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72,590 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Glen Burnie, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$88,280
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$70,769 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.8%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
85.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
64.1%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
61.2% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
0.39 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
10.6%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.3%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Glen Burnie, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.3%
2020-24
▼ 39%
relative change
54.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.4%
2019-23
▲ 11%
relative change
12.1% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
27.4%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
25.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.9%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
35.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading 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 →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$318,601
Aug 2026
flat
relative change
$317,077 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Population
72,590
2020-24
low
vs peers
69,872 in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $70,769 to $88,280 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,729).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Glen Burnie started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 41% from 2014 to 2024 ($62,447 to $88,280).
Bright spot $88,280
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%
Camden, NJ $40,546 30th +50% 1st 42% below peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 6th +45% 2nd 60% above peers
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 3rd 206% above peers
Redlands, CA $105,041 8th +40% 4th 50% above peers
Turlock, CA $82,995 12th +39% 5th 18% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $73,110 14th +38% 6th 4% above peers
Passaic, NJ $55,371 26th +35% 7th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 24th +35% 8th 20% below peers
Harlingen, TX $53,645 28th +35% 9th 23% below peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 15th +34% 10th 3% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $70,080 16th +33% 11th on par with peers
Conway, AR $63,004 18th +33% 12th 10% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $78,779 13th +32% 13th 12% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ $83,683 11th +30% 14th 19% above peers
Wilmington, DE $58,671 22nd +30% 15th 16% below peers
Framingham, MA $107,419 7th +30% 16th 53% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $57,697 23rd +28% 17th 18% below peers
East Orange, NJ $60,830 21st +27% 18th 13% below peers
Tamarac, FL $61,718 19th +26% 19th 12% below peers
St. Charles, MO $85,937 10th +25% 20th 23% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $112,467 4th +25% 21st 60% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI $52,272 29th +25% 22nd 25% below peers
St. Cloud, MN $61,374 20th +25% 23rd 12% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $88,280 9th +25% 24th 26% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $67,395 17th +21% 25th 4% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $132,731 3rd +21% 26th 89% above peers
Dothan, AL $55,792 25th +19% 27th 20% below peers
Centreville, VA $139,510 2nd +18% 28th 99% above peers
Dale City, VA $111,994 5th +18% 29th 60% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR $27,054 31st +17% 30th 61% below peers
Lafayette, IN $53,716 27th +16% 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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 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 ±$5,247 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 (8.2% then, 9.3% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 9.3%).
Bright spot 9.3%
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%
Turlock, CA 11.3% 12th -4.3pp 1st 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO 8.7% 7th -2.9pp 2nd 34% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 11.8% 14th -3.8pp 3rd 9% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.6% 3rd -2.1pp 4th 50% below peers
Dale City, VA 7.0% 4th -1.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.9% 27th -5.8pp 6th 76% above peers
Redlands, CA 9.1% 9th -2.1pp 7th 30% below peers
Wilmington, DE 21.4% 26th -4.7pp 8th 64% above peers
Camden, NJ 30.2% 30th -6.2pp 9th 131% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.5% 13th -1.9pp 10th 12% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 14.3% 17th -2.3pp 11th 10% above peers
Harlingen, TX 25.1% 29th -4.0pp 12th 93% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 24.9% 28th -3.5pp 13th 91% above peers
Tulare, CA 17.9% 22nd -2.3pp 14th 38% above peers
Conway, AR 16.9% 20th -2.1pp 15th 29% above peers
St. Charles, MO 7.3% 6th -0.9pp 16th 44% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.2% 24th -2.3pp 17th 55% above peers
East Orange, NJ 16.4% 19th -1.6pp 18th 26% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 8.8% 8th -0.7pp 19th 33% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.7% 15th -0.4pp 20th 3% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 39.8% 31st +0.0pp 21st 205% above peers
Dothan, AL 19.3% 23rd +0.5pp 22nd 48% above peers
Ocala, FL 21.1% 25th +0.8pp 23rd 62% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 14.8% 18th +0.8pp 24th 13% above peers
Lafayette, IN 17.8% 21st +1.1pp 25th 37% above peers
Tamarac, FL 13.0% 16th +1.4pp 26th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 4.5% 2nd +0.5pp 27th 65% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 9.3% 10th +1.1pp 28th 28% below peers
Framingham, MA 10.4% 11th +2.0pp 29th 20% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.0% 1st +1.0pp 30th 69% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 5th +2.1pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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13 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.6% then, 10.6% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.1% to 10.6%).
Bright spot 10.6%
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%
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 3rd -4.8pp 1st 61% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.8% 9th -7.9pp 2nd 29% below peers
Turlock, CA 12.0% 12th -7.9pp 3rd 21% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.6% 5th -5.4pp 4th 43% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.6% 19th -9.8pp 5th 35% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 22.2% 21st -8.2pp 6th 46% above peers
St. Charles, MO 8.5% 4th -2.3pp 7th 44% below peers
Redlands, CA 10.6% 7th -2.8pp 8th 30% below peers
Passaic, NJ 32.1% 27th -7.4pp 9th 111% above peers
Camden, NJ 38.9% 29th -8.5pp 10th 156% above peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 14th -3.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.5% 10th -1.9pp 12th 24% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 12.0% 11th -1.4pp 13th 21% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 15.1% 15th -1.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 16.9% 17th -1.5pp 15th 11% above peers
Harlingen, TX 39.9% 30th -3.3pp 16th 162% above peers
Wilmington, DE 37.2% 28th -2.7pp 17th 145% above peers
East Orange, NJ 23.2% 22nd -1.4pp 18th 52% above peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 23rd -1.1pp 19th 61% above peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 13th -0.4pp 20th 8% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.5% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 71% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 26th +1.4pp 22nd 105% above peers
Lafayette, IN 25.8% 24th +1.4pp 23rd 70% above peers
Dothan, AL 31.1% 25th +1.8pp 24th 105% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 1st +0.3pp 25th 72% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.0% 20th +1.9pp 26th 38% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 10.6% 8th +1.0pp 27th 30% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 64.2% 31st +7.7pp 28th 322% above peers
Tamarac, FL 16.9% 18th +2.8pp 29th 11% above peers
Centreville, VA 9.4% 6th +2.5pp 30th 38% below peers
Framingham, MA 15.2% 16th +4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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13 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±2.0pp 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 →
What changed

Broadband rose 8.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.2% to 93.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.0pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Glen Burnie started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 13.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (79.9% to 93.8%).
Bright spot 93.8%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 92.5% +5.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Camden, NJ 86.5% 28th +22.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Passaic, NJ 93.8% 11th +20.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 85.8% 29th +15.7pp 3rd 7% below peers
Harlingen, TX 84.8% 30th +15.5pp 4th 8% below peers
Wilmington, DE 87.2% 27th +14.0pp 5th 6% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 83.8% 31st +13.2pp 6th 9% below peers
Ocala, FL 91.3% 21st +14.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 18th +11.6pp 8th on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 91.4% 20th +11.0pp 9th 1% below peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 13th +9.9pp 10th 1% above peers
East Orange, NJ 89.1% 23rd +9.0pp 11th 4% below peers
Turlock, CA 93.1% 14th +9.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Dothan, AL 87.5% 25th +8.6pp 13th 5% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 93.8% 10th +8.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Redlands, CA 93.7% 12th +8.1pp 15th 1% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 92.1% 17th +7.9pp 16th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 19th +7.6pp 17th 1% below peers
St. Charles, MO 94.6% 8th +7.7pp 18th 2% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 92.4% 16th +6.9pp 19th on par with peers
Gaithersburg, MD 96.5% 5th +7.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 94.2% 9th +6.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Framingham, MA 95.7% 6th +5.8pp 22nd 4% above peers
Tamarac, FL 87.9% 24th +5.1pp 23rd 5% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 92.6% 15th +5.2pp 24th on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 94.8% 7th +4.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 91.1% 22nd +4.3pp 26th 1% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 87.3% 26th +3.7pp 27th 5% below peers
Dale City, VA 97.2% 4th +2.9pp 28th 5% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 97.5% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 6% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 2nd +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Centreville, VA 98.3% 1st +2.3pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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13 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.39 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.41).
Bright spot 0.41
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 0.46 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Ocala, FL 0.48 24th -0.055 1st 8% above peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 1st -0.023 2nd 18% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 0.44 16th -0.028 3rd on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 0.51 31st -0.032 4th 16% above peers
Conway, AR 0.48 25th -0.027 5th 8% above peers
Turlock, CA 0.44 12th -0.021 6th 1% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 0.44 17th -0.021 7th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 0.46 20th -0.021 8th 5% above peers
Passaic, NJ 0.48 23rd -0.022 9th 8% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 0.44 18th -0.019 10th 1% above peers
Redlands, CA 0.46 19th -0.019 11th 4% above peers
Lafayette, IN 0.41 5th -0.015 12th 7% below peers
Camden, NJ 0.48 27th -0.015 13th 10% above peers
Dothan, AL 0.49 29th -0.010 14th 12% above peers
Tamarac, FL 0.44 13th -0.007 15th on par with peers
Gaithersburg, MD 0.44 15th -0.005 16th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 0.43 11th -0.002 17th 2% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 0.48 26th -0.003 18th 10% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 0.50 30th -0.000 19th 13% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 0.42 8th +0.001 20th 5% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 0.42 7th +0.006 21st 5% below peers
Dale City, VA 0.38 2nd +0.006 22nd 13% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 0.49 28th +0.010 23rd 12% above peers
St. Charles, MO 0.44 14th +0.009 24th on par with peers
East Orange, NJ 0.46 22nd +0.010 25th 5% above peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 10th +0.010 26th 3% below peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 4th +0.010 27th 11% below peers
Framingham, MA 0.46 21st +0.015 28th 5% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 0.41 6th +0.019 29th 7% below peers
Centreville, VA 0.39 3rd +0.023 30th 11% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 0.42 9th +0.037 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (12.1% then, 13.4% now; margin ±2.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.4% to 13.4%).
Needs attention 13.4%
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
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.5% 5th -3.1pp 1st 55% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.0% 4th -2.0pp 2nd 67% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.3% 2nd -1.6pp 3rd 73% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.0% 13th -3.9pp 4th 10% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 12th -3.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Redlands, CA 7.1% 6th -1.7pp 6th 42% below peers
Harlingen, TX 20.5% 25th -4.1pp 7th 67% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.3% 16th -1.7pp 8th on par with peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 8th -1.2pp 9th 29% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.5% 10th -1.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 23rd -1.8pp 11th 48% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 10.7% 11th -1.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 16.8% 21st -1.2pp 13th 37% above peers
East Orange, NJ 20.7% 26th -1.5pp 14th 69% above peers
Passaic, NJ 38.2% 29th -1.2pp 15th 211% above peers
Wilmington, DE 22.8% 27th -0.7pp 16th 85% above peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 9th +0.2pp 17th 16% below peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 28th +0.7pp 18th 87% above peers
Dothan, AL 16.8% 22nd +0.8pp 19th 37% above peers
Tamarac, FL 12.2% 15th +0.7pp 20th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 15.3% 20th +1.0pp 21st 24% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.4% 30th +3.4pp 22nd 254% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 13.4% 18th +1.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.7% 1st +0.4pp 24th 78% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 19.8% 24th +2.8pp 25th 61% above peers
Dale City, VA 8.3% 7th +1.3pp 26th 32% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.3% 14th +2.1pp 27th 8% below peers
Turlock, CA 14.7% 19th +3.0pp 28th 20% above peers
Framingham, MA 12.8% 17th +2.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 46.0% 31st +10.9pp 30th 275% above peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 3rd +1.9pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $395,060 in August 2026, up from $393,762 a year earlier.
$395,060
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 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%
Mount Vernon, NY $601,432 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 1st 52% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI $243,052 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.1% 2nd 39% below peers
Jacksonville, NC $263,173 (Aug 26) 21st +3.5% 3rd 33% below peers
Lafayette, IN $269,022 (Aug 26) 19th +2.8% 4th 32% below peers
Conway, AR $250,644 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.4% 5th 37% below peers
Passaic, NJ $555,875 (Aug 26) 6th +2.1% 6th 40% above peers
Dothan, AL $206,754 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 7th 48% below peers
Eau Claire, WI $318,287 (Aug 26) 17th +1.8% 8th 20% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $422,821 (Aug 26) 12th +1.8% 9th 7% above peers
Tulare, CA $356,755 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 10th 10% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $424,047 (Aug 26) 11th +1.5% 11th 7% above peers
Wilmington, DE $329,558 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 12th 17% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $395,714 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 13th on par with peers
Redlands, CA $635,663 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 61% above peers
Centreville, VA $618,763 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 15th 56% above peers
Framingham, MA $663,061 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 16th 68% above peers
Turlock, CA $481,653 (Aug 26) 9th +0.3% 17th 22% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $395,060 (Aug 26) 14th +0.3% 18th on par with peers
East Orange, NJ $482,835 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 19th 22% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $517,488 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 20th 31% above peers
Harlingen, TX $201,967 (Aug 26) 25th -1.6% 21st 49% below peers
Ocala, FL $265,333 (Aug 26) 20th -2.5% 22nd 33% below peers
Commerce City, CO $480,050 (Aug 26) 10th -3.3% 23rd 21% above peers
Tamarac, FL $292,430 (Aug 26) 18th -4.5% 24th 26% below peers
Camden, NJ $152,107 (Aug 26) 26th -4.5% 25th 62% below peers
Dublin, CA $1,230,548 (Aug 26) 1st -6.0% 26th 211% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $318,601 in August 2026, up from $317,077 a year earlier.
Big move $318,601
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 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%
Mount Vernon, NY $306,657 (Aug 26) 13th +13.9% 1st on par with peers
Kalamazoo, MI $146,490 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.9% 2nd 52% below peers
Jacksonville, NC $195,063 (Aug 26) 19th +4.4% 3rd 36% below peers
Passaic, NJ $369,182 (Aug 26) 8th +4.4% 4th 20% above peers
Conway, AR $186,700 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 5th 39% below peers
Lafayette, IN $196,694 (Aug 26) 18th +3.6% 6th 36% below peers
Dothan, AL $109,182 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 7th 64% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $324,346 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 8th 6% above peers
Tulare, CA $285,185 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 9th 7% below peers
Redlands, CA $506,003 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 10th 65% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $232,938 (Aug 26) 16th +1.8% 11th 24% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $297,672 (Aug 26) 14th +1.5% 12th 3% below peers
East Orange, NJ $374,002 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 13th 22% above peers
Turlock, CA $401,170 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 14th 31% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $310,653 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 15th 1% above peers
Camden, NJ $107,929 (Aug 26) 26th +1.0% 16th 65% below peers
Centreville, VA $481,479 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.6% 17th 57% above peers
Harlingen, TX $132,383 (Aug 26) 24th +0.6% 18th 57% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $318,601 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 19th 4% above peers
Wilmington, DE $201,653 (Aug 26) 17th +0.1% 20th 34% below peers
Framingham, MA $459,156 (Aug 26) 4th -0.2% 21st 50% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $346,190 (Aug 26) 9th -2.5% 22nd 13% above peers
Ocala, FL $194,289 (Aug 26) 20th -3.0% 23rd 37% below peers
Commerce City, CO $378,739 (Aug 26) 6th -3.9% 24th 24% above peers
Dublin, CA $834,299 (Aug 26) 1st -6.6% 25th 172% above peers
Tamarac, FL $147,016 (Aug 26) 22nd -9.7% 26th 52% 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 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.2% to 64.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.4% to 64.1%).
Bright spot 64.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
East Orange, NJ 31.0% 30th +5.4pp 1st 45% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 38.7% 28th +6.8pp 2nd 31% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 42.9% 26th +5.2pp 3rd 23% below peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 20th +6.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Wilmington, DE 48.0% 23rd +4.7pp 5th 14% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 63.5% 11th +5.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Passaic, NJ 23.8% 31st +1.5pp 7th 58% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 67.5% 7th +3.5pp 8th 20% above peers
Tamarac, FL 76.2% 4th +3.8pp 9th 36% above peers
St. Charles, MO 68.0% 6th +3.3pp 10th 21% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 64.1% 10th +2.9pp 11th 14% above peers
Centreville, VA 73.2% 5th +3.2pp 12th 31% above peers
Turlock, CA 56.0% 17th +2.4pp 13th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 3rd +3.2pp 14th 38% above peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 13th +1.8pp 15th 4% above peers
Dale City, VA 79.3% 2nd +2.4pp 16th 41% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 64.2% 9th +1.1pp 17th 14% above peers
Framingham, MA 54.8% 18th +0.9pp 18th 2% below peers
Harlingen, TX 56.1% 16th +0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 8th +0.2pp 20th 17% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 50.8% 21st -0.4pp 21st 9% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 48.6% 22nd -1.4pp 22nd 13% below peers
Dothan, AL 57.1% 14th -2.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lafayette, IN 46.7% 24th -1.9pp 24th 17% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 54.4% 19th -2.2pp 25th 3% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 42.3% 27th -1.9pp 26th 25% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 82.3% 1st -3.8pp 27th 47% above peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 25th -2.2pp 28th 19% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 59.5% 12th -3.6pp 29th 6% above peers
Redlands, CA 56.8% 15th -4.4pp 30th 1% above peers
Camden, NJ 34.4% 29th -4.9pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,666 in August 2026, up from $1,649 a year earlier.
$1,666
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Kalamazoo, MI $1,230 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 1st 33% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $2,251 (Aug 26) 7th +4.6% 2nd 23% above peers
Dublin, CA $3,299 (Aug 26) 1st +3.9% 3rd 81% above peers
Tulare, CA $1,826 (Aug 26) 13th +3.7% 4th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $1,417 (Aug 26) 19th +3.4% 5th 22% below peers
Wilmington, DE $1,786 (Aug 26) 15th +3.2% 6th 2% below peers
Conway, AR $1,359 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 7th 26% below peers
Redlands, CA $2,430 (Aug 26) 4th +2.9% 8th 33% above peers
Lafayette, IN $1,296 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.8% 9th 29% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $2,628 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.4% 10th 44% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $1,388 (Aug 26) 20th +2.2% 11th 24% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $1,759 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 12th 4% below peers
Dothan, AL $1,236 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.6% 13th 32% below peers
Commerce City, CO $2,433 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 14th 33% above peers
Harlingen, TX $1,158 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 15th 37% below peers
Turlock, CA $2,075 (Aug 26) 11th +1.1% 16th 14% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $1,666 (Aug 26) 17th +1.0% 17th 9% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD $2,167 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 18th 19% above peers
Camden, NJ $1,823 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 19th on par with peers
Passaic, NJ $2,093 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 20th 15% above peers
Tamarac, FL $2,198 (Aug 26) 8th +0.3% 21st 20% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $1,100 (Aug 26) 26th +0.1% 22nd 40% below peers
East Orange, NJ $2,000 (Aug 26) 12th +0.1% 23rd 10% above peers
Centreville, VA $2,407 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 24th 32% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,575 (Aug 26) 18th -0.4% 25th 14% below peers
Framingham, MA $2,354 (Aug 26) 6th -2.6% 26th 29% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.6% then, 33.9% now; margin ±3.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.2% to 33.9%).
Needs attention 33.9%
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
Harlingen, TX 28.5% 5th -5.3pp 1st 17% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 26.8% 3rd -2.9pp 2nd 22% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 11th -3.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 47.4% 27th -4.8pp 4th 39% above peers
Turlock, CA 37.9% 21st -3.8pp 5th 11% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 31.6% 10th -2.6pp 6th 8% below peers
St. Charles, MO 23.2% 2nd -1.5pp 7th 32% below peers
Wilmington, DE 38.8% 22nd -2.5pp 8th 13% above peers
Dale City, VA 30.4% 7th -1.8pp 9th 11% below peers
Camden, NJ 50.5% 29th -2.9pp 10th 48% above peers
Redlands, CA 35.4% 18th -1.8pp 11th 4% above peers
Passaic, NJ 54.9% 31st -2.8pp 12th 61% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.9% 14th -1.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Framingham, MA 35.4% 19th -0.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 24th -0.8pp 15th 20% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 36.7% 20th -0.6pp 16th 7% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 28.2% 4th -0.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 44.5% 26th +0.0pp 18th 30% above peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 16th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 34.0% 15th +0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 29.1% 6th +1.1pp 21st 15% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 12th +1.3pp 22nd 4% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 32.9% 13th +1.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 30.6% 8th +1.6pp 24th 10% below peers
East Orange, NJ 51.7% 30th +2.8pp 25th 51% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 40.0% 23rd +2.6pp 26th 17% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 20.9% 1st +1.6pp 27th 39% below peers
Dothan, AL 30.9% 9th +2.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 25th +3.8pp 29th 26% above peers
Tamarac, FL 48.8% 28th +4.4pp 30th 43% above peers
Lafayette, IN 35.4% 17th +3.7pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.8% then, 8.1% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 8.1%).
8.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Idaho Falls, ID 3.3% 4th -2.8pp 1st 59% below peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 7th -2.6pp 2nd 52% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.4% 1st -1.0pp 3rd 70% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 14.1% 26th -4.7pp 4th 75% above peers
Passaic, NJ 25.7% 28th -7.6pp 5th 219% above peers
Harlingen, TX 6.4% 12th -1.5pp 6th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 20th -2.0pp 7th 10% above peers
Framingham, MA 8.6% 19th -1.6pp 8th 7% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 6th -0.7pp 9th 55% below peers
Dale City, VA 2.7% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 66% below peers
Camden, NJ 30.8% 29th -3.6pp 11th 283% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 12.7% 25th -1.1pp 12th 58% above peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 11th -0.5pp 13th 29% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.1% 10th -0.3pp 14th 36% below peers
Redlands, CA 5.0% 9th -0.0pp 15th 38% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 9.4% 22nd +0.1pp 16th 17% above peers
Turlock, CA 6.7% 13th +0.1pp 17th 17% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.7% 8th +0.1pp 18th 41% below peers
Wilmington, DE 22.5% 27th +1.0pp 19th 179% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 6.7% 14th +0.3pp 20th 17% below peers
East Orange, NJ 33.0% 30th +2.4pp 21st 310% above peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 24th +0.9pp 22nd 37% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.7% 15th +0.6pp 23rd 16% below peers
Dothan, AL 8.0% 16th +0.9pp 24th on par with peers
Tamarac, FL 9.0% 21st +1.4pp 25th 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 8.1% 17th +1.3pp 26th 1% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.0% 31st +5.4pp 27th 310% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.4% 18th +1.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 10.4% 23rd +2.8pp 29th 29% above peers
Centreville, VA 3.4% 5th +1.3pp 30th 57% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.8% 3rd +1.6pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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13 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸

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 →
  • 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 ±1.6pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 7.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.4% to 7.8%).
7.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Dublin, CA 1.6% 1st -1.0pp 1st 79% below peers
Lafayette, IN 7.5% 15th -3.8pp 2nd 3% below peers
Dale City, VA 10.7% 24th -3.7pp 3rd 39% above peers
Commerce City, CO 7.5% 14th -1.4pp 4th 3% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 6.1% 10th -1.1pp 5th 21% below peers
St. Charles, MO 5.0% 4th -0.8pp 6th 35% below peers
Tamarac, FL 9.7% 21st -1.5pp 7th 25% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.1% 9th -0.9pp 8th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL 12.3% 26th -1.5pp 9th 59% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 8th -0.7pp 10th 22% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 13th -0.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 12th 69% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 8.7% 19th -0.7pp 13th 13% above peers
Conway, AR 8.0% 18th -0.6pp 14th 3% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 5.8% 7th -0.2pp 15th 25% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.8% 3rd -0.2pp 16th 38% below peers
Framingham, MA 5.6% 6th -0.2pp 17th 27% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.6% 31st -0.4pp 18th 194% above peers
East Orange, NJ 12.3% 27th +0.2pp 19th 60% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.2% 5th +0.2pp 20th 33% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 9.4% 20th +0.6pp 21st 22% above peers
Dothan, AL 11.1% 25th +1.1pp 22nd 44% above peers
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 30th +2.4pp 23rd 194% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 7.8% 17th +0.9pp 24th 1% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 7.1% 12th +0.9pp 25th 8% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 23rd +1.9pp 26th 34% above peers
Wilmington, DE 7.7% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Camden, NJ 14.7% 29th +3.2pp 28th 91% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.2% 11th +1.8pp 29th 20% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 9.9% 22nd +3.2pp 30th 29% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 14.4% 28th +4.9pp 31st 86% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 56% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 24.9% 2nd 29% below peers
Framingham, MA 25.2% 3rd 28% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 25.2% 4th 28% below peers
Centreville, VA 26.1% 5th 26% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.9% 6th 15% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 30.9% 7th 12% below peers
Redlands, CA 31.7% 8th 10% below peers
Tamarac, FL 32.9% 9th 7% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.9% 10th 4% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 34.1% 11th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 12th 3% below peers
Turlock, CA 34.3% 13th 3% below peers
Dale City, VA 34.7% 14th 1% below peers
East Orange, NJ 35.1% 15th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 35.2% 16th on par with peers
Idaho Falls, ID 35.9% 17th 2% above peers
Passaic, NJ 36.0% 18th 2% above peers
St. Charles, MO 36.3% 19th 3% above peers
Lafayette, IN 36.7% 20th 4% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 37.5% 21st 7% above peers
Dothan, AL 37.5% 22nd 7% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 23rd 7% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 24th 12% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 25th 14% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 40.2% 26th 14% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.8% 27th 16% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.6% 28th 24% above peers
Wilmington, DE 44.7% 29th 27% above peers
Harlingen, TX 46.6% 30th 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.4% then, 4.3% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 4.3%).
4.3%
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 4.4% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Tamarac, FL 2.6% 8th -7.1pp 1st 33% below peers
Turlock, CA 1.2% 1st -0.9pp 2nd 68% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.8% 4th -1.2pp 3rd 55% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 7th -1.7pp 4th 33% below peers
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 11th -2.0pp 5th 14% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 2.4% 6th -1.1pp 6th 37% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.2% 25th -2.2pp 7th 60% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 3.7% 13th -0.6pp 8th 4% below peers
East Orange, NJ 5.7% 22nd -0.7pp 9th 48% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 4.3% 18th -0.1pp 10th 12% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 3.2% 10th -0.0pp 11th 18% below peers
Passaic, NJ 5.7% 23rd -0.0pp 12th 48% above peers
St. Charles, MO 3.1% 9th +0.0pp 13th 21% below peers
Centreville, VA 5.8% 24th +0.4pp 14th 50% above peers
Harlingen, TX 12.8% 31st +0.9pp 15th 231% above peers
Redlands, CA 2.2% 5th +0.2pp 16th 43% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.8% 15th +0.5pp 17th 2% below peers
Wilmington, DE 4.2% 17th +0.6pp 18th 8% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.3% 20th +1.0pp 19th 38% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 21st +1.6pp 20th 44% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 1.7% 3rd +0.5pp 21st 56% below peers
Dothan, AL 3.6% 12th +1.1pp 22nd 8% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% 19th +1.8pp 23rd 15% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.8% 14th +1.6pp 24th 3% below peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 16th +2.0pp 25th on par with peers
Camden, NJ 8.0% 27th +4.1pp 26th 105% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.1% 28th +4.2pp 27th 109% above peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 30th +5.6pp 28th 154% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 9.6% 29th +5.7pp 29th 148% above peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 58% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.6% 26th +5.2pp 31st 71% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 (25.1% then, 27.4% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
45% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.0% to 27.4%).
Needs attention 27.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ocala, FL 31.2% 17th +7.0pp 1st 6% below peers
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 27th +4.9pp 2nd 32% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 35.9% 13th +6.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 42.5% 8th +7.5pp 4th 28% above peers
Wilmington, DE 33.1% 15th +5.1pp 5th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 33.5% 14th +5.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 25th +3.8pp 7th 22% below peers
St. Charles, MO 43.3% 6th +6.0pp 8th 31% above peers
East Orange, NJ 22.6% 26th +3.0pp 9th 32% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 38.5% 10th +4.6pp 10th 16% above peers
Tamarac, FL 29.4% 19th +3.3pp 11th 11% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 38.1% 11th +3.4pp 12th 15% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 27.4% 22nd +2.4pp 13th 17% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.9% 20th +2.4pp 14th 16% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 26.3% 24th +2.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 29th +0.9pp 16th 64% below peers
Dothan, AL 27.6% 21st +2.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 36.7% 12th +2.7pp 18th 11% above peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 7th +2.9pp 19th 29% above peers
Passaic, NJ 16.7% 28th +1.0pp 20th 50% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 57.1% 3rd +3.1pp 21st 73% above peers
Turlock, CA 26.5% 23rd +1.4pp 22nd 20% below peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 1st +3.4pp 23rd 111% above peers
Camden, NJ 10.1% 30th +0.3pp 24th 70% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 31.7% 16th +1.0pp 25th 4% below peers
Framingham, MA 48.7% 5th +1.2pp 26th 47% above peers
Centreville, VA 58.2% 2nd +0.0pp 27th 76% above peers
Redlands, CA 41.5% 9th -0.3pp 28th 25% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 30.4% 18th -0.4pp 29th 8% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 52.5% 4th -1.6pp 30th 59% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment fell 21.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.9% to 33.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±14.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.1% to 33.3%).
Needs attention 33.3%
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%
St. Charles, MO 61.1% 5th +19.2pp 1st 56% above peers
Centreville, VA 68.9% 2nd +17.9pp 2nd 76% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 47.4% 13th +9.5pp 3rd 21% above peers
Dale City, VA 29.3% 26th +4.8pp 4th 25% below peers
Redlands, CA 47.6% 12th +5.0pp 5th 22% above peers
Framingham, MA 52.9% 10th +5.1pp 6th 35% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 53.1% 9th +1.9pp 7th 36% above peers
Dothan, AL 45.9% 14th +1.2pp 8th 17% above peers
East Orange, NJ 72.8% 1st +1.5pp 9th 86% above peers
Passaic, NJ 67.2% 3rd +1.0pp 10th 72% above peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 4th +0.1pp 11th 63% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 49.2% 11th -1.4pp 12th 26% above peers
Tamarac, FL 57.8% 6th -2.1pp 13th 48% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 54.1% 8th -3.8pp 14th 38% above peers
Wilmington, DE 55.3% 7th -4.6pp 15th 41% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 24th -3.4pp 16th 22% below peers
Harlingen, TX 38.0% 19th -9.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Turlock, CA 38.4% 18th -9.7pp 18th 2% below peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 20th -11.2pp 19th 5% below peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 15th -13.7pp 20th 1% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.3% 29th -10.1pp 21st 30% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.5% 28th -11.7pp 22nd 30% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 38.7% 17th -16.7pp 23rd 1% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 20.9% 31st -12.7pp 24th 47% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 21st -23.8pp 25th 5% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.3% 22nd -21.6pp 26th 15% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 22.9% 30th -17.1pp 27th 41% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 29.2% 27th -24.1pp 28th 26% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 29.7% 25th -24.7pp 29th 24% below peers
Camden, NJ 39.2% 16th -34.3pp 30th on par with peers
Mount Vernon, NY 31.0% 23rd -28.0pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.3pp 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 (7.9% then, 5.7% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 5.7%).
5.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
East Orange, NJ 5.3% 14th -13.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Tamarac, FL 2.1% 2nd -3.0pp 2nd 63% below peers
Passaic, NJ 7.6% 22nd -7.9pp 3rd 33% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.6% 7th -3.3pp 4th 37% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.4% 10th -3.8pp 5th 23% below peers
Dothan, AL 5.2% 13th -4.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.7% 20th -5.1pp 7th 18% above peers
Harlingen, TX 11.9% 29th -8.0pp 8th 107% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 3.6% 8th -1.5pp 9th 36% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 10th 56% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 5.7% 16th -2.2pp 11th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 10.5% 27th -2.0pp 12th 83% above peers
Framingham, MA 2.8% 4th -0.5pp 13th 51% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 9.0% 25th -1.6pp 14th 57% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 5.1% 12th -0.9pp 15th 11% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 26th +0.5pp 16th 76% above peers
Centreville, VA 4.3% 9th +0.3pp 17th 24% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 8.8% 23rd +0.5pp 18th 53% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.4% 18th +0.4pp 19th 11% above peers
Camden, NJ 11.3% 28th +0.8pp 20th 98% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.5% 15th +0.6pp 22nd 3% below peers
Dale City, VA 3.1% 5th +0.4pp 23rd 46% below peers
Lafayette, IN 8.9% 24th +1.3pp 24th 56% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 25th 45% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 30th +6.2pp 26th 130% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 7.2% 21st +3.4pp 27th 26% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 11th +2.4pp 28th 19% below peers
St. Charles, MO 6.7% 19th +4.0pp 29th 18% above peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 31st +12.3pp 30th 153% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.7% 1st 71% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.0pp 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 (69,872 then, 72,590 now; margin ±3,253).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (67,559 to 72,590).
Big move 72,590
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
Commerce City, CO 66,445 31st +18% 1st 7% below peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 21st +16% 2nd 1% below peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 30th +12% 3rd 7% below peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 20th +12% 4th on par with peers
Tamarac, FL 73,019 3rd +11% 5th 2% above peers
Harlingen, TX 72,087 9th +11% 6th 1% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 67,725 28th +10% 7th 5% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 68,142 27th +10% 8th 4% below peers
East Orange, NJ 70,090 24th +9% 9th 2% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 72,427 7th +7% 10th 2% above peers
Dothan, AL 71,514 13th +5% 11th on par with peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72,590 5th +4% 12th 2% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 70,629 22nd +4% 13th 1% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 70,322 23rd +3% 14th 1% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 69,825 26th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Redlands, CA 73,375 1st +3% 16th 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 72,059 10th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 29th +2% 18th 5% below peers
St. Charles, MO 71,508 14th +2% 19th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 71,727 11th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 71,173 17th +1% 21st on par with peers
Framingham, MA 72,399 8th +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Passaic, NJ 70,002 25th -0% 23rd 2% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72,922 4th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Turlock, CA 72,502 6th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Lafayette, IN 71,159 18th -2% 26th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 71,016 19th -2% 27th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC 71,279 16th -2% 28th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 71,706 12th -3% 29th 1% above peers
Camden, NJ 71,496 15th -3% 30th on par with peers
Kalamazoo, MI 73,076 2nd -4% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2,878 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.2% then, 20.7% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.8% to 20.7%).
20.7%
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
Framingham, MA 21.7% 17th +2.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Redlands, CA 23.9% 11th +1.9pp 2nd 9% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 21.9% 16th +1.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 23.4% 12th +1.2pp 4th 7% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.1% 20th +1.0pp 5th 4% below peers
St. Charles, MO 17.7% 28th +0.2pp 6th 19% below peers
Dale City, VA 26.6% 7th +0.1pp 7th 22% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 18.9% 25th +0.0pp 8th 14% below peers
Tamarac, FL 17.7% 27th -0.0pp 9th 19% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 22.7% 13th -0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
Dothan, AL 22.6% 14th -0.5pp 11th 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 18.0% 26th -0.4pp 12th 18% below peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 23rd -0.5pp 13th 7% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 15th -0.6pp 14th 1% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.8% 5th -1.0pp 15th 27% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 24.1% 10th -1.0pp 16th 10% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 17.7% 29th -1.0pp 17th 19% below peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 8th -1.6pp 18th 14% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 19th 46% above peers
Turlock, CA 24.8% 9th -1.7pp 20th 14% above peers
Passaic, NJ 30.1% 2nd -2.1pp 21st 37% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 20.7% 22nd -1.5pp 22nd 5% below peers
Wilmington, DE 21.0% 21st -1.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 19.2% 24th -1.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.8% 3rd -2.7pp 25th 32% above peers
East Orange, NJ 21.7% 18th -2.4pp 26th 1% below peers
Centreville, VA 21.7% 19th -2.5pp 27th 1% below peers
Camden, NJ 27.5% 6th -3.4pp 28th 26% above peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 4th -4.4pp 29th 31% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 17.3% 30th -2.9pp 30th 21% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 15.3% 31st -3.3pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
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 (34.7% then, 41.1% now; margin ±6.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.2% to 41.1%).
41.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 22nd +8.7pp 1st 11% below peers
Redlands, CA 31.0% 17th +7.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Centreville, VA 20.4% 29th +4.1pp 3rd 37% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 14th +7.9pp 4th 22% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.4% 13th +7.5pp 5th 24% above peers
Lafayette, IN 50.7% 6th +9.3pp 6th 56% above peers
Passaic, NJ 51.4% 5th +9.3pp 7th 58% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 41.1% 12th +6.5pp 8th 26% above peers
Dothan, AL 47.6% 8th +3.2pp 9th 46% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72.4% 2nd +4.7pp 10th 123% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.1% 20th +1.7pp 11th 10% below peers
Harlingen, TX 45.1% 10th +2.2pp 12th 39% above peers
Tamarac, FL 38.0% 15th +1.8pp 13th 17% above peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 11th +2.0pp 14th 35% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 25.6% 25th +0.7pp 15th 21% below peers
Framingham, MA 29.0% 21st +0.8pp 16th 11% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 29.7% 19th +0.7pp 17th 9% below peers
Wilmington, DE 67.8% 3rd +1.1pp 18th 108% above peers
Camden, NJ 75.7% 1st +0.3pp 19th 133% above peers
Turlock, CA 30.6% 18th -0.3pp 20th 6% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 16th -0.7pp 21st on par with peers
Gaithersburg, MD 23.6% 26th -0.6pp 22nd 28% below peers
St. Charles, MO 27.8% 24th -0.7pp 23rd 14% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 46.9% 9th -1.4pp 24th 44% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 49.3% 7th -2.5pp 25th 52% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 28.7% 23rd -1.6pp 26th 12% below peers
East Orange, NJ 59.1% 4th -5.6pp 27th 82% above peers
Dale City, VA 21.0% 28th -2.2pp 28th 35% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 22.1% 27th -6.7pp 29th 32% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 31st -3.2pp 30th 72% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 11.0% 30th -5.8pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.8pp 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
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 (67.4% then, 72.0% now; margin ±9.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.0% to 72.0%).
72.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Redlands, CA 73.3% 12th +20.8pp 1st 3% above peers
Turlock, CA 71.1% 16th +16.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Passaic, NJ 69.7% 18th +14.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 65.7% 22nd +13.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 90.8% 1st +17.2pp 5th 28% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 74.9% 11th +10.4pp 6th 5% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 9th +10.5pp 7th 7% above peers
Wilmington, DE 78.9% 5th +9.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Tamarac, FL 84.1% 2nd +9.4pp 9th 18% above peers
Centreville, VA 80.2% 4th +8.5pp 10th 13% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72.0% 14th +4.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 29th +3.2pp 12th 19% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 81.3% 3rd +4.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 78.7% 6th +2.0pp 14th 11% above peers
St. Charles, MO 76.7% 8th +1.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 19th +0.7pp 16th 5% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 26th -0.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 17th -1.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Harlingen, TX 59.9% 28th -1.5pp 19th 16% below peers
Camden, NJ 71.2% 15th -1.8pp 20th on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 64.9% 25th -2.1pp 21st 9% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 78.5% 7th -2.9pp 22nd 10% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 53.8% 30th -2.2pp 23rd 24% below peers
Framingham, MA 76.0% 10th -3.2pp 24th 7% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 46.8% 31st -2.2pp 25th 34% below peers
Lafayette, IN 66.0% 21st -4.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Dothan, AL 65.4% 23rd -5.6pp 27th 8% below peers
East Orange, NJ 72.2% 13th -6.7pp 28th 2% above peers
Dale City, VA 65.2% 24th -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 66.8% 20th -11.0pp 30th 6% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 61.4% 27th -14.1pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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