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69,397 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Bethesda, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$192,237
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
$164,142 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
97.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
94.4% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
87.1%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
85.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.1%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
1.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
75.1%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
86.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
29.7%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
27.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.2%
2020-24
▲ 894%
relative change
0.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Bethesda, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
3.2%
2020-24
▲ 137%
relative change
1.3% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
3.1%
2019-23
▲ 82%
relative change
1.7% in 2018
Worsening Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.0%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
66.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
9.6%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
4.2%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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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 →
Population
69,397
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
63,195 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$500,226
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$512,168 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$1,168,471
Jun 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$1,180,150 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,971
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$2,942 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
11.5%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
9.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $164,142 to $192,237 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,878). 29 of the 30 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 32% from 2014 to 2024 ($145,288 to $192,237).
$192,237
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%
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 1st 166% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $97,305 13th +37% 2nd 21% above peers
Passaic, NJ $55,371 26th +35% 3rd 31% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $82,041 15th +35% 4th 2% above peers
Eastvale, CA $160,069 3rd +34% 5th 98% above peers
Canton, OH $43,188 30th +34% 6th 46% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $70,080 19th +33% 7th 13% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR $57,272 24th +33% 8th 29% below peers
Yuba City, CA $75,477 18th +33% 9th 6% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $150,245 4th +32% 10th 86% above peers
Portland, ME $79,540 17th +32% 11th 1% below peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 9th +31% 12th 40% above peers
Weston, FL $139,825 6th +30% 13th 73% above peers
Apex, NC $144,135 5th +29% 14th 79% above peers
Schenectady, NY $58,399 23rd +29% 15th 28% below peers
San Marcos, TX $51,281 29th +27% 16th 36% below peers
East Orange, NJ $60,830 22nd +27% 17th 25% below peers
Shawnee, KS $109,940 11th +26% 18th 36% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $112,467 10th +25% 19th 39% above peers
St. Cloud, MN $61,374 21st +25% 20th 24% below peers
Spring, TX $88,997 14th +25% 21st 10% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $130,432 7th +23% 22nd 62% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 16th +22% 23rd on par with peers
Jackson, TN $53,032 27th +22% 24th 34% below peers
Eau Claire, WI $67,395 20th +21% 25th 16% below peers
Camarillo, CA $113,428 8th +21% 26th 41% above peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 27th 52% below peers
Decatur, IL $51,592 28th +21% 28th 36% below peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 12th +20% 29th 35% above peers
Bethesda, MD $192,237 2nd +17% 30th 138% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $56,968 25th +12% 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$6,260 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.4% then, 4.2% now; margin ±1.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 8 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 4.2%).
4.2%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 9.2% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Apex, NC 2.2% 1st -2.9pp 1st 80% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 5th -2.1pp 2nd 54% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 11.2% 16th -3.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Portland, ME 11.0% 15th -3.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.8% 27th -5.7pp 5th 103% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.8% 4th -1.1pp 6th 58% below peers
San Marcos, TX 24.3% 28th -4.6pp 7th 116% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 13.6% 19th -2.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Decatur, IL 18.6% 22nd -2.4pp 9th 66% above peers
Canton, OH 26.5% 29th -3.2pp 10th 136% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 19.0% 23rd -2.0pp 11th 69% above peers
East Orange, NJ 16.1% 21st -1.5pp 12th 44% above peers
Yuba City, CA 14.2% 20th -1.2pp 13th 26% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 8.7% 13th -0.7pp 14th 23% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 7.1% 10th -0.4pp 15th 37% below peers
Weston, FL 6.1% 8th -0.2pp 16th 45% below peers
Jackson, TN 21.0% 25th -0.3pp 17th 87% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 20.9% 24th +0.0pp 18th 86% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 13.4% 18th +0.0pp 19th 19% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.3% 30th +0.6pp 20th 161% above peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 14th +0.5pp 21st 7% below peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 7th +0.3pp 22nd 47% below peers
Gary, IN 32.8% 31st +2.6pp 23rd 192% above peers
Camarillo, CA 8.5% 12th +0.8pp 24th 25% below peers
South Hill, WA 7.1% 11th +0.7pp 25th 36% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 12.9% 17th +1.2pp 26th 15% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.4% 3rd +0.4pp 27th 61% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 6.3% 9th +1.0pp 28th 44% below peers
Schenectady, NY 22.6% 26th +4.2pp 29th 101% above peers
Bethesda, MD 4.2% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 62% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 5.4% 6th +1.5pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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

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 →
  • 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.3% to 3.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). None of the 30 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.6% to 3.2%).
3.2%
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%
Apex, NC 2.1% 1st -3.9pp 1st 86% below peers
San Marcos, TX 18.1% 19th -15.9pp 2nd 22% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.8% 11th -7.9pp 3rd 27% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.2% 6th -3.8pp 4th 65% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.6% 21st -9.8pp 5th 39% above peers
Canton, OH 38.9% 30th -12.7pp 6th 162% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.4% 5th -1.2pp 7th 71% below peers
Passaic, NJ 32.1% 26th -7.4pp 8th 116% above peers
Decatur, IL 28.1% 24th -5.7pp 9th 90% above peers
Yuba City, CA 17.7% 18th -3.3pp 10th 19% above peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 7th -1.0pp 11th 60% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.5% 12th -1.9pp 12th 22% below peers
Portland, ME 14.8% 16th -2.1pp 13th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 12.0% 14th -1.4pp 14th 19% below peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 10th -0.8pp 15th 38% below peers
Jackson, TN 32.1% 27th -2.8pp 16th 117% above peers
East Orange, NJ 23.2% 23rd -1.4pp 17th 56% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 11.7% 13th -0.6pp 18th 21% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 20.6% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 39% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 31.3% 25th -0.4pp 20th 111% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 33.1% 28th +0.2pp 21st 123% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 258% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 4th +0.3pp 23rd 71% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.8% 2nd +0.3pp 24th 81% below peers
Camarillo, CA 12.2% 15th +1.3pp 25th 18% below peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 17th +2.0pp 26th 17% above peers
Schenectady, NY 35.7% 29th +5.1pp 27th 141% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 19.9% 20th +3.0pp 28th 34% above peers
Weston, FL 8.1% 8th +1.5pp 29th 46% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 9.0% 9th +2.7pp 30th 39% below peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 3rd +1.8pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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

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 →
  • 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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (94.4% then, 97.1% now; margin ±3.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 7 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 4.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.0% to 97.1%).
97.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 92.5% +5.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Passaic, NJ 93.8% 15th +20.1pp 1st 2% above peers
Gary, IN 82.3% 29th +17.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Jackson, TN 89.3% 23rd +13.2pp 3rd 3% below peers
Decatur, IL 88.5% 26th +12.8pp 4th 4% below peers
San Marcos, TX 85.3% 28th +10.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 59.1% 31st +6.7pp 6th 36% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 88.8% 25th +9.4pp 7th 4% below peers
East Orange, NJ 89.1% 24th +9.0pp 8th 4% below peers
Yuba City, CA 91.1% 21st +8.2pp 9th 1% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 92.1% 17th +7.9pp 10th on par with peers
Grand Junction, CO 92.4% 16th +6.9pp 11th on par with peers
Gaithersburg, MD 96.5% 9th +7.2pp 12th 4% above peers
Schenectady, NY 86.4% 27th +6.2pp 13th 7% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 91.7% 19th +6.5pp 14th 1% below peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 14th +6.3pp 15th 3% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 96.5% 8th +5.9pp 16th 4% above peers
Portland, ME 91.7% 18th +5.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Canton, OH 80.4% 30th +4.8pp 18th 13% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 89.9% 22nd +5.0pp 19th 3% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 96.4% 10th +5.0pp 20th 4% above peers
Shawnee, KS 95.8% 11th +4.9pp 21st 4% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 91.1% 20th +4.3pp 22nd 1% below peers
Camarillo, CA 95.0% 12th +4.4pp 23rd 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 4th +4.3pp 24th 5% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 96.7% 7th +3.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 13th +2.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Bethesda, MD 97.1% 5th +2.7pp 27th 5% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 2nd +2.5pp 28th 6% above peers
Weston, FL 97.7% 3rd +1.8pp 29th 6% above peers
Apex, NC 97.0% 6th +1.7pp 30th 5% above peers
Eastvale, CA 98.4% 1st +0.5pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.49 to 0.51 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 2 of the 30 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; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.51).
0.51
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
Eastvale, CA 0.33 1st -0.040 1st 26% below peers
Shawnee, KS 0.41 7th -0.025 2nd 9% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 0.40 6th -0.022 3rd 10% below peers
Spring, TX 0.35 2nd -0.019 4th 22% below peers
Weston, FL 0.45 16th -0.023 5th on par with peers
San Marcos, TX 0.46 19th -0.023 6th 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 0.44 12th -0.021 7th 2% below peers
Passaic, NJ 0.48 24th -0.022 8th 6% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 0.44 13th -0.019 9th 1% below peers
Jackson, TN 0.49 25th -0.020 10th 8% above peers
Apex, NC 0.37 3rd -0.014 11th 18% below peers
Decatur, IL 0.47 23rd -0.011 12th 5% above peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 9th -0.007 13th 8% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 0.44 11th -0.005 14th 2% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.55 31st -0.005 15th 23% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 0.43 10th -0.002 16th 4% below peers
Canton, OH 0.46 17th -0.002 17th 2% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.50 27th -0.001 18th 10% above peers
Portland, ME 0.46 21st +0.001 19th 3% above peers
Yuba City, CA 0.45 15th +0.005 20th on par with peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 4th +0.006 21st 17% below peers
East Orange, NJ 0.46 20th +0.010 22nd 3% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 0.47 22nd +0.011 23rd 4% above peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 5th +0.010 24th 12% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 0.54 30th +0.015 25th 19% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 0.41 8th +0.014 26th 9% below peers
Camarillo, CA 0.46 18th +0.017 27th 2% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 0.45 14th +0.016 28th 1% below peers
Gary, IN 0.51 29th +0.024 29th 14% above peers
Bethesda, MD 0.51 28th +0.025 30th 14% above peers
Schenectady, NY 0.50 26th +0.057 31st 10% 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP rose 1.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 1.7% to 3.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (1.2% to 3.1%).
3.1%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Shawnee, KS 2.3% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 79% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.6% 7th -3.2pp 2nd 66% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 19.7% 23rd -11.4pp 3rd 83% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.6% 10th -2.5pp 4th 57% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 5th -1.4pp 5th 69% below peers
Apex, NC 1.9% 1st -0.8pp 6th 83% below peers
Portland, ME 10.9% 17th -4.1pp 7th 1% above peers
San Marcos, TX 7.5% 12th -1.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.5% 14th -1.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 10.7% 16th -1.0pp 10th on par with peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 13th -0.7pp 11th 19% below peers
East Orange, NJ 20.7% 26th -1.5pp 12th 93% above peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 30th -1.4pp 13th 172% above peers
Canton, OH 28.9% 29th -0.9pp 14th 169% above peers
Passaic, NJ 38.2% 31st -1.2pp 15th 256% above peers
Jackson, TN 20.4% 25th -0.6pp 16th 91% above peers
Yuba City, CA 12.4% 20th -0.2pp 17th 16% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 15.3% 21st +1.0pp 18th 42% above peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 9th +0.4pp 19th 64% below peers
Schenectady, NY 24.9% 28th +2.6pp 20th 132% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 19.8% 24th +2.2pp 21st 85% above peers
Decatur, IL 24.6% 27th +2.8pp 22nd 130% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 10.5% 15th +1.5pp 23rd 2% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.8% 3rd +0.5pp 24th 74% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.3% 18th +2.1pp 25th 5% above peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 19th +2.6pp 26th 12% above peers
Camarillo, CA 4.7% 11th +1.3pp 27th 57% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.7% 22nd +5.6pp 28th 46% above peers
Bethesda, MD 3.1% 4th +1.4pp 29th 71% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.6% 8th +2.0pp 30th 66% below peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 6th +1.9pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • 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 ±0.8pp 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 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,168,471 in June 2026, down from $1,180,150 a year earlier.
$1,168,471
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $436,104 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Lakewood, NJ $591,177 (Jun 26) 10th +7.8% 1st 22% above peers
Decatur, IL $107,596 (Jun 26) 27th +7.3% 2nd 78% below peers
Schenectady, NY $334,098 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.5% 3rd 31% below peers
Canton, OH $176,363 (Jun 26) 26th +5.1% 4th 64% below peers
Shawnee, KS $432,970 (Jun 26) 16th +4.8% 5th 10% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,495,025 (Jun 26) 1st +2.6% 6th 209% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $429,488 (Jun 26) 17th +2.1% 7th 11% below peers
Eagan, MN $408,530 (Jun 26) 18th +1.8% 8th 16% below peers
Passaic, NJ $563,434 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 9th 17% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $725,567 (Jun 26) 8th +1.4% 10th 50% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $321,576 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.3% 11th 34% below peers
Yuba City, CA $446,422 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 12th 8% below peers
Camarillo, CA $923,396 (Jun 26) 6th +0.2% 13th 91% above peers
Eastvale, CA $948,803 (Jun 26) 5th +0.1% 14th 96% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $1,039,520 (Jun 26) 4th -0.2% 15th 115% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $372,578 (Jun 26) 19th -0.3% 16th 23% below peers
Spring, TX $368,162 (Jun 26) 20th -0.8% 17th 24% below peers
Portland, ME $571,364 (Jun 26) 11th -0.9% 18th 18% above peers
Jackson, TN $229,672 (Jun 26) 25th -0.9% 19th 53% below peers
Bethesda, MD $1,168,471 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.0% 20th 142% above peers
East Orange, NJ $483,575 (Jun 26) 14th -1.0% 21st on par with peers
Gaithersburg, MD $529,016 (Jun 26) 13th -2.1% 22nd 9% above peers
Apex, NC $603,237 (Jun 26) 9th -2.2% 23rd 25% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $342,429 (Jun 26) 21st -2.8% 24th 29% below peers
Weston, FL $727,063 (Jun 26) 7th -2.9% 25th 50% above peers
Gary, IN $91,950 (Jun 26) 28th -3.8% 26th 81% below peers
San Marcos, TX $310,919 (Jun 26) 24th -4.1% 27th 36% below peers
Dublin, CA $1,266,769 (Jun 26) 2nd -7.8% 28th 162% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $500,226 in June 2026, down from $512,168 a year earlier.
$500,226
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $266,546 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Gary, IN $57,312 (Jun 26) 27th +8.4% 1st 84% below peers
Canton, OH $96,383 (Jun 26) 26th +8.4% 2nd 73% below peers
Decatur, IL $47,274 (Jun 26) 28th +6.6% 3rd 87% below peers
Shawnee, KS $336,902 (Jun 26) 15th +6.1% 4th 4% below peers
Schenectady, NY $245,681 (Jun 26) 20th +5.7% 5th 30% below peers
Passaic, NJ $372,570 (Jun 26) 11th +4.1% 6th 6% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $329,851 (Jun 26) 16th +3.3% 7th 6% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,093,073 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 8th 211% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $236,295 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 9th 33% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $615,097 (Jun 26) 5th +1.4% 10th 75% above peers
Yuba City, CA $355,835 (Jun 26) 13th +1.1% 11th 1% above peers
Eagan, MN $270,284 (Jun 26) 18th +0.3% 12th 23% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $290,499 (Jun 26) 17th +0.2% 13th 17% below peers
East Orange, NJ $371,991 (Jun 26) 12th +0.2% 14th 6% above peers
Camarillo, CA $728,304 (Jun 26) 4th +0.1% 15th 107% above peers
Portland, ME $439,756 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 16th 25% above peers
Eastvale, CA $818,485 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.2% 17th 133% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $235,549 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.8% 18th 33% below peers
Jackson, TN $116,953 (Jun 26) 25th -1.2% 19th 67% below peers
Spring, TX $255,174 (Jun 26) 19th -2.0% 20th 27% below peers
Bethesda, MD $500,226 (Jun 26) 7th -2.3% 21st 42% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $351,552 (Jun 26) 14th -2.7% 22nd on par with peers
Apex, NC $435,882 (Jun 26) 9th -3.2% 23rd 24% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $507,450 (Jun 26) 6th -3.3% 24th 44% above peers
San Marcos, TX $231,168 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.3% 25th 34% below peers
Weston, FL $432,794 (Jun 26) 10th -4.7% 26th 23% above peers
Dublin, CA $854,933 (Jun 26) 2nd -7.9% 27th 143% above peers
Delray Beach, FL $144,832 (Jun 26) 24th -10.3% 28th 59% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 66.1% to 64.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 1 of the 30 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; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.3% to 64.0%).
64.0%
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 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
East Orange, NJ 31.0% 29th +5.4pp 1st 51% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 63.5% 13th +5.4pp 2nd 1% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 39.1% 28th +3.1pp 3rd 38% below peers
Yuba City, CA 57.3% 18th +3.7pp 4th 9% below peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 3rd +4.8pp 5th 18% above peers
Passaic, NJ 23.8% 31st +1.5pp 6th 62% below peers
Portland, ME 46.9% 26th +1.7pp 7th 26% below peers
San Marcos, TX 30.8% 30th +1.1pp 8th 51% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 53.4% 20th +1.4pp 9th 15% below peers
Apex, NC 76.5% 2nd +2.0pp 10th 22% above peers
Decatur, IL 62.9% 16th +1.5pp 11th on par with peers
Delray Beach, FL 63.2% 15th +1.3pp 12th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 63.5% 14th +1.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 57.7% 17th +1.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Canton, OH 48.7% 24th +0.8pp 15th 23% below peers
Shawnee, KS 73.7% 4th +0.7pp 16th 17% above peers
Eastvale, CA 78.0% 1st +0.7pp 17th 24% above peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 9th +0.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 64.4% 11th -0.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 72.2% 6th -0.3pp 20th 15% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 50.8% 22nd -0.4pp 21st 19% below peers
Camarillo, CA 64.6% 10th -0.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
Weston, FL 73.0% 5th -0.8pp 23rd 16% above peers
Jackson, TN 51.2% 21st -1.2pp 24th 19% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 48.6% 25th -1.4pp 25th 23% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 8th -2.0pp 26th 8% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 23rd -1.5pp 27th 22% below peers
Bethesda, MD 64.0% 12th -2.2pp 28th 2% above peers
Schenectady, NY 45.6% 27th -1.6pp 29th 27% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 54.4% 19th -2.2pp 30th 13% below peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 7th -3.6pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,971 in June 2026, up from $2,942 a year earlier.
$2,971
2015June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Gary, IN $1,366 (Jun 26) 25th +5.9% 1st 32% below peers
Passaic, NJ $2,097 (Jun 26) 12th +5.2% 2nd 4% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA $3,003 (Jun 26) 5th +5.2% 3rd 49% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $1,768 (Jun 26) 18th +4.1% 4th 12% below peers
Delray Beach, FL $2,788 (Jun 26) 8th +3.5% 5th 38% above peers
Portland, ME $2,429 (Jun 26) 10th +3.2% 6th 20% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $3,543 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.0% 7th 76% above peers
Yuba City, CA $1,967 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 8th 2% below peers
Canton, OH $1,054 (Jun 26) 27th +2.5% 9th 48% below peers
Dublin, CA $3,233 (Jun 26) 4th +2.4% 10th 60% above peers
East Orange, NJ $2,068 (Jun 26) 13th +2.3% 11th 3% above peers
Schenectady, NY $1,489 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.1% 12th 26% below peers
Eastvale, CA $3,567 (Jun 26) 1st +2.0% 13th 77% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 26th +2.0% 14th 40% below peers
Eagan, MN $1,632 (Jun 26) 20th +1.8% 15th 19% below peers
Jackson, TN $1,451 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.8% 16th 28% below peers
Bethesda, MD $2,971 (Jun 26) 6th +1.0% 17th 47% above peers
Weston, FL $3,393 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.8% 18th 68% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $1,539 (Jun 26) 21st +0.7% 19th 24% below peers
Decatur, IL $1,019 (Jun 26) 28th +0.7% 20th 49% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD $2,187 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 21st 8% above peers
Camarillo, CA $2,885 (Jun 26) 7th +0.6% 22nd 43% above peers
Apex, NC $2,017 (Jun 26) 15th +0.4% 23rd on par with peers
Shawnee, KS $1,796 (Jun 26) 17th -0.2% 24th 11% below peers
Spring, TX $1,750 (Jun 26) 19th -0.6% 25th 13% below peers
San Marcos, TX $1,408 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 26th 30% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 14th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9th 29% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.5% then, 29.7% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.4% to 29.7%).
29.7%
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 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 26.0% 4th -5.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Eastvale, CA 33.8% 14th -4.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Decatur, IL 26.2% 5th -3.0pp 3rd 29% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 26.8% 6th -2.9pp 4th 27% below peers
Shawnee, KS 21.8% 2nd -2.1pp 5th 41% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 31.6% 10th -2.6pp 6th 14% below peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 7th -2.1pp 7th 21% below peers
Passaic, NJ 54.9% 30th -2.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Canton, OH 34.0% 15th -1.0pp 9th 7% below peers
Weston, FL 39.1% 21st -0.6pp 10th 7% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 36.7% 16th -0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 43.9% 27th -0.2pp 12th 20% above peers
Camarillo, CA 40.8% 22nd +0.5pp 13th 11% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 31.3% 9th +1.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Apex, NC 20.0% 1st +0.8pp 15th 45% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 11th +1.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 63.0% 31st +2.6pp 17th 72% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 36.8% 17th +1.6pp 18th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 32.9% 12th +1.5pp 19th 10% below peers
Portland, ME 38.8% 19th +1.8pp 20th 6% above peers
East Orange, NJ 51.7% 28th +2.8pp 21st 41% above peers
San Marcos, TX 52.7% 29th +2.9pp 22nd 44% above peers
Jackson, TN 38.9% 20th +2.2pp 23rd 6% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.0% 26th +3.1pp 24th 17% above peers
Yuba City, CA 41.1% 23rd +3.0pp 25th 12% above peers
Bethesda, MD 29.7% 8th +2.2pp 26th 19% below peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 3rd +2.1pp 27th 32% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 25th +3.7pp 28th 17% above peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 13th +3.5pp 29th 8% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 38.6% 18th +4.2pp 30th 5% above peers
Schenectady, NY 42.6% 24th +4.9pp 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 9.6% now; margin ±1.7pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 9.6%).
9.6%
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 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Dublin, CA 2.4% 4th -1.0pp 1st 67% below peers
Passaic, NJ 25.7% 30th -7.6pp 2nd 250% above peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 26th -4.0pp 3rd 85% above peers
Yuba City, CA 5.6% 13th -1.5pp 4th 24% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 8.4% 19th -2.2pp 5th 15% above peers
Canton, OH 14.8% 27th -2.1pp 6th 101% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 4.1% 11th -0.4pp 7th 44% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 3.7% 8th -0.2pp 8th 50% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 9.9% 22nd -0.1pp 9th 36% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 7.1% 15th -0.0pp 10th 3% below peers
Schenectady, NY 21.0% 29th +0.1pp 11th 186% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 9.4% 20th +0.1pp 12th 28% above peers
Decatur, IL 12.1% 25th +0.2pp 13th 65% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 7.3% 16th +0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 28th +0.6pp 15th 110% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 6.7% 14th +0.3pp 16th 9% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 6th +0.2pp 17th 62% below peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 2nd +0.1pp 18th 73% below peers
East Orange, NJ 33.0% 31st +2.4pp 19th 349% above peers
Camarillo, CA 5.5% 12th +0.4pp 20th 25% below peers
Jackson, TN 11.8% 24th +1.0pp 21st 61% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 9th +0.3pp 22nd 50% below peers
Bethesda, MD 9.6% 21st +1.4pp 23rd 31% above peers
Weston, FL 1.7% 1st +0.3pp 24th 76% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.4% 18th +1.4pp 25th 14% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.1% 17th +1.8pp 26th 11% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.4% 7th +0.8pp 27th 54% below peers
Apex, NC 2.7% 5th +0.7pp 28th 64% below peers
Shawnee, KS 3.8% 10th +1.0pp 29th 48% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 10.4% 23rd +2.8pp 30th 42% above peers
Eastvale, CA 2.1% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 72% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 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 100% 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.8% then, 2.1% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 2.1%).
2.1%
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 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lakewood, NJ 4.1% 10th -3.7pp 1st 27% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 3.8% 8th -2.5pp 2nd 33% below peers
Dublin, CA 1.5% 1st -1.0pp 3rd 73% below peers
Camarillo, CA 3.2% 4th -1.6pp 4th 44% below peers
Yuba City, CA 5.8% 18th -2.7pp 5th 4% above peers
Portland, ME 4.9% 13th -1.8pp 6th 13% below peers
Gary, IN 8.1% 20th -2.7pp 7th 44% above peers
Schenectady, NY 4.9% 12th -1.5pp 8th 13% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 9.7% 23rd -2.5pp 9th 73% above peers
Apex, NC 3.5% 6th -0.9pp 10th 39% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.0% 14th -1.2pp 11th 11% below peers
Weston, FL 5.6% 16th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.3% 3rd -0.4pp 13th 59% below peers
Decatur, IL 4.6% 11th -0.6pp 14th 18% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.8% 24th -0.9pp 15th 74% above peers
Eastvale, CA 3.9% 9th -0.3pp 16th 31% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 5.7% 17th -0.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Passaic, NJ 22.6% 31st -0.4pp 18th 301% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.3% 5th +0.0pp 19th 42% below peers
East Orange, NJ 12.2% 26th +0.2pp 20th 117% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 7th +0.1pp 21st 34% below peers
San Marcos, TX 16.2% 29th +0.4pp 22nd 188% above peers
Jackson, TN 10.5% 25th +0.6pp 23rd 87% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 9.2% 22nd +0.6pp 24th 64% above peers
Canton, OH 8.6% 21st +0.5pp 25th 53% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.7% 27th +0.9pp 26th 127% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 30th +1.7pp 27th 193% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.1% 2nd +0.3pp 28th 63% below peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 15th +0.9pp 29th 10% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.0% 19th +1.8pp 30th 7% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 14.2% 28th +4.9pp 31st 154% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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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 1.1pp 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
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Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about two-thirds of the peer median.

20.7%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 53% below peers
Bethesda, MD 20.7% 2nd 37% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 21.7% 3rd 34% below peers
Apex, NC 23.1% 4th 30% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 24.9% 5th 25% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 25.2% 6th 24% below peers
Weston, FL 26.3% 7th 21% below peers
Camarillo, CA 27.0% 8th 18% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 27.5% 9th 17% below peers
Eastvale, CA 27.6% 10th 17% below peers
Portland, ME 30.1% 11th 9% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 30.8% 12th 7% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 30.9% 13th 7% below peers
Yuba City, CA 31.3% 14th 5% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 15th 3% below peers
Shawnee, KS 33.1% 16th on par with peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 17th 5% above peers
East Orange, NJ 35.1% 18th 6% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 35.2% 19th 6% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 20th 8% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 35.8% 21st 8% above peers
Passaic, NJ 36.0% 22nd 9% above peers
San Marcos, TX 37.6% 23rd 14% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 38.0% 24th 15% above peers
Decatur, IL 38.6% 25th 17% above peers
Schenectady, NY 38.6% 26th 17% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.8% 27th 23% above peers
Jackson, TN 41.1% 28th 24% above peers
Canton, OH 45.8% 29th 38% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 30th 50% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.9% then, 2.4% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.5% to 2.4%).
2.4%
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
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.5% 1st -0.8pp 1st 78% below peers
Portland, ME 1.0% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 60% below peers
Shawnee, KS 1.6% 6th -2.0pp 3rd 35% below peers
Camarillo, CA 1.6% 7th -1.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Decatur, IL 1.7% 10th -1.7pp 5th 28% below peers
Yuba City, CA 2.8% 19th -2.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 7th 63% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 2.4% 16th -1.1pp 8th on par with peers
Schenectady, NY 2.2% 11th -0.7pp 9th 11% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 1.1% 4th -0.2pp 10th 53% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 17th -0.4pp 11th 1% above peers
East Orange, NJ 5.7% 21st -0.7pp 12th 135% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 6.0% 24th -0.7pp 13th 145% above peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 20th -0.1pp 14th 58% above peers
Passaic, NJ 5.7% 22nd -0.0pp 15th 136% above peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 13th -0.0pp 16th 2% below peers
Canton, OH 2.7% 18th +0.2pp 17th 9% above peers
Apex, NC 2.4% 14th +0.3pp 18th 1% below peers
San Marcos, TX 8.8% 28th +1.5pp 19th 260% above peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 31st +2.3pp 20th 405% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.3% 12th +0.4pp 21st 6% below peers
Weston, FL 6.2% 25th +1.2pp 22nd 155% above peers
Eastvale, CA 1.3% 5th +0.3pp 23rd 45% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 1.7% 9th +0.5pp 24th 30% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.9% 23rd +1.8pp 25th 142% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.0% 30th +4.7pp 26th 393% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.1% 27th +4.2pp 27th 233% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6.8% 26th +3.6pp 28th 178% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 9.6% 29th +5.7pp 29th 295% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.4% 15th +1.6pp 30th 1% below peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 8th +1.1pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 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 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (85.9% then, 87.1% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (82.2% to 87.1%).
87.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 30 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
South Hill, WA 32.9% 18th +5.0pp 1st 14% below peers
Canton, OH 16.4% 28th +2.5pp 2nd 57% below peers
Eastvale, CA 43.4% 13th +6.3pp 3rd 14% above peers
Schenectady, NY 25.4% 23rd +3.6pp 4th 33% below peers
East Orange, NJ 22.6% 24th +3.0pp 5th 40% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.1% 29th +1.9pp 6th 60% below peers
San Marcos, TX 38.3% 14th +4.9pp 7th 1% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 43.8% 11th +5.4pp 8th 15% above peers
Portland, ME 59.7% 7th +7.1pp 9th 57% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 37.3% 16th +3.7pp 10th 2% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 67.0% 6th +6.1pp 11th 76% above peers
Shawnee, KS 53.1% 9th +4.8pp 12th 39% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 38.1% 15th +3.4pp 13th on par with peers
Apex, NC 69.5% 4th +5.2pp 14th 83% above peers
Yuba City, CA 20.4% 26th +1.5pp 15th 47% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 36.7% 17th +2.7pp 16th 3% below peers
Decatur, IL 21.6% 25th +1.5pp 17th 43% below peers
Weston, FL 67.6% 5th +4.6pp 18th 78% above peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 22nd +1.7pp 19th 33% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 20th 61% below peers
Passaic, NJ 16.7% 27th +1.0pp 21st 56% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70.4% 2nd +3.7pp 22nd 85% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 8th +2.9pp 23rd 44% above peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 3rd +3.4pp 24th 83% above peers
Camarillo, CA 43.5% 12th +1.9pp 25th 14% above peers
Bethesda, MD 87.1% 1st +1.2pp 26th 129% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 31.9% 19th +0.4pp 27th 16% below peers
Jackson, TN 27.8% 21st +0.1pp 28th 27% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 30.4% 20th -0.4pp 29th 20% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 52.5% 10th -1.6pp 30th 38% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 (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 →
  • 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
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (86.7% then, 75.1% now; margin ±14.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (81.6% to 75.1%).
75.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 45.5% -4.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 9th +18.6pp 1st 20% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 18th +13.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 25th +8.0pp 3rd 20% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 47.4% 14th +9.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Schenectady, NY 53.4% 11th +10.6pp 5th 16% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 66.0% 7th +12.3pp 6th 43% above peers
Eastvale, CA 53.4% 12th +9.7pp 7th 16% above peers
East Orange, NJ 72.8% 3rd +1.5pp 8th 58% above peers
Passaic, NJ 67.2% 6th +1.0pp 9th 46% above peers
San Marcos, TX 36.8% 24th +0.4pp 10th 20% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 8th +0.1pp 11th 39% above peers
Weston, FL 71.2% 4th -1.7pp 12th 55% above peers
Portland, ME 47.2% 15th -1.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 53.9% 10th -1.5pp 14th 17% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 79.4% 1st -2.3pp 15th 72% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70.6% 5th -7.3pp 16th 53% above peers
Canton, OH 31.0% 27th -4.4pp 17th 33% below peers
Bethesda, MD 75.1% 2nd -11.6pp 18th 63% above peers
Shawnee, KS 45.1% 17th -10.6pp 19th 2% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 38.8% 20th -10.7pp 20th 16% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 38.1% 22nd -11.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Yuba City, CA 32.4% 26th -10.2pp 22nd 30% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 47.5% 13th -20.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Decatur, IL 39.2% 19th -17.6pp 24th 15% below peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 23rd -19.5pp 25th 20% below peers
Jackson, TN 30.9% 28th -17.7pp 26th 33% below peers
Apex, NC 46.0% 16th -31.5pp 27th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 38.8% 21st -28.2pp 28th 16% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 22.9% 31st -17.1pp 29th 50% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 29.2% 30th -24.1pp 30th 37% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 29.7% 29th -24.7pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.3pp 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 →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.3% then, 3.2% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.7% to 3.2%).
3.2%
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 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 1st 94% below peers
East Orange, NJ 5.3% 16th -13.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Walnut Creek, CA 2.3% 5th -2.7pp 3rd 57% below peers
Passaic, NJ 7.6% 25th -7.9pp 4th 42% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 4.0% 14th -4.1pp 5th 25% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.6% 11th -3.3pp 6th 32% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.5% 17th -4.1pp 7th 4% above peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 21st -4.6pp 8th 21% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 2.1% 4th -1.3pp 9th 61% below peers
Apex, NC 1.7% 3rd -0.9pp 10th 68% below peers
Schenectady, NY 6.6% 22nd -3.2pp 11th 24% above peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 6th -1.0pp 12th 53% below peers
Decatur, IL 9.1% 26th -2.3pp 13th 70% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 1.2% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 77% below peers
Canton, OH 9.8% 29th -1.7pp 15th 83% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 31st -1.1pp 16th 134% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 5.2% 15th +0.1pp 17th 3% below peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 30th +0.3pp 18th 98% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.4% 20th +0.4pp 19th 19% above peers
Eastvale, CA 6.1% 19th +0.7pp 20th 14% above peers
Yuba City, CA 7.4% 24th +1.0pp 21st 38% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.5% 28th +1.7pp 22nd 78% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 3.2% 9th +1.0pp 23rd 41% below peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 12th +1.2pp 24th 28% below peers
Portland, ME 9.4% 27th +3.1pp 25th 76% above peers
San Marcos, TX 2.8% 7th +0.9pp 26th 47% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 7.2% 23rd +3.4pp 27th 34% above peers
Camarillo, CA 2.9% 8th +1.4pp 28th 47% below peers
Shawnee, KS 5.9% 18th +3.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 3.9% 13th +2.6pp 30th 28% below peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 10th +2.9pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Population

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Population rose about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63,195 to 69,397 - more than the combined survey margin (±2,700). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (62,024 to 69,397).
69,397
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
Apex, NC 70,630 5th +37% 1st 1% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 69,585 17th +24% 2nd on par with peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 2nd +16% 3rd 2% above peers
Eastvale, CA 70,633 4th +14% 4th 1% above peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 29th +13% 5th 2% below peers
Spring, TX 68,580 24th +12% 6th 2% below peers
San Marcos, TX 70,897 1st +12% 7th 2% above peers
Bethesda, MD 69,397 19th +10% 8th 1% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 68,142 27th +10% 9th 2% below peers
East Orange, NJ 70,090 11th +9% 10th on par with peers
Schenectady, NY 68,847 22nd +5% 11th 1% below peers
Shawnee, KS 68,542 25th +5% 12th 2% below peers
Yuba City, CA 69,471 18th +4% 13th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 70,629 6th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70,599 7th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Portland, ME 68,854 21st +3% 16th 1% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 70,322 8th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 69,825 14th +3% 18th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA 70,186 9th +3% 19th 1% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 69,291 20th +3% 20th 1% below peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 30th +2% 21st 3% below peers
Jackson, TN 68,435 26th +2% 22nd 2% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 3rd +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 70,088 12th +1% 24th on par with peers
Passaic, NJ 70,002 13th -0% 25th on par with peers
Delray Beach, FL 67,979 31st -0% 26th 3% below peers
Canton, OH 69,755 16th -2% 27th on par with peers
Weston, FL 68,837 23rd -3% 28th 1% below peers
Decatur, IL 69,815 15th -4% 29th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70,138 10th -8% 30th 1% above peers
Gary, IN 68,113 28th -10% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±2,523 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

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Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.4% then, 23.2% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.8% to 23.2%).
23.2%
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 22.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Gary, IN 28.6% 4th +4.7pp 1st 26% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 21.9% 19th +1.6pp 2nd 3% below peers
Spring, TX 27.8% 7th +1.8pp 3rd 23% above peers
Canton, OH 25.4% 9th +1.1pp 4th 12% above peers
Bethesda, MD 23.2% 14th +0.8pp 5th 3% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 22.6% 16th +0.6pp 6th on par with peers
Jackson, TN 24.4% 12th +0.5pp 7th 8% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 5th +0.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Camarillo, CA 20.7% 23rd +0.0pp 9th 8% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 22.7% 15th -0.2pp 10th on par with peers
Decatur, IL 21.0% 22nd -0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 51.2% 1st -0.9pp 12th 126% above peers
Portland, ME 15.4% 28th -0.3pp 13th 32% below peers
Schenectady, NY 19.9% 24th -0.4pp 14th 12% below peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 17th -0.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Apex, NC 29.1% 3rd -0.9pp 16th 29% above peers
Yuba City, CA 24.8% 11th -0.9pp 17th 10% above peers
San Marcos, TX 13.3% 31st -0.6pp 18th 41% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 13.4% 30th -0.7pp 19th 41% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 17.7% 25th -1.0pp 20th 22% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 22.1% 18th -1.2pp 21st 2% below peers
Shawnee, KS 23.8% 13th -1.5pp 22nd 5% above peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 10th -1.6pp 23rd 11% above peers
Weston, FL 27.2% 8th -1.9pp 24th 20% above peers
Passaic, NJ 30.1% 2nd -2.1pp 25th 33% above peers
Eastvale, CA 28.0% 6th -2.5pp 26th 24% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 15.5% 27th -1.5pp 27th 32% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 21.4% 21st -2.3pp 28th 5% below peers
East Orange, NJ 21.7% 20th -2.4pp 29th 4% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 14.7% 29th -2.4pp 30th 35% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 17.3% 26th -2.9pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.4% then, 11.5% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 11.5%).
11.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Lakewood, NJ 7.8% 31st +3.6pp 1st 73% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 32.8% 12th +7.3pp 2nd 14% above peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 14th +5.8pp 3rd 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.4% 9th +7.5pp 4th 41% above peers
Bethesda, MD 11.5% 28th +2.1pp 5th 60% below peers
Passaic, NJ 51.4% 4th +9.3pp 6th 79% above peers
Portland, ME 32.1% 13th +4.5pp 7th 12% above peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 17th +3.2pp 8th 5% below peers
Delray Beach, FL 38.2% 11th +4.1pp 9th 33% above peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 10th 182% above peers
Weston, FL 14.5% 26th +0.4pp 11th 49% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 29.7% 15th +0.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Camarillo, CA 19.6% 22nd -0.3pp 13th 32% below peers
Decatur, IL 51.1% 5th -1.0pp 14th 78% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 23.6% 19th -0.6pp 15th 18% below peers
Jackson, TN 50.5% 6th -2.6pp 16th 76% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 28.7% 16th -1.6pp 17th on par with peers
Canton, OH 61.5% 2nd -3.7pp 18th 114% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 42.4% 8th -2.8pp 19th 47% above peers
East Orange, NJ 59.1% 3rd -5.6pp 20th 105% above peers
San Marcos, TX 40.2% 10th -4.9pp 21st 40% above peers
Yuba City, CA 27.2% 18th -3.4pp 22nd 5% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 14.2% 27th -1.9pp 23rd 51% below peers
Walnut Creek, CA 17.0% 23rd -2.5pp 24th 41% below peers
Schenectady, NY 47.5% 7th -7.3pp 25th 65% above peers
Apex, NC 15.1% 25th -2.9pp 26th 47% below peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 21st -5.2pp 27th 25% below peers
Shawnee, KS 15.5% 24th -5.0pp 28th 46% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 30th -3.2pp 29th 68% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 23.3% 20th -10.6pp 30th 19% below peers
Eastvale, CA 11.2% 29th -5.3pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (73.0% then, 64.5% now; margin ±16.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.3% to 64.5%).
64.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Weston, FL 62.8% 24th +16.8pp 1st 10% below peers
Passaic, NJ 69.7% 17th +14.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Grand Junction, CO 65.7% 20th +13.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 74.9% 9th +10.4pp 4th 8% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 26th +7.7pp 5th 13% below peers
Apex, NC 77.0% 7th +9.6pp 6th 11% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70.8% 14th +7.8pp 7th 2% above peers
Delray Beach, FL 79.1% 3rd +6.5pp 8th 14% above peers
Eastvale, CA 78.6% 5th +5.5pp 9th 13% above peers
Walnut Creek, CA 69.7% 16th +4.7pp 10th on par with peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 11th 15% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70.7% 15th +3.6pp 12th 1% above peers
San Marcos, TX 80.6% 1st +3.2pp 13th 16% above peers
Schenectady, NY 73.2% 10th +2.1pp 14th 5% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 78.7% 4th +2.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 72.8% 11th +0.4pp 16th 4% above peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 23rd -0.3pp 17th 8% below peers
Shawnee, KS 76.8% 8th -1.1pp 18th 10% above peers
Jackson, TN 67.4% 18th -1.2pp 19th 3% below peers
Portland, ME 71.6% 13th -2.0pp 20th 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 78.5% 6th -2.9pp 21st 13% above peers
Yuba City, CA 53.7% 30th -3.5pp 22nd 23% below peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 27th -4.7pp 23rd 13% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 29th -5.0pp 24th 16% below peers
East Orange, NJ 72.2% 12th -6.7pp 25th 4% above peers
Bethesda, MD 64.5% 22nd -8.4pp 26th 7% below peers
Decatur, IL 66.6% 19th -10.2pp 27th 4% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 62.1% 25th -12.8pp 28th 11% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 65.7% 21st -13.7pp 29th 6% below peers
Canton, OH 59.0% 28th -12.5pp 30th 15% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.3% 31st -13.8pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±14.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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