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75,257 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Ellicott City, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
2.1%
2020-24
▼ 47%
relative change
3.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.0%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$156,964
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
$131,534 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
96.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
93.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.3%
2020-24
▼ 70%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
3.7%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
3.3%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
3.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
68.8%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
67.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
61.7%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
70.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
72.0%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
74.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Ellicott City, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.1%
2020-24
▲ 94%
relative change
2.1% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.1%
2020-24
▲ 40%
relative change
2.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
29.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
25.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading 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 →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,660
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,596 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$735,463
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$730,541 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$509,785
Aug 2026
high
vs peers
$508,445 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
14.0%
2020-24
low
vs peers
12.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
24.7%
2020-24
high
vs peers
25.0% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 19% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $131,534 to $156,964 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$12,747).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ellicott City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 37% from 2014 to 2024 ($114,694 to $156,964).
Bright spot $156,964
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%
St. Cloud, FL $83,174 14th +50% 1st 6% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $101,888 10th +43% 2nd 29% above peers
Redlands, CA $105,041 8th +40% 3rd 33% above peers
Appleton, WI $80,483 15th +38% 4th 2% above peers
Johnson City, TN $57,254 27th +37% 5th 27% below peers
Poinciana, FL $68,015 23rd +36% 6th 14% below peers
Rock Hill, SC $68,771 20th +36% 7th 13% below peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 17th +34% 8th 8% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $83,887 13th +31% 9th 7% above peers
Bellflower, CA $78,722 16th +31% 10th on par with peers
Apple Valley, CA $69,882 19th +28% 11th 11% below peers
Gulfport, MS $49,919 31st +27% 12th 37% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY $68,613 21st +27% 13th 13% below peers
Noblesville, IN $104,047 9th +27% 14th 32% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $107,504 5th +27% 15th 37% above peers
Greenville, SC $71,472 18th +26% 16th 9% below peers
Tamarac, FL $61,718 24th +26% 17th 22% below peers
Napa, CA $105,963 7th +26% 18th 35% above peers
New Britain, CT $58,613 25th +26% 19th 26% below peers
Blaine, MN $106,801 6th +26% 20th 36% above peers
Scranton, PA $50,739 30th +25% 21st 36% below peers
Lauderhill, FL $51,165 29th +23% 22nd 35% below peers
Southfield, MI $68,166 22nd +22% 23rd 13% below peers
Evanston, IL $96,434 11th +22% 24th 22% above peers
Pleasanton, CA $190,124 1st +22% 25th 142% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL $116,723 3rd +21% 26th 48% above peers
Hammond, IN $55,504 28th +20% 27th 29% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $156,964 2nd +19% 28th 99% above peers
Iowa City, IA $58,546 26th +19% 29th 26% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL $108,400 4th +19% 30th 38% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $86,594 12th +13% 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$11,037 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 3.8%).
Bright spot 3.7%
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%
Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4% 12th -5.1pp 1st 20% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 10.1% 13th -3.2pp 2nd 14% below peers
Appleton, WI 8.3% 7th -2.6pp 3rd 30% below peers
Noblesville, IN 5.3% 2nd -1.3pp 4th 55% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 12.6% 17th -3.0pp 5th 7% above peers
Redlands, CA 9.1% 10th -2.1pp 6th 23% below peers
New Britain, CT 18.1% 25th -3.6pp 7th 54% above peers
Hammond, IN 19.1% 26th -3.0pp 8th 63% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.8% 29th -3.5pp 9th 94% above peers
Evanston, IL 11.8% 16th -1.6pp 10th on par with peers
Tulare, CA 17.9% 24th -2.3pp 11th 53% above peers
Poinciana, FL 14.9% 22nd -1.5pp 12th 27% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.2% 14th -1.0pp 13th 13% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.8% 1st -0.3pp 14th 68% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 19.4% 27th -1.5pp 15th 65% above peers
Iowa City, IA 26.3% 31st -1.3pp 16th 124% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 16.6% 23rd -0.7pp 17th 41% above peers
Johnson City, TN 20.3% 28th -0.6pp 18th 72% above peers
Scranton, PA 23.0% 30th -0.2pp 19th 95% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 10.7% 15th +0.1pp 20th 9% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.4% 5th +0.0pp 21st 45% below peers
Bellflower, CA 13.3% 19th +0.4pp 22nd 13% above peers
Greenville, SC 14.0% 20th +0.6pp 23rd 19% above peers
Napa, CA 8.5% 9th +0.5pp 24th 28% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 14.4% 21st +0.9pp 25th 22% above peers
Tamarac, FL 13.0% 18th +1.4pp 26th 11% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 5.3% 3rd +1.0pp 27th 55% below peers
Blaine, MN 7.2% 6th +1.4pp 28th 38% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 9.2% 11th +2.5pp 29th 22% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 8.4% 8th +2.5pp 30th 29% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 6.0% 4th +2.1pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Real improvement ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.9% to 2.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Ellicott City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 2.1%).
Bright spot 2.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Southfield, MI 5.9% 4th -8.2pp 1st 62% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 2.1% 1st -1.8pp 2nd 87% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.2% 13th -8.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 13.1% 14th -6.6pp 4th 17% below peers
Appleton, WI 11.0% 11th -5.0pp 5th 30% below peers
New Britain, CT 24.0% 25th -9.4pp 6th 53% above peers
Hammond, IN 26.2% 28th -8.6pp 7th 66% above peers
Johnson City, TN 21.1% 23rd -6.6pp 8th 34% above peers
Redlands, CA 10.6% 10th -2.8pp 9th 33% below peers
Iowa City, IA 14.2% 15th -3.6pp 10th 10% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 17.5% 20th -4.3pp 11th 11% above peers
Gulfport, MS 31.6% 30th -7.5pp 12th 100% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 29.0% 29th -6.4pp 13th 84% above peers
Noblesville, IN 6.1% 5th -1.3pp 14th 61% below peers
Bellflower, CA 15.8% 16th -2.4pp 15th on par with peers
Apple Valley, CA 25.5% 27th -1.7pp 16th 62% above peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 26th -1.1pp 17th 56% above peers
Poinciana, FL 21.6% 24th +0.3pp 18th 37% above peers
Scranton, PA 34.4% 31st +1.4pp 19th 118% above peers
Greenville, SC 18.3% 21st +0.9pp 20th 16% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 17.5% 19th +1.0pp 21st 11% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 20.9% 22nd +1.7pp 22nd 33% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 8.3% 6th +0.9pp 23rd 48% below peers
Evanston, IL 10.0% 8th +1.3pp 24th 37% below peers
Napa, CA 11.4% 12th +1.6pp 25th 27% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 5.5% 3rd +0.8pp 26th 65% below peers
Tamarac, FL 16.9% 17th +2.8pp 27th 8% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 10.0% 9th +2.7pp 28th 36% below peers
Blaine, MN 9.9% 7th +2.9pp 29th 37% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 17.4% 18th +7.3pp 30th 11% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.3% 2nd +2.9pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 93.2% to 96.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ellicott City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.5% to 96.5%).
Bright spot 96.5%
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%
Lauderhill, FL 91.7% 20th +23.2pp 1st 1% below peers
Hammond, IN 87.3% 27th +13.3pp 2nd 6% below peers
Poinciana, FL 92.9% 16th +13.8pp 3rd on par with peers
New Britain, CT 85.1% 30th +12.4pp 4th 8% below peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 18th +11.6pp 5th 1% below peers
Gulfport, MS 86.0% 29th +10.1pp 6th 7% below peers
Bellflower, CA 91.3% 21st +10.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 92.4% 17th +9.7pp 8th 1% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 88.4% 24th +8.7pp 9th 5% below peers
Southfield, MI 91.9% 19th +8.3pp 10th 1% below peers
Greenville, SC 90.5% 23rd +7.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Redlands, CA 93.7% 12th +8.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Appleton, WI 94.3% 9th +7.7pp 13th 2% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 95.2% 8th +7.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Scranton, PA 84.2% 31st +6.2pp 15th 9% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 95.2% 7th +6.2pp 16th 3% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 94.1% 10th +6.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Tamarac, FL 87.9% 25th +5.1pp 18th 5% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 91.3% 22nd +5.2pp 19th 2% below peers
Johnson City, TN 87.9% 26th +4.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Evanston, IL 93.9% 11th +4.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 95.7% 5th +4.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
Napa, CA 93.4% 14th +4.6pp 23rd 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 93.6% 13th +4.2pp 24th 1% above peers
Blaine, MN 95.3% 6th +3.9pp 25th 3% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 93.4% 15th +3.5pp 26th 1% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 96.5% 2nd +3.3pp 27th 4% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 97.9% 1st +2.8pp 28th 5% above peers
Noblesville, IN 95.9% 4th +2.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 96.3% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 4% above peers
Iowa City, IA 86.5% 28th -0.6pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 (0.41 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.41).
Bright spot 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
Rock Hill, SC 0.43 11th -0.034 1st 3% below peers
Johnson City, TN 0.51 28th -0.030 2nd 15% above peers
Redlands, CA 0.46 23rd -0.019 3rd 4% above peers
Bellflower, CA 0.42 10th -0.014 4th 5% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.39 2nd -0.011 5th 12% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 0.38 1st -0.011 6th 14% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 0.40 5th -0.010 7th 10% below peers
Evanston, IL 0.54 30th -0.013 8th 22% above peers
Scranton, PA 0.46 24th -0.010 9th 4% above peers
Tamarac, FL 0.44 13th -0.007 10th 1% below peers
Blaine, MN 0.39 3rd -0.006 11th 12% below peers
New Britain, CT 0.45 20th -0.004 12th 2% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 0.46 22nd -0.001 13th 3% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 0.39 4th +0.000 14th 11% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 0.44 15th +0.001 15th on par with peers
Arlington Heights, IL 0.44 14th +0.002 16th on par with peers
Hammond, IN 0.44 17th +0.002 17th on par with peers
Ellicott City, MD 0.41 8th +0.003 18th 7% below peers
Noblesville, IN 0.41 7th +0.003 19th 8% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 0.45 19th +0.005 20th 1% above peers
Gulfport, MS 0.49 26th +0.006 21st 11% above peers
Southfield, MI 0.44 18th +0.009 22nd on par with peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 12th +0.010 23rd 3% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 0.44 16th +0.012 24th on par with peers
Iowa City, IA 0.53 29th +0.015 25th 19% above peers
Greenville, SC 0.56 31st +0.016 26th 26% above peers
Poinciana, FL 0.41 6th +0.015 27th 8% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 0.41 9th +0.022 28th 7% below peers
Napa, CA 0.46 21st +0.027 29th 3% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 0.47 25th +0.030 30th 7% above peers
Appleton, WI 0.50 27th +0.062 31st 13% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (3.5% then, 3.3% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.1% to 3.2%).
Bright spot 3.3%
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
Rock Hill, SC 8.5% 12th -5.2pp 1st 24% below peers
Johnson City, TN 9.9% 15th -5.0pp 2nd 11% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.7% 8th -1.9pp 3rd 40% below peers
Greenville, SC 8.8% 13th -2.4pp 4th 22% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 27th -5.9pp 5th 105% above peers
Iowa City, IA 6.6% 6th -1.6pp 6th 41% below peers
Redlands, CA 7.1% 10th -1.7pp 7th 37% below peers
New Britain, CT 28.1% 31st -3.8pp 8th 152% above peers
Hammond, IN 18.6% 24th -1.7pp 9th 67% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 71% below peers
Appleton, WI 9.5% 14th -0.8pp 11th 15% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 15.1% 21st -0.7pp 12th 35% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.5% 26th -0.6pp 13th 102% above peers
Noblesville, IN 4.3% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 61% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 26.3% 29th -0.3pp 15th 136% above peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 28th +0.7pp 16th 106% above peers
Scranton, PA 26.9% 30th +1.1pp 17th 140% above peers
Tamarac, FL 12.2% 17th +0.7pp 18th 10% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 13.4% 19th +1.0pp 19th 20% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.8% 25th +1.8pp 20th 68% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.6% 18th +1.2pp 21st 12% above peers
Southfield, MI 13.7% 20th +1.4pp 22nd 23% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 15.7% 22nd +1.7pp 23rd 40% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.4% 4th +0.5pp 24th 61% below peers
Napa, CA 5.8% 5th +0.7pp 25th 48% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 6.8% 9th +0.8pp 26th 39% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 11.2% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 6.6% 7th +1.0pp 28th 41% below peers
Bellflower, CA 17.9% 23rd +4.6pp 29th 61% above peers
Evanston, IL 7.5% 11th +2.0pp 30th 33% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 3.1% 1st +1.9pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $735,463 in August 2026, up from $730,541 a year earlier.
Big move $735,463
2000August 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 $428,308 (Aug 26) +0.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Arlington Heights, IL $495,520 (Aug 26) 8th +8.9% 1st 39% above peers
Evanston, IL $493,385 (Aug 26) 9th +8.5% 2nd 38% above peers
New Britain, CT $312,170 (Aug 26) 19th +8.0% 3rd 12% below peers
Appleton, WI $305,667 (Aug 26) 20th +5.6% 4th 14% below peers
Iowa City, IA $303,890 (Aug 26) 21st +3.4% 5th 15% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL $371,926 (Aug 26) 14th +2.9% 6th 4% above peers
Noblesville, IN $392,593 (Aug 26) 12th +2.0% 7th 10% above peers
Gulfport, MS $206,071 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 8th 42% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $592,916 (Aug 26) 6th +2.0% 9th 66% above peers
Greenville, SC $331,641 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 10th 7% below peers
Southfield, MI $253,902 (Aug 26) 25th +1.8% 11th 29% below peers
Tulare, CA $356,755 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 12th on par with peers
Bellflower, CA $798,074 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 13th 124% above peers
Hammond, IN $179,704 (Aug 26) 29th +1.5% 14th 50% below peers
Johnson City, TN $295,339 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 15th 17% below peers
Blaine, MN $381,495 (Aug 26) 13th +1.2% 16th 7% above peers
Redlands, CA $635,663 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 17th 78% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $433,365 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 18th 21% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $735,463 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 19th 106% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $322,185 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 20th 10% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $583,715 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 21st 64% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $323,886 (Aug 26) 17th -1.7% 22nd 9% below peers
Napa, CA $862,725 (Aug 26) 2nd -2.0% 23rd 142% above peers
Scranton, PA $201,486 (Aug 26) 28th -2.5% 24th 44% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $400,424 (Aug 26) 11th -2.8% 25th 12% above peers
Pleasanton, CA $1,511,109 (Aug 26) 1st -3.9% 26th 324% above peers
Poinciana, FL $279,614 (Aug 26) 24th -4.2% 27th 22% below peers
Tamarac, FL $292,430 (Aug 26) 23rd -4.5% 28th 18% below peers
Lauderhill, FL $208,707 (Aug 26) 26th -5.4% 29th 41% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $509,785 in August 2026, up from $508,445 a year earlier.
Big move $509,785
2000August 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 $261,541 (Aug 26) -0.2%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
New Britain, CT $251,266 (Aug 26) 16th +10.1% 1st 11% below peers
Evanston, IL $295,656 (Aug 26) 12th +8.4% 2nd 4% above peers
Appleton, WI $239,277 (Aug 26) 18th +6.4% 3rd 16% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $294,956 (Aug 26) 13th +6.1% 4th 4% above peers
Greenville, SC $209,016 (Aug 26) 21st +4.4% 5th 26% below peers
Gulfport, MS $128,674 (Aug 26) 28th +4.1% 6th 55% below peers
Iowa City, IA $198,732 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.0% 7th 30% below peers
Scranton, PA $148,126 (Aug 26) 25th +3.7% 8th 48% below peers
Hammond, IN $142,571 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 9th 50% below peers
Tulare, CA $285,185 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 10th 1% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL $283,175 (Aug 26) 15th +2.4% 11th on par with peers
Redlands, CA $506,003 (Aug 26) 5th +2.3% 12th 79% above peers
Noblesville, IN $298,391 (Aug 26) 11th +2.3% 13th 5% above peers
Johnson City, TN $192,230 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.0% 14th 32% below peers
Blaine, MN $302,157 (Aug 26) 10th +1.7% 15th 7% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $359,766 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 16th 27% above peers
Bellflower, CA $663,564 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.9% 17th 134% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $415,840 (Aug 26) 7th +0.8% 18th 47% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $476,163 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 19th 68% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $509,785 (Aug 26) 4th +0.3% 20th 80% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $209,544 (Aug 26) 20th -0.1% 21st 26% below peers
Southfield, MI $170,307 (Aug 26) 24th -0.3% 22nd 40% below peers
Napa, CA $644,528 (Aug 26) 3rd -2.3% 23rd 128% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $309,038 (Aug 26) 9th -2.6% 24th 9% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $211,869 (Aug 26) 19th -3.2% 25th 25% below peers
Poinciana, FL $243,383 (Aug 26) 17th -3.6% 26th 14% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $1,007,572 (Aug 26) 1st -4.2% 27th 256% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $103,759 (Aug 26) 29th -6.8% 28th 63% below peers
Tamarac, FL $147,016 (Aug 26) 26th -9.7% 29th 48% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.1% then, 72.0% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.0% to 72.0%).
Bright spot 72.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Poinciana, FL 77.2% 3rd +8.7pp 1st 32% above peers
New Britain, CT 45.0% 28th +5.0pp 2nd 23% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 55.8% 21st +6.1pp 3rd 5% below peers
Southfield, MI 53.4% 24th +5.6pp 4th 9% below peers
Gulfport, MS 55.1% 22nd +5.1pp 5th 6% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 69.9% 12th +4.3pp 6th 19% above peers
Tamarac, FL 76.2% 5th +3.8pp 7th 30% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 70.9% 11th +3.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 77.1% 4th +3.1pp 9th 31% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 71.1% 10th +2.6pp 10th 21% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 54.2% 23rd +1.7pp 11th 8% below peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 17th +1.8pp 12th on par with peers
Hammond, IN 62.4% 15th +1.8pp 13th 6% above peers
Scranton, PA 49.9% 26th +1.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Johnson City, TN 51.3% 25th +1.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Appleton, WI 67.0% 13th +1.4pp 16th 14% above peers
Evanston, IL 56.2% 20th +0.4pp 17th 4% below peers
Napa, CA 58.7% 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Bellflower, CA 39.3% 30th +0.0pp 19th 33% below peers
Noblesville, IN 71.2% 9th -0.0pp 20th 21% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 74.0% 6th -0.6pp 21st 26% above peers
Iowa City, IA 47.2% 27th -0.5pp 22nd 20% below peers
Blaine, MN 85.3% 1st -1.1pp 23rd 45% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 72.5% 7th -1.2pp 24th 24% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 79.1% 2nd -1.8pp 25th 35% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.0% 8th -2.1pp 26th 23% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 67.0% 14th -2.9pp 27th 14% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 36.2% 31st -2.3pp 28th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 57.4% 18th -3.7pp 29th 2% below peers
Greenville, SC 41.1% 29th -3.0pp 30th 30% below peers
Redlands, CA 56.8% 19th -4.4pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,660 in August 2026, up from $2,596 a year earlier.
Big move $2,660
2015August 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%
Iowa City, IA $1,270 (Aug 26) 28th +8.8% 1st 32% below peers
Appleton, WI $1,215 (Aug 26) 29th +8.2% 2nd 35% below peers
Pleasanton, CA $3,264 (Aug 26) 1st +6.8% 3rd 74% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL $2,757 (Aug 26) 3rd +6.0% 4th 47% above peers
Hammond, IN $1,498 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.5% 5th 20% below peers
New Britain, CT $1,623 (Aug 26) 19th +5.2% 6th 14% below peers
Noblesville, IN $1,741 (Aug 26) 18th +4.6% 7th 7% below peers
Evanston, IL $2,438 (Aug 26) 6th +4.3% 8th 30% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $2,438 (Aug 26) 5th +3.9% 9th 30% above peers
Tulare, CA $1,826 (Aug 26) 16th +3.7% 10th 3% below peers
Scranton, PA $1,354 (Aug 26) 27th +3.2% 11th 28% below peers
Southfield, MI $1,584 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 12th 16% below peers
Redlands, CA $2,430 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 13th 29% above peers
Poinciana, FL $1,909 (Aug 26) 14th +2.6% 14th 2% above peers
Johnson City, TN $1,449 (Aug 26) 25th +2.6% 15th 23% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $2,660 (Aug 26) 4th +2.5% 16th 42% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $2,401 (Aug 26) 8th +2.2% 17th 28% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $1,784 (Aug 26) 17th +1.9% 18th 5% below peers
Blaine, MN $2,078 (Aug 26) 12th +1.9% 19th 11% above peers
Greenville, SC $1,572 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 20th 16% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $1,359 (Aug 26) 26th +1.7% 21st 28% below peers
Gulfport, MS $1,483 (Aug 26) 24th +1.6% 22nd 21% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $1,985 (Aug 26) 13th +1.3% 23rd 6% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $1,488 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.2% 24th 21% below peers
Bellflower, CA $2,281 (Aug 26) 9th +1.1% 25th 21% above peers
Napa, CA $2,863 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 26th 52% above peers
Tamarac, FL $2,198 (Aug 26) 11th +0.3% 27th 17% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $2,220 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 28th 18% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $1,878 (Aug 26) 15th -3.0% 29th on par with 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 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.7% to 29.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.2% to 29.6%).
Needs attention 29.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Appleton, WI 21.8% 1st -3.5pp 1st 40% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 25.8% 4th -2.4pp 2nd 29% below peers
Bellflower, CA 46.9% 29th -3.4pp 3rd 29% above peers
Redlands, CA 35.4% 13th -1.8pp 4th 3% below peers
Gulfport, MS 38.5% 19th -1.5pp 5th 6% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 42.9% 26th -1.6pp 6th 18% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 44.1% 27th -1.4pp 7th 21% above peers
Scranton, PA 37.2% 18th -1.0pp 8th 2% above peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 21st -0.8pp 9th 12% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 31.1% 9th -0.3pp 10th 14% below peers
Evanston, IL 37.2% 17th -0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Southfield, MI 40.0% 20th +0.0pp 12th 10% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 36.0% 14th +0.1pp 13th 1% below peers
New Britain, CT 44.4% 28th +1.1pp 14th 22% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 41.1% 23rd +1.2pp 15th 13% above peers
Noblesville, IN 23.1% 2nd +0.7pp 16th 36% below peers
Poinciana, FL 41.1% 22nd +1.7pp 17th 13% above peers
Iowa City, IA 42.2% 25th +1.9pp 18th 16% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 28.7% 6th +1.4pp 19th 21% below peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 3rd +1.2pp 20th 36% below peers
Johnson City, TN 33.8% 12th +1.8pp 21st 7% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 36.4% 15th +2.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Hammond, IN 32.2% 10th +2.2pp 23rd 12% below peers
Pleasanton, CA 32.3% 11th +2.3pp 24th 11% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 58.1% 31st +4.4pp 25th 60% above peers
Napa, CA 41.8% 24th +3.3pp 26th 15% above peers
Tamarac, FL 48.8% 30th +4.4pp 27th 34% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 30.1% 8th +3.0pp 28th 17% below peers
Greenville, SC 36.4% 16th +3.9pp 29th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 26.5% 5th +3.3pp 30th 27% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 29.6% 7th +3.9pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.7% to 3.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Ellicott City started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.4% to 3.0%).
Bright spot 3.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Tulare, CA 3.9% 8th -2.6pp 1st 30% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.0% 4th -1.7pp 2nd 46% below peers
Blaine, MN 2.4% 2nd -1.1pp 3rd 57% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 10th -1.6pp 4th 27% below peers
Greenville, SC 7.9% 20th -3.0pp 5th 43% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 10.2% 26th -2.9pp 6th 87% above peers
Hammond, IN 8.3% 21st -2.1pp 7th 52% above peers
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 19th -1.4pp 8th 33% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 8.4% 22nd -1.6pp 9th 53% above peers
Poinciana, FL 3.1% 6th -0.6pp 10th 43% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 5.3% 14th -0.8pp 11th 3% below peers
Scranton, PA 14.2% 28th -2.0pp 12th 159% above peers
Gulfport, MS 8.6% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 57% above peers
New Britain, CT 15.3% 29th -1.2pp 14th 178% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 4.0% 11th -0.1pp 15th 27% below peers
Napa, CA 5.4% 15th -0.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 3.0% 5th -0.0pp 17th 45% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 6.9% 18th -0.0pp 18th 26% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.0% 13th -0.0pp 19th 9% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.2% 31st -0.0pp 20th 322% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.0% 25th +0.2pp 21st 82% above peers
Noblesville, IN 2.0% 1st +0.0pp 22nd 64% below peers
Iowa City, IA 11.0% 27th +0.3pp 23rd 101% above peers
Appleton, WI 5.5% 16th +0.2pp 24th on par with peers
Bellflower, CA 6.1% 17th +0.3pp 25th 11% above peers
Evanston, IL 17.3% 30th +0.8pp 26th 214% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.9% 9th +0.3pp 27th 30% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 3.3% 7th +0.5pp 28th 40% below peers
Tamarac, FL 9.0% 24th +1.4pp 29th 64% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 4.9% 12th +1.3pp 30th 11% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 2.5% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.9% to 4.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.1% to 4.1%).
Needs attention 4.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Cheektowaga, NY 2.7% 2nd -1.4pp 1st 62% below peers
Southfield, MI 3.9% 4th -1.5pp 2nd 46% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.3% 15th -2.1pp 3rd 11% below peers
Iowa City, IA 4.5% 8th -1.3pp 4th 37% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.6% 19th -2.2pp 5th 7% above peers
Poinciana, FL 13.0% 29th -3.3pp 6th 83% above peers
Appleton, WI 4.3% 7th -0.9pp 7th 39% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 8.9% 21st -1.6pp 8th 25% above peers
Bellflower, CA 8.9% 22nd -1.5pp 9th 25% above peers
Gulfport, MS 15.6% 31st -2.5pp 10th 119% above peers
Tamarac, FL 9.7% 25th -1.5pp 11th 36% above peers
Napa, CA 6.2% 13th -0.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 7.1% 17th -0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Evanston, IL 4.3% 6th -0.5pp 14th 40% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 9.1% 23rd -0.9pp 15th 27% above peers
Hammond, IN 10.3% 26th -1.0pp 16th 45% above peers
Greenville, SC 9.6% 24th -0.5pp 17th 36% above peers
Blaine, MN 3.6% 3rd -0.1pp 18th 49% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 7.5% 18th -0.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 14.9% 30th -0.3pp 20th 110% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 2.2% 1st +0.1pp 21st 69% below peers
Redlands, CA 5.2% 11th +0.2pp 22nd 27% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.8% 10th +0.5pp 23rd 32% below peers
Johnson City, TN 10.6% 28th +1.2pp 24th 50% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 6.3% 14th +0.9pp 25th 12% below peers
Noblesville, IN 6.2% 12th +1.0pp 26th 13% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 27th +1.9pp 27th 45% above peers
New Britain, CT 7.1% 16th +1.7pp 28th on par with peers
Scranton, PA 7.7% 20th +1.9pp 29th 8% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 5th +1.2pp 30th 42% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 4.8% 9th +1.9pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only ★ National leader
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What changed

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

23.4%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Pleasanton, CA 16.1% 1st 52% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 23.4% 2nd 31% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 27.2% 3rd 20% below peers
Bellflower, CA 28.7% 4th 15% below peers
Napa, CA 29.5% 5th 13% below peers
Evanston, IL 29.8% 6th 12% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 30.5% 7th 10% below peers
Greenville, SC 30.8% 8th 9% below peers
Noblesville, IN 30.8% 9th 9% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 31.5% 10th 7% below peers
Redlands, CA 31.7% 11th 6% below peers
Iowa City, IA 32.4% 12th 4% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.6% 13th 4% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 32.8% 14th 3% below peers
Tamarac, FL 32.9% 15th 3% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 35.0% 17th 4% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.3% 18th 4% above peers
Scranton, PA 35.6% 19th 5% above peers
Blaine, MN 35.9% 20th 6% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 36.6% 21st 8% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 36.9% 22nd 9% above peers
Gulfport, MS 37.4% 23rd 11% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 24th 12% above peers
Poinciana, FL 38.1% 25th 13% above peers
New Britain, CT 38.3% 26th 13% above peers
Johnson City, TN 38.5% 27th 14% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 38.5% 28th 14% above peers
Southfield, MI 38.8% 29th 15% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.5% 30th 17% above peers
Hammond, IN 41.8% 31st 24% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.1% to 4.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 4.1%).
Needs attention 4.1%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 4.4% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Southfield, MI 0.3% 1st -2.9pp 1st 90% below peers
Tamarac, FL 2.6% 10th -7.1pp 2nd 25% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 1.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 70% below peers
Iowa City, IA 1.6% 4th -1.2pp 4th 53% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 2.3% 9th -1.5pp 5th 35% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 5.3% 27th -2.8pp 6th 52% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 0.6% 2nd -0.3pp 7th 84% below peers
Blaine, MN 1.9% 6th -0.9pp 8th 46% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 2.9% 12th -0.9pp 9th 16% below peers
Poinciana, FL 8.8% 31st -2.2pp 10th 153% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 20th -1.0pp 11th 17% above peers
Appleton, WI 2.0% 7th -0.5pp 12th 41% below peers
Hammond, IN 4.3% 23rd -0.7pp 13th 25% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 4.2% 22nd -0.6pp 14th 21% above peers
Bellflower, CA 4.4% 24th -0.6pp 15th 28% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 3.1% 14th +0.1pp 16th 10% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 1.7% 5th +0.1pp 17th 50% below peers
Evanston, IL 2.7% 11th +0.2pp 18th 21% below peers
Gulfport, MS 8.0% 30th +0.6pp 19th 131% above peers
Redlands, CA 2.2% 8th +0.2pp 20th 36% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.6% 26th +0.5pp 21st 34% above peers
Napa, CA 4.5% 25th +0.5pp 22nd 29% above peers
Noblesville, IN 3.4% 15th +0.6pp 23rd 1% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 3.5% 16th +0.9pp 24th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 6.5% 29th +2.3pp 25th 87% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 4.0% 19th +1.4pp 26th 15% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 3.1% 13th +1.3pp 27th 11% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 21st +2.0pp 28th 19% above peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 18th +2.0pp 29th 12% above peers
New Britain, CT 3.5% 17th +2.2pp 30th 2% above peers
Scranton, PA 6.2% 28th +4.6pp 31st 78% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.3% then, 68.8% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.3% to 68.8%).
Bright spot 68.8%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
St. Cloud, FL 31.6% 19th +13.3pp 1st 17% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 29.6% 20th +6.0pp 2nd 23% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 24.3% 22nd +4.6pp 3rd 36% below peers
Hammond, IN 17.4% 30th +3.1pp 4th 54% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.1% 25th +3.4pp 5th 42% below peers
Bellflower, CA 21.6% 26th +3.1pp 6th 43% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.1% 18th +4.8pp 7th 8% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 47.8% 9th +6.2pp 8th 25% above peers
Appleton, WI 38.2% 16th +4.8pp 9th on par with peers
Tamarac, FL 29.4% 21st +3.3pp 10th 23% below peers
Napa, CA 38.2% 15th +4.0pp 11th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 55.5% 6th +5.2pp 12th 45% above peers
Noblesville, IN 51.6% 8th +4.2pp 13th 35% above peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 31st +0.9pp 14th 69% below peers
Southfield, MI 40.7% 12th +2.9pp 15th 7% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 69.8% 1st +5.0pp 16th 83% above peers
Johnson City, TN 42.5% 10th +2.6pp 17th 11% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 39.6% 13th +2.4pp 18th 4% above peers
Gulfport, MS 23.6% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 38% below peers
Blaine, MN 36.9% 17th +2.0pp 20th 3% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.9% 28th +0.9pp 21st 51% below peers
Scranton, PA 23.1% 24th +1.0pp 22nd 39% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 39.6% 14th +1.6pp 23rd 4% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 60.4% 5th +2.5pp 24th 58% above peers
Evanston, IL 69.5% 2nd +2.4pp 25th 82% above peers
Iowa City, IA 60.5% 4th +1.4pp 26th 59% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 68.8% 3rd +1.4pp 27th 80% above peers
Redlands, CA 41.5% 11th -0.3pp 28th 9% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 54.9% 7th -0.5pp 29th 44% above peers
New Britain, CT 19.6% 27th -0.2pp 30th 49% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 18.6% 29th -1.6pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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 No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (70.2% then, 61.7% now; margin ±15.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.7% to 61.7%).
Bright spot 61.7%
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%
Redlands, CA 47.6% 10th +5.0pp 1st 14% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.7% 18th +3.9pp 2nd 5% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 34.5% 24th +3.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
Iowa City, IA 46.5% 12th +2.2pp 4th 11% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 66.4% 1st +0.9pp 5th 58% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 62.1% 2nd -0.4pp 6th 48% above peers
Napa, CA 39.6% 19th -0.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Noblesville, IN 46.3% 13th -0.6pp 8th 10% above peers
Tamarac, FL 57.8% 4th -2.1pp 9th 38% above peers
Gulfport, MS 48.4% 8th -1.9pp 10th 16% above peers
New Britain, CT 47.5% 11th -2.0pp 11th 13% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 26th -3.4pp 12th 27% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 46.2% 14th -6.1pp 13th 10% above peers
Greenville, SC 55.4% 5th -7.5pp 14th 32% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 61.7% 3rd -8.5pp 15th 47% above peers
Poinciana, FL 28.6% 29th -4.2pp 16th 32% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.8% 7th -8.1pp 17th 31% above peers
Blaine, MN 45.6% 15th -7.6pp 18th 9% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 38.2% 21st -6.8pp 19th 9% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 39.8% 17th -7.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 37.6% 22nd -8.5pp 21st 10% below peers
Johnson City, TN 29.1% 28th -6.6pp 22nd 31% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 38.5% 20th -9.4pp 23rd 8% below peers
Hammond, IN 29.5% 27th -8.9pp 24th 30% below peers
Evanston, IL 55.2% 6th -17.1pp 25th 32% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 48.0% 9th -21.9pp 26th 15% above peers
Bellflower, CA 33.3% 25th -16.4pp 27th 21% below peers
Southfield, MI 41.9% 16th -22.6pp 28th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 27.9% 30th -16.7pp 29th 33% below peers
Scranton, PA 35.4% 23rd -21.9pp 30th 16% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.4% 31st -18.9pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±14.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ National leader
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 (4.2% then, 1.3% now; margin ±3.7pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.2% to 1.3%).
Bright spot 1.3%
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
St. Cloud, FL 0.9% 1st -12.3pp 1st 85% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 1.3% 3rd -2.9pp 2nd 79% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 1.1% 2nd -2.4pp 3rd 83% below peers
Tamarac, FL 2.1% 5th -3.0pp 4th 66% below peers
Blaine, MN 4.2% 11th -3.9pp 5th 33% below peers
New Britain, CT 7.3% 19th -5.8pp 6th 16% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 8.5% 25th -6.0pp 7th 35% above peers
Bellflower, CA 6.3% 16th -3.7pp 8th on par with peers
Poinciana, FL 7.8% 22nd -4.6pp 9th 24% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 3.4% 8th -1.1pp 10th 47% below peers
Gulfport, MS 10.5% 31st -2.4pp 11th 67% above peers
Southfield, MI 8.2% 23rd -1.3pp 12th 30% above peers
Appleton, WI 3.3% 7th -0.5pp 13th 48% below peers
Scranton, PA 7.3% 20th -1.0pp 14th 17% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.5% 17th -0.6pp 15th 3% above peers
Napa, CA 3.6% 9th -0.2pp 16th 43% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 9.1% 28th -0.1pp 17th 44% above peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 30th +0.5pp 18th 60% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.5% 13th +0.6pp 19th 12% below peers
Evanston, IL 3.9% 10th +0.6pp 20th 38% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 7.5% 21st +1.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Hammond, IN 9.6% 29th +2.9pp 22nd 53% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.0% 18th +2.3pp 23rd 12% above peers
Greenville, SC 6.1% 14th +2.1pp 24th 3% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.4% 12th +2.3pp 25th 31% below peers
Iowa City, IA 2.0% 4th +1.2pp 26th 69% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 8.9% 26th +5.7pp 27th 42% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.9% 6th +1.9pp 28th 54% below peers
Noblesville, IN 9.0% 27th +7.1pp 29th 43% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 8.4% 24th +6.6pp 30th 34% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 6.2% 15th +5.7pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 4 indicators
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 (72,665 then, 75,257 now; margin ±2,661).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (68,507 to 75,257).
75,257
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
Wesley Chapel, FL 76,011 9th +31% 1st 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65,130 31st +27% 2nd 13% below peers
Noblesville, IN 73,362 21st +16% 3rd 2% below peers
Blaine, MN 72,488 25th +13% 4th 3% below peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 30th +12% 5th 5% below peers
Tamarac, FL 73,019 22nd +11% 6th 3% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 72,461 26th +10% 7th 3% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 71,553 28th +10% 8th 5% below peers
Johnson City, TN 72,222 27th +9% 9th 4% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71,083 29th +8% 10th 5% below peers
Greenville, SC 72,935 24th +8% 11th 3% below peers
Poinciana, FL 75,068 15th +7% 12th on par with peers
Lauderhill, FL 74,896 17th +5% 13th on par with peers
Southfield, MI 76,236 6th +4% 14th 2% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 75,473 12th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 75,257 14th +4% 16th on par with peers
Cheektowaga, NY 76,056 7th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Redlands, CA 73,375 20th +3% 18th 2% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 75,259 13th +3% 19th on par with peers
Evanston, IL 76,340 5th +2% 20th 2% above peers
New Britain, CT 74,223 18th +2% 21st 1% below peers
Gulfport, MS 73,003 23rd +2% 22nd 3% below peers
Appleton, WI 75,023 16th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Iowa City, IA 75,752 11th +1% 24th 1% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 76,005 10th +1% 25th 1% above peers
Hammond, IN 76,768 4th +0% 26th 2% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 74,096 19th -0% 27th 1% below peers
Bellflower, CA 76,819 3rd -0% 28th 2% above peers
Napa, CA 78,239 1st -1% 29th 4% above peers
Scranton, PA 76,033 8th -1% 30th 1% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 76,960 2nd -6% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±2,426 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.0% then, 24.7% now; margin ±1.3pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 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
Children fell 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.3% to 24.7%).
Big move 24.7%
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 22.2% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Redlands, CA 23.9% 11th +1.9pp 1st 4% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 18.5% 25th +1.2pp 2nd 19% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 22.6% 18th +1.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Scranton, PA 21.2% 22nd +0.6pp 4th 8% below peers
Southfield, MI 18.4% 26th -0.0pp 5th 20% below peers
Tamarac, FL 17.7% 29th -0.0pp 6th 23% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 24.7% 8th -0.3pp 7th 8% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 27.6% 2nd -0.4pp 8th 20% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.1% 15th -0.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Johnson City, TN 18.4% 27th -0.5pp 10th 20% below peers
Blaine, MN 25.9% 6th -0.8pp 11th 13% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 21.7% 21st -0.9pp 12th 5% below peers
Bolingbrook, IL 24.1% 9th -1.1pp 13th 5% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 26.5% 4th -1.3pp 14th 16% above peers
Noblesville, IN 26.0% 5th -1.3pp 15th 13% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 23.1% 13th -1.2pp 16th 1% above peers
New Britain, CT 22.0% 20th -1.4pp 17th 4% below peers
Iowa City, IA 14.3% 31st -0.9pp 18th 38% below peers
Hammond, IN 23.5% 12th -1.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 20th 39% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 24.9% 7th -1.8pp 21st 9% above peers
Appleton, WI 22.8% 17th -1.7pp 22nd 1% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 24.0% 10th -1.9pp 23rd 5% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 21.0% 23rd -1.8pp 24th 8% below peers
Gulfport, MS 22.3% 19th -2.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Bellflower, CA 23.1% 14th -2.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Greenville, SC 17.1% 30th -1.9pp 27th 25% below peers
Evanston, IL 17.9% 28th -2.4pp 28th 22% below peers
Napa, CA 20.0% 24th -2.7pp 29th 13% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 16th -3.6pp 30th on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 27.3% 3rd -4.5pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children 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 (12.9% then, 14.0% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 14.0%).
Big move 14.0%
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 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Arlington Heights, IL 15.3% 29th +4.7pp 1st 51% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 32.5% 13th +9.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 41.7% 6th +11.2pp 3rd 33% above peers
Redlands, CA 31.0% 18th +7.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Noblesville, IN 21.7% 28th +5.0pp 5th 31% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 8th +7.9pp 6th 26% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 25.4% 23rd +4.5pp 7th 19% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 22.6% 26th +3.5pp 8th 28% below peers
Scranton, PA 50.3% 5th +6.9pp 9th 60% above peers
Napa, CA 26.4% 21st +2.9pp 10th 16% below peers
Appleton, WI 31.4% 15th +3.3pp 11th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 24.2% 24th +2.2pp 12th 23% below peers
Iowa City, IA 28.5% 19th +2.6pp 13th 9% below peers
Poinciana, FL 35.3% 11th +3.0pp 14th 12% above peers
Bellflower, CA 38.2% 9th +3.1pp 15th 22% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 14.0% 30th +1.1pp 16th 55% below peers
Hammond, IN 51.2% 4th +3.5pp 17th 63% above peers
Evanston, IL 25.6% 22nd +1.6pp 18th 18% below peers
Tamarac, FL 38.0% 10th +1.8pp 19th 21% above peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 25th +0.3pp 20th 25% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.7% 2nd -0.6pp 21st 74% above peers
Greenville, SC 31.4% 16th -0.9pp 22nd on par with peers
New Britain, CT 56.3% 1st -4.4pp 23rd 79% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 40.2% 7th -3.3pp 24th 28% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 11.3% 31st -1.0pp 25th 64% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 31.2% 17th -3.0pp 26th 1% below peers
Gulfport, MS 53.1% 3rd -5.6pp 27th 69% above peers
Southfield, MI 34.5% 12th -6.6pp 28th 10% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.3% 27th -5.0pp 29th 29% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.4% 14th -7.6pp 30th 3% above peers
Johnson City, TN 26.8% 20th -11.4pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±3.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.8% then, 72.2% now; margin ±8.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.2% to 72.2%).
72.2%
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 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Redlands, CA 73.3% 10th +20.8pp 1st 3% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 65.3% 25th +14.8pp 2nd 9% below peers
Poinciana, FL 73.5% 9th +13.7pp 3rd 3% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 77.4% 3rd +11.4pp 4th 8% above peers
Bolingbrook, IL 73.8% 8th +10.5pp 5th 3% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 77.5% 2nd +10.1pp 6th 8% above peers
Pleasanton, CA 65.9% 24th +8.1pp 7th 8% below peers
Johnson City, TN 59.4% 29th +7.3pp 8th 17% below peers
Greenville, SC 72.9% 11th +8.7pp 9th 2% above peers
Tamarac, FL 84.1% 1st +9.4pp 10th 18% above peers
Hammond, IN 62.3% 27th +6.4pp 11th 13% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 72.3% 13th +6.0pp 12th 1% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 70.0% 20th +5.8pp 13th 2% below peers
New Britain, CT 72.6% 12th +5.2pp 14th 2% above peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 30th +3.2pp 15th 19% below peers
Appleton, WI 74.8% 6th +3.5pp 16th 5% above peers
Napa, CA 75.8% 4th +3.2pp 17th 6% above peers
Iowa City, IA 68.9% 22nd +2.2pp 18th 4% below peers
Bellflower, CA 67.4% 23rd +2.0pp 19th 6% below peers
Blaine, MN 75.5% 5th +2.2pp 20th 6% above peers
Southfield, MI 74.2% 7th +2.1pp 21st 4% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65.0% 26th +1.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.2% 14th +0.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Evanston, IL 70.4% 17th -0.7pp 24th 2% below peers
Noblesville, IN 69.5% 21st -1.6pp 25th 3% below peers
Gulfport, MS 71.6% 15th -1.9pp 26th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 71.5% 16th -2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Rock Hill, SC 70.3% 18th -3.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Scranton, PA 61.8% 28th -3.6pp 29th 14% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 70.3% 19th -8.4pp 30th 2% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 46.1% 31st -11.2pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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