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58,402 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Severn, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
66.5%
2020-24
▲ 100%
relative change
33.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.4%
2020-24
▼ 53%
relative change
3.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$134,423
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$107,155 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
6.1%
2020-24
▼ 26%
relative change
8.3% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.37
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.36 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
97.5%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
93.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
46.1%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
43.5% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.6%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
2.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.7%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
28.7%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
30.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
6.7%
2019-23
▲ 5%
relative change
6.4% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 2 indicators

Where Severn, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.5%
2020-24
▲ 80%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
71.0%
2020-24
flat
relative change
70.7% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 2 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
58,402
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
50,496 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
82.6%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
71.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $107,155 to $134,423 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,574). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($91,276 to $134,423).
$134,423
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%
Apopka, FL $96,884 14th +47% 1st 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 16th +45% 2nd on par with peers
National City, CA $66,841 25th +42% 3rd 26% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 8th +40% 4th 25% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 26th +40% 5th 30% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 20th +38% 6th 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 7th 160% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 6th +36% 8th 37% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 15th +34% 9th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 10th 81% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 5th +31% 11th 47% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 24th +31% 12th 22% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 17th +30% 13th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 22nd +30% 14th 20% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 27th +27% 15th 30% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 7th +27% 16th 30% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 4th +25% 17th 49% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 3rd +25% 18th 57% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 12th +24% 19th 12% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 20th 100% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 18th +22% 21st 5% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 10th +21% 22nd 14% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 21st +21% 23rd 19% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 29th +20% 24th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 19th +19% 25th 17% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 9th +19% 26th 14% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 30th +18% 27th 52% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 28th +15% 28th 36% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 11th +14% 29th 12% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 23rd +13% 30th 22% below peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 13th +9% 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$8,244 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.1% then, 5.7% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 5.7%).
5.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 9.2% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 3rd -1.9pp 1st 60% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 50% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 62% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 25th -4.5pp 4th 39% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 8th -1.8pp 5th 35% below peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 6th 33% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 14.4% 26th -2.9pp 7th 41% above peers
Lancaster, PA 18.9% 28th -3.8pp 8th 85% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.5% 22nd -1.8pp 9th 23% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.2% 15th -1.3pp 10th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 10th -0.9pp 11th 26% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 14th -1.0pp 12th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 13th -0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 7th -0.3pp 14th 40% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 29th -1.2pp 15th 114% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 16th 425% above peers
Springfield, OH 22.1% 30th +0.0pp 17th 116% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 5th +0.2pp 18th 47% below peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 17th +0.8pp 19th 4% above peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 18th +0.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 16th +0.9pp 21st on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.3% 12th +0.8pp 22nd 18% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 27th +1.6pp 23rd 59% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 21st +1.2pp 24th 18% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 6th +0.6pp 25th 44% below peers
Lacey, WA 11.4% 20th +1.5pp 26th 11% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.7% 1st +0.6pp 27th 64% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 28th 25% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 19th +2.5pp 29th 7% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 24th +3.7pp 30th 37% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.2% 9th +3.0pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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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3 of 9 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 ±1.8pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.3% then, 6.1% now; margin ±3.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.2% to 6.1%).
6.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 6th -6.7pp 1st 58% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 74% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 5th -3.5pp 3rd 62% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 22nd -8.3pp 4th 34% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 4th -1.6pp 5th 70% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 7th -2.4pp 6th 55% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 13th -4.4pp 7th 15% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 8th -2.2pp 8th 55% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 15th -3.6pp 9th 2% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 10th 79% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 11th 107% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 20th -4.0pp 12th 18% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 13th 64% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 24th -3.7pp 14th 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 10th -1.3pp 15th 46% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 16th 115% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 16th -1.2pp 17th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 17th -1.0pp 18th 5% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 30th -0.1pp 19th 143% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 20th 453% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 21st 76% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 9th +0.6pp 22nd 48% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 14th +1.2pp 23rd 8% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 24th 79% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 18th +2.3pp 25th 5% above peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 21st +4.4pp 26th 25% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 19th +5.0pp 27th 6% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 23rd +6.5pp 28th 38% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 11th +3.1pp 29th 45% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 12th +3.9pp 30th 35% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 31st 66% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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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3 of 9 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 ±2.4pp 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (93.3% then, 97.5% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 7.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.8% to 97.5%).
97.5%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 92.5% +5.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 5th +24.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +18.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 26th +14.7pp 3rd 2% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 28th +11.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 24th +11.4pp 5th 1% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 6th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 23rd +10.8pp 7th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 13th +9.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 21st +9.6pp 9th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 27th +8.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 18th +8.0pp 11th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 12th +7.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 22nd +7.3pp 13th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 7th +7.6pp 14th 4% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 29th +6.8pp 15th 6% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 19th +6.8pp 16th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 25th +6.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 16th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 15th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 20th +4.7pp 20th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 4th +4.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 10th +4.5pp 22nd 3% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 14th +4.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 24th 5% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 11th +4.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 9th +3.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 31st +2.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 6th +3.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 17th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 8th +2.0pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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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3 of 9 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.36 then, 0.37 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.37 to 0.37).
0.37
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
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 5th -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 13th -0.023 2nd 1% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 7th -0.019 3rd 10% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 25th -0.018 4th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 5th 39% above peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 11th -0.012 6th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 28th -0.013 7th 11% above peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 6th -0.010 8th 10% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 16th -0.007 9th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 4th -0.005 10th 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 11th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 21st -0.001 12th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 14th +0.003 13th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 24th +0.003 14th 5% above peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 20th +0.006 15th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 27th +0.006 16th 9% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 10th +0.006 17th 2% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 9th +0.007 18th 5% below peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 8th +0.007 19th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 20th 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 21st 16% below peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 22nd 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 18th +0.017 23rd on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 24th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 22nd +0.021 25th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 26th +0.028 26th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 12th +0.027 27th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 23rd +0.030 28th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 15th +0.031 29th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 17th +0.044 30th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (6.4% then, 6.7% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 0.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.4% to 6.7%).
6.7%
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
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 22nd -6.0pp 1st 49% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 9th -2.5pp 2nd 12% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 15th -2.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 16th -2.6pp 4th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 5th 35% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 20th -2.3pp 6th 39% above peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 18th -2.0pp 7th 21% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 70% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 46% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 11th -1.2pp 10th 8% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 21st -1.7pp 11th 48% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 14th -1.1pp 12th 1% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 8th -0.6pp 13th 18% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 24th -1.2pp 14th 70% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 26th -1.3pp 15th 133% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 10th -0.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 29th -0.1pp 17th 272% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 4th +0.0pp 18th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 7th +0.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 20th 188% above peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 30th +0.9pp 21st 294% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 19th +0.8pp 23rd 27% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 25th +1.4pp 24th 111% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 23rd +1.2pp 25th 66% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 27th +3.0pp 26th 166% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 27th 623% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 5th +1.0pp 28th 36% below peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 12th +2.7pp 29th 8% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 17th +3.6pp 30th 13% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 65% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $522,552 in June 2026, up from $517,116 a year earlier.
$522,552
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $436,104 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Grand Forks, ND $303,687 (Jun 26) 20th +7.6% 1st 38% below peers
Orland Park, IL $414,682 (Jun 26) 16th +5.5% 2nd 15% below peers
Springfield, OH $194,244 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.6% 3rd 60% below peers
Lenexa, KS $487,610 (Jun 26) 13th +4.4% 4th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY $647,376 (Jun 26) 6th +4.0% 5th 33% above peers
Bentonville, AR $496,895 (Jun 26) 12th +3.3% 6th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA $3,065,443 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 7th 529% above peers
Brookhaven, GA $755,049 (Jun 26) 4th +2.6% 8th 55% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $340,918 (Jun 26) 18th +2.4% 9th 30% below peers
Towson, MD $483,869 (Jun 26) 14th +2.2% 10th 1% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,215 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 11th 81% above peers
National City, CA $692,258 (Jun 26) 5th +1.7% 12th 42% above peers
Casper, WY $314,485 (Jun 26) 19th +1.5% 13th 36% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $499,305 (Jun 26) 11th +1.3% 14th 2% above peers
Severn, MD $522,552 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 15th 7% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $163,505 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 16th 66% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $284,683 (Jun 26) 21st +0.4% 17th 42% below peers
Midwest City, OK $171,855 (Jun 26) 24th +0.3% 18th 65% below peers
Lacey, WA $518,901 (Jun 26) 10th +0.2% 19th 6% above peers
Bowie, MD $530,886 (Jun 26) 8th -0.3% 20th 9% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $468,522 (Jun 26) 15th -0.7% 21st 4% below peers
Gilroy, CA $1,068,039 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.9% 22nd 119% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $538,248 (Jun 26) 7th -1.6% 23rd 10% above peers
Apopka, FL $398,039 (Jun 26) 17th -1.8% 24th 18% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $279,711 (Jun 26) 22nd -8.1% 25th 43% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $390,040 in June 2026, up from $383,812 a year earlier.
$390,040
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▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $266,546 (Jun 26) +0.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Grand Forks, ND $208,386 (Jun 26) 20th +8.6% 1st 40% below peers
Springfield, OH $111,376 (Jun 26) 24th +6.6% 2nd 68% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $604,336 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.7% 3rd 73% above peers
Lenexa, KS $372,576 (Jun 26) 11th +5.3% 4th 6% above peers
Hempstead, NY $573,601 (Jun 26) 4th +5.0% 5th 64% above peers
Orland Park, IL $289,423 (Jun 26) 17th +4.5% 6th 17% below peers
National City, CA $567,564 (Jun 26) 5th +3.7% 7th 62% above peers
Bentonville, AR $351,707 (Jun 26) 12th +3.6% 8th on par with peers
Casper, WY $224,167 (Jun 26) 19th +2.3% 9th 36% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $464,218 (Jun 26) 6th +2.1% 10th 33% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $251,113 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 11th 28% below peers
Severn, MD $390,040 (Jun 26) 10th +1.6% 12th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK $124,965 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.4% 13th 64% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $419,081 (Jun 26) 9th +1.4% 14th 20% above peers
Lacey, WA $440,902 (Jun 26) 7th +1.0% 15th 26% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,783,632 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 16th 409% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $206,281 (Jun 26) 21st +0.8% 17th 41% below peers
Bowie, MD $426,457 (Jun 26) 8th +0.6% 18th 22% above peers
Towson, MD $316,196 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 19th 10% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $341,299 (Jun 26) 14th +0.2% 20th 3% below peers
Gilroy, CA $860,108 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.1% 21st 146% above peers
Apopka, FL $296,834 (Jun 26) 16th -2.3% 22nd 15% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $350,114 (Jun 26) 13th -4.1% 23rd on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN $94,208 (Jun 26) 25th -5.0% 24th 73% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,696 (Jun 26) 22nd -11.3% 25th 52% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (70.7% then, 71.0% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.2% to 71.0%).
71.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 27th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 26th +5.1pp 2nd 22% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 16th +5.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 12th +5.4pp 4th 5% above peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 9th +5.5pp 5th 12% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 5th +5.8pp 6th 25% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 23rd +3.7pp 7th 16% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 14th +4.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 28th +2.8pp 9th 26% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 4th +4.1pp 10th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 6th +2.8pp 11th 17% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 22nd +1.6pp 12th 16% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 13th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 18th +1.6pp 14th 7% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 3rd +2.2pp 15th 33% above peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 2nd +1.3pp 16th 35% above peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 15th +0.9pp 17th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 7th +1.0pp 18th 14% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 20th +0.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 10th +0.6pp 20th 9% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 17th +0.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 11th +0.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 8th +0.3pp 23rd 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 13th -0.3pp 24th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 24th -0.5pp 25th 16% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 26th 38% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 27th 44% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 21st -1.8pp 28th 11% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 19th -4.1pp 29th 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 25th -3.8pp 30th 19% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,316 in June 2026, up from $2,268 a year earlier.
$2,316
2022June 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 $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Jun 26) 25th +7.9% 1st 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,267 (Jun 26) 1st +7.5% 2nd 121% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $995 (Jun 26) 26th +4.3% 3rd 48% below peers
Lancaster, PA $1,552 (Jun 26) 20th +4.2% 4th 20% below peers
Springfield, OH $1,294 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.9% 5th 33% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,753 (Jun 26) 16th +3.8% 6th 9% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 7th 104% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,242 (Jun 26) 24th +3.7% 8th 36% below peers
Orland Park, IL $3,018 (Jun 26) 5th +3.7% 9th 56% above peers
Bentonville, AR $1,640 (Jun 26) 19th +3.4% 10th 15% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,150 (Jun 26) 12th +3.3% 11th 11% above peers
Gilroy, CA $3,082 (Jun 26) 4th +3.1% 12th 60% above peers
Towson, MD $1,932 (Jun 26) 14th +2.8% 13th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS $1,685 (Jun 26) 17th +2.8% 14th 13% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,412 (Jun 26) 8th +2.5% 15th 25% above peers
Lacey, WA $2,163 (Jun 26) 11th +2.4% 16th 12% above peers
Severn, MD $2,316 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 17th 20% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,667 (Jun 26) 18th +2.0% 18th 14% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $1,884 (Jun 26) 15th +1.8% 19th 2% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,329 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 20th 21% above peers
Casper, WY $1,363 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.7% 21st 29% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,467 (Jun 26) 7th +0.6% 22nd 28% above peers
National City, CA $2,472 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 23rd 28% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,417 (Jun 26) 21st -0.7% 24th 27% below peers
Apopka, FL $1,982 (Jun 26) 13th -1.9% 25th 3% above peers
Hempstead, NY 3rd 74% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.3% then, 28.7% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.4% to 28.7%).
28.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 2nd 52% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 2nd -2.0pp 3rd 34% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 7th -2.1pp 4th 16% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 18th -2.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 10th -1.6pp 6th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 8th -1.4pp 7th 14% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 29% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 17th -1.3pp 9th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 16th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 23rd -0.4pp 11th 11% above peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 6th -0.2pp 12th 17% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 5th +0.0pp 13th 20% below peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 14th 58% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 21st +0.3pp 15th 10% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 22nd +0.5pp 16th 11% above peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 24th +0.5pp 17th 13% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 12th +0.5pp 18th 2% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 14th +0.8pp 19th 1% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 11th +0.8pp 20th 8% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 21st 51% above peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 27th +2.6pp 22nd 30% above peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 25th +2.5pp 23rd 22% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 9th +1.9pp 24th 10% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 15th +2.3pp 25th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 13th +2.6pp 26th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 26th +3.7pp 27th 24% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 28th 22% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 20th +3.6pp 29th 9% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 19th +4.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 28th +6.8pp 31st 49% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.9% then, 3.6% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 3.6%).
3.6%
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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
Apopka, FL 2.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 57% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 10th -2.2pp 2nd 23% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 56% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 28th -5.8pp 4th 165% above peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 5th 33% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 6th 237% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 25th -1.2pp 7th 90% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 6th -0.4pp 8th 32% below peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 12th -0.3pp 9th 20% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 13th -0.3pp 10th 18% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 8th -0.2pp 11th 26% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 12th 502% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 19th -0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 16th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 18th -0.2pp 15th 4% above peers
National City, CA 10.9% 26th -0.3pp 16th 94% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 17th 123% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 7th -0.0pp 18th 29% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 19th 321% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 9th +0.0pp 20th 25% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 21st +0.3pp 21st 25% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 24th +0.6pp 22nd 59% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 15th +0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 14th +0.8pp 25th 7% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 20th +1.1pp 26th 21% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 23rd +1.5pp 27th 46% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 22nd +1.5pp 28th 37% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 35% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 11th +1.2pp 30th 21% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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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People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Worsening
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Uninsured rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.6% to 6.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 6.5%).
6.5%
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 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 8th -3.1pp 1st 52% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 7th -2.0pp 2nd 53% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 20th -5.1pp 3rd 22% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.8% 12th -1.7pp 4th 33% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 4th -0.9pp 5th 66% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 3rd -0.7pp 6th 68% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 24th -2.8pp 7th 43% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 9th -1.0pp 8th 48% below peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 28th -2.8pp 9th 50% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 68% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 27th -2.5pp 11th 50% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 12th 75% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 21st -1.7pp 13th 23% above peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 23rd -1.9pp 14th 42% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 26th -1.6pp 15th 49% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 31st -1.6pp 16th 86% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.2% 16th -0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 19th -0.8pp 18th 19% above peers
National City, CA 11.2% 29th -0.3pp 19th 56% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 5th -0.0pp 20th 66% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.0% 14th -0.1pp 21st 16% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 25th +0.4pp 22nd 47% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 10th +0.2pp 23rd 47% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 30th +0.8pp 24th 65% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 22nd +0.7pp 25th 26% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.1% 18th +0.6pp 26th 13% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 11th +0.3pp 27th 42% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.9% 17th +2.3pp 28th 9% above peers
Lacey, WA 5.5% 13th +1.6pp 29th 24% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 30th 56% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 15th +2.9pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

35.3%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 53% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 2nd 22% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 3rd 19% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 4th 16% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 5th 15% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 6th 14% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 7th 14% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 8th 14% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 9th 12% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 10th 11% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 11th 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 12th 6% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 14th 3% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 15th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 17th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 18th 2% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 19th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 20th 4% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 5% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 22nd 5% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 23rd 10% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 24th 12% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 25th 12% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 26th 12% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 27th 22% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 28th 22% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 29th 27% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 30th 36% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.1% to 1.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.8% to 1.4%).
1.4%
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
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 2nd -3.2pp 1st 82% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 59% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 3rd 84% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 4th 62% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 7th -1.6pp 5th 55% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 6th 92% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 19th -2.1pp 7th 55% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 29th -3.1pp 8th 179% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 8th -0.7pp 9th 35% below peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 10th -0.5pp 10th 29% below peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
National City, CA 5.9% 21st -1.2pp 12th 85% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 25th -1.1pp 13th 132% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 26th -0.7pp 14th 139% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 22nd +0.0pp 15th 88% above peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 11th +0.1pp 16th 20% below peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 20th +0.4pp 17th 68% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 15th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 9th +0.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 30th +2.3pp 20th 219% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 31st +3.0pp 21st 289% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 24th +2.2pp 22nd 131% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 13th +0.8pp 23rd 15% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 18th +1.6pp 24th 53% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 14th +1.0pp 25th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 28th +3.1pp 26th 152% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 17th +1.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 28th 69% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 12th +1.4pp 29th 19% below peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 27th +5.6pp 30th 150% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 3rd 71% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.5% then, 46.1% now; margin ±3.1pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.0% to 46.1%).
46.1%
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
Apopka, FL 38.8% 15th +11.3pp 1st on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 20th +7.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 21st +6.5pp 3rd 24% below peers
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 4th 53% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 5th 22% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 28th +2.8pp 6th 52% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 27th +3.2pp 7th 45% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 19th +4.4pp 8th 23% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 9th +6.0pp 9th 27% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 14th +4.3pp 10th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 30th +1.8pp 11th 57% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 25th +2.3pp 12th 39% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 5th +6.2pp 13th 65% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 7th +5.1pp 14th 42% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 12th +3.6pp 15th 10% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 23rd +1.9pp 16th 37% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 13th +2.9pp 17th 3% above peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 26th +1.6pp 18th 39% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 4th +4.2pp 19th 78% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 10th +2.6pp 20th 19% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 22nd +1.6pp 21st 25% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 3rd +3.4pp 22nd 83% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 8th +2.2pp 23rd 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 24th 112% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 16th +1.5pp 25th 2% below peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 6th +2.2pp 26th 49% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 27th 113% above peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 11th +1.0pp 28th 17% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 17th +0.3pp 29th 12% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 24th -0.3pp 30th 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment rose 33.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.3% to 66.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±15.4pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 28.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.4% to 66.5%).
66.5%
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%
Severn, MD 66.5% 7th +33.2pp 1st 31% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 9th +26.4pp 2nd 17% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 13th +16.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 2nd +18.3pp 4th 67% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 4th +14.8pp 5th 43% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 3rd +15.4pp 6th 56% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 19th +7.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 11th +9.5pp 8th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 15th +8.1pp 9th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 21st +6.0pp 10th 19% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 22nd +5.7pp 11th 23% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 12th 39% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 12th +6.6pp 13th 11% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 6th +7.0pp 14th 34% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 15th 78% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 8th +3.4pp 16th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 5th -0.4pp 17th 37% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 24th -2.1pp 18th 25% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 10th -5.8pp 19th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 16th -6.1pp 20th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 20th -5.0pp 21st 19% below peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 25th -4.8pp 22nd 25% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 23rd -5.2pp 23rd 23% below peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 18th -10.1pp 24th 10% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 29th -7.1pp 25th 38% below peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 14th -14.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 28th -10.5pp 27th 33% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 26th -12.7pp 28th 27% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 17th -19.7pp 29th 6% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 27th -15.1pp 30th 31% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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 →
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, WA up 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 5.7% now; margin ±6.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.6% to 5.7%).
5.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 5th -3.5pp 2nd 58% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 7th -3.7pp 3rd 46% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 4th 35% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 11th -1.8pp 5th 26% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 6th 38% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 23rd -2.5pp 7th 39% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 6th -0.8pp 8th 53% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 19th -1.8pp 9th 23% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 13th -0.8pp 10th 14% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 20th -1.1pp 11th 25% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 4th -0.1pp 12th 60% below peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 60% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 10% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 17th +0.2pp 15th 11% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 18th +0.3pp 16th 17% above peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 17th 170% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 27th +1.3pp 18th 88% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 16th +1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 29th +3.0pp 20th 102% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 21st +2.8pp 21st 27% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 12th +1.8pp 22nd 23% below peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 23rd 95% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 26th +4.4pp 24th 84% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 15th +2.4pp 25th 6% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 10th +2.0pp 26th 27% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 22nd +4.3pp 27th 33% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 30th +7.2pp 28th 117% above peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 25th +6.2pp 29th 84% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 24th +7.0pp 30th 54% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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 ±5.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 16% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50,496 to 58,402 - more than the combined survey margin (±3,107). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 29% from 2014 to 2024 (45,396 to 58,402).
58,402
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
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 24th +20% 1st on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 28th +19% 2nd 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 20th +18% 3rd on par with peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 30th +17% 4th 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 14th +16% 5th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 21st +12% 6th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 10th +10% 7th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 15th +8% 8th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 29th +7% 9th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 17th +7% 10th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 16th +7% 11th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 7th +6% 12th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 1st +4% 13th 1% above peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 2nd +4% 14th 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 12th +3% 15th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 19th +2% 16th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 8th +1% 17th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 58,839 5th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 26th -1% 19th 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 27th -1% 20th 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 22nd -2% 21st on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 25th -2% 22nd 1% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 23rd -2% 23rd on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 9th -2% 24th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 11th -3% 25th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 31st -3% 26th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 18th -4% 27th on par with peers
National City, CA 58,893 4th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 13th -4% 29th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 3rd -4% 30th 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 6th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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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Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.4% then, 23.0% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.8% to 23.0%).
23.0%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 22.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 1st 31% below peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 4th +1.2pp 2nd 19% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 16th +1.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 13th +0.7pp 4th 4% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 9th +0.7pp 5th 7% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 15th +0.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 19th +0.5pp 7th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 5th +0.5pp 8th 18% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 23rd +0.3pp 9th 9% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 25th +0.1pp 10th 18% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 26th +0.1pp 11th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 3rd +0.1pp 12th 22% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 6th +0.0pp 13th 12% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 24th -0.2pp 14th 10% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 8th -0.3pp 15th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 10th -0.4pp 16th 7% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 7th -0.4pp 17th 10% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 21st -0.5pp 18th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 22nd -0.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 1st -0.8pp 20th 27% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 31st -0.4pp 21st 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 22nd 31% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 17th -0.8pp 23rd 2% below peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 18th -1.6pp 24th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 27th -1.5pp 25th 24% below peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 2nd -2.5pp 26th 24% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 20th -2.5pp 27th 3% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 12th -3.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 11th -3.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 28th -3.1pp 30th 28% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 14th -5.5pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.4% then, 28.9% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 28.9%).
28.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 23rd +12.0pp 1st 17% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 22nd +12.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 14th +11.9pp 3rd 8% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 13th +10.4pp 4th 9% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 16th +7.4pp 5th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 11th +8.6pp 6th 23% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 8th +8.2pp 7th 27% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 8th 44% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 24th +3.6pp 9th 20% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 9th +4.6pp 10th 25% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 11th 53% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 6th +4.8pp 12th 54% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 13th 73% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 17th +2.4pp 14th 2% below peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 15th 81% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 16th 148% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 10th -0.6pp 17th 23% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 15th -1.0pp 18th 4% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 21st -1.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 2nd -4.8pp 20th 88% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 27th -1.8pp 21st 31% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 18th -2.8pp 22nd 5% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 20th -2.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 26th -2.7pp 24th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 12th -4.6pp 25th 10% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 5th -8.6pp 26th 55% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 28th -3.6pp 27th 38% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 19th -6.2pp 28th 11% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 79% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 30th 44% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 25th -7.5pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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 ±5.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.2% then, 82.6% now; margin ±11.9pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 82.6%).
82.6%
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
Carson City, NV 83.2% 3rd +22.1pp 1st 20% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 29th +13.9pp 2nd 11% below peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 19th +15.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 16th +13.0pp 4th on par with peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 5th +11.4pp 5th 19% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 9th +10.7pp 6th 13% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 4th +10.3pp 7th 20% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 6th +9.0pp 8th 18% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 1st +8.2pp 9th 25% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 11th +7.0pp 10th 8% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 10th +5.3pp 11th 8% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 17th +4.0pp 12th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 8th +3.3pp 13th 16% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 28th +2.3pp 14th 11% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 7th +0.8pp 16th 16% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 30th +0.5pp 17th 15% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 22% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 25th -0.5pp 19th 6% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 13th -1.1pp 20th 4% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 12th -1.7pp 21st 5% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 24th -1.7pp 22nd 4% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 22nd -2.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 21st -3.4pp 24th 2% below peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 20th -3.8pp 25th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 23rd -4.9pp 26th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 31st -8.7pp 27th 16% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 26th -9.7pp 28th 9% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 14th -12.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 15th -14.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 27th -16.9pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 9 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 ±9.6pp 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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