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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
11.7% 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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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
62.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
61.0% in 2019
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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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Metairie, LA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
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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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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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
16.3%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
18.2% 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 moves & big gaps 2 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
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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Population
139,729
2020-24
low
vs peers
142,135 in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Metairie started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 41% from 2014 to 2024 ($51,808 to $73,042).
Bright spot $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%
Escondido, CA $91,967 13th +44% 1st 12% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 2nd 118% above peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 8th +41% 3rd 23% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 29th +39% 4th 45% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 12th +39% 5th 12% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 14th +38% 6th 9% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 23rd +38% 7th 18% below peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 18th +38% 8th 9% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 24th +37% 9th 19% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 26th +35% 10th 31% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 16th +32% 11th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 6th +30% 12th 27% above peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 7th +29% 13th 24% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 25th +29% 14th 22% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 15th 54% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 11th +28% 16th 13% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 2nd +28% 17th 43% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 5th +27% 18th 28% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 15th +26% 19th 9% above peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 28th +25% 20th 42% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 3rd +24% 21st 42% above peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 21st +24% 22nd 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 17th +23% 23rd 3% below peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 19th +23% 24th 11% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 10th +21% 25th 14% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 22nd +21% 26th 18% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 20th +20% 27th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 9th +20% 28th 21% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 4th +20% 29th 36% above peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 27th +17% 30th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 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.
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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% 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 18.9% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 1st -2.6pp 1st 51% below peers
Visalia, CA 11.5% 15th -4.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 6th -2.6pp 3rd 36% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.6% 3rd -2.3pp 4th 38% below peers
Orange, CA 9.5% 9th -2.6pp 5th 22% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.9% 10th -2.5pp 6th 19% below peers
Kent, WA 10.8% 12th -2.6pp 7th 11% below peers
Hampton, VA 12.7% 19th -2.5pp 8th 4% above peers
Warren, MI 14.8% 22nd -2.7pp 9th 21% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.1% 24th -3.0pp 10th 40% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 8th -1.4pp 11th 30% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.2% 16th -1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 13th -1.7pp 13th 11% below peers
Dayton, OH 26.9% 28th -3.6pp 14th 121% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.4% 29th -3.4pp 15th 125% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.8% 23rd -1.9pp 16th 29% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 2nd -0.9pp 17th 42% below peers
New Haven, CT 23.9% 26th -2.6pp 18th 96% above peers
Victorville, CA 18.4% 25th -1.8pp 19th 50% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.3% 21st -1.2pp 20th 9% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.8% 31st -2.3pp 21st 136% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.9% 20th -0.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.3% 17th +0.0pp 23rd 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% 14th +0.0pp 24th 9% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 18th +0.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Jackson, MS 27.9% 30th +2.5pp 26th 129% above peers
Columbia, SC 24.0% 27th +2.2pp 27th 96% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.1% 11th +1.0pp 28th 17% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.8% 5th +0.8pp 29th 36% below peers
Torrance, CA 7.8% 4th +0.9pp 30th 36% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.4% 7th +1.7pp 31st 31% 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 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 2.7pp 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.1% to 16.3%).
Needs attention 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%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 1st -4.1pp 1st 65% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 4th -7.1pp 2nd 38% below peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 12th -6.8pp 3rd 8% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 10th -5.0pp 4th 23% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 7th -4.5pp 5th 29% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 13th -5.5pp 6th 8% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 11th -4.9pp 7th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 23rd -7.6pp 8th 38% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 6th -3.7pp 9th 32% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 24th -7.3pp 10th 44% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 21st -5.2pp 11th 27% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 20th -3.0pp 12th 10% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 22nd -3.4pp 13th 28% above peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 5th -1.7pp 14th 33% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 27th -5.0pp 15th 101% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 15th -2.0pp 16th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 19th -1.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 28th -4.0pp 18th 161% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 8th -1.1pp 19th 29% below peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 25th -1.6pp 20th 60% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 16th -1.0pp 21st on par with peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 30th -1.9pp 22nd 181% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 183% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 18th -0.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 29th +1.0pp 25th 163% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 26th +3.0pp 26th 92% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 28% below peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 2nd +1.1pp 28th 48% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 14th +2.3pp 29th 3% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 3rd +1.5pp 30th 47% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 17th +4.2pp 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: 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

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
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Metairie started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 14.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.7% to 90.7%).
Bright spot 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% 30th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 27th +13.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 24th +13.4pp 3rd 3% below peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 25th +12.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 21st +11.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 16th +11.0pp 6th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 17th +10.7pp 7th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 23rd +9.7pp 9th 3% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 4th +9.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 15th +8.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 28th +7.8pp 12th 5% below peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 26th +7.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 10th +7.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 22nd +6.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 6th +6.8pp 16th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 20th +6.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 19th +6.0pp 18th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 14th +5.9pp 19th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 12th +5.9pp 20th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 1st +5.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 29th +4.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 13th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 18th +4.6pp 24th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 7th +4.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 5th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 8th +3.4pp 27th 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 11th +3.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 2nd +2.9pp 29th 3% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 3rd +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 9th +0.7pp 31st 2% 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.48).
Needs attention 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 3rd -0.037 1st 9% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 21st -0.020 2nd 5% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 20th -0.012 3rd 4% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 26th -0.011 4th 11% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 29th -0.007 5th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 9th -0.006 6th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 24th -0.005 7th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 4th -0.004 8th 7% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 12th -0.003 9th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 28th -0.002 10th 13% above peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 11th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 11th +0.001 12th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 2nd +0.002 13th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 8th +0.003 14th 5% below peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 15th +0.004 15th 1% below peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 16th 24% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 5th +0.005 17th 6% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 30th +0.007 18th 18% above peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 18th +0.008 19th 1% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 17th +0.009 20th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 25th +0.011 21st 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 14th +0.010 22nd 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 6th +0.014 23rd 6% below peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 27th +0.018 24th 13% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 22nd +0.020 25th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 16th +0.019 26th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 10th +0.019 27th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 19th +0.034 28th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 23rd +0.042 29th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 7th +0.038 30th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 13th +0.047 31st 3% below 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.3% to 8.7%).
Bright spot 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
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 4th -1.8pp 1st 55% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 2nd 67% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 66% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 10th -3.0pp 4th 18% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 23rd -4.9pp 5th 62% above peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 24th -4.1pp 6th 64% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 17th -2.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 7th -1.4pp 8th 37% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 8th -1.3pp 9th 36% below peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 27th -2.4pp 10th 130% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 21st -1.4pp 11th 43% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 30th -1.8pp 12th 153% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 15th -0.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 13th -0.6pp 14th 17% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 22nd -0.6pp 15th 58% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 28th +0.1pp 16th 136% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 9th +0.2pp 17th 23% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 25th +1.1pp 18th 67% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 14th +0.6pp 19th 16% below peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 26th +1.2pp 20th 77% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 18th +0.8pp 21st 18% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 29th +2.3pp 23rd 142% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 19th +1.9pp 24th 23% above peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 12th +1.4pp 25th 17% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 26th 191% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 6th +1.2pp 27th 39% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 20th +2.9pp 28th 35% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 66% below peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 5th +2.5pp 30th 53% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 11th +4.5pp 31st 17% 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 →
What changed

Home value rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 4% lower than in 2021 ($343,251 then, $328,021 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near $304,580 in 2024 it has risen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 2% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $328,021 in August 2026, up from $308,216 a year earlier.
$328,021
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref $217,039 (Aug 26) +2.1%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Stamford, CT $724,387 (Aug 26) 7th +7.7% 1st 81% above peers
Metairie, LA $328,021 (Aug 26) 20th +6.4% 2nd 18% below peers
New Haven, CT $339,182 (Aug 26) 19th +6.1% 3rd 15% below peers
Syracuse, NY $224,508 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 4th 44% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,126 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 5th 19% below peers
Orange, CA $1,125,988 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.6% 6th 181% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $548,920 (Aug 26) 9th +2.5% 7th 37% above peers
Fullerton, CA $1,039,798 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 8th 160% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $212,086 (Aug 26) 27th +2.3% 9th 47% below peers
Hampton, VA $282,439 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.0% 10th 30% below peers
Torrance, CA $1,104,855 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 11th 176% above peers
Visalia, CA $397,626 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 12th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $308,784 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 13th 23% below peers
Columbia, SC $230,191 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 14th 43% below peers
Jackson, MS $86,367 (Aug 26) 30th +1.1% 15th 78% below peers
Dayton, OH $140,625 (Aug 26) 29th +1.1% 16th 65% below peers
Meridian, ID $535,976 (Aug 26) 10th +0.9% 17th 34% above peers
Victorville, CA $434,932 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 18th 9% above peers
Pasadena, CA $1,187,354 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 19th 196% above peers
West Valley City, UT $465,915 (Aug 26) 13th +0.4% 20th 16% above peers
Escondido, CA $842,305 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 21st 110% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,646,715 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 22nd 311% above peers
Warren, MI $200,537 (Aug 26) 28th +0.4% 23rd 50% below peers
Kent, WA $635,965 (Aug 26) 8th -1.1% 24th 59% above peers
Miramar, FL $521,195 (Aug 26) 12th -1.4% 25th 30% above peers
Carrollton, TX $400,642 (Aug 26) 15th -1.8% 26th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL $523,439 (Aug 26) 11th -1.9% 27th 31% above peers
Lewisville, TX $387,166 (Aug 26) 18th -2.8% 28th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX $398,221 (Aug 26) 16th -5.4% 29th 1% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $279,720 (Aug 26) 24th -5.8% 30th 30% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $231,140 in August 2026, up from $205,516 a year earlier.
$231,140
2000August 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 $115,919 (Aug 26) +3.5%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Metairie, LA $231,140 (Aug 26) 20th +12.5% 1st 27% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,089 (Aug 26) 19th +7.8% 2nd 24% below peers
Syracuse, NY $154,567 (Aug 26) 25th +6.8% 3rd 51% below peers
Stamford, CT $393,405 (Aug 26) 11th +5.5% 4th 24% above peers
Jackson, MS $37,873 (Aug 26) 30th +5.1% 5th 88% below peers
Fargo, ND $228,384 (Aug 26) 21st +4.6% 6th 28% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $143,370 (Aug 26) 26th +3.3% 7th 55% below peers
Hampton, VA $212,258 (Aug 26) 24th +3.0% 8th 33% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $426,821 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 9th 35% above peers
Fullerton, CA $786,679 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 10th 148% above peers
Orange, CA $838,273 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 11th 164% above peers
Dayton, OH $74,399 (Aug 26) 29th +2.0% 12th 77% below peers
Visalia, CA $316,933 (Aug 26) 15th +1.8% 13th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI $244,832 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 14th 23% below peers
Victorville, CA $383,617 (Aug 26) 12th +1.2% 15th 21% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,141 (Aug 26) 8th +1.1% 16th 37% above peers
Columbia, SC $141,482 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 17th 55% below peers
Torrance, CA $804,774 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 18th 154% above peers
West Valley City, UT $401,966 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 19th 27% above peers
Warren, MI $123,766 (Aug 26) 28th +0.1% 20th 61% below peers
Pasadena, CA $797,584 (Aug 26) 4th +0.0% 21st 152% above peers
Escondido, CA $648,894 (Aug 26) 6th -0.6% 22nd 105% above peers
Kent, WA $476,715 (Aug 26) 7th -1.1% 23rd 50% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,057,112 (Aug 26) 1st -1.6% 24th 234% above peers
Carrollton, TX $317,180 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 25th on par with peers
Miramar, FL $365,221 (Aug 26) 13th -2.6% 26th 15% above peers
Lewisville, TX $308,593 (Aug 26) 16th -2.8% 27th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX $306,560 (Aug 26) 17th -5.7% 28th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $226,445 (Aug 26) 22nd -6.2% 29th 29% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $217,912 (Aug 26) 23rd -6.4% 30th 31% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.8% to 62.1%).
Bright spot 62.1%
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 67.4% +1.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 11th +6.5pp 1st 7% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 5th +7.5pp 2nd 23% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 24th +4.2pp 3rd 18% below peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 28th +2.7pp 4th 27% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 5th 55% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 3rd +3.5pp 6th 27% above peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 19th +2.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 23rd +1.8pp 8th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 1st +2.8pp 9th 34% above peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 14th +2.1pp 10th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 4th +2.0pp 11th 25% above peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 10th +1.4pp 12th 8% above peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 15th +1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 9th +1.1pp 14th 9% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 50% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 27th +0.5pp 16th 25% below peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 26th +0.0pp 17th 23% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 12th -0.2pp 18th 6% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 20th -0.4pp 19th 9% below peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 6th -0.6pp 20th 21% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 25th -0.5pp 21st 20% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 7th -0.7pp 22nd 21% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 13th -0.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 18th -0.9pp 24th 3% below peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 16th -1.2pp 25th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 2nd -1.6pp 26th 31% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 8th -1.6pp 27th 19% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 22nd -1.3pp 28th 14% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 29th -2.0pp 29th 28% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 21st -2.8pp 30th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 17th -4.8pp 31st 2% 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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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 Rising recently, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,545 in August 2026, up from $1,534 a year earlier.
$1,545
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,291 (Aug 26) 27th +14.6% 1st 31% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,957 (Aug 26) 1st +7.3% 2nd 111% above peers
Hampton, VA $1,698 (Aug 26) 18th +5.9% 3rd 9% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,275 (Aug 26) 10th +4.7% 4th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID $2,084 (Aug 26) 12th +4.7% 5th 11% above peers
Syracuse, NY $1,541 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.3% 6th 18% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,952 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 7th 58% above peers
Jackson, MS $1,265 (Aug 26) 28th +4.0% 8th 32% below peers
Visalia, CA $1,871 (Aug 26) 15th +3.9% 9th on par with peers
Dayton, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 10th 33% below peers
Fullerton, CA $2,917 (Aug 26) 6th +3.4% 11th 56% above peers
Warren, MI $1,366 (Aug 26) 26th +3.3% 12th 27% below peers
Orange, CA $3,116 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 13th 67% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,479 (Aug 26) 25th +2.7% 14th 21% below peers
Fargo, ND $1,079 (Aug 26) 30th +2.5% 15th 42% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,015 (Aug 26) 13th +2.2% 16th 8% above peers
Stamford, CT $2,966 (Aug 26) 4th +2.1% 17th 58% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,243 (Aug 26) 11th +1.6% 18th 20% above peers
Carrollton, TX $1,655 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 19th 12% below peers
Round Rock, TX $1,741 (Aug 26) 17th +1.2% 20th 7% below peers
Kent, WA $1,973 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 21st 5% above peers
Pasadena, CA $3,022 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 22nd 62% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,330 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 23rd 25% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,545 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.7% 24th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,547 (Aug 26) 8th +0.2% 25th 36% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,526 (Aug 26) 24th +0.2% 26th 18% below peers
Miramar, FL $2,689 (Aug 26) 7th +0.1% 27th 44% above peers
Lewisville, TX $1,557 (Aug 26) 21st +0.1% 28th 17% below peers
West Valley City, UT $1,586 (Aug 26) 20th -0.2% 29th 15% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,831 (Aug 26) 16th -1.8% 30th 2% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

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

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.9% to 32.0%).
Bright spot 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
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 5th -5.6pp 1st 23% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 7th -4.0pp 2nd 20% below peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 29th -3.0pp 3rd 18% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 31st -3.2pp 4th 29% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 23rd -2.3pp 5th 9% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 30th -2.7pp 6th 28% above peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 13th -1.3pp 7th 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 8th 34% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 27th -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 20th -0.3pp 10th 4% above peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 8th -0.1pp 11th 19% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 3rd -0.0pp 12th 26% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 9th +0.1pp 13th 18% below peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 16th +0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 24th +0.5pp 15th 11% above peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 12th +0.6pp 16th 8% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 17th +1.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 4th +0.8pp 18th 24% below peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 28th +1.6pp 19th 16% above peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 21st +1.4pp 20th 4% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 15th +1.6pp 21st 4% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 6th +1.5pp 22nd 21% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 10th +1.9pp 23rd 18% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 26th +2.8pp 24th 12% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 18th +2.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 19th +2.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 25th +3.4pp 27th 11% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 28th 30% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 22nd +4.0pp 29th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 14th +3.9pp 30th 5% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 11th +3.7pp 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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% 4th -1.6pp 1st 40% below peers
Victorville, CA 4.7% 11th -2.1pp 2nd 19% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 23rd -3.8pp 3rd 58% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 28th -3.9pp 4th 172% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 5th 35% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 29th -3.6pp 6th 252% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 14th -0.9pp 7th 9% below peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 17th -0.9pp 8th 4% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 25th -1.4pp 9th 61% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 18th -0.9pp 10th 21% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 15th -0.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 30th -1.4pp 12th 341% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 13th 360% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 20th -0.3pp 14th 23% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 21st -0.3pp 15th 30% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 24th -0.3pp 16th 60% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 1st -0.0pp 17th 59% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 27th -0.0pp 18th 97% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 7th +0.0pp 19th 34% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 12th +0.0pp 20th 17% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 13th +0.1pp 21st 10% below peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 20% below peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 26th +0.9pp 23rd 65% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 8th +0.5pp 24th 24% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 16th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 26th 21% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 2nd +0.5pp 27th 41% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 22nd +1.3pp 28th 42% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 19th +2.2pp 29th 22% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 30th 40% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 40 census tracts
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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 →
  • Fayetteville, AR down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.7% to 9.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Metairie started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.0% to 9.8%).
Bright spot 9.8%
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 7.8% -1.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 22nd -3.1pp 1st 33% above peers
Pasadena, CA 5.7% 5th -1.7pp 2nd 27% below peers
Orange, CA 6.0% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 23% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 12th -2.0pp 4th 13% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.4% 15th -1.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 21st -1.9pp 6th 27% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.9% 13th -1.2pp 7th 11% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 6th -1.0pp 8th 26% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.3% 20th -1.6pp 9th 20% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.0% 14th -1.1pp 10th 10% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 24th -1.6pp 11th 40% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.2% 18th -1.2pp 12th 6% above peers
Columbia, SC 7.7% 16th -1.1pp 13th on par with peers
Escondido, CA 10.8% 23rd -1.5pp 14th 40% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 2nd -0.5pp 15th 46% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 16th 62% below peers
Fargo, ND 6.0% 8th -0.5pp 17th 22% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 27th -1.2pp 18th 98% above peers
Warren, MI 6.1% 10th -0.4pp 19th 21% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.7% 29th -0.6pp 20th 128% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 30th -0.3pp 21st 144% above peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 28th +0.1pp 22nd 102% above peers
Syracuse, NY 5.0% 4th +0.0pp 23rd 35% below peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 24th 13% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.8% 3rd +0.2pp 25th 39% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 19th +0.5pp 26th 14% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.9% 17th +0.5pp 27th 2% above peers
Jackson, MS 14.9% 26th +1.1pp 28th 92% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 9th +0.5pp 29th 22% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.2% 31st +3.4pp 30th 212% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.9% 25th +2.5pp 31st 53% 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 →
  • 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 99% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.5%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 40.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 42% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 2nd 40% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 3rd 29% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 4th 26% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 5th 24% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 6th 24% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 7th 21% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 8th 17% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 9th 17% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 10th 13% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 11th 13% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 12th 8% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 13th 7% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 14th 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 15th 3% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 17th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 18th 2% above peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 19th 2% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 20th 3% above peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 21st 5% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 22nd 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 23rd 8% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 24th 10% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 25th 13% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 26th 14% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 27th 19% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 28th 25% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 29th 39% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 40% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 6.7%).
Needs attention 6.7%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 4.6% +1.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
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
Warren, MI 2.7% 7th -0.4pp 5th 35% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 21st -0.6pp 6th 38% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 10th -0.3pp 7th 29% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 18th -0.4pp 8th 25% above peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 9th 236% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 26th -0.2pp 10th 86% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 24th -0.1pp 11th 64% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 9th -0.0pp 12th 33% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 27th -0.0pp 13th 101% above peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 12th +0.1pp 14th 19% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 15th +0.1pp 15th 4% below peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 17th +0.3pp 16th 6% above peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 8th +0.3pp 17th 34% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 23rd +1.0pp 18th 62% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 20th +0.8pp 19th 32% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 14th +0.7pp 20th 5% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 11th +0.6pp 21st 22% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 6th +0.5pp 22nd 42% below peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 13th +0.7pp 23rd 18% below peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 24th 44% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 25th 267% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 26th 239% above peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 22nd +1.9pp 27th 50% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 16th +1.4pp 28th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 25th +2.4pp 29th 77% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 19th +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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 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).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Metairie started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.6% to 41.2%).
Bright spot 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% 16th +10.1pp 1st 4% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 21st +5.1pp 2nd 26% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 12th +6.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 8th +6.9pp 4th 14% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 25th +3.2pp 5th 44% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 20th +4.1pp 6th 23% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 6th +6.0pp 7th 16% above peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 26th +2.5pp 8th 46% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 7th +4.8pp 9th 15% above peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 11th +4.2pp 10th 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 15th +4.0pp 11th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 12th 70% above peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 18th +2.8pp 13th 20% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 19th +2.7pp 14th 20% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 28th +1.1pp 15th 63% below peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 10th +3.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 2nd +3.8pp 17th 44% above peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 3rd +3.3pp 18th 39% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 23rd +1.6pp 19th 27% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 27th +0.9pp 20th 59% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 22nd +1.6pp 21st 26% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 14th +2.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 5th +2.1pp 23rd 18% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 24th +0.9pp 24th 38% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 13th +1.4pp 25th 3% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 17th +1.1pp 26th 15% below peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 4th +1.6pp 27th 33% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 9th +1.0pp 28th 12% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 29th 67% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 29th -0.3pp 30th 63% 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 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% 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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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (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.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.9% to 55.1%).
Needs attention 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%
Meridian, ID 46.2% 19th +9.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 9th +11.1pp 2nd 25% above peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 3rd 49% above peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 22nd +4.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 6th +6.0pp 5th 32% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 24th +3.4pp 6th 16% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 27th +1.7pp 7th 30% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 8th 48% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 9th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 8th +1.6pp 10th 25% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 28th +0.3pp 11th 36% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 16th +0.4pp 12th on par with peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 29th +0.0pp 13th 39% below peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 15th -1.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 17th -1.5pp 15th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 25th -1.8pp 16th 22% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 14th -3.2pp 17th 6% above peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 21st -3.3pp 18th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 10th -4.1pp 19th 15% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 20th -3.5pp 20th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 7th -5.5pp 21st 28% above peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 26th -3.8pp 22nd 23% below peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 5th -7.9pp 23rd 33% above peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 4th -9.7pp 24th 38% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 18th -7.1pp 25th 3% below peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 13th -13.8pp 26th 8% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 23rd -13.1pp 27th 13% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 11th -17.7pp 28th 13% above peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 12th -24.8pp 29th 11% above peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 30th -12.6pp 30th 53% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 63% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 8.4%).
Needs attention 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
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 78% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 3rd -3.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 29th -6.5pp 3rd 103% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 4th -1.6pp 4th 46% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 13th -2.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 20th -3.1pp 6th 22% above peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 8th -1.1pp 7th 32% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 21st -1.6pp 8th 27% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 30th -2.4pp 9th 115% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 9th -0.7pp 10th 29% below peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 2nd -0.2pp 11th 71% below peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 19th -0.9pp 12th 17% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 12th -0.5pp 13th 19% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 10th -0.4pp 14th 21% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 16th -0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 22nd +0.0pp 16th 43% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 17th 4% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 15th +0.4pp 18th 1% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 18th +0.6pp 19th 15% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 25th +1.2pp 20th 67% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 11th +0.6pp 21st 20% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 6th +0.5pp 22nd 33% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 26th +1.6pp 23rd 77% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 5th +0.6pp 24th 35% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 7th +1.2pp 25th 33% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 26th 122% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 23rd +3.6pp 27th 47% above peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 28th +5.1pp 28th 102% above peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 24th +4.8pp 29th 67% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 14th +2.9pp 30th 6% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 27th +6.1pp 31st 86% 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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Big move 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
Meridian, ID 130,138 30th +28% 1st 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 28th +23% 2nd 5% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 14th +13% 3rd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 4th +9% 4th 5% above peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 27th +8% 5th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 26th +7% 6th 4% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 16th +7% 7th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 18th +6% 8th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 8th +5% 9th 2% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 17th +4% 10th on par with peers
Kent, WA 135,603 22nd +3% 11th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 23rd +3% 12th 2% below peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 31st +3% 13th 7% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 21st +3% 14th 1% below peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 3rd +2% 15th 7% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 13th +2% 16th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 29th +2% 17th 5% below peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 15th +2% 18th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 11th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 9th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 6th +1% 21st 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 25th +1% 22nd 3% below peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 10th -1% 23rd 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 1st -1% 24th 9% above peers
Orange, CA 138,266 12th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 24th -2% 26th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 7th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 5th -2% 28th 4% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 20th -3% 29th 1% below peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 19th -3% 30th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 2nd -12% 31st 7% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 50% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children rose 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.7% to 20.8%).
Big move 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 21.9% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 19th +1.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 21% below peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 15th +0.6pp 3rd 2% above peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 16th +0.4pp 4th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 14th +0.3pp 5th 3% above peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 21st +0.2pp 6th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 4th +0.1pp 7th 27% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 24th -0.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 9th -0.5pp 9th 10% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 5th -0.6pp 10th 20% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 17th -0.5pp 11th 1% below peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 12th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 13th -0.9pp 13th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 26th -0.8pp 14th 10% below peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 23rd -1.0pp 15th 5% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 22nd -1.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 6th -1.2pp 17th 19% above peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 8th -1.2pp 18th 11% above peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 3rd -1.6pp 19th 29% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 18th -1.2pp 20th 1% below peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 11th -1.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 2nd -2.1pp 22nd 38% above peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 12th -1.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 20th -1.8pp 24th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 30th -1.5pp 25th 22% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 27th -2.1pp 26th 15% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 7th -3.0pp 27th 16% above peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 10th -3.3pp 28th 9% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 25th -3.0pp 29th 9% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 28th -2.8pp 30th 21% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 31st -3.1pp 31st 29% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (33.0% then, 32.5% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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% 15th +8.1pp 1st 1% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 26th +2.6pp 2nd 24% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 27th +2.4pp 3rd 26% below peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 16th +3.1pp 4th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 24th +1.3pp 5th 20% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 23rd +1.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 14th +1.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 9th +1.3pp 8th 15% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 11th +1.0pp 9th 10% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 3rd +1.8pp 10th 92% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 6th +1.3pp 11th 53% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 2nd +1.7pp 12th 93% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 4th +1.3pp 13th 75% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 14th 96% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 7th -0.6pp 15th 42% above peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 18th -0.4pp 16th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 17th -0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 25th -0.6pp 18th 21% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 28th -0.4pp 19th 48% below peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 21st -1.4pp 20th 12% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 5th -3.0pp 21st 74% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 13th -3.0pp 22nd 5% above peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 20th -3.3pp 23rd 11% below peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 29th -1.7pp 24th 55% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 19th -3.5pp 25th 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 30th -1.9pp 26th 56% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 8th -6.1pp 27th 22% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 12th -6.1pp 28th 10% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 22nd -5.3pp 29th 15% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 57% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 10th -9.5pp 31st 12% 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.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.6% then, 71.8% now; margin ±8.0pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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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▸ 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
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 5th +9.0pp 1st 7% above peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 21st +7.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 8th +7.2pp 3rd 4% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 15th +6.8pp 4th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 22nd +6.1pp 5th 5% below peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 16th +6.0pp 6th on par with peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 23rd +5.6pp 7th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 12th +6.0pp 8th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 28th +5.0pp 9th 13% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 6th +5.8pp 10th 6% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 27th +4.6pp 11th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 12th 12% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 25th +3.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 17th +3.1pp 14th 1% below peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 15th 16% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 7th +2.9pp 16th 5% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 26th +2.4pp 17th 10% below peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 18th 18% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 18th +2.2pp 19th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 14th +1.3pp 20th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 21st 19% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 20th +0.2pp 22nd 3% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 24th -0.2pp 23rd 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 29th -0.4pp 24th 15% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 11th -0.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 9th -2.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 10th -2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 19th -2.5pp 28th 2% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 30th -5.5pp 29th 15% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 4th -7.0pp 30th 7% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 13th -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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