The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Violent crime rose about 2% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||||
| Richardson, TX | 128 (May 26) | 4th | -48.5% | 1st | 68% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 620 (May 26) | 20th | -37.5% | 2nd | 55% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 115 (May 26) | 2nd | -29.2% | 3rd | 71% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 382 (May 26) | 12th | -23.9% | 4th | 5% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 226 (Apr 26) | 6th | -19.3% | 5th | 43% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 234 (May 26) | 7th | -17.9% | 6th | 42% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 667 (May 26) | 21st | -16.7% | 7th | 67% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 400 (May 26) | 13th | -12.4% | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 437 (May 26) | 15th | -11.9% | 9th | 9% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 428 (May 26) | 14th | -7.6% | 10th | 7% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 296 (Apr 26) | 9th | -5.9% | 11th | 26% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 600 (May 26) | 19th | -5.2% | 12th | 50% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 110 (May 26) | 1st | -4.9% | 13th | 72% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 557 (May 26) | 18th | -4.5% | 14th | 39% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 300 (May 26) | 11th | -4.1% | 15th | 25% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 127 (May 26) | 3rd | -1.2% | 16th | 68% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 253 (May 26) | 8th | +1.2% | 17th | 37% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 1,091 (May 26) | 24th | +1.8% | 18th | 173% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 746 (Apr 26) | 23rd | +3.7% | 19th | 87% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 722 (May 26) | 22nd | +6.0% | 20th | 81% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 517 (Mar 26) | 16th | +6.3% | 21st | 29% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 299 (May 26) | 10th | +10.5% | 22nd | 25% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 538 (May 26) | 17th | +11.8% | 23rd | 34% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 174 (May 26) | 5th | +23.4% | 24th | 57% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Property crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||||
| Richardson, TX | 1,419 (May 26) | 10th | -47.0% | 1st | 31% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 3,108 (May 26) | 22nd | -35.0% | 2nd | 50% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 808 (May 26) | 2nd | -24.6% | 3rd | 61% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 2,778 (Apr 26) | 19th | -23.6% | 4th | 34% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 2,069 (May 26) | 13th | -21.4% | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 1,258 (Mar 26) | 4th | -21.0% | 6th | 39% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 2,205 (May 26) | 14th | -20.6% | 7th | 7% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 2,380 (May 26) | 16th | -20.2% | 8th | 15% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 2,386 (May 26) | 17th | -18.8% | 9th | 15% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 1,291 (May 26) | 6th | -15.9% | 10th | 38% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 758 (May 26) | 1st | -13.8% | 11th | 63% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 3,986 (May 26) | 24th | -12.7% | 12th | 93% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 3,364 (May 26) | 23rd | -12.3% | 13th | 63% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 2,417 (May 26) | 18th | -11.6% | 14th | 17% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 2,874 (May 26) | 20th | -11.1% | 15th | 39% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 2,989 (May 26) | 21st | -10.3% | 16th | 44% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 2,321 (Apr 26) | 15th | -8.4% | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 1,260 (Apr 26) | 5th | -7.7% | 18th | 39% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 1,394 (May 26) | 9th | -3.3% | 19th | 33% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 1,660 (May 26) | 11th | -2.8% | 20th | 20% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 1,307 (May 26) | 7th | +0.3% | 21st | 37% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 1,312 (May 26) | 8th | +2.3% | 22nd | 37% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 994 (May 26) | 3rd | +3.3% | 23rd | 52% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1,701 (May 26) | 12th | +8.5% | 24th | 18% below peers |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicide rose about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||||
| Concord, CA | 0 (May 26) | 1st | -100.0% | 1st | 100% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 1 (May 26) | 6th | -83.3% | 2nd | 72% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 1 (May 26) | 3rd | -80.0% | 3rd | 74% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 1 (May 26) | 4th | -75.0% | 4th | 73% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 8 (May 26) | 21st | -65.8% | 5th | 163% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 2 (May 26) | 11th | -57.1% | 6th | 17% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 5 (May 26) | 19th | -50.0% | 7th | 71% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 11 (May 26) | 23rd | -30.0% | 8th | 287% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 6 (May 26) | 20th | -30.0% | 9th | 96% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 12 (Apr 26) | 24th | -28.6% | 10th | 314% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 2 (May 26) | 10th | -24.8% | 11th | 18% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 3 (Mar 26) | 14th | -19.9% | 12th | 12% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 1 (May 26) | 5th | +0.0% | 13th | 72% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 3 (Apr 26) | 13th | +0.0% | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 4 (May 26) | 17th | +24.8% | 15th | 38% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 4 (May 26) | 16th | +24.8% | 16th | 33% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 3 (May 26) | 15th | +27.4% | 17th | 15% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 9 (May 26) | 22nd | +37.5% | 18th | 192% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 2 (May 26) | 9th | +50.3% | 19th | 19% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 5 (May 26) | 18th | +100.0% | 20th | 65% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 3 (May 26) | 12th | +199.7% | 21st | 13% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2 (May 26) | 8th | 45% below peers | ||||
| Arvada, CO | 1 (Apr 26) | 7th | 71% below peers | ||||
| College Station, TX | 1 (May 26) | 2nd | 74% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Vehicle theft fell about 32% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||||
| Richardson, TX | 112 (May 26) | 8th | -70.4% | 1st | 52% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 573 (May 26) | 23rd | -52.6% | 2nd | 144% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 276 (May 26) | 18th | -48.6% | 3rd | 18% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 52 (May 26) | 2nd | -43.2% | 4th | 78% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 257 (May 26) | 16th | -36.4% | 5th | 9% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 258 (Apr 26) | 17th | -32.9% | 6th | 10% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 235 (May 26) | 13th | -32.4% | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 497 (May 26) | 21st | -29.8% | 8th | 111% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 322 (May 26) | 19th | -29.7% | 9th | 37% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 444 (May 26) | 20th | -27.6% | 10th | 89% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 551 (May 26) | 22nd | -26.6% | 11th | 134% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 59 (May 26) | 3rd | -24.0% | 12th | 75% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 44 (May 26) | 1st | -20.3% | 13th | 81% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 244 (May 26) | 14th | -19.2% | 14th | 4% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 105 (Apr 26) | 7th | -18.9% | 15th | 55% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 580 (Apr 26) | 24th | -14.9% | 16th | 147% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 129 (May 26) | 10th | -11.6% | 17th | 45% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 71 (May 26) | 5th | -11.2% | 18th | 70% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 122 (May 26) | 9th | -10.7% | 19th | 48% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 71 (May 26) | 4th | -7.5% | 20th | 70% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 256 (May 26) | 15th | -4.5% | 21st | 9% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 164 (May 26) | 11th | +2.0% | 22nd | 30% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 92 (May 26) | 6th | +3.6% | 23rd | 61% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 185 (Mar 26) | 12th | +4.7% | 24th | 21% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Wilmington, NC | $66,738 | 22nd | +40% | 1st | 19% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | $117,348 | 5th | +39% | 2nd | 43% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | $62,956 | 25th | +38% | 3rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | $78,658 | 18th | +38% | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | $66,381 | 23rd | +36% | 5th | 19% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | $73,446 | 20th | +35% | 6th | 11% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | $64,185 | 24th | +35% | 7th | 22% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | $55,494 | 29th | +35% | 8th | 32% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | $108,153 | 7th | +34% | 9th | 32% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | $68,432 | 21st | +33% | 10th | 17% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | $79,685 | 17th | +30% | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | $90,171 | 13th | +30% | 12th | 10% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | $46,411 | 31st | +28% | 13th | 44% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | $99,241 | 10th | +27% | 14th | 21% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | $97,465 | 12th | +27% | 15th | 19% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | $130,748 | 3rd | +27% | 16th | 59% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | $108,092 | 8th | +26% | 17th | 31% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | $82,212 | 16th | +25% | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | $135,603 | 2nd | +24% | 19th | 65% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | $73,712 | 19th | +24% | 20th | 10% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | $122,081 | 4th | +23% | 21st | 48% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | $89,389 | 14th | +22% | 22nd | 9% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | $108,709 | 6th | +21% | 23rd | 32% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | $61,915 | 26th | +21% | 24th | 25% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | $101,895 | 9th | +21% | 25th | 24% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | $60,339 | 27th | +19% | 26th | 27% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | $86,765 | 15th | +19% | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | $56,956 | 28th | +19% | 28th | 31% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | $140,701 | 1st | +15% | 29th | 71% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | $98,111 | 11th | +15% | 30th | 19% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | $50,900 | 30th | +11% | 31st | 38% below peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric. Most of the selected peers are worsening faster than this city.
Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | 4.5% (May 26) | +0.2pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.2% (Jun 26) | +0.1pp | ||||
| Independence, MO | 3.7% (May 26) | 12th | -0.8pp | 1st | 3% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | 3.3% (May 26) | 4th | -0.5pp | 2nd | 13% below peers | |
| Antioch, CA | 4.6% (May 26) | 23rd | -0.5pp | 3rd | 21% above peers | |
| Simi Valley, CA | 3.6% (May 26) | 7th | -0.5pp | 4th | 5% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | 4.3% (May 26) | 21st | -0.4pp | 5th | 13% above peers | |
| Clovis, CA | 3.8% (May 26) | 15th | -0.4pp | 6th | on par with peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | 3.2% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.4pp | 7th | 16% below peers | |
| Lowell, MA | 4.6% (May 26) | 24th | -0.3pp | 8th | 21% above peers | |
| Vallejo, CA | 4.7% (May 26) | 25th | -0.3pp | 9th | 24% above peers | |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 3.6% (May 26) | 8th | -0.3pp | 10th | 5% below peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | 3.6% (May 26) | 9th | -0.2pp | 11th | 5% below peers | |
| Concord, CA | 3.7% (May 26) | 13th | -0.2pp | 12th | 3% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 3.6% (May 26) | 10th | -0.1pp | 13th | 5% below peers | |
| Arvada, CO | 3.6% (May 26) | 11th | -0.1pp | 14th | 5% below peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | 3.2% (May 26) | 3rd | -0.1pp | 15th | 16% below peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | 3.3% (May 26) | 5th | +0.0pp | 16th | 13% below peers | |
| Billings, MT | 2.9% (May 26) | 1st | +0.0pp | 17th | 24% below peers | |
| Topeka, KS | 4.1% (May 26) | 18th | +0.2pp | 18th | 8% above peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | 4.0% (May 26) | 17th | +0.2pp | 19th | 5% above peers | |
| Richardson, TX | 3.7% (May 26) | 14th | +0.2pp | 20th | 3% below peers | |
| Rochester, MN | 3.4% (May 26) | 6th | +0.3pp | 21st | 11% below peers | |
| College Station, TX | 3.9% (May 26) | 16th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 3% above peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 4.1% (May 26) | 19th | +0.7pp | 23rd | 8% above peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | 4.3% (May 26) | 22nd | +1.0pp | 24th | 13% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | 5.7% (May 26) | 26th | +1.3pp | 25th | 50% above peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | 4.1% (May 26) | 20th | +1.4pp | 26th | 8% above peers | |
| Allentown, PA | 6.1% (May 26) | 27th | +1.4pp | 27th | 61% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | 7.9% (May 26) | 28th | +2.2pp | 28th | 108% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.0% then, 18.0% now; margin ±2.3pp).
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | 18.4% | -0.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.0% | ||||||
| North Charleston, SC | 14.0% | 20th | -5.9pp | 1st | 21% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 15.5% | 23rd | -5.8pp | 2nd | 34% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 7.9% | 5th | -2.5pp | 3rd | 32% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 12.3% | 18th | -3.4pp | 4th | 6% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 11.3% | 15th | -2.5pp | 5th | 2% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 20.1% | 28th | -4.4pp | 6th | 73% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 11.6% | 16th | -2.3pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 8.2% | 6th | -1.5pp | 8th | 29% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 8.3% | 7th | -1.6pp | 9th | 28% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 13.7% | 19th | -2.4pp | 10th | 18% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 9.2% | 10th | -1.4pp | 11th | 20% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 16.2% | 26th | -1.9pp | 12th | 40% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 15.5% | 24th | -1.7pp | 13th | 34% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 6.0% | 3rd | -0.5pp | 14th | 48% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 24.7% | 30th | -1.9pp | 15th | 113% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 18.0% | 27th | -1.0pp | 16th | 55% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 14.6% | 21st | -0.7pp | 17th | 26% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 25.7% | 31st | -0.9pp | 18th | 122% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 12.1% | 17th | -0.4pp | 19th | 4% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 9.6% | 11th | -0.1pp | 20th | 17% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 5.8% | 2nd | +0.0pp | 21st | 50% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 6.3% | 4th | +0.0pp | 22nd | 45% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 11.0% | 13th | +0.0pp | 23rd | 5% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 15.6% | 25th | +0.7pp | 24th | 35% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 11.1% | 14th | +0.6pp | 25th | 4% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 21.7% | 29th | +1.6pp | 26th | 87% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 15.2% | 22nd | +1.2pp | 27th | 31% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 8.7% | 8th | +0.8pp | 28th | 25% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 10.1% | 12th | +1.6pp | 29th | 13% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.5% | 1st | +1.3pp | 30th | 52% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 8.8% | 9th | +3.7pp | 31st | 24% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 3 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
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.*
| 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% | ||||||
| North Charleston, SC | 21.2% | 25th | -13.7pp | 1st | 42% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.8% | 7th | -5.0pp | 2nd | 48% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 18.9% | 23rd | -11.1pp | 3rd | 26% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 8.1% | 8th | -4.7pp | 4th | 46% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 7.4% | 5th | -4.1pp | 5th | 51% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 13.9% | 15th | -5.4pp | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 17.8% | 22nd | -5.8pp | 7th | 18% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 15.0% | 16th | -4.6pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 16.3% | 19th | -5.0pp | 9th | 9% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 22.4% | 27th | -6.5pp | 10th | 49% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 9.7% | 9th | -2.5pp | 11th | 36% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 3.5% | 1st | -0.9pp | 12th | 76% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 30.4% | 30th | -7.0pp | 13th | 103% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 7.1% | 3rd | -1.4pp | 14th | 53% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 6.1% | 2nd | -1.1pp | 15th | 59% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 20.0% | 24th | -3.5pp | 16th | 33% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 24.6% | 29th | -3.1pp | 17th | 64% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 21.8% | 26th | -2.6pp | 18th | 45% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 10.6% | 11th | -1.1pp | 19th | 29% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 23.8% | 28th | -1.3pp | 20th | 59% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 35.6% | 31st | -1.8pp | 21st | 137% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 15.3% | 18th | -0.6pp | 22nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 7.1% | 4th | -0.2pp | 23rd | 53% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 10.8% | 12th | -0.2pp | 24th | 28% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 17.6% | 21st | -0.2pp | 25th | 18% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 13.6% | 14th | +1.9pp | 26th | 9% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 15.2% | 17th | +2.5pp | 27th | 1% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 7.6% | 6th | +1.9pp | 28th | 49% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 16.5% | 20th | +4.2pp | 29th | 10% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 13.2% | 13th | +3.4pp | 30th | 12% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 10.1% | 10th | +5.8pp | 31st | 32% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
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). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | 23rd | +19.6pp | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 88.2% | 26th | +18.4pp | 2nd | 6% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 89.3% | 25th | +17.8pp | 3rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 86.7% | 29th | +14.7pp | 4th | 7% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 87.4% | 27th | +11.8pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 86.7% | 30th | +9.2pp | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 89.7% | 22nd | +9.0pp | 7th | 4% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 91.4% | 21st | +9.0pp | 8th | 2% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 89.4% | 24th | +8.3pp | 9th | 4% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 92.0% | 19th | +7.8pp | 10th | 2% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 87.3% | 28th | +6.8pp | 11th | 7% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 93.5% | 16th | +7.0pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 91.7% | 20th | +6.9pp | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 96.0% | 4th | +7.0pp | 14th | 3% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 95.7% | 5th | +6.5pp | 15th | 2% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 96.1% | 3rd | +6.3pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 94.8% | 9th | +5.9pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 94.2% | 12th | +5.8pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 92.2% | 18th | +4.5pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 95.2% | 6th | +4.5pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 93.9% | 15th | +3.7pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 95.0% | 8th | +3.6pp | 22nd | 2% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 96.3% | 2nd | +3.1pp | 23rd | 3% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 94.3% | 11th | +2.8pp | 24th | 1% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 94.5% | 10th | +2.7pp | 25th | 1% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 93.9% | 14th | +2.5pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 95.0% | 7th | +2.0pp | 27th | 2% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 97.2% | 1st | +1.5pp | 28th | 4% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 94.2% | 13th | +1.2pp | 29th | 1% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 92.8% | 17th | +0.9pp | 30th | 1% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 84.6% | 31st | +0.3pp | 31st | 9% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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 | 9th | -0.033 | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 0.47 | 21st | -0.020 | 2nd | 3% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 0.44 | 14th | -0.018 | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 0.45 | 15th | -0.013 | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 0.51 | 26th | -0.012 | 5th | 13% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 0.44 | 10th | -0.007 | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 0.35 | 1st | -0.005 | 7th | 23% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 0.54 | 31st | -0.005 | 8th | 20% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 0.49 | 22nd | +0.000 | 9th | 9% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 0.50 | 23rd | +0.002 | 10th | 10% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 0.52 | 28th | +0.002 | 11th | 15% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 0.41 | 2nd | +0.002 | 12th | 10% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 0.51 | 25th | +0.002 | 13th | 12% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 0.41 | 3rd | +0.002 | 14th | 9% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 0.46 | 20th | +0.008 | 15th | 2% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 0.46 | 18th | +0.009 | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 0.43 | 8th | +0.009 | 17th | 4% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 0.52 | 27th | +0.011 | 18th | 14% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 0.54 | 30th | +0.012 | 19th | 19% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 0.50 | 24th | +0.012 | 20th | 11% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 0.44 | 11th | +0.011 | 21st | 3% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 0.45 | 16th | +0.011 | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 0.43 | 5th | +0.011 | 23rd | 5% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 0.44 | 12th | +0.011 | 24th | 3% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 0.52 | 29th | +0.014 | 25th | 16% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 0.43 | 6th | +0.014 | 26th | 5% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 0.46 | 19th | +0.016 | 27th | 2% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 0.43 | 4th | +0.015 | 28th | 6% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 0.45 | 17th | +0.020 | 29th | 1% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 0.44 | 13th | +0.030 | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 0.43 | 7th | +0.035 | 31st | 4% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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 | |||||
| North Charleston, SC | 10.9% | 17th | -5.4pp | 1st | 2% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 4.4% | 3rd | -1.9pp | 2nd | 59% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 3.5% | 2nd | -1.4pp | 3rd | 68% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 10.7% | 16th | -2.8pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.6% | 10th | -1.3pp | 5th | 29% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 13.9% | 26th | -1.9pp | 6th | 30% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 2.5% | 1st | -0.4pp | 7th | 76% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 12.0% | 22nd | -1.3pp | 8th | 12% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 36.5% | 31st | -3.8pp | 9th | 241% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 4.9% | 6th | -0.3pp | 10th | 54% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 5.8% | 8th | -0.3pp | 11th | 46% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 9.7% | 15th | -0.5pp | 12th | 9% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 8.1% | 11th | -0.4pp | 13th | 25% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 11.6% | 20th | -0.6pp | 14th | 9% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 13.5% | 25th | -0.7pp | 15th | 26% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 14.5% | 28th | -0.5pp | 16th | 36% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 11.8% | 21st | -0.3pp | 17th | 11% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 8.8% | 14th | -0.2pp | 18th | 17% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 11.0% | 18th | -0.0pp | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 14.4% | 27th | +0.6pp | 20th | 34% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 31.4% | 30th | +1.6pp | 21st | 193% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 13.3% | 24th | +0.9pp | 22nd | 24% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 25.3% | 29th | +2.1pp | 23rd | 136% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 5.3% | 7th | +0.5pp | 24th | 51% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 4.8% | 5th | +0.6pp | 25th | 55% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 11.1% | 19th | +1.4pp | 26th | 4% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 8.6% | 13th | +1.4pp | 27th | 20% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 12.1% | 23rd | +2.1pp | 28th | 13% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 6.8% | 9th | +2.0pp | 29th | 37% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.4% | 4th | +1.5pp | 30th | 59% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 8.2% | 12th | +3.7pp | 31st | 24% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | $217,968 (Jun 26) | +1.7% | ||||
| United States ref | $372,995 (Jun 26) | +0.8% | ||||
| Rochester, MN | $348,286 (Jun 26) | 20th | +4.0% | 1st | 18% below peers | |
| Allentown, PA | $320,863 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +3.7% | 2nd | 24% below peers | |
| Independence, MO | $214,195 (Jun 26) | 28th | +3.5% | 3rd | 49% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $540,694 (Jun 26) | 10th | +3.0% | 4th | 28% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | $205,552 (Jun 26) | 29th | +2.8% | 5th | 51% below peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | $1,478,916 (Jun 26) | 1st | +2.6% | 6th | 250% above peers | |
| Billings, MT | $402,554 (Jun 26) | 17th | +2.1% | 7th | 5% below peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $291,736 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.1% | 8th | 31% below peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | $228,144 (Jun 26) | 27th | +2.0% | 9th | 46% below peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | $563,414 (Jun 26) | 9th | +1.5% | 10th | 33% above peers | |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | $1,052,875 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.5% | 11th | 149% above peers | |
| Clovis, CA | $522,797 (Jun 26) | 12th | +0.4% | 12th | 24% above peers | |
| College Station, TX | $349,845 (Jun 26) | 19th | +0.2% | 13th | 17% below peers | |
| Lowell, MA | $492,699 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.1% | 14th | 17% above peers | |
| Topeka, KS | $199,788 (Jun 26) | 30th | -0.1% | 15th | 53% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $403,887 (Jun 26) | 16th | -0.7% | 16th | 4% below peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | $422,872 (Jun 26) | 15th | -0.8% | 17th | on par with peers | |
| Richardson, TX | $448,332 (Jun 26) | 14th | -1.0% | 18th | 6% above peers | |
| Brandon, FL | $358,445 (Jun 26) | 18th | -1.3% | 19th | 15% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | $1,044,286 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -1.5% | 20th | 147% above peers | |
| Simi Valley, CA | $842,921 (Jun 26) | 4th | -1.7% | 21st | 99% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | $313,405 (Jun 26) | 24th | -1.8% | 22nd | 26% below peers | |
| Concord, CA | $737,771 (Jun 26) | 5th | -1.9% | 23rd | 74% above peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | $315,206 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -1.9% | 24th | 25% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | $609,593 (Jun 26) | 7th | -2.2% | 25th | 44% above peers | |
| Arvada, CO | $614,627 (Jun 26) | 6th | -2.5% | 26th | 45% above peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | $308,500 (Jun 26) | 25th | -2.7% | 27th | 27% below peers | |
| Antioch, CA | $596,320 (Jun 26) | 8th | -2.7% | 28th | 41% above peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | $344,142 (Jun 26) | 21st | -3.0% | 29th | 19% below peers | |
| Vallejo, CA | $526,808 (Jun 26) | 11th | -4.3% | 30th | 25% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | $113,269 (Jun 26) | +2.0% | ||||
| United States ref | $202,486 (Jun 26) | +2.0% | ||||
| Allentown, PA | $236,899 (Jun 26) | 21st | +5.0% | 1st | 21% below peers | |
| Rochester, MN | $255,234 (Jun 26) | 19th | +4.6% | 2nd | 15% below peers | |
| Independence, MO | $157,158 (Jun 26) | 27th | +4.6% | 3rd | 48% below peers | |
| Billings, MT | $300,960 (Jun 26) | 15th | +2.7% | 4th | on par with peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $229,532 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +2.5% | 5th | 24% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $356,154 (Jun 26) | 12th | +2.0% | 6th | 18% above peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | $995,582 (Jun 26) | 1st | +1.7% | 7th | 231% above peers | |
| Clovis, CA | $405,000 (Jun 26) | 11th | +1.2% | 8th | 35% above peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | $457,643 (Jun 26) | 9th | +1.1% | 9th | 52% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | $109,220 (Jun 26) | 29th | +1.0% | 10th | 64% below peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | $137,808 (Jun 26) | 28th | +1.0% | 11th | 54% below peers | |
| College Station, TX | $263,669 (Jun 26) | 18th | +0.9% | 12th | 12% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | $700,797 (Jun 26) | 4th | +0.3% | 13th | 133% above peers | |
| Lowell, MA | $346,316 (Jun 26) | 13th | -0.1% | 14th | 15% above peers | |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | $788,586 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -0.1% | 15th | 162% above peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | $298,235 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.1% | 16th | 1% below peers | |
| Richardson, TX | $344,866 (Jun 26) | 14th | -1.2% | 17th | 15% above peers | |
| Simi Valley, CA | $709,651 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -1.5% | 18th | 136% above peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | $225,334 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -2.3% | 19th | 25% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | $488,580 (Jun 26) | 6th | -2.3% | 20th | 62% above peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | $247,731 (Jun 26) | 20th | -2.4% | 21st | 18% below peers | |
| Brandon, FL | $278,112 (Jun 26) | 17th | -2.5% | 22nd | 8% below peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | $223,033 (Jun 26) | 24th | -2.9% | 23rd | 26% below peers | |
| Arvada, CO | $484,930 (Jun 26) | 7th | -3.1% | 24th | 61% above peers | |
| Vallejo, CA | $425,896 (Jun 26) | 10th | -3.4% | 25th | 42% above peers | |
| Concord, CA | $499,233 (Jun 26) | 5th | -3.5% | 26th | 66% above peers | |
| Antioch, CA | $484,699 (Jun 26) | 8th | -3.6% | 27th | 61% above peers | |
| Topeka, KS | $106,786 (Jun 26) | 30th | -4.2% | 28th | 65% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $212,464 (Jun 26) | 25th | -5.9% | 29th | 29% below peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | $180,856 (Jun 26) | 26th | -7.1% | 30th | 40% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
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). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | 67.4% | +1.8pp | |||||
| United States ref | 65.2% | ||||||
| North Charleston, SC | 49.8% | 23rd | +5.0pp | 1st | 15% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 25.7% | 31st | +1.7pp | 2nd | 56% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 47.6% | 24th | +3.1pp | 3rd | 19% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 56.2% | 19th | +3.5pp | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 80.3% | 1st | +4.9pp | 5th | 37% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 43.2% | 28th | +2.4pp | 6th | 26% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 63.6% | 11th | +3.4pp | 7th | 9% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 59.0% | 15th | +2.7pp | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 50.5% | 22nd | +1.7pp | 9th | 14% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 61.3% | 13th | +2.0pp | 10th | 5% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 57.4% | 17th | +1.9pp | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 77.2% | 2nd | +2.4pp | 12th | 32% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 65.3% | 8th | +1.9pp | 13th | 12% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 61.6% | 12th | +1.7pp | 14th | 5% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 64.8% | 10th | +1.8pp | 15th | 11% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 44.2% | 26th | +1.2pp | 16th | 25% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 72.5% | 5th | +2.0pp | 17th | 24% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 43.2% | 27th | +0.9pp | 18th | 26% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 75.3% | 3rd | +1.2pp | 19th | 29% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 56.4% | 18th | +0.8pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 70.8% | 7th | +0.7pp | 21st | 21% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 72.9% | 4th | +0.7pp | 22nd | 24% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 45.5% | 25th | +0.3pp | 23rd | 22% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 60.9% | 14th | +0.2pp | 24th | 4% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 58.6% | 16th | +0.1pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 72.0% | 6th | -1.6pp | 26th | 23% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 33.5% | 30th | -1.3pp | 27th | 43% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 65.1% | 9th | -2.7pp | 28th | 11% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 35.4% | 29th | -2.3pp | 29th | 40% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 53.1% | 20th | -3.5pp | 30th | 9% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 50.7% | 21st | -7.9pp | 31st | 13% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge only reports which way it is moving and how fast next to the selected peers.
Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Topeka, KS | $1,283 (Jun 26) | 30th | +5.7% | 1st | 34% below peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | $1,607 (Jun 26) | 25th | +4.9% | 2nd | 17% below peers | |
| Clovis, CA | $2,341 (Jun 26) | 9th | +4.0% | 3rd | 21% above peers | |
| Allentown, PA | $1,732 (Jun 26) | 17th | +3.4% | 4th | 11% below peers | |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | $3,274 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +3.4% | 5th | 69% above peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | $3,598 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.1% | 6th | 85% above peers | |
| Billings, MT | $1,458 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.9% | 7th | 25% below peers | |
| Concord, CA | $2,584 (Jun 26) | 5th | +2.9% | 8th | 33% above peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | $1,694 (Jun 26) | 19th | +2.8% | 9th | 13% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | $2,392 (Jun 26) | 8th | +2.8% | 10th | 23% above peers | |
| Independence, MO | $1,378 (Jun 26) | 28th | +2.7% | 11th | 29% below peers | |
| Rochester, MN | $1,702 (Jun 26) | 18th | +2.2% | 12th | 12% below peers | |
| College Station, TX | $1,446 (Jun 26) | 27th | +2.0% | 13th | 26% below peers | |
| Berkeley, CA | $2,941 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +2.0% | 14th | 51% above peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | $1,738 (Jun 26) | 16th | +1.9% | 15th | 11% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | $2,446 (Jun 26) | 7th | +1.7% | 16th | 26% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | $1,689 (Jun 26) | 20th | +1.7% | 17th | 13% below peers | |
| Hartford, CT | $1,672 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +1.5% | 18th | 14% below peers | |
| Antioch, CA | $2,575 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.3% | 19th | 33% above peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $2,158 (Jun 26) | 12th | +1.1% | 20th | 11% above peers | |
| Lowell, MA | $2,316 (Jun 26) | 10th | +0.3% | 21st | 19% above peers | |
| Vallejo, CA | $2,181 (Jun 26) | 11th | +0.3% | 22nd | 12% above peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | $1,324 (Jun 26) | 29th | +0.2% | 23rd | 32% below peers | |
| Arvada, CO | $2,094 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.0% | 24th | 8% above peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | $1,943 (Jun 26) | 15th | -0.2% | 25th | on par with peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | $1,656 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -0.2% | 26th | 15% below peers | |
| Simi Valley, CA | $2,718 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.3% | 27th | 40% above peers | |
| Richardson, TX | $1,675 (Jun 26) | 21st | -0.9% | 28th | 14% below peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | $1,962 (Jun 26) | 14th | -2.5% | 29th | 1% above peers | |
| Brandon, FL | $1,639 (Jun 26) | 24th | -4.2% | 30th | 16% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
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.*
| 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 | |||||
| Wilmington, NC | 40.3% | 18th | -1.7pp | 1st | 5% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 25.4% | 2nd | -0.7pp | 2nd | 34% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 41.8% | 21st | -0.9pp | 3rd | 9% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 28.9% | 6th | -0.4pp | 4th | 25% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 40.0% | 17th | -0.5pp | 5th | 4% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 29.7% | 8th | -0.2pp | 6th | 23% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 38.4% | 16th | -0.1pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 37.1% | 14th | +0.1pp | 8th | 3% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 43.7% | 23rd | +0.3pp | 9th | 14% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 34.0% | 10th | +0.4pp | 10th | 11% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 29.3% | 7th | +0.4pp | 11th | 24% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 45.0% | 26th | +0.9pp | 12th | 17% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 28.1% | 5th | +0.6pp | 13th | 27% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 46.1% | 28th | +1.3pp | 14th | 20% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 46.7% | 29th | +1.5pp | 15th | 22% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 34.6% | 13th | +1.1pp | 16th | 10% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 41.5% | 20th | +1.7pp | 17th | 8% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 54.5% | 31st | +3.1pp | 18th | 42% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 44.2% | 25th | +2.5pp | 19th | 15% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 45.7% | 27th | +2.7pp | 20th | 19% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 27.3% | 4th | +1.9pp | 21st | 29% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 33.3% | 9th | +2.4pp | 22nd | 13% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 38.0% | 15th | +2.9pp | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 24.9% | 1st | +1.9pp | 24th | 35% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 49.8% | 30th | +3.9pp | 25th | 30% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 44.0% | 24th | +3.8pp | 26th | 15% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 41.3% | 19th | +4.0pp | 27th | 8% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 26.9% | 3rd | +2.8pp | 28th | 30% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 34.1% | 11th | +4.5pp | 29th | 11% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 43.1% | 22nd | +6.0pp | 30th | 12% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 34.2% | 12th | +5.0pp | 31st | 11% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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 | |||||
| North Charleston, SC | 7.2% | 17th | -2.4pp | 1st | 8% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 8.9% | 23rd | -2.3pp | 2nd | 33% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 2.8% | 3rd | -0.6pp | 3rd | 58% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 13.8% | 27th | -2.9pp | 4th | 106% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 5.1% | 11th | -0.9pp | 5th | 24% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 8.2% | 21st | -1.3pp | 6th | 23% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 8.0% | 19th | -1.2pp | 7th | 19% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 16.5% | 28th | -1.7pp | 8th | 147% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 7.4% | 18th | -0.7pp | 9th | 11% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 5.2% | 12th | -0.5pp | 10th | 22% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 2.4% | 1st | -0.2pp | 11th | 64% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 3.9% | 5th | -0.3pp | 12th | 41% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 9.3% | 24th | -0.6pp | 13th | 39% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 4.4% | 8th | -0.3pp | 14th | 35% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 6.7% | 16th | -0.2pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 4.0% | 6th | -0.1pp | 16th | 40% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 4.8% | 10th | -0.1pp | 17th | 28% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 6.1% | 14th | -0.0pp | 18th | 9% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 12.8% | 26th | -0.1pp | 19th | 91% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 30.6% | 30th | +0.9pp | 20th | 358% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 33.2% | 31st | +1.1pp | 21st | 396% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 3.3% | 4th | +0.1pp | 22nd | 50% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 20.7% | 29th | +0.8pp | 23rd | 210% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 9.5% | 25th | +0.8pp | 24th | 42% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 8.3% | 22nd | +0.8pp | 25th | 25% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 4.0% | 7th | +0.4pp | 26th | 40% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 8.1% | 20th | +1.2pp | 27th | 22% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 6.6% | 15th | +1.1pp | 28th | 2% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.5% | 9th | +0.9pp | 29th | 32% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 5.5% | 13th | +1.5pp | 30th | 17% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 2.7% | 2nd | +0.9pp | 31st | 60% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.6% to 10.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | 7.7% | -1.6pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.2% | -0.4pp | |||||
| West Jordan, UT | 7.9% | 15th | -2.2pp | 1st | 1% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 4.1% | 6th | -0.9pp | 2nd | 49% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 1.7% | 1st | -0.3pp | 3rd | 79% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 14.7% | 29th | -2.2pp | 4th | 84% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 3.8% | 4th | -0.6pp | 5th | 52% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 4.4% | 7th | -0.6pp | 6th | 45% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 3.9% | 5th | -0.4pp | 7th | 52% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 15.0% | 31st | -1.0pp | 8th | 87% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 4.5% | 8th | -0.3pp | 9th | 43% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 11.2% | 24th | -0.6pp | 10th | 40% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 2.8% | 3rd | -0.1pp | 11th | 65% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 6.1% | 11th | -0.3pp | 12th | 24% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2.6% | 2nd | -0.1pp | 13th | 67% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 13.2% | 28th | -0.1pp | 14th | 64% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 12.2% | 26th | -0.1pp | 15th | 52% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 11.2% | 25th | +0.2pp | 16th | 40% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 9.8% | 18th | +0.2pp | 17th | 22% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 6.4% | 12th | +0.1pp | 18th | 20% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 4.9% | 9th | +0.1pp | 19th | 39% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 10.8% | 23rd | +0.6pp | 20th | 36% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 10.5% | 22nd | +0.6pp | 21st | 31% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 8.5% | 17th | +0.5pp | 22nd | 6% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 6.9% | 14th | +0.4pp | 23rd | 14% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 12.4% | 27th | +1.0pp | 24th | 56% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 14.9% | 30th | +1.3pp | 25th | 86% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 8.0% | 16th | +1.1pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 10.4% | 21st | +1.5pp | 27th | 30% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 10.1% | 20th | +1.5pp | 28th | 27% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 9.9% | 19th | +1.9pp | 29th | 24% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 5.7% | 10th | +1.3pp | 30th | 29% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 6.6% | 13th | +1.5pp | 31st | 17% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | 40.6% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Berkeley, CA | 21.1% | 1st | 37% below peers | |
| Cambridge, MA | 22.7% | 2nd | 32% below peers | |
| Arvada, CO | 24.6% | 3rd | 27% below peers | |
| Lowell, MA | 26.2% | 4th | 22% below peers | |
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 26.2% | 5th | 22% below peers | |
| Simi Valley, CA | 27.2% | 6th | 19% below peers | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 28.2% | 7th | 16% below peers | |
| Concord, CA | 29.5% | 8th | 12% below peers | |
| Richardson, TX | 29.7% | 9th | 11% below peers | |
| The Woodlands, TX | 30.2% | 10th | 10% below peers | |
| Brandon, FL | 31.2% | 11th | 7% below peers | |
| Fairfield, CA | 32.1% | 12th | 4% below peers | |
| Vallejo, CA | 32.2% | 13th | 4% below peers | |
| West Jordan, UT | 32.6% | 14th | 3% below peers | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 32.7% | 15th | 2% below peers | |
| Spring Hill, FL | 33.5% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Clearwater, FL | 33.5% | 17th | on par with peers | |
| Antioch, CA | 33.5% | 18th | on par with peers | |
| Billings, MT | 34.0% | 19th | 1% above peers | |
| Clovis, CA | 34.0% | 20th | 1% above peers | |
| Wilmington, NC | 34.6% | 21st | 3% above peers | |
| College Station, TX | 35.1% | 22nd | 5% above peers | |
| Lafayette, LA | 35.2% | 23rd | 5% above peers | |
| Rochester, MN | 35.7% | 24th | 7% above peers | |
| North Charleston, SC | 35.9% | 25th | 7% above peers | |
| Broken Arrow, OK | 36.4% | 26th | 9% above peers | |
| Allentown, PA | 39.5% | 27th | 18% above peers | |
| Independence, MO | 40.0% | 28th | 19% above peers | |
| Lakeland, FL | 40.9% | 29th | 22% above peers | |
| Hartford, CT | 41.3% | 30th | 23% above peers | |
| Topeka, KS | 42.0% | 31st | 25% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
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). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana ref | 4.6% | +1.0pp | |||||
| United States ref | 5.5% | +0.4pp | |||||
| Richardson, TX | 8.2% | 28th | -4.5pp | 1st | 47% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 2.0% | 3rd | -0.6pp | 2nd | 64% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 1.3% | 1st | -0.3pp | 3rd | 77% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 5.8% | 19th | -1.5pp | 4th | 5% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 2.7% | 6th | -0.6pp | 5th | 51% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 6.5% | 23rd | -1.2pp | 6th | 18% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 6.4% | 22nd | -1.1pp | 7th | 15% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.0% | 14th | -0.8pp | 8th | 11% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 6.7% | 24th | -0.8pp | 9th | 20% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 2.8% | 7th | -0.2pp | 10th | 49% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 4.8% | 13th | -0.1pp | 11th | 13% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 10.1% | 29th | +0.5pp | 12th | 83% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 1.8% | 2nd | +0.2pp | 13th | 68% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 7.8% | 26th | +0.7pp | 14th | 40% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 2.3% | 4th | +0.2pp | 15th | 59% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 5.6% | 17th | +0.8pp | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 6.2% | 21st | +1.0pp | 17th | 11% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 12.1% | 31st | +2.1pp | 18th | 119% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 6.2% | 20th | +1.2pp | 19th | 11% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 4.2% | 12th | +1.3pp | 20th | 25% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 11.4% | 30th | +3.9pp | 21st | 106% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 5.3% | 15th | +1.9pp | 22nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 4.1% | 11th | +1.7pp | 23rd | 26% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 5.6% | 18th | +2.6pp | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 7.8% | 27th | +3.8pp | 25th | 40% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 3.6% | 9th | +1.8pp | 26th | 34% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 5.5% | 16th | +2.8pp | 27th | on par with peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 3.8% | 10th | +2.1pp | 28th | 31% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 2.5% | 5th | +1.4pp | 29th | 56% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 2.8% | 8th | +1.6pp | 30th | 49% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 7.3% | 25th | +4.3pp | 31st | 32% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 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). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Arvada, CO | 51.5% | 7th | +10.4pp | 1st | 41% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 19.1% | 31st | +3.9pp | 2nd | 48% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 28.6% | 25th | +5.8pp | 3rd | 22% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 30.0% | 20th | +5.9pp | 4th | 18% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 29.1% | 22nd | +4.1pp | 5th | 20% below peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 39.1% | 13th | +5.5pp | 6th | 7% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 19.4% | 30th | +2.5pp | 7th | 47% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 23.9% | 27th | +3.0pp | 8th | 35% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 39.2% | 12th | +4.8pp | 9th | 7% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 29.4% | 21st | +3.5pp | 10th | 20% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 46.8% | 10th | +5.3pp | 11th | 28% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 36.6% | 16th | +4.0pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 21.9% | 28th | +2.3pp | 13th | 40% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 28.8% | 24th | +3.0pp | 14th | 21% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 19.9% | 29th | +2.0pp | 15th | 46% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 50.9% | 9th | +4.2pp | 16th | 39% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 35.7% | 17th | +2.5pp | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 41.1% | 11th | +2.9pp | 18th | 12% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 32.6% | 19th | +2.2pp | 19th | 11% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 57.0% | 5th | +3.8pp | 20th | 56% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 33.8% | 18th | +2.0pp | 21st | 8% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 36.9% | 15th | +1.8pp | 22nd | 1% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 66.1% | 4th | +2.3pp | 23rd | 81% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 37.5% | 14th | +1.1pp | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 77.9% | 2nd | +1.9pp | 25th | 113% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 80.8% | 1st | +1.7pp | 26th | 121% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 74.9% | 3rd | +1.0pp | 27th | 105% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 29.0% | 23rd | +0.4pp | 28th | 21% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 51.4% | 8th | +0.6pp | 29th | 40% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 56.5% | 6th | -2.1pp | 30th | 54% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 26.6% | 26th | -1.6pp | 31st | 27% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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% | ||||||
| North Charleston, SC | 45.4% | 13th | +8.8pp | 1st | 5% above peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 55.3% | 6th | +10.3pp | 2nd | 28% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 43.7% | 15th | +7.8pp | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 26.5% | 31st | +4.2pp | 4th | 39% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 50.7% | 12th | +7.6pp | 5th | 17% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 42.0% | 19th | +5.0pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 43.3% | 16th | +4.6pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 51.0% | 11th | +2.0pp | 8th | 18% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 78.1% | 2nd | +3.0pp | 9th | 81% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 52.0% | 8th | +1.8pp | 10th | 20% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 62.2% | 4th | +2.0pp | 11th | 44% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 37.9% | 24th | +0.4pp | 12th | 12% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 36.9% | 26th | +0.0pp | 13th | 15% below peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 55.5% | 5th | -1.4pp | 14th | 28% above peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 78.2% | 1st | -4.1pp | 15th | 81% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 53.3% | 7th | -4.7pp | 16th | 23% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 44.1% | 14th | -4.1pp | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 64.4% | 3rd | -8.2pp | 18th | 49% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 51.4% | 9th | -6.7pp | 19th | 19% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 39.1% | 22nd | -6.6pp | 20th | 10% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 29.5% | 30th | -5.4pp | 21st | 32% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 41.6% | 20th | -8.1pp | 22nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 42.8% | 17th | -8.8pp | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 38.4% | 23rd | -8.5pp | 24th | 11% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 37.9% | 25th | -9.6pp | 25th | 12% below peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 30.5% | 29th | -9.7pp | 26th | 29% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 33.4% | 28th | -10.7pp | 27th | 23% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 51.1% | 10th | -18.7pp | 28th | 18% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 42.7% | 18th | -16.1pp | 29th | 1% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 34.1% | 27th | -20.4pp | 30th | 21% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 41.0% | 21st | -31.0pp | 31st | 5% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.8% then, 9.2% now; margin ±4.3pp).
| 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 | 97% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 5.4% | 11th | -4.3pp | 2nd | 15% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 4.2% | 8th | -2.9pp | 3rd | 34% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 1.8% | 4th | -0.9pp | 4th | 71% below peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 6.0% | 13th | -2.6pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 6.3% | 16th | -2.6pp | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 6.3% | 17th | -2.4pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1.6% | 3rd | -0.6pp | 8th | 75% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 6.2% | 14th | -2.0pp | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 7.5% | 22nd | -2.1pp | 10th | 19% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 3.8% | 7th | -0.7pp | 11th | 41% below peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 9.2% | 28th | -1.5pp | 12th | 45% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 7.0% | 20th | -0.8pp | 13th | 11% above peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 2.5% | 5th | -0.2pp | 14th | 61% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 4.6% | 9th | -0.1pp | 15th | 28% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 6.6% | 18th | -0.0pp | 16th | 5% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 8.7% | 25th | +0.1pp | 17th | 37% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 9.2% | 29th | +0.4pp | 18th | 46% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 6.2% | 15th | +0.3pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 9.1% | 27th | +1.6pp | 20th | 44% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 5.1% | 10th | +1.2pp | 21st | 19% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 9.9% | 30th | +2.9pp | 22nd | 57% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 7.0% | 19th | +2.0pp | 23rd | 11% above peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 7.8% | 24th | +2.3pp | 24th | 24% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 7.7% | 23rd | +2.9pp | 25th | 22% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 8.9% | 26th | +3.8pp | 26th | 41% above peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 1.3% | 2nd | +0.6pp | 27th | 79% below peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 7.4% | 21st | +3.4pp | 28th | 18% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 13.6% | 31st | +8.4pp | 29th | 116% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 3.5% | 6th | +2.4pp | 30th | 45% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 5.7% | 12th | +4.5pp | 31st | 10% below peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
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. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clovis, CA | 124,725 | 5th | +14% | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 122,290 | 11th | +11% | 2nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 119,961 | 21st | +11% | 3rd | 1% below peers | ||
| College Station, TX | 124,570 | 6th | +10% | 4th | 3% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 119,434 | 24th | +9% | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 118,180 | 28th | +9% | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 119,983 | 20th | +8% | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 119,913 | 22nd | +8% | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 118,368 | 27th | +6% | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 121,002 | 16th | +6% | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 122,330 | 10th | +6% | 11th | 1% above peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 120,785 | 18th | +5% | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 116,477 | 31st | +5% | 13th | 4% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 125,976 | 1st | +4% | 14th | 4% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 121,740 | 13th | +4% | 15th | 1% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 119,767 | 23rd | +3% | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 122,634 | 9th | +3% | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 124,268 | 7th | +2% | 18th | 3% above peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 116,692 | 30th | +2% | 19th | 4% below peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 118,731 | 26th | +2% | 20th | 2% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 118,796 | 25th | +2% | 21st | 2% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 117,247 | 29th | +2% | 22nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 122,036 | 12th | +1% | 23rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 120,805 | 17th | +1% | 24th | on par with peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 125,634 | 3rd | -0% | 25th | 4% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 125,786 | 2nd | -0% | 26th | 4% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 120,257 | 19th | -1% | 27th | 1% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 121,127 | 15th | -2% | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 125,205 | 4th | -2% | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 121,715 | 14th | -4% | 30th | 1% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 124,035 | 8th | -4% | 31st | 3% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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 | |||||
| College Station, TX | 28.5% | 17th | +6.8pp | 1st | 3% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 21.4% | 25th | +4.7pp | 2nd | 27% below peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 55.1% | 3rd | +11.6pp | 3rd | 87% above peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 41.0% | 8th | +6.3pp | 4th | 39% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 29.5% | 16th | +1.8pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 59.1% | 2nd | +1.6pp | 6th | 100% above peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 20.1% | 27th | +0.4pp | 7th | 32% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 24.7% | 20th | +0.4pp | 8th | 16% below peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 40.2% | 10th | +0.5pp | 9th | 36% above peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 36.0% | 13th | +0.4pp | 10th | 22% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 46.8% | 4th | +0.1pp | 11th | 59% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 37.9% | 11th | -0.5pp | 12th | 28% above peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 20.3% | 26th | -0.4pp | 13th | 31% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 41.9% | 7th | -0.8pp | 14th | 42% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 19.2% | 28th | -0.4pp | 15th | 35% below peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 42.7% | 5th | -0.9pp | 16th | 45% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 40.5% | 9th | -1.0pp | 17th | 37% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 22.3% | 22nd | -1.3pp | 18th | 24% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 27.5% | 19th | -2.1pp | 19th | 7% below peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 9.9% | 31st | -1.1pp | 20th | 66% below peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 61.9% | 1st | -6.7pp | 21st | 110% above peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 42.5% | 6th | -4.7pp | 22nd | 44% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 21.6% | 23rd | -2.4pp | 23rd | 27% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 14.1% | 30th | -1.8pp | 24th | 52% below peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 28.3% | 18th | -3.7pp | 25th | 4% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 21.6% | 24th | -2.8pp | 26th | 27% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 37.0% | 12th | -5.5pp | 27th | 25% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 23.0% | 21st | -3.5pp | 28th | 22% below peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 19.1% | 29th | -3.8pp | 29th | 35% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 35.3% | 14th | -7.4pp | 30th | 20% above peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 32.9% | 15th | -8.6pp | 31st | 12% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
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).
| 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 | |||||
| College Station, TX | 72.8% | 10th | +18.0pp | 1st | 4% above peers | ||
| The Woodlands, TX | 57.6% | 31st | +13.0pp | 2nd | 18% below peers | ||
| West Jordan, UT | 70.4% | 15th | +12.4pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| West Palm Beach, FL | 74.8% | 8th | +9.8pp | 4th | 6% above peers | ||
| Simi Valley, CA | 76.4% | 4th | +9.7pp | 5th | 9% above peers | ||
| Concord, CA | 70.8% | 14th | +9.0pp | 6th | 1% above peers | ||
| Richardson, TX | 64.3% | 28th | +8.0pp | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| Clearwater, FL | 71.7% | 12th | +7.6pp | 8th | 2% above peers | ||
| Billings, MT | 77.7% | 1st | +7.4pp | 9th | 10% above peers | ||
| Hartford, CT | 76.7% | 3rd | +4.8pp | 10th | 9% above peers | ||
| Brandon, FL | 68.1% | 20th | +4.2pp | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Antioch, CA | 70.3% | 16th | +3.7pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Spring Hill, FL | 66.1% | 24th | +3.3pp | 13th | 6% below peers | ||
| Arvada, CO | 74.1% | 9th | +3.4pp | 14th | 5% above peers | ||
| Independence, MO | 67.3% | 21st | +3.0pp | 15th | 4% below peers | ||
| Allentown, PA | 76.0% | 5th | +3.3pp | 16th | 8% above peers | ||
| Lakeland, FL | 68.8% | 19th | +2.6pp | 17th | 2% below peers | ||
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 66.9% | 23rd | +1.9pp | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Ann Arbor, MI | 64.9% | 27th | +1.6pp | 19th | 8% below peers | ||
| Broken Arrow, OK | 65.7% | 25th | +1.3pp | 20th | 7% below peers | ||
| Topeka, KS | 77.2% | 2nd | +1.5pp | 21st | 10% above peers | ||
| Clovis, CA | 69.0% | 18th | +1.2pp | 22nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Vallejo, CA | 71.1% | 13th | +1.2pp | 23rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Rochester, MN | 75.4% | 7th | +0.2pp | 24th | 7% above peers | ||
| Berkeley, CA | 75.9% | 6th | +0.0pp | 25th | 8% above peers | ||
| Lowell, MA | 72.2% | 11th | -0.5pp | 26th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lafayette, LA | 65.6% | 26th | -2.2pp | 27th | 7% below peers | ||
| North Charleston, SC | 69.9% | 17th | -3.4pp | 28th | 1% below peers | ||
| Fairfield, CA | 58.8% | 30th | -3.7pp | 29th | 16% below peers | ||
| Cambridge, MA | 67.1% | 22nd | -5.9pp | 30th | 5% below peers | ||
| Wilmington, NC | 63.5% | 29th | -5.7pp | 31st | 10% below peers |