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Baltimore, MD
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573,243 people (2024) 250k-1m South

Bright spots 11 indicators

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

What needs attention 7 indicators

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

Big shifts 5 indicators

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

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,502 in May 2026, down from 1,698 a year earlier.
1,502 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 23 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Kansas City, MO 1,375 (May 26) 20th -43.4% 1st 119% above peers
Washington, DC 183 (May 26) 2nd -39.8% 2nd 71% below peers
Memphis, TN 1,578 (May 26) 22nd -35.3% 3rd 151% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 11 (May 26) 1st -31.8% 4th 98% below peers
Tucson, AZ 440 (May 26) 9th -31.2% 5th 30% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 681 (May 26) 15th -23.3% 6th 8% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 245 (May 26) 3rd -22.0% 7th 61% below peers
Miami, FL 307 (May 26) 5th -19.9% 8th 51% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 865 (May 26) 18th -19.6% 9th 38% above peers
Raleigh, NC 387 (May 26) 7th -16.3% 10th 38% below peers
El Paso, TX 273 (May 26) 4th -13.4% 11th 57% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 581 (May 26) 11th -11.9% 12th 7% below peers
Baltimore, MD 1,502 (May 26) 21st -11.6% 13th 139% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 1,121 (May 26) 19th -11.1% 14th 78% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 667 (May 26) 13th -9.3% 15th 6% above peers
Sacramento, CA 628 (May 26) 12th -7.2% 16th on par with peers
Fresno, CA 682 (May 26) 16th -7.0% 17th 8% above peers
Boston, MA 572 (May 26) 10th -6.3% 18th 9% below peers
Detroit, MI 1,672 (May 26) 23rd -3.8% 19th 166% above peers
Mesa, AZ 428 (May 26) 8th -2.9% 20th 32% below peers
Portland, OR 709 (May 26) 17th -2.4% 21st 13% above peers
Omaha, NE 349 (May 26) 6th -1.9% 22nd 44% below peers
Atlanta, GA 679 (Apr 26) 14th +18.9% 23rd 8% above peers

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 →
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 95% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 4,201 in May 2026, down from 4,257 a year earlier.
4,201 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Kansas City, MO 3,971 (May 26) 20th -46.8% 1st 47% above peers
Memphis, TN 3,967 (May 26) 19th -38.7% 2nd 47% above peers
Tucson, AZ 2,291 (May 26) 9th -29.4% 3rd 15% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 2,577 (May 26) 11th -28.9% 4th 4% below peers
Washington, DC 2,783 (May 26) 13th -24.0% 5th 3% above peers
Atlanta, GA 3,075 (May 26) 15th -21.9% 6th 14% above peers
Miami, FL 2,158 (May 26) 6th -21.5% 7th 20% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 1,980 (May 26) 4th -19.4% 8th 26% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 3,500 (May 26) 16th -18.9% 9th 30% above peers
Raleigh, NC 2,171 (May 26) 7th -18.2% 10th 19% below peers
El Paso, TX 1,220 (May 26) 2nd -17.0% 11th 55% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 3,014 (May 26) 14th -15.8% 12th 12% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 2,248 (May 26) 8th -14.8% 13th 17% below peers
Mesa, AZ 1,199 (May 26) 1st -13.7% 14th 55% below peers
Sacramento, CA 2,065 (May 26) 5th -12.8% 15th 23% below peers
Fresno, CA 2,566 (May 26) 10th -12.2% 16th 5% below peers
Detroit, MI 3,760 (May 26) 18th -11.7% 17th 40% above peers
Omaha, NE 2,693 (May 26) 12th -10.7% 18th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 3,523 (May 26) 17th -4.2% 19th 31% above peers
Boston, MA 1,911 (May 26) 3rd -3.5% 20th 29% below peers
Baltimore, MD 4,201 (May 26) 21st -1.3% 21st 56% above peers
Portland, OR 5,363 (May 26) 22nd -1.1% 22nd 99% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Anaheim, CA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Lincoln, NE down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sacramento, CA down about 13% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 32% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: homicide fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 22 in May 2026, down from 32 a year earlier.
22 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 23 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Tucson, AZ 5 (May 26) 10th -59.1% 1st 22% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 7 (May 26) 12th -50.0% 2nd on par with peers
Washington, DC 14 (May 26) 17th -47.3% 3rd 107% above peers
Boston, MA 3 (May 26) 2nd -47.1% 4th 60% below peers
Kansas City, MO 26 (May 26) 23rd -44.8% 5th 287% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4 (May 26) 5th -40.1% 6th 46% below peers
Memphis, TN 24 (May 26) 22nd -38.4% 7th 260% above peers
Raleigh, NC 3 (May 26) 4th -33.4% 8th 53% below peers
Baltimore, MD 22 (May 26) 19th -32.0% 9th 222% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 11 (May 26) 15th -31.8% 10th 61% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 9 (May 26) 14th -30.6% 11th 41% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 14 (May 26) 16th -21.4% 12th 106% above peers
El Paso, TX 3 (May 26) 1st -18.0% 13th 60% below peers
Portland, OR 7 (May 26) 11th -18.0% 14th on par with peers
Detroit, MI 24 (May 26) 21st -17.7% 15th 259% above peers
Sacramento, CA 7 (May 26) 13th -17.3% 16th 6% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 4 (May 26) 6th -16.7% 17th 34% below peers
Atlanta, GA 18 (May 26) 18th -16.7% 18th 176% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 23 (May 26) 20th -6.5% 19th 245% above peers
Fresno, CA 5 (May 26) 9th -3.7% 20th 29% below peers
Mesa, AZ 3 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 21st 57% below peers
Miami, FL 4 (May 26) 7th +10.0% 22nd 34% below peers
Omaha, NE 4 (May 26) 8th +37.2% 23rd 33% below peers

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 →
  • Buffalo, NY down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Columbus, OH down about 28% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Newark, NJ down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 779 in May 2026, down from 913 a year earlier.
779 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Memphis, TN 603 (May 26) 17th -55.2% 1st 52% above peers
Tucson, AZ 217 (May 26) 5th -54.4% 2nd 45% below peers
Kansas City, MO 1,194 (May 26) 22nd -53.9% 3rd 201% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 326 (May 26) 8th -53.7% 4th 18% below peers
Washington, DC 397 (May 26) 12th -47.1% 5th on par with peers
Miami, FL 205 (May 26) 4th -40.0% 6th 48% below peers
Boston, MA 86 (May 26) 1st -38.6% 7th 78% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 274 (May 26) 6th -37.9% 8th 31% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 435 (May 26) 14th -37.6% 9th 10% above peers
Atlanta, GA 459 (May 26) 15th -35.6% 10th 16% above peers
Omaha, NE 374 (May 26) 9th -34.4% 11th 6% below peers
Raleigh, NC 291 (May 26) 7th -32.0% 12th 27% below peers
El Paso, TX 201 (May 26) 3rd -31.5% 13th 49% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 381 (May 26) 11th -29.0% 14th 4% below peers
Fresno, CA 413 (May 26) 13th -25.9% 15th 4% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 775 (May 26) 19th -25.1% 16th 95% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 593 (May 26) 16th -24.8% 17th 49% above peers
Mesa, AZ 140 (May 26) 2nd -20.8% 18th 65% below peers
Detroit, MI 929 (May 26) 21st -20.1% 19th 134% above peers
Portland, OR 609 (May 26) 18th -19.2% 20th 53% above peers
Sacramento, CA 376 (May 26) 10th -18.2% 21st 5% below peers
Baltimore, MD 779 (May 26) 20th -14.7% 22nd 96% above peers

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. 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 →
  • Lubbock, TX down about 21% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2020-2025
  • Anaheim, CA down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $50,379 to $62,177 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,604). 22 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 49% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,819 to $62,177).
$62,177
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref $103,678 +22%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Miami, FL $62,462 17th +60% 1st 12% below peers
Atlanta, GA $85,652 5th +43% 2nd 21% above peers
Mesa, AZ $82,752 8th +42% 3rd 17% above peers
Fresno, CA $70,991 12th +41% 4th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA $87,321 4th +40% 5th 23% above peers
Boston, MA $97,344 2nd +37% 6th 37% above peers
Tucson, AZ $57,073 20th +31% 7th 20% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $73,877 10th +31% 8th 4% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 7th +31% 9th 19% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $54,234 21st +30% 10th 24% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN $77,371 9th +29% 11th 9% above peers
Detroit, MI $39,938 23rd +29% 12th 44% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $68,317 15th +29% 13th 4% below peers
Portland, OR $90,919 3rd +28% 14th 28% above peers
Kansas City, MO $69,166 13th +28% 15th 3% below peers
Washington, DC $109,870 1st +27% 16th 55% above peers
Raleigh, NC $85,395 6th +27% 17th 20% above peers
El Paso, TX $59,745 19th +26% 18th 16% below peers
Memphis, TN $51,736 22nd +25% 19th 27% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY $66,849 16th +25% 20th 6% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK $68,656 14th +24% 21st 3% below peers
Baltimore, MD $62,177 18th +23% 22nd 12% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 11th +22% 23rd 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 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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3 of 199 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,378 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.7 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 100% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.4% in May 2026, up from 4.9% a year earlier.
5.4%
1990May 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 4.4% (May 26) +0.4pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Fresno, CA 5.5% (May 26) 19th -0.6pp 1st 31% above peers
Kansas City, MO 3.5% (May 26) 4th -0.5pp 2nd 17% below peers
Boston, MA 4.1% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 3rd 2% below peers
Omaha, NE 2.9% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 4th 31% below peers
Sacramento, CA 4.3% (May 26) 13th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 5.3% (May 26) 17th -0.2pp 6th 26% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 3.7% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 7th 12% below peers
Raleigh, NC 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 8th 26% below peers
Portland, OR 4.7% (May 26) 14th -0.1pp 9th 12% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 4.1% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 10th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 3.5% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 11th 17% below peers
Miami, FL 2.3% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 12th 45% below peers
Memphis, TN 4.7% (May 26) 15th +0.1pp 13th 12% above peers
El Paso, TX 4.2% (May 26) 10th +0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Washington, DC 6.0% (May 26) 20th +0.2pp 15th 43% above peers
Mesa, AZ 4.0% (May 26) 7th +0.4pp 16th 5% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.4% (May 26) 18th +0.5pp 17th 29% above peers
Tucson, AZ 4.8% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 18th 14% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 4.2% (May 26) 11th +0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Detroit, MI 10.7% (May 26) 21st +1.1pp 20th 155% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 4.2% (May 26) 12th +1.3pp 21st on par with peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.4% to 19.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 17 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.3% to 19.1%).
19.1%
20112024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 9.2% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Mesa, AZ 10.2% 2nd -4.5pp 1st 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 8.9% 1st -2.6pp 2nd 42% below peers
Fresno, CA 19.7% 20th -5.0pp 3rd 29% above peers
Atlanta, GA 15.9% 15th -3.5pp 4th 4% above peers
Miami, FL 19.1% 19th -3.9pp 5th 24% above peers
Sacramento, CA 13.7% 7th -2.6pp 6th 10% below peers
Tucson, AZ 18.1% 16th -3.4pp 7th 18% above peers
Boston, MA 15.5% 13th -2.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 22.2% 21st -2.5pp 9th 45% above peers
Kansas City, MO 14.4% 9th -1.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.8% 8th -1.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 15.3% 12th -1.3pp 12th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 22.6% 22nd -1.9pp 13th 47% above peers
Portland, OR 12.5% 4th -1.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Baltimore, MD 19.1% 18th -1.4pp 15th 24% above peers
Detroit, MI 32.2% 23rd -2.2pp 16th 110% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 13.7% 6th -0.9pp 17th 11% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 14.9% 11th -0.9pp 18th 3% below peers
Raleigh, NC 11.4% 3rd -0.6pp 19th 26% below peers
Washington, DC 14.8% 10th -0.6pp 20th 3% below peers
El Paso, TX 18.2% 17th -0.7pp 21st 18% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 15.5% 14th +0.0pp 22nd 1% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.2% 5th +0.1pp 23rd 14% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 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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2 of 199 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 (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 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty fell 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.0% to 25.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 21 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.6% to 25.5%).
25.5%
20132024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Mesa, AZ 13.4% 2nd -8.8pp 1st 37% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 2nd 52% below peers
Atlanta, GA 23.3% 15th -10.2pp 3rd 9% above peers
Boston, MA 21.1% 11th -6.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 20th -8.1pp 5th 28% above peers
Sacramento, CA 17.0% 5th -4.9pp 6th 20% below peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 18th -6.6pp 7th 18% above peers
Tucson, AZ 24.2% 16th -6.3pp 8th 13% above peers
Baltimore, MD 25.5% 19th -5.5pp 9th 19% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 19.9% 8th -4.1pp 10th 7% below peers
Kansas City, MO 20.3% 9th -3.9pp 11th 5% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 20.4% 10th -3.4pp 12th 5% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 31.7% 21st -5.0pp 13th 48% above peers
Memphis, TN 35.6% 22nd -5.1pp 14th 67% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 21.4% 12th -2.8pp 15th on par with peers
Portland, OR 13.8% 3rd -1.7pp 16th 36% below peers
Raleigh, NC 16.0% 4th -1.8pp 17th 25% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.4% 17th -2.7pp 18th 14% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 19.2% 7th -2.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 6th -1.5pp 20th 20% below peers
Detroit, MI 46.5% 23rd -3.7pp 21st 117% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.4% 13th -1.6pp 22nd 5% above peers
Washington, DC 22.8% 14th -1.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.9% to 85.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 22 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 15.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (70.1% to 85.5%).
85.5%
20172024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 92.5% +5.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Detroit, MI 85.8% 21st +21.2pp 1st 6% below peers
Miami, FL 83.7% 23rd +17.5pp 2nd 8% below peers
Memphis, TN 87.6% 20th +17.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 88.4% 19th +13.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 91.8% 9th +11.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Baltimore, MD 85.5% 22nd +10.7pp 6th 6% below peers
El Paso, TX 89.4% 17th +10.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 91.7% 10th +10.5pp 8th on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 90.6% 13th +9.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 90.5% 16th +8.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 92.1% 7th +9.0pp 11th 1% above peers
Washington, DC 91.3% 12th +8.5pp 12th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 90.6% 14th +7.9pp 13th 1% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 92.7% 6th +7.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Fresno, CA 88.9% 18th +7.1pp 15th 3% below peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 11th +7.1pp 16th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 90.5% 15th +6.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Sacramento, CA 93.7% 4th +6.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Boston, MA 92.1% 8th +6.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 93.3% 5th +6.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Portland, OR 94.0% 3rd +5.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 94.7% 1st +4.6pp 22nd 4% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 2nd +4.0pp 23rd 4% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.51 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.51
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 0.46 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Atlanta, GA 0.56 23rd -0.024 1st 16% above peers
Mesa, AZ 0.43 1st -0.017 2nd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 0.45 3rd -0.016 3rd 7% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 2nd -0.009 4th 10% below peers
Washington, DC 0.52 19th -0.010 5th 8% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 0.46 5th -0.009 6th 4% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 22nd -0.009 7th 16% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 0.48 11th -0.008 8th on par with peers
Boston, MA 0.53 21st -0.008 9th 11% above peers
Baltimore, MD 0.51 17th -0.006 10th 6% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 0.47 6th -0.004 11th 2% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 0.47 7th -0.004 12th 2% below peers
Kansas City, MO 0.47 8th -0.003 13th 2% below peers
Fresno, CA 0.48 13th -0.000 14th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 0.46 4th +0.001 15th 4% below peers
Memphis, TN 0.52 20th +0.002 16th 9% above peers
Detroit, MI 0.51 18th +0.002 17th 7% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 0.48 12th +0.005 18th on par with peers
Portland, OR 0.48 10th +0.005 19th 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 0.48 9th +0.011 20th 1% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 0.48 14th +0.011 21st on par with peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 16th +0.015 22nd 1% above peers
Raleigh, NC 0.48 15th +0.018 23rd 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 24.5% to 23.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys. 12 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (22.3% to 23.6%).
23.6%
20102023
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 11.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 8.7% 3rd -3.5pp 1st 40% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.1% 1st -1.9pp 2nd 44% below peers
Miami, FL 25.4% 21st -5.6pp 3rd 76% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 11.8% 7th -2.5pp 4th 18% below peers
Kansas City, MO 10.5% 6th -2.2pp 5th 27% below peers
Portland, OR 14.5% 11th -2.1pp 6th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.4% 4th -1.4pp 7th 35% below peers
Omaha, NE 10.2% 5th -1.3pp 8th 30% below peers
Atlanta, GA 14.3% 10th -1.6pp 9th 1% below peers
Tucson, AZ 16.2% 14th -1.7pp 10th 12% above peers
Memphis, TN 20.4% 18th -2.1pp 11th 41% above peers
Washington, DC 13.2% 8th -0.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Detroit, MI 38.0% 23rd -1.7pp 13th 163% above peers
El Paso, TX 19.1% 17th -0.7pp 14th 32% above peers
Baltimore, MD 23.6% 20th -0.9pp 15th 63% above peers
Raleigh, NC 8.3% 2nd -0.3pp 16th 43% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 14.5% 12th -0.3pp 17th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.5% 22nd -0.2pp 18th 90% above peers
Fresno, CA 23.0% 19th -0.0pp 19th 59% above peers
Boston, MA 18.6% 16th +0.2pp 20th 29% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 13.7% 9th +0.5pp 21st 5% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 17.3% 15th +2.2pp 22nd 19% above peers
Sacramento, CA 14.7% 13th +2.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 90% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Miami, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $192,669 in June 2026, down from $197,187 a year earlier.
$192,669
2000June 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $436,104 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Milwaukee, WI $231,388 (Jun 26) 17th +3.4% 1st 40% below peers
El Paso, TX $237,834 (Jun 26) 16th +1.7% 2nd 39% below peers
Omaha, NE $300,783 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 3rd 22% below peers
Kansas City, MO $257,356 (Jun 26) 15th +1.2% 4th 34% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $350,091 (Jun 26) 12th +1.1% 5th 10% below peers
Fresno, CA $392,929 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 6th 1% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK $209,490 (Jun 26) 18th -0.3% 7th 46% below peers
Portland, OR $540,296 (Jun 26) 4th -0.4% 8th 40% above peers
Miami, FL $582,621 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.7% 9th 50% above peers
Boston, MA $788,881 (Jun 26) 1st -1.3% 10th 104% above peers
Mesa, AZ $434,616 (Jun 26) 8th -1.4% 11th 12% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $450,254 (Jun 26) 6th -1.8% 12th 16% above peers
Sacramento, CA $482,968 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 13th 25% above peers
Raleigh, NC $436,056 (Jun 26) 7th -2.1% 14th 13% above peers
Tucson, AZ $325,520 (Jun 26) 13th -2.2% 15th 16% below peers
Baltimore, MD $192,669 (Jun 26) 19th -2.3% 16th 50% below peers
Washington, DC $579,159 (Jun 26) 3rd -2.3% 17th 50% above peers
Atlanta, GA $387,146 (Jun 26) 11th -2.9% 18th on par with peers
Memphis, TN $146,746 (Jun 26) 20th -3.0% 19th 62% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $425,535 (Jun 26) 9th -3.1% 20th 10% above peers
Detroit, MI $77,245 (Jun 26) 21st -5.1% 21st 80% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $102,427 in June 2026, down from $105,016 a year earlier.
$102,427
2000June 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $266,546 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Milwaukee, WI $144,456 (Jun 26) 16th +4.3% 1st 47% below peers
El Paso, TX $183,250 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 2nd 33% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $274,422 (Jun 26) 11th +1.5% 3rd on par with peers
Omaha, NE $205,406 (Jun 26) 14th +1.4% 4th 25% below peers
Kansas City, MO $139,666 (Jun 26) 17th +1.0% 5th 49% below peers
Boston, MA $561,002 (Jun 26) 1st +0.4% 6th 104% above peers
Fresno, CA $286,878 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 7th 5% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK $127,849 (Jun 26) 18th -0.4% 8th 53% below peers
Portland, OR $386,922 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.7% 9th 41% above peers
Sacramento, CA $381,254 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.0% 10th 39% above peers
Detroit, MI $48,796 (Jun 26) 21st -1.2% 11th 82% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $339,179 (Jun 26) 6th -1.9% 12th 24% above peers
Mesa, AZ $327,568 (Jun 26) 7th -2.0% 13th 19% above peers
Baltimore, MD $102,427 (Jun 26) 19th -2.5% 14th 63% below peers
Tucson, AZ $246,249 (Jun 26) 12th -2.9% 15th 10% below peers
Miami, FL $352,438 (Jun 26) 4th -3.0% 16th 28% above peers
Las Vegas, NV $302,053 (Jun 26) 8th -3.6% 17th 10% above peers
Raleigh, NC $300,340 (Jun 26) 9th -3.7% 18th 9% above peers
Washington, DC $342,193 (Jun 26) 5th -3.9% 19th 25% above peers
Memphis, TN $79,379 (Jun 26) 20th -4.2% 20th 71% below peers
Atlanta, GA $218,341 (Jun 26) 13th -6.2% 21st 20% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.5% then, 47.5% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.2% to 47.5%).
47.5%
20112024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Las Vegas, NV 56.6% 8th +3.9pp 1st 9% above peers
Fresno, CA 50.1% 16th +3.4pp 2nd 3% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.4% 18th +2.9pp 3rd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 51.7% 13th +3.2pp 4th on par with peers
Detroit, MI 50.4% 15th +3.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Mesa, AZ 64.4% 1st +3.3pp 6th 24% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 23rd +1.2pp 7th 41% below peers
Kansas City, MO 55.4% 9th +2.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 61.8% 2nd +2.1pp 9th 19% above peers
El Paso, TX 60.8% 4th +1.9pp 10th 17% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 3rd +1.8pp 11th 17% above peers
Tucson, AZ 51.9% 12th +1.2pp 12th on par with peers
Boston, MA 35.7% 22nd +0.7pp 13th 31% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 41.8% 20th +0.4pp 14th 19% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 60.7% 5th +0.6pp 15th 17% above peers
Baltimore, MD 47.5% 17th +0.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Washington, DC 41.5% 21st -0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 58.5% 6th -0.4pp 18th 13% above peers
Raleigh, NC 50.8% 14th -0.8pp 19th 2% below peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 7th -1.3pp 20th 11% above peers
Portland, OR 52.0% 11th -1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 52.4% 10th -1.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Memphis, TN 44.9% 19th -1.7pp 23rd 13% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 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 ±0.8pp 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 →

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,799 in June 2026, up from $1,757 a year earlier.
$1,799
2015June 2026
Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Milwaukee, WI $1,469 (Jun 26) 15th +4.6% 1st 7% below peers
Kansas City, MO $1,444 (Jun 26) 17th +3.9% 2nd 9% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK $1,298 (Jun 26) 20th +3.2% 3rd 18% below peers
Atlanta, GA $1,911 (Jun 26) 6th +3.2% 4th 21% above peers
Fresno, CA $1,954 (Jun 26) 5th +3.1% 5th 24% above peers
Omaha, NE $1,453 (Jun 26) 16th +3.0% 6th 8% below peers
Detroit, MI $1,356 (Jun 26) 19th +3.0% 7th 14% below peers
Boston, MA $3,469 (Jun 26) 1st +2.9% 8th 120% above peers
El Paso, TX $1,521 (Jun 26) 13th +2.6% 9th 4% below peers
Baltimore, MD $1,799 (Jun 26) 7th +2.4% 10th 14% above peers
Sacramento, CA $2,071 (Jun 26) 4th +1.3% 11th 31% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,739 (Jun 26) 8th +1.0% 12th 10% above peers
Portland, OR $1,721 (Jun 26) 10th +0.9% 13th 9% above peers
Memphis, TN $1,280 (Jun 26) 21st +0.8% 14th 19% below peers
Tucson, AZ $1,425 (Jun 26) 18th +0.8% 15th 10% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $1,486 (Jun 26) 14th +0.8% 16th 6% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $1,722 (Jun 26) 9th +0.5% 17th 9% above peers
Miami, FL $3,004 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.3% 18th 90% above peers
Raleigh, NC $1,579 (Jun 26) 11th +0.1% 19th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ $1,549 (Jun 26) 12th -0.3% 20th 2% below peers
Washington, DC $2,532 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.9% 21st 60% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.5% to 41.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.1% to 41.7%).
41.7%
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Milwaukee, WI 40.3% 16th -1.5pp 1st 5% above peers
Miami, FL 54.7% 23rd -1.6pp 2nd 42% above peers
Fresno, CA 42.5% 21st -0.8pp 3rd 10% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 33.5% 5th -0.6pp 4th 13% below peers
Detroit, MI 43.5% 22nd -0.7pp 5th 13% above peers
Boston, MA 42.5% 20th -0.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Washington, DC 36.1% 10th -0.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.2% 4th +0.4pp 8th 14% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.7% 13th +0.6pp 9th 1% above peers
Atlanta, GA 38.5% 12th +0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 39.9% 15th +1.1pp 11th 4% above peers
Memphis, TN 41.8% 19th +1.4pp 12th 9% above peers
Sacramento, CA 41.4% 17th +1.4pp 13th 8% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 30.7% 1st +1.2pp 14th 20% below peers
Portland, OR 38.8% 14th +1.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 8th +1.6pp 16th 7% below peers
Baltimore, MD 41.7% 18th +2.2pp 17th 8% above peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 3rd +1.9pp 18th 15% below peers
El Paso, TX 36.0% 9th +2.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Kansas City, MO 33.9% 6th +2.1pp 20th 12% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 31.5% 2nd +2.4pp 21st 18% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 36.9% 11th +3.8pp 22nd 4% below peers
Raleigh, NC 35.6% 7th +4.7pp 23rd 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 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 (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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.9% to 26.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 11 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.0% to 26.7%).
26.7%
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fresno, CA 8.2% 9th -2.3pp 1st 9% below peers
Mesa, AZ 5.2% 2nd -1.2pp 2nd 42% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 51% below peers
Detroit, MI 20.1% 20th -3.6pp 4th 123% above peers
Kansas City, MO 9.0% 12th -1.3pp 5th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 10.1% 14th -1.5pp 6th 12% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 8.9% 11th -1.1pp 7th 2% below peers
Memphis, TN 10.3% 15th -1.3pp 8th 14% above peers
Atlanta, GA 14.2% 17th -1.6pp 9th 58% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 9.7% 13th -0.9pp 10th 7% above peers
Baltimore, MD 26.7% 21st -2.2pp 11th 196% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 16.2% 18th -1.2pp 12th 80% above peers
El Paso, TX 7.1% 7th -0.4pp 13th 21% below peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 19th -0.9pp 14th 98% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 8th -0.4pp 15th 17% below peers
Portland, OR 13.7% 16th -0.5pp 16th 52% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.0% 6th -0.2pp 17th 22% below peers
Boston, MA 33.2% 22nd -1.0pp 18th 269% above peers
Sacramento, CA 8.4% 10th -0.2pp 19th 7% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 6.7% 5th -0.0pp 20th 26% below peers
Washington, DC 36.0% 23rd +0.1pp 21st 300% above peers
Raleigh, NC 6.0% 3rd +0.3pp 22nd 33% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 6.5% 4th +0.4pp 23rd 28% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 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 93% 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 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.5% to 5.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). 12 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 18 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.4% to 5.9%).
5.9%
20122024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Fresno, CA 6.0% 7th -2.1pp 1st 34% below peers
Portland, OR 5.2% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 44% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.6pp 3rd 68% below peers
Miami, FL 16.1% 22nd -3.3pp 4th 77% above peers
Mesa, AZ 10.5% 16th -1.7pp 5th 15% above peers
Detroit, MI 7.4% 8th -1.0pp 6th 19% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.9% 5th -0.6pp 7th 36% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.1% 12th -0.9pp 8th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 9.2% 13th -0.9pp 9th 1% above peers
Sacramento, CA 5.3% 4th -0.5pp 10th 42% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.3% 15th -0.8pp 11th 12% above peers
Kansas City, MO 10.9% 17th -0.8pp 12th 20% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 13.5% 20th -0.8pp 13th 48% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 9.0% 11th -0.2pp 14th 1% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.4% 9th -0.1pp 15th 19% below peers
Atlanta, GA 9.9% 14th -0.2pp 16th 9% above peers
Washington, DC 3.6% 2nd -0.0pp 17th 61% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 12.7% 18th +0.7pp 18th 39% above peers
Memphis, TN 14.5% 21st +1.0pp 19th 59% above peers
El Paso, TX 20.1% 23rd +1.5pp 20th 120% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 8.5% 10th +0.7pp 21st 7% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.2% 19th +1.1pp 22nd 45% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 5.9% 6th +0.6pp 23rd 35% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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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 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 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Washington, DC 25.5% 1st 27% below peers
Boston, MA 27.3% 2nd 21% below peers
Portland, OR 28.2% 3rd 19% below peers
Raleigh, NC 28.2% 4th 19% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.3% 5th 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 28.4% 6th 18% below peers
Miami, FL 30.3% 7th 13% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 31.8% 8th 8% below peers
Atlanta, GA 32.5% 9th 6% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.9% 10th 2% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 33.9% 11th 2% below peers
Sacramento, CA 34.7% 12th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 34.8% 13th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 36.1% 14th 4% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 15th 5% above peers
Baltimore, MD 37.9% 16th 9% above peers
Fresno, CA 38.7% 17th 12% above peers
El Paso, TX 39.5% 18th 14% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 39.8% 19th 15% above peers
Kansas City, MO 40.0% 20th 15% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 43.4% 21st 25% above peers
Detroit, MI 45.0% 22nd 30% above peers
Memphis, TN 45.1% 23rd 30% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 4.6% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
4.6%
20122024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 4.4% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Portland, OR 1.9% 1st -0.9pp 1st 67% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.3% 19th -1.7pp 2nd 42% above peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 15th -1.3pp 3rd 26% above peers
Detroit, MI 2.8% 5th -0.4pp 4th 52% below peers
Fresno, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.2pp 5th 57% below peers
Tucson, AZ 7.8% 16th -0.2pp 6th 35% above peers
Raleigh, NC 5.4% 11th -0.1pp 7th 7% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 3.3% 7th +0.0pp 8th 43% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 14th +0.6pp 9th 11% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 8.0% 17th +0.9pp 10th 38% above peers
Baltimore, MD 4.6% 9th +0.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Atlanta, GA 5.8% 12th +0.9pp 12th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 11.2% 23rd +2.1pp 13th 93% above peers
Kansas City, MO 8.1% 18th +1.5pp 14th 40% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 10th +1.1pp 15th 8% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 9.6% 21st +2.4pp 16th 66% above peers
Memphis, TN 8.7% 20th +2.4pp 17th 50% above peers
Sacramento, CA 3.1% 6th +0.9pp 18th 47% below peers
Washington, DC 2.8% 4th +0.8pp 19th 52% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 3.9% 8th +1.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 10.6% 22nd +3.7pp 21st 82% above peers
Boston, MA 2.0% 2nd +0.7pp 22nd 65% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.9% 13th +2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.9% to 36.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 22 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.7% to 36.1%).
36.1%
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miami, FL 37.4% 11th +7.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.5% 16th +5.1pp 2nd 12% below peers
Detroit, MI 18.1% 23rd +2.8pp 3rd 51% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 48.0% 6th +6.9pp 4th 30% above peers
Fresno, CA 25.5% 22nd +3.6pp 5th 31% below peers
Atlanta, GA 59.2% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 60% above peers
Tucson, AZ 31.1% 17th +3.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 34.7% 14th +4.1pp 8th 6% below peers
Baltimore, MD 36.1% 13th +4.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 33.8% 15th +3.9pp 10th 9% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 27.6% 20th +3.1pp 11th 25% below peers
El Paso, TX 28.1% 18th +3.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Sacramento, CA 37.1% 12th +4.0pp 13th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.4% 21st +2.8pp 14th 26% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 39.2% 9th +4.0pp 15th 6% above peers
Boston, MA 54.9% 3rd +5.2pp 16th 48% above peers
Washington, DC 64.2% 1st +5.7pp 17th 73% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.4% 10th +3.1pp 18th 4% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 7th +2.9pp 19th 15% above peers
Memphis, TN 28.0% 19th +1.9pp 20th 24% below peers
Portland, OR 53.8% 5th +3.3pp 21st 45% above peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 8th +2.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 54.0% 4th +3.1pp 23rd 46% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 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 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Winston-Salem, NC up 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 9.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51.7% to 42.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.4pp). 9 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.0% to 42.0%).
42.0%
20112024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 45.5% -4.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
El Paso, TX 47.3% 6th +6.8pp 1st 19% above peers
Memphis, TN 39.9% 12th +2.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 2nd +4.3pp 3rd 69% above peers
Boston, MA 65.1% 3rd +4.0pp 4th 63% above peers
Tucson, AZ 38.6% 15th +0.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Washington, DC 79.0% 1st +0.3pp 6th 98% above peers
Atlanta, GA 62.2% 4th -0.9pp 7th 56% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 39.4% 13th -0.7pp 8th 1% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 8th -1.6pp 9th 9% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.1% 21st -1.2pp 10th 20% below peers
Kansas City, MO 42.2% 10th -2.4pp 11th 6% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 37.0% 17th -2.2pp 12th 7% below peers
Fresno, CA 35.5% 19th -3.9pp 13th 11% below peers
Portland, OR 54.4% 5th -7.4pp 14th 36% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 38.7% 14th -5.9pp 15th 3% below peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 18th -6.0pp 16th 9% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 32.7% 20th -5.9pp 17th 18% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 42.3% 9th -7.8pp 18th 6% above peers
Raleigh, NC 45.6% 7th -9.7pp 19th 14% above peers
Sacramento, CA 38.0% 16th -8.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Baltimore, MD 42.0% 11th -9.8pp 21st 5% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 31.9% 22nd -9.6pp 22nd 20% below peers
Detroit, MI 31.0% 23rd -9.8pp 23rd 22% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±4.4pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.7% to 9.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 2 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.9% to 9.0%).
9.0%
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kansas City, MO 5.7% 6th -3.3pp 1st 22% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 15th -4.1pp 2nd 16% above peers
Baltimore, MD 9.0% 20th -2.7pp 3rd 23% above peers
Washington, DC 5.2% 4th -1.5pp 4th 29% below peers
El Paso, TX 8.0% 13th -0.9pp 5th 9% above peers
Sacramento, CA 7.2% 10th -0.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Atlanta, GA 4.5% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 38% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.2pp 8th 60% below peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 5th -0.3pp 9th 23% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.2% 11th -0.4pp 10th 1% below peers
Oklahoma City, OK 8.2% 14th -0.4pp 11th 13% above peers
Fresno, CA 8.9% 19th -0.4pp 12th 23% above peers
Tucson, AZ 7.3% 12th -0.0pp 13th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 4.7% 3rd -0.0pp 14th 36% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.5% 16th +0.3pp 15th 17% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 5.7% 8th +0.3pp 16th 21% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 9th +0.5pp 17th 9% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 8.8% 18th +0.7pp 18th 21% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 8.5% 17th +0.7pp 19th 17% above peers
Portland, OR 5.7% 7th +0.6pp 20th 22% below peers
Memphis, TN 13.1% 22nd +1.8pp 21st 80% above peers
Detroit, MI 16.7% 23rd +2.7pp 22nd 129% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 11.9% 21st +2.2pp 23rd 64% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 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 (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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (609,032 then, 573,243 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 9 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (622,271 to 573,243).
573,243
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Oklahoma City, OK 697,125 1st +8% 1st 23% above peers
Sacramento, CA 528,706 16th +6% 2nd 7% below peers
Kansas City, MO 510,612 18th +5% 3rd 10% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 21st +5% 4th 14% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 660,400 6th +4% 5th 16% above peers
Fresno, CA 545,970 15th +4% 6th 4% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 690,130 2nd +4% 7th 22% above peers
Raleigh, NC 481,031 22nd +4% 8th 15% below peers
Atlanta, GA 505,268 19th +3% 9th 11% below peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 20th +3% 10th 14% below peers
Mesa, AZ 511,764 17th +2% 11th 10% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 631,818 9th +2% 12th 11% above peers
Miami, FL 459,745 23rd +1% 13th 19% below peers
Tucson, AZ 547,073 14th +1% 14th 4% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 562,218 13th +1% 15th 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 680,130 4th +0% 16th 20% above peers
Portland, OR 641,165 7th -1% 17th 13% above peers
Washington, DC 681,294 3rd -2% 18th 20% above peers
Boston, MA 666,442 5th -3% 19th 18% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 566,973 12th -5% 20th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 618,980 10th -5% 21st 9% above peers
Detroit, MI 638,530 8th -5% 22nd 13% above peers
Baltimore, MD 573,243 11th -6% 23rd 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 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 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
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children rose 0.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.7% to 20.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.0pp). 1 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.0% to 20.9%).
20.9%
20172024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 22.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Washington, DC 18.7% 19th +0.8pp 1st 14% below peers
Memphis, TN 25.2% 3rd +0.3pp 2nd 16% above peers
Baltimore, MD 20.9% 14th +0.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.5% 9th +0.0pp 4th 3% above peers
Detroit, MI 24.8% 6th -0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 20.7% 15th -0.3pp 6th 5% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 25.4% 2nd -0.6pp 7th 16% above peers
Kansas City, MO 22.5% 10th -0.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 1st -1.0pp 9th 26% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 7th -0.9pp 10th 11% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 24.9% 4th -1.0pp 11th 14% above peers
Raleigh, NC 19.8% 17th -1.0pp 12th 9% below peers
Boston, MA 15.1% 23rd -0.8pp 13th 31% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 21st -1.0pp 14th 24% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 22.4% 11th -1.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 12th -1.4pp 16th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 21.5% 13th -1.6pp 17th 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.9% 5th -1.8pp 18th 14% above peers
Mesa, AZ 22.5% 8th -1.8pp 19th 3% above peers
Portland, OR 16.3% 22nd -1.5pp 20th 25% below peers
Tucson, AZ 19.4% 18th -1.8pp 21st 11% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.6% 20th -1.6pp 22nd 24% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 20.3% 16th -2.1pp 23rd 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 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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2 of 199 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey 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 →

Single-parent fell 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 58.0% to 54.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 3 of the 22 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.6% to 54.2%).
54.2%
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Portland, OR 31.3% 21st +2.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Sacramento, CA 36.9% 16th +2.8pp 2nd 9% below peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 20th +1.9pp 3rd 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 42.2% 10th +2.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 61.4% 2nd +2.9pp 5th 51% above peers
El Paso, TX 37.6% 15th +1.6pp 6th 7% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 38.0% 14th +1.6pp 7th 6% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 40.5% 12th +0.6pp 8th on par with peers
Oklahoma City, OK 34.6% 19th +0.2pp 9th 15% below peers
Memphis, TN 59.9% 3rd -0.2pp 10th 48% above peers
Raleigh, NC 34.8% 18th -0.5pp 11th 14% below peers
Detroit, MI 67.1% 1st -1.0pp 12th 65% above peers
Mesa, AZ 30.4% 22nd -0.5pp 13th 25% below peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 36.3% 17th -0.9pp 14th 10% below peers
Kansas City, MO 38.8% 13th -1.3pp 15th 4% below peers
Tucson, AZ 43.2% 7th -1.7pp 16th 7% above peers
Washington, DC 45.3% 6th -2.3pp 17th 12% above peers
Baltimore, MD 54.2% 4th -3.8pp 18th 34% above peers
Fresno, CA 40.9% 11th -3.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 8th -3.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Boston, MA 42.6% 9th -3.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 23rd -2.6pp 22nd 35% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.5% 5th -6.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
Where is this changing? 199 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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3 of 199 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (70.8% then, 74.6% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 22 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.8% to 74.6%).
74.6%
20102024
Compare all 23 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
Maryland ref 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Sacramento, CA 71.9% 6th +7.6pp 1st 4% above peers
Oklahoma City, OK 68.8% 14th +4.6pp 2nd 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 65.0% 17th +3.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
Baltimore, MD 74.6% 4th +3.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 21st +1.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Mesa, AZ 63.5% 18th +1.6pp 6th 8% below peers
Atlanta, GA 75.7% 3rd +1.7pp 7th 9% above peers
Raleigh, NC 70.5% 10th +1.4pp 8th 2% above peers
Washington, DC 77.5% 2nd +1.4pp 9th 12% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 72.5% 5th +1.3pp 10th 5% above peers
Boston, MA 78.6% 1st +0.9pp 11th 13% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 69.7% 11th +0.6pp 12th 1% above peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 15th +0.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Portland, OR 70.6% 9th +0.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN 69.3% 12th -0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Kansas City, MO 71.9% 7th -0.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Memphis, TN 66.7% 16th -1.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 8th -2.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 62.4% 20th -2.0pp 19th 10% below peers
El Paso, TX 58.5% 23rd -2.2pp 20th 16% below peers
Tucson, AZ 62.5% 19th -3.9pp 21st 10% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 69.0% 13th -4.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Detroit, MI 61.8% 22nd -5.1pp 23rd 11% below peers
Where is this changing? 199 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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8 of 199 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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