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Bossier City, LA
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62,901 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Bossier City, LA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
85.2%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
63.5% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
238 /100k
May 2026
▼ 34%
relative change
360 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
725 /100k
May 2026
▼ 20%
relative change
908 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,179 /100k
May 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
3,615 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$55,819
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
$50,340 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
35.5%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
34.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 11 indicators

Where Bossier City, LA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
11.6%
2020-24
▲ 205%
relative change
3.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.1%
2020-24
▲ 57%
relative change
6.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
31.9%
2020-24
▼ 38%
relative change
51.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
11.4%
2020-24
▲ 33%
relative change
8.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
34.2%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
29.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
17.6%
2020-24
▲ 62%
relative change
10.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
20.3%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
18.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
53.2%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
52.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
24.7%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
22.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.2%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
12.5% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
62,901
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
68,248 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,514
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,451 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$229,841
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$227,568 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$124,326
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$123,261 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
24.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 725 in May 2026, down from 908 a year earlier.
725 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
West Hartford, CT 25 (May 26) 1st -64.5% 1st 91% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 99 (May 26) 4th -28.1% 2nd 65% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 91 (May 26) 3rd -27.5% 3rd 68% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 136 (May 26) 8th -24.3% 4th 51% below peers
Richland, WA 211 (May 26) 9th -23.8% 5th 25% below peers
Bossier City, LA 725 (May 26) 20th -20.2% 6th 159% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 53 (May 26) 2nd -19.5% 7th 81% below peers
Utica, NY 409 (May 26) 16th -16.2% 8th 46% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 103 (May 26) 5th -7.9% 9th 63% below peers
Springfield, OR 280 (Mar 26) 12th -7.1% 10th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 565 (May 26) 19th -6.9% 11th 102% above peers
Pontiac, MI 857 (Apr 26) 22nd -6.2% 12th 206% above peers
Taylor, MI 742 (May 26) 21st -5.6% 13th 165% above peers
Porterville, CA 317 (May 26) 13th -2.9% 14th 13% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 501 (May 26) 18th -1.9% 15th 79% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 400 (May 26) 15th +0.8% 16th 43% above peers
Moore, OK 230 (May 26) 11th +7.3% 17th 18% below peers
Huntersville, NC 121 (May 26) 6th +7.8% 18th 57% below peers
Parker, CO 217 (May 26) 10th +10.6% 19th 23% below peers
Marietta, GA 322 (Apr 26) 14th +14.5% 20th 15% above peers
Brookline, MA 122 (Apr 25) 7th +20.0% 21st 57% below peers
Hamilton, OH 412 (May 26) 17th +42.7% 22nd 47% above peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities. It 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 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3,179 in May 2026, down from 3,615 a year earlier.
3,179 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Parker, CO 1,026 (May 26) 5th -27.4% 1st 35% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 1,749 (May 26) 13th -25.5% 2nd 11% above peers
Springfield, OR 2,131 (Mar 26) 18th -25.1% 3rd 35% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 585 (May 26) 2nd -24.8% 4th 63% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 567 (May 26) 1st -18.3% 5th 64% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 2,065 (May 26) 17th -17.9% 6th 31% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 1,333 (May 26) 9th -17.5% 7th 16% below peers
Bossier City, LA 3,179 (May 26) 22nd -12.1% 8th 101% above peers
West Hartford, CT 1,991 (May 26) 16th -11.9% 9th 26% above peers
Huntersville, NC 1,018 (May 26) 4th -11.1% 10th 35% below peers
Taylor, MI 1,773 (May 26) 14th -10.7% 11th 12% above peers
Utica, NY 2,711 (May 26) 21st -10.5% 12th 72% above peers
Moore, OK 1,333 (May 26) 10th -10.1% 13th 16% below peers
Porterville, CA 1,218 (May 26) 8th -8.7% 14th 23% below peers
Pontiac, MI 1,406 (Apr 26) 11th -8.1% 15th 11% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 1,160 (May 26) 6th -2.7% 16th 27% below peers
Marietta, GA 1,579 (Apr 26) 12th -2.0% 17th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 1,178 (May 26) 7th +2.6% 18th 25% below peers
Richland, WA 1,881 (May 26) 15th +5.1% 19th 19% above peers
Brookline, MA 860 (Apr 25) 3rd +9.1% 20th 46% below peers
Hamilton, OH 2,459 (Apr 26) 19th +9.6% 21st 56% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2,561 (May 26) 20th +10.1% 22nd 62% above peers
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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 →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2022-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 60% 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 held steady from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, down from 5 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Richland, WA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Utica, NY 2 (May 26) 11th -66.7% 5th 1% below peers
Marietta, GA 5 (Apr 26) 18th -40.0% 6th 194% above peers
Bossier City, LA 3 (May 26) 16th -33.3% 7th 98% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 8th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 13 (Apr 26) 22nd +0.0% 9th 708% above peers
Taylor, MI 5 (May 26) 19th +0.0% 10th 207% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 2 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 11th 3% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (May 26) 13th +0.0% 12th on par with peers
Huntersville, NC 3 (May 26) 15th +100.0% 13th 82% above peers
Hamilton, OH 9 (May 26) 21st +500.0% 14th 485% above peers
Porterville, CA 2 (May 26) 10th 2% below peers
Brookline, MA 0 (Apr 25) 5th 100% below peers
Moore, OK 0 (May 26) 6th 100% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 0 (May 26) 7th 100% below peers
West Hartford, CT 0 (May 26) 8th 100% below peers
Parker, CO 6 (May 26) 20th 272% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0 (May 26) 9th 100% below peers
Springfield, OR 3 (Mar 26) 17th 105% above peers
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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 May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities. It 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 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 238 in May 2026, down from 360 a year earlier.
238 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Laguna Niguel, CA 47 (May 26) 5th -51.3% 1st 65% below peers
Parker, CO 45 (May 26) 4th -50.8% 2nd 67% below peers
West Hartford, CT 110 (May 26) 10th -46.2% 3rd 18% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 26 (May 26) 2nd -40.8% 4th 81% below peers
Pontiac, MI 183 (Apr 26) 17th -40.5% 5th 36% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 33 (May 26) 3rd -38.2% 6th 76% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 105 (May 26) 9th -37.8% 7th 22% below peers
Moore, OK 91 (May 26) 6th -37.0% 8th 33% below peers
Porterville, CA 217 (May 26) 18th -36.1% 9th 61% above peers
Brookline, MA 20 (Apr 25) 1st -35.0% 10th 85% below peers
Bossier City, LA 238 (May 26) 20th -33.8% 11th 77% above peers
Taylor, MI 224 (May 26) 19th -33.2% 12th 67% above peers
Springfield, OR 144 (Mar 26) 14th -30.7% 13th 7% above peers
Richland, WA 153 (May 26) 15th -25.4% 14th 14% above peers
Huntersville, NC 101 (May 26) 8th -25.0% 15th 25% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 100 (May 26) 7th -21.0% 16th 25% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 130 (May 26) 11th -19.8% 17th 3% below peers
Hamilton, OH 169 (Apr 26) 16th -15.6% 18th 25% above peers
Utica, NY 134 (May 26) 12th -7.6% 19th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 256 (May 26) 21st -5.5% 20th 91% above peers
Marietta, GA 135 (Apr 26) 13th -3.4% 21st 1% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 324 (May 26) 22nd +3.6% 22nd 141% above peers
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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 →
  • Bellingham, WA down about 58% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 28% a year · 2021-2026
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $50,340 to $55,819 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,861). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 19% from 2014 to 2024 ($47,103 to $55,819).
$55,819
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
Louisiana ref $60,756 +23%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 9th +48% 1st 31% above peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 22nd +44% 2nd 22% below peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 20th +44% 3rd 15% below peers
Sanford, FL $66,891 23rd +42% 4th 24% below peers
Utica, NY $52,484 30th +39% 5th 41% below peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 26th +38% 6th 31% below peers
Millcreek, UT $98,045 12th +36% 7th 11% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $97,200 13th +34% 8th 10% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 19th +33% 9th 11% below peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 10th 50% below peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 15th +30% 11th 2% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $140,452 2nd +29% 12th 59% above peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 10th +28% 13th 25% above peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 3rd +27% 14th 59% above peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 21st +27% 15th 18% below peers
La Habra, CA $100,106 11th +26% 16th 13% above peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 8th +25% 17th 31% above peers
West Hartford, CT $129,890 6th +25% 18th 47% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $88,251 16th +24% 19th on par with peers
Richland, WA $95,813 14th +23% 20th 9% above peers
Taylor, MI $61,081 25th +22% 21st 31% below peers
Moore, OK $80,420 18th +22% 22nd 9% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 27th +21% 23rd 32% below peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 1st +21% 24th 61% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 24th +21% 25th 27% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 4th +20% 26th 51% above peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 7th +18% 27th 37% above peers
Hamilton, OH $55,166 29th +17% 28th 37% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 17th +17% 29th 3% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 5th +17% 30th 48% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 28th +11% 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 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 ±$3,420 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 59% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in May 2026, up from 4.2% a year earlier.
4.3%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 4.5% (May 26) +0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Hamilton, OH 3.0% (May 26) 2nd -1.6pp 1st 25% below peers
Porterville, CA 13.4% (May 26) 28th -0.6pp 2nd 235% above peers
Woodland, CA 5.6% (May 26) 25th -0.5pp 3rd 40% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.4pp 4th 20% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 5th 22% below peers
Parker, CO 3.2% (May 26) 7th -0.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 7th 18% below peers
La Habra, CA 3.5% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 8th 12% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 10th 32% below peers
Millcreek, UT 3.3% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 11th 18% below peers
Springfield, OR 4.9% (May 26) 21st +0.0pp 12th 23% above peers
Bossier City, LA 4.3% (May 26) 17th +0.1pp 13th 7% above peers
Marietta, GA 3.1% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 14th 22% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.1pp 15th 3% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 3.6% (May 26) 11th +0.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.4pp 17th 7% below peers
Richland, WA 4.5% (May 26) 18th +0.5pp 18th 12% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 3.9% (May 26) 14th +0.5pp 19th 3% below peers
Taylor, MI 5.1% (May 26) 23rd +0.5pp 20th 27% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.5% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 21st 38% above peers
Utica, NY 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.7pp 22nd 23% above peers
Lakewood, WA 5.7% (May 26) 26th +0.9pp 23rd 43% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.0% (May 26) 15th +1.0pp 24th on par with peers
Sanford, FL 4.6% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 25th 15% above peers
Wellington, FL 4.5% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 26th 12% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (May 26) 16th +1.2pp 27th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 10.4% (May 26) 27th +1.7pp 28th 160% 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 →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.9% then, 20.3% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 20.3%).
20.3%
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
Louisiana ref 18.4% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Sanford, FL 11.7% 18th -7.1pp 1st 8% above peers
Porterville, CA 17.1% 25th -10.0pp 2nd 58% above peers
Brookline, MA 8.6% 12th -3.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.0% 1st -1.2pp 4th 72% below peers
Woodland, CA 8.1% 10th -2.8pp 5th 25% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.8% 23rd -4.3pp 6th 36% above peers
Lakewood, WA 12.9% 20th -3.4pp 7th 19% above peers
Pontiac, MI 23.7% 30th -6.1pp 8th 119% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 14.4% 21st -3.3pp 9th 33% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 3rd -0.8pp 10th 58% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 6.4% 7th -0.8pp 11th 41% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.7% 8th -0.7pp 12th 29% below peers
Marietta, GA 12.2% 19th -1.1pp 13th 13% above peers
La Habra, CA 10.8% 16th -0.9pp 14th on par with peers
Utica, NY 26.6% 31st -1.6pp 15th 146% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 15.3% 24th -0.8pp 16th 41% above peers
West Hartford, CT 6.2% 5th -0.0pp 17th 43% below peers
Richland, WA 8.9% 13th +0.1pp 18th 18% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.3% 6th +0.1pp 19th 42% below peers
Bossier City, LA 20.3% 28th +1.4pp 20th 87% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 4th +0.5pp 21st 47% below peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 9th +0.7pp 22nd 28% below peers
Taylor, MI 18.2% 26th +1.8pp 23rd 68% above peers
Hamilton, OH 19.1% 27th +2.4pp 24th 76% above peers
Jupiter, FL 9.4% 14th +1.3pp 25th 14% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.7% 29th +3.3pp 26th 101% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 14.6% 22nd +2.2pp 27th 35% above peers
Moore, OK 11.3% 17th +2.8pp 28th 4% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 8.2% 11th +2.1pp 29th 24% below peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 59% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.1% 15th +3.0pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp 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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.7% to 34.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.5pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.9% to 34.2%).
34.2%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 25.4% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Huntersville, NC 2.0% 1st -2.8pp 1st 83% below peers
Woodland, CA 7.6% 11th -7.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
Sanford, FL 14.8% 19th -15.1pp 3rd 24% above peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 18th -10.0pp 4th 19% above peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 4th -2.8pp 5th 60% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 24th -13.0pp 6th 87% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 12th -5.1pp 7th 20% below peers
Millcreek, UT 5.7% 6th -2.7pp 8th 52% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 7th -2.5pp 9th 46% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.2% 5th -2.0pp 10th 56% below peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 23rd -6.1pp 11th 54% above peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 20th -4.8pp 12th 29% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 15th -3.0pp 13th 4% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 7.5% 10th -1.6pp 14th 37% below peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 30th -7.5pp 15th 198% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 8th -1.2pp 16th 42% below peers
Utica, NY 39.4% 31st -5.4pp 17th 231% above peers
La Habra, CA 16.7% 21st -1.9pp 18th 40% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 19th 73% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 7.2% 9th -0.6pp 20th 39% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 13th +0.6pp 21st 10% below peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 3rd +0.2pp 22nd 71% below peers
Hamilton, OH 27.6% 26th +3.0pp 23rd 132% above peers
Taylor, MI 33.2% 28th +3.6pp 24th 179% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 27th +4.0pp 25th 170% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 29th +4.5pp 26th 188% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 25th +5.6pp 27th 88% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 14th +2.9pp 28th 9% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 12.3% 17th +3.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 16th +3.8pp 30th on par with peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 22nd +7.9pp 31st 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 21.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.5% to 85.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 19.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (66.2% to 85.2%).
85.2%
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
Louisiana ref 86.7% +10.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Utica, NY 87.2% 28th +11.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 88.5% 27th +11.3pp 4th 5% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 22nd +11.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 25th +10.5pp 6th 4% below peers
Sanford, FL 92.2% 20th +9.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 31st +8.6pp 8th 9% below peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 13th +9.1pp 9th 1% above peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 19th +7.7pp 10th 1% below peers
Hamilton, OH 88.6% 26th +6.8pp 11th 5% below peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 21st +7.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 95.4% 8th +6.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 11th +6.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 23rd +5.6pp 15th 3% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 24th +5.5pp 16th 3% below peers
Millcreek, UT 93.3% 17th +5.6pp 17th on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 94.3% 12th +5.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 6th +5.0pp 19th 3% above peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 10th +5.0pp 20th 2% above peers
La Habra, CA 94.1% 14th +4.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 2nd +4.4pp 22nd 4% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 92.9% 18th +4.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 16th +4.0pp 24th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 15th +3.5pp 25th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 7th +2.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 4th +2.3pp 27th 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 9th +2.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 96.6% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 4% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 1st +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 5th +1.6pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.46).
0.46
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 0.50 -0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Sanford, FL 0.40 5th -0.062 1st 11% below peers
Porterville, CA 0.42 8th -0.061 2nd 9% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0.41 7th -0.033 3rd 10% below peers
Utica, NY 0.47 21st -0.035 4th 3% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 28th -0.020 5th 9% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 17th -0.017 6th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 0.47 20th -0.017 7th 3% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 4th -0.013 8th 12% below peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 9th -0.013 9th 8% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 29th -0.013 10th 13% above peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 26th -0.006 11th 5% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 15th -0.005 12th 2% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 30th -0.002 13th 14% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 31st +0.000 14th 21% above peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 16th +0.005 15th on par with peers
West Hartford, CT 0.47 22nd +0.007 16th 3% above peers
Millcreek, UT 0.47 25th +0.009 17th 4% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 0.37 1st +0.008 18th 18% below peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 6th +0.010 19th 11% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 11th +0.012 20th 6% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 19th +0.014 21st 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 27th +0.015 22nd 7% above peers
Taylor, MI 0.43 12th +0.017 23rd 4% below peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 24th +0.019 24th 4% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 18th +0.020 25th 2% above peers
La Habra, CA 0.43 10th +0.021 26th 6% below peers
Hamilton, OH 0.44 14th +0.022 27th 3% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 23rd +0.024 28th 4% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 13th +0.023 29th 3% below peers
Moore, OK 0.40 3rd +0.024 30th 13% below peers
Parker, CO 0.38 2nd +0.026 31st 17% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (12.5% then, 13.2% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 0.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.7% to 13.2%).
13.2%
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
Louisiana ref 16.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Hendersonville, TN 4.5% 8th -2.6pp 1st 53% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 10th -1.9pp 2nd 50% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 20th -3.5pp 3rd 28% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 7th -1.2pp 4th 56% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 15th -2.6pp 5th 4% below peers
Millcreek, UT 4.9% 9th -1.2pp 6th 50% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 7.2% 14th -1.6pp 7th 26% below peers
West Hartford, CT 6.4% 13th -1.2pp 8th 34% below peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 23rd -2.8pp 9th 66% above peers
Hamilton, OH 17.8% 25th -2.8pp 10th 82% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 11th -0.8pp 11th 43% below peers
Utica, NY 30.0% 30th -3.0pp 12th 208% above peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 29th -1.5pp 13th 174% above peers
Taylor, MI 17.9% 26th -0.9pp 14th 84% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 15th 214% above peers
Sanford, FL 16.9% 24th -0.1pp 16th 73% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 28th +0.3pp 17th 173% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 21st +0.7pp 18th 35% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 27th +1.8pp 19th 98% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 2nd +0.3pp 20th 66% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 22nd +1.4pp 21st 43% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 4th +0.5pp 22nd 59% below peers
La Habra, CA 9.7% 16th +1.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 18th +1.7pp 24th 18% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 5th +0.8pp 25th 58% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 17th +2.1pp 26th 7% above peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 19th +2.7pp 27th 25% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 12th +1.4pp 28th 39% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 1st +0.8pp 29th 70% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 64% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 4.2% 6th +1.6pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 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 →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $229,841 in June 2026, up from $227,568 a year earlier.
$229,841
2007June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $217,968 (Jun 26) +1.7%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Utica, NY $213,412 (Jun 26) 29th +8.8% 1st 58% below peers
West Hartford, CT $515,170 (Jun 26) 15th +5.2% 2nd 1% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,365,773 (Jun 26) 3rd +4.3% 3rd 167% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $221,126 (Jun 26) 28th +4.1% 4th 57% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $1,500,893 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.0% 5th 193% above peers
Hamilton, OH $310,584 (Jun 26) 24th +3.6% 6th 39% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $337,326 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.0% 7th 34% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN $512,269 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 8th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT $645,592 (Jun 26) 9th +2.9% 9th 26% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,750,993 (Jun 26) 1st +2.8% 10th 242% above peers
Pontiac, MI $143,118 (Jun 26) 31st +2.4% 11th 72% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $231,391 (Jun 26) 25th +2.4% 12th 55% below peers
Taylor, MI $182,227 (Jun 26) 30th +2.2% 13th 64% below peers
Bossier City, LA $229,841 (Jun 26) 26th +1.0% 14th 55% below peers
La Habra, CA $915,226 (Jun 26) 5th +1.0% 15th 79% above peers
Moore, OK $224,317 (Jun 26) 27th +0.6% 16th 56% below peers
Huntersville, NC $555,686 (Jun 26) 12th +0.6% 17th 8% above peers
Springfield, OR $423,728 (Jun 26) 19th +0.5% 18th 17% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $526,106 (Jun 26) 14th +0.4% 19th 3% above peers
Porterville, CA $332,606 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.2% 20th 35% below peers
Richland, WA $470,359 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 21st 8% below peers
Lakewood, WA $526,659 (Jun 26) 13th -0.2% 22nd 3% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,112 (Jun 26) 8th -0.6% 23rd 28% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $642,319 (Jun 26) 10th -1.1% 24th 25% above peers
Woodland, CA $556,780 (Jun 26) 11th -1.3% 25th 9% above peers
Jupiter, FL $702,538 (Jun 26) 6th -1.3% 26th 37% above peers
Marietta, GA $480,648 (Jun 26) 17th -1.6% 27th 6% below peers
Parker, CO $687,773 (Jun 26) 7th -2.5% 28th 34% above peers
Sanford, FL $344,300 (Jun 26) 21st -3.1% 29th 33% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $402,681 (Jun 26) 20th -3.5% 30th 21% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,111,679 (Jun 26) 4th -4.9% 31st 117% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $124,326 in June 2026, up from $123,261 a year earlier.
$124,326
2007June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $113,269 (Jun 26) +2.0%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Utica, NY $151,337 (Jun 26) 28th +8.2% 1st 57% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $969,823 (Jun 26) 2nd +5.8% 2nd 174% above peers
West Hartford, CT $363,171 (Jun 26) 15th +5.3% 3rd 3% above peers
Taylor, MI $139,683 (Jun 26) 29th +4.5% 4th 61% below peers
Hamilton, OH $176,003 (Jun 26) 25th +4.5% 5th 50% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $158,956 (Jun 26) 27th +4.4% 6th 55% below peers
Pontiac, MI $108,653 (Jun 26) 31st +3.8% 7th 69% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,204,443 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 8th 240% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $902,991 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.5% 9th 155% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN $267,898 (Jun 26) 20th +2.3% 10th 24% below peers
Porterville, CA $267,524 (Jun 26) 21st +2.1% 11th 24% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $158,956 (Jun 26) 26th +1.9% 12th 55% below peers
Brookline, MA $722,138 (Jun 26) 4th +1.8% 13th 104% above peers
Millcreek, UT $433,444 (Jun 26) 9th +1.6% 14th 22% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $324,679 (Jun 26) 19th +1.3% 15th 8% below peers
La Habra, CA $684,493 (Jun 26) 5th +1.0% 16th 93% above peers
Bossier City, LA $124,326 (Jun 26) 30th +0.9% 17th 65% below peers
Richland, WA $354,205 (Jun 26) 16th +0.7% 18th on par with peers
Moore, OK $177,056 (Jun 26) 24th +0.1% 19th 50% below peers
Springfield, OR $348,584 (Jun 26) 17th +0.1% 20th 2% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $376,561 (Jun 26) 14th +0.0% 21st 6% above peers
Lakewood, WA $412,118 (Jun 26) 11th +0.0% 22nd 16% above peers
Huntersville, NC $400,021 (Jun 26) 12th -0.2% 23rd 13% above peers
Woodland, CA $460,541 (Jun 26) 7th -1.0% 24th 30% above peers
Marietta, GA $329,906 (Jun 26) 18th -1.8% 25th 7% below peers
Parker, CO $552,311 (Jun 26) 6th -2.2% 26th 56% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,361 (Jun 26) 10th -2.2% 27th 22% above peers
Wellington, FL $455,951 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 28th 29% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $380,362 (Jun 26) 13th -2.4% 29th 7% above peers
Sanford, FL $239,384 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.1% 30th 32% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $224,256 (Jun 26) 23rd -6.4% 31st 37% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.8% then, 53.2% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.4% to 53.2%).
53.2%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 67.4% +1.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 31st +6.1pp 1st 26% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 29th +5.2pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 27th +4.1pp 3rd 25% below peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 18th +4.4pp 4th 7% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 2nd +5.1pp 5th 23% above peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 1st +4.5pp 6th 24% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 21st +2.7pp 7th 14% below peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 20th +2.4pp 8th 13% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 3rd +3.1pp 9th 21% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.0% 24th +2.1pp 10th 18% below peers
Taylor, MI 66.7% 13th +2.6pp 11th 6% above peers
Utica, NY 49.7% 25th +1.7pp 12th 21% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 16th +1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 26th +1.4pp 14th 23% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 71.7% 7th +1.7pp 15th 14% above peers
Millcreek, UT 61.4% 17th +0.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 23rd +0.4pp 17th 16% below peers
La Habra, CA 58.3% 19th +0.4pp 18th 8% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 74.8% 5th +0.3pp 19th 18% above peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 4th -0.3pp 20th 20% above peers
Hamilton, OH 54.3% 22nd -0.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 10th -0.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 15th -0.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 14th -1.5pp 24th 5% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 67.4% 12th -1.6pp 25th 7% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 9th -1.7pp 26th 12% above peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 8th -3.0pp 27th 14% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 30th -2.1pp 28th 26% below peers
West Hartford, CT 67.4% 11th -3.6pp 29th 7% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 28th -2.9pp 30th 25% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 6th -4.7pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 →

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,514 in June 2026, up from $1,451 a year earlier.
$1,514
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Utica, NY $1,365 (Jun 26) 29th +10.0% 1st 23% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA $3,289 (Jun 26) 4th +5.7% 2nd 87% above peers
Porterville, CA $1,377 (Jun 26) 28th +5.6% 3rd 22% below peers
Hamilton, OH $1,617 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.5% 4th 8% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN $1,700 (Jun 26) 19th +5.3% 5th 4% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,442 (Jun 26) 3rd +4.7% 6th 95% above peers
Bossier City, LA $1,514 (Jun 26) 25th +4.4% 7th 14% below peers
West Hartford, CT $2,437 (Jun 26) 9th +3.9% 8th 38% above peers
Taylor, MI $1,482 (Jun 26) 26th +3.7% 9th 16% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,649 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 10th 107% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,772 (Jun 26) 15th +3.0% 11th 1% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $1,459 (Jun 26) 27th +2.9% 12th 17% below peers
Moore, OK $1,536 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.7% 13th 13% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,708 (Jun 26) 18th +2.7% 14th 3% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,348 (Jun 26) 30th +2.6% 15th 24% below peers
Pontiac, MI $1,296 (Jun 26) 31st +2.5% 16th 26% below peers
Wellington, FL $3,195 (Jun 26) 5th +2.2% 17th 81% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,523 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.1% 18th 100% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $1,678 (Jun 26) 21st +1.7% 19th 5% below peers
La Habra, CA $2,745 (Jun 26) 7th +1.6% 20th 56% above peers
Marietta, GA $1,717 (Jun 26) 17th +1.5% 21st 3% below peers
Jupiter, FL $3,003 (Jun 26) 6th +1.4% 22nd 70% above peers
Springfield, OR $1,693 (Jun 26) 20th +1.3% 23rd 4% below peers
Richland, WA $1,800 (Jun 26) 14th +0.9% 24th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA $2,467 (Jun 26) 8th +0.7% 25th 40% above peers
Sanford, FL $1,837 (Jun 26) 13th +0.7% 26th 4% above peers
Huntersville, NC $1,891 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 27th 7% above peers
Millcreek, UT $1,531 (Jun 26) 24th +0.4% 28th 13% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,763 (Jun 26) 16th -0.1% 29th on par with peers
Parker, CO $2,332 (Jun 26) 10th -2.5% 30th 32% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,845 (Jun 26) 12th -3.2% 31st 5% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.6% then, 35.5% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.4% to 35.5%).
35.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 30.8% +1.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 27th -7.0pp 1st 11% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 22nd -5.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Utica, NY 36.1% 14th -3.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 25th -3.3pp 4th 9% above peers
West Hartford, CT 28.0% 6th -1.6pp 5th 23% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 24th -2.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.9% 4th -0.9pp 7th 26% below peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 19th -1.1pp 8th 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 18th -1.1pp 9th 2% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 41.4% 29th -1.1pp 10th 14% above peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 1st +0.1pp 11th 39% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 2nd +0.2pp 12th 39% below peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 17th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 23rd +0.9pp 14th 8% above peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 13th +0.9pp 15th 2% below peers
Hamilton, OH 32.9% 12th +1.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 5th +1.1pp 17th 25% below peers
La Habra, CA 42.9% 31st +1.9pp 18th 18% above peers
Sanford, FL 41.1% 28th +1.8pp 19th 13% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 29.5% 7th +1.8pp 20th 19% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 20th +2.8pp 21st 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 9th +2.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 21st +3.6pp 23rd 6% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 26th +4.0pp 24th 11% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 16th +3.7pp 25th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 30.4% 10th +3.2pp 26th 16% below peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 30th +5.1pp 27th 17% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 29.6% 8th +3.9pp 28th 19% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 15th +5.0pp 29th on par with peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 11th +5.3pp 30th 14% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 3rd +4.8pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 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 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.5% to 10.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 10.1%).
10.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 8.4% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Millcreek, UT 4.3% 11th -2.3pp 1st 32% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.0% 13th -2.0pp 2nd 5% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.7% 17th -1.5pp 3rd 7% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 12th -1.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Hamilton, OH 8.1% 23rd -1.0pp 5th 29% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 18th -0.7pp 6th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 29th -1.5pp 7th 147% above peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 24th -0.8pp 8th 31% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 20th -0.7pp 9th 20% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 5th -0.2pp 10th 50% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 11th 327% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 12th 62% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 57% below peers
Utica, NY 21.9% 30th -0.4pp 14th 247% above peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 26th -0.1pp 15th 40% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 10th -0.0pp 16th 33% below peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 25th +0.1pp 17th 40% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 14th +0.3pp 18th 5% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 22nd +0.5pp 19th 26% above peers
Taylor, MI 7.5% 19th +0.7pp 20th 20% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 6th +0.3pp 21st 50% below peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 1st +0.2pp 22nd 73% below peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 23rd 56% below peers
West Hartford, CT 8.9% 27th +1.6pp 24th 42% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 16th +1.4pp 25th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 9th +1.0pp 26th 39% below peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 8th +1.1pp 27th 45% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 7th +1.1pp 28th 48% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 15th +2.2pp 29th 1% below peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 28th +3.7pp 30th 60% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 21st +3.1pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.6% to 11.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.0% to 11.4%).
11.4%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 7.7% -1.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 83% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 16th -3.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Utica, NY 3.8% 5th -2.0pp 3rd 39% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.5% 20th -2.8pp 4th 5% above peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 12th -2.1pp 5th 17% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.1% 15th -2.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 6th -0.9pp 7th 39% below peers
Sanford, FL 12.2% 29th -2.5pp 8th 97% above peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 9th -0.9pp 9th 21% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 19th -0.9pp 10th 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 14th -0.7pp 11th 7% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 4th -0.4pp 12th 42% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 10th -0.5pp 13th 20% below peers
Millcreek, UT 7.1% 22nd -0.7pp 14th 15% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.2% 13th -0.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Springfield, OR 7.1% 21st -0.2pp 16th 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 18th -0.1pp 17th 4% above peers
Marietta, GA 17.6% 31st -0.2pp 18th 185% above peers
Moore, OK 9.7% 26th -0.1pp 19th 57% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 24th +0.1pp 20th 39% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.3% 30th +0.2pp 21st 98% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.9% 7th +0.1pp 22nd 37% below peers
Lakewood, WA 9.5% 25th +0.6pp 23rd 54% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.0% 11th +0.3pp 24th 18% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.9% 27th +0.7pp 25th 60% above peers
Hamilton, OH 8.4% 23rd +0.6pp 26th 36% above peers
West Hartford, CT 2.6% 2nd +0.3pp 27th 58% below peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 8th +0.8pp 28th 29% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 3rd +0.7pp 29th 52% below peers
Bossier City, LA 11.4% 28th +2.8pp 30th 84% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 6.3% 17th +2.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.

46.2%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 40.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Parker, CO 21.9% 1st 32% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 2nd 26% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 3rd 24% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 24.8% 4th 22% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 5th 20% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 6th 20% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 7th 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 8th 15% below peers
West Hartford, CT 27.7% 9th 13% below peers
La Habra, CA 28.6% 10th 11% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 11th 9% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 12th 9% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 13th 7% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 14th 5% below peers
Millcreek, UT 31.2% 15th 3% below peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 16th on par with peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 17th 6% above peers
Sanford, FL 34.5% 18th 8% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 19th 10% above peers
Taylor, MI 35.6% 20th 11% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 21st 14% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 36.8% 22nd 15% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 23rd 17% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 37.7% 24th 18% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 25th 19% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 26th 21% above peers
Hamilton, OH 40.4% 27th 26% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 28th 31% above peers
Utica, NY 42.3% 29th 32% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 30th 35% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 44% 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 →

Child uninsured rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.8% to 11.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.0% to 11.6%).
11.6%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 4.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 2nd -2.2pp 1st 70% below peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 64% below peers
Utica, NY 1.2% 3rd -1.1pp 3rd 67% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 19th -3.3pp 4th 28% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 11th -2.0pp 5th 21% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.0% 26th -3.2pp 6th 65% above peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 9th -0.8pp 7th 44% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 6th -0.6pp 8th 48% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 22nd -1.6pp 9th 39% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 2.0% 8th -0.6pp 10th 45% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 14th -1.0pp 11th 11% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 12th -0.6pp 12th 19% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 7th -0.4pp 13th 47% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 10th -0.2pp 14th 42% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.8% 20th -0.5pp 15th 31% above peers
La Habra, CA 3.3% 15th +0.1pp 16th 9% below peers
Millcreek, UT 5.3% 23rd +0.2pp 17th 46% above peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 30th +1.0pp 18th 204% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 19th 89% below peers
West Hartford, CT 1.8% 5th +0.4pp 20th 51% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 27th +1.2pp 21st 70% above peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 18th +0.9pp 22nd 16% above peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 16th +0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 28th +2.8pp 24th 114% above peers
Taylor, MI 4.1% 17th +1.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 13th +1.2pp 26th 15% below peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 29th +3.5pp 27th 143% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 25th +2.5pp 28th 54% above peers
Hamilton, OH 5.5% 24th +3.0pp 29th 53% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.8% 21st +2.8pp 30th 33% above peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 31st 219% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.9% then, 24.7% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.1% to 24.7%).
24.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 27.0% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Taylor, MI 16.4% 29th +4.8pp 1st 59% below peers
Sanford, FL 29.5% 19th +6.5pp 2nd 27% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 25th +4.6pp 3rd 45% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 31st +3.0pp 4th 64% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 30th +2.9pp 5th 60% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 16th +6.5pp 6th on par with peers
Utica, NY 22.4% 26th +3.4pp 7th 45% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.9% 15th +6.0pp 8th 8% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 27th +2.6pp 9th 47% below peers
La Habra, CA 32.3% 17th +3.8pp 10th 20% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 13th +5.4pp 11th 17% above peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 11th +5.7pp 12th 32% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 59.8% 5th +6.2pp 13th 48% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 18th +3.1pp 14th 25% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 23rd +2.3pp 15th 41% below peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 12th +4.7pp 16th 23% above peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 20th +2.5pp 17th 28% below peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 14th +3.6pp 18th 15% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 22nd +1.7pp 19th 39% below peers
Millcreek, UT 54.2% 9th +3.6pp 20th 34% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 6th +3.8pp 21st 42% above peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 10th +2.9pp 22nd 33% above peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 8th +2.8pp 23rd 38% above peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 7th +1.7pp 24th 42% above peers
West Hartford, CT 66.6% 3rd +1.9pp 25th 64% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 24th +0.7pp 26th 43% below peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 27th 111% above peers
Hamilton, OH 16.5% 28th +0.3pp 28th 59% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 4th +1.2pp 29th 60% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 25.7% 21st -0.1pp 30th 37% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 2nd -0.3pp 31st 89% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 19.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51.7% to 31.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±15.4pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.8% to 31.9%).
31.9%
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
Louisiana ref 49.2% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 27th +13.5pp 1st 22% below peers
Hamilton, OH 51.3% 13th +20.4pp 2nd 18% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 10th +11.2pp 3rd 24% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 19th +6.9pp 4th 4% below peers
Utica, NY 43.3% 17th +6.5pp 5th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 6th +5.5pp 6th 35% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 12th +4.5pp 7th 19% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.5% 16th +2.2pp 8th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 23rd +1.4pp 9th 15% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 63.9% 4th +2.3pp 10th 47% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 3rd +2.4pp 11th 68% above peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 14th -0.2pp 12th 18% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 30th -0.3pp 13th 36% below peers
West Hartford, CT 75.2% 1st -1.1pp 14th 73% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 9th -1.7pp 15th 28% above peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 26th -1.0pp 16th 20% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 2nd -2.6pp 17th 71% above peers
Millcreek, UT 47.8% 15th -2.5pp 18th 10% above peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 8th -3.1pp 19th 28% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.3% 11th -3.4pp 20th 20% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 24th -2.7pp 21st 16% below peers
La Habra, CA 41.1% 21st -5.0pp 22nd 5% below peers
Coon Rapids, MN 36.0% 25th -5.3pp 23rd 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 7th -9.2pp 24th 34% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.3% 31st -4.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 5th -14.2pp 26th 43% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 20th -15.0pp 27th 5% below peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 29th -12.3pp 28th 30% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 18th -25.1pp 29th 2% below peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 28th -19.8pp 30th 27% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 22nd -25.1pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.8% then, 17.6% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 17.6%).
17.6%
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
Louisiana ref 9.5% -0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 97% below peers
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 4th -4.5pp 2nd 85% below peers
Parker, CO 0.6% 3rd -3.1pp 3rd 90% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 96% below peers
Sanford, FL 3.7% 13th -6.2pp 5th 35% below peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 6th -1.2pp 6th 72% below peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 17th -4.2pp 7th 6% above peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 8th -1.5pp 8th 51% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 20th -3.2pp 9th 20% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 9th -1.1pp 10th 44% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 12th -1.0pp 11th 36% below peers
Taylor, MI 9.7% 24th -1.9pp 12th 70% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 10th -0.1pp 13th 41% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 18th -0.0pp 14th 13% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.4% 7th +0.1pp 15th 58% below peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 30th +2.5pp 16th 164% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 4.6% 14th +1.1pp 17th 19% below peers
La Habra, CA 8.9% 23rd +2.2pp 18th 57% above peers
Utica, NY 14.1% 28th +3.9pp 19th 149% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 5th +0.3pp 20th 82% below peers
Hamilton, OH 10.2% 26th +3.5pp 21st 80% above peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 31st +6.8pp 22nd 211% above peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 22nd +3.1pp 23rd 39% above peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 29th +6.4pp 24th 159% above peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 27th +4.9pp 25th 84% above peers
Millcreek, UT 6.7% 19th +3.3pp 26th 18% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 15th +2.6pp 27th 18% below peers
West Hartford, CT 5.7% 16th +3.2pp 28th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 21st +4.6pp 29th 23% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 25th +7.7pp 30th 73% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 3.6% 11th +3.5pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±7.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 68,248 to 62,901 - more than the combined survey margin (±62). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (64,895 to 62,901).
62,901
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 3rd +14% 1st 2% above peers
Parker, CO 61,783 26th +14% 2nd 2% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 17th +11% 3rd on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 27th +11% 4th 2% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 63,091 13th +11% 5th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 11th +7% 6th 1% above peers
Sanford, FL 63,730 4th +7% 7th 1% above peers
Utica, NY 64,217 1st +6% 8th 2% above peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 12th +6% 9th on par with peers
Millcreek, UT 63,648 5th +5% 10th 1% above peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 15th +5% 11th on par with peers
Moore, OK 63,420 9th +4% 12th 1% above peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 25th +4% 13th 2% below peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 21st +4% 14th 1% below peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 19th +3% 15th 1% below peers
La Habra, CA 61,970 23rd +2% 16th 1% below peers
Hamilton, OH 63,468 7th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 63,468 8th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Taylor, MI 62,081 22nd +1% 19th 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 28th +1% 20th 2% below peers
West Hartford, CT 63,620 6th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 18th +0% 22nd 1% below peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 31st -1% 23rd 2% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 30th -1% 24th 2% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 14th -2% 25th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 10th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 64,139 2nd -3% 27th 2% above peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 20th -3% 28th 1% below peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 24th -4% 29th 2% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 29th -5% 30th 2% below peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 16th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 →

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.2% then, 23.7% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.1% to 23.7%).
23.7%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 23.5% -0.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Moore, OK 25.7% 3rd +1.3pp 1st 16% above peers
Taylor, MI 22.9% 13th +1.0pp 2nd 3% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 5th +0.7pp 3rd 13% above peers
Utica, NY 25.4% 4th +0.6pp 4th 14% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 29th +0.3pp 5th 23% below peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 26th +0.1pp 6th 16% below peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 7th -0.1pp 7th 8% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 21.5% 19th -0.1pp 8th 3% below peers
Hamilton, OH 23.3% 11th -0.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 10th -0.4pp 10th 6% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 8th -0.5pp 11th 7% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 1st -0.7pp 12th 38% above peers
West Hartford, CT 21.5% 17th -0.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 15th -0.6pp 14th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 23rd -0.6pp 15th 6% below peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 20th -0.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 21st -0.9pp 17th 5% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 27th -0.8pp 18th 17% below peers
Millcreek, UT 20.9% 22nd -1.4pp 19th 6% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 22.5% 14th -1.6pp 20th 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 12th -1.7pp 21st 4% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 25th -1.6pp 22nd 11% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 30th -1.3pp 23rd 33% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 17.9% 28th -1.7pp 24th 19% below peers
La Habra, CA 21.5% 18th -2.1pp 25th 3% below peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 9th -2.4pp 26th 6% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 27th 49% below peers
Huntersville, NC 24.2% 6th -3.7pp 28th 9% above peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 2nd -4.4pp 29th 16% above peers
Sanford, FL 20.4% 24th -4.1pp 30th 8% below peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 16th -4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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 ±1.1pp 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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.6% then, 38.5% now; margin ±8.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.2% to 38.5%).
38.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 40.6% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Laguna Niguel, CA 22.8% 19th +7.9pp 1st 23% below peers
Woodland, CA 31.6% 13th +6.8pp 2nd 6% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 22nd +4.3pp 3rd 30% below peers
La Habra, CA 30.4% 14th +5.9pp 4th 2% above peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 20th +4.3pp 5th 23% below peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 5th +7.9pp 6th 54% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 26th +2.7pp 7th 42% below peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 6th +5.5pp 8th 45% above peers
Taylor, MI 55.7% 2nd +6.4pp 9th 87% above peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 27th +1.2pp 10th 44% below peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 11th 129% above peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 10th +1.6pp 12th 26% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 15th +1.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Hamilton, OH 47.6% 3rd +1.7pp 14th 60% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 16th +0.5pp 15th on par with peers
Coon Rapids, MN 34.7% 11th +0.5pp 16th 17% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 7th -0.0pp 17th 36% above peers
West Hartford, CT 22.4% 21st -0.8pp 18th 25% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 30th -0.6pp 19th 49% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 31st -0.8pp 20th 50% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 35% below peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 8th -3.2pp 22nd 30% above peers
Utica, NY 46.6% 4th -4.6pp 23rd 57% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 9th -4.0pp 24th 30% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 18th -2.9pp 25th 22% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 17th -4.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Millcreek, UT 16.0% 28th -3.9pp 27th 46% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 18.0% 25th -5.4pp 28th 40% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 24th -6.6pp 29th 36% below peers
Sanford, FL 32.4% 12th -15.1pp 30th 9% above peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 29th -11.2pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 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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6 of 16 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 ±6.2pp 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 →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.3% then, 68.2% now; margin ±11.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.8% to 68.2%).
68.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 70.9% +2.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marietta, GA 74.4% 9th +17.6pp 1st 4% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 29th +7.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 14th +9.0pp 3rd 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 4th +8.0pp 4th 7% above peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 19th +6.9pp 5th 4% below peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 20th +6.2pp 6th 6% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 12th +6.6pp 7th 1% above peers
West Hartford, CT 79.3% 3rd +6.7pp 8th 11% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 16th +5.9pp 9th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 5th +6.1pp 10th 6% above peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 10th +5.6pp 11th 3% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 12th 14% above peers
Millcreek, UT 57.3% 27th +3.1pp 13th 20% below peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 11th +3.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 15th 16% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 23rd +2.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Hamilton, OH 75.5% 6th +1.6pp 17th 6% above peers
La Habra, CA 69.0% 17th +1.0pp 18th 3% below peers
Laguna Niguel, CA 61.3% 25th +0.8pp 19th 14% below peers
Utica, NY 60.2% 26th +0.7pp 20th 16% below peers
Sanford, FL 66.4% 21st +0.3pp 21st 7% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 8th +0.2pp 22nd 4% above peers
Coon Rapids, MN 75.3% 7th -3.4pp 23rd 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 13th -3.7pp 24th 1% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 68.7% 18th -5.2pp 25th 4% below peers
Taylor, MI 71.8% 15th -6.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 22nd -5.9pp 27th 10% below peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 28th -5.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 24th -9.4pp 29th 14% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 31st -16.8pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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