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104,338 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Columbia, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$131,490
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$108,352 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.8%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
93.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
56.2%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
60.5% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
63.6%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
62.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
7.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.39 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
27.7%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
28.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.8%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
10.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.5%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
3.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.8%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
65.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.1%
2019-23
▲ 3%
relative change
7.9% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 1 indicator

Where Columbia, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.4%
2020-24
▲ 91%
relative change
3.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Big shifts 1 indicator

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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
78.2%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
75.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest 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 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $108,352 to $131,490 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,355). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 31% from 2014 to 2024 ($100,252 to $131,490).
$131,490
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 $103,678 +22%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Bend, OR $96,394 15th +47% 1st 8% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 16th +44% 2nd on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 23rd +42% 3rd 17% below peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 25th +39% 4th 23% below peers
Buckeye, AZ $99,486 11th +39% 5th 12% above peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 31st +39% 6th 37% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 13th +38% 7th 10% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 19th +37% 8th 10% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 28th +34% 9th 25% below peers
Inglewood, CA $72,750 24th +34% 10th 18% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 22nd +34% 11th 16% below peers
St. George, UT $76,508 20th +31% 12th 14% below peers
Daly City, CA $123,547 6th +31% 13th 39% above peers
Renton, WA $100,432 10th +29% 14th 13% above peers
Burbank, CA $97,082 14th +28% 15th 9% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 12th +27% 16th 11% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $159,307 1st +27% 17th 79% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $60,177 29th +27% 18th 32% below peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 7th +27% 19th 25% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 21st +26% 20th 14% below peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 17th +26% 21st 2% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 27th +26% 22nd 25% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 3rd +25% 23rd 59% above peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 2nd +23% 24th 73% above peers
Edinburg, TX $59,466 30th +22% 25th 33% below peers
El Cajon, CA $67,511 26th +22% 26th 24% below peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 9th +22% 27th 14% above peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 4th +21% 28th 48% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 18th +21% 29th 3% below peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 5th +19% 30th 47% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 8th +14% 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,734 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 7.5% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 7.5%).
7.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 9.2% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Rialto, CA 12.6% 19th -3.5pp 1st 15% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 16th -2.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Lynn, MA 13.7% 22nd -2.9pp 3rd 25% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.5% 6th -1.5pp 4th 32% below peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 12th -1.5pp 5th 20% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.3% 5th -1.2pp 6th 33% below peers
Inglewood, CA 14.5% 24th -2.2pp 7th 33% above peers
St. George, UT 11.2% 18th -1.7pp 8th 3% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 10th -1.2pp 9th 26% below peers
South Bend, IN 20.4% 29th -2.6pp 10th 86% above peers
El Monte, CA 17.3% 26th -2.0pp 11th 58% above peers
Brockton, MA 13.3% 21st -1.3pp 12th 22% above peers
Conroe, TX 11.1% 17th -0.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 10.4% 14th -0.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Chico, CA 22.0% 30th -0.4pp 15th 101% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.3% 23rd -0.1pp 16th 31% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 15.7% 25th -0.0pp 17th 44% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% 1st +0.0pp 18th 74% below peers
Daly City, CA 7.6% 8th +0.1pp 19th 30% below peers
Burbank, CA 10.7% 15th +0.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.7% 20th +0.5pp 21st 16% above peers
Boulder, CO 19.1% 27th +0.7pp 22nd 75% above peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 7th +0.3pp 23rd 32% below peers
El Cajon, CA 20.2% 28th +1.2pp 24th 85% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 11th +0.7pp 25th 25% below peers
Edinburg, TX 24.9% 31st +2.1pp 26th 128% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 27th 64% below peers
Vacaville, CA 7.7% 9th +0.9pp 28th 29% below peers
West Covina, CA 9.9% 13th +1.7pp 29th 9% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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3 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.6% then, 9.8% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 9.8%).
9.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 1st 50% below peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 20th -4.9pp 2nd 21% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 23rd -5.8pp 3rd 43% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 19th -4.3pp 4th 19% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 6th -2.3pp 5th 32% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 18th -3.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 11th -2.1pp 7th 17% below peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 22nd -3.4pp 8th 42% above peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 17th -2.4pp 9th 4% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.0% 1st -0.4pp 10th 84% below peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 16th -2.3pp 11th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 30th -4.8pp 12th 130% above peers
Inglewood, CA 20.3% 25th -2.9pp 13th 61% above peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 29th -3.7pp 14th 111% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 10.5% 12th -1.0pp 15th 17% below peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 9th -0.8pp 16th 22% below peers
El Cajon, CA 26.5% 28th -0.3pp 17th 110% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 21st +0.2pp 18th 34% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 24th +0.4pp 19th 59% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 20th 76% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 7th +0.6pp 21st 29% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 3rd +0.3pp 22nd 68% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 24.4% 27th +1.9pp 23rd 93% above peers
Edinburg, TX 36.1% 31st +4.1pp 24th 185% above peers
Burbank, CA 10.8% 13th +1.6pp 25th 14% below peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 15th +1.9pp 26th 3% below peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 26th +3.9pp 27th 76% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 14th +2.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Daly City, CA 10.0% 10th +2.4pp 29th 21% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 8th +2.7pp 30th 28% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 5th +2.3pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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3 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.2% to 95.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 27 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 2.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (93.0% to 95.8%).
95.8%
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%
South Bend, IN 89.1% 29th +17.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 21st +14.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Edinburg, TX 89.0% 30th +12.6pp 3rd 6% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 27th +12.2pp 4th 5% below peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 24th +11.5pp 5th 3% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 88.3% 31st +10.8pp 6th 6% below peers
Burbank, CA 95.0% 10th +10.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 28th +9.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Inglewood, CA 92.2% 22nd +9.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 25th +8.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 13th +8.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 14th +7.8pp 12th on par with peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 11th +7.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 19th +6.3pp 14th 1% below peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 16th +5.9pp 15th on par with peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 23rd +5.7pp 16th 2% below peers
El Cajon, CA 93.6% 18th +5.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Daly City, CA 94.8% 12th +5.5pp 18th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 26th +5.0pp 19th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 7th +5.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 17th +5.1pp 21st 1% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 97.0% 3rd +4.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 8th +3.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 9th +3.6pp 24th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 5th +3.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 15th +2.8pp 26th on par with peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 20th +2.5pp 27th 1% below peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 6th +2.6pp 28th 2% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 98.1% 1st +1.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 3% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 4th -0.5pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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3 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.39 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.41).
0.41
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
Conroe, TX 0.44 17th -0.029 1st on par with peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 5th -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
Chico, CA 0.48 29th -0.017 3rd 9% above peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 3rd -0.011 4th 10% below peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 20th -0.012 5th 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 0.38 2nd -0.008 6th 15% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 6th -0.007 7th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 15th -0.007 8th 1% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 25th -0.006 9th 8% above peers
Inglewood, CA 0.45 18th -0.001 10th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 4th -0.000 11th 10% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 22nd +0.001 12th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 9th +0.002 13th 6% below peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 19th +0.003 14th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 16th +0.003 15th on par with peers
Buckeye, AZ 0.37 1st +0.004 16th 18% below peers
El Cajon, CA 0.45 21st +0.008 17th 2% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 8th +0.009 18th 7% below peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 23rd +0.012 19th 6% above peers
Renton, WA 0.43 11th +0.012 20th 3% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 0.48 27th +0.013 21st 8% above peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 14th +0.012 22nd 1% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 12th +0.012 23rd 2% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 24th +0.014 24th 6% above peers
Edinburg, TX 0.48 26th +0.014 25th 8% above peers
Burbank, CA 0.50 30th +0.017 26th 12% above peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 7th +0.014 27th 9% below peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 10th +0.019 28th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 28th +0.023 29th 9% above peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 31st +0.029 30th 27% above peers
Daly City, CA 0.44 13th +0.031 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (7.9% then, 8.1% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.7% to 8.1%).
8.1%
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
Bend, OR 7.7% 10th -4.9pp 1st 30% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 7.2% 9th -4.5pp 2nd 34% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 8th -3.1pp 3rd 49% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 2nd -0.5pp 4th 87% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 12.0% 19th -3.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 16th -2.8pp 6th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 26th -4.0pp 7th 72% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.2% 1st -0.2pp 8th 89% below peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 22nd -2.0pp 9th 53% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 6th -0.3pp 10th 57% below peers
Edinburg, TX 23.0% 28th -1.7pp 11th 111% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 86% below peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 18th +0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 24th +0.4pp 14th 59% above peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 14th +0.2pp 15th 19% below peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 13th +0.2pp 16th 26% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 30th +0.9pp 17th 165% above peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 31st +2.2pp 18th 188% above peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 23rd +1.5pp 19th 57% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 5th +0.4pp 20th 63% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 12th +1.2pp 21st 26% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 4th +0.6pp 22nd 65% below peers
El Cajon, CA 24.7% 29th +3.6pp 23rd 127% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 7th +1.0pp 24th 53% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 21st +3.9pp 25th 36% above peers
Inglewood, CA 18.7% 25th +5.4pp 26th 72% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 20th +4.1pp 27th 27% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 27th +6.6pp 28th 102% above peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 11th +2.6pp 29th 30% below peers
Burbank, CA 9.2% 15th +4.4pp 30th 15% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 17th +6.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $518,039 in June 2026, up from $517,693 a year earlier.
$518,039
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $436,104 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
South Bend, IN $202,069 (Jun 26) 28th +6.9% 1st 66% below peers
Green Bay, WI $289,378 (Jun 26) 26th +5.8% 2nd 51% below peers
Carmel, IN $582,445 (Jun 26) 17th +4.4% 3rd 2% below peers
Inglewood, CA $764,548 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 4th 28% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,678,255 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 5th 182% above peers
Brockton, MA $516,482 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 6th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN $450,919 (Jun 26) 21st +1.7% 7th 24% below peers
Edinburg, TX $219,009 (Jun 26) 27th +1.6% 8th 63% below peers
Daly City, CA $1,132,134 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 9th 90% above peers
El Monte, CA $766,805 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 10th 29% above peers
West Covina, CA $850,383 (Jun 26) 5th +1.1% 11th 43% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $178,137 (Jun 26) 29th +1.0% 12th 70% below peers
Quincy, MA $690,382 (Jun 26) 12th +0.9% 13th 16% above peers
Chico, CA $469,145 (Jun 26) 20th +0.6% 14th 21% below peers
Rialto, CA $592,780 (Jun 26) 16th +0.6% 15th on par with peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $677,991 (Jun 26) 13th +0.5% 16th 14% above peers
Lynn, MA $595,053 (Jun 26) 15th +0.5% 17th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA $417,512 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.3% 18th 30% below peers
Columbia, MD $518,039 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 19th 13% below peers
Boulder, CO $972,493 (Jun 26) 4th -0.9% 20th 63% above peers
Burbank, CA $1,192,558 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.0% 21st 100% above peers
Vacaville, CA $610,649 (Jun 26) 14th -1.2% 22nd 3% above peers
El Cajon, CA $816,132 (Jun 26) 6th -1.4% 23rd 37% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $395,294 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.5% 24th 34% below peers
Conroe, TX $316,083 (Jun 26) 25th -1.8% 25th 47% below peers
Bend, OR $737,350 (Jun 26) 10th -1.9% 26th 24% above peers
Renton, WA $752,310 (Jun 26) 9th -2.1% 27th 26% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $351,340 (Jun 26) 24th -2.4% 28th 41% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $710,472 (Jun 26) 11th -2.8% 29th 19% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $366,672 in June 2026, down from $368,602 a year earlier.
$366,672
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $266,546 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
South Bend, IN $120,695 (Jun 26) 28th +9.7% 1st 75% below peers
Green Bay, WI $224,073 (Jun 26) 26th +8.2% 2nd 54% below peers
Edinburg, TX $143,142 (Jun 26) 27th +5.1% 3rd 70% below peers
Carmel, IN $404,679 (Jun 26) 18th +3.9% 4th 16% below peers
Brockton, MA $420,058 (Jun 26) 17th +3.1% 5th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN $344,182 (Jun 26) 21st +2.0% 6th 29% below peers
Inglewood, CA $581,208 (Jun 26) 8th +1.9% 7th 20% above peers
Chico, CA $358,894 (Jun 26) 20th +1.8% 8th 26% below peers
El Monte, CA $650,241 (Jun 26) 5th +1.7% 9th 34% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $336,165 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.5% 10th 31% below peers
West Covina, CA $734,674 (Jun 26) 4th +1.5% 11th 52% above peers
Rialto, CA $530,452 (Jun 26) 11th +1.4% 12th 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $558,350 (Jun 26) 9th +0.4% 13th 15% above peers
Quincy, MA $484,302 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 14th on par with peers
Daly City, CA $889,723 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.2% 15th 84% above peers
Lynn, MA $457,757 (Jun 26) 16th -0.0% 16th 5% below peers
San Mateo, CA $1,010,541 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 17th 109% above peers
Columbia, MD $366,672 (Jun 26) 19th -0.5% 18th 24% below peers
Burbank, CA $884,023 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.8% 19th 83% above peers
El Cajon, CA $585,285 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 20th 21% above peers
Vacaville, CA $511,490 (Jun 26) 13th -1.6% 21st 6% above peers
Conroe, TX $228,370 (Jun 26) 25th -1.6% 22nd 53% below peers
Bend, OR $534,004 (Jun 26) 10th -1.6% 23rd 10% above peers
Renton, WA $528,314 (Jun 26) 12th -1.8% 24th 9% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $339,948 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.0% 25th 30% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $91,103 (Jun 26) 29th -2.0% 26th 81% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $264,997 (Jun 26) 24th -2.4% 27th 45% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $582,184 (Jun 26) 7th -2.4% 28th 20% above peers
Boulder, CO $503,240 (Jun 26) 14th -3.0% 29th 4% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (65.5% then, 64.8% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.3% to 64.8%).
64.8%
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%
Buckeye, AZ 86.0% 1st +10.8pp 1st 48% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 7th +5.5pp 2nd 16% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 24th +3.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 14th +3.0pp 4th 4% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 10th +3.1pp 5th 12% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 6th +3.1pp 6th 20% above peers
El Cajon, CA 41.5% 29th +1.8pp 7th 29% below peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 9th +2.7pp 8th 14% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 18th +2.3pp 9th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 17th +2.3pp 10th on par with peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 21st +2.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Burbank, CA 43.3% 28th +1.4pp 12th 26% below peers
Daly City, CA 60.2% 15th +1.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 12th +1.7pp 14th 6% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 20th +1.5pp 15th 6% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 8th +1.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 16th +0.9pp 17th on par with peers
Inglewood, CA 36.2% 31st +0.4pp 18th 38% below peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 30th +0.2pp 19th 31% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 56.4% 19th +0.1pp 20th 3% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 11th -0.7pp 21st 11% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 4th -1.3pp 22nd 28% above peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 26th -0.9pp 23rd 22% below peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 3rd -1.5pp 24th 31% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 25th -1.1pp 25th 19% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 78.1% 2nd -2.1pp 26th 34% above peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 27th -1.3pp 27th 25% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 13th -2.3pp 28th 4% above peers
Edinburg, TX 53.3% 22nd -2.5pp 29th 8% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 5th -3.8pp 30th 26% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 23rd -4.5pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,304 in June 2026, up from $2,242 a year earlier.
$2,304
2015June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Daly City, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 5th +6.5% 1st 18% above peers
San Mateo, CA $3,667 (Jun 26) 1st +6.1% 2nd 59% above peers
South Bend, IN $1,310 (Jun 26) 26th +5.6% 3rd 43% below peers
Rialto, CA $2,740 (Jun 26) 4th +5.0% 4th 19% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $1,279 (Jun 26) 27th +5.0% 5th 44% below peers
Carmel, IN $1,854 (Jun 26) 21st +3.7% 6th 19% below peers
Bend, OR $2,300 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 7th on par with peers
Fishers, IN $1,883 (Jun 26) 20th +2.9% 8th 18% below peers
Green Bay, WI $1,119 (Jun 26) 28th +2.9% 9th 51% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,304 (Jun 26) 14th +2.8% 10th on par with peers
West Covina, CA $2,683 (Jun 26) 6th +2.8% 11th 17% above peers
Chico, CA $1,577 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.5% 12th 31% below peers
Lynn, MA $2,300 (Jun 26) 15th +2.5% 13th on par with peers
Quincy, MA $2,750 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.3% 14th 20% above peers
Renton, WA $2,191 (Jun 26) 18th +1.8% 15th 5% below peers
Burbank, CA $2,765 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.7% 16th 20% above peers
Brockton, MA $2,406 (Jun 26) 12th +1.5% 17th 5% above peers
Vacaville, CA $2,562 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 18th 11% above peers
Boulder, CO $2,439 (Jun 26) 11th +0.8% 19th 6% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,549 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 20th 33% below peers
Inglewood, CA $2,605 (Jun 26) 8th +0.5% 21st 13% above peers
Edinburg, TX $1,019 (Jun 26) 29th +0.2% 22nd 56% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $2,556 (Jun 26) 10th +0.0% 23rd 11% above peers
El Cajon, CA $2,277 (Jun 26) 17th +0.0% 24th 1% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $2,650 (Jun 26) 7th -0.2% 25th 15% above peers
Buckeye, AZ $2,002 (Jun 26) 19th -0.5% 26th 13% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.6% 27th 32% below peers
El Monte, CA $2,381 (Jun 26) 13th -0.7% 28th 3% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,563 (Jun 26) 24th -2.1% 29th 32% below 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 (28.4% then, 27.7% 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 fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.2% to 27.7%).
27.7%
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 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bend, OR 34.1% 13th -2.8pp 1st 12% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 28th -3.9pp 2nd 24% above peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 21st -2.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 30.1% 8th -1.9pp 4th 22% below peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 5th -1.4pp 5th 29% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 7th -0.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 20th -0.7pp 7th 3% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 9th -0.5pp 8th 21% below peers
Daly City, CA 41.5% 23rd -0.5pp 9th 7% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 19th -0.2pp 10th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 14th -0.1pp 11th 10% below peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 16th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Edinburg, TX 33.6% 12th +0.4pp 13th 13% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 11th +0.5pp 14th 15% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 25th +1.1pp 15th 15% above peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 22nd +1.1pp 16th 5% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 17th +1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 24th +1.3pp 18th 12% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.7% 27th +2.1pp 19th 23% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 26th +2.3pp 20th 19% above peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 29th +2.9pp 21st 28% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.4% 6th +1.6pp 22nd 29% below peers
Inglewood, CA 54.9% 30th +3.4pp 23rd 42% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 18th +2.5pp 24th on par with peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 15th +3.7pp 25th 5% below peers
El Cajon, CA 55.4% 31st +5.6pp 26th 43% above peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 47% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 48% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 10th +5.1pp 29th 15% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 26.6% 3rd +5.0pp 30th 31% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 4th +5.2pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 5.8%).
5.8%
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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
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 63% below peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 29th -3.1pp 2nd 107% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 31st -3.8pp 3rd 152% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 27th -2.0pp 4th 44% above peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 10th -0.7pp 5th 36% below peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 6th 63% below peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 9th -0.6pp 7th 39% below peers
El Cajon, CA 8.1% 20th -1.0pp 8th 19% above peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 18th -0.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 17th -0.5pp 10th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 8th -0.3pp 11th 41% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 11th -0.3pp 12th 34% below peers
Edinburg, TX 5.4% 14th -0.2pp 13th 21% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 26th -0.2pp 14th 36% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 7.4% 19th -0.1pp 15th 8% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 16th 29% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 7th -0.0pp 17th 43% below peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 15th +0.1pp 18th 15% below peers
Burbank, CA 8.3% 22nd +0.2pp 19th 22% above peers
Daly City, CA 8.4% 24th +0.2pp 20th 24% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 6th +0.1pp 21st 48% below peers
Inglewood, CA 9.9% 28th +0.5pp 22nd 45% above peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 21st +0.4pp 23rd 20% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.7% 4th +0.2pp 24th 61% below peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 30th +1.0pp 25th 139% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 25th +0.9pp 26th 34% above peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 13th +0.7pp 27th 21% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 3.2% 5th +0.4pp 28th 53% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 23rd +1.6pp 29th 23% above peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 16th +1.8pp 30th on par with peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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
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Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 4.5% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 4.5%).
4.5%
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
Vacaville, CA 2.4% 1st -1.5pp 1st 61% below peers
Burbank, CA 4.0% 7th -2.3pp 2nd 36% below peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 23rd -3.3pp 3rd 46% above peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 16th -1.9pp 4th on par with peers
Inglewood, CA 9.5% 24th -2.8pp 5th 54% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.7% 22nd -2.0pp 6th 41% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 9th -0.9pp 7th 34% below peers
El Cajon, CA 6.4% 17th -1.3pp 8th 4% above peers
Boulder, CO 3.4% 4th -0.7pp 9th 45% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 14th -0.9pp 10th 8% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.5% 25th -1.6pp 11th 70% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 15th -0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.7% 27th -1.2pp 13th 90% above peers
Conroe, TX 18.4% 30th -1.8pp 14th 198% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 26th -0.9pp 15th 85% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.8% 28th -0.7pp 16th 108% above peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 8th -0.1pp 17th 35% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 6.9% 18th -0.1pp 18th 12% above peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 21st -0.1pp 19th 26% above peers
Edinburg, TX 23.1% 31st +0.6pp 20th 275% above peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 20th +0.4pp 21st 24% above peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 19th +0.4pp 22nd 16% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 5th +0.2pp 23rd 43% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.2pp 24th 49% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.2% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 47% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.5% 13th +0.5pp 26th 10% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 14.9% 29th +2.1pp 27th 141% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 11th +0.6pp 28th 25% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.8% 12th +0.7pp 29th 22% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.5% 10th +0.7pp 30th 27% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 3.7% 6th +1.9pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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
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Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.1%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Boulder, CO 18.9% 1st 40% below peers
Daly City, CA 19.1% 2nd 40% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 20.8% 3rd 34% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 4th 30% below peers
West Covina, CA 23.7% 5th 25% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 6th 23% below peers
Burbank, CA 24.6% 7th 22% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 8th 19% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.4% 9th 16% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 10th 16% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 11th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 12th 10% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 13th 8% below peers
El Cajon, CA 29.6% 14th 6% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 15th 5% below peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 17th 3% above peers
Inglewood, CA 33.0% 18th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 19th 8% above peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 20th 9% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 21st 10% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 35.1% 22nd 11% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 23rd 11% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 36.3% 24th 15% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 25th 18% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 26th 21% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 38.8% 27th 23% above peers
Green Bay, WI 38.9% 28th 23% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 29th 24% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 30th 33% above peers
Edinburg, TX 45.7% 31st 45% 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 (2.4% then, 3.4% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 3.4%).
3.4%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 4.4% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Burbank, CA 1.7% 3rd -2.1pp 1st 57% below peers
Inglewood, CA 4.3% 18th -1.8pp 2nd 8% above peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 4th -0.8pp 3rd 50% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 17th -1.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 5.5% 24th -1.1pp 5th 36% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 19th -0.8pp 6th 9% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 29th -2.0pp 7th 186% above peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 12th -0.5pp 8th 24% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 27th -1.1pp 9th 62% above peers
El Cajon, CA 3.2% 13th -0.5pp 10th 21% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 15th -0.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 26th +0.4pp 12th 58% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 7th +0.3pp 13th 41% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 10.4% 28th +1.6pp 14th 160% above peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 16th +0.6pp 15th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 16th 57% below peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 31st +3.4pp 17th 283% above peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 18th 60% below peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 21st +1.2pp 19th 17% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 14th +0.9pp 20th 16% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 8th +0.8pp 21st 35% below peers
Edinburg, TX 14.9% 30th +4.6pp 22nd 272% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 25th +2.0pp 23rd 42% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 10th +1.1pp 24th 27% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 20th +1.7pp 25th 9% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 11th +1.3pp 26th 25% below peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 5th +1.0pp 27th 49% below peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 6th +1.2pp 28th 44% below peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 9th +1.6pp 29th 29% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.2% 23rd +3.6pp 30th 30% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 4.9% 22nd +4.0pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 (62.7% then, 63.6% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 21 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.9% to 63.6%).
63.6%
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 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynn, MA 24.1% 26th +5.5pp 1st 29% below peers
Conroe, TX 34.1% 16th +7.8pp 2nd on par with peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 15th +7.3pp 3rd 8% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 24.9% 25th +4.9pp 4th 27% below peers
El Monte, CA 15.2% 29th +2.9pp 5th 55% below peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 7th +8.9pp 6th 55% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 28th +3.7pp 7th 34% below peers
Inglewood, CA 25.2% 24th +4.0pp 8th 26% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 20th +4.3pp 9th 18% below peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 31st +1.6pp 10th 63% below peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 18th +3.6pp 11th 14% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 22nd +3.1pp 12th 22% below peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 11th +4.8pp 13th 24% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 14.9% 30th +1.7pp 14th 56% below peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 8th +5.2pp 15th 47% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.1% 10th +4.8pp 16th 38% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 14th +3.8pp 17th 13% above peers
El Cajon, CA 23.0% 27th +2.1pp 18th 32% below peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 12th +3.0pp 19th 16% above peers
Green Bay, WI 26.7% 21st +1.9pp 20th 22% below peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 6th +3.6pp 21st 70% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 25.4% 23rd +1.6pp 22nd 26% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 2nd +3.8pp 23rd 118% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 67.8% 3rd +3.4pp 24th 99% above peers
West Covina, CA 30.1% 17th +1.1pp 25th 12% below peers
Daly City, CA 38.9% 13th +1.2pp 26th 14% above peers
Edinburg, TX 28.4% 19th +0.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 9th +0.9pp 28th 43% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 5th +0.9pp 29th 86% above peers
Boulder, CO 76.8% 1st +0.8pp 30th 125% above peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 4th +0.0pp 31st 95% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.5% then, 56.2% now; margin ±9.9pp). 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.2% to 56.2%).
56.2%
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 45.5% -4.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Edinburg, TX 37.6% 20th +13.3pp 1st 10% below peers
Lynn, MA 32.8% 27th +6.9pp 2nd 21% below peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 1st +12.2pp 3rd 74% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 15th +7.0pp 4th 3% above peers
El Cajon, CA 52.0% 9th +6.0pp 5th 25% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 5th +7.0pp 6th 47% above peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 22nd +3.5pp 7th 11% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 12th +4.4pp 8th 16% above peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 14th +3.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 10th +2.3pp 10th 22% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 21st +1.3pp 11th 11% below peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 4th +1.8pp 12th 52% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 45.8% 13th -0.8pp 13th 10% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 64.2% 3rd -3.5pp 14th 54% above peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 29th -2.1pp 15th 28% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 25th -2.4pp 16th 21% below peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 7th -4.3pp 17th 35% above peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 6th -8.1pp 18th 44% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 19th -5.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 26.4% 30th -4.1pp 20th 37% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.6% 16th -10.2pp 21st on par with peers
Daly City, CA 49.4% 11th -12.7pp 22nd 19% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 17th -11.2pp 23rd 1% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 18th -12.2pp 24th 2% below peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 2nd -21.3pp 25th 56% above peers
Burbank, CA 53.0% 8th -21.8pp 26th 27% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 26th -14.3pp 27th 21% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 23rd -15.9pp 28th 15% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 28th -15.7pp 29th 23% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 24th -17.8pp 30th 17% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 7.4% now; margin ±4.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 5 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; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 7.4%).
7.4%
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 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.4% 1st -1.1pp 1st 79% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 17th -4.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 10th -3.6pp 3rd 16% below peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 18th -2.5pp 4th 4% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 22nd -2.7pp 5th 31% above peers
El Cajon, CA 4.9% 5th -1.2pp 6th 27% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6.7% 16th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 8th -0.9pp 8th 23% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 6th -0.5pp 9th 27% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 4th +0.0pp 10th 45% below peers
Daly City, CA 6.2% 13th +0.4pp 11th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 12th 51% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 26th +1.9pp 13th 79% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 25th +1.9pp 14th 66% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 21st +1.6pp 15th 25% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 12.8% 28th +2.6pp 16th 91% above peers
Burbank, CA 5.0% 7th +1.3pp 17th 26% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 12th +1.7pp 18th 10% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 9th +1.9pp 19th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 11th +2.2pp 20th 14% below peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 14th +2.7pp 21st 4% below peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 15th +3.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 2nd +1.0pp 23rd 70% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 19th +3.5pp 24th 10% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 24th +5.7pp 25th 65% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 26th 126% above peers
Inglewood, CA 12.4% 27th +6.7pp 27th 84% above peers
Edinburg, TX 14.4% 30th +7.8pp 28th 114% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 20th +4.8pp 29th 25% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 29th +7.8pp 30th 94% above peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 23rd +9.1pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.4pp 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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Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (103,991 then, 104,338 now; margin ±3,143).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (102,116 to 104,338).
104,338
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
Buckeye, AZ 104,923 9th +50% 1st 1% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 10th +32% 2nd on par with peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 23rd +21% 3rd 2% below peers
St. George, UT 101,995 28th +21% 4th 2% below peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 24th +13% 5th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 7th +10% 6th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 103,390 18th +10% 7th 1% below peers
Edinburg, TX 104,550 12th +9% 8th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 4th +9% 9th 2% above peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 30th +8% 10th 2% below peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 27th +8% 11th 2% below peers
Chico, CA 102,188 26th +8% 12th 2% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 17th +7% 13th on par with peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 31st +4% 14th 2% below peers
Renton, WA 105,317 8th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 21st +4% 16th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 5th +1% 17th 2% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 2nd +1% 18th 3% above peers
El Cajon, CA 104,449 14th +1% 19th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 16th +1% 20th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 20th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Burbank, CA 104,546 13th +1% 22nd on par with peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 1st +0% 23rd 3% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 15th +0% 24th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 3rd +0% 25th 2% above peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 19th -1% 26th 1% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 102,581 22nd -2% 27th 1% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 102,257 25th -3% 28th 2% below peers
Daly City, CA 101,964 29th -4% 29th 2% below peers
Inglewood, CA 104,569 11th -5% 30th on par with peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 6th -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±2,815 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

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.1% then, 21.0% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.3% to 21.0%).
21.0%
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 22.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Burbank, CA 19.1% 27th +1.0pp 1st 19% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 22.3% 18th +0.3pp 2nd 5% below peers
El Cajon, CA 25.6% 5th +0.3pp 3rd 9% above peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 8th +0.3pp 4th 8% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 9th -0.1pp 5th 5% above peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 14th -0.1pp 6th 2% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 17th -0.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 29th -0.2pp 8th 39% below peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 12th -0.4pp 9th 3% above peers
Buckeye, AZ 27.2% 2nd -0.8pp 10th 16% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 19th -0.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 6th -0.9pp 12th 9% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 23rd -0.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 28th -0.8pp 14th 22% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 20th -0.9pp 15th 10% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 15th -1.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 3rd -1.3pp 17th 14% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 21st -1.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 22nd -1.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 20th 50% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 7th -1.7pp 21st 8% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 24th -1.3pp 22nd 17% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 16th -1.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 10th -1.8pp 24th 4% above peers
Daly City, CA 14.4% 30th -1.3pp 25th 39% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 4th -2.9pp 26th 14% above peers
Edinburg, TX 27.7% 1st -3.0pp 27th 18% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 24.0% 13th -3.1pp 28th 2% above peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 26th -2.8pp 29th 18% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 11th -3.6pp 30th 4% above peers
Inglewood, CA 19.4% 25th -4.2pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±1.1pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.9% then, 28.1% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.1% to 28.1%).
28.1%
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
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 21st +6.8pp 1st 18% below peers
Boulder, CO 27.9% 18th +7.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 11th +8.6pp 3rd 18% above peers
Edinburg, TX 44.4% 4th +9.4pp 4th 54% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 16th +6.0pp 5th on par with peers
Wichita Falls, TX 43.8% 5th +9.0pp 6th 52% above peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 12th +6.7pp 7th 16% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 13th +4.8pp 8th 13% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 2nd +6.1pp 9th 61% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 8th +5.3pp 10th 43% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 14.2% 29th +1.7pp 11th 51% below peers
Burbank, CA 22.5% 23rd +2.7pp 12th 22% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 22nd +2.6pp 13th 19% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 9th +3.6pp 14th 25% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 3rd +3.0pp 15th 58% above peers
El Cajon, CA 28.9% 15th +1.3pp 16th 1% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 19th +1.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 14th +1.0pp 18th 7% above peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 17th +0.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 30th +0.1pp 20th 53% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 20.2% 26th +0.1pp 21st 30% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 1st +0.1pp 22nd 68% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 10th -0.4pp 23rd 19% above peers
Daly City, CA 22.2% 25th -1.2pp 24th 23% below peers
Inglewood, CA 41.7% 7th -3.9pp 25th 45% above peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 20th -4.0pp 26th 14% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 28th -2.9pp 27th 40% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 27th -3.2pp 28th 36% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 6th -9.3pp 29th 49% above peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 31st -3.8pp 30th 58% below peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 24th -9.6pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.6pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.4% then, 78.2% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.4% to 78.2%).
78.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Highlands Ranch, CO 69.2% 13th +10.2pp 1st 1% above peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 16th +9.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 24th +7.2pp 3rd 10% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 11th +7.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 6th +6.8pp 5th 7% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 68.8% 14th +5.6pp 6th on par with peers
El Cajon, CA 54.3% 30th +3.8pp 7th 21% below peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 21st +4.4pp 8th 6% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 26th +3.8pp 9th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 3rd +4.8pp 10th 13% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 7th +3.0pp 11th 5% above peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 2nd +2.9pp 12th 14% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 22nd +1.8pp 13th 7% below peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 4th +2.0pp 14th 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 25th +1.5pp 15th 11% below peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 16th 18% above peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 10th -1.0pp 17th 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 15th -1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 17th -1.4pp 19th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 28th -1.4pp 20th 14% below peers
Edinburg, TX 64.7% 20th -2.0pp 21st 6% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 8th -2.6pp 22nd 4% above peers
Daly City, CA 74.1% 5th -2.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 27th -3.8pp 24th 13% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 12th -5.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 19th -4.9pp 26th 3% below peers
Burbank, CA 62.6% 23rd -4.7pp 27th 9% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 9th -5.6pp 28th 3% above peers
Inglewood, CA 67.4% 18th -6.8pp 29th 2% below peers
Buckeye, AZ 57.6% 29th -8.4pp 30th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 31st -7.2pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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