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Dundalk, MD

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65,969 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 3 indicators

Where Dundalk, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
15.7%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
12.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$64,520
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
$55,757 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
88.1%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
79.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Dundalk, 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
27.0%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
21.3% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
38.1%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
32.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
23.3%
2019-23
▲ 7%
relative change
21.7% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
12.4%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
13.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
30.4%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
34.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
17.4%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
14.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.3%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
9.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.1%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
4.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
57.7%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
69.0% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$182,978
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$185,882 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$221,991
Aug 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$225,269 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,485
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$1,474 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
40.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
42.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 16% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $55,757 to $64,520 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,310).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dundalk started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 31% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,225 to $64,520).
Bright spot $64,520
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%
Malden, MA $100,606 12th +52% 1st 6% above peers
Brentwood, NY $111,572 11th +51% 2nd 17% above peers
Apopka, FL $96,884 14th +47% 3rd 2% above peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 20th +43% 4th 22% below peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 5th 151% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 26th +37% 6th 33% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $113,648 8th +36% 7th 19% above peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 24th +31% 8th 33% below peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 10th +31% 9th 18% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 10th 53% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 3rd +31% 11th 49% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 16th +31% 12th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 9th +30% 13th 18% above peers
Davis, CA $90,045 17th +30% 14th 6% below peers
Albany, GA $47,240 30th +29% 15th 50% below peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 21st +27% 16th 24% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 29th +27% 17th 49% below peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 7th +25% 18th 26% above peers
Westfield, IN $122,789 6th +25% 19th 29% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 22nd +24% 20th 29% below peers
Richland, WA $95,813 15th +23% 21st on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 19th +22% 22nd 17% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 13th +21% 23rd 3% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 27th +21% 24th 40% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 2nd +21% 25th 65% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 28th +21% 26th 45% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 5th +20% 27th 40% above peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 18th +18% 28th 9% below peers
Union City, CA $133,715 4th +17% 29th 40% above peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 25th +16% 30th 33% below peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 23rd +16% 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,914 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.6% then, 17.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.3% to 17.4%).
Needs attention 17.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 9.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 1st -3.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Brentwood, NY 6.7% 7th -5.7pp 2nd 31% below peers
Westfield, IN 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 3rd 62% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 9.6% 15th -4.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Malden, MA 11.4% 21st -4.1pp 5th 17% above peers
Port Orange, FL 11.0% 20th -3.9pp 6th 13% above peers
Four Corners, FL 10.5% 18th -3.3pp 7th 8% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 5th -1.4pp 8th 49% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 9th -1.7pp 9th 16% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.7% 11th -1.6pp 10th 10% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.3% 26th -3.5pp 11th 109% above peers
Davis, CA 26.5% 29th -3.3pp 12th 173% above peers
Kenner, LA 15.4% 22nd -1.9pp 13th 59% above peers
Albany, GA 27.5% 30th -3.3pp 14th 184% above peers
Muncie, IN 29.2% 31st -1.8pp 15th 201% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.6% 23rd -0.9pp 16th 71% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.2% 28th +0.1pp 17th 160% above peers
Waltham, MA 9.4% 14th +0.1pp 18th 3% below peers
Richland, WA 9.0% 13th +0.1pp 19th 7% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.7% 16th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 18.4% 25th +0.9pp 21st 89% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 17th +0.9pp 22nd 6% above peers
Shoreline, WA 8.8% 12th +1.2pp 23rd 9% below peers
Union City, NJ 23.1% 27th +3.5pp 24th 138% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.4% 24th +2.8pp 25th 80% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 6th +1.3pp 26th 40% below peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 4th +1.2pp 27th 54% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 10th +2.5pp 28th 14% below peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 19th +3.3pp 29th 12% above peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 8th +2.2pp 30th 25% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 3rd +1.9pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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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▸ 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 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.3% to 27.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.4% to 27.0%).
Needs attention 27.0%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Westfield, IN 2.2% 1st -6.7pp 1st 83% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 3rd -6.2pp 2nd 72% below peers
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 9th -9.9pp 3rd 44% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 4th -3.3pp 4th 66% below peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 16th -6.8pp 5th on par with peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 11th -4.0pp 6th 40% below peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 22nd -8.0pp 7th 22% above peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 18th -5.7pp 8th 4% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 12th -3.7pp 9th 29% below peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 23rd -8.2pp 10th 58% above peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 17th -5.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 20th -5.5pp 12th 13% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 27th -8.5pp 13th 119% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 15th -3.0pp 14th 10% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 8th -1.6pp 15th 45% below peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 24th -3.2pp 16th 77% above peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 28th -4.3pp 17th 138% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 31st -5.1pp 18th 206% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 19th -1.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 14th -0.8pp 20th 10% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 30th -0.9pp 21st 205% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 25th +0.2pp 22nd 88% above peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 2nd +0.2pp 23rd 73% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 29th +2.9pp 24th 140% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 7th +0.7pp 25th 46% below peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 13th +1.5pp 26th 24% below peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 10th +1.3pp 27th 42% below peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 21st +2.6pp 28th 13% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 26th +5.7pp 29th 112% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 6th +2.5pp 30th 46% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 5th +2.0pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.9pp 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 →
What changed

Broadband rose 8.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79.3% to 88.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dundalk started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 15.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.4% to 88.1%).
Bright spot 88.1%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 92.5% +5.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lorain, OH 83.4% 28th +14.2pp 1st 11% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 26th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 23rd +11.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 24th +10.9pp 4th 7% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 29th +9.5pp 5th 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 11th +11.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 18th +9.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 14th +9.8pp 8th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 25th +8.8pp 9th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 22nd +8.8pp 10th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 11th 14% below peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 13th +8.6pp 12th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 20th +8.3pp 13th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 15th +7.1pp 14th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 9th +7.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 21st +6.0pp 16th 3% below peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 16th +5.4pp 17th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 7th +5.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 27th +4.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 98.4% 2nd +4.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 19th +4.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 4th +4.0pp 22nd 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 17th +3.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 6th +3.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 10th +2.9pp 25th 1% above peers
Westfield, IN 97.3% 5th +2.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 3rd +2.0pp 27th 5% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 28th 17% below peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 12th +1.0pp 29th 1% above peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 8th -0.0pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.43 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.44).
0.44
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 0.46 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Victoria, TX 0.44 16th -0.044 1st on par with peers
Malden, MA 0.43 13th -0.040 2nd 2% below peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 3rd -0.036 3rd 9% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 26th -0.030 4th 8% above peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 20th -0.024 5th 1% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 25th -0.024 6th 6% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 9th -0.019 7th 5% below peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 23rd -0.018 8th 3% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 14th -0.016 9th 2% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 12th -0.016 10th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 4th -0.010 11th 9% below peers
Albany, GA 0.47 28th -0.010 12th 8% above peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 10th -0.008 13th 4% below peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 27th -0.004 14th 8% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 15th 21% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 5th +0.002 16th 9% below peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 17th +0.005 17th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 18th 11% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 22nd +0.017 19th 2% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 8th +0.016 20th 6% below peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 30th +0.022 21st 12% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 24th +0.022 22nd 4% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 18th +0.023 23rd 1% above peers
Parker, CO 0.38 2nd +0.026 24th 13% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 21st +0.032 25th 2% above peers
Westfield, IN 0.43 15th +0.032 26th 2% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 6th +0.035 27th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 7th +0.051 28th 6% below peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 11th +0.054 29th 3% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.33 1st +0.046 30th 25% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 19th +0.066 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (21.7% then, 23.3% now; margin ±3.0pp). 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.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 6.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (16.7% to 23.3%).
Needs attention 23.3%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Westfield, IN 2.4% 1st -1.1pp 1st 74% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 6th -2.2pp 2nd 49% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 7th -2.2pp 3rd 46% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 14th -2.3pp 4th 6% below peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 21st -3.1pp 5th 34% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 11th -1.4pp 6th 18% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 17th -1.7pp 7th 14% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 26th -2.1pp 8th 70% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 23rd -1.4pp 9th 43% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 19th -1.0pp 10th 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 38% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 30th -1.1pp 12th 165% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 13th 141% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 15th -0.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 29th +1.6pp 15th 147% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 16th 238% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 24th +1.1pp 17th 55% above peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 27th +1.8pp 18th 117% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 5th +0.4pp 19th 63% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 13th +1.1pp 20th 13% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 21st 68% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 18th +1.7pp 22nd 22% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 10th +1.5pp 23rd 19% below peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 20th +2.6pp 24th 33% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.8% 8th +1.2pp 25th 39% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 3rd +0.9pp 26th 66% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 12th +2.4pp 27th 15% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 9th +2.1pp 28th 30% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 4th +1.3pp 29th 63% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 73% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 16th +5.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 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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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $221,991 in August 2026, down from $225,269 a year earlier.
Big move $221,991
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $428,308 (Aug 26) +0.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Skokie, IL $433,130 (Aug 26) 15th +7.7% 1st on par with peers
Palatine, IL $393,104 (Aug 26) 18th +6.4% 2nd 9% below peers
Union City, NJ $563,754 (Aug 26) 11th +5.3% 3rd 30% above peers
Brentwood, NY $645,519 (Aug 26) 10th +5.1% 4th 49% above peers
Lorain, OH $156,898 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 5th 64% below peers
Kenner, LA $269,861 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.9% 6th 38% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $169,776 (Aug 26) 26th +3.7% 7th 61% below peers
Muncie, IN $158,233 (Aug 26) 27th +3.5% 8th 63% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $392,134 (Aug 26) 19th +3.5% 9th 9% below peers
Westfield, IN $473,286 (Aug 26) 13th +3.2% 10th 9% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,399,669 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.0% 11th 223% above peers
Burnsville, MN $368,875 (Aug 26) 20th +2.4% 12th 15% below peers
Albany, GA $133,518 (Aug 26) 30th +2.0% 13th 69% below peers
Malden, MA $674,568 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 14th 56% above peers
Waltham, MA $819,328 (Aug 26) 5th +1.1% 15th 89% above peers
Victoria, TX $218,636 (Aug 26) 25th +0.9% 16th 50% below peers
Richland, WA $466,478 (Aug 26) 14th +0.3% 17th 8% above peers
Waterloo, IA $147,780 (Aug 26) 29th +0.2% 18th 66% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $504,093 (Aug 26) 12th -0.2% 19th 16% above peers
Apopka, FL $394,175 (Aug 26) 17th -0.6% 20th 9% below peers
Davis, CA $837,982 (Aug 26) 4th -1.2% 21st 93% above peers
Brentwood, CA $785,641 (Aug 26) 6th -1.3% 22nd 81% above peers
Marana, AZ $417,076 (Aug 26) 16th -1.4% 23rd 4% below peers
Dundalk, MD $221,991 (Aug 26) 24th -1.5% 24th 49% below peers
Parker, CO $676,203 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 25th 56% above peers
Port Orange, FL $337,510 (Aug 26) 21st -2.4% 26th 22% below peers
Shoreline, WA $785,498 (Aug 26) 7th -2.4% 27th 81% above peers
Union City, CA $1,198,720 (Aug 26) 3rd -2.8% 28th 177% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $267,275 (Aug 26) 23rd -4.6% 29th 38% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,516,014 (Aug 26) 1st -5.3% 30th 250% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $182,978 in August 2026, down from $185,882 a year earlier.
Big move $182,978
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $261,541 (Aug 26) -0.2%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Brentwood, NY $597,003 (Aug 26) 8th +13.3% 1st 90% above peers
Lorain, OH $108,986 (Aug 26) 26th +9.3% 2nd 65% below peers
Kenner, LA $195,822 (Aug 26) 22nd +8.9% 3rd 38% below peers
Skokie, IL $308,412 (Aug 26) 16th +7.3% 4th 2% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $303,416 (Aug 26) 17th +5.3% 5th 3% below peers
Albany, GA $61,850 (Aug 26) 30th +4.8% 6th 80% below peers
Palatine, IL $245,481 (Aug 26) 21st +4.1% 7th 22% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $92,224 (Aug 26) 27th +3.1% 8th 71% below peers
Westfield, IN $347,187 (Aug 26) 14th +3.0% 9th 11% above peers
Union City, NJ $360,334 (Aug 26) 12th +2.4% 10th 15% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $987,175 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 11th 214% above peers
Muncie, IN $89,592 (Aug 26) 28th +2.1% 12th 71% below peers
Waltham, MA $613,699 (Aug 26) 6th +1.7% 13th 95% above peers
Malden, MA $499,623 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 14th 59% above peers
Richland, WA $351,785 (Aug 26) 13th +0.9% 15th 12% above peers
Victoria, TX $122,022 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 16th 61% below peers
Burnsville, MN $248,718 (Aug 26) 19th +0.1% 17th 21% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $413,350 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 18th 32% above peers
Davis, CA $631,759 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 19th 101% above peers
Waterloo, IA $82,150 (Aug 26) 29th -0.5% 20th 74% below peers
Apopka, FL $293,799 (Aug 26) 18th -1.1% 21st 6% below peers
Marana, AZ $314,133 (Aug 26) 15th -1.2% 22nd on par with peers
Parker, CO $541,886 (Aug 26) 9th -1.5% 23rd 73% above peers
Dundalk, MD $182,978 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.6% 24th 42% below peers
Shoreline, WA $600,193 (Aug 26) 7th -1.7% 25th 91% above peers
Brentwood, CA $632,015 (Aug 26) 4th -2.0% 26th 101% above peers
Port Orange, FL $246,084 (Aug 26) 20th -2.1% 27th 22% below peers
Union City, CA $748,596 (Aug 26) 3rd -4.9% 28th 138% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,052,161 (Aug 26) 1st -5.5% 29th 235% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $179,507 (Aug 26) 24th -5.7% 30th 43% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.8% then, 64.6% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.3% to 64.6%).
64.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 7th +7.5pp 1st 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 63.1% 20th +5.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 3rd +7.4pp 3rd 29% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 9th +5.8pp 4th 20% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 6th +5.1pp 5th 27% above peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 11th +4.3pp 6th 15% above peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 2nd +4.3pp 7th 29% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 24th +2.6pp 8th 20% below peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 10th +3.2pp 9th 17% above peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 15th +2.6pp 10th 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 21st +1.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 14th +1.2pp 12th 4% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 23rd +1.0pp 13th 12% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 18th +0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 28th +0.4pp 15th 33% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 16th 36% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 17th +0.4pp 17th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 4th +0.4pp 18th 28% above peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 19th -0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 16th -0.7pp 20th on par with peers
Westfield, IN 79.5% 8th -1.8pp 21st 23% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 13th -1.7pp 22nd 4% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 25th -1.3pp 23rd 20% below peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 22nd -1.6pp 24th 11% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 84.7% 1st -2.8pp 25th 31% above peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 5th -3.1pp 26th 28% above peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 26th -2.0pp 27th 23% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 27th -2.7pp 28th 31% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 12th -4.7pp 29th 11% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 30th 42% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 31st 71% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±2.0pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2019 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,485 in August 2026, up from $1,474 a year earlier.
Big move $1,485
2019August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Union City, CA $2,945 (Aug 26) 4th +6.3% 1st 51% above peers
Muncie, IN $1,002 (Aug 26) 28th +6.1% 2nd 49% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,361 (Aug 26) 9th +6.0% 3rd 21% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,532 (Aug 26) 20th +5.8% 4th 22% below peers
Waterloo, IA $945 (Aug 26) 29th +5.1% 5th 52% below peers
Victoria, TX $1,193 (Aug 26) 24th +4.8% 6th 39% below peers
Westfield, IN $1,928 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 7th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,396 (Aug 26) 8th +4.2% 8th 23% above peers
Sammamish, WA $3,587 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.0% 9th 84% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,406 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 10th 74% above peers
Lorain, OH $1,133 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 11th 42% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 12th +3.6% 12th 12% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $2,236 (Aug 26) 11th +2.9% 13th 14% above peers
Albany, GA $1,008 (Aug 26) 27th +2.5% 14th 48% below peers
Davis, CA $2,529 (Aug 26) 7th +2.5% 15th 29% above peers
Waltham, MA $2,939 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 16th 50% above peers
Palatine, IL $1,953 (Aug 26) 15th +2.2% 17th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,118 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 18th 111% above peers
Shoreline, WA $2,003 (Aug 26) 13th +1.8% 19th 3% above peers
Malden, MA $2,895 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 20th 48% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $1,148 (Aug 26) 25th +1.0% 21st 41% below peers
Burnsville, MN $1,486 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.9% 22nd 24% below peers
Dundalk, MD $1,485 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 23rd 24% below peers
Port Orange, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 18th +0.3% 24th 11% below peers
Kenner, LA $1,525 (Aug 26) 21st +0.3% 25th 22% below peers
Apopka, FL $2,003 (Aug 26) 14th -0.2% 26th 3% above peers
Richland, WA $1,731 (Aug 26) 19th -1.1% 27th 11% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,770 (Aug 26) 17th -2.0% 28th 9% below peers
Parker, CO $2,266 (Aug 26) 10th -2.9% 29th 16% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 32.6% to 38.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.1% to 38.1%).
Needs attention 38.1%
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 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 13th -14.5pp 1st 3% below peers
Muncie, IN 31.9% 9th -4.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 3rd 46% above peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 28th -3.6pp 4th 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 19th -3.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 18th -2.6pp 6th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 25th -2.6pp 7th 10% above peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 5th -0.6pp 8th 19% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 27th -0.6pp 9th 15% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 22nd -0.4pp 10th 3% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 17th -0.2pp 11th on par with peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 16th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 14th +0.7pp 13th 2% below peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 24th +0.9pp 14th 7% above peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 11th +1.3pp 15th 4% below peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 15th +1.5pp 16th 2% below peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 23rd +1.8pp 17th 4% above peers
Westfield, IN 24.4% 3rd +1.2pp 18th 29% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 21st +1.9pp 19th 3% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 28.1% 6th +1.5pp 20th 19% below peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 20th +2.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 12th +2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 23rd 36% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 8th +3.0pp 24th 10% below peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 10th +3.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 2nd +2.5pp 26th 32% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 27th 33% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 29th +5.6pp 28th 22% above peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 26th +5.5pp 29th 10% above peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 7th +5.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 4th +4.8pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp 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 →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.2% then, 12.4% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.5% to 12.4%).
Needs attention 12.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 5th -2.0pp 1st 59% below peers
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 50% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 20th -3.1pp 3rd 32% above peers
Westfield, IN 1.9% 4th -0.7pp 4th 67% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 25th -2.6pp 5th 55% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 13th -1.4pp 6th 15% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 21st -2.0pp 7th 40% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 14th -1.1pp 8th 5% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 9th 198% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 22nd -1.1pp 10th 40% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 11th 111% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 19th -0.9pp 12th 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 17th -0.7pp 13th 19% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 15th -0.4pp 14th 2% below peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 15th 111% above peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 26th -0.3pp 16th 80% above peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 17th 605% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 11th -0.0pp 18th 28% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.7% 1st +0.0pp 19th 88% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 9th +0.1pp 20th 39% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 6th +0.1pp 21st 54% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 16th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 18th +0.4pp 23rd 21% above peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 24th +0.7pp 24th 47% above peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 23rd +0.7pp 25th 42% above peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 3rd +0.2pp 26th 71% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 12th +1.0pp 27th 19% below peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 10th +0.9pp 28th 35% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 7th +0.6pp 29th 53% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 27th +2.9pp 30th 81% above peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.0pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 7.9% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.1% to 7.9%).
7.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Skokie, IL 5.1% 13th -3.1pp 1st 33% below peers
Shoreline, WA 3.8% 8th -1.8pp 2nd 51% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.8% 10th -1.7pp 3rd 37% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.3% 26th -3.8pp 4th 49% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.7% 7th -1.2pp 5th 51% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 16th -2.3pp 6th on par with peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.7% 14th -2.0pp 7th 12% below peers
Albany, GA 13.6% 28th -3.2pp 8th 78% above peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 21st -1.9pp 9th 9% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 10th 63% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 6th -0.5pp 11th 61% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.8% 25th -1.6pp 12th 41% above peers
Muncie, IN 8.0% 18th -1.1pp 13th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 14th 67% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 12th -0.5pp 15th 35% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 1st -0.2pp 16th 72% below peers
Victoria, TX 17.6% 30th -1.0pp 17th 130% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 17th -0.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.6% 27th -0.3pp 19th 66% above peers
Kenner, LA 14.6% 29th +0.3pp 20th 91% above peers
Union City, NJ 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 21st 214% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.5% 24th +0.7pp 22nd 38% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 15th +0.6pp 23rd 8% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 11th +0.6pp 24th 36% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.2% 20th +1.1pp 25th 7% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 9th +0.8pp 26th 42% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 23rd +2.3pp 27th 36% above peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 5th +0.8pp 28th 62% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.5% 22nd +2.8pp 29th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 70% below peers
Burnsville, MN 8.0% 19th +4.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.8%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 53% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 44% below peers
Parker, CO 21.9% 3rd 34% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 4th 31% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 5th 29% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 6th 28% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 7th 27% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 8th 21% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 9th 20% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 10th 13% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 11th 13% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 12th 13% below peers
Westfield, IN 29.3% 13th 12% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 31.8% 14th 5% below peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 15th 2% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 16th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 17th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 18th 1% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 19th 5% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 20th 6% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 21st 7% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 22nd 10% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 23rd 11% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 24th 12% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 25th 20% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 26th 22% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 27th 23% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 28th 23% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 29th 25% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 30th 35% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 31st 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.5% then, 5.1% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 5.1%).
Needs attention 5.1%
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
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 9th -4.3pp 1st 44% below peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 69% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 80% below peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 5th -0.9pp 4th 62% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 4th -0.8pp 5th 66% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 17th -1.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 14th -1.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.6% 21st -2.1pp 8th 33% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 79% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.2% 16th -1.5pp 10th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 18th -1.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 15th -1.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 19th -0.8pp 13th 17% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 26th -1.1pp 14th 73% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 8th -0.3pp 15th 49% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 7th -0.2pp 16th 50% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 13th -0.4pp 17th 19% below peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 12th -0.1pp 18th 29% below peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 23rd +0.0pp 19th 41% above peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 20th +0.6pp 20th 21% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 21st 242% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 10th +0.5pp 22nd 40% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 22nd +1.4pp 23rd 36% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 28th +2.1pp 24th 104% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 25th +1.9pp 25th 67% above peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 29th +2.5pp 26th 116% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 27th 37% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 27th +3.2pp 28th 96% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 29th 51% below peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 24th +5.0pp 30th 61% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 30th +8.1pp 31st 151% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.9% to 15.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dundalk started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 15.7%).
Bright spot 15.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Apopka, FL 38.8% 16th +11.3pp 1st on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 29th +4.2pp 2nd 56% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 23rd +6.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 20th +5.6pp 4th 19% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 5th 60% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 15th +6.2pp 6th 1% above peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 7th 62% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 22nd +4.0pp 8th 25% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 13th +6.1pp 9th 16% above peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 18th +4.6pp 10th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 37.8% 17th +4.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 7th +6.2pp 12th 39% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 12th +4.8pp 13th 16% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 24th +2.6pp 14th 33% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 21st +3.0pp 15th 21% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 27th +2.0pp 16th 47% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 19th +3.2pp 17th 14% below peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 11th +3.6pp 18th 20% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 8th +3.9pp 19th 36% above peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 26th +1.3pp 20th 45% below peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 10th +2.8pp 21st 23% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 4th +3.0pp 22nd 47% above peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 6th +2.8pp 23rd 44% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 98% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 5th +2.1pp 25th 45% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 1st +1.9pp 26th 98% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 9th +1.1pp 27th 32% above peers
Westfield, IN 59.8% 3rd +1.2pp 28th 54% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 14th +0.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 28th -0.4pp 30th 48% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 25th -1.6pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.7% then, 30.4% now; margin ±13.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.1% to 30.4%).
Needs attention 30.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 45.5% -4.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 14th +18.5pp 1st 2% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 13th +16.8pp 2nd 8% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 2nd +20.2pp 3rd 49% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 8th +16.7pp 4th 32% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 1st +13.1pp 5th 51% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 22nd +6.9pp 6th 14% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 19th +7.2pp 7th 9% below peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 17th +7.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Westfield, IN 65.8% 7th +9.9pp 9th 34% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 4th +9.5pp 10th 38% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 42.6% 21st +4.7pp 11th 13% below peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 10th +5.2pp 12th 15% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 5th +4.1pp 13th 38% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 9th +3.6pp 14th 26% above peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 16th +1.3pp 15th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 30th +0.7pp 16th 42% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 12th +1.4pp 17th 10% above peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 6th +0.3pp 18th 35% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 18th -0.7pp 19th 5% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 3rd -3.4pp 20th 42% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 23rd -2.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 11th -3.1pp 22nd 14% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 26th -3.0pp 23rd 31% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 29th -4.3pp 24th 38% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 27th -4.9pp 25th 35% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 25th -6.3pp 26th 31% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 24th -7.6pp 27th 22% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 15th -22.1pp 28th 1% above peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 20th -21.5pp 29th 9% below peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 28th -17.0pp 30th 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 31st -19.3pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 8.3% now; margin ±6.3pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.1% to 8.3%).
Needs attention 8.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Parker, CO 0.6% 1st -3.1pp 1st 90% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 3rd -6.2pp 2nd 68% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 16th -7.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 17th -5.2pp 4th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 4th -1.6pp 5th 66% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 8th -2.1pp 6th 34% below peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 14th -3.1pp 7th 1% below peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 7th -0.9pp 8th 48% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 24th -1.9pp 9th 52% above peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 23rd -1.5pp 10th 39% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 21st -0.6pp 11th 24% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 30th -0.6pp 12th 134% above peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 13th -0.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 15th +0.2pp 14th 1% below peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 27th +1.2pp 15th 63% above peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 18th +0.9pp 16th 4% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 7.3% 20th +1.2pp 17th 23% above peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 25th +1.8pp 18th 58% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 12th +1.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 20th 178% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 11th +1.4pp 21st 15% below peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 9th +1.3pp 22nd 28% below peers
Westfield, IN 2.5% 5th +0.9pp 23rd 57% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 28th +3.8pp 24th 73% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 6th +1.0pp 25th 54% below peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 22nd +3.1pp 26th 32% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 10th +2.0pp 27th 27% below peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.9pp 28th 71% below peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 19th +3.8pp 29th 17% above peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 26th +5.4pp 30th 61% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 29th +9.8pp 31st 98% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63,015 then, 65,969 now; margin ±3,310).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (62,186 to 65,969).
65,969
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
Eagle Mountain, UT 53,290 31st +64% 1st 18% below peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 17th +54% 2nd on par with peers
Westfield, IN 54,677 30th +38% 3rd 16% below peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 29th +26% 4th 13% below peers
Parker, CO 61,783 26th +14% 5th 5% below peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 28th +12% 6th 11% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 25th +11% 7th 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 27th +9% 8th 6% below peers
Malden, MA 65,906 12th +8% 9th 1% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 10th +6% 10th 1% above peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 16th +5% 11th on par with peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 24th +5% 12th 1% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 11th +5% 13th 1% above peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 9th +4% 14th 2% above peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 20th +3% 15th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 21st +3% 16th 1% below peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 18th +3% 17th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 6th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 15th +3% 19th on par with peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 14th +2% 20th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 3rd -1% 21st 3% above peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 4th -1% 22nd 3% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 13th -2% 23rd 1% above peers
Davis, CA 66,978 5th -2% 24th 3% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 23rd -2% 25th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 7th -3% 26th 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 19th -3% 27th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 8th -3% 28th 2% above peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 22nd -6% 29th 1% below peers
Albany, GA 67,224 2nd -9% 30th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 67,464 1st -10% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±2,945 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.2% then, 24.2% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 1.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.3% to 24.2%).
24.2%
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 22.2% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 9th +1.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 10th +1.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 18th +0.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 8th +0.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 7th +0.5pp 5th 13% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 5th +0.1pp 6th 14% above peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 11th -0.1pp 7th 7% above peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 3rd -0.2pp 8th 17% above peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 30th -0.1pp 9th 39% below peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 24th -0.2pp 10th 16% below peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 17th -0.4pp 11th 1% below peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 20th -0.5pp 12th 6% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 19th -0.5pp 13th 2% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 16th -0.5pp 14th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 12th -0.6pp 15th 5% above peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 14th -1.0pp 16th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 2nd -1.3pp 17th 27% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 28th -0.9pp 18th 30% below peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 13th -1.3pp 19th 4% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 25th -1.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 43.4% 1st -3.4pp 21st 93% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 22nd -1.7pp 22nd 8% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 23rd 39% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 31st -1.4pp 24th 40% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 26th -1.9pp 25th 25% below peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 27th -2.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 21st -2.8pp 27th 7% below peers
Westfield, IN 25.9% 4th -4.0pp 28th 15% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 15th -3.9pp 29th on par with peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 6th -4.4pp 30th 14% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 23rd -4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.1% then, 40.8% now; margin ±9.1pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 6.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.2% to 40.8%).
Big move 40.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Waltham, MA 24.0% 18th +7.3pp 1st 19% below peers
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 10th +6.0pp 2nd 15% above peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 4th +8.0pp 3rd 70% above peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 5th +7.5pp 4th 69% above peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 2nd +5.2pp 5th 105% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 25th +1.4pp 6th 41% below peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 26th +1.2pp 7th 44% below peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 8th 45% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 17th +1.5pp 9th 9% below peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 20th +1.2pp 10th 29% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 13th +1.0pp 11th 7% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 1st +1.8pp 12th 142% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 15th +0.5pp 13th 1% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 8th +0.1pp 14th 29% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 77% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 6th -0.4pp 16th 61% above peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 22nd -0.4pp 17th 34% below peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 7th -1.3pp 18th 38% above peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 24th -0.7pp 19th 39% below peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 12th -2.2pp 20th 12% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 11th -2.9pp 21st 12% above peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 9th -3.6pp 22nd 20% above peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 21st -2.4pp 23rd 30% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 16th -3.4pp 24th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 29th -1.6pp 25th 58% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 23rd -3.4pp 26th 38% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 14th -6.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 19th -7.5pp 28th 24% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 30th -2.7pp 29th 77% below peers
Westfield, IN 13.6% 28th -6.2pp 30th 54% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.5% 31st -4.0pp 31st 78% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 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 ±7.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents fell 11.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.0% to 57.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.9pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents fell 11.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.5% to 57.7%).
Big move 57.7%
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 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marana, AZ 71.4% 13th +19.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 79.3% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 3rd +14.3pp 3rd 12% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 5th +13.2pp 4th 6% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 49.8% 31st +8.6pp 5th 29% below peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 12th +10.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 20th +7.8pp 7th 3% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 24th +6.6pp 8th 13% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 17th +6.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 10th +6.6pp 10th 4% above peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 23rd +5.1pp 11th 5% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 9th +5.4pp 12th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 15th +4.5pp 13th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 21st +4.0pp 14th 3% below peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 2nd +4.6pp 15th 12% above peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 16th +3.0pp 16th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 6th +1.3pp 17th 6% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 7th -1.5pp 18th 5% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 19th -1.5pp 19th 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 14th -1.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 29th -1.8pp 21st 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 22nd 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 11th -3.6pp 23rd 3% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 26th -3.3pp 24th 14% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 22nd -4.9pp 25th 4% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 4th -6.4pp 26th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 8th -6.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 27th -7.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Westfield, IN 60.2% 25th -11.2pp 29th 14% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 28th -11.3pp 30th 17% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 21 census tracts
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DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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