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60,892 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Owensboro, KY shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$56,357
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$43,369 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
25.4%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
32.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
26.1%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
23.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.5%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
81.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,332 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 8%
relative change
2,531 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.7%
Jul 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
5.0% a year earlier
Improving recently Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
30.2%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
31.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
391 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
429 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
240 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
266 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Owensboro, KY shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.5%
2020-24
▲ 87%
relative change
2.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.1%
2020-24
▼ 33%
relative change
49.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.49
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.9%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
21.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
15.3%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
14.4% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
9.8%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
5 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 67%
relative change
3 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Big moves & big gaps 5 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 →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,212
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$1,158 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$137,036
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$131,484 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$214,021
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$205,530 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
60,302
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
59,536 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
65.0%
2020-24
low
vs peers
67.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 391 in July 2026, down from 429 a year earlier.
Bright spot 391 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%
Revere, MA 291 (Jul 26) -30.0% 1st
Saratoga Springs, UT 65 (Jul 26) -25.9% 2nd
Spring Hill, TN 124 (Jul 26) -24.8% 3rd
Grand Forks, ND 255 (Jul 26) -20.6% 4th
Great Falls, MT 510 (Jul 26) -19.8% 5th
St. Peters, MO 171 (Jul 26) -17.3% 6th
Taylor, MI 713 (Jul 26) -11.5% 7th
Owensboro, KY 391 (Jul 26) -8.8% 8th
Springfield, OR 278 (Mar 26) -7.2% 9th
Burlington, NC 673 (Jul 26) -6.8% 10th
West Allis, WI 191 (Jul 26) -5.7% 11th
Meriden, CT 135 (Jun 26) -4.6% 12th
Dearborn Heights, MI 387 (Jul 26) -4.1% 13th
Euless, TX 163 (Jul 26) -2.0% 14th
Kannapolis, NC 170 (Jul 26) -1.9% 15th
Gilroy, CA 387 (Jul 26) -1.7% 16th
Blue Springs, MO 229 (Jul 26) +0.7% 17th
Santa Cruz, CA 584 (Jul 26) +0.8% 18th
La Mesa, CA 441 (Jul 26) +2.7% 19th
Corvallis, OR 180 (Feb 26) +4.6% 20th
Beaumont, CA 212 (Jul 26) +4.9% 21st
Lenexa, KS 193 (Jul 26) +7.3% 22nd
Kokomo, IN 487 (Mar 26) +15.4% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% 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 8% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities. Owensboro 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 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,332 in July 2026, down from 2,531 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,332 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lenexa, KS 866 (Jul 26) -34.4% 1st
Revere, MA 954 (Jul 26) -29.9% 2nd
Saratoga Springs, UT 397 (Jul 26) -25.4% 3rd
Springfield, OR 2,116 (Mar 26) -25.2% 4th
Corvallis, OR 1,833 (Jul 26) -22.8% 5th
Blue Springs, MO 1,720 (Jul 26) -21.5% 6th
Taylor, MI 1,627 (Jul 26) -18.5% 7th
Kannapolis, NC 1,360 (Jul 26) -17.5% 8th
West Allis, WI 1,532 (Jul 26) -15.6% 9th
Euless, TX 1,635 (Jul 26) -12.7% 10th
Santa Cruz, CA 2,270 (Jul 26) -12.0% 11th
St. Peters, MO 769 (Jul 26) -11.9% 12th
Grand Forks, ND 1,831 (Jul 26) -10.9% 13th
Beaumont, CA 814 (Jul 26) -10.3% 14th
Owensboro, KY 2,332 (Jul 26) -7.9% 15th
Gilroy, CA 1,823 (Jul 26) -5.6% 16th
Kokomo, IN 1,315 (Mar 26) -2.1% 17th
Dearborn Heights, MI 1,187 (Jul 26) +0.3% 18th
Spring Hill, TN 461 (Jul 26) +4.8% 19th
Great Falls, MT 3,588 (Jul 26) +8.1% 20th
Meriden, CT 1,704 (Jun 26) +9.1% 21st
Burlington, NC 2,914 (Jul 26) +9.3% 22nd
La Mesa, CA 1,521 (Jul 26) +18.2% 23rd
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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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides rose about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 5 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 8 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 5 homicides
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 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Lenexa, KS 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Grand Forks, ND 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Burlington, NC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Great Falls, MT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
La Mesa, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
Kannapolis, NC 3 (Jul 26) -60.0% 6th
Taylor, MI 5 (Jul 26) -25.0% 7th
Beaumont, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Dearborn Heights, MI 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Spring Hill, TN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Owensboro, KY 8 (Jul 26) +66.5% 11th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) +99.4% 12th
West Allis, WI 3 (Jul 26) +100.6% 13th
Meriden, CT 3 (Jun 26)
Gilroy, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Saratoga Springs, UT 0 (Jul 26)
Springfield, OR 3 (Mar 26)
St. Peters, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Corvallis, OR 2 (Jul 26)
Blue Springs, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Revere, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Euless, TX 2 (Jul 26)
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (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, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 10% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities. Owensboro 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 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 240 in July 2026, down from 266 a year earlier.
Bright spot 240 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%
Lenexa, KS 73 (Jul 26) -59.6% 1st
Euless, TX 97 (Jul 26) -49.1% 2nd
Taylor, MI 196 (Jul 26) -38.8% 3rd
Beaumont, CA 64 (Jul 26) -38.1% 4th
Corvallis, OR 59 (Jul 26) -37.9% 5th
Saratoga Springs, UT 20 (Jul 26) -36.9% 6th
Blue Springs, MO 162 (Jul 26) -36.7% 7th
Springfield, OR 143 (Mar 26) -30.8% 8th
Kannapolis, NC 130 (Jul 26) -27.9% 9th
Santa Cruz, CA 125 (Jul 26) -24.5% 10th
Burlington, NC 229 (Jul 26) -18.0% 11th
Dearborn Heights, MI 234 (Jul 26) -17.4% 12th
Meriden, CT 169 (Jun 26) -16.9% 13th
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) -10.3% 14th
Grand Forks, ND 134 (Jul 26) -10.0% 15th
Owensboro, KY 240 (Jul 26) -9.9% 16th
La Mesa, CA 184 (Jul 26) -6.8% 17th
St. Peters, MO 70 (Jul 26) -6.5% 18th
West Allis, WI 211 (Jul 26) -5.9% 19th
Gilroy, CA 311 (Jul 26) -2.6% 20th
Great Falls, MT 191 (Jul 26) -0.9% 21st
Spring Hill, TN 26 (Jul 26) +0.0% 22nd
Revere, MA 121 (Jul 26) +7.3% 23rd
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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 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $43,369 to $56,357 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,023).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Owensboro 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 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($38,213 to $56,357).
Bright spot $56,357
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%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 4th +48% 1st 56% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $65,132 20th +47% 2nd 12% below peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 18th +44% 3rd 7% below peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 9th +44% 4th 29% above peers
Montebello, CA $79,971 14th +42% 5th 8% above peers
Encinitas, CA $162,229 1st +40% 6th 120% above peers
Revere, MA $86,969 12th +39% 7th 18% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 16th +38% 8th on par with peers
North Miami, FL $57,188 28th +37% 9th 23% below peers
Margate, FL $62,450 25th +37% 10th 15% below peers
Great Falls, MT $63,373 24th +35% 11th 14% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 15th +33% 12th 7% above peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 29th +32% 13th 23% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 2nd +31% 14th 80% above peers
Owensboro, KY $56,357 30th +30% 15th 24% below peers
Stonecrest, GA $64,591 22nd +30% 16th 13% below peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 19th +29% 17th 8% below peers
Beaumont, CA $107,118 6th +27% 18th 45% above peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 23rd +27% 19th 14% below peers
La Habra, CA $100,106 8th +26% 20th 36% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $128,802 3rd +26% 21st 74% above peers
Euless, TX $82,167 13th +25% 22nd 11% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $112,013 5th +23% 23rd 52% above peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 21st +23% 24th 12% below peers
Taylor, MI $61,081 26th +22% 25th 17% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 27th +21% 26th 18% below peers
Meriden, CT $71,253 17th +21% 27th 3% below peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 31st +21% 28th 25% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 7th +19% 29th 40% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 11th +17% 30th 20% above peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 10th +16% 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 14 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 ±$4,775 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 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.7% in July 2026, down from 5.0% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.7%
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
Kokomo, IN 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd -2.5pp 1st 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 2nd 23% below peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.7pp 3rd 2% above peers
Burlington, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.7pp 4th 5% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th -0.6pp 5th 23% above peers
North Miami, FL 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 34% below peers
Beaumont, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 7th 7% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 8th 18% below peers
Corvallis, OR 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.4pp 9th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th -0.4pp 10th 25% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 11th 36% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 23% below peers
Owensboro, KY 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st -0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
La Habra, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 14th 2% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 15th 14% below peers
West Allis, WI 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 16th 16% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 17th 57% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 18th 32% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Revere, MA 4.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.1pp 20th 7% above peers
La Mesa, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th -0.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Lenexa, KS 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th +0.0pp 22nd 14% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 23rd 2% below peers
Springfield, OR 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th +0.1pp 24th 25% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.2% (Jul 26) 28th +0.3pp 25th 41% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.8% (Jul 26) 27th +0.3pp 26th 32% above peers
Euless, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.4pp 27th on par with peers
Margate, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th +0.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Meriden, CT 7.0% (Jul 26) 29th +1.8pp 29th 59% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.7% then, 18.9% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.6% to 18.9%).
Needs attention 18.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 16.1% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Springfield, OR 14.9% 20th -4.4pp 1st 24% above peers
Euless, TX 7.8% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 36% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 5th -1.9pp 3rd 44% below peers
Burlington, NC 16.4% 22nd -4.0pp 4th 35% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 20.1% 29th -4.9pp 5th 66% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 17.0% 24th -3.9pp 6th 41% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 15.5% 21st -3.0pp 7th 28% above peers
Montebello, CA 12.1% 16th -1.8pp 8th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.6% 17th -1.9pp 9th 4% above peers
Owensboro, KY 18.9% 28th -2.7pp 10th 57% above peers
Revere, MA 11.6% 14th -1.2pp 11th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 11.5% 13th -1.1pp 12th 4% below peers
Kokomo, IN 17.1% 25th -1.5pp 13th 41% above peers
La Habra, CA 10.9% 11th -0.9pp 14th 10% below peers
North Miami, FL 18.9% 27th -1.5pp 15th 56% above peers
Corvallis, OR 24.3% 31st -1.3pp 16th 101% above peers
Beaumont, CA 10.0% 9th -0.5pp 17th 17% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.0% 6th -0.2pp 18th 42% below peers
West Allis, WI 11.5% 12th -0.4pp 19th 5% below peers
Margate, FL 12.1% 15th -0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 14.5% 19th -0.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 3rd +0.2pp 22nd 55% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 16.7% 23rd +1.2pp 23rd 38% above peers
Taylor, MI 18.4% 26th +1.8pp 24th 52% above peers
Encinitas, CA 7.4% 7th +0.9pp 25th 39% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.9% 30th +3.3pp 26th 82% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 18th +2.8pp 27th 9% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.3% 10th +3.1pp 28th 15% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.3% 1st +1.5pp 29th 65% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.7% 4th +2.5pp 30th 53% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 5.0% 2nd +2.7pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 →
  • 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 ±2.0pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 6.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.0% to 25.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Owensboro started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.6% to 25.4%).
Bright spot 25.4%
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 20.3% -3.2pp
United States ref 16.1%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 3rd -6.7pp 1st 61% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 25th -14.7pp 2nd 40% above peers
Euless, TX 7.6% 6th -5.3pp 3rd 48% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 7th -5.1pp 4th 35% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 11th -4.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 19th -6.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Owensboro, KY 25.4% 27th -6.6pp 7th 74% above peers
Revere, MA 14.3% 14th -3.6pp 8th 2% below peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 26th -5.6pp 9th 66% above peers
Montebello, CA 18.7% 20th -3.8pp 10th 29% above peers
North Miami, FL 27.7% 28th -5.5pp 11th 91% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 24th -3.7pp 12th 37% above peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 12th -2.1pp 13th 17% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 30.1% 29th -4.2pp 14th 107% above peers
La Habra, CA 16.7% 17th -1.9pp 15th 15% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 18th -1.8pp 16th 16% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 19.4% 23rd -0.9pp 17th 33% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 8th -0.4pp 18th 30% below peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 16th +0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 19.3% 21st +1.2pp 20th 32% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 15th +1.1pp 21st 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 5th +0.6pp 22nd 52% below peers
Beaumont, CA 12.1% 13th +1.1pp 23rd 17% below peers
Taylor, MI 33.2% 31st +3.6pp 24th 128% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 30th +4.0pp 25th 120% above peers
Meriden, CT 19.4% 22nd +3.0pp 26th 33% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 9th +2.9pp 27th 26% below peers
Encinitas, CA 11.0% 10th +4.5pp 28th 24% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 3.7% 1st +1.7pp 29th 75% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 2nd +2.8pp 30th 62% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 6.2% 4th +3.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±3.8pp 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 7.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.5% to 89.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Owensboro started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 15.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.6% to 89.5%).
Bright spot 89.5%
20172024
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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 88.8% +9.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
North Miami, FL 84.2% 31st +14.4pp 1st 8% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 22nd +12.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 90.3% 19th +12.9pp 3rd 1% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 26th +12.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 86.9% 30th +12.2pp 5th 5% below peers
Montebello, CA 89.6% 24th +12.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Meriden, CT 90.1% 21st +12.1pp 7th 1% below peers
Taylor, MI 88.5% 27th +11.3pp 8th 3% below peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 28th +10.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 17th +11.1pp 10th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 91.5% 16th +9.3pp 11th on par with peers
Revere, MA 89.8% 23rd +8.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 20th +8.3pp 13th 1% below peers
Owensboro, KY 89.5% 25th +7.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 13th +7.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 15th +7.3pp 16th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 29th +6.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 8th +6.2pp 18th 3% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 18th +5.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 5th +5.0pp 20th 5% above peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 21st 6% above peers
La Habra, CA 94.1% 10th +4.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Euless, TX 95.5% 7th +4.4pp 23rd 4% above peers
Beaumont, CA 93.2% 12th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 96.4% 4th +3.9pp 25th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 9th +3.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 98.9% 1st +3.6pp 27th 8% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 6th +3.2pp 28th 5% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 11th +2.4pp 29th 2% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 98.4% 2nd +2.4pp 30th 8% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 14th +1.6pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 (0.48 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.49).
Needs attention 0.49
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 0.48 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
North Miami, FL 0.44 18th -0.058 1st 1% above peers
Encinitas, CA 0.46 25th -0.034 2nd 6% above peers
Burlington, NC 0.45 22nd -0.030 3rd 3% above peers
Margate, FL 0.43 13th -0.028 4th 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 19th -0.023 5th 1% above peers
Great Falls, MT 0.46 24th -0.022 6th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 7th 13% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 27th -0.018 8th 8% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 6th -0.013 9th 9% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 0.41 8th -0.010 10th 7% below peers
Euless, TX 0.40 5th -0.007 11th 9% below peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 12th -0.006 12th 2% below peers
Revere, MA 0.45 23rd -0.001 13th 4% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 21st +0.001 14th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 0.44 16th +0.002 15th on par with peers
Beaumont, CA 0.38 2nd +0.002 16th 12% below peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 3rd +0.003 17th 12% below peers
Owensboro, KY 0.49 29th +0.007 18th 12% above peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 9th +0.007 19th 4% below peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 31st +0.009 20th 17% above peers
Taylor, MI 0.43 15th +0.017 21st 1% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 26th +0.020 22nd 6% above peers
La Habra, CA 0.43 11th +0.021 23rd 2% below peers
Meriden, CT 0.43 14th +0.021 24th 1% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 28th +0.024 25th 8% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 7th +0.022 26th 8% below peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 10th +0.023 27th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 17th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 0.44 20th +0.028 29th 1% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 0.32 1st +0.022 30th 27% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.39 4th +0.050 31st 12% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (14.4% then, 15.3% now; margin ±2.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.5% to 15.3%).
Needs attention 15.3%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 12.7% -2.5pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.5% 1st -1.8pp 1st 88% below peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 4th -1.3pp 2nd 81% below peers
Meriden, CT 20.3% 28th -8.3pp 3rd 62% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 9th -2.6pp 4th 42% below peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 17th -3.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 6th -1.2pp 6th 57% below peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 11th -2.0pp 7th 30% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 83% below peers
Encinitas, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 84% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 10th 49% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 7th -0.8pp 11th 56% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 21.5% 29th -3.0pp 12th 72% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 15th -1.2pp 13th 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 18.5% 26th -1.8pp 14th 48% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 22nd -1.6pp 15th 38% above peers
North Miami, FL 25.4% 30th -2.2pp 16th 103% above peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 10th -0.6pp 17th 34% below peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 31st -1.5pp 18th 113% above peers
Taylor, MI 17.9% 25th -0.9pp 19th 43% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 18th +0.4pp 20th 9% above peers
Owensboro, KY 15.3% 20th +0.8pp 21st 22% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 19th +0.9pp 22nd 15% above peers
Great Falls, MT 12.5% 16th +0.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 27th +1.8pp 24th 54% above peers
La Habra, CA 9.7% 12th +1.3pp 25th 22% below peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 21st +2.5pp 26th 27% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 13th +2.1pp 27th 17% below peers
Beaumont, CA 11.1% 14th +2.4pp 28th 12% below peers
Revere, MA 17.9% 24th +4.7pp 29th 43% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.9% 5th +0.9pp 30th 77% below peers
Montebello, CA 17.4% 23rd +5.7pp 31st 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $214,021 in August 2026, up from $205,530 a year earlier.
Big move $214,021
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 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%
Grand Forks, ND $304,143 (Aug 26) 22nd +7.6% 1st 27% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,348,968 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.7% 2nd 224% above peers
Encinitas, CA $1,919,733 (Aug 26) 1st +5.6% 3rd 361% above peers
Kokomo, IN $185,658 (Aug 26) 28th +4.6% 4th 55% below peers
West Allis, WI $276,992 (Aug 26) 24th +4.5% 5th 34% below peers
Meriden, CT $328,086 (Aug 26) 19th +4.5% 6th 21% below peers
Owensboro, KY $214,021 (Aug 26) 27th +4.1% 7th 49% below peers
Lenexa, KS $480,411 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 8th 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $216,580 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 48% below peers
Great Falls, MT $340,160 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 10th 18% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $311,297 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 11th 25% below peers
La Habra, CA $901,495 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 12th 116% above peers
Taylor, MI $180,018 (Aug 26) 29th +1.6% 13th 57% below peers
La Mesa, CA $885,051 (Aug 26) 5th +1.5% 14th 112% above peers
Montebello, CA $817,744 (Aug 26) 6th +1.5% 15th 96% above peers
Burlington, NC $254,509 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 16th 39% below peers
North Miami, FL $421,749 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 17th 1% above peers
Revere, MA $613,679 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 18th 47% above peers
Springfield, OR $416,581 (Aug 26) 15th +1.0% 19th on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA $590,256 (Aug 26) 8th +0.7% 20th 42% above peers
Gilroy, CA $1,049,221 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.6% 21st 152% above peers
Beaumont, CA $534,963 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 22nd 28% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $552,914 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 23rd 33% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $279,713 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.3% 24th 33% below peers
Corvallis, OR $560,117 (Aug 26) 9th +0.3% 25th 34% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $520,958 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 26th 25% above peers
Euless, TX $354,648 (Aug 26) 17th -0.2% 27th 15% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $404,931 (Aug 26) 16th -1.3% 28th 3% below peers
Margate, FL $322,169 (Aug 26) 20th -1.9% 29th 23% 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $137,036 in August 2026, up from $131,484 a year earlier.
Big move $137,036
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 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%
Grand Forks, ND $209,627 (Aug 26) 21st +8.5% 1st 23% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $956,795 (Aug 26) 2nd +7.1% 2nd 250% above peers
West Allis, WI $236,022 (Aug 26) 19th +6.4% 3rd 14% below peers
Meriden, CT $253,169 (Aug 26) 17th +5.3% 4th 7% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,217,923 (Aug 26) 1st +5.3% 5th 346% above peers
Lenexa, KS $365,846 (Aug 26) 13th +4.7% 6th 34% above peers
Kokomo, IN $115,059 (Aug 26) 29th +4.4% 7th 58% below peers
Owensboro, KY $137,036 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 8th 50% below peers
Great Falls, MT $257,309 (Aug 26) 16th +3.9% 9th 6% below peers
Taylor, MI $137,818 (Aug 26) 26th +3.6% 10th 50% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $156,507 (Aug 26) 25th +3.4% 11th 43% below peers
Burlington, NC $170,522 (Aug 26) 24th +2.9% 12th 38% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA $517,550 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 13th 89% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $248,317 (Aug 26) 18th +2.2% 14th 9% below peers
La Habra, CA $673,912 (Aug 26) 4th +1.6% 15th 147% above peers
Montebello, CA $665,649 (Aug 26) 5th +1.3% 16th 144% above peers
La Mesa, CA $647,821 (Aug 26) 6th +1.3% 17th 137% above peers
Beaumont, CA $454,444 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 18th 66% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $395,987 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 19th 45% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $202,090 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.8% 20th 26% below peers
Springfield, OR $342,563 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 21st 25% above peers
Revere, MA $445,069 (Aug 26) 9th +0.5% 22nd 63% above peers
Gilroy, CA $842,944 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.2% 23rd 209% above peers
Corvallis, OR $436,350 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 24th 60% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $407,949 (Aug 26) 11th -1.4% 25th 49% above peers
Euless, TX $273,186 (Aug 26) 15th -1.4% 26th on par with peers
North Miami, FL $197,040 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.9% 27th 28% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $227,351 (Aug 26) 20th -4.3% 28th 17% below peers
Margate, FL $126,107 (Aug 26) 28th -7.3% 29th 54% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.9% then, 57.4% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.7% to 57.4%).
57.4%
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 68.3% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Stonecrest, GA 56.2% 19th +11.6pp 1st 3% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 24th +6.1pp 2nd 18% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 5th +7.2pp 3rd 32% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 12th +5.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 4th +5.1pp 5th 34% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 20th +3.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 25th +2.8pp 7th 20% below peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 26th +2.7pp 8th 21% below peers
Great Falls, MT 66.1% 11th +3.5pp 9th 13% above peers
Encinitas, CA 66.5% 10th +3.2pp 10th 14% above peers
Beaumont, CA 80.8% 2nd +3.7pp 11th 39% above peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 21st +2.4pp 12th 6% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 22nd +2.3pp 13th 8% below peers
Taylor, MI 66.7% 9th +2.6pp 14th 14% above peers
Meriden, CT 60.1% 15th +2.1pp 15th 3% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 23rd +1.4pp 16th 17% below peers
North Miami, FL 43.5% 28th +1.2pp 17th 25% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 84.5% 1st +1.7pp 18th 45% above peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 14th +0.9pp 19th 7% above peers
Owensboro, KY 57.4% 17th +0.5pp 20th 2% below peers
La Habra, CA 58.3% 16th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 13th -0.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 36.6% 31st -0.5pp 23rd 37% below peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 29th -0.9pp 24th 28% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 7th -1.7pp 25th 21% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 8th -2.4pp 26th 18% above peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 3rd -2.7pp 27th 36% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 73.4% 6th -2.8pp 28th 26% above peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 18th -4.1pp 29th 3% below peers
Revere, MA 45.5% 27th -4.3pp 30th 22% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 30th -4.1pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2023 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,212 in August 2026, up from $1,158 a year earlier.
Big move $1,212
2023August 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%
Kokomo, IN $1,090 (Aug 26) 29th +6.1% 1st 43% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Aug 26) 28th +6.0% 2nd 38% below peers
Meriden, CT $1,903 (Aug 26) 15th +6.0% 3rd on par with peers
Encinitas, CA $4,324 (Aug 26) 1st +5.8% 4th 127% above peers
Beaumont, CA $2,782 (Aug 26) 6th +5.5% 5th 46% above peers
West Allis, WI $1,406 (Aug 26) 24th +4.9% 6th 26% below peers
Great Falls, MT $1,374 (Aug 26) 25th +4.9% 7th 28% below peers
Owensboro, KY $1,212 (Aug 26) 27th +4.7% 8th 36% below peers
Gilroy, CA $3,024 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.3% 9th 59% above peers
Montebello, CA $2,819 (Aug 26) 4th +3.5% 10th 48% above peers
Lenexa, KS $1,694 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 11th 11% below peers
North Miami, FL $2,255 (Aug 26) 10th +3.0% 12th 19% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,532 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 13th 86% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,613 (Aug 26) 20th +2.6% 14th 15% below peers
Springfield, OR $1,687 (Aug 26) 19th +2.6% 15th 11% below peers
Burlington, NC $1,284 (Aug 26) 26th +2.3% 16th 32% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $2,248 (Aug 26) 11th +2.2% 17th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,713 (Aug 26) 17th +2.0% 18th 10% below peers
Corvallis, OR $1,718 (Aug 26) 16th +2.0% 19th 10% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $1,458 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 20th 23% below peers
Euless, TX $1,602 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 21st 16% below peers
La Habra, CA $2,759 (Aug 26) 7th +1.5% 22nd 45% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $2,019 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 23rd 6% above peers
Taylor, MI $1,528 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.7% 24th 20% below peers
Revere, MA $2,809 (Aug 26) 5th +0.6% 25th 48% above peers
La Mesa, CA $2,645 (Aug 26) 9th +0.4% 26th 39% above peers
Margate, FL $2,134 (Aug 26) 12th -0.7% 27th 12% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,952 (Aug 26) 14th -1.2% 28th 3% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 8th 41% 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 (31.6% then, 30.2% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.7% to 30.2%).
Bright spot 30.2%
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
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 21st -7.0pp 1st 11% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 50.0% 30th -6.7pp 2nd 38% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 9th -3.0pp 3rd 17% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 12th -2.0pp 4th 11% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 42.1% 23rd -2.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Encinitas, CA 35.5% 14th -2.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Owensboro, KY 30.2% 10th -1.4pp 7th 17% below peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 26th -1.9pp 8th 24% above peers
Great Falls, MT 28.0% 7th -1.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Taylor, MI 26.9% 5th -0.9pp 10th 26% below peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 19th -1.1pp 11th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 46.3% 27th -1.4pp 12th 28% above peers
North Miami, FL 56.8% 31st -0.2pp 13th 56% above peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 4th +0.0pp 14th 29% below peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 25th +0.2pp 15th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 1st +0.2pp 16th 38% below peers
Revere, MA 47.6% 28th +0.6pp 17th 31% above peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 13th +0.6pp 18th 9% below peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 29th +1.6pp 19th 33% above peers
La Habra, CA 42.9% 24th +1.9pp 20th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 27.9% 6th +1.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 8th +1.6pp 22nd 22% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 22nd +2.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
Beaumont, CA 36.5% 17th +2.3pp 24th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 11th +2.3pp 25th 12% below peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 2nd +2.3pp 26th 36% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 16th +3.7pp 27th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 15th +5.0pp 28th on par with peers
Euless, TX 36.6% 18th +6.6pp 29th 1% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 25.5% 3rd +4.7pp 30th 30% below peers
Meriden, CT 39.6% 20th +7.6pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 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 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.5% then, 9.8% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.2% to 9.8%).
Needs attention 9.8%
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 6.8% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Encinitas, CA 3.0% 3rd -2.4pp 1st 57% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 87% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 12th -1.9pp 3rd 14% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 5th -0.9pp 4th 57% below peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 14th -1.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Meriden, CT 10.1% 28th -1.6pp 6th 42% above peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 15th -1.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 22nd -0.8pp 8th 16% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 16th -0.6pp 9th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 7.5% 17th -0.6pp 10th 6% above peers
North Miami, FL 11.9% 30th -0.8pp 11th 68% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 9th -0.3pp 12th 37% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 10th -0.2pp 13th 18% below peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 8th +0.0pp 14th 41% below peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 25th +0.1pp 15th 36% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.8% 26th +0.1pp 16th 37% above peers
Revere, MA 18.4% 31st +0.5pp 17th 158% above peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 29th +0.3pp 18th 42% above peers
Owensboro, KY 9.8% 27th +0.3pp 19th 38% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 11th +0.3pp 20th 16% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 20th +0.5pp 21st 12% above peers
Taylor, MI 7.5% 18th +0.7pp 22nd 6% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 8.6% 23rd +1.1pp 23rd 21% above peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 24th +1.3pp 24th 34% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 4th +0.5pp 25th 57% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 21st +1.5pp 26th 16% above peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 13th +2.2pp 27th 12% below peers
Euless, TX 3.5% 6th +1.4pp 28th 51% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 19th +3.1pp 29th 8% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.9% 7th +2.1pp 30th 45% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.6% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 77% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 →
  • 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 ±2.1pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 6.0% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.1% to 6.0%).
6.0%
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 6.0% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.5% 1st -3.2pp 1st 44% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 17th -3.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 25th -5.3pp 3rd 72% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.6% 19th -2.8pp 4th 6% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.7% 31st -7.5pp 5th 203% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 5.0% 8th -1.7pp 6th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 7th 38% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.8% 4th -1.2pp 8th 38% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.9% 7th -1.2pp 9th 21% below peers
Beaumont, CA 4.5% 6th -1.1pp 10th 27% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 12.4% 28th -3.2pp 11th 100% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 2nd -0.9pp 12th 39% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 24th -1.8pp 13th 44% above peers
Burlington, NC 11.3% 27th -2.1pp 14th 82% above peers
Kokomo, IN 6.2% 16th -1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 21st -1.3pp 16th 14% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 10th -0.6pp 17th 15% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 15.4% 29th -1.2pp 18th 149% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.3% 11th -0.3pp 19th 15% below peers
Montebello, CA 10.8% 26th -0.3pp 20th 75% above peers
Springfield, OR 7.2% 22nd -0.2pp 21st 16% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.1% 15th -0.1pp 22nd 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.5% 18th -0.1pp 23rd 5% above peers
Revere, MA 5.1% 9th -0.0pp 24th 18% below peers
Owensboro, KY 6.0% 14th +0.4pp 25th 3% below peers
Euless, TX 15.5% 30th +1.1pp 26th 151% above peers
Meriden, CT 5.7% 13th +0.9pp 27th 8% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.9% 20th +1.1pp 28th 11% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 5.5% 12th +1.4pp 29th 11% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 4.5% 5th +1.2pp 30th 28% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 23rd +2.1pp 31st 21% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.5%
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%
Encinitas, CA 23.2% 1st 32% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 2nd 22% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 3rd 19% below peers
Revere, MA 28.1% 4th 18% below peers
Montebello, CA 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
La Habra, CA 28.6% 6th 16% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 7th 15% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 8th 15% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 29.7% 9th 13% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 10th 11% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 11th 6% below peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 12th 5% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 32.9% 13th 4% below peers
Beaumont, CA 33.1% 14th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 15th 1% below peers
North Miami, FL 34.1% 16th on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA 34.4% 17th 1% above peers
Meriden, CT 35.1% 18th 3% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 19th 3% above peers
Taylor, MI 35.6% 20th 4% above peers
Euless, TX 35.9% 21st 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 22nd 6% above peers
Great Falls, MT 36.2% 23rd 6% above peers
Owensboro, KY 36.5% 24th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 25th 8% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 26th 9% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 27th 10% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 28th 10% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 29th 15% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 39.7% 30th 16% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 31st 27% 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 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.4% to 4.5% - 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
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 4.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 4.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 3rd -5.3pp 1st 64% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 2.6% 9th -6.0pp 2nd 29% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 1st -2.2pp 3rd 70% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 2nd -2.3pp 4th 67% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 4th -1.9pp 5th 63% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 30th -8.0pp 6th 123% above peers
North Miami, FL 6.6% 29th -5.9pp 7th 82% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 22nd -3.3pp 8th 28% above peers
Meriden, CT 1.7% 5th -0.9pp 9th 54% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.8% 6th -0.4pp 10th 49% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.5% 15th -0.1pp 11th 2% below peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 17th +0.1pp 12th 9% above peers
La Habra, CA 3.3% 13th +0.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 7th +0.1pp 14th 30% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 26th +0.5pp 15th 53% above peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 11th +0.3pp 16th 19% below peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 10th +0.3pp 17th 23% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.1% 12th +0.4pp 18th 15% below peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 16th +0.8pp 19th on par with peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 25th +1.2pp 20th 51% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 6.4% 28th +1.5pp 21st 75% above peers
Euless, TX 14.9% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 310% above peers
Montebello, CA 4.6% 21st +1.4pp 23rd 26% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 23rd +1.6pp 24th 34% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.4% 14th +1.2pp 25th 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 4.1% 18th +1.5pp 26th 12% above peers
Revere, MA 2.6% 8th +1.1pp 27th 29% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 27th +2.5pp 28th 54% above peers
Owensboro, KY 4.5% 20th +2.1pp 29th 25% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 24th +2.5pp 30th 45% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.2% 19th +2.6pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
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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 ±1.8pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.0% to 26.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Owensboro started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.0% to 26.1%).
Bright spot 26.1%
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 27.6% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Taylor, MI 16.4% 30th +4.8pp 1st 44% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 7.4% 31st +2.0pp 2nd 75% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 15th +7.9pp 3rd on par with peers
North Miami, FL 25.1% 22nd +6.1pp 4th 15% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 27th +4.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 23rd +4.4pp 6th 16% below peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 16th +5.0pp 7th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 7th +6.5pp 8th 37% above peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 17th +4.1pp 9th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 22.9% 26th +3.2pp 10th 22% below peers
Owensboro, KY 26.1% 21st +3.1pp 11th 12% below peers
La Habra, CA 32.3% 13th +3.8pp 12th 9% above peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 10th +4.0pp 13th 35% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 25th +2.3pp 14th 20% below peers
Great Falls, MT 27.8% 19th +2.4pp 15th 6% below peers
Encinitas, CA 67.7% 1st +5.7pp 16th 129% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 9th +2.9pp 17th 35% above peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 8th +2.8pp 18th 37% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.3% 6th +3.5pp 19th 70% above peers
Revere, MA 24.6% 24th +1.7pp 20th 17% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 51.8% 5th +3.5pp 21st 75% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 4th +3.8pp 22nd 95% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 18th +1.6pp 23rd 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 31.0% 14th +1.6pp 24th 5% above peers
Beaumont, CA 27.4% 20th +1.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 3rd +2.2pp 26th 95% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 2nd +2.3pp 27th 108% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 12th +0.4pp 28th 18% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 29th 32% above peers
Meriden, CT 22.2% 28th -0.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 29th -0.3pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 16.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 49.5% to 33.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±14.6pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 30.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.1% to 33.1%).
Needs attention 33.1%
20112024
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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%
Florence-Graham, CA 49.2% 10th +12.6pp 1st 17% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 5th +11.2pp 2nd 29% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 1st +14.8pp 3rd 73% above peers
Montebello, CA 42.2% 15th +6.1pp 4th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 29th +4.1pp 5th 26% below peers
Revere, MA 41.7% 17th +5.4pp 6th 1% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 2nd +7.8pp 7th 56% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 3rd +6.6pp 8th 34% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 19th +4.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 6th +1.4pp 10th 27% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 13th +1.0pp 11th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 27th -1.0pp 12th 17% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 37.8% 24th -4.4pp 13th 10% below peers
La Habra, CA 41.1% 20th -5.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Taylor, MI 26.3% 31st -4.4pp 15th 37% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 16th -8.3pp 16th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 51.2% 8th -10.2pp 17th 22% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 12th -10.1pp 18th 9% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 46.2% 11th -10.3pp 19th 10% above peers
Encinitas, CA 55.3% 4th -12.6pp 20th 32% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.4% 9th -12.4pp 21st 20% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 21st -10.4pp 22nd 3% below peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 25th -9.3pp 23rd 15% below peers
Meriden, CT 52.6% 7th -13.9pp 24th 25% above peers
Great Falls, MT 35.1% 26th -10.5pp 25th 16% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 18th -15.0pp 26th 2% below peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 23rd -16.3pp 27th 8% below peers
Euless, TX 42.2% 14th -20.8pp 28th 1% above peers
Owensboro, KY 33.1% 28th -16.4pp 29th 21% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 22nd -25.1pp 30th 8% below peers
Beaumont, CA 26.4% 30th -22.3pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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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 ±10.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 6.2% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 6.2%).
6.2%
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 7.8% +0.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 4th -3.5pp 1st 60% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 22nd -9.9pp 2nd 34% above peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 13th -5.1pp 3rd 6% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 9th -2.3pp 4th 36% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.7% 12th -2.2pp 5th 11% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.7% 2nd -0.5pp 6th 74% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 5th -0.8pp 7th 55% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.1% 24th -1.9pp 8th 42% above peers
Taylor, MI 9.7% 26th -1.9pp 9th 51% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 6th -0.5pp 10th 50% below peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 19th -0.5pp 11th 18% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 7th -0.1pp 12th 48% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 20th -0.1pp 13th 24% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 16th -0.0pp 14th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 7.3% 17th +0.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Great Falls, MT 8.4% 21st +0.8pp 16th 30% above peers
Owensboro, KY 6.2% 14th +0.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% 8th +0.5pp 18th 41% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 15th +1.1pp 19th 2% below peers
La Habra, CA 8.9% 23rd +2.2pp 20th 39% above peers
North Miami, FL 12.9% 28th +3.5pp 21st 102% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 1st +0.3pp 22nd 84% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.8% 11th +1.9pp 23rd 25% below peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 3rd +0.9pp 24th 67% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 31st +6.4pp 25th 129% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 10th +2.0pp 26th 31% below peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 27th +6.2pp 27th 74% above peers
Revere, MA 14.4% 30th +9.7pp 28th 124% above peers
Beaumont, CA 9.3% 25th +6.4pp 29th 46% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 18th +5.3pp 30th 15% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 29th +10.1pp 31st 105% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.9pp 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 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59,536 to 60,302 - more than the combined survey margin (±54).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (58,000 to 60,302).
Big move 60,302
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 48,425 31st +66% 1st 20% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 55,765 30th +40% 2nd 8% below peers
Beaumont, CA 56,266 29th +19% 3rd 7% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 28th +19% 4th 4% below peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 21st +12% 5th 1% below peers
Revere, MA 60,012 17th +12% 6th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 60,501 12th +12% 7th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 3rd +11% 8th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 18th +9% 9th 1% below peers
Euless, TX 60,421 13th +8% 10th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 27th +8% 11th 3% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 25th +4% 12th 2% below peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 26th +4% 13th 2% below peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 19th +3% 14th 1% below peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 24th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 60,329 15th +3% 16th on par with peers
La Habra, CA 61,970 2nd +2% 17th 3% above peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 9th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Margate, FL 59,198 22nd +2% 19th 2% below peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 23rd +2% 20th 2% below peers
Meriden, CT 60,545 11th +1% 21st on par with peers
Owensboro, KY 60,302 16th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Taylor, MI 62,081 1st +1% 23rd 3% above peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 20th -1% 24th 1% below peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 6th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 5th -1% 26th 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 61,480 7th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 61,045 8th -3% 28th 1% above peers
North Miami, FL 60,344 14th -3% 29th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 4th -5% 30th 2% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 60,690 10th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.3% then, 23.8% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.4% to 23.8%).
23.8%
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
Meriden, CT 21.9% 17th +2.5pp 1st 2% below peers
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 18th +1.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 13th +1.5pp 3rd 4% above peers
Euless, TX 24.2% 8th +1.2pp 4th 8% above peers
Taylor, MI 22.9% 14th +1.0pp 5th 2% above peers
North Miami, FL 23.3% 12th +1.0pp 6th 4% above peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 7th 37% below peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 11th +0.9pp 8th 5% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 28th +0.6pp 9th 23% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 15th +0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 7th +0.7pp 11th 13% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 29th +0.3pp 12th 24% below peers
Encinitas, CA 20.6% 23rd +0.3pp 13th 8% below peers
Beaumont, CA 29.5% 2nd -0.0pp 14th 32% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 27th -0.2pp 15th 14% below peers
Owensboro, KY 23.8% 10th -0.5pp 16th 7% above peers
Great Falls, MT 21.4% 20th -0.4pp 17th 4% below peers
Revere, MA 19.6% 25th -0.6pp 18th 12% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 21st -0.9pp 19th 6% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 5th -1.3pp 20th 23% above peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 26th -1.0pp 21st 13% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 22nd -1.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 41.8% 1st -3.2pp 23rd 87% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 6th -2.5pp 24th 20% above peers
Montebello, CA 20.4% 24th -2.0pp 25th 9% below peers
La Habra, CA 21.5% 19th -2.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 24.2% 9th -2.6pp 27th 8% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 28.9% 3rd -3.1pp 28th 29% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 28.0% 4th -3.8pp 29th 25% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 30th 50% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 16th -5.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.6% then, 41.8% now; margin ±7.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.7% to 41.8%).
41.8%
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 30.4% -1.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Spring Hill, TN 17.2% 28th +5.8pp 1st 50% below peers
Meriden, CT 59.0% 1st +17.6pp 2nd 70% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 7.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 79% below peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 5th +9.2pp 4th 35% above peers
La Habra, CA 30.4% 18th +5.9pp 5th 12% below peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 7th +7.6pp 6th 32% above peers
Revere, MA 35.5% 14th +4.6pp 7th 3% above peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 9th +5.5pp 8th 25% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 48.5% 4th +5.9pp 9th 40% above peers
Taylor, MI 55.7% 2nd +6.4pp 10th 61% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 26th +1.8pp 11th 44% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 17th +2.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 13th +2.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Beaumont, CA 28.3% 22nd +1.3pp 14th 18% below peers
Euless, TX 34.6% 16th +0.3pp 15th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 20th +0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 8th -0.5pp 17th 26% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 12th -0.6pp 18th 5% above peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 19th -1.0pp 19th 15% below peers
Great Falls, MT 34.7% 15th -1.3pp 20th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 24th -1.1pp 21st 24% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 6th -4.4pp 22nd 34% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 25th -2.9pp 23rd 33% below peers
North Miami, FL 41.1% 11th -5.1pp 24th 19% above peers
Owensboro, KY 41.8% 10th -5.8pp 25th 21% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 21st -4.8pp 26th 18% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 54.2% 3rd -11.7pp 27th 56% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 23rd -6.2pp 28th 24% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 29th 52% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 27th -6.6pp 30th 45% below peers
Encinitas, CA 13.2% 30th -6.7pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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2 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.7% then, 65.0% now; margin ±12.2pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.7% to 65.0%).
Big move 65.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Kentucky ref 66.0% -0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 24th +15.8pp 1st 9% below peers
Meriden, CT 81.3% 2nd +11.9pp 2nd 13% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 30th +7.7pp 3rd 25% below peers
Beaumont, CA 75.7% 8th +10.2pp 4th 5% above peers
Montebello, CA 75.4% 9th +9.9pp 5th 5% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 12th +7.0pp 6th 4% above peers
Encinitas, CA 78.4% 5th +6.4pp 7th 9% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 14th +5.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 10th +5.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 61.8% 27th +4.0pp 10th 14% below peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 15th +3.5pp 11th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 12th 16% above peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 4th +3.3pp 13th 12% above peers
Great Falls, MT 70.5% 19th +2.8pp 14th 2% below peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 3rd +3.0pp 15th 13% above peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 6th +1.8pp 16th 9% above peers
La Habra, CA 69.0% 21st +1.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Euless, TX 74.9% 11th +0.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 20th -2.8pp 19th 4% below peers
Owensboro, KY 65.0% 25th -2.7pp 20th 9% below peers
Revere, MA 71.2% 18th -3.7pp 21st 1% below peers
North Miami, FL 67.4% 22nd -5.4pp 22nd 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 71.8% 16th -6.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 7th -7.0pp 24th 8% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 26th -5.9pp 25th 10% below peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 28th -5.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 73.6% 13th -8.6pp 27th 3% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 23rd -8.0pp 28th 6% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 36.7% 31st -5.2pp 29th 49% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 17th -12.7pp 30th on par with peers
Spring Hill, TN 58.0% 29th -10.5pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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2 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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