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

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Germantown, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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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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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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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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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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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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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  
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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 moves & big gaps 2 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 →
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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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,065
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,025 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Economy 6 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Germantown started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($86,472 to $117,546).
Bright spot $117,546
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%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 30th +48% 1st 44% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 18th +48% 2nd 16% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 21st +45% 3rd 22% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 19th +43% 4th 20% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 22nd +39% 5th 25% below peers
Leander, TX $139,048 4th +36% 6th 49% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 24th +35% 7th 35% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 2nd +34% 8th 52% above peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 12th +34% 9th 8% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 11th +32% 10th 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 11th 41% below peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 26th +30% 12th 36% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 6th +29% 13th 38% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 15th +28% 14th 3% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 13th +28% 15th 5% above peers
Frederick, MD $97,069 14th +28% 16th 4% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 20th +27% 17th 21% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 18th 104% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 23rd +24% 19th 35% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 8th +24% 20th 26% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 25th +24% 21st 36% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 16th +24% 22nd on par with peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 3rd +22% 23rd 50% above peers
Erie, PA $46,113 31st +22% 24th 51% below peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 7th +22% 25th 28% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 10th +19% 26th 20% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 9th +19% 27th 23% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 28th 40% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 5th +15% 29th 46% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 29th +14% 30th 42% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 17th +14% 31st 11% 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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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 · 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 ±$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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.4% to 8.8%).
Bright spot 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 9.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Franklin, TN 4.7% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 58% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 18th -4.4pp 2nd 14% above peers
Trenton, NJ 21.6% 28th -7.1pp 3rd 93% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.4% 20th -4.2pp 4th 19% above peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 21st -3.5pp 5th 22% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.8% 1st -1.0pp 6th 67% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 10th -1.9pp 7th 29% below peers
Lawrence, MA 17.6% 23rd -3.8pp 8th 57% above peers
Frederick, MD 9.2% 13th -1.9pp 9th 18% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.8% 9th -1.5pp 10th 30% below peers
Mission, TX 19.4% 26th -3.1pp 11th 73% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.3% 25th -2.8pp 12th 63% above peers
Compton, CA 17.9% 24th -2.6pp 13th 60% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 15th -1.2pp 14th 17% below peers
Erie, PA 23.3% 30th -2.9pp 15th 108% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 15.1% 22nd -1.1pp 16th 34% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.9% 19th -0.6pp 17th 15% above peers
Folsom, CA 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 18th 52% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 8th -0.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Carson, CA 8.7% 11th -0.0pp 20th 23% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.1% 29th +0.3pp 21st 106% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.7% 17th +0.2pp 22nd 5% above peers
Champaign, IL 25.9% 31st +0.9pp 23rd 131% above peers
Newton, MA 4.5% 2nd +0.2pp 24th 60% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 6th +0.3pp 25th 50% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.5% 5th +0.3pp 26th 51% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.2% 16th +1.3pp 27th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 21.1% 27th +2.6pp 28th 89% above peers
Bloomington, MN 9.2% 14th +1.8pp 29th 18% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 12th +2.2pp 30th 21% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 7th +1.7pp 31st 48% 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 →
What changed

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). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 37% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 14.2%).
Needs attention 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%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 75% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 7th -7.8pp 2nd 48% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 17th -9.6pp 3rd 3% above peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 11th -4.7pp 4th 42% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 5th 87% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 8th -3.7pp 6th 48% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 21st -8.7pp 7th 28% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 8th 85% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 4th -1.9pp 9th 71% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 19th -6.5pp 10th 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 24th -7.5pp 11th 59% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 26th -7.2pp 12th 74% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 3rd -1.0pp 13th 74% below peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 13th -2.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 12th -1.8pp 15th 40% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 6th -0.6pp 16th 60% below peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 25th -2.7pp 17th 70% above peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 30th -3.3pp 18th 108% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 27th -2.6pp 19th 82% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 23rd -1.9pp 20th 36% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 31st -3.1pp 21st 145% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 18th -1.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
Frederick, MD 12.5% 14th -0.7pp 23rd 12% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 5th -0.3pp 24th 61% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 22nd -1.0pp 25th 33% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 20th -0.4pp 26th 18% above peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 27th 102% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 15th +3.2pp 28th 8% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 10th +2.4pp 29th 46% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 16th +5.2pp 30th on par with peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 9th +3.4pp 31st 47% 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
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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 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).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Germantown started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 4.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.9% to 96.6%).
Bright spot 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
Springdale, AR 91.2% 21st +18.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 28th +14.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 4th 8% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 23rd +12.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 12th +12.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 7th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 25th +10.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 17th +9.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 27th +8.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 19th +8.4pp 11th 1% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 18th +7.2pp 12th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 22nd +7.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 24th +6.5pp 14th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 10th +6.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 15th +5.1pp 16th on par with peers
Frederick, MD 92.7% 16th +4.7pp 17th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 20th +4.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 26th +4.2pp 19th 6% below peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 14th +3.8pp 20th 1% above peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 7th +3.9pp 21st 4% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 5th +3.9pp 22nd 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 13th +3.7pp 23rd 1% above peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 2nd +3.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 11th +3.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 4th +3.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 27th 6% above peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 6th +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 9th +1.6pp 30th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 8th +1.1pp 31st 3% 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 →
  • 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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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, 0.40 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.40).
Bright spot 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
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 1st -0.022 1st 17% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 12th -0.024 2nd 1% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 25th -0.021 3rd 10% above peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 2nd -0.014 4th 12% below peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 15th -0.013 5th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 3rd -0.009 6th 8% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 20th -0.010 7th 4% above peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 18th -0.009 8th 4% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 9th 25% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 16th -0.001 10th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 24th +0.000 11th 10% above peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 23rd +0.002 12th 8% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 21st +0.003 13th 6% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 4th +0.003 14th 6% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 6th +0.004 15th 5% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 16th 20% above peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 14th +0.009 17th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 13th +0.011 18th 1% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 26th +0.012 19th 12% above peers
Frederick, MD 0.41 5th +0.011 20th 6% below peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 19th +0.012 21st 4% above peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 22nd 29% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 8th +0.018 23rd 3% below peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 17th +0.027 24th 4% above peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 22nd +0.029 25th 8% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 9th +0.027 26th 3% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 27th +0.031 27th 13% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 28th 19% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 11th +0.028 29th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 0.43 10th +0.031 30th 2% below peers
Leander, TX 0.41 7th +0.041 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

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).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.7% to 8.9%).
8.9%
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
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 89% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.2% 4th -2.8pp 2nd 70% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 10th -5.2pp 3rd 45% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 77% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 18th -4.4pp 5th 6% above peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 12th -2.6pp 6th 34% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 23rd -3.6pp 7th 21% above peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 3rd -0.8pp 8th 74% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 13th -0.8pp 9th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 17th -1.0pp 10th 2% above peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 5th -0.3pp 11th 69% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 26th -1.2pp 12th 85% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 29th -0.1pp 13th 139% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 22nd +0.1pp 14th 20% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 24th +0.4pp 15th 33% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 30th +1.0pp 16th 177% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 15th +0.3pp 17th 12% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 7th +0.2pp 18th 60% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 9th +0.2pp 19th 46% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 14th +0.4pp 20th 18% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 25th +1.0pp 21st 72% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 22nd 302% above peers
Frederick, MD 11.6% 19th +1.0pp 23rd 6% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 20th +1.2pp 24th 14% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 16th +1.4pp 25th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 27th +3.6pp 26th 86% above peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 28th +5.7pp 27th 129% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 6th +1.7pp 28th 61% below peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 21st +5.1pp 29th 16% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 11th +3.2pp 30th 45% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 8th +3.2pp 31st 55% 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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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 →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • 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 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

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $416,884 in August 2026, down from $426,352 a year earlier.
$416,884
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $428,308 (Aug 26) +0.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Lawton, OK $146,805 (Aug 26) 30th +6.5% 1st 71% below peers
Erie, PA $208,111 (Aug 26) 28th +5.2% 2nd 59% below peers
Danbury, CT $492,946 (Aug 26) 16th +4.4% 3rd 3% below peers
Champaign, IL $238,960 (Aug 26) 26th +4.2% 4th 53% below peers
Springdale, AR $341,760 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.9% 5th 33% below peers
Clifton, NJ $612,937 (Aug 26) 12th +3.9% 6th 20% above peers
Nashua, NH $509,265 (Aug 26) 15th +3.4% 7th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR $195,029 (Aug 26) 29th +3.1% 8th 62% below peers
Compton, CA $638,376 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 9th 25% above peers
Franklin, TN $925,870 (Aug 26) 4th +2.6% 10th 82% above peers
Lawrence, MA $513,746 (Aug 26) 14th +2.4% 11th 1% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,206,543 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 12th 137% above peers
Newton, MA $1,509,055 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 13th 196% above peers
Sandy, UT $659,401 (Aug 26) 8th +2.2% 14th 29% above peers
South Gate, CA $692,930 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 15th 36% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,667,060 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 16th 227% above peers
Bloomington, MN $362,340 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 17th 29% below peers
Roswell, GA $653,146 (Aug 26) 9th +1.3% 18th 28% above peers
Carson, CA $785,721 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 19th 54% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $581,279 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 20th 14% above peers
Bryan, TX $273,941 (Aug 26) 24th +0.4% 21st 46% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $627,355 (Aug 26) 11th +0.1% 22nd 23% above peers
Ogden, UT $395,517 (Aug 26) 20th -0.3% 23rd 22% below peers
Folsom, CA $753,276 (Aug 26) 6th -0.5% 24th 48% above peers
Mission, TX $219,583 (Aug 26) 27th -0.9% 25th 57% below peers
Frederick, MD $459,795 (Aug 26) 17th -0.9% 26th 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ $348,502 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.7% 27th 32% below peers
Germantown, MD $416,884 (Aug 26) 19th -2.2% 28th 18% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,563 (Aug 26) 25th -3.0% 29th 46% below peers
Leander, TX $421,703 (Aug 26) 18th -6.2% 30th 17% 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 Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes fell about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $306,252 in August 2026, down from $316,254 a year earlier.
$306,252
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $261,541 (Aug 26) -0.2%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Lawton, OK $83,114 (Aug 26) 30th +9.2% 1st 78% below peers
Erie, PA $127,852 (Aug 26) 27th +6.7% 2nd 66% below peers
Champaign, IL $156,753 (Aug 26) 25th +6.6% 3rd 58% below peers
Springdale, AR $263,148 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.4% 4th 30% below peers
Clifton, NJ $524,292 (Aug 26) 9th +5.2% 5th 40% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $112,868 (Aug 26) 29th +5.0% 6th 70% below peers
Danbury, CT $338,397 (Aug 26) 17th +4.2% 7th 9% below peers
Compton, CA $566,727 (Aug 26) 8th +3.9% 8th 52% above peers
Newton, MA $961,541 (Aug 26) 1st +3.6% 9th 157% above peers
Nashua, NH $385,451 (Aug 26) 14th +3.4% 10th 3% above peers
Lawrence, MA $373,423 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 11th on par with peers
Franklin, TN $606,342 (Aug 26) 6th +2.9% 12th 62% above peers
South Gate, CA $628,812 (Aug 26) 5th +2.5% 13th 68% above peers
Sandy, UT $502,473 (Aug 26) 10th +1.9% 14th 35% above peers
Mission, TX $145,560 (Aug 26) 26th +1.8% 15th 61% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $402,732 (Aug 26) 13th +1.3% 16th 8% above peers
Bloomington, MN $267,412 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 17th 28% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $864,518 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.2% 18th 132% above peers
Roswell, GA $466,689 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 19th 25% above peers
Bryan, TX $187,345 (Aug 26) 24th +1.1% 20th 50% below peers
Carson, CA $656,050 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 21st 76% above peers
Ogden, UT $316,340 (Aug 26) 19th +0.1% 22nd 15% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $938,358 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.4% 23rd 151% above peers
Frederick, MD $347,350 (Aug 26) 16th -0.6% 24th 7% below peers
Folsom, CA $597,409 (Aug 26) 7th -0.7% 25th 60% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $476,013 (Aug 26) 11th -0.8% 26th 27% above peers
Germantown, MD $306,252 (Aug 26) 20th -3.2% 27th 18% below peers
Trenton, NJ $209,336 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.3% 28th 44% below peers
Leander, TX $324,516 (Aug 26) 18th -5.1% 29th 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $122,749 (Aug 26) 28th -7.9% 30th 67% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (67.5% to 67.2%).
Bright spot 67.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Springdale, AR 53.4% 23rd +4.0pp 1st 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 13th +4.4pp 2nd 4% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 10th +4.1pp 3rd 10% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 21st +3.3pp 4th 12% below peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 16th +3.5pp 5th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 26th +2.5pp 6th 26% below peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 7th +3.7pp 7th 17% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 24th +2.7pp 8th 13% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 9th 38% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 6th +3.6pp 10th 17% above peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 25th +2.5pp 11th 17% below peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 19th +2.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 13th 47% above peers
Frederick, MD 58.8% 18th +2.1pp 14th 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 28th +1.2pp 15th 29% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 12th +1.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 17th +1.6pp 17th 3% below peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 20th +1.0pp 18th 9% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 15th +0.9pp 19th 4% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 4th +0.9pp 20th 21% above peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 9th +0.2pp 21st 14% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 2nd -0.0pp 22nd 26% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 27th -0.1pp 23rd 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 11th -1.5pp 24th 7% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 8th -2.0pp 25th 14% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 26th 54% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 14th -2.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 3rd -3.4pp 28th 23% above peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 5th -4.8pp 29th 20% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 22nd -4.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 54% 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 recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,065 in August 2026, up from $2,025 a year earlier.
Big move $2,065
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%
Mission Viejo, CA $3,144 (Aug 26) 3rd +8.3% 1st 52% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,506 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.7% 2nd 27% below peers
Clifton, NJ $2,672 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 3rd 29% above peers
Folsom, CA $2,627 (Aug 26) 6th +4.1% 4th 27% above peers
Lawton, OK $1,118 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 5th 46% below peers
Nashua, NH $2,301 (Aug 26) 10th +3.5% 6th 11% above peers
South Gate, CA $2,228 (Aug 26) 11th +3.4% 7th 7% above peers
Bloomington, MN $1,693 (Aug 26) 21st +3.1% 8th 18% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,054 (Aug 26) 30th +3.0% 9th 49% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,380 (Aug 26) 9th +2.6% 10th 15% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,006 (Aug 26) 17th +2.6% 11th 3% below peers
Newton, MA $3,408 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 12th 64% above peers
Germantown, MD $2,065 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 13th on par with peers
Danbury, CT $2,546 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 14th 23% above peers
Frederick, MD $2,182 (Aug 26) 14th +1.9% 15th 5% above peers
Leander, TX $1,899 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 16th 8% below peers
Springdale, AR $1,426 (Aug 26) 24th +1.5% 17th 31% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,074 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 18th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,438 (Aug 26) 1st +1.4% 19th 66% above peers
Ogden, UT $1,305 (Aug 26) 27th +1.4% 20th 37% below peers
Erie, PA $1,103 (Aug 26) 29th +1.3% 21st 47% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,426 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 22nd 17% above peers
Roswell, GA $1,724 (Aug 26) 20th +1.2% 23rd 17% below peers
Carson, CA $2,989 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 24th 44% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 13th +1.0% 25th 6% above peers
Compton, CA $2,209 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 26th 7% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,925 (Aug 26) 18th +0.4% 27th 7% below peers
Bryan, TX $1,406 (Aug 26) 25th -0.9% 28th 32% below peers
Mission, TX $1,351 (Aug 26) 26th -0.9% 29th 35% below peers
Sandy, UT $1,691 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.3% 30th 18% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

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).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Germantown started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.4% to 29.9%).
Bright spot 29.9%
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
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 1st -3.9pp 1st 35% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 10th -4.0pp 2nd 12% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 27th -5.8pp 3rd 33% above peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 8th -3.5pp 4th 14% below peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 28th -4.2pp 5th 35% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 29th -4.4pp 6th 42% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 4th -1.7pp 7th 24% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 25th -2.0pp 8th 26% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 6th -0.8pp 9th 16% below peers
Frederick, MD 34.0% 17th -0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 18th -0.4pp 11th 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 5th -0.3pp 12th 21% below peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 16th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 3rd +0.2pp 14th 26% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 13th +0.4pp 15th 5% below peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 24th +0.8pp 16th 23% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 26th +1.0pp 17th 26% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 18th 60% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 14th +1.0pp 19th 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 22nd +1.2pp 20th 12% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 11th +1.0pp 21st 10% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 23rd +1.3pp 22nd 17% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 20th +1.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 2nd +1.1pp 24th 28% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 19th +1.7pp 25th 6% above peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 7th +1.6pp 26th 14% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 27th 42% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 21st +2.8pp 28th 11% above peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 12th +2.7pp 29th 8% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 15th +3.4pp 30th 1% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 9th +5.4pp 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 →
What changed

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). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.0% to 7.5%).
Needs attention 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
Sandy, UT 2.5% 4th -1.8pp 1st 63% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.9% 9th -1.9pp 2nd 42% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 77% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 7th -0.9pp 4th 48% below peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 5th 201% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 19th -1.0pp 6th 13% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 7th 295% above peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 8th -0.5pp 8th 48% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 10th -0.5pp 9th 34% below peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 29th -1.4pp 10th 154% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 17th -0.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 24th -0.6pp 12th 40% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 26th -0.5pp 13th 48% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 20th -0.3pp 14th 14% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 5th -0.0pp 15th 58% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 21st -0.0pp 16th 16% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 23rd +0.0pp 17th 32% above peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 3rd +0.0pp 18th 73% below peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 6th +0.0pp 19th 54% below peers
Frederick, MD 6.7% 15th +0.1pp 20th 1% below peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 14th +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 47% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 13th +0.3pp 23rd 5% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 22nd +0.5pp 24th 24% above peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 12th +0.3pp 25th 19% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 27th +0.9pp 26th 70% above peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 16th +0.9pp 27th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 28th +3.6pp 28th 147% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 11th +1.0pp 29th 32% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 18th +2.0pp 30th 11% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 77% 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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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 99% 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 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

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.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.4% to 6.3%).
Bright spot 6.3%
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
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 14th -3.7pp 1st 15% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.5% 18th -3.8pp 2nd 6% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 6th -1.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.0pp 4th 60% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 5th -1.5pp 5th 42% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 10.0% 20th -3.1pp 6th 25% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 4th -1.0pp 7th 55% below peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 8th -1.2pp 8th 31% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 17th -1.8pp 9th 2% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 10th 60% above peers
Erie, PA 5.8% 10th -0.8pp 11th 27% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.9% 27th -1.8pp 12th 113% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.8% 24th -1.3pp 13th 61% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.8% 26th -1.5pp 14th 86% above peers
Bryan, TX 17.0% 28th -1.6pp 15th 114% above peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 13th -0.5pp 16th 17% below peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 19th -0.5pp 17th 15% above peers
Mission, TX 26.5% 31st -1.3pp 18th 232% above peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 12th -0.3pp 19th 21% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 25th -0.1pp 20th 72% above peers
Trenton, NJ 17.6% 29th +0.1pp 21st 121% above peers
Folsom, CA 2.5% 2nd +0.0pp 22nd 68% below peers
Newton, MA 1.3% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 84% below peers
Frederick, MD 7.6% 15th +0.2pp 24th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.7% 22nd +0.5pp 25th 60% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 21st +0.8pp 26th 56% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.6% 9th +0.5pp 27th 30% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 11th +0.8pp 28th 27% below peers
Champaign, IL 5.4% 7th +0.8pp 29th 33% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.9% 30th +3.2pp 30th 163% above peers
Nashua, NH 8.0% 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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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · 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 →
  • 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 ±0.8pp 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
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Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

25.0%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 34% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 2nd 26% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 3rd 23% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 4th 20% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 5th 20% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 6th 17% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 7th 14% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 8th 13% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 9th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 10th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 11th 7% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 12th 7% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 13th 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 14th 3% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 15th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 16th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 17th 1% above peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 18th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 19th 5% above peers
Frederick, MD 33.9% 20th 9% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 21st 10% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 22nd 13% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 23rd 19% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 24th 20% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 25th 21% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 26th 23% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 27th 27% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 28th 31% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 29th 37% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 30th 43% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 44% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

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

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 2.5%).
Bright spot 2.5%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 4.4% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Folsom, CA 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 1st 82% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 3rd -2.0pp 2nd 64% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 13th -3.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 19th -5.2pp 4th 26% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 6th -2.0pp 5th 49% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 5th -1.7pp 6th 52% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 4th -1.4pp 7th 60% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 10th -1.9pp 8th 19% below peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 15th -2.1pp 9th 4% below peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 14th -1.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 8th -1.0pp 11th 46% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 12th -1.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 22nd -1.6pp 13th 58% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 18th -1.2pp 14th 25% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 9th -0.4pp 15th 41% below peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 27th -1.2pp 16th 132% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 24th -0.2pp 17th 108% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 29th -0.3pp 18th 204% above peers
Frederick, MD 4.3% 16th +0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 20th 162% above peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 7th +0.3pp 21st 47% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 11th +0.6pp 22nd 16% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 30th +2.4pp 23rd 214% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 31st +3.6pp 24th 345% above peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 23rd +1.9pp 25th 83% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 17th +1.2pp 26th 6% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 26th +4.0pp 27th 130% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 2nd +0.4pp 28th 80% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 20th +3.2pp 29th 52% above peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 25th +5.5pp 30th 128% above peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 21st +5.1pp 31st 56% 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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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 (50.0% then, 50.4% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.8% to 50.4%).
Bright spot 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% 28th +6.0pp 1st 59% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 2nd 61% below peers
Leander, TX 53.3% 6th +12.1pp 3rd 29% above peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 23rd +5.1pp 4th 37% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 5th 74% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 6th 73% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 24th +3.9pp 7th 41% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 14th +6.8pp 8th 9% above peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 10th +6.8pp 9th 21% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 11th +6.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 16th +5.1pp 11th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 12th 60% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 20th +3.5pp 13th 29% below peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 19th +3.5pp 14th 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 12th +4.2pp 15th 12% above peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 13th +4.2pp 16th 12% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 25th +2.0pp 17th 42% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 17th +2.9pp 18th 14% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 22nd +2.1pp 19th 30% below peers
Frederick, MD 43.2% 15th +3.0pp 20th 5% above peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 5th +3.7pp 21st 33% above peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 18th +2.2pp 22nd 18% below peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 26th +1.5pp 23rd 44% below peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 7th +3.2pp 24th 28% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 8th +3.0pp 25th 26% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 27th +1.3pp 26th 45% below peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 4th +3.0pp 27th 56% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 28th 72% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 21st +1.1pp 29th 29% below peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 30th 97% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 9th +0.3pp 31st 22% 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.
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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

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

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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% 8th +23.0pp 1st 34% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 5th +17.0pp 2nd 47% above peers
Leander, TX 64.4% 6th +14.7pp 3rd 45% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 26th +6.9pp 4th 17% below peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 16th +7.1pp 5th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 11th +4.6pp 6th 21% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 7th +4.5pp 7th 38% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 4th +2.3pp 8th 50% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 18th +1.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 21st +0.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 9th +1.0pp 11th 31% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 14th -0.2pp 12th 15% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 15th -1.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 20th -1.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 3rd -4.4pp 15th 51% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 16th 62% above peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 12th -4.6pp 17th 15% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 30th -5.2pp 18th 34% below peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 19th -8.1pp 19th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 25th -7.4pp 20th 16% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 2nd -13.5pp 21st 51% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 10th -13.3pp 22nd 27% above peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 13th -14.7pp 23rd 15% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 23rd -11.7pp 24th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 29th -13.1pp 25th 28% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 31st -15.0pp 26th 35% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 22nd -20.5pp 27th 12% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.8% 24th -21.1pp 28th 15% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 17th -25.8pp 29th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 27th -29.0pp 30th 19% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 28th -31.7pp 31st 28% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 4.4%).
Bright spot 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
Folsom, CA 1.1% 2nd -3.0pp 1st 84% below peers
Leander, TX 4.2% 7th -7.0pp 2nd 37% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 4th -2.2pp 3rd 78% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 3rd -1.5pp 4th 83% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 6th -3.1pp 5th 57% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 6th 90% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 5th -1.9pp 7th 60% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 25th -4.0pp 8th 70% above peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 20th -1.0pp 9th 31% above peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 12th -0.4pp 10th 20% below peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 28th -0.3pp 11th 96% above peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 18th +0.4pp 12th 8% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 22nd +1.0pp 13th 39% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 14th 103% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 15th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 23rd +1.6pp 16th 45% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 24th +2.1pp 17th 49% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 18th 103% above peers
Frederick, MD 6.9% 17th +1.6pp 19th 2% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 19th +2.0pp 20th 20% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 10th +1.4pp 21st 25% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 9th +1.4pp 22nd 28% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 21st +2.9pp 23rd 36% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 16th +2.1pp 24th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 11th +2.1pp 25th 24% below peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 8th +2.0pp 26th 35% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 27th 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 26th +5.7pp 28th 81% above peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 15th +3.7pp 29th 5% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 27th +7.5pp 30th 89% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 132% 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 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 (90,582 then, 90,719 now; margin ±3,492).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (88,717 to 90,719).
90,719
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
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 31st +67% 1st 20% below peers
Leander, TX 74,067 30th +38% 2nd 17% below peers
Frederick, MD 83,395 29th +18% 3rd 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 26th +12% 4th 3% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 19th +11% 5th 1% below peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 21st +11% 6th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 22nd +10% 7th 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 13th +8% 8th 1% above peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 28th +7% 9th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 18th +6% 10th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 16th +5% 11th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 23rd +5% 12th 2% below peers
Mission, TX 87,038 27th +4% 13th 3% below peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 20th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 25th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 9th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 14th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 15th +2% 18th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 6th +2% 19th 3% above peers
Carson, CA 92,871 3rd +1% 20th 4% above peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 24th +1% 21st 2% below peers
Newton, MA 89,044 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 11th +0% 23rd 1% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 10th -0% 24th 2% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 1st -2% 25th 5% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 5th -2% 26th 4% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 8th -3% 27th 2% above peers
Erie, PA 93,850 2nd -4% 28th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 7th -4% 29th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 12th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Compton, CA 92,698 4th -4% 31st 4% 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
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

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).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 3.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.3% to 23.0%).
Big move 23.0%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 22.2% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 22nd +1.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 4th +1.3pp 2nd 23% above peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 7th +1.2pp 3rd 17% above peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 24th +0.1pp 4th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 8th +0.0pp 5th 16% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 23rd -0.1pp 6th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 25th -0.2pp 7th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 10th -0.4pp 8th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 28th -0.3pp 9th 21% below peers
Frederick, MD 21.9% 18th -0.4pp 10th 3% below peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 9th -0.6pp 11th 8% above peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 26th -0.5pp 12th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 13th -0.7pp 13th 2% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 14th 31% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 30th -0.6pp 15th 30% below peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 27th -0.8pp 16th 18% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 11th -1.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 21st -1.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 12th -1.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 15th -1.5pp 20th on par with peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 5th -1.9pp 21st 21% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 19th -1.6pp 22nd 6% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 1st -2.3pp 23rd 35% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 20th -1.6pp 24th 6% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 14th -2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 3rd -4.3pp 27th 26% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 16th -3.6pp 28th on par with peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 6th -4.7pp 29th 19% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 30th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 17th -4.4pp 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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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 (32.0% then, 30.4% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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
Sandy, UT 20.5% 22nd +5.2pp 1st 33% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 29th +1.9pp 2nd 63% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 20th +4.4pp 3rd 15% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.0% 11th +6.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 4th +6.7pp 5th 55% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 6th 105% above peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 7th 111% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 3rd +3.5pp 8th 104% above peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 10th +1.7pp 9th 22% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 15th +0.9pp 10th 5% above peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 17th +0.8pp 11th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 5th +0.7pp 12th 32% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 13th +0.5pp 13th 8% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 19th +0.3pp 14th 8% below peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 12th +0.1pp 15th 11% above peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 21st -0.2pp 16th 18% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 8th -1.2pp 17th 25% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 16th -1.5pp 18th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 7th -2.8pp 19th 28% above peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 27th -1.3pp 20th 57% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 9th -4.0pp 21st 22% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 14th -4.7pp 22nd 7% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 26th -2.2pp 23rd 52% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 6th -7.2pp 24th 29% above peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 24th -4.1pp 25th 37% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 18th -6.8pp 26th 3% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 28th -2.9pp 27th 60% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 28th 66% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 23rd -7.6pp 29th 33% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 25th -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
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 (73.0% then, 75.7% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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 24% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 19% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 11th +14.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 7th +13.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 25th +10.8pp 5th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 17th +10.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 6th +9.3pp 7th 9% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 31st +5.9pp 8th 21% below peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 9th +8.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 30th +5.0pp 10th 13% below peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 5th +6.0pp 11th 12% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 26th +4.9pp 12th 8% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 13th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 14th 15% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 18th +4.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 16th +4.0pp 16th on par with peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 28th +3.4pp 17th 10% below peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 24th +2.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 23rd +2.5pp 19th 6% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 10th +2.7pp 20th 8% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 13th +1.8pp 21st 5% above peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 27th +1.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 21st +0.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 24th 12% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 14th -1.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 19th -3.4pp 26th 2% below peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 12th -4.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 8th -5.0pp 28th 8% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 22nd -4.5pp 29th 6% below peers
Frederick, MD 67.8% 20th -7.8pp 30th 3% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 29th -9.1pp 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: 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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