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139,729 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Metairie, LA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$73,042
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
$59,346 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.8%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
11.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.7%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
80.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
41.2%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
36.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.6%
2019-23
▲ 2%
relative change
8.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.0%
2020-24
flat
relative change
31.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
62.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
61.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Metairie, LA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.4%
2020-24
▲ 75%
relative change
4.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.7%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
55.1%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
59.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 4 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 →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$237,310
Jun 2026
▲ 14%
relative change
$208,891 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$334,224
Jun 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$308,417 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Children
Children's share of the population
20.8%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
19.2% in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,605
Jun 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$1,628 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $59,346 to $73,042 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,134). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; 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 41% from 2014 to 2024 ($51,808 to $73,042).
$73,042
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $60,756 +23%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Dayton, OH $45,247 29th +39% 1st 39% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 11th +39% 2nd 24% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 20th +38% 3rd 10% below peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 4th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 21st +37% 5th 11% below peers
Waco, TX $54,365 26th +35% 6th 27% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 24th +35% 7th 24% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 14th +32% 8th 10% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 23rd +32% 9th 17% below peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 6th +30% 10th 40% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 7th +30% 11th 39% above peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 8th +29% 12th 36% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 22nd +29% 13th 14% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 14th 49% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 10th +28% 15th 24% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 1st +28% 16th 57% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 5th +27% 17th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 13th +26% 18th 20% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 3rd +26% 19th 53% above peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 27th +25% 20th 36% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 2nd +24% 21st 56% above peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 28th +24% 22nd 38% below peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 19th +24% 23rd 6% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 15th +23% 24th 7% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 17th +23% 25th 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 9th +21% 26th 26% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 18th +20% 27th 5% below peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 4th +20% 28th 50% above peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 25th +17% 29th 25% below peers
Midland, TX $89,585 12th +13% 30th 20% above peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,784 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.8% then, 12.5% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 12.5%).
12.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 18.4% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Visalia, CA 11.4% 13th -4.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.5% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 39% below peers
Orange, CA 9.1% 7th -2.4pp 3rd 26% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 2nd -1.8pp 4th 44% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.8% 8th -2.5pp 5th 21% below peers
Kent, WA 10.7% 11th -2.5pp 6th 14% below peers
Hampton, VA 12.4% 16th -2.3pp 7th on par with peers
Warren, MI 14.7% 19th -2.7pp 8th 19% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.0% 21st -2.9pp 9th 38% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 6th -1.5pp 10th 31% below peers
McAllen, TX 19.8% 23rd -3.1pp 11th 60% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.6% 10th -1.6pp 12th 15% below peers
Dayton, OH 24.6% 27th -3.2pp 13th 99% above peers
Waco, TX 21.8% 25th -2.7pp 14th 76% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.3% 30th -3.4pp 15th 121% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 3rd -0.9pp 16th 43% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.6% 20th -1.8pp 17th 26% above peers
New Haven, CT 22.4% 26th -2.4pp 18th 81% above peers
Syracuse, NY 25.5% 28th -2.5pp 19th 106% above peers
Victorville, CA 17.6% 22nd -1.7pp 20th 42% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.1% 18th -1.1pp 21st 6% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 1st -0.2pp 22nd 55% below peers
Gainesville, FL 27.3% 31st -0.2pp 23rd 121% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.0% 12th +0.0pp 24th 11% below peers
Fullerton, CA 12.1% 14th +0.0pp 25th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 17th +0.7pp 26th 1% above peers
Jackson, MS 26.8% 29th +2.4pp 27th 117% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.0% 9th +0.9pp 28th 19% below peers
Torrance, CA 7.7% 5th +0.9pp 29th 38% below peers
Columbia, SC 19.8% 24th +2.6pp 30th 60% above peers
Midland, TX 12.3% 15th +3.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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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30 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (18.2% then, 16.3% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.1% to 16.3%).
16.3%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 25.4% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Visalia, CA 14.2% 10th -6.8pp 1st 13% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 1st -2.5pp 2nd 67% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 8th -5.0pp 3rd 27% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 6th -4.5pp 4th 33% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 9th -4.9pp 5th 21% below peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 20th -7.6pp 6th 32% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 5th -3.7pp 7th 35% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 21st -7.3pp 8th 37% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 3rd -2.8pp 9th 47% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 18th -5.2pp 10th 21% above peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 24th -6.4pp 11th 66% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 17th -3.0pp 12th 5% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 19th -3.4pp 13th 22% above peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 4th -1.7pp 14th 37% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 27th -5.0pp 15th 91% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 12th -2.0pp 16th 7% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 25th -3.4pp 17th 73% above peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 16th -1.9pp 18th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 28th -4.0pp 19th 148% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 7th -1.1pp 20th 32% below peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 23rd -1.6pp 21st 52% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 13th -1.0pp 22nd 5% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 30th -1.9pp 23rd 168% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 24th 169% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 22nd -0.7pp 25th 42% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 15th -0.3pp 26th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 29th +1.0pp 27th 151% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 26th +3.0pp 28th 83% above peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 51% below peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 11th +3.3pp 30th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 14th +4.2pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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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30 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oceanside, CA down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.9% to 90.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 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 14.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.7% to 90.7%).
90.7%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 86.7% +10.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 29th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 27th +13.4pp 2nd 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 26th +13.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 23rd +13.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 24th +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 20th +11.1pp 6th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 19th +10.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 13th +11.0pp 8th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 14th +10.7pp 9th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 10th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 22nd +9.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 12th +8.2pp 12th 1% above peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 28th +7.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 16th +7.6pp 14th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 21st +6.8pp 16th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 5th +6.8pp 17th 3% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 1st +6.5pp 18th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 18th +6.2pp 19th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 17th +6.0pp 20th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 11th +5.9pp 21st 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 9th +5.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 10th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 15th +4.6pp 24th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 6th +4.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 4th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 7th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 8th +3.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 2nd +2.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 3rd +2.3pp 30th 3% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 30th +0.8pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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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30 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 (0.47 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.48).
0.48
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 0.50 -0.000
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Visalia, CA 0.41 5th -0.037 1st 9% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 17th -0.020 2nd 5% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 23rd -0.011 3rd 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 27th -0.007 4th 13% above peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 20th -0.005 5th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 6th -0.004 6th 7% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 12th -0.003 7th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 25th -0.002 8th 12% above peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 9th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 11th +0.001 10th 4% below peers
Waco, TX 0.51 28th +0.002 11th 14% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 3rd +0.002 12th 12% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 9th +0.003 13th 6% below peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 14th +0.004 14th 1% below peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 15th 19% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 16th 24% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 7th +0.005 17th 7% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 29th +0.007 18th 17% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 16th +0.009 19th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 26th +0.010 20th 13% above peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 21st +0.011 21st 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 13th +0.010 22nd 2% below peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 2nd +0.010 23rd 14% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 8th +0.014 24th 6% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 22nd +0.017 25th 10% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 24th +0.018 26th 12% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 18th +0.020 27th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 15th +0.019 28th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 10th +0.019 29th 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 4th +0.021 30th 10% below peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 19th +0.042 31st 6% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 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 (8.5% then, 8.6% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.3% to 8.7%).
8.6%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place 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
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 82% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 2nd -1.3pp 2nd 72% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 9th -3.0pp 3rd 30% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 8th -2.5pp 4th 33% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 22nd -4.9pp 5th 38% above peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 23rd -4.1pp 6th 39% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 15th -2.7pp 7th 1% below peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 25th -2.4pp 8th 48% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 18th -1.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 27th -2.4pp 10th 95% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 20th -1.4pp 11th 21% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 12th 114% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 14th -0.7pp 13th 18% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 12th -0.6pp 14th 30% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 6th -0.4pp 15th 37% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 21st -0.6pp 16th 34% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 28th +0.1pp 17th 101% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 7th +0.2pp 18th 34% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 24th +1.1pp 19th 42% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 13th +0.6pp 20th 29% below peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 26th +1.2pp 21st 50% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 29th +2.3pp 23rd 105% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 17th +1.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 11th +1.4pp 25th 30% below peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 5th +1.3pp 26th 41% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 27th 147% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 4th +1.2pp 28th 49% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 19th +2.9pp 29th 14% above peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 60% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 10th +4.5pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $334,224 in June 2026, up from $308,417 a year earlier.
$334,224
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $217,968 (Jun 26) +1.7%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Metairie, LA $334,224 (Jun 26) 17th +8.4% 1st 17% below peers
Stamford, CT $730,252 (Jun 26) 5th +6.8% 2nd 82% above peers
New Haven, CT $340,803 (Jun 26) 16th +5.6% 3rd 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY $225,918 (Jun 26) 25th +5.3% 4th 44% below peers
Olathe, KS $441,698 (Jun 26) 12th +5.0% 5th 10% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $215,210 (Jun 26) 26th +2.4% 6th 46% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $315,750 (Jun 26) 19th +2.4% 7th 21% below peers
Midland, TX $331,824 (Jun 26) 18th +2.1% 8th 17% below peers
Warren, MI $204,491 (Jun 26) 27th +1.7% 9th 49% below peers
Orange, CA $1,141,755 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.7% 10th 184% above peers
Torrance, CA $1,123,531 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 11th 180% above peers
Columbia, SC $232,810 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.3% 12th 42% below peers
Dayton, OH $141,446 (Jun 26) 29th +1.3% 13th 65% below peers
Jackson, MS $85,739 (Jun 26) 30th +1.2% 14th 79% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $547,806 (Jun 26) 7th +1.2% 15th 36% above peers
Fullerton, CA $1,053,680 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 16th 162% above peers
West Valley City, UT $472,447 (Jun 26) 11th +0.7% 17th 18% above peers
Hampton, VA $283,362 (Jun 26) 21st +0.7% 18th 29% below peers
Visalia, CA $401,692 (Jun 26) 15th +0.7% 19th on par with peers
McAllen, TX $231,417 (Jun 26) 24th +0.5% 20th 42% below peers
Victorville, CA $437,583 (Jun 26) 13th +0.2% 21st 9% above peers
Pasadena, CA $1,213,522 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 22nd 202% above peers
Gainesville, FL $299,992 (Jun 26) 20th -1.3% 23rd 25% below peers
Kent, WA $651,566 (Jun 26) 6th -1.6% 24th 62% above peers
Waco, TX $200,115 (Jun 26) 28th -2.1% 25th 50% below peers
Miramar, FL $520,975 (Jun 26) 9th -2.6% 26th 30% above peers
Thornton, CO $503,275 (Jun 26) 10th -3.0% 27th 25% above peers
Carrollton, TX $409,845 (Jun 26) 14th -3.2% 28th 2% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $524,239 (Jun 26) 8th -3.5% 29th 31% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $281,935 (Jun 26) 22nd -7.1% 30th 30% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 14% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $237,310 in June 2026, up from $208,891 a year earlier.
$237,310
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $113,269 (Jun 26) +2.0%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Metairie, LA $237,310 (Jun 26) 17th +13.6% 1st 5% below peers
Jackson, MS $37,837 (Jun 26) 30th +7.6% 2nd 85% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,389 (Jun 26) 16th +7.3% 3rd 4% below peers
Olathe, KS $338,266 (Jun 26) 12th +6.3% 4th 35% above peers
Syracuse, NY $156,060 (Jun 26) 24th +6.2% 5th 38% below peers
Stamford, CT $392,879 (Jun 26) 9th +4.5% 6th 57% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $146,112 (Jun 26) 25th +3.9% 7th 41% below peers
Midland, TX $225,599 (Jun 26) 19th +2.7% 8th 10% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $249,711 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 9th on par with peers
Warren, MI $126,201 (Jun 26) 28th +2.0% 10th 49% below peers
Dayton, OH $72,552 (Jun 26) 29th +1.6% 11th 71% below peers
Fullerton, CA $798,210 (Jun 26) 4th +1.6% 12th 220% above peers
Orange, CA $850,078 (Jun 26) 1st +1.6% 13th 240% above peers
Columbia, SC $142,816 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 14th 43% below peers
Hampton, VA $214,320 (Jun 26) 21st +1.1% 15th 14% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $427,901 (Jun 26) 6th +0.9% 16th 71% above peers
McAllen, TX $162,158 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.9% 17th 35% below peers
West Valley City, UT $408,896 (Jun 26) 7th +0.8% 18th 64% above peers
Torrance, CA $822,837 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.7% 19th 230% above peers
Visalia, CA $320,428 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 20th 28% above peers
Victorville, CA $385,386 (Jun 26) 10th +0.6% 21st 54% above peers
Pasadena, CA $814,213 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.5% 22nd 226% above peers
Kent, WA $482,714 (Jun 26) 5th -1.4% 23rd 93% above peers
Waco, TX $127,137 (Jun 26) 27th -2.1% 24th 49% below peers
Gainesville, FL $185,459 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.2% 25th 26% below peers
Carrollton, TX $324,658 (Jun 26) 13th -3.2% 26th 30% above peers
Thornton, CO $393,280 (Jun 26) 8th -3.5% 27th 57% above peers
Miramar, FL $366,124 (Jun 26) 11th -3.6% 28th 47% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $230,341 (Jun 26) 18th -7.6% 29th 8% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $220,094 (Jun 26) 20th -7.8% 30th 12% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.0% then, 62.1% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.8% to 62.1%).
62.1%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 67.4% +1.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 13th +6.5pp 1st 3% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 6th +7.5pp 2nd 20% above peers
Waco, TX 49.4% 22nd +3.3pp 3rd 16% below peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 28th +2.7pp 4th 29% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 5th 56% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 3rd +3.5pp 6th 23% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 25th +1.8pp 7th 17% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 1st +2.8pp 8th 29% above peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 17th +2.1pp 9th 2% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 10th 28% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 5th +2.0pp 11th 21% above peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 12th +1.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 18th +1.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 11th +1.1pp 14th 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 51% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 27th +0.5pp 16th 27% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 10th +0.1pp 17th 11% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 14th -0.2pp 18th 3% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 21st -0.4pp 19th 11% below peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 7th -0.6pp 20th 17% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 26th -0.5pp 21st 22% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 8th -0.7pp 22nd 17% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 16th -0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 20th -0.9pp 24th 6% below peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 4th -1.4pp 25th 22% above peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 19th -1.2pp 26th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 15th -1.4pp 27th 2% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 9th -1.6pp 28th 15% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 24th -1.3pp 29th 17% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 29th -1.2pp 30th 36% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 23rd -2.8pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,605 in June 2026, down from $1,628 a year earlier.
$1,605
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,288 (Jun 26) 27th +13.0% 1st 31% below peers
Hampton, VA $1,693 (Jun 26) 16th +5.3% 2nd 9% below peers
Olathe, KS $1,900 (Jun 26) 14th +4.5% 3rd 2% above peers
Jackson, MS $1,270 (Jun 26) 29th +4.3% 4th 32% below peers
Syracuse, NY $1,546 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.5% 5th 17% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,207 (Jun 26) 30th +3.4% 6th 35% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,997 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.3% 7th 61% above peers
Visalia, CA $1,909 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 8th 3% above peers
Warren, MI $1,337 (Jun 26) 26th +3.0% 9th 28% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,227 (Jun 26) 10th +3.0% 10th 20% above peers
Orange, CA $3,181 (Jun 26) 1st +2.8% 11th 71% above peers
Fullerton, CA $2,872 (Jun 26) 5th +2.6% 12th 55% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,591 (Jun 26) 21st +2.1% 13th 14% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,242 (Jun 26) 9th +2.1% 14th 21% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,478 (Jun 26) 24th +1.6% 15th 20% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,657 (Jun 26) 17th +1.6% 16th 11% below peers
Carrollton, TX $1,618 (Jun 26) 19th +1.3% 17th 13% below peers
Stamford, CT $2,954 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 18th 59% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,255 (Jun 26) 8th +0.9% 19th 22% above peers
Kent, WA $1,978 (Jun 26) 11th +0.8% 20th 7% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Jun 26) 28th +0.7% 21st 31% below peers
Waco, TX $1,369 (Jun 26) 25th +0.4% 22nd 26% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,357 (Jun 26) 7th -0.0% 23rd 27% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,710 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 24th 46% above peers
West Valley City, UT $1,504 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.9% 25th 19% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,910 (Jun 26) 12th -1.1% 26th 3% above peers
Pasadena, CA $2,939 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 27th 58% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,605 (Jun 26) 20th -1.4% 28th 14% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,856 (Jun 26) 15th -2.8% 29th on par with peers
Midland, TX $1,634 (Jun 26) 18th -3.8% 30th 12% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.9% then, 32.0% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.9% to 32.0%).
32.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 30.8% +1.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 5th -4.0pp 1st 22% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 30th -3.2pp 2nd 25% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 23rd -2.3pp 3rd 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 29th -2.7pp 4th 24% above peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 13th -1.3pp 5th 10% below peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 9th -0.6pp 6th 17% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 27th -0.7pp 7th 9% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 19th -0.3pp 8th on par with peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 6th -0.1pp 9th 22% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 3rd -0.0pp 10th 28% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 22nd +0.1pp 11th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 7th +0.1pp 12th 21% below peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 15th +0.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 24th +0.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 12th +0.6pp 15th 11% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 16th +1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 28th +1.6pp 17th 12% above peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 20th +1.4pp 18th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 14th +1.6pp 19th 7% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 4th +1.5pp 20th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 8th +1.9pp 21st 20% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 26th +2.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 17th +2.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 18th +2.8pp 24th on par with peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 25th +3.4pp 25th 7% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 26th 42% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 11th +3.2pp 27th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 28th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 21st +4.0pp 29th 3% above peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 30th 26% above peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 10th +7.4pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.2% then, 5.3% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 5.3%).
5.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 8.4% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 5th -1.6pp 1st 49% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 10th -2.1pp 2nd 31% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 22nd -3.8pp 3rd 36% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 16th -1.9pp 4th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 28th -3.9pp 5th 133% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 6th 44% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 29th -3.6pp 7th 202% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 14th -0.9pp 8th 22% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 24th -1.4pp 9th 38% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 18th -0.9pp 10th 3% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 15th -0.7pp 11th 16% below peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 12th 53% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 1st -0.2pp 13th 56% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 30th -1.4pp 14th 278% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 15th 295% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 20th -0.3pp 16th 5% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 21st -0.3pp 17th 12% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 23rd -0.3pp 18th 37% above peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 27th -0.0pp 19th 69% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 7th +0.0pp 20th 44% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 11th +0.0pp 21st 28% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 13th +0.1pp 22nd 23% below peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 17th +0.3pp 23rd 2% above peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 9th +0.3pp 24th 31% below peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 25th +0.9pp 25th 41% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 8th +0.5pp 26th 35% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 12th +0.7pp 27th 26% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 3rd +0.5pp 28th 49% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 26th +1.7pp 29th 58% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 19th +2.2pp 30th 5% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 4th +1.1pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.6% to 9.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 11 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; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.9% to 9.8%).
9.8%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 7.7% -1.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 22nd -3.1pp 1st 35% above peers
Pasadena, CA 5.6% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 26% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 11th -2.0pp 3rd 12% below peers
Orange, CA 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 4th 23% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.3% 14th -1.5pp 5th 4% below peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 20th -1.9pp 6th 29% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 5th -1.0pp 7th 25% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.2% 19th -1.6pp 8th 22% above peers
Hampton, VA 6.6% 9th -1.1pp 9th 13% below peers
Midland, TX 14.2% 24th -2.3pp 10th 87% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 23rd -1.6pp 11th 42% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.3% 15th -1.0pp 12th 4% below peers
Dayton, OH 8.0% 17th -1.1pp 13th 5% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 1st -0.5pp 14th 45% below peers
Columbia, SC 6.9% 12th -0.6pp 15th 9% below peers
Warren, MI 6.0% 8th -0.4pp 16th 21% below peers
McAllen, TX 23.9% 30th -1.2pp 17th 214% above peers
West Valley City, UT 17.6% 28th -0.7pp 18th 132% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 29th -0.3pp 19th 148% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 26th -0.2pp 20th 97% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.1% 13th -0.0pp 21st 6% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.9% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 35% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 27th +0.1pp 23rd 105% above peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 10th +0.2pp 24th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.7% 2nd +0.2pp 25th 38% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 18th +0.5pp 26th 15% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.6% 16th +0.4pp 27th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 14.7% 25th +1.1pp 28th 94% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 7th +0.5pp 29th 21% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.0% 31st +3.5pp 30th 216% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 21st +1.5pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

36.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 40.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 43% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 2nd 30% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 3rd 27% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 4th 26% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 5th 25% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 6th 23% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 7th 15% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 8th 15% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 9th 9% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 10th 9% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 11th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 12th 5% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 13th 2% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 14th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 15th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 16th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 17th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 18th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 19th 4% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 20th 6% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 21st 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 22nd 11% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 23rd 12% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 24th 12% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 25th 16% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 26th 18% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 27th 23% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 28th 27% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 29th 36% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 37% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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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 (5.8% then, 6.7% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 4.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 5th -2.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 2nd -1.1pp 2nd 62% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 50% below peers
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 4th 67% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 27th -3.0pp 5th 180% above peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 6th -0.4pp 6th 35% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 19th -0.6pp 7th 38% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 9th -0.3pp 8th 29% below peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 9th 236% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 24th -0.2pp 10th 86% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 23rd -0.1pp 11th 64% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 8th -0.0pp 12th 33% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 25th -0.0pp 13th 101% above peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 11th +0.1pp 14th 19% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 17th +0.1pp 15th 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 14th +0.1pp 16th 4% below peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 17th 251% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 26th +0.8pp 18th 110% above peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 7th +0.3pp 19th 34% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 21st +1.0pp 20th 62% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 13th +0.7pp 21st 5% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 10th +0.6pp 22nd 22% below peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 12th +0.7pp 23rd 18% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 24th 44% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 15th +1.1pp 25th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 26th 267% above peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 20th +1.9pp 27th 50% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 16th +1.4pp 28th on par with peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 22nd +2.7pp 29th 62% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 18th +2.3pp 30th 31% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 28th +5.5pp 31st 212% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.9% to 41.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 16 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.6% to 41.2%).
41.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 27.0% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 13th +10.1pp 1st 13% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 3rd +8.6pp 2nd 62% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 25th +3.2pp 3rd 35% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 14th +4.8pp 4th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 20th +4.1pp 5th 10% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 22nd +3.8pp 6th 13% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 7th +6.0pp 7th 36% above peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 26th +2.5pp 8th 37% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 16th +3.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 9th +4.2pp 10th 24% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 12th +4.0pp 11th 17% above peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 18th +2.8pp 12th 6% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 19th +2.7pp 13th 6% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 28th +1.1pp 14th 56% below peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 1st +3.8pp 15th 69% above peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 17th +2.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 2nd +3.3pp 17th 63% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 23rd +1.6pp 18th 14% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 27th +0.9pp 19th 51% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 21st +1.6pp 20th 13% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 11th +2.0pp 21st 20% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 6th +2.1pp 22nd 39% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 24th +0.9pp 23rd 27% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 10th +1.4pp 24th 21% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 15th +1.1pp 25th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 4th +1.6pp 26th 56% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 8th +1.0pp 27th 31% above peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 5th +0.8pp 28th 52% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 29th 61% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 29th -0.3pp 30th 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.2% then, 55.1% now; margin ±9.5pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.9% to 55.1%).
55.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 49.2% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 8th +11.1pp 1st 19% above peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 2nd 42% above peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 24th +5.4pp 3rd 18% below peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 15th +5.9pp 4th 2% above peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 22nd +4.9pp 5th 15% below peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 14th +5.8pp 6th 2% above peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 17th +4.3pp 7th 3% below peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 25th +3.4pp 8th 20% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 28th +1.7pp 9th 33% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 10th 42% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 11th 35% above peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 7th +1.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 29th +0.3pp 13th 38% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 18th +0.4pp 14th 4% below peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 30th +0.0pp 15th 42% below peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 16th -1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 19th -1.5pp 17th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 26th -1.8pp 18th 26% below peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 21st -3.3pp 19th 10% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 9th -4.1pp 20th 10% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 20th -3.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 6th -5.5pp 22nd 22% above peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 5th -7.9pp 23rd 28% above peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 4th -9.7pp 24th 32% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 12th -9.6pp 25th 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 13th -13.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 23rd -13.1pp 27th 16% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 10th -17.7pp 28th 8% above peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 27th -12.3pp 29th 32% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 11th -24.8pp 30th 6% above peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.6pp 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
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 (4.8% then, 8.4% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 8.4%).
8.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 9.5% -0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 1st -2.5pp 1st 73% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 66% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 12th -3.2pp 3rd 8% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 29th -6.5pp 4th 96% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 3rd -1.6pp 5th 48% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 20th -3.1pp 6th 18% above peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 15th -2.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 6th -1.1pp 8th 35% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 21st -1.6pp 9th 22% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 30th -2.4pp 10th 108% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 19th -0.9pp 11th 13% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 10th -0.5pp 12th 22% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 8th -0.4pp 13th 24% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 14th -0.3pp 14th 3% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 7th -0.1pp 15th 31% below peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 13th +0.4pp 17th 4% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 18th +0.6pp 18th 12% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 24th +1.2pp 19th 62% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 9th +0.6pp 20th 23% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 4th +0.5pp 21st 36% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 25th +1.6pp 22nd 71% above peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 27th +2.6pp 23rd 84% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 5th +1.2pp 24th 35% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 17th +2.1pp 25th 11% above peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 26th 114% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 22nd +3.6pp 27th 42% above peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 28th +5.1pp 28th 95% above peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 23rd +4.8pp 29th 62% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 11th +2.9pp 30th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 26th +6.1pp 31st 80% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.7pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (142,135 then, 139,729 now; margin ±3,498).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
139,729
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 18th +13% 1st on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 3rd +10% 2nd 5% above peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 7th +9% 3rd 4% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 31st +7% 4th 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 20th +7% 5th 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 22nd +6% 6th 1% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 8th +6% 7th 4% above peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 5th +5% 8th 5% above peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 6th +5% 9th 4% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 12th +5% 10th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 21st +4% 11th 1% below peers
Kent, WA 135,603 27th +3% 12th 2% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 28th +3% 13th 3% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 26th +3% 14th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 2nd +2% 15th 6% above peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 4th +2% 16th 5% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 17th +2% 17th on par with peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 19th +2% 18th 1% below peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 15th +2% 19th on par with peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 13th +1% 20th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 10th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 30th +1% 22nd 3% below peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 14th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Orange, CA 138,266 16th -1% 24th on par with peers
Midland, TX 136,640 24th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 29th -2% 26th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 11th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 9th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 25th -3% 29th 1% below peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 23rd -3% 30th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 1st -12% 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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 ±2,981 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 Rising
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Children rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.2% to 20.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.7% to 20.8%).
20.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 23.5% -0.2pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 20th +1.6pp 1st 5% below peers
Midland, TX 29.8% 2nd +2.2pp 2nd 36% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 28th +0.9pp 3rd 22% below peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 16th +0.6pp 4th on par with peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 17th +0.4pp 5th 2% below peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 15th +0.3pp 6th 1% above peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 22nd +0.2pp 7th 5% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 6th +0.1pp 8th 25% above peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 4th -0.1pp 9th 29% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 10th 40% below peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 12th -0.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 8th -0.6pp 12th 18% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 18th -0.5pp 13th 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 14th 37% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 14th -0.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 13th -1.0pp 16th 4% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 26th -0.8pp 17th 12% below peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 24th -1.0pp 18th 7% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 23rd -1.0pp 19th 6% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 9th -1.2pp 20th 17% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 11th -1.2pp 21st 9% above peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 5th -1.6pp 22nd 27% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 19th -1.2pp 23rd 3% below peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 3rd -2.1pp 24th 35% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 21st -1.8pp 25th 5% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 29th -1.5pp 26th 24% below peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 7th -2.4pp 27th 19% above peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 27th -2.1pp 28th 16% below peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 10th -3.1pp 29th 14% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 25th -3.0pp 30th 10% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 30th -3.1pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.0% then, 32.5% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.2% to 32.5%).
32.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 40.6% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 17th +8.1pp 1st 4% below peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 26th +2.6pp 2nd 27% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 27th +2.4pp 3rd 30% below peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 18th +3.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 24th +2.3pp 5th 24% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 8th +3.3pp 6th 28% above peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 25th +1.3pp 7th 24% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 23rd +1.2pp 8th 19% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 16th +1.5pp 9th on par with peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 11th +1.3pp 10th 10% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 13th +1.0pp 11th 5% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 3rd +1.8pp 12th 83% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 6th +1.3pp 13th 46% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 14th 85% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 4th +1.3pp 15th 67% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 16th 87% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 7th -0.6pp 17th 36% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 19th -0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 29th -0.4pp 19th 50% below peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 21st -1.4pp 20th 16% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 5th -3.0pp 21st 66% above peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 10th -3.3pp 22nd 14% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 15th -3.0pp 23rd on par with peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 20th -2.7pp 24th 13% below peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 31st -1.7pp 25th 57% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 9th -6.1pp 26th 16% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 14th -6.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 22nd -5.3pp 28th 18% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 28th -5.0pp 29th 37% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 12th -9.5pp 30th 7% above peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 30th -5.8pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 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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30 of 40 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 (72.6% then, 71.8% now; margin ±8.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.3% to 71.8%).
71.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 70.9% +2.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 5th +9.0pp 1st 7% above peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 21st +7.6pp 2nd 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 4th +7.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 9th +7.2pp 4th 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 16th +6.8pp 5th on par with peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 17th +6.0pp 6th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 22nd +5.6pp 7th 6% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 7th +5.8pp 8th 6% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 27th +4.6pp 9th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 6th +4.7pp 10th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 11th 12% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 25th +3.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 18th +3.1pp 13th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 14th 15% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 8th +2.9pp 15th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 26th +2.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 13th +2.5pp 17th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 15th +1.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 20th 20% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 20th +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 23rd -0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 12th -0.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 24th -1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 29th -1.7pp 25th 19% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 10th -2.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 11th -2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 19th -2.5pp 28th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 28th -5.5pp 30th 16% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 14th -8.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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