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Lafayette, LA

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123,311 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 5 indicators

Where Lafayette, LA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
202 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 38%
relative change
324 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$61,915
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$51,264 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,335 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
3,682 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.0%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
84.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
41.1%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
38.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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What needs attention 11 indicators

Where Lafayette, LA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.6%
2020-24
▲ 84%
relative change
3.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.3%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
8.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
53.1%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
56.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
24.6%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
27.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.3%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
19.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.52 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.2%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
8.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
5 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 67%
relative change
3 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
11.8%
2019-23
▼ 3%
relative change
12.1% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.3%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
30.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.0%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
9.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
121,715
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
126,666 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$226,811
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$222,428 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$135,442
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$133,367 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,329
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$1,325 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
42.7%
2020-24
high
vs peers
43.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 20% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,096 in July 2026, up from 1,081 a year earlier.
1,096 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Concord, CA 376 (Jul 26) -21.8% 1st
Broken Arrow, OK 175 (Jun 26) -20.7% 2nd
Billings, MT 662 (Jul 26) -16.9% 3rd
Allentown, PA 236 (Jul 26) -16.8% 4th
Wilmington, NC 385 (Jul 26) -14.5% 5th
Cambridge, MA 408 (Jul 26) -12.0% 6th
Nampa, ID 326 (Dec 25) -10.6% 7th
Arvada, CO 276 (Jul 26) -9.4% 8th
Berkeley, CA 593 (Jun 26) -7.3% 9th
Hartford, CT 453 (Jul 26) -5.5% 10th
Conroe, TX 243 (Jul 26) -2.7% 11th
Independence, MO 558 (Jul 26) -1.2% 12th
Buckeye, AZ 151 (Jul 26) -1.0% 13th
Lafayette, LA 1,096 (Jul 26) +1.4% 14th
Thousand Oaks, CA 119 (Jul 26) +2.1% 15th
New Braunfels, TX 204 (Jul 26) +3.3% 16th
Vallejo, CA 744 (Apr 26) +3.8% 17th
High Point, NC 507 (Jul 26) +4.3% 18th
Ann Arbor, MI 291 (Jul 26) +6.6% 19th
League City, TX 66 (Jul 26) +6.8% 20th
Lowell, MA 545 (Jul 26) +7.9% 21st
Odessa, TX 304 (Jul 26) +8.4% 22nd
Rochester, MN 161 (Jul 26) +10.5% 23rd
Goodyear, AZ 238 (Jul 26) +11.2% 24th
Simi Valley, CA 135 (Jul 26) +15.9% 25th
Fairfield, CA 572 (Jul 26) +17.8% 26th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities. Lafayette 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 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3,335 in July 2026, down from 3,682 a year earlier.
Bright spot 3,335 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Concord, CA 2,247 (Jul 26) -26.3% 1st
Vallejo, CA 2,768 (Apr 26) -23.6% 2nd
Odessa, TX 1,121 (Jul 26) -23.3% 3rd
Lowell, MA 1,208 (Jul 26) -23.0% 4th
Billings, MT 2,332 (Jul 26) -19.8% 5th
Hartford, CT 2,059 (Jul 26) -16.9% 6th
Goodyear, AZ 1,187 (Jul 26) -15.5% 7th
Arvada, CO 2,124 (Jul 26) -12.1% 8th
Cambridge, MA 2,404 (Jul 26) -11.8% 9th
Broken Arrow, OK 975 (Jun 26) -11.6% 10th
League City, TX 951 (Jul 26) -10.1% 11th
Wilmington, NC 2,922 (Jul 26) -9.5% 12th
Lafayette, LA 3,335 (Jul 26) -9.4% 13th
Berkeley, CA 4,022 (Jun 26) -9.0% 14th
Nampa, ID 704 (Dec 25) -8.7% 15th
High Point, NC 1,844 (Jul 26) -8.1% 16th
Thousand Oaks, CA 960 (Jul 26) -7.0% 17th
Conroe, TX 1,425 (Jul 26) -6.7% 18th
Independence, MO 2,982 (Jul 26) -6.6% 19th
Fairfield, CA 1,647 (Jul 26) -6.0% 20th
Allentown, PA 1,438 (Jul 26) -5.0% 21st
Rochester, MN 1,262 (Jul 26) -2.4% 22nd
Buckeye, AZ 680 (Jul 26) -1.3% 23rd
Simi Valley, CA 819 (Jul 26) -0.6% 24th
New Braunfels, TX 1,181 (Jul 26) +1.0% 25th
Ann Arbor, MI 1,726 (Jul 26) +10.9% 26th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% 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 rose about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 5 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 4 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 5 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Concord, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Thousand Oaks, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Berkeley, CA 1 (Jun 26) -83.3% 3rd
Broken Arrow, OK 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 4th
Nampa, ID 1 (Dec 25) -67.0% 5th
Billings, MT 2 (Jul 26) -66.7% 6th
League City, TX 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 7th
Rochester, MN 2 (Jul 26) -33.2% 8th
Independence, MO 7 (Jul 26) -20.1% 9th
Hartford, CT 12 (Jul 26) -11.8% 10th
Odessa, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 11th
Simi Valley, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Goodyear, AZ 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Vallejo, CA 15 (Jul 26) +11.7% 14th
Wilmington, NC 10 (Jul 26) +18.2% 15th
Allentown, PA 4 (Jul 26) +25.2% 16th
Lowell, MA 2 (Jul 26) +49.7% 17th
Lafayette, LA 4 (Jul 26) +66.7% 18th
New Braunfels, TX 2 (Jul 26) +99.7% 19th
Fairfield, CA 7 (Jul 26) +99.7% 20th
Cambridge, MA 2 (Jul 26) +99.8% 21st
High Point, NC 10 (Jul 26) +199.7% 22nd
Buckeye, AZ 5 (Jul 26) +200.6% 23rd
Arvada, CO 6 (Jul 26)
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (Jul 26)
Conroe, TX 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, NY down about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 7% 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
Vehicle theft rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 202 in July 2026, down from 324 a year earlier.
Bright spot 202 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Odessa, TX 147 (Jul 26) -41.9% 1st
Buckeye, AZ 56 (Jul 26) -41.7% 2nd
Concord, CA 281 (Jul 26) -40.8% 3rd
High Point, NC 230 (Jul 26) -40.4% 4th
Goodyear, AZ 78 (Jul 26) -38.7% 5th
Lafayette, LA 202 (Jul 26) -37.6% 6th
Arvada, CO 225 (Jul 26) -36.7% 7th
Billings, MT 259 (Jul 26) -35.1% 8th
Broken Arrow, OK 75 (Jun 26) -30.9% 9th
Rochester, MN 54 (Jul 26) -26.4% 10th
New Braunfels, TX 69 (Jul 26) -23.4% 11th
Fairfield, CA 227 (Jul 26) -21.2% 12th
Independence, MO 496 (Jul 26) -20.3% 13th
Wilmington, NC 239 (Jul 26) -20.3% 14th
Berkeley, CA 460 (Jun 26) -19.0% 15th
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (Jul 26) -18.2% 16th
Hartford, CT 566 (Jul 26) -15.6% 17th
Vallejo, CA 578 (Apr 26) -14.9% 18th
Nampa, ID 76 (Dec 25) -12.8% 19th
Simi Valley, CA 90 (Jul 26) +0.0% 20th
Lowell, MA 175 (Jul 26) +0.5% 21st
Cambridge, MA 78 (Jul 26) +1.0% 22nd
Conroe, TX 134 (Jul 26) +1.3% 23rd
League City, TX 70 (Jul 26) +3.7% 24th
Ann Arbor, MI 76 (Jul 26) +5.7% 25th
Allentown, PA 192 (Jul 26) +16.9% 26th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Boulder, CO down about 61% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 48% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $51,264 to $61,915 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,159).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lafayette started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($45,682 to $61,915).
Bright spot $61,915
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 $60,756 +23%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Nampa, ID $74,279 20th +52% 1st 10% below peers
Wilmington, NC $66,738 24th +40% 2nd 19% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 11th +39% 3rd 21% above peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 6th +39% 4th 43% above peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 18th +38% 5th 4% below peers
High Point, NC $64,561 25th +37% 6th 21% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 26th +35% 7th 22% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 30th +35% 8th 32% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 23rd +33% 9th 17% below peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 17th +30% 10th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 11th 10% above peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 12th 44% below peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 3rd +27% 13th 59% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 8th +26% 14th 31% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 19th +26% 15th 7% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 16th +25% 16th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 17th 65% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 21st +24% 18th 10% below peers
Goodyear, AZ $103,319 9th +23% 19th 26% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 20th 48% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 21st 9% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 7th +21% 22nd 32% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 15th +21% 23rd 5% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 27th +21% 24th 25% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 10th +21% 25th 24% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 28th +19% 26th 27% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 14th +19% 27th 6% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 29th +19% 28th 31% below peers
Odessa, TX $73,472 22nd +15% 29th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 30th 71% above peers
League City, TX $121,099 5th +11% 31st 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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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15 of 35 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,564 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 →
What changed

Unemployment was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in July 2026, unchanged from 4.0% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 4.4% (Jul 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Independence, MO 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 1st 14% below peers
High Point, NC 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.7pp 2nd 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Berkeley, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.6pp 4th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.5% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.5pp 5th 20% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 3.5% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 7th 20% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 8th 30% above peers
Cambridge, MA 3.6% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 9th 18% below peers
Billings, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 10th 32% below peers
Concord, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st -0.2pp 12th 20% above peers
Lowell, MA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.2pp 13th 20% above peers
Topeka, KS 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.1pp 14th 2% below peers
Nampa, ID 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.1pp 15th 20% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.1pp 17th 9% below peers
Odessa, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.2pp 18th 7% below peers
League City, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th +0.5pp 20th 18% below peers
Allentown, PA 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th +0.5pp 21st 30% above peers
Conroe, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 22nd 7% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.6pp 23rd 7% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.7pp 24th 23% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th +0.9pp 25th 34% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th +1.0pp 26th 36% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +1.1pp 27th 7% below peers
Hartford, CT 9.0% (Jul 26) 28th +2.1pp 28th 105% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.7% then, 18.3% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.4% to 18.3%).
Needs attention 18.3%
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 18.9% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Goodyear, AZ 5.2% 1st -2.7pp 1st 54% below peers
Wilmington, NC 16.0% 24th -6.2pp 2nd 39% above peers
Nampa, ID 11.5% 16th -3.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 8.0% 7th -1.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Lakeland, FL 13.2% 20th -3.2pp 5th 15% above peers
Allentown, PA 21.0% 29th -4.7pp 6th 83% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.8% 17th -2.3pp 7th 2% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 8th -1.5pp 8th 28% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.5% 9th -1.6pp 9th 26% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.4% 6th -1.2pp 10th 36% below peers
High Point, NC 15.7% 21st -2.1pp 11th 36% above peers
Lowell, MA 16.9% 26th -2.0pp 12th 47% above peers
Berkeley, CA 17.3% 27th -1.9pp 13th 50% above peers
Conroe, TX 11.2% 14th -1.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Lafayette, LA 18.3% 28th -1.3pp 15th 60% above peers
Hartford, CT 26.3% 31st -1.8pp 16th 129% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.2% 18th -0.4pp 17th 6% above peers
League City, TX 5.4% 2nd -0.1pp 18th 53% below peers
Billings, MT 9.8% 12th -0.2pp 19th 14% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 4th +0.0pp 20th 50% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.4% 5th +0.0pp 21st 45% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.8% 19th +0.1pp 22nd 11% above peers
Independence, MO 15.8% 23rd +0.8pp 23rd 38% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.4% 15th +0.6pp 24th 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 23.8% 30th +1.5pp 25th 107% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.7% 22nd +1.3pp 26th 37% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.8% 10th +0.8pp 27th 24% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.2% 13th +1.6pp 28th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 3rd +1.3pp 29th 52% below peers
Odessa, TX 16.2% 25th +5.1pp 30th 41% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.9% 11th +3.7pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 (100k-250k) 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 Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.7% then, 24.6% now; margin ±4.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.3% to 24.6%).
Needs attention 24.6%
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%
Goodyear, AZ 5.9% 3rd -5.7pp 1st 57% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 5th -4.6pp 2nd 54% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 9th -5.0pp 3rd 43% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 24th -11.1pp 4th 39% above peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 7th -4.1pp 5th 46% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 17th -5.4pp 6th 2% above peers
League City, TX 5.3% 2nd -1.7pp 7th 61% below peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 23rd -5.8pp 8th 31% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 19th -4.6pp 9th 10% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.2% 15th -3.8pp 10th 3% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 1st -0.9pp 11th 74% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 18th -3.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 13th 123% above peers
High Point, NC 22.8% 26th -4.9pp 14th 67% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 4th -1.1pp 15th 55% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 16th 81% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 25th -2.6pp 17th 60% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 12th -1.1pp 18th 22% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 11th -1.0pp 19th 23% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 20th 75% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 162% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 21st -0.6pp 22nd 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 6th -0.2pp 23rd 48% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 13th -0.2pp 24th 21% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 22nd -0.2pp 25th 30% above peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 16th +1.9pp 26th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 20th +2.5pp 27th 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 8th +1.9pp 28th 44% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 14th +3.4pp 29th 3% below peers
Odessa, TX 23.8% 28th +9.4pp 30th 75% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 (100k-250k) 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 Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.2% to 92.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lafayette started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.8% to 92.0%).
Bright spot 92.0%
20172024
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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%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 26th +19.6pp 1st 5% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 2nd 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 30th +14.7pp 3rd 8% below peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 29th +11.8pp 4th 7% below peers
Nampa, ID 95.1% 7th +12.8pp 5th 1% above peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 31st +9.2pp 6th 8% below peers
High Point, NC 91.0% 24th +9.5pp 7th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 25th +9.0pp 8th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 23rd +9.0pp 9th 3% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 11th +8.2pp 10th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 21st +7.8pp 11th 2% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 8th +7.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 18th +7.0pp 13th on par with peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 22nd +6.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 5th +6.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 10th +5.9pp 16th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 14th +5.8pp 17th on par with peers
Odessa, TX 88.7% 27th +4.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 20th +4.5pp 19th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 6th +4.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 2nd +4.4pp 21st 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 17th +3.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 9th +3.6pp 23rd 1% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 96.7% 3rd +3.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 13th +2.8pp 25th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 12th +2.7pp 26th 1% above peers
League City, TX 96.4% 4th +2.8pp 27th 3% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 16th +2.5pp 28th on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 15th +1.2pp 30th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 19th +0.9pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.52 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.51 to 0.51).
Needs attention 0.51
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
Allentown, PA 0.43 10th -0.033 1st 2% below peers
Conroe, TX 0.44 16th -0.029 2nd on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 23rd -0.020 3rd 5% above peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 17th -0.013 4th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 27th -0.012 5th 15% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 12th -0.007 6th 2% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 0.38 2nd -0.006 7th 15% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 25th +0.000 8th 10% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 26th +0.002 9th 12% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 29th +0.002 10th 17% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 5th +0.002 11th 8% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 6th +0.002 12th 7% below peers
High Point, NC 0.47 24th +0.004 13th 6% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 14th 18% below peers
Nampa, ID 0.38 3rd +0.005 15th 14% below peers
Billings, MT 0.46 22nd +0.008 16th 4% above peers
Odessa, TX 0.46 20th +0.009 17th 4% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 19th +0.009 18th 3% above peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 28th +0.011 19th 16% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 31st +0.012 20th 21% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 13th +0.011 21st 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 18th +0.011 22nd 2% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 7th +0.011 23rd 4% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 14th +0.011 24th 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 30th +0.014 25th 18% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 11th +0.012 26th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 8th +0.014 27th 3% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 21st +0.016 28th 4% above peers
League City, TX 0.40 4th +0.015 29th 11% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 15th +0.030 30th 1% below peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 9th +0.035 31st 3% 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 →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (12.1% then, 11.8% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.9% to 11.8%).
Needs attention 11.8%
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
Nampa, ID 9.9% 18th -6.4pp 1st 12% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 10th -4.5pp 2nd 19% below peers
League City, TX 3.9% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 56% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 11th -1.3pp 4th 14% below peers
High Point, NC 17.6% 28th -2.7pp 5th 99% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 26th -1.9pp 6th 57% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 7th 71% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 24th -1.3pp 8th 35% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 9th 312% above peers
Odessa, TX 10.1% 19th -0.8pp 10th 14% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 4th -0.3pp 11th 48% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 12th 45% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 9th -0.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 17th -0.5pp 14th 10% above peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 12th -0.4pp 15th 9% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 22nd -0.6pp 16th 31% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 23rd -0.3pp 17th 34% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 15th -0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 20th -0.0pp 19th 24% above peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 16th +0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 27th +0.6pp 21st 62% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 22nd 254% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 25th +0.9pp 23rd 50% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 29th +2.1pp 24th 185% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 25th 41% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 5th +0.6pp 26th 46% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 21st +1.4pp 27th 25% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 14th +1.4pp 28th 3% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 3rd +1.5pp 29th 50% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 5.5% 8th +2.0pp 30th 37% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 13th +3.7pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 5% higher than in 2021 ($216,878 then, $226,811 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $234,194 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 1% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $226,811 in August 2026, up from $222,428 a year earlier.
Big move $226,811
2004August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $217,039 (Aug 26) +2.1%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Berkeley, CA $1,445,049 (Aug 26) 1st +6.9% 1st 269% above peers
Odessa, TX $251,624 (Aug 26) 25th +4.4% 2nd 36% below peers
Allentown, PA $317,498 (Aug 26) 20th +3.9% 3rd 19% below peers
Rochester, MN $342,187 (Aug 26) 19th +3.7% 4th 13% below peers
Independence, MO $212,613 (Aug 26) 28th +3.6% 5th 46% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $526,592 (Aug 26) 8th +3.2% 6th 35% above peers
Billings, MT $400,819 (Aug 26) 14th +2.5% 7th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $288,709 (Aug 26) 24th +2.2% 8th 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA $226,811 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 9th 42% below peers
Hartford, CT $203,792 (Aug 26) 29th +1.9% 10th 48% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,035,291 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 11th 165% above peers
Nampa, ID $415,249 (Aug 26) 13th +1.5% 12th 6% above peers
Lowell, MA $486,078 (Aug 26) 10th +0.9% 13th 24% above peers
League City, TX $373,552 (Aug 26) 16th +0.7% 14th 5% below peers
High Point, NC $250,100 (Aug 26) 26th +0.1% 15th 36% below peers
Wilmington, NC $419,038 (Aug 26) 12th -0.1% 16th 7% above peers
Topeka, KS $198,041 (Aug 26) 30th -0.1% 17th 49% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $833,306 (Aug 26) 4th -0.3% 18th 113% above peers
Concord, CA $722,165 (Aug 26) 5th -0.5% 19th 85% above peers
Brandon, FL $355,560 (Aug 26) 17th -0.6% 20th 9% below peers
Cambridge, MA $1,031,739 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.6% 21st 164% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $462,929 (Aug 26) 11th -0.8% 22nd 18% above peers
Fairfield, CA $599,253 (Aug 26) 7th -1.2% 23rd 53% above peers
Lakeland, FL $309,954 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.3% 24th 21% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $391,351 (Aug 26) 15th -1.7% 25th on par with peers
Conroe, TX $312,928 (Aug 26) 21st -1.8% 26th 20% below peers
Arvada, CO $600,934 (Aug 26) 6th -2.1% 27th 54% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $346,475 (Aug 26) 18th -2.1% 28th 11% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $305,201 (Aug 26) 23rd -2.2% 29th 22% below peers
Vallejo, CA $519,461 (Aug 26) 9th -2.8% 30th 33% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 2% lower than in 2021 ($137,998 then, $135,442 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $144,553 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose less than 1%% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $135,442 in August 2026, up from $133,367 a year earlier.
Big move $135,442
2004August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $115,919 (Aug 26) +3.5%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Berkeley, CA $979,123 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 1st 233% above peers
Odessa, TX $172,358 (Aug 26) 25th +5.5% 2nd 41% below peers
Allentown, PA $235,210 (Aug 26) 21st +5.0% 3rd 20% below peers
Independence, MO $156,466 (Aug 26) 26th +4.7% 4th 47% below peers
Rochester, MN $249,868 (Aug 26) 19th +4.2% 5th 15% below peers
Billings, MT $299,452 (Aug 26) 14th +3.4% 6th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $226,640 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.8% 7th 23% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $346,265 (Aug 26) 10th +1.9% 8th 18% above peers
Nampa, ID $344,139 (Aug 26) 11th +1.6% 9th 17% above peers
Lafayette, LA $135,442 (Aug 26) 28th +1.6% 10th 54% below peers
Cambridge, MA $689,486 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 11th 134% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $775,327 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 12th 163% above peers
Hartford, CT $108,951 (Aug 26) 29th +0.5% 13th 63% below peers
Lowell, MA $342,061 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 14th 16% above peers
League City, TX $282,657 (Aug 26) 16th +0.2% 15th 4% below peers
High Point, NC $145,426 (Aug 26) 27th -0.2% 16th 51% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $700,965 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.2% 17th 138% above peers
Wilmington, NC $294,307 (Aug 26) 15th -0.4% 18th on par with peers
Goodyear, AZ $380,397 (Aug 26) 9th -1.1% 19th 29% above peers
Fairfield, CA $479,655 (Aug 26) 6th -1.4% 20th 63% above peers
Vallejo, CA $420,111 (Aug 26) 8th -1.5% 21st 43% above peers
Brandon, FL $275,230 (Aug 26) 17th -1.6% 22nd 6% below peers
Conroe, TX $226,328 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.8% 23rd 23% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $245,620 (Aug 26) 20th -1.8% 24th 17% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $261,219 (Aug 26) 18th -2.0% 25th 11% below peers
Concord, CA $487,042 (Aug 26) 5th -2.1% 26th 65% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $336,328 (Aug 26) 13th -2.1% 27th 14% above peers
Lakeland, FL $219,972 (Aug 26) 24th -2.1% 28th 25% below peers
Arvada, CO $472,905 (Aug 26) 7th -2.7% 29th 61% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,242 (Aug 26) 30th -3.4% 30th 64% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56.6% to 53.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.5% to 53.1%).
Needs attention 53.1%
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 67.4% +1.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 41% above peers
Nampa, ID 70.2% 10th +6.1pp 2nd 15% above peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 3rd 58% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 25th +3.1pp 4th 22% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 22nd +3.5pp 5th 8% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 2nd +4.9pp 6th 32% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 29th +2.4pp 7th 29% below peers
High Point, NC 57.8% 19th +3.1pp 8th 5% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 11th +3.1pp 9th 7% above peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 18th +2.7pp 10th 3% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 15th +2.0pp 11th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 20th +1.9pp 12th 6% below peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 14th +1.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 13th +1.8pp 14th 6% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 27th +1.2pp 15th 27% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 7th +2.0pp 16th 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 23rd +1.5pp 17th 10% below peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 28th +0.9pp 18th 29% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 4th +1.2pp 19th 24% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 21st +0.8pp 20th 7% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 9th +0.7pp 21st 16% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 6th +0.7pp 22nd 20% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 26th +0.3pp 23rd 25% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 77.7% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 28% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 16th +0.2pp 25th on par with peers
Odessa, TX 59.8% 17th +0.1pp 26th 2% below peers
League City, TX 74.7% 5th -1.4pp 27th 23% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 8th -1.6pp 28th 18% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 29th 45% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 12th -2.7pp 30th 7% above peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 24th -3.5pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,329 in August 2026, up from $1,325 a year earlier.
Big move $1,329
2016August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Nampa, ID $1,624 (Aug 26) 20th +5.2% 1st 5% below peers
Topeka, KS $1,285 (Aug 26) 30th +4.8% 2nd 25% below peers
Wilmington, NC $1,706 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 3rd on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK $1,583 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.8% 4th 7% below peers
Allentown, PA $1,710 (Aug 26) 15th +3.7% 5th on par with peers
High Point, NC $1,372 (Aug 26) 28th +3.2% 6th 20% below peers
Billings, MT $1,426 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 7th 17% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,818 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.0% 8th 65% above peers
Hartford, CT $1,600 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 9th 6% below peers
Concord, CA $2,572 (Aug 26) 5th +2.8% 10th 50% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,476 (Aug 26) 1st +2.7% 11th 103% above peers
Independence, MO $1,385 (Aug 26) 27th +2.6% 12th 19% below peers
Vallejo, CA $2,213 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 13th 29% above peers
Fairfield, CA $2,389 (Aug 26) 6th +2.1% 14th 40% above peers
League City, TX $1,838 (Aug 26) 13th +2.0% 15th 7% above peers
Rochester, MN $1,650 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 16th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL $1,722 (Aug 26) 14th +1.7% 17th 1% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,361 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 18th 96% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,760 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 19th 61% above peers
Lowell, MA $2,308 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 20th 35% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,086 (Aug 26) 10th +0.8% 21st 22% above peers
Arvada, CO $2,150 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 22nd 26% above peers
Goodyear, AZ $1,683 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 23rd 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,892 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 24th 11% above peers
Lafayette, LA $1,329 (Aug 26) 29th +0.3% 25th 22% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,570 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.5% 26th 8% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,561 (Aug 26) 24th -0.5% 27th 9% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $1,975 (Aug 26) 11th -1.0% 28th 15% above peers
Odessa, TX $1,553 (Aug 26) 25th -1.3% 29th 9% below peers
Brandon, FL $1,643 (Aug 26) 19th -2.7% 30th 4% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.9% then, 33.3% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.9% to 33.3%).
Needs attention 33.3%
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 30.8% +1.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
High Point, NC 32.5% 12th -3.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 23rd -1.7pp 2nd 17% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 2nd -0.7pp 3rd 26% below peers
Nampa, ID 29.9% 10th -0.8pp 4th 13% below peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 7th -0.4pp 5th 16% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 22nd -0.5pp 6th 16% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 9th -0.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 21st -0.1pp 8th 11% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 19th +0.1pp 9th 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 27th +0.3pp 10th 27% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 8th +0.4pp 11th 15% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 5th +0.6pp 12th 18% below peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 30th +1.5pp 13th 36% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 17th +1.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 25th +1.7pp 15th 21% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 16th 58% above peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 28th +2.5pp 17th 28% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 29th +2.7pp 18th 33% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 4th +1.6pp 19th 20% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 14th +2.4pp 20th 3% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 20th +2.9pp 21st 10% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 22nd 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 24th +4.0pp 23rd 20% above peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 18th +3.7pp 24th 7% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 3rd +2.8pp 25th 22% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 15th +4.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 26th +6.0pp 27th 25% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 30.9% 11th +4.3pp 28th 10% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 13th +5.1pp 29th 4% below peers
Odessa, TX 34.4% 16th +8.2pp 30th on par with peers
League City, TX 28.6% 6th +6.9pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.2% then, 8.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 8.0%).
Needs attention 8.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 8.4% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 4th -2.1pp 1st 58% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 5th -0.6pp 2nd 54% below peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 27th -2.9pp 3rd 126% above peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 15th -0.9pp 4th 16% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 12th -0.7pp 5th 28% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 23rd -1.3pp 6th 35% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 21st -1.2pp 7th 31% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 28th -1.7pp 8th 171% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 19th -0.7pp 9th 22% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 60% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 9th -0.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 25th -0.6pp 12th 53% above peers
Nampa, ID 3.8% 8th -0.2pp 13th 38% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 17th -0.2pp 14th 10% above peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 10th -0.1pp 15th 34% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 14th -0.1pp 16th 21% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 16th -0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 26th -0.1pp 18th 110% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 19th 403% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 2.0% 1st +0.1pp 20th 68% below peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 21st 445% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 7th +0.1pp 22nd 45% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 240% above peers
High Point, NC 7.7% 20th +0.4pp 24th 26% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 24th +0.8pp 25th 37% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 11th +0.4pp 26th 34% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 6th +0.4pp 27th 48% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 22nd +1.2pp 28th 33% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 13th +0.9pp 29th 26% below peers
Odessa, TX 7.0% 18th +2.4pp 30th 15% above peers
League City, TX 2.2% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.7% to 10.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.4% to 10.3%).
Needs attention 10.3%
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 7.8% -1.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Nampa, ID 10.6% 20th -2.8pp 1st 21% above peers
Lowell, MA 4.1% 5th -1.0pp 2nd 53% below peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 80% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.6% 23rd -1.7pp 4th 22% above peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 6th -0.6pp 5th 49% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 4th -0.4pp 6th 55% below peers
Conroe, TX 18.6% 31st -1.9pp 7th 114% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.3% 26th -0.6pp 8th 30% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.6% 7th -0.2pp 9th 48% below peers
Concord, CA 6.2% 10th -0.3pp 10th 29% below peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 11th 68% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.4% 14th -0.3pp 12th 15% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 70% below peers
Brandon, FL 12.5% 28th -0.1pp 14th 43% above peers
High Point, NC 10.7% 24th -0.1pp 15th 22% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.4% 27th +0.1pp 16th 31% above peers
Odessa, TX 18.3% 30th +0.3pp 17th 110% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 17th +0.2pp 18th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 8th +0.1pp 19th 44% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 7.3% 13th +0.2pp 20th 16% below peers
Wilmington, NC 10.9% 25th +0.6pp 21st 25% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.6% 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 22% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 12th +0.4pp 23rd 21% below peers
Independence, MO 12.6% 29th +1.0pp 24th 44% above peers
Billings, MT 8.1% 15th +1.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Hartford, CT 10.6% 21st +1.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.3% 19th +1.5pp 27th 18% above peers
League City, TX 8.7% 16th +1.6pp 28th on par with peers
Topeka, KS 10.2% 18th +1.9pp 29th 17% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.8% 9th +1.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 11th +1.5pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

35.2%
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%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 38% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 33% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 28% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 23% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 5th 23% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 6th 20% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 7th 17% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 13% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 9th 11% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 10th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 11th 6% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 12th 5% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 32.9% 13th 3% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 14th 1% below peers
High Point, NC 33.6% 15th 1% below peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 16th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 17th 2% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 18th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 19th 4% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 20th 5% above peers
League City, TX 36.0% 21st 6% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Nampa, ID 37.2% 23rd 9% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 24th 10% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 25th 15% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 26th 16% above peers
Odessa, TX 39.9% 27th 17% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 18% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 20% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 21% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 24% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.1% to 5.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.4% to 5.6%).
Needs attention 5.6%
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 4.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Goodyear, AZ 6.7% 24th -1.8pp 1st 18% above peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 1st -0.3pp 2nd 77% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 18th -1.5pp 3rd 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 5th -0.6pp 4th 52% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 14th -1.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 23rd -1.2pp 6th 16% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 21st -1.1pp 7th 13% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 15% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 12th -0.8pp 9th 12% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 10th 50% below peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 2nd +0.2pp 11th 68% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 27th +0.7pp 12th 38% above peers
Odessa, TX 15.4% 31st +1.6pp 13th 174% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 14th 59% below peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 16th +0.8pp 15th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 20th +1.0pp 16th 10% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 19th +1.2pp 17th 9% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 30th +3.4pp 18th 172% above peers
High Point, NC 4.6% 11th +1.1pp 19th 18% below peers
League City, TX 7.9% 29th +2.0pp 20th 40% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 13th +1.9pp 21st 6% below peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 10th +1.7pp 22nd 27% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 17th +2.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 28th +3.8pp 24th 38% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 8th +1.8pp 25th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 15th +2.8pp 26th 2% below peers
Nampa, ID 7.7% 26th +4.1pp 27th 37% above peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 9th +2.1pp 28th 32% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 4th +1.4pp 29th 56% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 7th +1.6pp 30th 50% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 25th +4.3pp 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.2% to 41.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lafayette started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.3% to 41.1%).
Bright spot 41.1%
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 27.0% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Conroe, TX 34.1% 17th +7.8pp 1st 4% below peers
Arvada, CO 51.5% 5th +10.4pp 2nd 45% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 30th +3.9pp 3rd 46% below peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 20th +5.9pp 4th 16% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 25th +4.9pp 5th 30% below peers
Nampa, ID 23.4% 26th +4.4pp 6th 34% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 11th +5.5pp 7th 10% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 29th +2.5pp 8th 45% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 35.5% 16th +4.3pp 9th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 21st +3.5pp 10th 17% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 9th +5.3pp 11th 32% above peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 27th +2.3pp 12th 38% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 23rd +3.0pp 13th 19% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 28th +2.0pp 14th 44% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 12th +3.8pp 15th 9% above peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 7th +4.2pp 16th 43% above peers
High Point, NC 34.0% 18th +2.7pp 17th 4% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 15th +2.5pp 18th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 10th +2.9pp 19th 16% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 19th +2.0pp 20th 5% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 14th +1.8pp 21st 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 22nd 86% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 13th +1.1pp 23rd 6% above peers
Odessa, TX 19.0% 31st +0.5pp 24th 47% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 25th 119% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 26th 127% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 27th 111% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 22nd +0.4pp 28th 18% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 6th +0.6pp 29th 45% above peers
League City, TX 47.6% 8th +0.4pp 30th 34% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 24th -1.6pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.5% then, 42.8% now; margin ±9.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 23.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.9% to 42.8%).
42.8%
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 49.2% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Nampa, ID 33.9% 25th +14.9pp 1st 21% below peers
Odessa, TX 51.9% 9th +16.0pp 2nd 22% above peers
High Point, NC 45.6% 12th +9.4pp 3rd 7% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 17th +7.0pp 4th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 29th +4.2pp 5th 38% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 11th +7.6pp 6th 19% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 18th +5.0pp 7th 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 14th +4.6pp 8th 1% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 9th 83% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 23rd +1.3pp 10th 13% below peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 8th +1.8pp 11th 22% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 12th 46% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 21st +0.4pp 13th 11% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 14th 30% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 15th 83% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 7th -4.7pp 16th 25% above peers
League City, TX 54.5% 6th -5.0pp 17th 28% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 13th -4.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 19th 51% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 30th -4.1pp 20th 38% below peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 20th -6.6pp 21st 9% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 28th -5.4pp 22nd 31% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 15th -8.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 22nd -9.6pp 24th 11% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 27th -9.7pp 25th 29% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 26th -10.7pp 26th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 10th -18.7pp 27th 20% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 16th -16.1pp 28th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 24th -20.4pp 29th 20% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 19.5% 31st -13.6pp 30th 54% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 19th -31.0pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.8% then, 9.2% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 9.2%).
Needs attention 9.2%
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 9.5% -0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 3.9% 6th -7.7pp 2nd 38% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 12th -4.3pp 3rd 14% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 7th -2.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 14th -2.6pp 5th 4% below peers
Odessa, TX 4.6% 8th -1.8pp 6th 26% below peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 17th -2.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 2nd -0.6pp 8th 74% below peers
High Point, NC 5.1% 10th -1.7pp 9th 17% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 15th -2.0pp 10th 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 5th -0.7pp 11th 40% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 26th -1.5pp 12th 48% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 19th -0.8pp 13th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.2pp 14th 60% below peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 23rd +0.1pp 15th 39% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 27th +0.4pp 16th 48% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 16th +0.3pp 17th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 25th +1.6pp 18th 46% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 22nd +1.6pp 19th 35% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 29th +2.6pp 20th 106% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 11th +1.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 28th +2.9pp 22nd 59% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 18th +2.0pp 23rd 12% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.1% 30th +3.9pp 24th 110% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 21st +2.3pp 25th 26% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 24th +3.8pp 26th 43% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 20th +3.4pp 27th 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 28th 145% above peers
League City, TX 4.8% 9th +2.7pp 29th 23% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 4th +2.4pp 30th 44% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 13th +4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 126,666 to 121,715 - more than the combined survey margin (±121). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 73% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (123,528 to 121,715).
Big move 121,715
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 29th +50% 1st 13% below peers
Goodyear, AZ 107,645 28th +34% 2nd 10% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 30th +32% 3rd 13% below peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 31st +21% 4th 15% below peers
Nampa, ID 110,319 27th +17% 5th 8% below peers
League City, TX 116,215 25th +12% 6th 3% below peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 18th +11% 7th on par with peers
Billings, MT 119,434 20th +9% 8th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 23rd +9% 9th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 17th +8% 10th on par with peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 22nd +6% 11th 2% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 13th +6% 12th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 8th +6% 13th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 15th +5% 14th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 1st +4% 15th 5% above peers
High Point, NC 116,245 24th +4% 16th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 121,740 10th +4% 17th 1% above peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 19th +3% 18th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 7th +3% 19th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 5th +2% 20th 3% above peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 21st +2% 21st 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 9th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 14th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 3rd -0% 24th 4% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 2nd -0% 25th 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 16th -1% 26th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 12th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 4th -2% 28th 4% above peers
Odessa, TX 115,322 26th -4% 29th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 11th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Concord, CA 124,035 6th -4% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±89 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.0% then, 20.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.2% to 20.9%).
20.9%
20172024
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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 21.9% -0.7pp
Concord, CA 21.3% 19th +0.7pp 1st 3% below peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 20th +0.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Lowell, MA 21.7% 18th +0.5pp 3rd 1% below peers
Odessa, TX 29.4% 1st +0.4pp 4th 34% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 5th 27% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 6th 42% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 7th 44% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 21st -0.0pp 8th 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 9th -0.1pp 9th 9% above peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 12th -0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 27th -0.3pp 11th 13% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 5th -0.5pp 12th 15% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 14th -0.5pp 13th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 14th 43% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 3rd -0.8pp 15th 24% above peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 11th -0.7pp 16th 6% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 22nd -0.7pp 17th 9% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 13th -0.8pp 18th 4% above peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 16th -1.0pp 19th on par with peers
League City, TX 26.4% 4th -1.4pp 20th 20% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 8th -1.3pp 21st 10% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 23rd -1.1pp 22nd 10% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 24th -1.3pp 23rd 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 10th -1.7pp 24th 7% above peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 7th -2.0pp 25th 11% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 26th 25% below peers
High Point, NC 22.0% 15th -2.1pp 27th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 25th -2.1pp 28th 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 26th -2.1pp 29th 11% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.2% 6th -2.9pp 30th 15% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 22.0% 17th -2.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.6% then, 42.7% now; margin ±5.7pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.5% to 42.7%).
Big move 42.7%
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
Goodyear, AZ 23.3% 19th +4.5pp 1st 13% below peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 5th +6.3pp 2nd 54% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 14th +1.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 16th +1.0pp 4th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 5th 122% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 26th +0.4pp 6th 25% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 18th +0.4pp 7th 7% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 7th +0.5pp 8th 51% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 10th +0.4pp 9th 35% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 25th +0.1pp 10th 24% below peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 3rd +0.1pp 11th 75% above peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 8th -0.5pp 12th 42% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 24th -0.4pp 13th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 27th -0.4pp 14th 28% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 4th -0.9pp 15th 60% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 6th -1.0pp 16th 52% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 20th -1.3pp 17th 16% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.0% 17th -1.8pp 18th 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 15th -2.1pp 19th 3% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 20th 63% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 21st 132% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 22nd -2.4pp 22nd 19% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 29th -1.8pp 23rd 47% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 23rd -2.8pp 24th 19% below peers
Odessa, TX 30.0% 13th -4.1pp 25th 13% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 9th -5.5pp 26th 39% above peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 28th -3.8pp 27th 28% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 11th -7.4pp 28th 33% above peers
High Point, NC 33.9% 12th -8.6pp 29th 27% above peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 21st -9.6pp 30th 16% below peers
League City, TX 10.8% 30th -5.1pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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15 of 35 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 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.8% then, 65.6% now; margin ±9.2pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.0% to 65.6%).
65.6%
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
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 30th +13.0pp 1st 14% below peers
Nampa, ID 66.2% 20th +9.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 3rd 14% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 12th +9.0pp 4th 5% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 5th 15% above peers
League City, TX 67.1% 18th +5.9pp 6th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 3rd +4.8pp 7th 14% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 15th +4.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 21st +3.3pp 9th 2% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 8th +3.4pp 10th 10% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 16th +3.0pp 11th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 5th +3.3pp 12th 13% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 10th +3.0pp 13th 7% above peers
Goodyear, AZ 64.3% 25th +2.5pp 14th 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 14th +2.6pp 15th 2% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 19th +1.9pp 16th 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 24th +1.6pp 17th 4% below peers
High Point, NC 69.2% 13th +1.5pp 18th 3% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 22nd +1.3pp 19th 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 20th 15% above peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 11th +1.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 7th +0.2pp 22nd 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 6th +0.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 9th -0.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 23rd -2.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Odessa, TX 58.8% 28th -3.3pp 26th 13% below peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 29th -3.7pp 27th 13% below peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 27th -3.8pp 28th 12% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 17th -5.9pp 29th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 26th -5.7pp 30th 6% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 31st -8.4pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 35 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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15 of 35 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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