.0% | 12th | -4.6pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Detroit, MI | 61.8% | 19th | -5.1pp | 20th | 11% below peers |