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Lake Charles, LA
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81,143 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Lake Charles, LA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Lake Charles, LA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 653 in May 2026, up from 587 a year earlier.
653 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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%
Cicero, IL 192 (May 26) -34.2% 1st
Johns Creek, GA 28 (May 26) -32.3% 2nd
Redwood City, CA 331 (Apr 26) -23.8% 3rd
Miami Beach, FL 513 (May 26) -18.4% 4th
Somerville, MA 195 (Dec 25) -12.1% 5th
Jonesboro, AR 597 (May 26) -10.4% 6th
Gastonia, NC 831 (May 26) -10.2% 7th
Lynchburg, VA 330 (May 26) -9.6% 8th
South Jordan, UT 116 (May 26) -4.8% 9th
Alhambra, CA 176 (May 26) -4.1% 10th
Bloomington, IN 278 (Jan 26) -1.3% 11th
Longview, TX 344 (May 26) +0.7% 12th
New Rochelle, NY 145 (May 26) +0.8% 13th
Buena Park, CA 261 (May 26) +6.9% 14th
Pharr, TX 226 (May 26) +7.0% 15th
Lake Charles, LA 653 (May 26) +11.3% 16th
Parma, OH 165 (Mar 26) +24.8% 17th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 81% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,323 in May 2026, down from 2,409 a year earlier.
2,323 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Bloomington, IN 1,795 (Jan 26) -33.2% 1st
Alhambra, CA 1,764 (May 26) -22.9% 2nd
Gastonia, NC 2,640 (May 26) -18.7% 3rd
Johns Creek, GA 403 (May 26) -18.0% 4th
Jonesboro, AR 2,397 (May 26) -15.6% 5th
Miami Beach, FL 5,071 (May 26) -15.1% 6th
Buena Park, CA 1,876 (May 26) -12.4% 7th
Cicero, IL 945 (May 26) -11.2% 8th
Lynchburg, VA 1,573 (May 26) -10.4% 9th
Longview, TX 2,028 (May 26) -7.0% 10th
Somerville, MA 1,579 (Dec 25) -6.8% 11th
Redwood City, CA 1,412 (Apr 26) -5.6% 12th
Pharr, TX 1,064 (May 26) -5.1% 13th
Lake Charles, LA 2,323 (May 26) -3.6% 14th
New Rochelle, NY 1,152 (May 26) +0.8% 15th
Parma, OH 814 (Mar 26) +2.2% 16th
South Jordan, UT 956 (May 26) +7.4% 17th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 21% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Newark, OH down about 19% over the 12 months ending December 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 65% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: homicide rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent reading: 7 homicides in the 12 months ending May 2026, down from 20 in the prior 12 months. That is 9 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
7 homicides
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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%
New Rochelle, NY 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Bloomington, IN 1 (Jan 26) -66.7% 2nd
Lake Charles, LA 9 (May 26) -65.0% 3rd
Longview, TX 5 (May 26) -50.0% 4th
Alhambra, CA 1 (May 26) -49.8% 5th
Redwood City, CA 2 (Apr 26) -33.4% 6th
Lynchburg, VA 7 (May 26) -33.4% 7th
Gastonia, NC 5 (May 26) -33.2% 8th
Jonesboro, AR 5 (May 26) -19.9% 9th
Miami Beach, FL 2 (May 26) +0.0% 10th
Pharr, TX 4 (May 26) +50.4% 11th
Johns Creek, GA 2 (May 26) +100.0% 12th
South Jordan, UT 2 (May 26) +100.0% 13th
Cicero, IL 2 (May 26) +100.0% 14th
Somerville, MA 0 (Dec 25)
Parma, OH 1 (Mar 26)
Buena Park, CA 1 (May 26)

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Harlingen, TX down about 24% a year · faster than 95% of this group · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 23% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 144 in May 2026, down from 187 a year earlier.
144 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Johns Creek, GA 14 (May 26) -56.0% 1st
Alhambra, CA 133 (May 26) -49.5% 2nd
Miami Beach, FL 203 (May 26) -48.5% 3rd
Pharr, TX 55 (May 26) -43.0% 4th
New Rochelle, NY 43 (May 26) -36.2% 5th
Bloomington, IN 118 (Jan 26) -30.9% 6th
Parma, OH 63 (Mar 26) -28.6% 7th
Cicero, IL 213 (May 26) -28.6% 8th
Longview, TX 146 (May 26) -28.2% 9th
Gastonia, NC 250 (May 26) -26.0% 10th
Buena Park, CA 261 (May 26) -25.3% 11th
Redwood City, CA 148 (Apr 26) -24.1% 12th
Lake Charles, LA 144 (May 26) -23.0% 13th
Somerville, MA 100 (Dec 25) -22.6% 14th
Jonesboro, AR 138 (May 26) -22.4% 15th
Lynchburg, VA 194 (May 26) -18.7% 16th
South Jordan, UT 77 (May 26) +20.0% 17th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yakima, WA down about 35% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $42,942 to $59,235 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,463). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 65% from 2014 to 2024 ($35,830 to $59,235).
$59,235
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $60,756 +23%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Cicero, IL $70,842 16th +44% 1st on par with peers
Pine Hills, FL $58,673 25th +43% 2nd 17% below peers
Alhambra, CA $88,024 12th +43% 3rd 24% above peers
Largo, FL $62,096 23rd +40% 4th 12% below peers
Buena Park, CA $110,550 7th +40% 5th 56% above peers
Perris, CA $88,911 11th +39% 6th 26% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $59,235 24th +38% 7th 16% below peers
Homestead, FL $65,423 19th +38% 8th 8% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $89,585 10th +37% 9th 26% above peers
Pasco, WA $85,586 14th +36% 10th 21% above peers
Somerville, MA $132,572 4th +36% 11th 87% above peers
Bloomington, IN $50,465 30th +36% 12th 29% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $72,856 15th +35% 13th 3% above peers
Redwood City, CA $157,814 2nd +35% 14th 123% above peers
Auburn, AL $63,668 21st +35% 15th 10% below peers
New Rochelle, NY $109,167 8th +34% 16th 54% above peers
Pharr, TX $52,814 29th +32% 17th 25% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $53,758 28th +32% 18th 24% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $160,093 1st +31% 19th 126% above peers
Flint, MI $37,646 31st +31% 20th 47% below peers
Gastonia, NC $64,059 20th +30% 21st 10% below peers
Longview, TX $63,340 22nd +29% 22nd 11% below peers
South Jordan, UT $134,047 3rd +28% 23rd 89% above peers
Lakewood, CA $119,177 5th +28% 24th 68% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $57,947 26th +25% 25th 18% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 17th +22% 26th 1% below peers
Parma, OH $69,295 18th +21% 27th 2% below peers
Waldorf, MD $116,089 6th +21% 28th 64% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $55,424 27th +21% 29th 22% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $99,860 9th +19% 30th 41% above peers
Kendall, FL $87,325 13th +19% 31st 23% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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10 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,575 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.7% in May 2026, unchanged from 4.7% a year earlier.
4.7%
1990May 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 4.5% (May 26) +0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Parma, OH 3.0% (May 26) 4th -1.0pp 1st 25% below peers
Redwood City, CA 3.0% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 2nd 25% below peers
Flint, MI 13.1% (May 26) 27th -0.4pp 3rd 228% above peers
Gastonia, NC 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.3pp 4th 7% below peers
Somerville, MA 3.4% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 4.3% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 6th 7% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 3.7% (May 26) 12th -0.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Bloomington, IN 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Buena Park, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 9th 10% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.7% (May 26) 18th +0.0pp 10th 18% above peers
Perris, CA 5.4% (May 26) 25th +0.0pp 11th 35% above peers
Pharr, TX 6.3% (May 26) 26th +0.0pp 12th 57% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.9% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 13th 28% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 2.2% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 14th 45% below peers
Homestead, FL 2.7% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 15th 32% below peers
South Jordan, UT 3.4% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 16th 15% below peers
Lakewood, CA 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.1pp 17th 23% above peers
Pasco, WA 5.2% (May 26) 24th +0.1pp 18th 30% above peers
Alhambra, CA 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 19th 25% above peers
Longview, TX 4.7% (May 26) 19th +0.4pp 20th 18% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 4.8% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 21st 20% above peers
Cicero, IL 4.8% (May 26) 21st +0.7pp 22nd 20% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.5% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 23rd 12% above peers
Largo, FL 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.8pp 24th 3% below peers
Auburn, AL 3.2% (May 26) 6th +1.0pp 25th 20% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.0% (May 26) 14th +1.0pp 26th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 4.2% (May 26) 15th +1.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.1% then, 22.7% now; margin ±3.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.6% to 22.7%).
22.7%
20112024
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 18.4% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Perris, CA 10.6% 10th -6.0pp 1st 17% below peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 4th -2.7pp 2nd 51% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.4% 23rd -7.5pp 3rd 36% above peers
Buena Park, CA 8.7% 6th -3.5pp 4th 32% below peers
Homestead, FL 18.3% 24th -5.4pp 5th 43% above peers
Pasco, WA 12.5% 14th -2.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Bloomington, IN 24.6% 29th -4.3pp 7th 93% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.5% 7th -1.6pp 8th 26% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 20.2% 25th -3.2pp 9th 58% above peers
Lakewood, CA 5.8% 3rd -0.8pp 10th 55% below peers
Flint, MI 33.3% 31st -4.7pp 11th 160% above peers
Cicero, IL 14.4% 19th -1.6pp 12th 13% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 12.2% 13th -1.0pp 13th 5% below peers
Longview, TX 16.7% 22nd -1.4pp 14th 30% above peers
Auburn, AL 23.3% 28th -1.8pp 15th 82% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 9.6% 8th -0.7pp 16th 25% below peers
Pharr, TX 27.4% 30th -1.6pp 17th 114% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 16.1% 21st -0.9pp 18th 26% above peers
Gastonia, NC 15.9% 20th -0.5pp 19th 25% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 13.5% 17th -0.2pp 20th 5% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.5% 15th -0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 10.6% 11th +0.1pp 22nd 17% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 22.7% 27th +0.6pp 23rd 77% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 18th +0.4pp 24th 12% above peers
Largo, FL 12.8% 16th +0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.2% 2nd +0.3pp 26th 67% below peers
Parma, OH 10.0% 9th +1.0pp 27th 22% below peers
Kendall, FL 11.1% 12th +1.8pp 28th 14% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 21.8% 26th +4.6pp 29th 71% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.7% 1st +0.9pp 30th 71% below peers
Waldorf, MD 7.7% 5th +2.2pp 31st 40% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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8 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.8% then, 34.3% now; margin ±5.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.1% to 34.3%).
34.3%
20132024
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 25.4% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Somerville, MA 6.7% 6th -13.5pp 1st 57% below peers
Redwood City, CA 5.7% 4th -5.9pp 2nd 64% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.9% 7th -8.3pp 3rd 37% below peers
Perris, CA 13.7% 11th -11.2pp 4th 13% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.3% 26th -13.3pp 5th 60% above peers
Homestead, FL 23.3% 24th -9.8pp 6th 48% above peers
Lakewood, CA 5.3% 2nd -2.1pp 7th 66% below peers
Pasco, WA 15.7% 15th -5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Kissimmee, FL 28.5% 27th -9.0pp 9th 81% above peers
Auburn, AL 14.0% 12th -2.9pp 10th 11% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 15.0% 14th -2.6pp 11th 5% below peers
Waldorf, MD 6.2% 5th -1.1pp 12th 61% below peers
Cicero, IL 19.9% 19th -3.4pp 13th 26% above peers
Pharr, TX 35.5% 30th -4.1pp 14th 125% above peers
Gastonia, NC 21.3% 20th -2.4pp 15th 35% above peers
Flint, MI 49.3% 31st -5.5pp 16th 213% above peers
Longview, TX 24.2% 25th -2.4pp 17th 54% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.3% 8th -0.9pp 18th 22% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 34.3% 29th -2.4pp 19th 118% above peers
Bloomington, IN 22.5% 22nd -1.3pp 20th 43% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 13.0% 9th -0.3pp 21st 17% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 22.8% 23rd -0.2pp 22nd 45% above peers
Largo, FL 15.8% 17th +0.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 21.9% 21st +0.2pp 24th 39% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.9% 13th +0.7pp 25th 5% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.3% 1st +0.3pp 26th 72% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.1% 18th +1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Parma, OH 15.8% 16th +2.2pp 28th on par with peers
Kendall, FL 13.6% 10th +2.7pp 29th 13% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.9% 28th +8.2pp 30th 103% above peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 3rd +3.7pp 31st 65% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 12.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 73.2% to 85.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 15.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (69.6% to 85.5%).
85.5%
20172024
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 86.7% +10.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Pharr, TX 88.5% 24th +34.4pp 1st 3% below peers
Flint, MI 83.2% 31st +21.7pp 2nd 9% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 92.0% 15th +18.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Pine Hills, FL 91.5% 18th +13.5pp 4th on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 85.5% 30th +12.3pp 5th 7% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 92.5% 14th +12.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Cicero, IL 88.0% 25th +11.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Gastonia, NC 90.0% 21st +10.8pp 8th 2% below peers
Longview, TX 89.5% 22nd +9.3pp 9th 2% below peers
Pasco, WA 93.9% 12th +9.1pp 10th 2% above peers
Largo, FL 87.5% 29th +8.4pp 11th 5% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 87.6% 28th +8.3pp 12th 4% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 91.6% 17th +8.5pp 13th on par with peers
Perris, CA 95.3% 5th +8.3pp 14th 4% above peers
Homestead, FL 91.2% 20th +7.8pp 15th on par with peers
Parma, OH 91.3% 19th +7.5pp 16th on par with peers
Alhambra, CA 94.4% 11th +7.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Kendall, FL 94.6% 9th +6.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Somerville, MA 94.8% 7th +6.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 89.1% 23rd +6.0pp 20th 3% below peers
South Jordan, UT 95.2% 6th +6.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 94.4% 10th +6.1pp 22nd 3% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 95.4% 4th +5.8pp 23rd 4% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 87.8% 27th +4.7pp 24th 4% below peers
Buena Park, CA 95.4% 3rd +4.9pp 25th 4% above peers
Redwood City, CA 95.4% 2nd +4.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Auburn, AL 91.7% 16th +4.5pp 27th on par with peers
Lakewood, CA 94.7% 8th +4.2pp 28th 3% above peers
Bloomington, IN 88.0% 26th +3.7pp 29th 4% below peers
Waldorf, MD 93.9% 13th +3.4pp 30th 2% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 98.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 7% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.52 then, 0.53 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.51 to 0.53).
0.53
20102024
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 0.50 -0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Perris, CA 0.36 2nd -0.031 1st 19% below peers
South Jordan, UT 0.36 1st -0.026 2nd 19% below peers
Homestead, FL 0.42 12th -0.030 3rd 7% below peers
Flint, MI 0.46 20th -0.024 4th 3% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 0.41 8th -0.018 5th 9% below peers
Alhambra, CA 0.46 18th -0.018 6th 1% above peers
Largo, FL 0.43 13th -0.017 7th 4% below peers
Buena Park, CA 0.40 6th -0.016 8th 11% below peers
Longview, TX 0.46 21st -0.015 9th 3% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 0.42 11th -0.007 10th 7% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.41 10th -0.006 11th 8% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 0.53 28th -0.006 12th 18% above peers
Auburn, AL 0.55 29th -0.004 13th 22% above peers
Cicero, IL 0.40 7th -0.002 14th 10% below peers
Gastonia, NC 0.47 23rd +0.002 15th 5% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 0.45 15th +0.002 16th on par with peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.61 31st +0.004 17th 36% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 0.47 22nd +0.004 18th 4% above peers
Kendall, FL 0.49 25th +0.006 19th 10% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 0.44 14th +0.006 20th 2% below peers
Pharr, TX 0.46 19th +0.009 21st 1% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 0.51 26th +0.011 22nd 13% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 0.53 27th +0.011 23rd 17% above peers
Pasco, WA 0.41 9th +0.009 24th 9% below peers
Redwood City, CA 0.48 24th +0.011 25th 8% above peers
Lakewood, CA 0.39 4th +0.011 26th 14% below peers
Waldorf, MD 0.38 3rd +0.015 27th 15% below peers
Bloomington, IN 0.57 30th +0.026 28th 26% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 0.45 17th +0.023 29th on par with peers
Somerville, MA 0.45 16th +0.025 30th on par with peers
Parma, OH 0.40 5th +0.022 31st 12% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (18.1% then, 16.3% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 3.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (19.6% to 16.3%).
16.3%
20102023
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 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
South Jordan, UT 1.2% 1st -1.2pp 1st 90% below peers
Bloomington, IN 7.1% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 43% below peers
Homestead, FL 26.0% 28th -6.7pp 3rd 110% above peers
Longview, TX 13.1% 17th -2.3pp 4th 6% above peers
Largo, FL 11.1% 13th -1.9pp 5th 11% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 10.6% 11th -1.6pp 6th 15% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 25.8% 27th -3.8pp 7th 108% above peers
Pharr, TX 31.4% 29th -4.6pp 8th 153% above peers
Cicero, IL 22.3% 26th -2.6pp 9th 80% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 16.3% 21st -1.9pp 10th 31% above peers
Flint, MI 39.5% 31st -3.4pp 11th 218% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 13.3% 18th -0.9pp 12th 7% above peers
Somerville, MA 8.6% 7th -0.3pp 13th 31% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 13.8% 19th -0.5pp 14th 12% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 35.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 185% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 20th +0.2pp 16th 15% above peers
Perris, CA 17.1% 23rd +0.4pp 17th 38% above peers
Auburn, AL 7.8% 6th +0.2pp 18th 37% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.8% 9th +0.4pp 19th 21% below peers
Kendall, FL 12.2% 14th +0.7pp 20th 2% below peers
Pasco, WA 21.0% 25th +1.3pp 21st 69% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 8.9% 8th +0.5pp 22nd 28% below peers
Parma, OH 12.4% 16th +0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 20.6% 24th +2.3pp 24th 66% above peers
Waldorf, MD 10.8% 12th +1.3pp 25th 13% below peers
Redwood City, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.8pp 26th 53% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 16.9% 22nd +3.0pp 27th 36% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 12.3% 15th +2.7pp 28th 1% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.9% 2nd +1.6pp 29th 69% below peers
Lakewood, CA 7.5% 5th +3.9pp 30th 39% below peers
Alhambra, CA 10.2% 10th +5.4pp 31st 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose less than 1%% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $208,278 in June 2026, up from $202,609 a year earlier.
$208,278
2000June 2026
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 $217,968 (Jun 26) +1.7%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
New Rochelle, NY $953,121 (Jun 26) 2nd +7.9% 1st 124% above peers
Parma, OH $221,776 (Jun 26) 27th +4.8% 2nd 48% below peers
Auburn, AL $425,460 (Jun 26) 15th +4.1% 3rd on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR $228,426 (Jun 26) 26th +3.9% 4th 46% below peers
Cicero, IL $280,419 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.5% 5th 34% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $208,278 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 6th 51% below peers
Redwood City, CA $1,884,858 (Jun 26) 1st +2.5% 7th 343% above peers
Lakewood, CA $884,735 (Jun 26) 6th +2.1% 8th 108% above peers
Alhambra, CA $932,245 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 9th 119% above peers
Bloomington, IN $321,473 (Jun 26) 20th +1.6% 10th 24% below peers
South Jordan, UT $666,039 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 11th 57% above peers
Buena Park, CA $944,693 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 12th 122% above peers
Longview, TX $236,068 (Jun 26) 25th +1.2% 13th 45% below peers
Lynchburg, VA $268,929 (Jun 26) 24th +0.6% 14th 37% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $710,727 (Jun 26) 7th +0.6% 15th 67% above peers
Somerville, MA $941,330 (Jun 26) 4th +0.4% 16th 121% above peers
Flint, MI $66,504 (Jun 26) 30th +0.4% 17th 84% below peers
Gastonia, NC $280,853 (Jun 26) 21st +0.3% 18th 34% below peers
Perris, CA $544,654 (Jun 26) 10th +0.1% 19th 28% above peers
Pasco, WA $423,113 (Jun 26) 16th -0.1% 20th 1% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $556,502 (Jun 26) 9th -1.1% 21st 31% above peers
Pharr, TX $165,495 (Jun 26) 29th -1.3% 22nd 61% below peers
Waldorf, MD $439,312 (Jun 26) 13th -1.5% 23rd 3% above peers
Largo, FL $339,252 (Jun 26) 19th -1.5% 24th 20% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $524,997 (Jun 26) 12th -2.0% 25th 23% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $537,180 (Jun 26) 11th -2.7% 26th 26% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $402,831 (Jun 26) 17th -2.7% 27th 5% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $359,462 (Jun 26) 18th -4.1% 28th 16% below peers
Pine Hills, FL $274,798 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.4% 29th 35% below peers
Homestead, FL $437,066 (Jun 26) 14th -4.6% 30th 3% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Falling, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes fell about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $106,355 in June 2026, up from $105,860 a year earlier.
$106,355
2000June 2026
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 $113,269 (Jun 26) +2.0%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Cicero, IL $235,585 (Jun 26) 19th +8.0% 1st 23% below peers
New Rochelle, NY $516,419 (Jun 26) 6th +7.3% 2nd 69% above peers
Auburn, AL $305,876 (Jun 26) 15th +6.5% 3rd on par with peers
Parma, OH $188,622 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.9% 4th 38% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $148,078 (Jun 26) 26th +5.0% 5th 52% below peers
Flint, MI $31,833 (Jun 26) 30th +4.7% 6th 90% below peers
Pharr, TX $113,934 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 7th 63% below peers
Bloomington, IN $222,258 (Jun 26) 21st +2.9% 8th 27% below peers
Longview, TX $136,084 (Jun 26) 27th +2.9% 9th 56% below peers
Lakewood, CA $798,670 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.8% 10th 161% above peers
Buena Park, CA $834,137 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.4% 11th 173% above peers
Pasco, WA $348,610 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 12th 14% above peers
South Jordan, UT $502,277 (Jun 26) 8th +1.2% 13th 64% above peers
Somerville, MA $684,705 (Jun 26) 5th +1.2% 14th 124% above peers
Perris, CA $471,128 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 15th 54% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $106,355 (Jun 26) 29th +0.5% 16th 65% below peers
Redwood City, CA $1,226,288 (Jun 26) 1st +0.2% 17th 301% above peers
Alhambra, CA $717,637 (Jun 26) 4th +0.2% 18th 135% above peers
Gastonia, NC $181,771 (Jun 26) 24th -0.3% 19th 41% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $515,362 (Jun 26) 7th -0.4% 20th 68% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $167,334 (Jun 26) 25th -0.8% 21st 45% below peers
Waldorf, MD $353,941 (Jun 26) 11th -0.9% 22nd 16% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $438,921 (Jun 26) 10th -1.3% 23rd 43% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $340,683 (Jun 26) 13th -1.5% 24th 11% above peers
Pine Hills, FL $222,598 (Jun 26) 20th -3.6% 25th 27% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $271,358 (Jun 26) 16th -3.8% 26th 11% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $269,797 (Jun 26) 17th -4.4% 27th 12% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $240,704 (Jun 26) 18th -4.9% 28th 21% below peers
Largo, FL $198,409 (Jun 26) 22nd -5.2% 29th 35% below peers
Homestead, FL $324,261 (Jun 26) 14th -5.4% 30th 6% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 8.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.4% to 60.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.7% to 60.9%).
60.9%
20112024
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 67.4% +1.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Homestead, FL 48.3% 25th +7.4pp 1st 12% below peers
Auburn, AL 53.1% 22nd +7.4pp 2nd 3% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 60.9% 11th +8.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 46.3% 26th +4.9pp 4th 15% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 40.9% 28th +4.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Cicero, IL 54.6% 17th +4.9pp 6th on par with peers
Perris, CA 68.8% 7th +5.7pp 7th 26% above peers
Waldorf, MD 74.9% 3rd +5.9pp 8th 37% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 38.3% 29th +2.5pp 9th 30% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 64.7% 8th +4.3pp 10th 18% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 55.4% 14th +3.4pp 11th 1% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 58.2% 13th +3.2pp 12th 6% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 54.3% 18th +3.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Largo, FL 61.7% 10th +3.2pp 14th 13% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 80.4% 2nd +3.9pp 15th 47% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 53.7% 21st +2.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Alhambra, CA 41.0% 27th +1.1pp 17th 25% below peers
Pasco, WA 70.9% 6th +1.7pp 18th 30% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.2% 31st +0.6pp 19th 37% below peers
Parma, OH 72.4% 4th +0.7pp 20th 32% above peers
Gastonia, NC 54.2% 19th +0.5pp 21st 1% below peers
Longview, TX 54.7% 16th +0.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Kendall, FL 62.2% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 14% above peers
South Jordan, UT 81.4% 1st +0.5pp 24th 49% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 48.9% 23rd +0.1pp 25th 11% below peers
Lakewood, CA 71.4% 5th -0.9pp 26th 30% above peers
Pharr, TX 59.1% 12th -1.1pp 27th 8% above peers
Bloomington, IN 34.8% 30th -0.7pp 28th 36% below peers
Redwood City, CA 48.6% 24th -1.2pp 29th 11% below peers
Buena Park, CA 55.0% 15th -2.4pp 30th 1% above peers
Flint, MI 53.8% 20th -3.1pp 31st 2% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 19% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent is about 6% higher than in 2021 ($1,193 then, $1,270 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near $1,015 in 2023 it has risen each year since.
Longer view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2017 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,270 in June 2026, up from $1,071 a year earlier.
$1,270
2017June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Lake Charles, LA $1,270 (Jun 26) 26th +18.6% 1st 36% below peers
Parma, OH $1,402 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.6% 2nd 29% below peers
Cicero, IL $1,229 (Jun 26) 27th +7.5% 3rd 38% below peers
Redwood City, CA $3,949 (Jun 26) 1st +7.1% 4th 100% above peers
Flint, MI $969 (Jun 26) 30th +6.4% 5th 51% below peers
Perris, CA $2,833 (Jun 26) 6th +6.2% 6th 44% above peers
Pine Hills, FL $1,941 (Jun 26) 17th +5.7% 7th 2% below peers
Lakewood, CA $3,430 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.5% 8th 74% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $1,325 (Jun 26) 25th +4.3% 9th 33% below peers
Waldorf, MD $2,249 (Jun 26) 13th +4.2% 10th 14% above peers
Auburn, AL $1,822 (Jun 26) 19th +4.1% 11th 8% below peers
New Rochelle, NY $2,974 (Jun 26) 5th +4.1% 12th 51% above peers
Somerville, MA $3,589 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 13th 82% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $1,381 (Jun 26) 24th +3.2% 14th 30% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $2,412 (Jun 26) 11th +3.2% 15th 22% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $2,978 (Jun 26) 4th +2.9% 16th 51% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $2,404 (Jun 26) 12th +2.7% 17th 22% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $2,046 (Jun 26) 14th +2.3% 18th 4% above peers
Bloomington, IN $1,444 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.2% 19th 27% below peers
South Jordan, UT $1,972 (Jun 26) 15th +2.1% 20th on par with peers
Pasco, WA $1,665 (Jun 26) 20th +1.9% 21st 16% below peers
Buena Park, CA $2,603 (Jun 26) 7th +1.3% 22nd 32% above peers
Longview, TX $1,176 (Jun 26) 29th +1.0% 23rd 40% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $2,561 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 24th 30% above peers
Gastonia, NC $1,524 (Jun 26) 21st +0.4% 25th 23% below peers
Largo, FL $1,822 (Jun 26) 18th +0.3% 26th 8% below peers
Alhambra, CA $2,592 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 27th 31% above peers
Pharr, TX $1,207 (Jun 26) 28th -0.1% 28th 39% below peers
Homestead, FL $2,444 (Jun 26) 10th -1.6% 29th 24% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $1,966 (Jun 26) 16th -2.0% 30th on par with peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.2% then, 33.4% now; margin ±3.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.9% to 33.4%).
33.4%
20102024
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
Buena Park, CA 37.2% 15th -7.2pp 1st on par with peers
Cicero, IL 34.7% 11th -6.5pp 2nd 7% below peers
Perris, CA 37.2% 16th -5.8pp 3rd on par with peers
New Rochelle, NY 41.4% 24th -5.1pp 4th 11% above peers
Redwood City, CA 37.4% 17th -3.4pp 5th 1% above peers
Alhambra, CA 43.8% 25th -3.1pp 6th 18% above peers
Flint, MI 40.2% 21st -1.6pp 7th 8% above peers
Pharr, TX 30.2% 5th -1.2pp 8th 19% below peers
Somerville, MA 34.1% 10th -0.9pp 9th 8% below peers
Lakewood, CA 35.2% 13th -0.9pp 10th 5% below peers
Homestead, FL 51.7% 30th -1.3pp 11th 39% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 33.4% 8th -0.8pp 12th 10% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 40.2% 20th -0.4pp 13th 8% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 38.6% 18th -0.4pp 14th 4% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 50.6% 29th -0.3pp 15th 36% above peers
Parma, OH 24.2% 2nd -0.0pp 16th 35% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 53.1% 31st +1.2pp 17th 43% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 35.1% 12th +0.8pp 18th 6% below peers
Auburn, AL 39.2% 19th +1.0pp 19th 5% above peers
Bloomington, IN 47.4% 27th +1.3pp 20th 27% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.2% 6th +1.0pp 21st 16% below peers
Kendall, FL 41.0% 23rd +1.5pp 22nd 10% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 49.3% 28th +1.9pp 23rd 33% above peers
Longview, TX 32.9% 7th +1.3pp 24th 12% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.0% 9th +1.6pp 25th 9% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 44.7% 26th +3.0pp 26th 20% above peers
Largo, FL 40.3% 22nd +2.9pp 27th 8% above peers
Gastonia, NC 36.9% 14th +2.7pp 28th 1% below peers
South Jordan, UT 22.7% 1st +2.1pp 29th 39% below peers
Pasco, WA 30.1% 4th +2.9pp 30th 19% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 27.4% 3rd +3.2pp 31st 26% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.1% then, 10.5% now; margin ±2.2pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 10.5%).
10.5%
20102024
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 8.4% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Pharr, TX 5.3% 10th -2.2pp 1st 24% below peers
Longview, TX 5.6% 11th -1.8pp 2nd 20% below peers
Homestead, FL 8.0% 20th -2.1pp 3rd 14% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.0% 16th -1.5pp 4th on par with peers
Cicero, IL 9.2% 22nd -2.0pp 5th 32% above peers
Parma, OH 4.6% 6th -0.9pp 6th 34% below peers
Flint, MI 16.4% 28th -2.6pp 7th 135% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 7.5% 18th -1.0pp 8th 8% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 16.4% 27th -2.0pp 9th 134% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 22.6% 31st -2.6pp 10th 223% above peers
Somerville, MA 21.6% 30th -2.3pp 11th 208% above peers
Alhambra, CA 7.4% 17th -0.6pp 12th 6% above peers
Auburn, AL 4.1% 3rd -0.2pp 13th 42% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 6.1% 13th -0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.5% 29th -0.5pp 15th 135% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 7.0% 15th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Bloomington, IN 12.2% 26th -0.3pp 17th 74% above peers
Largo, FL 8.6% 21st -0.0pp 18th 23% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 10.5% 24th +0.4pp 19th 50% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 11.6% 25th +0.6pp 20th 65% above peers
Gastonia, NC 7.9% 19th +0.8pp 21st 13% above peers
Pasco, WA 4.5% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 35% below peers
Lakewood, CA 4.3% 4th +0.6pp 23rd 39% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 9.6% 23rd +1.3pp 24th 37% above peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 25th 12% below peers
Perris, CA 4.9% 8th +0.8pp 26th 30% below peers
Waldorf, MD 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 27th 46% below peers
South Jordan, UT 4.8% 7th +1.0pp 28th 32% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 12th +1.4pp 29th 13% below peers
Buena Park, CA 5.3% 9th +2.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.0% 1st +1.6pp 31st 57% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.7pp 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
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 8.2% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.9% to 8.2%).
8.2%
20122024
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 7.7% -1.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Somerville, MA 1.9% 1st -1.2pp 1st 76% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 5.9% 11th -3.1pp 2nd 26% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.2% 12th -2.9pp 3rd 21% below peers
Alhambra, CA 4.2% 4th -1.8pp 4th 47% below peers
Bloomington, IN 5.7% 10th -2.3pp 5th 28% below peers
Flint, MI 5.4% 9th -2.1pp 6th 32% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.6% 6th -1.3pp 7th 42% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 4.9% 8th -1.4pp 8th 38% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 12.6% 22nd -3.4pp 9th 58% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 9.9% 19th -2.3pp 10th 24% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.5% 26th -3.5pp 11th 96% above peers
Longview, TX 16.0% 27th -3.1pp 12th 102% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.2% 17th -1.5pp 13th 3% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.5% 5th -0.8pp 14th 43% below peers
Homestead, FL 19.5% 29th -3.0pp 15th 146% above peers
Pasco, WA 11.7% 20th -1.5pp 16th 48% above peers
Kendall, FL 7.8% 15th -0.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Pharr, TX 29.1% 31st -2.3pp 18th 267% above peers
Buena Park, CA 7.9% 16th -0.5pp 19th on par with peers
South Jordan, UT 4.1% 2nd -0.2pp 20th 48% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 8.8% 18th -0.1pp 21st 11% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.2% 25th -0.1pp 22nd 91% above peers
Lakewood, CA 4.8% 7th +0.1pp 23rd 39% below peers
Cicero, IL 19.8% 30th +1.4pp 24th 150% above peers
Largo, FL 13.3% 24th +1.2pp 25th 68% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.8% 28th +1.8pp 26th 125% above peers
Parma, OH 6.4% 13th +0.8pp 27th 19% below peers
Perris, CA 12.5% 21st +2.3pp 28th 57% above peers
Auburn, AL 6.8% 14th +1.4pp 29th 15% below peers
Waldorf, MD 4.2% 3rd +1.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Gastonia, NC 12.7% 23rd +3.3pp 31st 60% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.

46.2%
20202022
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%
Alhambra, CA 20.3% 1st 41% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 21.8% 2nd 36% below peers
Somerville, MA 23.6% 3rd 31% below peers
Redwood City, CA 23.9% 4th 30% below peers
Lakewood, CA 24.3% 5th 29% below peers
Buena Park, CA 24.8% 6th 27% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 26.5% 7th 23% below peers
Kendall, FL 26.5% 8th 23% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 27.3% 9th 20% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 28.6% 10th 16% below peers
South Jordan, UT 30.2% 11th 12% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 31.7% 12th 7% below peers
Homestead, FL 31.8% 13th 7% below peers
Largo, FL 32.4% 14th 5% below peers
Auburn, AL 33.0% 15th 4% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 34.2% 17th on par with peers
Parma, OH 35.3% 18th 3% above peers
Gastonia, NC 38.0% 19th 11% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 38.1% 20th 11% above peers
Perris, CA 38.2% 21st 12% above peers
Cicero, IL 38.4% 22nd 12% above peers
Bloomington, IN 38.6% 23rd 13% above peers
Pasco, WA 39.4% 24th 15% above peers
Longview, TX 40.0% 25th 17% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 40.4% 26th 18% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 41.8% 27th 22% above peers
Waldorf, MD 43.7% 28th 28% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 46.2% 29th 35% above peers
Pharr, TX 47.8% 30th 40% above peers
Flint, MI 48.9% 31st 43% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.1% then, 4.0% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 4.0%).
4.0%
20122024
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 4.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lynchburg, VA 2.4% 5th -5.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.2% 15th -7.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Silver Spring, MD 1.2% 1st -1.9pp 3rd 70% below peers
Flint, MI 1.5% 3rd -1.8pp 4th 65% below peers
Alhambra, CA 1.4% 2nd -1.5pp 5th 68% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.7% 10th -1.5pp 6th 36% below peers
Longview, TX 8.9% 26th -4.1pp 7th 111% above peers
Redwood City, CA 1.7% 4th -0.6pp 8th 60% below peers
Bloomington, IN 4.2% 16th -1.4pp 9th on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR 4.8% 19th -1.1pp 10th 14% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 9.3% 27th -1.7pp 11th 120% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 9.6% 28th -1.5pp 12th 126% above peers
Pharr, TX 14.3% 31st -2.1pp 13th 239% above peers
Parma, OH 2.5% 7th -0.3pp 14th 40% below peers
Largo, FL 7.7% 23rd -0.3pp 15th 83% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 2.7% 9th -0.1pp 16th 36% below peers
Waldorf, MD 2.8% 11th -0.0pp 17th 34% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 21st +0.0pp 18th 45% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.5% 13th +0.1pp 19th 18% below peers
Pasco, WA 5.0% 20th +0.7pp 20th 17% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.5% 17th +0.7pp 21st 7% above peers
Lakewood, CA 2.6% 8th +0.4pp 22nd 39% below peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% 18th +0.8pp 23rd 9% above peers
Homestead, FL 10.2% 29th +2.0pp 24th 140% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 8.6% 25th +2.2pp 25th 103% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.0% 14th +2.0pp 26th 4% below peers
Somerville, MA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 27th 41% below peers
Auburn, AL 3.3% 12th +1.9pp 28th 23% below peers
Gastonia, NC 10.6% 30th +6.6pp 29th 151% above peers
Perris, CA 8.0% 24th +5.2pp 30th 88% above peers
Buena Park, CA 7.1% 22nd +5.4pp 31st 68% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.5% then, 29.1% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 24 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.6% to 29.1%).
29.1%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 27.0% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kissimmee, FL 26.6% 21st +8.2pp 1st 17% below peers
Perris, CA 12.3% 30th +3.1pp 2nd 62% below peers
Pharr, TX 18.8% 27th +3.9pp 3rd 41% below peers
Cicero, IL 10.8% 31st +1.9pp 4th 66% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 32.1% 17th +5.2pp 5th on par with peers
Largo, FL 27.4% 20th +4.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.8% 13th +5.2pp 7th 8% above peers
Pasco, WA 21.4% 26th +3.1pp 8th 33% below peers
Flint, MI 14.2% 29th +2.0pp 9th 56% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 51.6% 8th +7.1pp 10th 61% above peers
Alhambra, CA 40.8% 11th +5.4pp 11th 27% above peers
South Jordan, UT 47.9% 9th +5.6pp 12th 49% above peers
Homestead, FL 24.9% 23rd +2.8pp 13th 22% below peers
Parma, OH 24.4% 24th +2.7pp 14th 24% below peers
Longview, TX 23.7% 25th +2.3pp 15th 26% below peers
Auburn, AL 64.1% 3rd +6.2pp 16th 100% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 52.9% 7th +5.0pp 17th 65% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 60.6% 4th +5.7pp 18th 89% above peers
Gastonia, NC 26.6% 22nd +2.4pp 19th 17% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 32.1% 16th +2.7pp 20th on par with peers
Redwood City, CA 54.4% 6th +4.2pp 21st 69% above peers
Buena Park, CA 33.0% 14th +2.5pp 22nd 3% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 38.5% 12th +2.9pp 23rd 20% above peers
Somerville, MA 69.4% 2nd +5.0pp 24th 116% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.8% 18th +2.3pp 25th 1% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 72.7% 1st +5.0pp 26th 126% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 15.3% 28th +1.0pp 27th 52% below peers
Kendall, FL 47.9% 10th +2.8pp 28th 49% above peers
Lakewood, CA 32.6% 15th +1.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 29.1% 19th +1.6pp 30th 9% below peers
Bloomington, IN 58.8% 5th +2.9pp 31st 83% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 15.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.7% to 35.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.3pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 12.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.5% to 35.3%).
35.3%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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%
Kissimmee, FL 52.1% 11th +17.0pp 1st 6% above peers
Longview, TX 48.9% 16th +7.7pp 2nd on par with peers
New Rochelle, NY 69.7% 1st +10.7pp 3rd 42% above peers
Buena Park, CA 54.0% 9th +6.0pp 4th 10% above peers
Gastonia, NC 36.8% 27th +2.2pp 5th 25% below peers
Homestead, FL 62.8% 3rd +2.2pp 6th 28% above peers
Somerville, MA 60.0% 5th +1.8pp 7th 23% above peers
Bloomington, IN 56.7% 7th +1.3pp 8th 16% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 46.8% 18th +0.9pp 9th 4% below peers
South Jordan, UT 51.5% 13th +0.3pp 10th 5% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 43.5% 23rd -0.2pp 11th 11% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 58.4% 6th -0.5pp 12th 19% above peers
Pasco, WA 26.1% 30th -0.9pp 13th 47% below peers
Waldorf, MD 44.8% 21st -2.8pp 14th 8% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 47.5% 17th -3.6pp 15th 3% below peers
Parma, OH 39.3% 25th -3.3pp 16th 20% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 44.7% 22nd -4.0pp 17th 9% below peers
Pharr, TX 49.7% 15th -4.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Lakewood, CA 45.4% 20th -6.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 51.2% 14th -8.1pp 20th 5% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.3% 4th -10.0pp 21st 27% above peers
Redwood City, CA 55.6% 8th -9.1pp 22nd 14% above peers
Auburn, AL 45.9% 19th -8.0pp 23rd 6% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 63.4% 2nd -12.1pp 24th 30% above peers
Alhambra, CA 52.4% 10th -10.9pp 25th 7% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 52.1% 12th -11.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Flint, MI 37.6% 26th -10.6pp 27th 23% below peers
Perris, CA 23.4% 31st -7.2pp 28th 52% below peers
Cicero, IL 30.6% 29th -9.7pp 29th 38% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 35.3% 28th -15.4pp 30th 28% below peers
Largo, FL 40.0% 24th -18.0pp 31st 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.0% then, 8.3% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 8.3%).
8.3%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Miami Beach, FL 0.4% 1st -7.9pp 1st 94% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.9% 3rd -4.3pp 2nd 87% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 1.9% 6th -3.2pp 3rd 72% below peers
Auburn, AL 0.8% 2nd -0.8pp 4th 89% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 7.2% 17th -5.4pp 5th 6% above peers
Perris, CA 7.9% 19th -3.9pp 6th 16% above peers
Alhambra, CA 5.4% 8th -2.1pp 7th 21% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.3% 18th -1.1pp 8th 8% above peers
Cicero, IL 9.7% 23rd -1.4pp 9th 42% above peers
Flint, MI 8.8% 22nd -1.1pp 10th 30% above peers
Homestead, FL 9.9% 24th -1.0pp 11th 46% above peers
Largo, FL 10.5% 27th -0.4pp 12th 55% above peers
Kendall, FL 6.5% 12th +0.5pp 13th 4% below peers
Waldorf, MD 6.3% 11th +0.7pp 14th 7% below peers
Bloomington, IN 1.4% 4th +0.2pp 15th 79% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 21st +1.3pp 16th 23% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 6.8% 14th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Pasco, WA 10.0% 25th +2.0pp 18th 47% above peers
Longview, TX 8.3% 20th +1.7pp 19th 23% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 11.7% 30th +3.3pp 20th 73% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 6.5% 13th +2.1pp 21st 4% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.8% 15th +2.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 10.4% 26th +3.6pp 23rd 53% above peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 9th +2.2pp 24th 20% below peers
Parma, OH 11.6% 29th +5.0pp 25th 71% above peers
Lakewood, CA 6.8% 16th +3.5pp 26th on par with peers
Buena Park, CA 6.1% 10th +3.2pp 27th 10% below peers
Redwood City, CA 4.2% 7th +2.2pp 28th 38% below peers
Pharr, TX 11.2% 28th +8.0pp 29th 66% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.4% 31st +11.1pp 30th 127% above peers
Somerville, MA 1.6% 5th +1.2pp 31st 76% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77,283 to 81,143 - more than the combined survey margin (±63). 18 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. 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.*

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (73,503 to 81,143).
81,143
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Auburn, AL 80,594 20th +26% 1st 1% below peers
Homestead, FL 82,807 5th +21% 2nd 2% above peers
South Jordan, UT 82,686 8th +16% 3rd 2% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 81,479 14th +14% 4th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 81,849 13th +12% 5th 1% above peers
Waldorf, MD 82,943 1st +10% 6th 2% above peers
Gastonia, NC 82,884 3rd +9% 7th 2% above peers
Pasco, WA 79,575 29th +9% 8th 2% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 81,435 16th +6% 9th on par with peers
Kendall, FL 79,562 30th +6% 10th 2% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 80,137 24th +5% 11th 2% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 81,143 17th +5% 12th on par with peers
New Rochelle, NY 82,769 7th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Perris, CA 80,511 21st +4% 14th 1% below peers
Pharr, TX 80,333 22nd +3% 15th 1% below peers
Longview, TX 82,923 2nd +2% 16th 2% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 80,105 25th +1% 17th 2% below peers
Parma, OH 79,870 27th +1% 18th 2% below peers
Cicero, IL 82,797 6th +1% 19th 2% above peers
Buena Park, CA 82,871 4th +0% 20th 2% above peers
Somerville, MA 81,036 18th +0% 21st on par with peers
Silver Spring, MD 81,462 15th -0% 22nd on par with peers
Lakewood, CA 79,850 28th -1% 23rd 2% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 79,497 31st -1% 24th 2% below peers
Largo, FL 82,617 9th -2% 25th 1% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 81,988 12th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Redwood City, CA 82,447 10th -4% 27th 1% above peers
Alhambra, CA 81,022 19th -4% 28th 1% below peers
Bloomington, IN 80,049 26th -5% 29th 2% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 82,031 11th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Flint, MI 80,175 23rd -17% 31st 2% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 ±50 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 →

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.1% then, 21.9% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.0% to 21.9%).
21.9%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 23.5% -0.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Kendall, FL 21.1% 20th +2.9pp 1st 9% below peers
Auburn, AL 19.3% 24th +1.0pp 2nd 16% below peers
Buena Park, CA 23.1% 16th +1.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.1% 28th +0.3pp 4th 35% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 25.0% 10th +0.4pp 5th 8% above peers
Gastonia, NC 24.6% 12th +0.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Alhambra, CA 17.1% 26th +0.2pp 7th 26% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 19.4% 23rd +0.1pp 8th 16% below peers
Redwood City, CA 21.3% 19th -0.1pp 9th 8% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 23.8% 14th -0.2pp 10th 3% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 22.2% 17th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 21.9% 18th -0.3pp 12th 5% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 17.1% 27th -0.3pp 13th 26% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 26.0% 6th -0.6pp 14th 12% above peers
Waldorf, MD 24.9% 11th -0.8pp 15th 8% above peers
Longview, TX 25.1% 9th -0.9pp 16th 9% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 24.0% 13th -1.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Bloomington, IN 10.6% 30th -0.5pp 18th 54% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 19.5% 22nd -1.0pp 19th 16% below peers
Pharr, TX 32.7% 1st -1.8pp 20th 42% above peers
Flint, MI 23.6% 15th -1.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Lakewood, CA 20.5% 21st -1.4pp 22nd 12% below peers
Largo, FL 14.8% 29th -1.0pp 23rd 36% below peers
Pasco, WA 31.4% 2nd -2.2pp 24th 36% above peers
Parma, OH 17.4% 25th -1.3pp 25th 25% below peers
Homestead, FL 29.5% 3rd -3.1pp 26th 28% above peers
Cicero, IL 25.8% 7th -3.0pp 27th 11% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.8% 8th -3.1pp 28th 11% above peers
South Jordan, UT 29.3% 4th -3.6pp 29th 27% above peers
Perris, CA 28.5% 5th -3.7pp 30th 23% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.8% 31st -1.9pp 31st 58% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 ±1.4pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent fell 13.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.3% to 41.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.1pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 13.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.9% to 41.6%).
41.6%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
South Jordan, UT 12.8% 31st +3.8pp 1st 64% below peers
Gastonia, NC 52.1% 2nd +13.9pp 2nd 46% above peers
Buena Park, CA 31.6% 19th +7.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 33.8% 17th +7.3pp 4th 5% below peers
Alhambra, CA 29.0% 20th +4.9pp 5th 19% below peers
Largo, FL 45.5% 4th +7.7pp 6th 28% above peers
Pasco, WA 35.6% 16th +5.9pp 7th on par with peers
Kendall, FL 25.6% 23rd +3.5pp 8th 28% below peers
Longview, TX 42.5% 7th +4.7pp 9th 19% above peers
Bloomington, IN 36.0% 14th +2.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Pharr, TX 39.5% 13th +2.5pp 11th 11% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 42.9% 6th +2.5pp 12th 20% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 15.3% 30th +0.9pp 13th 57% below peers
Cicero, IL 41.1% 9th +1.9pp 14th 15% above peers
Perris, CA 32.0% 18th +1.4pp 15th 10% below peers
Parma, OH 35.8% 15th +1.2pp 16th 1% above peers
Flint, MI 73.3% 1st +2.2pp 17th 106% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 40.5% 12th +0.4pp 18th 14% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 41.1% 10th -0.2pp 19th 15% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 20.0% 26th -1.2pp 20th 44% below peers
Auburn, AL 24.3% 24th -2.1pp 21st 32% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 27.8% 22nd -2.6pp 22nd 22% below peers
Homestead, FL 44.0% 5th -4.3pp 23rd 23% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 41.0% 11th -4.1pp 24th 15% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 45.8% 3rd -9.2pp 25th 29% above peers
Lakewood, CA 17.9% 27th -4.3pp 26th 50% below peers
Waldorf, MD 28.8% 21st -9.2pp 27th 19% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 41.6% 8th -13.8pp 28th 17% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 22.1% 25th -8.8pp 29th 38% below peers
Redwood City, CA 16.4% 29th -6.7pp 30th 54% below peers
Somerville, MA 17.0% 28th -13.7pp 31st 52% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.7% then, 74.7% now; margin ±11.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.7% to 74.7%).
74.7%
20102024
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 70.9% +2.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
South Jordan, UT 63.4% 22nd +19.6pp 1st 7% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 68.8% 15th +17.0pp 2nd 1% above peers
Buena Park, CA 70.0% 10th +13.2pp 3rd 3% above peers
Pharr, TX 57.5% 30th +8.4pp 4th 16% below peers
Gastonia, NC 77.8% 3rd +9.3pp 5th 14% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 67.0% 19th +7.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 68.0% 16th +7.2pp 7th on par with peers
Auburn, AL 66.3% 20th +6.8pp 8th 3% below peers
Redwood City, CA 73.6% 7th +6.2pp 9th 8% above peers
Kendall, FL 67.8% 18th +4.7pp 10th on par with peers
Alhambra, CA 64.8% 21st +4.1pp 11th 5% below peers
Waldorf, MD 78.3% 2nd +4.8pp 12th 15% above peers
Somerville, MA 80.0% 1st +3.9pp 13th 18% above peers
Parma, OH 69.3% 13th +2.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Bloomington, IN 62.5% 24th +1.9pp 15th 8% below peers
Flint, MI 69.5% 11th +2.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Cicero, IL 61.9% 25th +1.7pp 17th 9% below peers
Perris, CA 59.4% 29th +1.5pp 18th 13% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 71.1% 9th +1.4pp 19th 5% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 74.7% 4th +0.1pp 20th 10% above peers
Longview, TX 60.2% 28th -0.5pp 21st 12% below peers
Largo, FL 69.5% 12th -2.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 74.6% 5th -4.2pp 23rd 10% above peers
Lakewood, CA 74.1% 6th -4.3pp 24th 9% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 71.7% 8th -4.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 69.1% 14th -4.2pp 26th 2% above peers
Pasco, WA 61.9% 26th -4.4pp 27th 9% below peers
Homestead, FL 63.0% 23rd -4.6pp 28th 7% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 67.8% 17th -6.6pp 29th on par with peers
Johns Creek, GA 56.0% 31st -7.2pp 30th 18% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 60.2% 27th -21.0pp 31st 11% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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9 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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