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Bel Air South, MD
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58,137 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where Bel Air South, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
59.5%
2020-24
▲ 80%
relative change
33.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$123,653
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
$91,153 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.3%
2020-24
▼ 33%
relative change
6.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
49.4%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
43.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.38
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
81.9%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
77.7% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.0%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
90.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
3.9%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
22.8%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
23.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.5%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
4.1%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
5.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.9%
2019-23
▼ 10%
relative change
6.6% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.9%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention

Nothing here shows a real worsening against similar-size cities right now - a good sign, not a blind spot; every indicator is still shown in full below. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 2 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
58,137
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
48,425 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
18.3%
2020-24
low
vs peers
21.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 36% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $91,153 to $123,653 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,915).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bel Air South started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 39% from 2014 to 2024 ($89,053 to $123,653).
Bright spot $123,653
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
Maryland ref $103,678 +22%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Gardena, CA $84,803 15th +45% 1st 8% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 24th +42% 2nd 15% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 21st +42% 3rd 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 12th +40% 4th 25% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 25th +40% 5th 19% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 199% above peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 7th +36% 7th 39% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 8th 58% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 13th +36% 9th 21% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 22nd +34% 10th 8% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 4th +34% 11th 58% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 10th +31% 12th 27% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 14th +30% 13th 10% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 6th +30% 14th 44% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 27th +30% 15th 23% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 20th +30% 16th 8% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 28th +30% 17th 23% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 16th +29% 18th on par with peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 26th +27% 19th 22% below peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 20th 71% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 2nd +25% 21st 81% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 9th +24% 22nd 29% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 29th +22% 23rd 33% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 19th +21% 24th 6% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 30th +20% 25th 40% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 18th +19% 26th 4% below peers
Highland, CA $77,120 17th +19% 27th 2% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 31st +18% 28th 45% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 8th +14% 29th 29% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 23rd +13% 30th 11% below peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 11th +9% 31st 26% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,708 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 3.9% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.4% to 3.9%).
Bright spot 3.9%
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
Maryland ref 9.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.2% 13th -5.7pp 1st 14% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 62% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 43% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 64% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 22nd -4.5pp 5th 23% above peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 8th -2.1pp 6th 36% below peers
National City, CA 14.6% 23rd -3.7pp 7th 38% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.8% 24th -3.7pp 8th 40% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.5% 4th -0.8pp 9th 58% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 28th -3.6pp 10th 92% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 19th -1.9pp 11th 11% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.3% 15th -1.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 12th -0.8pp 13th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 31st -1.7pp 14th 132% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 7th -0.3pp 15th 42% below peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 26th -0.7pp 16th 41% above peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 27th -0.8pp 17th 61% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 25th -0.7pp 18th 40% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.1% 30th -0.1pp 19th 117% above peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 20th +0.6pp 20th 14% above peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 17th +0.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Santee, CA 7.9% 10th +0.7pp 22nd 25% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 29th +1.8pp 23rd 95% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 11th +0.8pp 24th 21% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 25th 46% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 14th +1.0pp 26th 10% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 16th +1.2pp 27th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 28th 65% below peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 21st +2.2pp 29th 18% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.0% 18th +2.5pp 30th 3% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 9th +3.0pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (5.7% then, 4.1% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 4.1%).
Bright spot 4.1%
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
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 12th -11.0pp 1st 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 76% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 7th -4.0pp 3rd 56% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 8th -3.2pp 4th 52% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 21st -8.3pp 5th 28% above peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 22nd -8.3pp 6th 28% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 5th -1.6pp 7th 71% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 6th -2.2pp 8th 57% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 4th -1.3pp 9th 72% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 25th -6.9pp 10th 50% above peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 14th -3.6pp 11th 7% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 12th 80% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 13th 97% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 19th -2.9pp 14th 15% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 15th 104% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 20th -1.9pp 16th 27% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 27th -2.3pp 17th 93% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 15th -1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 30th -0.1pp 19th 130% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 31st +0.1pp 20th 136% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 26th +0.2pp 21st 66% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 11th +0.1pp 22nd 36% below peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 18th +0.7pp 23rd 12% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 24th +1.7pp 24th 39% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 13th +1.2pp 25th 13% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 26th 80% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 16th +2.3pp 27th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 23rd +5.7pp 28th 35% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 17th +5.0pp 29th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 9th +3.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 10th +3.9pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.8% to 95.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bel Air South started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.3% to 95.0%).
Bright spot 95.0%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 92.5% +5.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 23rd +14.7pp 1st 2% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 30th +12.6pp 2nd 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 29th +11.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 12th +12.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 26th +11.0pp 5th 4% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 22nd +10.5pp 6th 2% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 11th +10.3pp 7th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 20th +9.6pp 8th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 25th +8.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 27th +8.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 13th +9.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 21st +9.0pp 12th on par with peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 18th +8.0pp 13th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 10th +7.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 24th +6.9pp 15th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 19th +6.8pp 16th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 6th +6.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 16th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 14th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 15th +4.9pp 20th on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 8th +4.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 4th +4.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 9th +4.2pp 24th 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 25th 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 7th +3.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 28th +3.1pp 27th 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 31st +2.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 29th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 30th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 17th +2.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% 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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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality fell about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.42 to 0.38 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.38).
Bright spot 0.38
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
Maryland ref 0.46 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 4th -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 28th -0.033 2nd 14% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 8th -0.023 3rd 8% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 19th -0.025 4th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 27th -0.024 5th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 7th -0.019 6th 10% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 12th -0.015 7th 4% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 11th -0.012 8th 4% below peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 10th -0.010 9th 7% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 17th -0.010 10th 1% above peers
National City, CA 0.44 15th -0.007 11th on par with peers
Highland, CA 0.46 22nd -0.006 12th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 13th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 21st -0.001 14th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 14th +0.003 15th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 6th +0.003 16th 11% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 5th +0.003 17th 12% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 20th +0.006 18th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 25th +0.006 19th 9% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 13th +0.006 20th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 23rd +0.008 21st 3% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 22nd 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 23rd 16% below peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 24th 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 16th +0.017 25th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 18th +0.020 26th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 0.46 24th +0.030 27th 5% above peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 26th +0.036 28th 10% above peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 29th 31% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 9th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (6.6% then, 5.9% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.5% to 5.9%).
Bright spot 5.9%
20102023
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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 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
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 18th -5.8pp 1st 2% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 50% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 9th -2.5pp 3rd 25% below peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 6th -1.5pp 4th 35% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 22nd -3.1pp 5th 34% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 19th -2.4pp 6th 7% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 21st -2.3pp 7th 18% above peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 25th -3.6pp 8th 86% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 24th -3.0pp 9th 58% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 11th -1.2pp 10th 22% below peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 20th -1.6pp 11th 7% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 15th -1.3pp 12th 9% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 14th -1.1pp 13th 16% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 8th -0.6pp 14th 30% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 26th -1.3pp 15th 99% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 16th -0.6pp 16th on par with peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 28th -1.1pp 17th 105% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 10th -0.3pp 18th 23% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 30th -0.1pp 19th 217% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 3rd +0.0pp 20th 47% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 7th +0.0pp 21st 33% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 5th +0.1pp 22nd 43% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 31st +0.9pp 23rd 236% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 27th +0.7pp 24th 102% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 13th +0.3pp 25th 21% below peers
National City, CA 19.3% 29th +3.0pp 26th 126% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 4th +1.0pp 27th 45% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 23rd +4.4pp 28th 40% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 17th +3.4pp 29th 1% above peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 12th +2.7pp 30th 21% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 80% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
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  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.7% to 81.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (81.5% to 81.9%).
Bright spot 81.9%
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
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 22nd +7.3pp 1st 7% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 30th +5.1pp 2nd 24% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 18th +5.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 12th +5.5pp 4th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 8th +5.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 27th +3.7pp 6th 18% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 23rd +4.1pp 7th 7% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 4th +4.1pp 8th 28% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 7th +2.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 6th +2.7pp 10th 22% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 15th +1.9pp 11th 1% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 3rd +2.2pp 12th 30% above peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 29th +0.9pp 13th 24% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 2nd +1.3pp 14th 31% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 5th +1.3pp 15th 28% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 10th +1.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 13th +0.6pp 17th 6% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 9th +0.6pp 18th 13% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 20th +0.4pp 19th 5% below peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 11th +0.3pp 20th 11% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 19th +0.1pp 21st 4% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 24th -0.1pp 22nd 10% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 14th -0.3pp 23rd 1% above peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 17th -0.4pp 24th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 28th -0.5pp 25th 19% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 26th 34% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 31st -0.6pp 27th 46% below peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 25th -1.6pp 28th 13% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 26th -1.8pp 29th 13% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 21st -2.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 16th -2.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (23.8% then, 22.8% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.9% to 22.8%).
Bright spot 22.8%
20102024
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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
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 10th -5.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 18th -3.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 3rd 33% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 6th -2.1pp 4th 15% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 11th -1.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 8th -1.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 29th -2.0pp 7th 40% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 28% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 17th -0.7pp 9th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 5th -0.2pp 10th 16% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 26th +0.0pp 11th 28% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 2nd +0.0pp 12th 29% below peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 13th 60% above peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 12th +0.3pp 14th 8% below peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 22nd +0.5pp 15th 14% above peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 16th +0.8pp 16th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 13th +0.8pp 17th 7% below peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 24th +1.6pp 18th 23% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 9th +1.3pp 19th 12% below peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 27th +2.9pp 20th 37% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 23rd +3.3pp 21st 18% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 7th +2.4pp 22nd 15% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 25th +3.7pp 23rd 25% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 24th 21% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 21st +3.6pp 25th 10% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 15th +3.6pp 26th 2% below peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 19th +4.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 28th +5.6pp 28th 39% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 20th +4.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 30th 51% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 14th +5.1pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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What changed

No vehicle fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.5% to 4.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bel Air South started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 4.3%).
Bright spot 4.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 10th -2.2pp 1st 17% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 53% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 13th -1.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 31st -5.8pp 4th 185% above peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 3rd -1.2pp 5th 34% below peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 23rd -2.2pp 6th 28% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 15th -1.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 26th -2.2pp 8th 41% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 18th -1.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 10th 28% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 22nd -1.0pp 11th 12% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 24th -1.1pp 12th 29% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 6th -0.6pp 13th 25% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 28th -1.2pp 14th 104% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 14th -0.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 9th -0.2pp 16th 21% below peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 20th -0.2pp 17th 11% above peers
National City, CA 10.9% 29th -0.3pp 18th 108% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 30th -0.3pp 19th 140% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 19th -0.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 27th +0.6pp 21st 71% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 7th +0.3pp 22nd 23% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 17th +0.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 11th +0.3pp 24th 17% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 21st +0.5pp 25th 11% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 39% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 16th +0.8pp 27th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 25th +1.1pp 28th 31% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 30% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 12th +1.2pp 30th 15% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 8th +1.4pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 2.5% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 2.5%).
Bright spot 2.5%
20132024
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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
Maryland ref 6.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 5th -4.3pp 1st 62% below peers
Santee, CA 3.1% 6th -1.3pp 2nd 61% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.9% 12th -2.5pp 3rd 14% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.9pp 4th 69% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 2nd -0.7pp 5th 71% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.4% 22nd -2.8pp 6th 28% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 7th -1.0pp 7th 53% below peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 18th -2.2pp 8th 5% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 24th -2.7pp 9th 34% above peers
Casper, WY 10.9% 25th -2.6pp 10th 35% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 15th -1.7pp 11th 3% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 12th 78% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 20th -1.1pp 13th 15% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 31st -1.6pp 14th 93% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.3% 13th -0.7pp 15th 9% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 23rd -1.1pp 16th 31% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.1% 16th -0.8pp 17th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 14th -0.7pp 18th 8% below peers
National City, CA 12.2% 28th -0.5pp 19th 51% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 4th -0.1pp 20th 69% below peers
Bradenton, FL 15.2% 30th +0.0pp 21st 88% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 8th +0.2pp 22nd 52% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.2% 26th +0.6pp 23rd 38% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 27th +0.8pp 24th 48% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.6% 21st +0.7pp 25th 19% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.3% 17th +0.6pp 26th 3% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 19th +0.7pp 27th 9% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 9th +0.3pp 28th 48% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 10th +0.7pp 29th 42% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 29th +2.5pp 30th 64% above peers
Severn, MD 6.6% 11th +2.9pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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What changed

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 52% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 2nd 21% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 3rd 21% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 4th 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 5th 13% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 6th 12% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 7th 12% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 8th 11% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 9th 11% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 10th 10% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 11th 9% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 12th 7% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 13th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 14th 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 15th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 16th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 17th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 18th 4% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 19th 6% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 20th 8% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 21st 8% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 22nd 9% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 23rd 10% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 24th 12% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 25th 13% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 26th 23% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 27th 24% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 28th 24% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 29th 28% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 30th 30% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.6% then, 2.9% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.8% to 2.9%).
Bright spot 2.9%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 4.4% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 84% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 17th -8.6pp 2nd 25% above peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 12th -3.7pp 3rd 11% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 2nd -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 7th -2.2pp 5th 27% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 6th 92% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 3rd -0.7pp 7th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 28th -3.1pp 8th 178% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 4th -0.7pp 9th 35% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 16th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 15th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
National City, CA 5.9% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 84% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 25th -0.7pp 13th 138% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 9th +0.0pp 14th 17% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 30th +0.3pp 15th 266% above peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 27th +0.6pp 16th 169% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 21st +0.4pp 17th 67% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 13th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 5th +0.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 19th +0.7pp 20th 55% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 20th +0.8pp 21st 59% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 29th +2.3pp 22nd 218% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 14th +0.7pp 23rd 8% below peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 24th +1.9pp 24th 118% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 10th +0.8pp 25th 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 26th 419% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 11th +1.0pp 27th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 26th +3.1pp 28th 151% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 6th +1.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 18th +2.1pp 30th 46% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 8th +1.4pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.4% to 49.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Bel Air South started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 9.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.3% to 49.4%).
Bright spot 49.4%
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
Maryland ref 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 21st +6.5pp 1st 10% below peers
National City, CA 18.1% 30th +3.9pp 2nd 45% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 19th +5.4pp 3rd 7% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 15th +5.5pp 4th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 24th +4.3pp 5th 13% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 20th +4.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 17th +4.4pp 7th 4% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 11th +5.7pp 8th 32% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 6th +6.8pp 9th 56% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 23rd +3.7pp 10th 12% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 12th +5.3pp 11th 28% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 18th +3.9pp 12th 4% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 22nd +3.5pp 13th 11% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 8th +6.0pp 14th 51% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 14th +4.3pp 15th 19% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 31st +1.8pp 16th 49% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 5th +5.9pp 17th 82% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 3rd +6.2pp 18th 97% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 4th +4.9pp 19th 82% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 25th +1.9pp 20th 25% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 16th +2.3pp 21st on par with peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 27th +1.6pp 22nd 27% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 2nd +4.2pp 23rd 112% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 9th +2.6pp 24th 41% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 7th +2.2pp 25th 54% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 1st +3.5pp 26th 152% above peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 28th +0.8pp 27th 30% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 10th +1.0pp 28th 39% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 13th +0.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 26th -0.3pp 30th 26% below peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 29th -2.3pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 Real improvement ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment rose 26.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.1% to 59.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Bel Air South started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.6% to 59.5%).
Bright spot 59.5%
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
Maryland ref 45.5% -4.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 2nd +33.2pp 1st 31% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 5th +26.4pp 2nd 18% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 6th +20.3pp 3rd 15% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 9th +16.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 25th +6.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 8th +9.5pp 6th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 13th +8.1pp 7th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 20th +6.0pp 8th 19% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 23rd +5.7pp 9th 23% below peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 21st +5.0pp 10th 20% below peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 3rd +3.4pp 11th 30% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 14th +1.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 31st +0.1pp 13th 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 1st -0.4pp 14th 37% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 18th -1.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 10th -1.5pp 16th 7% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 4th -2.5pp 17th 22% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 17th -4.5pp 18th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 7th -5.8pp 19th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 20th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 26th -4.8pp 21st 25% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 24th -5.2pp 22nd 23% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 11th -7.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 22nd -6.5pp 24th 20% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 16th -12.0pp 25th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 12th -14.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 27th -12.7pp 27th 26% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 29th -13.8pp 28th 34% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 28th -15.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 30th -14.5pp 30th 37% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 19th -20.7pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, WA up 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.6pp 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 (6.5% then, 6.7% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.1% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20102024
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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
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 17th -5.2pp 1st 6% above peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 21st -5.4pp 2nd 13% above peers
National City, CA 4.5% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 33% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 4th -1.5pp 4th 44% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 6th -1.2pp 5th 33% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 18th -1.8pp 6th 11% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 20th -1.4pp 7th 13% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 10th -0.8pp 8th 23% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 19th -1.1pp 9th 13% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 3rd -0.1pp 10th 63% below peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 64% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 11th -0.0pp 12th 19% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 15th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 27th +0.6pp 14th 48% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 15th 31% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 30th +1.3pp 16th 70% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 17th 31% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 13th +1.2pp 18th 10% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 16th +1.5pp 19th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 14th +2.2pp 20th 4% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 26th +3.3pp 21st 42% above peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 24th +3.1pp 22nd 25% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 28th +4.1pp 23rd 65% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 9th +1.8pp 24th 30% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 25th +3.5pp 25th 35% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 29th +4.4pp 26th 66% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 12th +2.4pp 27th 15% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 31st +5.9pp 28th 83% above peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 22nd +4.3pp 29th 20% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 23rd +6.7pp 30th 22% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 1st +2.1pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.5pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 20% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 48,425 to 58,137 - more than the combined survey margin (±2,254).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 25% from 2014 to 2024 (46,614 to 58,137).
Big move 58,137
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 31st +25% 1st 9% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 15th +20% 2nd on par with peers
Severn, MD 58,402 10th +16% 3rd 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 26th +12% 4th 3% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 11th +7% 5th 1% above peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 27th +5% 6th 3% below peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 21st +5% 7th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 29th +5% 8th 3% below peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 28th +4% 9th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 20th +4% 10th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 56,675 24th +3% 11th 2% below peers
Santee, CA 59,332 2nd +3% 12th 2% above peers
Towson, MD 58,679 6th +1% 13th 1% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 3rd +1% 14th 2% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 22nd +1% 15th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 58,839 5th +1% 16th 2% above peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 25th +1% 17th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 23rd +0% 18th 2% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 30th +0% 19th 4% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 1st -0% 20th 3% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 17th -1% 21st on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 18th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 13th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 16th -2% 24th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 14th -2% 25th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 7th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 8th -3% 27th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 19th -3% 28th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 12th -4% 29th 1% above peers
National City, CA 58,893 4th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 9th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2,052 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.8% then, 23.5% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.5% to 23.5%).
23.5%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 22.2% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th +1.5pp 1st 26% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 22nd +1.2pp 2nd 4% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 20th +1.1pp 3rd 3% below peers
National City, CA 21.5% 15th +1.0pp 4th 2% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 10th +0.9pp 5th 9% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 7th +0.8pp 6th 12% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 13th +0.6pp 7th 3% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 18th +0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 26th +0.3pp 9th 8% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 21st +0.4pp 10th 3% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 27th +0.1pp 11th 16% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 28th +0.1pp 12th 17% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 3rd +0.1pp 13th 24% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 6th +0.0pp 14th 14% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 5th -0.1pp 15th 15% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 9th -0.3pp 16th 11% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 11th -0.4pp 17th 8% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 8th -0.4pp 18th 12% above peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 25th -0.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 24th -0.6pp 20th 6% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 21st 30% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 17th -0.8pp 22nd 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 14th -0.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 4th -1.1pp 24th 20% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 16th -1.0pp 25th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 23rd -1.3pp 26th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 1st -2.7pp 27th 31% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 19th -2.5pp 28th 2% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 12th -3.1pp 29th 7% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 2nd -4.0pp 30th 25% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.9% then, 18.3% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.7% to 18.3%).
Big move 18.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 20th +12.4pp 1st 15% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 15th +11.9pp 2nd 4% above peers
Gardena, CA 43.4% 8th +14.6pp 3rd 41% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 11th +8.6pp 5th 18% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 6th +8.9pp 6th 46% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 7th 47% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 22nd +3.6pp 8th 23% below peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 10th +4.9pp 9th 32% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 5th +5.1pp 10th 47% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 2nd +5.0pp 11th 66% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 9th +3.7pp 12th 41% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 17th +2.4pp 13th 6% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 7th +1.3pp 14th 43% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 3rd +1.0pp 15th 64% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 25th -0.0pp 16th 35% below peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 18th -0.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 23rd -0.2pp 18th 23% below peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 16th -1.0pp 19th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 1st -4.8pp 20th 81% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 19th -2.8pp 21st 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 12th -3.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 26th -2.6pp 23rd 37% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 13th -4.6pp 24th 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 4th -8.6pp 25th 49% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 27th -3.6pp 26th 40% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 28th -3.8pp 27th 41% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 24th -5.0pp 28th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 21st -5.7pp 29th 17% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 30th 80% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 29th -4.5pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.0pp 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

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.8% then, 73.1% now; margin ±11.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.2% to 73.1%).
73.1%
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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
Maryland ref 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 1st +22.1pp 1st 22% above peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 18th +14.8pp 2nd 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 7th +16.0pp 3rd 17% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 14th +13.0pp 4th 2% above peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 5th +14.1pp 5th 18% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 11th +10.8pp 6th 5% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 17th +10.2pp 7th on par with peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 2nd +11.4pp 8th 21% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 6th +10.6pp 9th 17% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 10th 20% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 8th +6.3pp 11th 14% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 20th +2.2pp 12th 1% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 15th +1.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 4th +0.8pp 14th 18% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 28th +0.5pp 15th 14% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 24th -0.5pp 16th 4% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 10th -1.1pp 17th 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 9th -1.7pp 18th 7% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 22nd -1.7pp 19th 2% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 21st -2.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 19th -3.4pp 21st 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 16th -3.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 27th -4.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 13th -5.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 30th -6.1pp 25th 15% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 26th -7.0pp 26th 11% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 27th 20% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 23rd -8.9pp 28th 3% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 12th -14.6pp 29th 3% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 25th -16.9pp 30th 7% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 29th -19.8pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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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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 ±9.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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