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362,154 people (2025) 250k-1m South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where New Orleans, LA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$56,631
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
$41,604 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
86.6%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
73.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
42.4%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
37.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.1%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
9.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
17.4%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
18.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
51.2%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
48.3% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.1%
Jul 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
5.4% a year earlier
Improving recently Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.55
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.57 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
61.5%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
63.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where New Orleans, LA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.4%
2020-24
▲ 57%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
32.5%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
34.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
45.3%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
46.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
22.6%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
23.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.5%
2019-23
flat
relative change
18.5% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
103 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
105 in the prior 12 months
Dropping too slowly  
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.1%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
8.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
53.7%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
57.6% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
20.1% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$243,781
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$248,492 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$146,798
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$146,062 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 1 indicators
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 2% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 103 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 105 in the prior 12 months. That is 28 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 103 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Henderson, NV 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Irvine, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
North Las Vegas, NV 0 (Jun 26) -95.8% 3rd
Plano, TX 0 (Jul 26) -66.5% 4th
Arlington, TX 2 (Jul 26) -57.8% 5th
Corpus Christi, TX 3 (Jun 26) -52.4% 6th
Aurora, CO 5 (Jul 26) -43.2% 7th
Lincoln, NE 1 (Jul 26) -40.1% 8th
Greensboro, NC 8 (Jul 26) -40.0% 9th
Newark, NJ 6 (Jul 26) -38.7% 10th
Cincinnati, OH 15 (Jul 26) -31.3% 11th
Bakersfield, CA 5 (Jul 26) -25.0% 12th
Durham, NC 9 (Jul 26) -22.2% 13th
Minneapolis, MN 13 (Jul 26) -20.6% 14th
Stockton, CA 11 (Jul 26) -14.3% 15th
Lexington, KY 6 (Apr 26) -12.6% 16th
Anaheim, CA 3 (Jul 26) -9.9% 17th
Jersey City, NJ 3 (Jul 26) -9.1% 18th
Tulsa, OK 6 (May 26) -7.1% 19th
New Orleans, LA 28 (Jul 26) -1.9% 20th
Cleveland, OH 28 (Jun 26) +4.1% 21st
Urban Honolulu, HI 2 (Jul 26) +5.5% 22nd
Saint Paul, MN 7 (Jul 26) +11.1% 23rd
Pittsburgh, PA 11 (Jun 26) +29.6% 24th
Riverside, CA 5 (Jul 26) +87.1% 25th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newark, NJ down about 39% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Baltimore, MD down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Columbus, OH down about 29% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 36% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,604 to $56,631 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,973).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. New Orleans started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 53% from 2014 to 2024 ($36,964 to $56,631).
Bright spot $56,631
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%
Newark, NJ $52,060 29th +48% 1st 31% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 14th +46% 2nd 6% above peers
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 6th +42% 3rd 25% above peers
Tampa, FL $75,475 16th +40% 4th on par with peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 19th +40% 5th 4% below peers
Durham, NC $81,619 11th +39% 6th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 4th +38% 7th 29% above peers
Oakland, CA $101,600 3rd +38% 8th 35% above peers
New Orleans, LA $56,631 27th +36% 9th 25% below peers
Aurora, CO $88,368 9th +36% 10th 17% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 23rd +35% 11th 13% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 15th +33% 12th 5% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 5th +33% 13th 26% above peers
Cleveland, OH $40,801 30th +32% 14th 46% below peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 7th +32% 15th 21% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 28th +30% 16th 30% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 17th 81% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $80,846 12th +29% 18th 7% above peers
Bakersfield, CA $80,540 13th +28% 19th 7% above peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 18th +27% 20th 3% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 21st 62% below peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 25th +26% 22nd 18% below peers
Tulsa, OK $59,838 26th +26% 23rd 21% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 20th +24% 24th 5% below peers
Arlington, TX $75,171 17th +24% 25th on par with peers
Wichita, KS $64,620 24th +23% 26th 14% below peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 8th +22% 27th 19% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 21st +21% 28th 8% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 10th +21% 29th 15% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 22nd +20% 30th 11% below peers
Plano, TX $112,253 2nd +17% 31st 49% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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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27 of 184 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 6 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami, FL up about 60% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,781 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.1% in July 2026, down from 5.4% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.1%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 4.4% (Jul 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Newark, NJ 6.9% (Jul 26) 27th -2.0pp 1st 53% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th -1.6pp 2nd 13% below peers
Cleveland, OH 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th -1.5pp 3rd 16% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 4.2% (Jul 26) 6th -1.1pp 4th 7% below peers
Greensboro, NC 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Stockton, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 29th -0.5pp 6th 58% above peers
Riverside, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 7th 13% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 8th 7% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 28th -0.5pp 9th 53% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.6% (Jul 26) 26th -0.5pp 10th 24% above peers
Oakland, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.4pp 11th 9% above peers
New Orleans, LA 5.1% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 12th 13% above peers
Durham, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 13th 24% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th -0.3pp 14th 22% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 15th 4% below peers
Lincoln, NE 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 16th 42% below peers
Anaheim, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Lexington, KY 4.3% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 18th 4% below peers
Wichita, KS 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th -0.1pp 19th 4% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 20th 18% below peers
Aurora, CO 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 21st 2% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th +0.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Arlington, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Plano, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 26th 2% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 27th 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 28th 9% above peers
Tulsa, OK 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th +1.3pp 29th 7% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.7% then, 22.6% now; margin ±1.1pp). 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
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.7% to 22.6%).
Needs attention 22.6%
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%
Santa Ana, CA 10.8% 3rd -4.9pp 1st 30% below peers
Durham, NC 11.7% 5th -4.2pp 2nd 24% below peers
Oakland, CA 13.4% 13th -3.4pp 3rd 13% below peers
Irvine, CA 10.8% 4th -2.5pp 4th 30% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.6% 18th -3.3pp 5th 1% above peers
Tampa, FL 15.4% 16th -3.2pp 6th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 16.0% 21st -3.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.4% 10th -2.4pp 8th 19% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.7% 14th -2.6pp 9th 5% below peers
Newark, NJ 23.4% 28th -4.0pp 10th 52% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.5% 17th -2.4pp 11th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 12.2% 9th -1.7pp 12th 21% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.1% 8th -1.7pp 13th 22% below peers
Arlington, TX 12.9% 12th -1.7pp 14th 17% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.9% 15th -1.9pp 15th 3% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.6% 19th -1.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 17.0% 23rd -1.5pp 17th 10% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 38.2% 31st -2.9pp 18th 147% above peers
Cleveland, OH 30.6% 30th -2.1pp 19th 98% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.3% 22nd -1.1pp 20th 6% above peers
Lincoln, NE 12.7% 11th -0.8pp 21st 18% below peers
New Orleans, LA 22.6% 27th -1.0pp 22nd 46% above peers
Tulsa, OK 18.7% 25th -0.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 25.5% 29th -0.8pp 24th 65% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.1% 26th -0.4pp 25th 30% above peers
Plano, TX 6.8% 1st -0.0pp 26th 56% below peers
Wichita, KS 15.9% 20th +0.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.1% 24th +1.0pp 28th 11% above peers
Aurora, CO 11.9% 7th +1.2pp 29th 23% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.9% 6th +1.3pp 30th 23% below peers
Henderson, NV 9.0% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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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18 of 184 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Laredo, TX down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Atlanta, GA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

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 (34.2% then, 32.5% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.5% to 32.5%).
Needs attention 32.5%
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%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 5th -8.8pp 1st 24% below peers
Oakland, CA 16.6% 10th -8.2pp 2nd 14% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 11th -7.9pp 3rd 13% below peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 8th -6.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 17.9% 14th -7.6pp 5th 7% below peers
Tampa, FL 19.2% 16th -7.3pp 6th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 9th -5.2pp 7th 19% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 20th -5.6pp 8th 15% above peers
Arlington, TX 17.7% 12th -4.4pp 9th 8% below peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 6th -3.2pp 10th 23% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 27th -6.6pp 11th 63% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 17th -3.8pp 12th 8% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 18th -3.3pp 13th 9% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 13th -2.6pp 14th 7% below peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 23rd -3.2pp 15th 22% above peers
Tulsa, OK 27.4% 25th -2.4pp 16th 43% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 22nd -1.9pp 17th 20% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 29th -2.7pp 18th 89% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 30th -3.3pp 19th 134% above peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 1st -0.5pp 20th 59% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 22.0% 21st -1.2pp 21st 15% above peers
New Orleans, LA 32.5% 28th -1.7pp 22nd 69% above peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 4th -0.6pp 23rd 29% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 24th 206% above peers
Wichita, KS 21.8% 19th -0.2pp 25th 14% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 24th +2.0pp 26th 30% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 2nd +0.7pp 27th 55% below peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 3rd +1.1pp 28th 44% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 26th +3.7pp 29th 61% above peers
Aurora, CO 18.1% 15th +3.1pp 30th 6% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 7th +2.8pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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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19 of 184 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 5 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Atlanta, GA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Boston, MA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 13.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 73.6% to 86.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. New Orleans 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 20.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (66.4% to 86.6%).
Bright spot 86.6%
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%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 21st +17.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 29th +16.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Cleveland, OH 84.8% 30th +16.1pp 4th 8% below peers
New Orleans, LA 86.6% 28th +13.1pp 5th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 17th +12.5pp 6th on par with peers
Wichita, KS 91.6% 20th +10.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 27th +9.6pp 8th 3% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 23rd +8.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Oakland, CA 91.7% 19th +8.7pp 10th 1% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 9th +8.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Tulsa, OK 89.8% 24th +8.2pp 12th 3% below peers
Tampa, FL 93.6% 8th +8.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 16th +7.9pp 14th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 25th +7.0pp 15th 3% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 13th +6.8pp 17th on par with peers
Bakersfield, CA 94.1% 5th +6.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 6th +6.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Arlington, TX 92.4% 15th +6.6pp 20th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 4th +6.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 10th +6.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 18th +6.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 26th +5.9pp 24th 3% below peers
Aurora, CO 93.7% 7th +6.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 14th +5.7pp 26th on par with peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 3rd +5.7pp 27th 3% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 12th +5.1pp 28th 1% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 11th +3.7pp 29th 1% above peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 1st +2.6pp 30th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 2nd +1.9pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI up 21.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Laredo, TX up 18.9pp 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality fell about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.57 to 0.55 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.56 to 0.55).
Bright spot 0.55
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
Stockton, CA 0.44 6th -0.031 1st 8% below peers
New Orleans, LA 0.55 30th -0.017 2nd 15% above peers
Tulsa, OK 0.51 23rd -0.012 3rd 6% above peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 11th -0.011 4th 4% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 24th -0.010 5th 6% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 18th -0.008 6th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 3rd -0.007 7th 12% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 8th 28% above peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 22nd -0.007 9th 4% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 19th -0.005 10th 2% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 0.45 9th -0.005 11th 6% below peers
Cleveland, OH 0.51 25th -0.005 12th 7% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 0.50 21st -0.003 13th 3% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 12th -0.003 14th 4% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 2nd -0.001 15th 16% below peers
Plano, TX 0.45 7th -0.001 16th 7% below peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 20th -0.001 17th 3% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 16th -0.000 18th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 0.51 26th -0.000 19th 7% above peers
Tampa, FL 0.54 28th +0.001 20th 13% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 27th +0.001 21st 9% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 29th +0.003 22nd 13% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 13th +0.003 23rd 3% below peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 10th +0.003 24th 6% below peers
Arlington, TX 0.44 5th +0.005 25th 9% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 14th +0.006 26th 3% below peers
Wichita, KS 0.47 15th +0.009 27th 1% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 1st +0.008 28th 16% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 17th +0.011 29th 1% above peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 8th +0.015 30th 7% below peers
Aurora, CO 0.43 4th +0.020 31st 10% 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 (18.5% then, 18.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (20.7% to 18.5%).
Needs attention 18.5%
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
Santa Ana, CA 11.3% 12th -4.7pp 1st 19% below peers
Durham, NC 9.3% 6th -2.7pp 2nd 34% below peers
Tampa, FL 15.7% 21st -3.6pp 3rd 12% above peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 4th -1.9pp 4th 39% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.0% 16th -2.9pp 5th on par with peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.0% 18th -2.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 12.4% 13th -2.3pp 7th 11% below peers
Orlando, FL 15.0% 17th -2.3pp 8th 7% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.3% 26th -2.6pp 9th 31% above peers
Newark, NJ 23.7% 29th -3.3pp 10th 69% above peers
Arlington, TX 10.4% 7th -1.4pp 11th 26% below peers
Cleveland, OH 31.5% 30th -3.1pp 12th 125% above peers
Wichita, KS 11.1% 11th -1.0pp 13th 20% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 19th -1.2pp 14th 8% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.5% 22nd -0.7pp 15th 18% above peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 5th -0.0pp 16th 36% below peers
New Orleans, LA 18.5% 27th +0.0pp 17th 32% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 23rd +0.3pp 18th 20% above peers
Tulsa, OK 15.6% 20th +0.5pp 19th 11% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 28th +0.8pp 20th 49% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.1% 10th +0.5pp 21st 21% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 16.8% 24th +1.1pp 22nd 20% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.8% 8th +1.0pp 23rd 23% below peers
Aurora, CO 10.8% 9th +1.0pp 24th 23% below peers
Greensboro, NC 17.4% 25th +1.8pp 25th 24% above peers
Plano, TX 3.4% 1st +0.5pp 26th 75% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 34.6% 31st +5.9pp 27th 147% above peers
Henderson, NV 7.7% 3rd +1.4pp 28th 45% below peers
Anaheim, CA 14.0% 15th +2.7pp 29th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 13.7% 14th +3.5pp 30th 2% below peers
Irvine, CA 4.9% 2nd +2.3pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Tampa, FL down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Miami, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value is about 12% lower than in 2021 ($277,295 then, $243,781 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $299,654 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Home value rose about 2% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $243,781 in August 2026, down from $248,492 a year earlier.
Big move $243,781
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 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%
Santa Ana, CA $868,002 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.3% 1st 123% above peers
Tulsa, OK $220,221 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 2nd 43% below peers
Lincoln, NE $293,764 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 3rd 25% below peers
Anaheim, CA $946,371 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.7% 4th 143% above peers
Wichita, KS $207,080 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 5th 47% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $856,332 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 6th 120% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $328,529 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 7th 16% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $249,297 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.5% 8th 36% below peers
Riverside, CA $645,110 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 9th 66% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $223,078 (Aug 26) 25th +0.3% 10th 43% below peers
Greensboro, NC $263,264 (Aug 26) 21st +0.0% 11th 32% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $388,250 (Aug 26) 15th -0.0% 12th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ $657,765 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 13th 69% above peers
Tampa, FL $377,566 (Aug 26) 16th -0.3% 14th 3% below peers
Arlington, TX $309,891 (Aug 26) 19th -0.8% 15th 20% below peers
Oakland, CA $708,610 (Aug 26) 5th -0.9% 16th 82% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $239,865 (Aug 26) 24th -1.0% 17th 38% below peers
Newark, NJ $481,850 (Aug 26) 9th -1.3% 18th 24% above peers
Orlando, FL $371,120 (Aug 26) 17th -1.4% 19th 5% below peers
Cleveland, OH $120,419 (Aug 26) 28th -1.4% 20th 69% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $402,439 (Aug 26) 13th -1.5% 21st 3% above peers
Irvine, CA $1,492,449 (Aug 26) 1st -1.8% 22nd 283% above peers
New Orleans, LA $243,781 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.9% 23rd 37% below peers
Stockton, CA $427,285 (Aug 26) 12th -2.3% 24th 10% above peers
Henderson, NV $479,263 (Aug 26) 10th -2.4% 25th 23% above peers
Aurora, CO $452,698 (Aug 26) 11th -2.8% 26th 16% above peers
Durham, NC $389,634 (Aug 26) 14th -3.4% 27th on par with peers
Plano, TX $493,092 (Aug 26) 8th -3.8% 28th 27% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $146,798 in August 2026, up from $146,062 a year earlier.
Big move $146,798
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 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%
Lincoln, NE $216,087 (Aug 26) 19th +3.4% 1st 26% below peers
Wichita, KS $125,010 (Aug 26) 27th +3.2% 2nd 57% below peers
Tulsa, OK $130,721 (Aug 26) 25th +3.0% 3rd 55% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $602,608 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.8% 4th 108% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $128,731 (Aug 26) 26th +2.4% 5th 56% below peers
Anaheim, CA $759,338 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.1% 6th 162% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $165,811 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.8% 7th 43% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $447,287 (Aug 26) 7th +1.4% 8th 54% above peers
Newark, NJ $384,631 (Aug 26) 8th +1.2% 9th 33% above peers
Riverside, CA $541,510 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 10th 87% above peers
Minneapolis, MN $215,674 (Aug 26) 20th +0.6% 11th 26% below peers
New Orleans, LA $146,798 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.5% 12th 49% below peers
Cleveland, OH $73,450 (Aug 26) 28th +0.2% 13th 75% below peers
Tampa, FL $242,802 (Aug 26) 17th +0.0% 14th 16% below peers
Greensboro, NC $171,051 (Aug 26) 21st -0.2% 15th 41% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $290,276 (Aug 26) 14th -0.2% 16th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $461,495 (Aug 26) 6th -0.3% 17th 59% above peers
Arlington, TX $248,825 (Aug 26) 16th -0.5% 18th 14% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $140,307 (Aug 26) 24th -1.2% 19th 52% below peers
Irvine, CA $1,017,448 (Aug 26) 1st -1.3% 20th 251% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $333,778 (Aug 26) 12th -1.4% 21st 15% above peers
Stockton, CA $336,675 (Aug 26) 11th -1.6% 22nd 16% above peers
Henderson, NV $355,673 (Aug 26) 10th -2.5% 23rd 23% above peers
Oakland, CA $470,071 (Aug 26) 5th -2.8% 24th 62% above peers
Orlando, FL $236,142 (Aug 26) 18th -2.9% 25th 19% below peers
Durham, NC $282,309 (Aug 26) 15th -3.0% 26th 3% below peers
Plano, TX $362,238 (Aug 26) 9th -3.9% 27th 25% above peers
Aurora, CO $325,627 (Aug 26) 13th -4.3% 28th 12% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48.3% to 51.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.9% to 51.2%).
Bright spot 51.2%
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%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 29th +4.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 11th +5.2pp 2nd 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 53% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 2nd +5.5pp 4th 23% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 20th +4.2pp 5th 6% below peers
New Orleans, LA 51.2% 17th +2.9pp 6th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 28th +2.1pp 7th 23% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 8th +2.8pp 8th 9% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 13th +2.5pp 9th 2% above peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 15th +2.1pp 10th 1% above peers
Aurora, CO 62.4% 3rd +2.5pp 11th 20% above peers
Oakland, CA 42.3% 26th +1.6pp 12th 18% below peers
Tampa, FL 50.3% 19th +1.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 1st +2.0pp 14th 27% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 23rd +1.4pp 15th 11% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 60.6% 4th +1.5pp 16th 17% above peers
Tulsa, OK 51.9% 16th +1.2pp 17th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 6th +1.2pp 18th 12% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 22nd +0.5pp 19th 8% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 47.7% 21st +0.5pp 20th 8% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 18th +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Cleveland, OH 41.7% 27th +0.2pp 22nd 20% below peers
Wichita, KS 58.9% 5th +0.1pp 23rd 13% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 12th -0.7pp 24th 4% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 14th -0.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 9th -0.9pp 26th 8% above peers
Arlington, TX 54.3% 10th -0.9pp 27th 5% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 24th -1.5pp 28th 14% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 7th -2.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 30th -1.2pp 30th 46% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 25th -2.4pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 ±0.9pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,637 in August 2026, up from $1,613 a year earlier.
$1,637
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Oakland, CA $2,735 (Aug 26) 6th +10.1% 1st 51% above peers
Cleveland, OH $1,391 (Aug 26) 25th +4.6% 2nd 23% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $3,020 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.6% 3rd 67% above peers
Wichita, KS $1,158 (Aug 26) 28th +4.2% 4th 36% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $1,545 (Aug 26) 20th +3.6% 5th 14% below peers
Tulsa, OK $1,287 (Aug 26) 27th +3.5% 6th 29% below peers
Minneapolis, MN $1,682 (Aug 26) 17th +3.5% 7th 7% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $3,157 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.0% 8th 75% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $1,414 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.7% 9th 22% below peers
Bakersfield, CA $1,858 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 10th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA $2,759 (Aug 26) 5th +2.3% 11th 53% above peers
Greensboro, NC $1,392 (Aug 26) 24th +2.1% 12th 23% below peers
Riverside, CA $2,444 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 13th 35% above peers
Lincoln, NE $1,308 (Aug 26) 26th +2.0% 14th 28% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $1,424 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.9% 15th 21% below peers
Durham, NC $1,659 (Aug 26) 18th +1.8% 16th 8% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $2,812 (Aug 26) 4th +1.7% 17th 56% above peers
New Orleans, LA $1,637 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 18th 9% below peers
Irvine, CA $3,527 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 19th 95% above peers
Arlington, TX $1,462 (Aug 26) 21st +0.9% 20th 19% below peers
Stockton, CA $2,010 (Aug 26) 9th +0.7% 21st 11% above peers
Orlando, FL $1,896 (Aug 26) 11th +0.6% 22nd 5% above peers
Newark, NJ $2,114 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 23rd 17% above peers
Plano, TX $1,742 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 24th 4% below peers
Henderson, NV $1,806 (Aug 26) 14th -0.0% 25th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV $1,889 (Aug 26) 12th -0.0% 26th 5% above peers
Tampa, FL $1,957 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 27th 8% above peers
Aurora, CO $1,758 (Aug 26) 15th -1.8% 28th 3% 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 (46.1% then, 45.3% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.1% to 45.3%).
Needs attention 45.3%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 30.8% +1.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 25th -4.5pp 1st 8% above peers
Newark, NJ 53.8% 31st -4.6pp 2nd 36% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 12th -2.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 21st -2.2pp 4th 4% above peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 4th -1.6pp 5th 19% below peers
Wichita, KS 28.1% 1st -0.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 22nd -0.8pp 7th 5% above peers
New Orleans, LA 45.3% 28th -0.8pp 8th 14% above peers
Oakland, CA 43.1% 26th -0.6pp 9th 9% above peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 23rd -0.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 30th -0.3pp 11th 20% above peers
Cleveland, OH 40.7% 19th +0.2pp 12th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 27th +0.4pp 13th 10% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 14th +0.4pp 14th 2% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 7th +0.4pp 15th 15% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.1% 9th +0.4pp 16th 11% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.2% 6th +0.5pp 17th 16% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 39.7% 17th +1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 24th +1.5pp 19th 8% above peers
Tampa, FL 40.9% 20th +1.7pp 20th 3% above peers
Aurora, CO 39.7% 18th +1.7pp 21st on par with peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 11th +1.5pp 22nd 10% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 29th +2.0pp 23rd 16% above peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 5th +1.6pp 24th 19% below peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 13th +2.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 2nd +1.9pp 26th 23% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 15th +2.6pp 27th 1% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 10th +2.6pp 28th 11% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 8th +3.6pp 29th 12% below peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 3rd +3.4pp 30th 23% below peers
Arlington, TX 39.6% 16th +5.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.6% to 17.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. New Orleans started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.7% to 17.4%).
Bright spot 17.4%
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 8.4% +0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 13th -2.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 39% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 27th -4.8pp 3rd 177% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 15th -1.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 25th -2.8pp 5th 131% above peers
Tampa, FL 8.5% 20th -1.4pp 6th 16% above peers
Wichita, KS 6.4% 9th -1.0pp 7th 14% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 28th -2.7pp 8th 179% above peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 30th -4.1pp 9th 364% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 14th -0.7pp 10th 2% below peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 17th -0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Minneapolis, MN 15.6% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 111% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 12th -0.5pp 13th 6% below peers
New Orleans, LA 17.4% 26th -1.1pp 14th 136% above peers
Cleveland, OH 22.1% 29th -1.0pp 15th 199% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 5th -0.2pp 16th 30% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.3% 19th -0.3pp 17th 13% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 21st -0.3pp 18th 77% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 24th +0.0pp 19th 125% above peers
Oakland, CA 16.2% 23rd +0.1pp 20th 119% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 7th +0.2pp 21st 25% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 446% above peers
Aurora, CO 6.6% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 11% below peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 18th +0.6pp 24th 11% above peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 42% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 8th +0.5pp 26th 18% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 6th +0.5pp 27th 28% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 11th +0.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 1st +0.5pp 29th 49% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 16th +1.3pp 30th on par with peers
Arlington, TX 5.0% 4th +0.9pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Buffalo, NY down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.2% to 8.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. New Orleans started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.8% to 8.1%).
Bright spot 8.1%
20132024
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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
Oakland, CA 5.6% 4th -2.3pp 1st 34% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 17th -2.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.2% 23rd -3.5pp 3rd 43% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.4% 15th -1.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 19th -2.1pp 5th 17% above peers
Lincoln, NE 6.3% 6th -1.3pp 6th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 22nd -1.8pp 7th 26% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 5.7% 5th -0.9pp 8th 34% below peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 14th -1.1pp 9th 5% below peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 53% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.5% 16th -1.1pp 11th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.6% 1st -0.4pp 12th 58% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 3rd -0.5pp 13th 43% below peers
Tampa, FL 10.6% 20th -1.0pp 14th 25% above peers
Orlando, FL 13.9% 27th -1.3pp 15th 63% above peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 18th -0.5pp 16th 5% above peers
Plano, TX 10.7% 21st -0.5pp 17th 25% above peers
Tulsa, OK 16.1% 28th -0.5pp 18th 89% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.3% 25th -0.1pp 19th 57% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 7.4% 11th -0.0pp 20th 13% below peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 9th +0.1pp 21st 19% below peers
Wichita, KS 12.4% 24th +0.2pp 22nd 46% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.7% 7th +0.1pp 23rd 22% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 8th +0.2pp 24th 21% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.8% 29th +0.6pp 25th 109% above peers
Arlington, TX 19.0% 30th +0.7pp 26th 123% above peers
Cleveland, OH 8.1% 13th +0.4pp 27th 5% below peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 10th +0.4pp 28th 15% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.8% 12th +0.5pp 29th 8% below peers
Newark, NJ 19.7% 31st +2.3pp 30th 132% above peers
Aurora, CO 13.7% 26th +2.4pp 31st 61% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Oakland, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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.

37.2%
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%
Irvine, CA 20.3% 1st 40% below peers
Oakland, CA 23.7% 2nd 30% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 24.4% 3rd 28% below peers
Anaheim, CA 28.2% 4th 17% below peers
Plano, TX 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
Aurora, CO 28.3% 6th 17% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 29.1% 7th 14% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 29.6% 8th 13% below peers
Henderson, NV 30.1% 9th 11% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 30.8% 10th 9% below peers
Tampa, FL 32.3% 11th 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 33.2% 12th 2% below peers
Orlando, FL 33.6% 13th 1% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.8% 14th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 33.8% 15th on par with peers
Durham, NC 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 34.5% 17th 2% above peers
Wichita, KS 34.7% 18th 2% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 34.7% 19th 2% above peers
Newark, NJ 35.1% 20th 4% above peers
Riverside, CA 35.1% 21st 4% above peers
Greensboro, NC 35.1% 22nd 4% above peers
Stockton, CA 35.3% 23rd 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 35.5% 24th 5% above peers
New Orleans, LA 37.2% 25th 10% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.2% 26th 16% above peers
Tulsa, OK 39.4% 27th 16% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 28th 23% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 42.7% 29th 26% above peers
Cleveland, OH 44.9% 30th 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.4% to 5.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 5.4%).
Needs attention 5.4%
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
Lexington, KY 3.0% 5th -1.3pp 1st 42% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 12th -1.6pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 10th -1.4pp 3rd 27% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 1st -0.7pp 4th 57% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 5th 32% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 8th -0.8pp 6th 32% below peers
Oakland, CA 3.5% 6th -0.7pp 7th 33% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 3.0% 4th -0.5pp 8th 42% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 25th -1.1pp 9th 57% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 56% below peers
Wichita, KS 6.5% 22nd -0.1pp 11th 26% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 23rd -0.1pp 12th 52% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 14th -0.0pp 13th 15% below peers
Tulsa, OK 8.4% 26th +0.2pp 14th 64% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 7th +0.2pp 15th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 13th +0.3pp 16th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 24th +0.6pp 17th 55% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 28th +0.8pp 18th 77% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 17th +0.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 43% below peers
Tampa, FL 6.2% 20th +0.8pp 21st 21% above peers
Arlington, TX 13.1% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 154% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 21st +1.0pp 23rd 26% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 16th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Aurora, CO 8.9% 27th +1.8pp 25th 73% above peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 29th +2.1pp 26th 88% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 19th +1.4pp 27th 14% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 3.8% 11th +1.0pp 28th 26% below peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 30th +3.2pp 29th 120% above peers
Cleveland, OH 4.4% 15th +1.3pp 30th 14% below peers
New Orleans, LA 5.4% 18th +1.9pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 0.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.6% to 42.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. New Orleans started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.4% to 42.4%).
Bright spot 42.4%
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 27.0% +2.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Newark, NJ 19.7% 28th +4.5pp 1st 52% below peers
Cleveland, OH 22.4% 26th +4.9pp 2nd 46% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 18.3% 30th +3.3pp 3rd 56% below peers
Tampa, FL 45.7% 9th +7.1pp 4th 10% above peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +4.2pp 5th 28% below peers
Durham, NC 57.3% 3rd +7.7pp 6th 38% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 54.8% 5th +7.2pp 7th 32% above peers
Aurora, CO 33.6% 18th +3.9pp 8th 19% below peers
New Orleans, LA 42.4% 12th +4.8pp 9th 2% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 13th +4.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 17th +4.0pp 11th 10% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 29th +2.0pp 12th 55% below peers
Riverside, CA 25.7% 23rd +2.7pp 13th 38% below peers
Orlando, FL 42.5% 11th +4.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 41.5% 15th +4.3pp 15th on par with peers
Oakland, CA 48.8% 7th +4.7pp 16th 17% above peers
Lexington, KY 48.3% 8th +4.6pp 17th 16% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 24.4% 24th +2.3pp 18th 41% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 49.1% 6th +4.5pp 19th 18% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 55.5% 4th +5.1pp 20th 34% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.0% 27th +1.7pp 21st 52% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 23.6% 25th +1.7pp 22nd 43% below peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 20th +2.3pp 23rd 21% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 43.8% 10th +3.0pp 24th 5% above peers
Greensboro, NC 41.0% 16th +2.8pp 25th 1% below peers
Tulsa, OK 33.6% 19th +2.1pp 26th 19% below peers
Plano, TX 60.5% 2nd +3.3pp 27th 46% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.8% 14th +2.2pp 28th 1% above peers
Wichita, KS 31.1% 21st +1.0pp 29th 25% below peers
Irvine, CA 70.6% 1st +1.8pp 30th 70% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 6.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Winston-Salem, NC up 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 No measurable change ★ 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 (63.9% then, 61.5% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.0% to 61.5%).
Bright spot 61.5%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 49.2% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 12th +8.0pp 1st 8% above peers
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 8th +7.1pp 2nd 16% above peers
Aurora, CO 44.2% 16th +6.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 21st +4.8pp 4th 7% below peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 17th +3.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Tampa, FL 58.2% 6th +4.6pp 6th 32% above peers
Arlington, TX 39.7% 24th +2.0pp 7th 10% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 14th -0.2pp 8th 8% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 10th -0.4pp 9th 15% above peers
New Orleans, LA 61.5% 3rd -2.4pp 10th 39% above peers
Wichita, KS 36.5% 27th -1.5pp 11th 17% below peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 13th -2.1pp 12th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 13th 66% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 28th -1.8pp 14th 18% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 18th -2.8pp 15th 3% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 25th -2.8pp 16th 10% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 2nd -5.8pp 17th 53% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 20th -3.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Tulsa, OK 42.5% 19th -4.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 50.2% 11th -5.2pp 20th 14% above peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 7th -6.2pp 21st 25% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 26th -4.9pp 22nd 16% below peers
Oakland, CA 51.0% 9th -6.9pp 23rd 16% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.3% 30th -5.1pp 24th 34% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 22nd -7.3pp 25th 7% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 23rd -7.2pp 26th 10% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 4th -12.5pp 27th 35% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 31st -6.6pp 28th 40% below peers
Cleveland, OH 33.7% 29th -8.7pp 29th 24% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 5th -15.5pp 30th 33% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 15th -14.2pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.4% then, 8.1% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.8% to 8.1%).
Needs attention 8.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 9.5% -0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Orlando, FL 4.3% 5th -4.4pp 1st 37% below peers
Tulsa, OK 5.8% 10th -3.4pp 2nd 14% below peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 3rd 80% below peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 6th -1.2pp 4th 33% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 8th -1.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 25th -1.8pp 6th 45% above peers
Arlington, TX 6.3% 11th -1.0pp 7th 8% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 18th -0.7pp 8th 11% above peers
Oakland, CA 7.9% 19th -0.6pp 9th 16% above peers
New Orleans, LA 8.1% 21st -0.4pp 10th 18% above peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 13th -0.2pp 11th 6% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 20th -0.2pp 12th 17% above peers
Cleveland, OH 10.4% 28th -0.2pp 13th 53% above peers
Aurora, CO 8.1% 22nd -0.1pp 14th 19% above peers
Tampa, FL 5.2% 9th +0.0pp 15th 23% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 3rd +0.2pp 16th 45% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 12th +0.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 27th +1.0pp 18th 48% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 4th +0.5pp 19th 38% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 20th 78% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 16th +0.9pp 21st on par with peers
Wichita, KS 9.0% 24th +1.7pp 22nd 32% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 15th +1.3pp 23rd 4% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 4.9% 7th +1.0pp 24th 28% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 10.0% 26th +2.0pp 25th 47% above peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 2nd +0.7pp 26th 49% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 27th 93% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 23rd +2.1pp 28th 20% above peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 17th +2.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 14th +2.1pp 30th 5% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 31st 108% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Orlando, FL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kansas City, MO down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tulsa, OK down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (390,845 then, 371,853 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (368,471 to 371,853).
371,853
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 31st +15% 1st 13% below peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 21st +14% 2nd 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 319,758 16th +14% 3rd on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 28th +12% 4th 8% below peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 13th +11% 5th 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 23rd +10% 6th 3% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 411,986 4th +9% 7th 29% above peers
Durham, NC 291,467 29th +8% 8th 9% below peers
Aurora, CO 394,432 8th +7% 9th 23% above peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 15th +4% 10th 1% above peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 27th +4% 11th 8% below peers
Tampa, FL 401,618 5th +4% 12th 26% above peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 26th +3% 13th 6% below peers
Oakland, CA 439,418 1st +3% 14th 37% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 22nd +3% 15th 3% below peers
Tulsa, OK 413,794 3rd +3% 16th 29% above peers
Wichita, KS 397,945 6th +2% 17th 24% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 427,246 2nd +2% 18th 34% above peers
Plano, TX 290,594 30th +1% 19th 9% below peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 14th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 24th +1% 21st 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 25th +1% 22nd 5% below peers
Arlington, TX 397,742 7th +1% 23rd 24% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 11th -1% 24th 8% above peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 12th -2% 25th 8% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 18th -2% 26th 1% below peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 17th -2% 27th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 19th -3% 28th 1% below peers
New Orleans, LA 371,853 9th -5% 29th 16% above peers
Cleveland, OH 366,097 10th -5% 30th 14% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 20th -6% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 0.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.1% to 19.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.0pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.3% to 19.7%).
Big move 19.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 23.5% -0.2pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Orlando, FL 21.4% 17th +0.3pp 1st 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 4th +0.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 19th +0.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 15th -0.1pp 4th on par with peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 16th -0.4pp 5th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 24.1% 6th -0.4pp 6th 11% above peers
New Orleans, LA 19.7% 24th -0.4pp 7th 9% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 29.2% 1st -0.7pp 8th 35% above peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 21st -0.5pp 9th 4% below peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 14th -0.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Arlington, TX 24.8% 5th -0.8pp 11th 14% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 12th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 11th -0.8pp 13th 6% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.0pp 14th 23% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 29th -0.7pp 15th 24% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 25th -0.9pp 16th 9% below peers
Wichita, KS 24.1% 7th -1.2pp 17th 11% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 10th -1.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Cleveland, OH 21.0% 18th -1.1pp 19th 3% below peers
Oakland, CA 18.9% 27th -1.0pp 20th 13% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 18.8% 28th -1.0pp 21st 13% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 22nd -1.3pp 22nd 4% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 9th -1.5pp 23rd 9% above peers
Aurora, CO 23.9% 8th -1.5pp 24th 10% above peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 20th -1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 23rd -1.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 13th -1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Tampa, FL 19.4% 26th -2.1pp 28th 11% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 3rd -3.2pp 29th 18% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 12th -4.0pp 30th 6% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 ±0.0pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.6% to 53.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.0% to 53.7%).
Big move 53.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 40.6% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 1st 51% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 28th +3.9pp 2nd 23% below peers
Aurora, CO 34.0% 20th +4.7pp 3rd 5% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 27th +2.4pp 4th 20% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 25th +2.3pp 5th 17% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 8th +3.1pp 6th 15% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 2nd +3.3pp 7th 90% above peers
Bakersfield, CA 35.5% 18th +1.4pp 8th 1% below peers
Oakland, CA 35.8% 17th +1.3pp 9th on par with peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 10th 46% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 26th +0.9pp 11th 18% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 10th +1.2pp 12th 10% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 29th +0.8pp 13th 26% below peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 1st +1.9pp 14th 101% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 15th +0.4pp 15th 3% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 14th +0.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 3rd -0.2pp 17th 62% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 24th -0.6pp 18th 16% below peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 6th -1.1pp 19th 19% above peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 22nd -1.2pp 20th 12% below peers
Wichita, KS 34.6% 19th -1.6pp 21st 3% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 7th -2.1pp 22nd 19% above peers
Tampa, FL 40.1% 9th -2.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Minneapolis, MN 35.9% 16th -2.3pp 24th on par with peers
Tulsa, OK 39.2% 11th -2.7pp 25th 9% above peers
New Orleans, LA 53.7% 5th -4.0pp 26th 50% above peers
Arlington, TX 32.6% 21st -3.0pp 27th 9% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 4th -6.5pp 28th 57% above peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 12th -5.0pp 29th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 23rd -4.9pp 30th 12% below peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 13th -5.9pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 ±2.3pp 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 (71.2% then, 70.2% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.8% to 70.2%).
70.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Louisiana ref 70.9% +2.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 13th +8.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 28th +6.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Oakland, CA 71.6% 8th +7.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 15th +6.0pp 4th on par with peers
Tampa, FL 74.3% 3rd +6.3pp 5th 9% above peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 17th +5.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 16th +4.6pp 7th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 20th +4.2pp 8th 4% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 24th +3.8pp 9th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 31st +3.3pp 10th 12% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 26th +2.4pp 11th 8% below peers
Arlington, TX 67.2% 18th +1.8pp 12th 1% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 19th +1.5pp 13th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 6th +1.5pp 14th 6% above peers
Wichita, KS 70.3% 10th +1.2pp 15th 3% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 4th +1.1pp 16th 9% above peers
Tulsa, OK 63.8% 23rd +0.9pp 17th 6% below peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 2nd -0.5pp 18th 9% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 14th -0.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 12th -0.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 30th -0.8pp 21st 11% below peers
New Orleans, LA 70.2% 11th -1.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Cleveland, OH 71.9% 7th -1.7pp 23rd 6% above peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 9th -1.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 5th -1.9pp 25th 8% above peers
Aurora, CO 63.5% 25th -1.9pp 26th 7% below peers
Bakersfield, CA 62.4% 27th -1.9pp 27th 8% below peers
Minneapolis, MN 74.6% 1st -3.9pp 28th 10% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 29th -3.4pp 29th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 21st -6.9pp 30th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 22nd -7.3pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 184 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 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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