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

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Severn, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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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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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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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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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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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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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
6.7%
2019-23
▲ 5%
relative change
6.4% in 2018
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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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.7%
2020-24
▲ 72%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
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
6.6%
2020-24
▲ 80%
relative change
3.7% 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 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 →
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
high
vs peers
71.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
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Economy

Median household income

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Severn started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($91,276 to $134,423).
Bright spot $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%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 13th +54% 1st 9% above peers
Gardena, CA $84,803 15th +45% 2nd 8% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 20th +42% 3rd 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 10th +40% 4th 25% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 23rd +40% 5th 19% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 199% above peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 7th +36% 7th 39% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 8th 58% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 21st +34% 9th 8% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 4th +34% 10th 58% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 11th +34% 11th 15% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 12th 78% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 12th +30% 13th 12% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 6th +30% 14th 44% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 25th +30% 15th 23% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 19th +30% 16th 8% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 26th +30% 17th 23% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 16th +29% 18th on par with peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 24th +27% 19th 22% below peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 20th 71% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 2nd +25% 21st 81% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 14th +22% 22nd 9% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 18th +21% 23rd 6% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 28th +20% 24th 40% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 25th 56% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 17th +19% 26th 4% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 27th 45% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 27th +15% 28th 27% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 8th +14% 29th 29% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 22nd +13% 30th 11% below peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 9th +9% 31st 26% 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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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 · 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 ±$8,244 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 5.7%).
Bright spot 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 9.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.2% 11th -5.7pp 1st 21% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 65% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 48% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 67% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 21st -4.5pp 5th 13% above peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 7th -2.1pp 6th 42% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.7% 22nd -4.1pp 7th 18% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.8% 23rd -3.7pp 8th 28% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.5% 4th -0.8pp 9th 61% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 27th -3.6pp 10th 76% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 17th -1.9pp 11th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.3% 12th -1.0pp 12th 11% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 29th -1.7pp 13th 113% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 25th -0.7pp 14th 30% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 24th -0.7pp 15th 28% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 54.7% 31st -0.4pp 16th 373% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.1% 28th -0.1pp 17th 99% above peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 19th +0.6pp 18th 5% above peers
Youngstown, OH 37.3% 30th +2.1pp 19th 222% above peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 14th +0.7pp 20th 7% below peers
Santee, CA 7.9% 9th +0.7pp 21st 32% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 10th +0.8pp 22nd 27% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.1% 18th +1.2pp 23rd 4% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 24th 51% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.5% 26th +1.7pp 25th 43% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.6% 16th +1.5pp 26th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.3% 13th +1.5pp 27th 11% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 28th 68% below peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 20th +2.2pp 29th 9% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.0% 15th +2.5pp 30th 5% below peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 8th +3.0pp 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.
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

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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 →
  • 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
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal) ★ Strong performer
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 (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.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.2% to 6.1%).
Bright spot 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%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 12th -11.0pp 1st 34% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 6th -4.0pp 2nd 56% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 7th -3.2pp 3rd 52% below peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 21st -8.3pp 4th 28% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 4th -1.6pp 5th 71% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 5th -2.2pp 6th 57% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 3rd -1.3pp 7th 72% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 24th -6.9pp 8th 50% above peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 15th -3.6pp 9th 7% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 10th 80% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 27th -7.4pp 11th 97% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 12th 50% below peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 18th -2.9pp 13th 15% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 28th -3.4pp 14th 104% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 20th -1.9pp 15th 27% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 26th -2.3pp 16th 93% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 17th 274% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 29th -0.1pp 18th 130% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 11th +0.1pp 19th 36% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 20th 425% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 25th +0.9pp 21st 67% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 14th +1.2pp 22nd 13% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 13% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 24th 80% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 16th +2.3pp 25th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 19th +4.4pp 26th 19% above peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 23rd +5.7pp 27th 35% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 17th +5.0pp 28th 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 22nd +6.5pp 29th 31% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 9th +3.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 10th +3.9pp 31st 38% 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 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 7.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.8% to 97.5%).
Bright spot 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%
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +18.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 23rd +14.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 28th +12.6pp 4th 6% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 11th +12.6pp 5th 2% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 91.3% 22nd +11.3pp 6th 1% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 2nd +11.7pp 7th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 21st +10.8pp 8th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 9th +10.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 18th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 25th +8.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 26th +8.7pp 12th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 12th +9.1pp 13th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 20th +9.0pp 14th on par with peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 16th +8.0pp 15th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 24th +6.9pp 16th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 17th +6.8pp 17th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 6th +6.0pp 18th 4% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 14th +5.4pp 19th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 13th +5.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 10th +4.2pp 21st 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 3rd +4.3pp 22nd 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 8th +4.2pp 23rd 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 24th 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 7th +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 27th +3.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 19th +3.1pp 27th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 28th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 4th +2.4pp 30th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 15th +2.3pp 31st on par with 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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

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

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.37 to 0.37).
Bright spot 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 4th -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 8th -0.023 2nd 8% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 20th -0.025 3rd 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 7th -0.019 4th 9% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 5th 39% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 13th -0.015 6th 3% below peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 25th -0.015 7th 7% above peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 12th -0.012 8th 4% below peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 10th -0.010 9th 7% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 18th -0.010 10th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 3rd -0.005 11th 14% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 22nd -0.001 12th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 15th +0.003 13th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 6th +0.003 14th 11% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 5th +0.003 15th 12% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 21st +0.006 16th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 27th +0.006 17th 9% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 11th +0.007 18th 5% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 23rd +0.008 19th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 28th +0.010 20th 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 21st 16% below peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 26th +0.013 22nd 9% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 23rd 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 17th +0.017 24th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 25th 2% above peers
Casper, WY 0.46 24th +0.030 26th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 16th +0.031 27th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 30th +0.044 28th 32% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 9th +0.035 29th 8% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 14th +0.038 30th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 29th +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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.4% to 6.7%).
Bright spot 6.7%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 15th -5.8pp 1st 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 19th -6.0pp 2nd 19% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 30% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 20th -3.1pp 4th 26% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 16th -2.4pp 5th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 18th -2.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 23rd -3.0pp 7th 48% above peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 17th -1.6pp 8th 1% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 12th -1.3pp 9th 15% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 11th -1.1pp 10th 21% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 2nd -0.5pp 11th 63% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 6th -0.6pp 12th 35% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 26th -1.3pp 13th 86% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 13th -0.6pp 14th 6% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 15th 299% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 8th -0.3pp 16th 28% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 28th -0.1pp 17th 197% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 3rd +0.0pp 18th 50% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 5.8% 5th +0.0pp 19th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 4th +0.1pp 20th 46% below peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 29th +0.9pp 21st 215% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 27th +0.7pp 22nd 89% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 10th +0.3pp 23rd 26% below peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 25th +1.4pp 24th 68% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 22nd +1.2pp 25th 33% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 26th 477% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 14.3% 24th +5.1pp 27th 57% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 21st +4.4pp 28th 31% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 14th +3.4pp 29th 6% below peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 9th +2.7pp 30th 26% below peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 81% 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp 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 →
What changed

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% 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: $517,542 in August 2026, up from $511,043 a year earlier.
$517,542
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%
Youngstown, OH $73,589 (Aug 26) 26th +7.4% 1st 84% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $358,473 (Aug 26) 16th +6.9% 2nd 24% below peers
Orland Park, IL $413,308 (Aug 26) 14th +6.2% 3rd 13% below peers
Springfield, OH $189,587 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.7% 4th 60% below peers
Cupertino, CA $2,965,725 (Aug 26) 1st +3.3% 5th 525% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $607,048 (Aug 26) 6th +3.1% 6th 28% above peers
Towson, MD $474,404 (Aug 26) 13th +2.6% 7th on par with peers
Gardena, CA $779,150 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 8th 64% above peers
Casper, WY $313,856 (Aug 26) 19th +1.8% 9th 34% below peers
Pocatello, ID $343,159 (Aug 26) 18th +1.6% 10th 28% below peers
Southaven, MS $273,007 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 11th 42% below peers
Severn, MD $517,542 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 12th 9% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $162,375 (Aug 26) 25th +1.0% 13th 66% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $747,422 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 14th 58% above peers
Midwest City, OK $170,640 (Aug 26) 24th +0.7% 15th 64% below peers
Bozeman, MT $725,769 (Aug 26) 5th +0.4% 16th 53% above peers
Lacey, WA $509,747 (Aug 26) 11th +0.2% 17th 7% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $534,688 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 18th 13% above peers
Bowie, MD $520,578 (Aug 26) 9th -0.4% 19th 10% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $507,240 (Aug 26) 12th -1.0% 20th 7% above peers
Decatur, AL $223,248 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.1% 21st 53% below peers
Tigard, OR $602,382 (Aug 26) 7th -1.4% 22nd 27% above peers
Santee, CA $795,470 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.5% 23rd 68% above peers
Sarasota, FL $409,878 (Aug 26) 15th -2.7% 24th 14% below peers
Bradenton, FL $352,501 (Aug 26) 17th -3.2% 25th 26% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $278,815 (Aug 26) 20th -6.4% 26th 41% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $384,636 in August 2026, up from $379,655 a year earlier.
$384,636
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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%
Youngstown, OH $43,239 (Aug 26) 26th +12.8% 1st 86% below peers
Orland Park, IL $289,176 (Aug 26) 14th +4.6% 2nd 7% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,871 (Aug 26) 17th +4.0% 3rd 21% below peers
Springfield, OH $104,091 (Aug 26) 24th +3.9% 4th 67% below peers
Pocatello, ID $259,905 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 5th 16% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $449,366 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 6th 45% above peers
Casper, WY $224,668 (Aug 26) 18th +2.6% 7th 28% below peers
Southaven, MS $203,427 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 8th 35% below peers
Gardena, CA $642,831 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 9th 107% above peers
Midwest City, OK $123,280 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.9% 10th 60% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $676,538 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 11th 118% above peers
Severn, MD $384,636 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 12th 24% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,732,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 13th 457% above peers
Lacey, WA $433,708 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 14th 40% above peers
Towson, MD $310,817 (Aug 26) 13th +0.7% 15th on par with peers
Bowie, MD $418,752 (Aug 26) 9th +0.2% 16th 35% above peers
Santee, CA $612,274 (Aug 26) 4th -0.3% 17th 97% above peers
Decatur, AL $139,417 (Aug 26) 22nd -0.9% 18th 55% below peers
Bozeman, MT $489,422 (Aug 26) 5th -1.4% 19th 57% above peers
Tigard, OR $469,424 (Aug 26) 6th -1.5% 20th 51% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $357,564 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 21st 15% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $348,285 (Aug 26) 12th -2.4% 22nd 12% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $93,084 (Aug 26) 25th -3.0% 23rd 70% below peers
Sarasota, FL $259,750 (Aug 26) 16th -4.1% 24th 16% below peers
Bradenton, FL $206,790 (Aug 26) 19th -5.4% 25th 33% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,596 (Aug 26) 21st -8.2% 26th 46% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.2% to 71.0%).
Needs attention 71.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 19th +7.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 29th +5.1pp 2nd 22% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 16th +5.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 11th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 7th +5.4pp 5th 16% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 26th +3.7pp 6th 16% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 15th +4.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 4th +4.1pp 8th 31% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 6th +2.6pp 9th 19% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 31st +1.6pp 10th 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 5th +2.7pp 11th 26% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 10th +2.3pp 12th 13% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 13th +1.9pp 13th 3% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 20th +1.6pp 14th 7% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 3rd +2.2pp 15th 33% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 22nd +1.2pp 16th 10% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 28th +0.9pp 17th 22% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 2nd +1.3pp 18th 35% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 24th +0.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 8th +0.6pp 20th 16% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 18th +0.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 9th +0.3pp 22nd 14% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 17th +0.1pp 23rd 1% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 21st -0.1pp 24th 8% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 12th -0.3pp 25th 4% above peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 14th -0.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 27th -0.5pp 27th 16% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 28th 38% above peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 23rd -1.6pp 29th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 25th -1.8pp 30th 11% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 30th -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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,336 in August 2026, up from $2,332 a year earlier.
$2,336
2022August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Youngstown, OH $1,059 (Aug 26) 26th +8.4% 1st 43% below peers
Springfield, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 22nd +8.3% 2nd 33% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +8.0% 3rd 134% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,058 (Aug 26) 13th +5.6% 4th 10% above peers
Orland Park, IL $2,759 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.9% 5th 47% above peers
Gardena, CA $2,354 (Aug 26) 7th +4.3% 6th 26% above peers
Lancaster, PA $1,547 (Aug 26) 20th +3.9% 7th 17% below peers
Bozeman, MT $2,149 (Aug 26) 11th +3.8% 8th 15% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $1,823 (Aug 26) 17th +3.6% 9th 3% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,861 (Aug 26) 15th +3.5% 10th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $996 (Aug 26) 27th +3.3% 11th 47% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $2,266 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 12th 21% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,392 (Aug 26) 6th +2.3% 13th 28% above peers
Santee, CA $2,850 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 14th 52% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,202 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 15th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL $1,118 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 16th 40% below peers
Towson, MD $1,872 (Aug 26) 14th +1.6% 17th on par with peers
Casper, WY $1,393 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 18th 26% below peers
Lacey, WA $2,137 (Aug 26) 12th +0.8% 19th 14% above peers
Pocatello, ID $1,074 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 20th 43% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,522 (Aug 26) 4th +0.5% 21st 35% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,484 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 22nd 33% above peers
Southaven, MS $1,560 (Aug 26) 19th +0.5% 23rd 17% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,852 (Aug 26) 16th +0.2% 24th 1% below peers
Severn, MD $2,336 (Aug 26) 8th +0.2% 25th 25% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,175 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 26th 16% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,782 (Aug 26) 18th -1.9% 27th 5% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (30.3% then, 28.7% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.4% to 28.7%).
Bright spot 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
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 9th -5.9pp 1st 16% below peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 15th -3.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 5th -2.1pp 3rd 19% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 10th -1.6pp 4th 14% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 7th -1.4pp 5th 17% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 23rd -1.9pp 6th 18% above peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 29th -2.0pp 7th 33% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 2nd -1.0pp 8th 31% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 14th -0.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 4th -0.2pp 10th 20% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 1st +0.0pp 11th 32% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 18th +0.5pp 12th 7% above peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 19th +0.5pp 13th 9% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 26th +0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 13th +0.8pp 15th 5% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 20th +1.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 22nd +1.6pp 17th 17% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 31st +2.2pp 18th 46% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 8th +1.3pp 19th 16% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 24th +2.5pp 20th 18% above peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 27th +2.9pp 21st 31% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 12th +2.6pp 22nd 5% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 21st +3.3pp 23rd 13% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 6th +2.4pp 24th 19% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 25th +3.7pp 25th 19% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 3rd +2.4pp 26th 25% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 17th +3.6pp 27th 5% above peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 28th +5.6pp 28th 33% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 16th +4.3pp 29th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 30th 44% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 11th +5.1pp 31st 7% 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 →
  • 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 3.6%).
Bright spot 3.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 8th -2.2pp 1st 20% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 55% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 11th -1.9pp 3rd 14% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 29th -5.8pp 4th 176% above peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 3rd -1.2pp 5th 36% below peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 22nd -2.2pp 6th 24% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 12th -1.6pp 7th 4% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 15th -1.3pp 8th 1% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 7th -0.9pp 9th 28% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 10th 30% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 31st -4.0pp 11th 251% above peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 20th -1.0pp 12th 8% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 25% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 27th -1.2pp 14th 98% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 21st -0.3pp 15th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 17th -0.2pp 16th 4% above peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 18th -0.2pp 17th 7% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 28th -0.3pp 18th 132% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 30th -0.1pp 19th 211% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 16th -0.0pp 20th on par with peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 26th +0.6pp 21st 66% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 14th +0.4pp 22nd 3% below peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 9th +0.3pp 23rd 20% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 19th +0.5pp 24th 8% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 2nd +0.4pp 25th 41% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 26th 3% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 24th +1.1pp 27th 27% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 25th +1.6pp 28th 37% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 5th +0.8pp 29th 32% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 10th +1.2pp 30th 18% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 4th +1.2pp 31st 35% 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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.7% to 6.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 33% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 6.6%).
Needs attention 6.6%
20132024
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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 6.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 4th -4.3pp 1st 58% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.5% 6th -2.1pp 2nd 53% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 21st -5.0pp 3rd 20% above peers
Santee, CA 3.1% 5th -1.3pp 4th 57% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.9% 14th -2.5pp 5th 6% below peers
Bozeman, MT 6.3% 12th -2.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 66% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.4% 25th -2.8pp 8th 41% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 7th -1.0pp 9th 48% below peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 20th -2.2pp 10th 16% above peers
Casper, WY 10.9% 27th -2.6pp 11th 49% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 12th 75% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.4% 26th -1.9pp 13th 42% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 23rd -1.1pp 14th 27% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 31st -1.6pp 15th 113% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.3% 16th -0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.1% 18th -0.8pp 17th 10% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 17th -0.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.1pp 19th 65% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 8.9% 22nd -0.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Bradenton, FL 15.2% 30th +0.0pp 21st 107% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.9% 15th +0.2pp 22nd 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 8th +0.2pp 23rd 47% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.2% 28th +0.6pp 24th 52% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.6% 24th +0.7pp 25th 31% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.3% 19th +0.6pp 26th 13% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 9th +0.3pp 27th 43% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 10th +0.7pp 28th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 29th +2.5pp 29th 81% above peers
Lacey, WA 5.8% 11th +1.8pp 30th 22% below peers
Severn, MD 6.6% 13th +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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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What changed

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 54% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 2nd 29% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 25.8% 3rd 24% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 23% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 5th 23% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 6th 17% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 7th 15% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 8th 13% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 9th 12% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 10th 12% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 11th 10% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 12th 8% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 13th 8% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 14th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 15th 3% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 17th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 18th 3% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 19th 4% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 21st 6% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 22nd 9% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 23rd 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 24th 19% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 25th 20% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 26th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 27th 20% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 26% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 29th 34% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

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).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Severn started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.8% to 1.4%).
Bright spot 1.4%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 4.4% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 82% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 15th -5.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 13th -3.7pp 3rd 11% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 2nd -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 7th -2.2pp 5th 27% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 24th -3.0pp 6th 92% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 20th -2.1pp 7th 55% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 3rd -0.7pp 8th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 30th -3.1pp 9th 179% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 4th -0.7pp 10th 35% below peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 27th -0.7pp 12th 139% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 10th +0.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 8th +0.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 29th +0.6pp 15th 170% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 23rd +0.4pp 16th 68% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 14th +0.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 5th +0.3pp 18th 32% below peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 21st +0.7pp 19th 55% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 22nd +0.8pp 20th 59% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 25th +1.9pp 21st 119% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 26th +2.2pp 22nd 131% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 23rd 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 24th 421% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 12th +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
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 6th +1.0pp 28th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 19th +2.1pp 29th 46% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 9th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 18th +1.9pp 31st 5% 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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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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
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 (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.*

Broader trend
62% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.0% to 46.1%).
Bright spot 46.1%
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 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 20th +6.5pp 1st 14% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 16.4% 29th +3.4pp 2nd 52% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 3rd 11% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 14th +5.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 23rd +4.3pp 5th 17% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 19th +4.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 5th +6.8pp 7th 49% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 22nd +3.7pp 8th 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 10th +5.3pp 9th 22% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 17th +3.9pp 10th 8% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 21st +3.5pp 11th 15% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 7th +6.0pp 12th 45% above peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 13th 55% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 12th +4.3pp 14th 14% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 28th +1.8pp 15th 51% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 25th +2.3pp 16th 30% below peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 3rd +6.4pp 17th 91% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 4th +4.9pp 18th 75% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 24th +1.9pp 19th 28% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 16th +2.3pp 20th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 26th +1.6pp 21st 30% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 2nd +4.2pp 22nd 103% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 8th +2.6pp 23rd 35% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 6th +2.2pp 24th 48% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 1st +3.5pp 25th 141% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 13th +1.5pp 26th 11% above peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 9th +1.0pp 27th 33% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 11th +0.8pp 28th 14% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 15th +0.3pp 29th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 27th -2.3pp 30th 34% 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 Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

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).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Severn started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 28.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.4% to 66.5%).
Bright spot 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% 3rd +33.2pp 1st 31% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 5th +26.4pp 2nd 18% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 6th +20.3pp 3rd 15% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 8th +16.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 18th +15.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 22nd +7.7pp 6th 16% below peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 26th +6.6pp 7th 24% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 7th +9.5pp 8th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 12th +8.1pp 9th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 24th +5.7pp 10th 23% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 2nd +7.0pp 11th 34% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 4th +3.4pp 12th 30% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 13th +1.4pp 13th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 1st -0.4pp 14th 37% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 20th -1.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 9th -1.5pp 16th 7% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 14th -3.7pp 17th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 17th -4.5pp 18th 2% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 19th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 27th -4.8pp 20th 25% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 25th -5.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 10th -7.7pp 22nd 4% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 23rd -6.5pp 23rd 20% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 16th -12.0pp 24th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 11th -14.5pp 25th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 30th -10.5pp 26th 33% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 28th -12.7pp 27th 26% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 29th -15.0pp 28th 27% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 19th -19.7pp 29th 6% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 31st -14.5pp 30th 37% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 21st -20.7pp 31st 16% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.6% to 5.7%).
Bright spot 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
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 9th -22.4pp 1st 37% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 5th -1.5pp 2nd 50% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 6th -1.2pp 3rd 40% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 15th -1.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 17th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 10th -0.8pp 6th 31% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 16th -1.1pp 7th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 4th -0.1pp 8th 68% below peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 23rd -0.3pp 9th 26% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 10th 68% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 13th +0.2pp 11th 11% below peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 24th +0.6pp 12th 32% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 1st +0.1pp 13th 87% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 14th 116% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 15th 39% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 27th +1.3pp 16th 51% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 14th +1.5pp 17th 11% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 29th +3.0pp 18th 62% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 12th +2.2pp 19th 15% below peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 21st +3.1pp 20th 11% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 18th +2.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 25th +4.1pp 22nd 46% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 8th +1.8pp 23rd 38% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 22nd +3.5pp 24th 20% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 25th 56% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 26th +4.4pp 26th 47% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 11th +2.4pp 27th 24% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 30th +5.9pp 28th 62% above peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 19th +4.3pp 29th 7% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 20th +6.7pp 30th 8% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 69% 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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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 29% from 2014 to 2024 (45,396 to 58,402).
Big move 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
Wake Forest, NC 52,844 31st +25% 1st 9% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 18th +20% 2nd on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 29th +20% 3rd 4% below peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 21st +17% 4th 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 12th +16% 5th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 27th +12% 6th 3% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 13th +7% 7th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 24th +5% 8th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 30th +5% 9th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 28th +4% 10th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 23rd +4% 11th 1% below peers
Santee, CA 59,332 3rd +3% 12th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 15th +2% 13th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 9th +1% 14th 1% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 5th +1% 15th 2% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 25th +1% 16th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 58,839 7th +1% 17th 1% above peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 26th +0% 18th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 2nd -0% 19th 2% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 19th -1% 20th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 20th -1% 21st on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 16th -2% 22nd on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 17th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 10th -3% 24th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 22nd -3% 25th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 14th -4% 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 11th -4% 27th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 6th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 1st -4% 29th 4% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 8th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 4th -8% 31st 2% 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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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 (23.4% then, 23.0% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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 22.2% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th +1.5pp 1st 26% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 22nd +1.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 21st +1.1pp 3rd 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 11th +1.1pp 4th 9% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 2nd +1.2pp 5th 22% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 9th +0.9pp 6th 10% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 6th +0.8pp 7th 13% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 13th +0.6pp 8th 4% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 17th +0.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 26th +0.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 27th +0.1pp 11th 15% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 28th +0.1pp 12th 16% below peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 5th +0.0pp 13th 15% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 4th -0.1pp 14th 16% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 8th -0.3pp 15th 12% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 10th -0.4pp 16th 9% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 7th -0.4pp 17th 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 20th -0.5pp 18th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 25th -0.5pp 19th 6% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 24th -0.6pp 20th 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 15th -0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 3rd -1.1pp 22nd 21% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 14th -1.0pp 23rd 1% above peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 23rd -1.3pp 24th 5% below peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 16th -1.6pp 25th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 18th -1.9pp 26th 1% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 19th -2.5pp 27th 1% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 31st -1.6pp 28th 37% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 12th -3.1pp 29th 8% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 1st -4.0pp 30th 26% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 30th -3.1pp 31st 26% 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's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.4% then, 28.9% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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
Bowie, MD 32.0% 15th +11.9pp 1st 4% above peers
Gardena, CA 43.4% 9th +14.6pp 2nd 41% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 12th +8.6pp 3rd 18% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 11th +8.2pp 4th 22% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 5th 47% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 22nd +3.6pp 6th 23% below peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 7th +4.8pp 7th 48% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 8th 66% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 10th +3.7pp 9th 41% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 17th +2.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 18th +1.6pp 11th 6% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 8th +1.3pp 12th 43% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 13th 138% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 5th +1.0pp 14th 64% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 25th -0.0pp 15th 35% below peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 23rd -0.2pp 16th 23% below peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 18th 136% above peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 3rd -4.8pp 19th 81% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 19th -2.8pp 20th 8% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 20th -2.8pp 21st 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 13th -3.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 14th -4.6pp 23rd 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 6th -8.6pp 24th 49% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 26th -3.6pp 25th 40% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 27th -3.8pp 26th 41% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 24th -5.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 21st -5.7pp 28th 17% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 80% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 17.5% 29th -4.5pp 30th 43% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 28th -7.3pp 31st 41% 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 →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 82.6%).
Big move 82.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 1st +22.1pp 1st 24% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 25th +13.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 5th +16.0pp 3rd 19% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 9th +10.8pp 4th 6% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 13th +10.2pp 5th 1% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 2nd +11.4pp 6th 23% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 4th +10.6pp 7th 19% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 6th +6.3pp 8th 16% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 24th +2.3pp 9th 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 15th +2.2pp 10th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 3rd +0.8pp 11th 20% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 26th +0.5pp 12th 12% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 20th -0.5pp 13th 2% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 8th -1.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 7th -1.7pp 15th 9% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 18th -1.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 17th -2.4pp 17th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 14th -3.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 12th -3.8pp 19th 1% above peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 30th -4.2pp 20th 14% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 11th -5.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 16th -5.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 29th -6.1pp 23rd 14% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 24th 19% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 19th -8.9pp 25th 2% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 28th -8.7pp 26th 13% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 21st -9.7pp 27th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 10th -14.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 22nd -16.9pp 29th 6% below peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 23rd -17.3pp 30th 6% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 27th -19.8pp 31st 13% 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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