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Germantown, MD
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90,719 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Germantown, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$117,546
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$94,559 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
29.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
34.0% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
67.2%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
63.1% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
96.6%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
94.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.3%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
6.6% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.5%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
3.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
50.4%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
50.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
8.8%
2020-24
▲ 33%
relative change
6.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.9%
2019-23
▲ 5%
relative change
8.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
50.8%
2020-24
flat
relative change
51.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.4%
2020-24
▲ 82%
relative change
2.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Germantown, 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
14.2%
2020-24
▲ 58%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.5%
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
5.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
23.0%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
25.8% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$311,886
Jun 2026
▼ 4%
relative change
$323,886 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$425,701
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
$438,065 a year earlier
Falling recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,137
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$2,136 a year earlier
Rising  
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Economy

Median household income

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $94,559 to $117,546 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,296). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($86,472 to $117,546).
$117,546
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $103,678 +22%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 30th +48% 1st 39% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 18th +48% 2nd 9% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 26th +45% 3rd 33% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 22nd +44% 4th 16% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 19th +44% 5th 10% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 20th +43% 6th 13% below peers
Merced, CA $63,122 24th +40% 7th 27% below peers
Avondale, AZ $86,123 16th +39% 8th on par with peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 17th +37% 9th 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 25th +35% 10th 30% below peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 11th +34% 11th 17% above peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 13th +33% 12th 13% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 8th +32% 13th 26% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 14th 36% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 4th +29% 15th 49% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 14th +28% 16th 12% above peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 2nd +28% 17th 75% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 12th +28% 18th 14% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 10th +28% 19th 22% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 21st +27% 20th 15% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 21st 121% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 9th +25% 22nd 25% above peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 5th +24% 23rd 36% above peers
Temple, TX $68,204 23rd +24% 24th 21% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 15th +24% 25th 8% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 7th +22% 26th 27% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 31st +22% 27th 42% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 6th +19% 28th 33% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 29th 35% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 3rd +15% 30th 58% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 29th +14% 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,406 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.6% then, 8.8% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.4% to 8.8%).
8.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 9.2% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Indio, CA 11.4% 17th -5.0pp 1st 3% above peers
Hemet, CA 14.8% 21st -6.2pp 2nd 33% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 18th -4.4pp 3rd 15% above peers
Trenton, NJ 20.9% 28th -6.8pp 4th 89% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 8th -1.8pp 5th 28% below peers
Merced, CA 23.6% 31st -5.3pp 6th 114% above peers
Avondale, AZ 10.8% 15th -2.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Greenville, NC 23.2% 29th -5.0pp 8th 110% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 2nd -1.1pp 9th 54% below peers
Lawrence, MA 17.4% 24th -3.6pp 10th 58% above peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 14th -1.9pp 11th 14% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.7% 7th -1.4pp 12th 30% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 26th -2.7pp 13th 62% above peers
Compton, CA 17.8% 25th -2.6pp 14th 61% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.0% 22nd -2.2pp 15th 36% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 13th -1.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 6th -1.0pp 17th 30% below peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 11th -1.0pp 18th 18% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 20th -1.1pp 19th 29% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.7% 19th -0.6pp 20th 15% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 5th -0.1pp 21st 33% below peers
Carson, CA 8.6% 9th -0.1pp 22nd 22% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.0% 4th -0.0pp 23rd 46% below peers
Temple, TX 15.8% 23rd -0.1pp 24th 42% above peers
Champaign, IL 23.4% 30th +0.7pp 25th 112% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 49% below peers
Newton, MA 4.2% 1st +0.2pp 27th 62% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.1% 16th +1.2pp 28th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 18.9% 27th +2.4pp 29th 71% above peers
Bloomington, MN 9.1% 12th +1.7pp 30th 18% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 10th +2.2pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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2 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 →

Child poverty rose 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.0% to 14.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 14.2%).
14.2%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 5th -7.8pp 1st 49% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 16th -9.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 11th -5.7pp 3rd 38% below peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 10th -5.3pp 4th 40% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 21st -10.7pp 5th 21% above peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 8th -4.7pp 6th 43% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 7th 87% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 2nd -2.8pp 8th 64% below peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 24th -10.8pp 9th 49% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 6th -3.7pp 10th 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 29th -12.2pp 11th 80% above peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 20th -6.4pp 12th 20% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 25th -7.5pp 13th 55% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 12th -2.3pp 14th 34% below peers
Avondale, AZ 15.1% 17th -3.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 9th -1.8pp 16th 42% below peers
Merced, CA 33.4% 31st -5.5pp 17th 128% above peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 23rd -3.3pp 18th 43% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 19th -2.4pp 19th 17% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 26th -2.7pp 20th 65% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 28th -2.6pp 21st 77% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 13% below peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 18th -1.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 27th -1.5pp 24th 67% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 4th -0.3pp 25th 62% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 22nd -1.0pp 26th 30% above peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 3rd +0.2pp 27th 64% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 30th +2.3pp 28th 96% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 14th +3.2pp 29th 11% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 7th +2.4pp 30th 47% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 15th +5.2pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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2 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94.1% to 96.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 4.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.9% to 96.6%).
96.6%
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%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 28th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 3rd 9% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 27th +11.8pp 4th 4% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 15th +10.4pp 6th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 19th +9.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 26th +8.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 23rd +8.9pp 9th 3% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 21st +8.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 20th +7.2pp 11th 2% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 12th 2% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 9th +6.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 12th +6.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Merced, CA 94.3% 10th +6.6pp 16th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 25th +6.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 7th +6.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Avondale, AZ 92.5% 18th +5.6pp 19th 1% below peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 13th +5.4pp 20th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 17th +5.1pp 21st on par with peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 14th +3.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 3rd +3.9pp 23rd 4% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 11th +3.0pp 24th 1% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 2nd +3.1pp 25th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 5th +3.0pp 26th 4% above peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 16th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 4th +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 1st +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 6th +2.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 8th +1.6pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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2 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.40).
0.40
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
Indio, CA 0.43 10th -0.036 1st 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 21st -0.019 3rd 4% above peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 2nd -0.014 4th 15% below peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 12th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 16th -0.010 6th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 4th -0.009 7th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 19th -0.010 8th 1% above peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 18th -0.009 9th on par with peers
Merced, CA 0.47 20th -0.008 10th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 11th 20% above peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 26th -0.006 12th 9% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 13th -0.001 13th 3% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 23rd +0.000 14th 6% above peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 27th +0.001 15th 15% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 5th +0.003 16th 10% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 15th +0.005 17th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 7th +0.004 18th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 14th +0.005 19th 3% below peers
Chino, CA 0.40 3rd +0.005 20th 12% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 21st 16% above peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 6th +0.008 22nd 8% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 11th +0.011 23rd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 24th +0.012 24th 8% above peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 25th 24% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 8th +0.018 26th 7% below peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 22nd +0.027 27th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 17th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 29th 15% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 9th +0.031 30th 6% below peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 25th +0.043 31st 9% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (8.5% then, 8.9% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.7% to 8.9%).
8.9%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Roswell, GA 3.2% 1st -2.8pp 1st 73% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 8th -2.6pp 2nd 40% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 19th -3.6pp 3rd 10% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 11th -2.0pp 4th 27% below peers
Avondale, AZ 12.0% 16th -2.6pp 5th on par with peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 20th -2.3pp 6th 18% above peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 24th -2.0pp 7th 54% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 10th -0.8pp 8th 28% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 9th 7% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 9th -0.4pp 10th 36% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 70% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 29th -0.1pp 12th 118% above peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 22nd +0.1pp 13th 24% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 13th +0.3pp 14th 19% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 4th +0.2pp 15th 63% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 6th +0.2pp 16th 51% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 12th +0.4pp 17th 26% below peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 3rd +0.2pp 18th 66% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 25th +1.0pp 19th 56% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 20th 267% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 17th +1.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 26th +2.5pp 22nd 66% above peers
Merced, CA 30.0% 30th +4.9pp 23rd 150% above peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 27th +3.6pp 24th 69% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 21st +2.8pp 25th 21% above peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 14th +2.3pp 26th 15% below peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 28th +5.7pp 27th 109% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 18th +5.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 7th +3.2pp 29th 50% below peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 23rd +9.4pp 30th 44% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 5th +3.2pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 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 →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $425,701 in June 2026, down from $438,065 a year earlier.
$425,701
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $436,104 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukegan, IL $247,565 (Jun 26) 26th +7.0% 1st 53% below peers
Lawton, OK $142,204 (Jun 26) 30th +5.6% 2nd 73% below peers
Norwalk, CT $679,881 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 3rd 30% above peers
Champaign, IL $241,516 (Jun 26) 27th +4.9% 4th 54% below peers
Clifton, NJ $616,096 (Jun 26) 12th +3.6% 5th 18% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 29th +3.5% 6th 62% below peers
Nashua, NH $517,357 (Jun 26) 16th +3.3% 7th 1% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 8th 112% above peers
Hoover, AL $445,051 (Jun 26) 19th +2.9% 9th 15% below peers
Compton, CA $640,999 (Jun 26) 11th +2.6% 10th 23% above peers
South Gate, CA $701,329 (Jun 26) 8th +2.4% 11th 34% above peers
Bloomington, MN $370,580 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.3% 12th 29% below peers
Lawrence, MA $521,895 (Jun 26) 15th +2.2% 13th on par with peers
Newton, MA $1,564,706 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.0% 14th 200% above peers
Greenville, NC $238,644 (Jun 26) 28th +1.3% 15th 54% below peers
Carson, CA $798,573 (Jun 26) 6th +1.1% 16th 53% above peers
Roswell, GA $666,641 (Jun 26) 10th +0.9% 17th 28% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,698,037 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 18th 225% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,224,499 (Jun 26) 4th +0.8% 19th 135% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $589,611 (Jun 26) 13th +0.3% 20th 13% above peers
Hemet, CA $445,921 (Jun 26) 18th -0.1% 21st 15% below peers
Chino, CA $758,989 (Jun 26) 7th -0.7% 22nd 45% above peers
Merced, CA $397,690 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.5% 23rd 24% below peers
Indio, CA $513,884 (Jun 26) 17th -1.5% 24th 2% below peers
Avondale, AZ $398,215 (Jun 26) 21st -1.8% 25th 24% below peers
Trenton, NJ $356,470 (Jun 26) 24th -1.9% 26th 32% below peers
Temple, TX $249,750 (Jun 26) 25th -2.8% 27th 52% below peers
Germantown, MD $425,701 (Jun 26) 20th -2.8% 28th 18% below peers
Manteca, CA $585,227 (Jun 26) 14th -4.2% 29th 12% above peers
Kirkland, WA $1,227,283 (Jun 26) 3rd -5.3% 30th 135% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $311,886 in June 2026, down from $323,886 a year earlier.
$311,886
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $266,546 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Waukegan, IL $199,539 (Jun 26) 25th +9.9% 1st 49% below peers
Champaign, IL $157,490 (Jun 26) 28th +6.8% 2nd 60% below peers
Lawton, OK $74,294 (Jun 26) 30th +5.6% 3rd 81% below peers
Clifton, NJ $523,401 (Jun 26) 10th +5.2% 4th 33% above peers
Norwalk, CT $439,024 (Jun 26) 13th +4.8% 5th 11% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 29th +4.5% 6th 71% below peers
Compton, CA $570,408 (Jun 26) 9th +3.9% 7th 45% above peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.7% 8th 137% above peers
Nashua, NH $387,942 (Jun 26) 16th +3.5% 9th 2% below peers
Newton, MA $990,781 (Jun 26) 1st +3.5% 10th 151% above peers
Hoover, AL $316,421 (Jun 26) 21st +3.4% 11th 20% below peers
Lawrence, MA $379,426 (Jun 26) 17th +3.2% 12th 4% below peers
South Gate, CA $637,011 (Jun 26) 7th +3.0% 13th 62% above peers
Bloomington, MN $272,110 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.2% 14th 31% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $409,850 (Jun 26) 14th +0.9% 15th 4% above peers
Greenville, NC $157,988 (Jun 26) 27th +0.9% 16th 60% below peers
Roswell, GA $477,657 (Jun 26) 12th +0.5% 17th 21% above peers
Carson, CA $668,515 (Jun 26) 6th +0.4% 18th 70% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $879,254 (Jun 26) 4th +0.2% 19th 123% above peers
Indio, CA $394,123 (Jun 26) 15th +0.0% 20th on par with peers
Chino, CA $619,935 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 21st 57% above peers
Merced, CA $324,862 (Jun 26) 20th -0.6% 22nd 18% below peers
Hemet, CA $345,970 (Jun 26) 19th -0.9% 23rd 12% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $956,112 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.2% 24th 143% above peers
Avondale, AZ $347,883 (Jun 26) 18th -1.8% 25th 12% below peers
Trenton, NJ $208,402 (Jun 26) 24th -2.5% 26th 47% below peers
Temple, TX $168,706 (Jun 26) 26th -3.5% 27th 57% below peers
Germantown, MD $311,886 (Jun 26) 22nd -3.7% 28th 21% below peers
Manteca, CA $481,476 (Jun 26) 11th -4.0% 29th 22% above peers
Kirkland, WA $698,475 (Jun 26) 5th -5.2% 30th 77% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63.1% to 67.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.5% to 67.2%).
67.2%
20112024
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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%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 3rd +10.6pp 1st 22% above peers
Avondale, AZ 61.6% 14th +6.6pp 2nd 3% above peers
Merced, CA 45.9% 24th +4.6pp 3rd 23% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 23rd +3.7pp 4th 16% below peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 13th +3.8pp 5th 5% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 7th +4.1pp 6th 13% above peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 25th +2.5pp 7th 24% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 21st +2.7pp 8th 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 28th +1.9pp 9th 36% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 4th +3.6pp 10th 21% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 17th +2.6pp 11th 5% below peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 27th +1.2pp 12th 26% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 20th +1.4pp 13th 10% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 10th +1.7pp 14th 8% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 16th +1.6pp 15th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 5th +1.7pp 16th 19% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 18th +1.0pp 17th 6% below peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 11th +0.9pp 18th 7% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 12th +0.9pp 19th 7% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 2nd +0.9pp 20th 24% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 1st -0.0pp 21st 29% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 26th -0.1pp 22nd 25% below peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 29th -0.5pp 23rd 45% below peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 9th -1.5pp 24th 10% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 6th -2.0pp 25th 18% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 26th 53% below peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 15th -2.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 19th -2.4pp 28th 7% below peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 22nd -2.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 8th -3.5pp 30th 13% above peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,137 in June 2026, up from $2,136 a year earlier.
$2,137
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
South Gate, CA $2,002 (Jun 26) 17th +9.0% 1st 6% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $3,074 (Jun 26) 4th +7.7% 2nd 44% above peers
Indio, CA $2,616 (Jun 26) 11th +7.2% 3rd 22% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,410 (Jun 26) 26th +5.7% 4th 34% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,071 (Jun 26) 30th +5.2% 5th 50% below peers
Lawton, OK $1,086 (Jun 26) 29th +5.1% 6th 49% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,346 (Jun 26) 28th +4.5% 7th 37% below peers
Newton, MA $3,685 (Jun 26) 1st +3.5% 8th 72% above peers
Lawrence, MA $2,347 (Jun 26) 13th +3.1% 9th 10% above peers
Clifton, NJ $2,668 (Jun 26) 7th +2.7% 10th 25% above peers
Nashua, NH $2,216 (Jun 26) 14th +2.7% 11th 4% above peers
Chino, CA $3,388 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.7% 12th 58% above peers
Merced, CA $1,964 (Jun 26) 18th +2.3% 13th 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,648 (Jun 26) 24th +2.3% 14th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN $1,684 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.2% 15th 21% below peers
Kirkland, WA $2,626 (Jun 26) 9th +2.2% 16th 23% above peers
Norwalk, CT $2,718 (Jun 26) 6th +2.0% 17th 27% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,629 (Jun 26) 8th +1.7% 18th 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,139 (Jun 26) 15th +1.5% 19th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,517 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.5% 20th 64% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,932 (Jun 26) 20th +1.1% 21st 10% below peers
Hoover, AL $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +1.0% 22nd 36% below peers
Manteca, CA $2,624 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 23rd 23% above peers
Roswell, GA $1,730 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.3% 24th 19% below peers
Hemet, CA $1,939 (Jun 26) 19th +0.2% 25th 9% below peers
Germantown, MD $2,137 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 26th on par with peers
Carson, CA $2,953 (Jun 26) 5th -0.1% 27th 38% above peers
Temple, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 28th 33% below peers
Avondale, AZ $1,809 (Jun 26) 21st -0.6% 29th 15% below peers
Compton, CA $2,500 (Jun 26) 12th -3.8% 30th 17% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Cost burden fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.0% to 29.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.4% to 29.9%).
29.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 11th -5.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 5th -4.0pp 2nd 20% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 3rd 20% above peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 30th -4.4pp 5th 28% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 20th -3.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 19th -2.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 23rd -2.0pp 8th 13% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 25% below peers
Merced, CA 43.4% 25th -0.6pp 10th 16% above peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 28th -0.5pp 11th 24% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 13th -0.4pp 12th 8% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 29% below peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 21st -0.4pp 14th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 10th -0.3pp 15th 10% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 1st +0.0pp 16th 35% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 7th +0.4pp 17th 15% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 24th +1.0pp 18th 13% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 19th 44% above peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 22nd +1.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 29th +1.4pp 21st 27% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 8th +1.0pp 22nd 13% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 17th +1.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 6th +1.0pp 24th 19% below peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 18th +1.7pp 25th 9% above peers
Avondale, AZ 35.2% 14th +1.6pp 26th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 15th +1.7pp 27th 5% below peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 4th +1.6pp 28th 23% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 16th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 12th +3.9pp 30th 9% below peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 9th +4.0pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.5% to 7.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.0% to 7.5%).
7.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 1st 79% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 5th -0.9pp 2nd 53% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 21st -1.9pp 3rd 13% above peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 3rd -0.7pp 4th 58% below peers
Merced, CA 8.9% 23rd -1.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 6th 172% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 18th -1.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 8th 257% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 13th -0.8pp 9th 11% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 7th -0.5pp 10th 40% below peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 15th -0.6pp 11th 6% below peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 26th -0.5pp 12th 34% above peers
Avondale, AZ 4.6% 9th -0.2pp 13th 38% below peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 19th -0.3pp 14th 3% above peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 27th -0.4pp 15th 43% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 11th -0.2pp 16th 36% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 2nd -0.0pp 17th 62% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 6th -0.0pp 18th 47% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 20th -0.0pp 19th 5% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 24th -0.0pp 20th 21% above peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 25th +0.4pp 21st 33% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 12th +0.3pp 22nd 14% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 28th +0.9pp 23rd 53% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 17th +0.8pp 24th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 14th +0.9pp 25th 10% below peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 22nd +1.7pp 26th 13% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 27th 123% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 8th +1.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 4th +0.9pp 29th 55% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 10th +1.2pp 30th 38% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 16th +2.0pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.6% then, 6.3% now; margin ±1.1pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 6.3%).
6.3%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 23rd -6.3pp 1st 37% above peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 14th -3.7pp 2nd 10% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.4% 19th -3.8pp 3rd 12% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 2nd -1.1pp 4th 58% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.9% 22nd -3.1pp 5th 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 54% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.0% 15th -1.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 18th -1.8pp 8th 7% above peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 8th -1.2pp 9th 27% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 27th -2.3pp 10th 69% above peers
Lawton, OK 10.9% 24th -1.3pp 11th 45% above peers
Chino, CA 6.7% 13th -0.5pp 12th 11% below peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 12th -0.5pp 13th 12% below peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 10th -0.5pp 14th 17% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 15th 45% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 6th -0.3pp 16th 34% below peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 11th -0.3pp 17th 17% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 4th -0.1pp 18th 49% below peers
Waukegan, IL 15.7% 30th -0.0pp 19th 107% above peers
Greenville, NC 9.4% 21st +0.0pp 20th 24% above peers
Merced, CA 7.5% 16th +0.1pp 21st on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 17.2% 31st +0.2pp 22nd 128% above peers
Newton, MA 1.2% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 83% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 26th +0.5pp 24th 67% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 25th +0.8pp 25th 65% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.5% 9th +0.5pp 26th 26% below peers
Temple, TX 13.6% 29th +1.8pp 27th 81% above peers
Indio, CA 9.0% 20th +1.2pp 28th 19% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.3% 7th +0.8pp 29th 30% below peers
Avondale, AZ 13.3% 28th +2.1pp 30th 76% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 17th +1.9pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

25.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 36% below peers
Kirkland, WA 22.4% 2nd 30% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 3rd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 4th 28% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 5th 25% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 6th 22% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 7th 22% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 8th 19% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 9th 17% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 10th 16% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 11th 15% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 12th 11% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 13th 5% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 14th 3% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 15th 1% below peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 16th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 17th 2% above peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 18th 6% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 19th 7% above peers
Merced, CA 34.4% 20th 8% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 21st 10% above peers
Avondale, AZ 36.2% 22nd 13% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 23rd 15% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 24th 17% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 25th 19% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 26th 20% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 27th 20% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 28th 21% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 29th 22% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 34% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 2.5% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 2.5%).
2.5%
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
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 24th -17.1pp 1st 48% above peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 16th -3.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 12th -3.4pp 3rd 11% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 23rd -5.2pp 4th 43% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 5th -2.0pp 5th 42% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 4th -1.7pp 6th 45% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 3rd -1.4pp 7th 54% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 20th -2.3pp 8th 15% above peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 19th -2.1pp 9th 9% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 18th -1.9pp 10th 9% above peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 15th -1.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 42% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 8th -0.4pp 13th 33% below peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 64% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 25th -0.3pp 15th 52% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 10th +0.3pp 16th 18% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 6th +0.3pp 17th 40% below peers
Merced, CA 3.4% 11th +0.5pp 18th 11% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 7th +0.4pp 19th 34% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 14th +0.6pp 20th 5% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 27th +1.9pp 21st 108% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 21st +1.2pp 22nd 20% above peers
Avondale, AZ 11.4% 31st +3.4pp 23rd 201% above peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 13th +1.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 30th +4.0pp 25th 161% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 28th +3.7pp 26th 122% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 17th +1.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 77% below peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 29th +5.5pp 29th 159% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 9th +1.9pp 30th 18% below peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 26th +5.1pp 31st 78% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.0% then, 50.4% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.8% to 50.4%).
50.4%
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 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 27th +6.0pp 1st 45% below peers
Hemet, CA 15.5% 29th +4.4pp 2nd 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 28th +4.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 22nd +5.0pp 4th 29% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 5th 65% below peers
Merced, CA 20.2% 26th +3.7pp 6th 34% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 24th +3.5pp 7th 31% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 8th 63% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 25th +3.3pp 9th 33% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 18th +4.2pp 10th 11% below peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 9th +6.8pp 11th 64% above peers
Avondale, AZ 21.3% 23rd +2.8pp 12th 30% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 10th +6.1pp 13th 56% above peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 13th +5.1pp 14th 35% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 4th +7.9pp 15th 116% above peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 11th +4.2pp 16th 51% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 20th +2.0pp 17th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 15th +2.9pp 18th 16% above peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 5th +5.0pp 19th 105% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 3rd +5.0pp 20th 117% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 6th +3.2pp 21st 73% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 7th +3.0pp 22nd 70% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 21st +1.3pp 23rd 26% below peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 16th +1.7pp 24th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 25th 131% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 17th +1.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 14th +1.4pp 27th 28% above peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 12th +1.4pp 28th 46% above peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 29th 166% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 8th +0.3pp 30th 65% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 19th -1.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.0% then, 50.8% now; margin ±14.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 12.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.3% to 50.8%).
50.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 45.5% -4.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 6th +23.0pp 1st 37% above peers
Temple, TX 40.2% 19th +5.7pp 2nd 8% below peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 11th +4.9pp 3rd 22% above peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 10th +4.6pp 4th 24% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 5th +4.5pp 5th 41% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 13th +3.2pp 6th 4% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 7th 74% above peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 17th +1.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 4th +2.3pp 9th 53% above peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 18th +0.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 7th +1.0pp 11th 33% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 12th -0.2pp 12th 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 16th -1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 2nd -5.0pp 14th 65% above peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 15th -8.1pp 15th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 8th -11.4pp 16th 33% above peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 23rd -7.4pp 17th 14% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 3rd -13.5pp 18th 54% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 9th -13.3pp 19th 29% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 22nd -11.7pp 20th 13% below peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 28th -12.5pp 21st 28% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 27th -13.1pp 22nd 27% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 21st -19.0pp 23rd 11% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 29th -11.4pp 24th 48% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 20th -20.5pp 25th 10% below peers
Merced, CA 36.2% 24th -19.4pp 26th 17% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 14th -25.8pp 27th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 25th -24.8pp 28th 17% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 30th -16.3pp 29th 51% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 26th -31.7pp 30th 27% below peers
Avondale, AZ 14.8% 31st -22.2pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±12.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.4% then, 4.4% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 4.4%).
4.4%
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 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 8th -7.8pp 1st 58% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 5th -5.1pp 2nd 68% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.2% 11th -6.6pp 3rd 34% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 3rd -2.2pp 4th 77% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 2nd -1.5pp 5th 82% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 9th -3.1pp 6th 54% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 7th 89% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 19th -5.8pp 8th 24% above peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 7th -1.9pp 9th 58% below peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 4th -1.0pp 10th 73% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 26th -4.0pp 11th 79% above peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 6th -0.5pp 12th 58% below peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 14th -0.4pp 13th 16% below peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 29th -0.3pp 14th 107% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 20th +0.4pp 15th 26% above peers
Merced, CA 11.9% 27th +0.8pp 16th 87% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 21st +0.6pp 17th 42% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 10th +0.3pp 18th 52% below peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 23rd +1.0pp 19th 47% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 31st +2.1pp 20th 115% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 24th +2.1pp 21st 57% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 30th +3.0pp 22nd 114% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 24% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 22nd +2.9pp 24th 44% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 18th +2.1pp 25th 5% above peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 17th +2.6pp 26th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 25th +4.9pp 27th 73% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 12th +2.0pp 28th 32% below peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 15th +3.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 16th +3.7pp 30th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 31st 100% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.2pp 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
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Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (90,582 then, 90,719 now; margin ±3,492).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (88,717 to 90,719).
90,719
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Temple, TX 89,602 24th +20% 1st 2% below peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 28th +13% 2nd 2% below peers
Merced, CA 91,953 12th +11% 3rd 1% above peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 30th +11% 4th 3% below peers
Avondale, AZ 92,477 8th +9% 5th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 5th +9% 6th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 20th +8% 7th 1% below peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 15th +8% 8th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 29th +6% 9th 2% below peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 25th +5% 10th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 10th +4% 11th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 31st +4% 12th 3% below peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 6th +4% 13th 1% above peers
Chino, CA 92,652 4th +3% 14th 1% above peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 16th +3% 15th on par with peers
Indio, CA 91,950 13th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 21st +3% 17th 1% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 23rd +2% 18th 2% below peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 26th +2% 19th 2% below peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 9th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 2nd +1% 21st 2% above peers
Carson, CA 92,871 1st +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Newton, MA 89,044 27th +1% 23rd 2% below peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 18th +0% 24th 1% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 17th -0% 25th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 22nd -1% 26th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 7th -2% 27th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 14th -3% 28th on par with peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 11th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 19th -4% 30th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 92,698 3rd -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±2,860 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
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Children fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.8% to 23.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 3.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.3% to 23.0%).
23.0%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 22.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Chino, CA 24.6% 9th +4.4pp 1st 8% above peers
Indio, CA 24.8% 8th +2.4pp 2nd 8% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 21st +1.1pp 3rd 11% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 2nd +1.3pp 4th 22% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 27th +0.6pp 5th 18% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Merced, CA 29.9% 1st +0.4pp 7th 31% above peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 23rd +0.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 6th +0.0pp 9th 15% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 22nd -0.1pp 10th 12% below peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 5th -0.2pp 11th 17% above peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 24th -0.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 12th -0.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 10th -0.6pp 14th 7% above peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 14th -0.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 30th -0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 7th -1.0pp 17th 11% above peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 28th -0.8pp 18th 18% below peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 19th -1.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 25th -1.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 26th -1.3pp 21st 18% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 22nd 20% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 11th -1.8pp 23rd 7% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 18th -1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Avondale, AZ 26.8% 4th -2.4pp 26th 17% above peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 15th -2.8pp 27th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 13th -3.1pp 28th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 29th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 17th -4.4pp 30th 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 16th -5.4pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.0% then, 30.4% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.0% to 30.4%).
30.4%
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
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 21st +4.4pp 1st 15% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 8th +6.6pp 2nd 28% above peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 15th +4.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 3rd +8.4pp 4th 84% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 5th +6.7pp 5th 55% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 6th +5.1pp 6th 52% above peers
Merced, CA 48.8% 4th +3.9pp 7th 60% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 26th +1.2pp 8th 35% below peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 9th 111% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 2nd +3.5pp 10th 104% above peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 11th +1.7pp 11th 22% above peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 17th +0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 18th +0.5pp 13th 6% below peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 7th +0.7pp 14th 32% above peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 13th +0.5pp 15th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 20th +0.3pp 16th 8% below peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 29th +0.0pp 17th 50% below peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 23rd -0.1pp 18th 24% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 22nd -0.2pp 19th 18% below peers
Avondale, AZ 34.9% 12th -0.6pp 20th 15% above peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 10th -1.2pp 21st 25% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 16th -1.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 9th -2.8pp 23rd 28% above peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 24th -2.7pp 24th 30% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 14th -4.7pp 25th 7% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 19th -5.4pp 26th 8% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 27th -4.1pp 27th 37% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 28th 66% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 25th -7.6pp 29th 33% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 28th -7.1pp 30th 39% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (73.0% then, 75.7% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.0% to 75.7%).
75.7%
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 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 21% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 17% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 13th +14.0pp 3rd 4% above peers
Merced, CA 64.6% 23rd +10.6pp 4th 10% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 7th +9.7pp 5th 8% above peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 8th +9.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 10th +8.0pp 7th 6% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 21st +6.7pp 8th 8% below peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 31st +5.8pp 9th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 30th +5.0pp 10th 15% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 6th +6.2pp 11th 8% above peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 5th +6.0pp 12th 9% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 22nd +4.9pp 13th 9% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 17th +5.1pp 14th 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 15th 12% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 18th +4.4pp 16th 3% below peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 26th +4.0pp 17th 11% below peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 25th +3.6pp 18th 10% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 12th +3.5pp 19th 5% above peers
Avondale, AZ 67.6% 19th +2.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 29th +2.4pp 21st 14% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 11th +2.7pp 22nd 6% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 14th +2.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 15th +1.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 20th +0.7pp 25th 6% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 26th 9% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 16th -1.6pp 27th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 27th -1.8pp 28th 12% below peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 9th -5.0pp 29th 6% above peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 24th -5.4pp 30th 10% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 28th -9.1pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 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 ±8.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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