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81,462 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Silver Spring, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.2%
2020-24
▼ 60%
relative change
3.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$99,860
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
$83,782 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
9.9%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
12.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
60.6%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
54.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
38.3%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
35.7% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.4%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
89.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.6%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
10.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Silver Spring, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
16.5%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
16.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
44.7%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
48.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.2%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
40.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.9%
2019-23
▲ 6%
relative change
8.3% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 1 indicator

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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
33.8%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
26.5% in 2019
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 19% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $83,782 to $99,860 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,359).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Silver Spring started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($72,289 to $99,860).
Bright spot $99,860
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $103,678 +22%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Cicero, IL $70,842 20th +44% 1st 16% below peers
Pine Hills, FL $58,673 27th +43% 2nd 31% below peers
Alhambra, CA $88,024 13th +43% 3rd 4% above peers
Largo, FL $62,096 24th +40% 4th 27% below peers
Buena Park, CA $110,550 8th +40% 5th 31% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $75,848 17th +40% 6th 10% below peers
Perris, CA $88,911 12th +39% 7th 5% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $59,235 26th +38% 8th 30% below peers
Pasco, WA $85,586 15th +36% 9th 1% above peers
Bloomington, IN $50,465 31st +36% 10th 40% below peers
Rapid City, SD $70,870 19th +35% 11th 16% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $72,856 18th +35% 12th 14% below peers
Redwood City, CA $157,814 3rd +35% 13th 87% above peers
Pharr, TX $52,814 30th +32% 14th 38% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $160,093 2nd +31% 15th 89% above peers
Apex, NC $144,135 5th +29% 16th 70% above peers
Longview, TX $63,340 23rd +29% 17th 25% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $104,836 9th +26% 18th 24% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $57,947 28th +25% 19th 32% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $68,879 22nd +23% 20th 19% below peers
Loveland, CO $84,604 16th +23% 21st on par with peers
Newport Beach, CA $156,867 4th +23% 22nd 85% above peers
Redmond, WA $162,560 1st +23% 23rd 92% above peers
Westland, MI $62,076 25th +22% 24th 27% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 21st +22% 25th 17% below peers
Doral, FL $94,164 11th +22% 26th 11% above peers
Waldorf, MD $116,089 7th +21% 27th 37% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $55,424 29th +21% 28th 34% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $99,860 10th +19% 29th 18% above peers
Kendall, FL $87,325 14th +19% 30th 3% above peers
Woodbury, MN $125,310 6th +15% 31st 48% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,677 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.6% then, 10.6% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 10.6%).
Bright spot 10.6%
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 9.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Apex, NC 2.2% 1st -3.0pp 1st 82% below peers
Perris, CA 10.7% 13th -6.1pp 2nd 15% below peers
Redwood City, CA 6.3% 5th -2.7pp 3rd 50% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.5% 26th -7.6pp 4th 39% above peers
Buena Park, CA 8.8% 10th -3.6pp 5th 30% below peers
Rapid City, SD 12.5% 15th -3.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Doral, FL 10.3% 11th -2.4pp 7th 18% below peers
Pasco, WA 12.6% 16th -2.9pp 8th on par with peers
Bloomington, IN 29.8% 31st -5.5pp 9th 137% above peers
Cicero, IL 14.7% 22nd -1.5pp 10th 16% above peers
Longview, TX 17.3% 25th -1.4pp 11th 37% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 6.6% 6th -0.5pp 12th 47% below peers
Pharr, TX 27.6% 30th -1.6pp 13th 119% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 18.6% 27th -0.9pp 14th 48% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.6% 17th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 13.7% 19th -0.1pp 16th 9% above peers
Westland, MI 14.3% 20th -0.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 15.5% 23rd +0.1pp 18th 23% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 10.6% 12th +0.1pp 19th 15% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 15.7% 24th +0.3pp 20th 25% above peers
Loveland, CO 8.5% 9th +0.2pp 21st 32% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 23.3% 29th +0.5pp 22nd 85% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.4% 21st +0.4pp 23rd 14% above peers
Largo, FL 13.1% 18th +0.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Redmond, WA 5.6% 4th +0.2pp 25th 55% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.2% 2nd +0.3pp 26th 66% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 7.6% 7th +0.8pp 27th 40% below peers
Kendall, FL 11.2% 14th +1.9pp 28th 11% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 22.8% 28th +4.7pp 29th 81% above peers
Waldorf, MD 7.7% 8th +2.2pp 30th 39% below peers
Woodbury, MN 5.3% 3rd +2.1pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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▸ 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.3% then, 16.2% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 16.1%).
16.2%
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 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Apex, NC 2.1% 1st -3.9pp 1st 86% below peers
Redwood City, CA 5.7% 5th -5.9pp 2nd 64% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.9% 10th -8.3pp 3rd 37% below peers
Perris, CA 13.7% 14th -11.2pp 4th 13% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.3% 28th -13.3pp 5th 61% above peers
Pasco, WA 15.7% 16th -5.9pp 6th on par with peers
Rapid City, SD 18.1% 19th -6.8pp 7th 15% above peers
Doral, FL 12.4% 12th -4.0pp 8th 21% below peers
Redmond, WA 3.0% 2nd -0.7pp 9th 81% below peers
Loveland, CO 9.3% 9th -1.8pp 10th 41% below peers
Waldorf, MD 6.2% 6th -1.1pp 11th 61% below peers
Cicero, IL 19.9% 20th -3.4pp 12th 26% above peers
Pharr, TX 35.5% 31st -4.1pp 13th 126% above peers
Longview, TX 24.2% 27th -2.4pp 14th 54% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 5.3% 4th -0.4pp 15th 66% below peers
Alhambra, CA 12.3% 11th -0.9pp 16th 22% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 34.3% 30th -2.4pp 17th 118% above peers
Bloomington, IN 22.5% 23rd -1.3pp 18th 43% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 21.2% 21st -0.8pp 19th 35% above peers
Westland, MI 23.1% 25th -0.4pp 20th 47% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 22.8% 24th -0.2pp 21st 45% above peers
Largo, FL 15.8% 17th +0.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Bethlehem, PA 23.3% 26th +0.1pp 23rd 48% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 21.9% 22nd +0.2pp 24th 39% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.9% 15th +0.7pp 25th 5% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.3% 3rd +0.3pp 26th 72% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.1% 18th +1.8pp 27th 3% above peers
Kendall, FL 13.6% 13th +2.7pp 28th 13% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 8.8% 8th +2.1pp 29th 44% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.9% 29th +8.2pp 30th 103% above peers
Woodbury, MN 6.2% 7th +3.3pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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5 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.6% to 95.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Silver Spring started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.2% to 95.4%).
Bright spot 95.4%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 92.5% +5.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Pharr, TX 88.5% 25th +34.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 91.5% 20th +13.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 85.5% 31st +12.3pp 3rd 9% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 92.5% 17th +12.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Cicero, IL 88.0% 26th +11.5pp 5th 6% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 93.7% 15th +10.1pp 6th on par with peers
Longview, TX 89.5% 22nd +9.3pp 7th 4% below peers
Pasco, WA 93.9% 13th +9.1pp 8th on par with peers
Largo, FL 87.5% 30th +8.4pp 9th 7% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 87.6% 29th +8.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Westland, MI 91.6% 19th +8.3pp 11th 2% below peers
Perris, CA 95.3% 10th +8.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Rapid City, SD 90.5% 21st +7.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 88.6% 24th +7.3pp 14th 5% below peers
Alhambra, CA 94.4% 12th +7.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Kendall, FL 94.6% 11th +6.8pp 16th 1% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 89.1% 23rd +6.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 95.4% 9th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 87.8% 28th +4.7pp 19th 6% below peers
Buena Park, CA 95.4% 8th +4.9pp 20th 2% above peers
Redwood City, CA 95.4% 7th +4.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 93.7% 16th +3.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Bloomington, IN 88.0% 27th +3.7pp 23rd 6% below peers
Waldorf, MD 93.9% 14th +3.4pp 24th on par with peers
Doral, FL 97.1% 3rd +3.3pp 25th 4% above peers
Loveland, CO 92.3% 18th +3.0pp 26th 1% below peers
Woodbury, MN 98.1% 1st +3.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 96.0% 5th +2.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Apex, NC 97.0% 4th +1.7pp 29th 4% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 98.0% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 5% above peers
Redmond, WA 95.8% 6th +0.7pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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5 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.45).
0.45
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 0.46 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Perris, CA 0.36 1st -0.031 1st 18% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 0.52 28th -0.027 2nd 17% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 0.41 6th -0.018 3rd 8% below peers
Alhambra, CA 0.46 19th -0.018 4th 3% above peers
Largo, FL 0.43 12th -0.017 5th 2% below peers
Buena Park, CA 0.40 4th -0.016 6th 9% below peers
Apex, NC 0.37 2nd -0.014 7th 17% below peers
Longview, TX 0.46 21st -0.015 8th 5% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 0.44 15th -0.010 9th on par with peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.41 9th -0.006 10th 7% below peers
Cicero, IL 0.40 5th -0.002 11th 9% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 0.44 14th -0.001 12th 1% below peers
Westland, MI 0.43 10th -0.001 13th 4% below peers
Rapid City, SD 0.47 23rd +0.000 14th 7% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 0.45 17th +0.002 15th 2% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.61 31st +0.004 16th 38% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 0.47 22nd +0.004 17th 5% above peers
Kendall, FL 0.49 26th +0.006 18th 11% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 0.44 16th +0.006 19th on par with peers
Pharr, TX 0.46 20th +0.009 20th 3% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 0.51 27th +0.011 21st 15% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 0.53 29th +0.011 22nd 19% above peers
Pasco, WA 0.41 8th +0.009 23rd 7% below peers
Redwood City, CA 0.48 25th +0.011 24th 10% above peers
Doral, FL 0.43 11th +0.010 25th 2% below peers
Woodbury, MN 0.41 7th +0.012 26th 7% below peers
Waldorf, MD 0.38 3rd +0.015 27th 14% below peers
Bloomington, IN 0.57 30th +0.026 28th 28% above peers
Loveland, CO 0.43 13th +0.024 29th 2% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 0.48 24th +0.027 30th 8% above peers
Redmond, WA 0.45 18th +0.041 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (8.3% then, 8.9% now; margin ±1.8pp). 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
Snap rose 2.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.4% to 8.9%).
Needs attention 8.9%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Apex, NC 1.9% 1st -0.8pp 1st 83% below peers
Doral, FL 7.6% 9th -2.2pp 2nd 30% below peers
Bloomington, IN 7.1% 8th -1.9pp 3rd 34% below peers
Longview, TX 13.1% 19th -2.3pp 4th 21% above peers
Largo, FL 11.1% 17th -1.9pp 5th 2% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 10.6% 14th -1.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Pharr, TX 31.4% 30th -4.6pp 7th 190% above peers
Rapid City, SD 10.6% 15th -1.3pp 8th 2% below peers
Cicero, IL 22.3% 29th -2.6pp 9th 106% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 16.3% 24th -1.9pp 10th 50% above peers
Redmond, WA 3.4% 4th -0.3pp 11th 68% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 13.3% 20th -0.9pp 12th 23% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 13.8% 21st -0.5pp 13th 28% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 5.4% 6th +0.1pp 14th 50% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 35.4% 31st +0.4pp 15th 227% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 22nd +0.2pp 16th 32% above peers
Perris, CA 17.1% 25th +0.4pp 17th 58% above peers
Loveland, CO 7.8% 10th +0.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Buena Park, CA 9.8% 12th +0.4pp 19th 10% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 18.7% 26th +0.8pp 20th 73% above peers
Westland, MI 15.6% 23rd +0.9pp 21st 44% above peers
Kendall, FL 12.2% 18th +0.7pp 22nd 13% above peers
Pasco, WA 21.0% 28th +1.3pp 23rd 94% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 8.9% 11th +0.5pp 24th 18% below peers
Waldorf, MD 10.8% 16th +1.3pp 25th on par with peers
Redwood City, CA 5.8% 7th +0.8pp 26th 46% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 2.1% 2nd +0.3pp 27th 80% below peers
Woodbury, MN 2.6% 3rd +0.7pp 28th 76% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.9% 5th +1.6pp 29th 64% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 18.7% 27th +8.0pp 30th 73% above peers
Alhambra, CA 10.2% 13th +5.4pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $542,238 in August 2026, down from $544,021 a year earlier.
$542,238
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $428,308 (Aug 26) +0.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Newport Beach, CA $3,697,219 (Aug 26) 1st +10.7% 1st 756% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,878,298 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.6% 2nd 335% above peers
Cicero, IL $279,769 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.6% 3rd 35% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $361,684 (Aug 26) 19th +4.1% 4th 16% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $227,300 (Aug 26) 27th +3.8% 5th 47% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI $389,783 (Aug 26) 18th +2.4% 6th 10% below peers
Buena Park, CA $931,550 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 7th 116% above peers
Westland, MI $215,324 (Aug 26) 28th +2.3% 8th 50% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $206,515 (Aug 26) 29th +2.2% 9th 52% below peers
Rapid City, SD $361,540 (Aug 26) 20th +2.0% 10th 16% below peers
Woodbury, MN $462,126 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 11th 7% above peers
Hawthorne, CA $868,408 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 12th 101% above peers
Alhambra, CA $916,065 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 13th 112% above peers
Bloomington, IN $315,772 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 14th 27% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $522,429 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 15th 21% above peers
Perris, CA $543,032 (Aug 26) 10th +0.9% 16th 26% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $266,065 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 17th 38% below peers
Longview, TX $235,107 (Aug 26) 26th +0.6% 18th 46% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $695,041 (Aug 26) 7th +0.6% 19th 61% above peers
Largo, FL $336,911 (Aug 26) 21st +0.5% 20th 22% below peers
Pasco, WA $416,723 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 21st 4% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $403,510 (Aug 26) 17th -0.3% 22nd 7% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $542,238 (Aug 26) 11th -0.3% 23rd 26% above peers
Loveland, CO $496,109 (Aug 26) 13th -0.8% 24th 15% above peers
Doral, FL $543,159 (Aug 26) 9th -1.2% 25th 26% above peers
Waldorf, MD $431,875 (Aug 26) 15th -1.7% 26th on par with peers
Apex, NC $592,991 (Aug 26) 8th -1.7% 27th 37% above peers
Pharr, TX $165,451 (Aug 26) 30th -1.8% 28th 62% below peers
Pine Hills, FL $274,704 (Aug 26) 24th -2.4% 29th 36% below peers
Redmond, WA $1,315,884 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.9% 30th 205% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $334,453 in August 2026, down from $338,483 a year earlier.
$334,453
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref $261,541 (Aug 26) -0.2%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Cicero, IL $236,519 (Aug 26) 21st +8.9% 1st 23% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $1,928,506 (Aug 26) 1st +8.5% 2nd 529% above peers
Bethlehem, PA $267,713 (Aug 26) 18th +4.7% 3rd 13% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $148,376 (Aug 26) 27th +4.4% 4th 52% below peers
Westland, MI $158,312 (Aug 26) 26th +3.8% 5th 48% below peers
Buena Park, CA $823,379 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 6th 169% above peers
Redwood City, CA $1,215,002 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 7th 297% above peers
Pharr, TX $113,807 (Aug 26) 29th +2.8% 8th 63% below peers
Bloomington, IN $218,791 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.5% 9th 29% below peers
Hawthorne, CA $714,460 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 10th 133% above peers
Pasco, WA $343,040 (Aug 26) 13th +1.9% 11th 12% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $253,591 (Aug 26) 19th +1.8% 12th 17% below peers
Perris, CA $469,581 (Aug 26) 8th +1.7% 13th 53% above peers
Rapid City, SD $268,058 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 14th 13% below peers
Longview, TX $138,287 (Aug 26) 28th +1.0% 15th 55% below peers
Woodbury, MN $306,422 (Aug 26) 15th +1.0% 16th on par with peers
Lynchburg, VA $166,403 (Aug 26) 25th +0.0% 17th 46% below peers
Alhambra, CA $701,893 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 18th 129% above peers
Johns Creek, GA $503,217 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 19th 64% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $104,600 (Aug 26) 30th -0.5% 20th 66% below peers
Loveland, CO $402,715 (Aug 26) 10th -1.1% 21st 31% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $269,622 (Aug 26) 16th -1.1% 22nd 12% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $334,453 (Aug 26) 14th -1.2% 23rd 9% above peers
Pine Hills, FL $223,733 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.2% 24th 27% below peers
Waldorf, MD $348,899 (Aug 26) 12th -1.6% 25th 14% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $238,810 (Aug 26) 20th -2.6% 26th 22% below peers
Largo, FL $198,710 (Aug 26) 24th -2.8% 27th 35% below peers
Apex, NC $428,237 (Aug 26) 9th -2.8% 28th 40% above peers
Doral, FL $366,175 (Aug 26) 11th -2.9% 29th 20% above peers
Redmond, WA $773,721 (Aug 26) 4th -3.9% 30th 153% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 35.7% to 38.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.0% to 38.3%).
Bright spot 38.3%
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%
Lake Charles, LA 60.9% 14th +8.5pp 1st 10% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 40.9% 28th +4.3pp 2nd 26% below peers
Cicero, IL 54.6% 19th +4.9pp 3rd 1% below peers
Perris, CA 68.8% 6th +5.7pp 4th 24% above peers
Waldorf, MD 74.9% 4th +5.9pp 5th 35% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 38.3% 29th +2.5pp 6th 31% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 64.7% 8th +4.3pp 7th 17% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 55.4% 16th +3.4pp 8th on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR 54.3% 20th +3.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Largo, FL 61.7% 12th +3.2pp 10th 11% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 80.4% 1st +3.9pp 11th 45% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 64.7% 7th +2.1pp 12th 17% above peers
Alhambra, CA 41.0% 27th +1.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Apex, NC 76.5% 3rd +2.0pp 14th 38% above peers
Pasco, WA 70.9% 5th +1.7pp 15th 28% above peers
Westland, MI 61.3% 13th +1.3pp 16th 11% above peers
Rapid City, SD 63.0% 9th +1.1pp 17th 14% above peers
Longview, TX 54.7% 18th +0.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Kendall, FL 62.2% 10th +0.4pp 19th 12% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 48.9% 23rd +0.1pp 20th 12% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 27.2% 31st -0.1pp 21st 51% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 50.0% 22nd -0.8pp 22nd 10% below peers
Pharr, TX 59.1% 15th -1.1pp 23rd 7% above peers
Bloomington, IN 34.8% 30th -0.7pp 24th 37% below peers
Loveland, CO 62.1% 11th -1.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Redwood City, CA 48.6% 24th -1.2pp 26th 12% below peers
Doral, FL 46.5% 25th -1.3pp 27th 16% below peers
Woodbury, MN 77.6% 2nd -3.2pp 28th 40% above peers
Buena Park, CA 55.0% 17th -2.4pp 29th 1% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 52.1% 21st -4.6pp 30th 6% below peers
Redmond, WA 43.2% 26th -6.8pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,962 in August 2026, down from $1,978 a year earlier.
$1,962
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Lake Charles, LA $1,375 (Aug 26) 24th +20.3% 1st 30% below peers
Redwood City, CA $4,146 (Aug 26) 2nd +9.9% 2nd 111% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI $1,440 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.4% 3rd 27% below peers
Newport Beach, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +5.8% 4th 123% above peers
Perris, CA $2,883 (Aug 26) 4th +5.6% 5th 47% above peers
Rapid City, SD $1,484 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.0% 6th 24% below peers
Woodbury, MN $2,177 (Aug 26) 12th +4.1% 7th 11% above peers
Waldorf, MD $2,291 (Aug 26) 11th +3.9% 8th 17% above peers
Cicero, IL $1,294 (Aug 26) 27th +3.5% 9th 34% below peers
Redmond, WA $2,639 (Aug 26) 6th +3.4% 10th 35% above peers
Westland, MI $1,315 (Aug 26) 26th +3.3% 11th 33% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $2,799 (Aug 26) 5th +3.0% 12th 43% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $1,283 (Aug 26) 28th +3.0% 13th 35% below peers
Longview, TX $1,174 (Aug 26) 29th +2.7% 14th 40% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $1,336 (Aug 26) 25th +2.7% 15th 32% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $2,371 (Aug 26) 10th +2.1% 16th 21% above peers
Bloomington, IN $1,549 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 17th 21% below peers
Hawthorne, CA $2,147 (Aug 26) 13th +1.9% 18th 9% above peers
Loveland, CO $1,925 (Aug 26) 16th +1.8% 19th 2% below peers
Bethlehem, PA $1,884 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 20th 4% below peers
Alhambra, CA $2,607 (Aug 26) 7th +0.9% 21st 33% above peers
Pharr, TX $1,124 (Aug 26) 30th +0.6% 22nd 43% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $2,548 (Aug 26) 8th +0.6% 23rd 30% above peers
Buena Park, CA $2,513 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 24th 28% above peers
Apex, NC $1,981 (Aug 26) 14th +0.5% 25th 1% above peers
Pine Hills, FL $1,644 (Aug 26) 20th +0.3% 26th 16% below peers
Doral, FL $2,893 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.2% 27th 47% above peers
Largo, FL $1,833 (Aug 26) 18th -0.7% 28th 7% below peers
Pasco, WA $1,650 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 29th 16% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $1,962 (Aug 26) 15th -0.8% 30th on par with 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 (40.6% then, 40.2% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.3% to 40.2%).
Needs attention 40.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Buena Park, CA 37.2% 17th -7.2pp 1st 3% above peers
Cicero, IL 34.7% 14th -6.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Perris, CA 37.2% 18th -5.8pp 3rd 3% above peers
Redwood City, CA 37.4% 19th -3.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Alhambra, CA 43.8% 25th -3.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Pharr, TX 30.2% 7th -1.2pp 6th 16% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 33.4% 12th -0.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 27.2% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 24% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 40.2% 21st -0.4pp 9th 12% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 50.6% 29th -0.3pp 10th 41% above peers
Westland, MI 31.8% 9th +0.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 52.6% 30th +1.1pp 12th 46% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 35.1% 15th +0.8pp 13th 2% below peers
Bloomington, IN 47.4% 27th +1.3pp 14th 32% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.2% 8th +1.0pp 15th 13% below peers
Kendall, FL 41.0% 23rd +1.5pp 16th 14% above peers
Apex, NC 20.0% 1st +0.8pp 17th 44% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 49.3% 28th +1.9pp 18th 37% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.0% 16th +1.4pp 19th on par with peers
Longview, TX 32.9% 11th +1.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.0% 13th +1.6pp 21st 6% below peers
Doral, FL 54.3% 31st +3.1pp 22nd 51% above peers
Rapid City, SD 32.5% 10th +1.9pp 23rd 10% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 44.7% 26th +3.0pp 24th 24% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 43.5% 24th +3.1pp 25th 21% above peers
Largo, FL 40.3% 22nd +2.9pp 26th 12% above peers
Pasco, WA 30.1% 6th +2.9pp 27th 16% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 27.4% 4th +3.2pp 28th 24% below peers
Redmond, WA 28.2% 5th +3.9pp 29th 22% below peers
Woodbury, MN 24.4% 2nd +4.1pp 30th 32% below peers
Loveland, CO 37.7% 20th +7.0pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±2.9pp 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 (16.9% then, 16.5% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 16.5%).
Needs attention 16.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Pharr, TX 5.3% 11th -2.2pp 1st 14% below peers
Longview, TX 5.6% 13th -1.8pp 2nd 10% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 4.8% 8th -1.3pp 3rd 22% below peers
Cicero, IL 9.2% 24th -2.0pp 4th 50% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 7.5% 19th -1.0pp 5th 22% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 22.6% 31st -2.6pp 6th 266% above peers
Alhambra, CA 7.4% 18th -0.6pp 7th 20% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 10.7% 27th -0.5pp 8th 73% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 6.1% 15th -0.2pp 9th 1% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.5% 30th -0.5pp 10th 167% above peers
Bloomington, IN 12.2% 29th -0.3pp 11th 97% above peers
Largo, FL 8.6% 22nd -0.0pp 12th 39% above peers
Rapid City, SD 7.0% 17th +0.0pp 13th 13% above peers
Westland, MI 8.7% 23rd +0.1pp 14th 41% above peers
Redmond, WA 7.6% 20th +0.2pp 15th 23% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 10.5% 26th +0.4pp 16th 70% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 11.6% 28th +0.6pp 17th 87% above peers
Pasco, WA 4.5% 7th +0.5pp 18th 27% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 8.4% 21st +0.9pp 19th 36% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 4.4% 6th +0.5pp 20th 29% below peers
Loveland, CO 5.4% 12th +0.7pp 21st 13% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 9.6% 25th +1.3pp 22nd 55% above peers
Woodbury, MN 2.7% 2nd +0.4pp 23rd 57% below peers
Redwood City, CA 6.2% 16th +1.0pp 24th on par with peers
Perris, CA 4.9% 9th +0.8pp 25th 20% below peers
Waldorf, MD 3.8% 4th +0.8pp 26th 39% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 14th +1.4pp 27th 1% below peers
Apex, NC 2.7% 1st +0.7pp 28th 57% below peers
Buena Park, CA 5.3% 10th +2.1pp 29th 15% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.0% 3rd +1.6pp 30th 52% below peers
Doral, FL 4.2% 5th +2.2pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 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 →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.2% to 9.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way. Silver Spring started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.7% to 9.9%).
Bright spot 9.9%
20132024
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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
Doral, FL 9.3% 19th -7.8pp 1st 17% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 6.0% 12th -3.1pp 2nd 25% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.9% 1st -0.9pp 3rd 76% below peers
Alhambra, CA 4.2% 6th -1.9pp 4th 47% below peers
Bloomington, IN 5.8% 10th -2.4pp 5th 27% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.6% 9th -1.3pp 6th 42% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.2% 2nd -0.9pp 7th 60% below peers
Apex, NC 3.5% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 56% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 9.9% 21st -2.3pp 9th 24% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.6% 27th -3.5pp 10th 96% above peers
Longview, TX 16.3% 28th -3.2pp 11th 105% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 10.6% 22nd -2.0pp 12th 33% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 17th -1.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Rapid City, SD 9.8% 20th -1.7pp 14th 24% above peers
Redwood City, CA 4.6% 8th -0.8pp 15th 43% below peers
Pasco, WA 11.8% 23rd -1.5pp 16th 48% above peers
Kendall, FL 7.9% 15th -0.9pp 17th 1% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 6.5% 13th -0.6pp 18th 18% below peers
Pharr, TX 29.2% 31st -2.3pp 19th 267% above peers
Buena Park, CA 8.0% 16th -0.5pp 20th on par with peers
Westland, MI 5.8% 11th -0.1pp 21st 27% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 8.9% 18th -0.1pp 22nd 12% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.3% 26th +0.0pp 23rd 93% above peers
Cicero, IL 20.1% 30th +1.4pp 24th 152% above peers
Largo, FL 13.5% 25th +1.3pp 25th 70% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.9% 29th +1.8pp 26th 125% above peers
Perris, CA 12.5% 24th +2.3pp 27th 57% above peers
Loveland, CO 7.1% 14th +1.3pp 28th 11% below peers
Redmond, WA 3.7% 4th +0.7pp 29th 54% below peers
Waldorf, MD 4.2% 5th +1.1pp 30th 47% below peers
Woodbury, MN 4.3% 7th +1.3pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 below the peer median.

27.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Redmond, WA 19.3% 1st 39% below peers
Alhambra, CA 20.3% 2nd 36% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 21.8% 3rd 31% below peers
Loveland, CO 22.2% 4th 30% below peers
Apex, NC 23.1% 5th 27% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 23.8% 6th 25% below peers
Redwood City, CA 23.9% 7th 25% below peers
Buena Park, CA 24.8% 8th 22% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 26.5% 9th 16% below peers
Kendall, FL 26.5% 10th 16% below peers
Doral, FL 26.9% 11th 15% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 27.3% 12th 14% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 28.5% 13th 10% below peers
Woodbury, MN 30.2% 14th 5% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 30.6% 15th 3% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 31.7% 16th on par with peers
Largo, FL 32.4% 17th 2% above peers
Westland, MI 34.5% 18th 9% above peers
Rapid City, SD 35.4% 19th 12% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.4% 20th 15% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 38.1% 21st 20% above peers
Perris, CA 38.2% 22nd 21% above peers
Cicero, IL 38.4% 23rd 21% above peers
Bloomington, IN 38.6% 24th 22% above peers
Pasco, WA 39.4% 25th 24% above peers
Longview, TX 40.0% 26th 26% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 40.4% 27th 27% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 41.8% 28th 32% above peers
Waldorf, MD 43.7% 29th 38% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 46.2% 30th 46% above peers
Pharr, TX 47.8% 31st 51% 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.2% to 1.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Silver Spring started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 1.2%).
Bright spot 1.2%
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
Newport Beach, CA 0.0% 1st -1.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 2.4% 8th -5.3pp 2nd 41% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 1.2% 2nd -1.9pp 3rd 69% below peers
Alhambra, CA 1.4% 4th -1.5pp 4th 66% below peers
Doral, FL 5.5% 21st -5.4pp 5th 36% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 1.8% 6th -1.2pp 6th 56% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 3.9% 15th -2.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.7% 10th -1.5pp 8th 33% below peers
Longview, TX 8.9% 28th -4.1pp 9th 121% above peers
Redwood City, CA 1.7% 5th -0.6pp 10th 58% below peers
Bloomington, IN 4.2% 17th -1.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 4.8% 19th -1.1pp 12th 20% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 9.3% 29th -1.7pp 13th 131% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 9.6% 30th -1.5pp 14th 137% above peers
Pharr, TX 14.3% 31st -2.1pp 15th 255% above peers
Westland, MI 2.1% 7th -0.2pp 16th 47% below peers
Loveland, CO 3.6% 13th -0.4pp 17th 12% below peers
Largo, FL 7.7% 25th -0.3pp 18th 92% above peers
Woodbury, MN 3.5% 12th -0.1pp 19th 12% below peers
Waldorf, MD 2.8% 11th -0.0pp 20th 31% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 22nd +0.0pp 21st 51% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 3.7% 14th +0.4pp 22nd 8% below peers
Apex, NC 2.4% 9th +0.3pp 23rd 41% below peers
Pasco, WA 5.0% 20th +0.7pp 24th 23% above peers
Rapid City, SD 7.7% 24th +1.2pp 25th 91% above peers
Cicero, IL 4.6% 18th +0.8pp 26th 14% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 8.6% 27th +2.2pp 27th 112% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.0% 16th +2.0pp 28th on par with peers
Redmond, WA 1.3% 3rd +0.7pp 29th 69% below peers
Perris, CA 8.0% 26th +5.2pp 30th 97% above peers
Buena Park, CA 7.1% 23rd +5.4pp 31st 76% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 Real improvement ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.9% to 60.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.1pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Silver Spring started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.4% to 60.6%).
Bright spot 60.6%
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 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Perris, CA 12.3% 30th +3.1pp 1st 67% below peers
Pharr, TX 18.8% 28th +3.9pp 2nd 49% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 36.0% 17th +6.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Cicero, IL 10.8% 31st +1.9pp 4th 71% below peers
Largo, FL 27.4% 23rd +4.2pp 5th 26% below peers
Waldorf, MD 34.8% 18th +5.2pp 6th 6% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 26.0% 24th +3.7pp 7th 30% below peers
Pasco, WA 21.4% 27th +3.1pp 8th 42% below peers
Alhambra, CA 40.8% 13th +5.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Doral, FL 59.2% 7th +7.3pp 10th 60% above peers
Rapid City, SD 37.0% 16th +4.2pp 11th on par with peers
Longview, TX 23.7% 25th +2.3pp 12th 36% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 52.9% 11th +5.0pp 13th 43% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 60.6% 6th +5.7pp 14th 64% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 32.1% 20th +2.7pp 15th 13% below peers
Redwood City, CA 54.4% 10th +4.2pp 16th 47% above peers
Buena Park, CA 33.0% 19th +2.5pp 17th 11% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 38.5% 15th +2.9pp 18th 4% above peers
Apex, NC 69.5% 4th +5.2pp 19th 88% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.8% 21st +2.3pp 20th 14% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 72.7% 2nd +5.0pp 21st 96% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 15.3% 29th +1.0pp 22nd 59% below peers
Kendall, FL 47.9% 12th +2.8pp 23rd 29% above peers
Loveland, CO 39.0% 14th +2.2pp 24th 5% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 29.1% 22nd +1.6pp 25th 21% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 57.6% 9th +3.1pp 26th 56% above peers
Bloomington, IN 58.8% 8th +2.9pp 27th 59% above peers
Redmond, WA 75.3% 1st +3.5pp 28th 103% above peers
Westland, MI 23.0% 26th +0.9pp 29th 38% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 69.6% 3rd +2.6pp 30th 88% above peers
Woodbury, MN 61.3% 5th +2.3pp 31st 66% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.7% then, 44.7% now; margin ±12.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.5% to 44.7%).
Needs attention 44.7%
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 45.5% -4.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Longview, TX 48.9% 16th +7.7pp 1st on par with peers
Buena Park, CA 54.0% 10th +6.0pp 2nd 10% above peers
Bloomington, IN 56.7% 8th +1.3pp 3rd 16% above peers
Westland, MI 47.5% 18th +1.0pp 4th 3% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 46.8% 19th +0.9pp 5th 4% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 79.1% 1st +1.5pp 6th 62% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 58.4% 7th -0.5pp 7th 19% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 59.3% 6th -1.9pp 8th 21% above peers
Pasco, WA 26.1% 30th -0.9pp 9th 47% below peers
Waldorf, MD 44.8% 22nd -2.8pp 10th 8% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 47.5% 17th -3.6pp 11th 3% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 44.7% 23rd -4.0pp 12th 9% below peers
Doral, FL 61.3% 4th -5.6pp 13th 25% above peers
Pharr, TX 49.7% 15th -4.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 45.9% 21st -6.6pp 15th 6% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 51.2% 13th -8.1pp 16th 5% above peers
Loveland, CO 50.9% 14th -8.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.3% 3rd -10.0pp 18th 27% above peers
Woodbury, MN 37.9% 26th -6.1pp 19th 23% below peers
Redwood City, CA 55.6% 9th -9.1pp 20th 14% above peers
Rapid City, SD 38.2% 25th -6.5pp 21st 22% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 63.4% 2nd -12.1pp 22nd 30% above peers
Redmond, WA 59.7% 5th -12.4pp 23rd 22% above peers
Alhambra, CA 52.4% 11th -10.9pp 24th 7% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 52.1% 12th -11.7pp 25th 6% above peers
Perris, CA 23.4% 31st -7.2pp 26th 52% below peers
Cicero, IL 30.6% 29th -9.7pp 27th 38% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 35.3% 27th -15.4pp 28th 28% below peers
Largo, FL 40.0% 24th -18.0pp 29th 18% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 33.6% 28th -19.4pp 30th 31% below peers
Apex, NC 46.0% 20th -31.5pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.7pp 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 (12.6% then, 7.2% now; margin ±6.4pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 7.2%).
7.2%
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
Miami Beach, FL 0.4% 1st -7.9pp 1st 93% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.9% 2nd -4.3pp 2nd 87% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 1.9% 6th -3.2pp 3rd 71% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 1.4% 3rd -1.5pp 4th 78% below peers
Rapid City, SD 4.2% 12th -3.5pp 5th 36% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 7.2% 18th -5.4pp 6th 10% above peers
Bethlehem, PA 2.5% 8th -1.7pp 7th 62% below peers
Apex, NC 1.7% 5th -0.9pp 8th 74% below peers
Perris, CA 7.9% 21st -3.9pp 9th 21% above peers
Alhambra, CA 5.4% 13th -2.1pp 10th 17% below peers
Cicero, IL 9.7% 24th -1.4pp 11th 48% above peers
Largo, FL 10.5% 27th -0.4pp 12th 62% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 7.7% 20th +0.5pp 13th 19% above peers
Kendall, FL 6.5% 16th +0.5pp 14th on par with peers
Waldorf, MD 6.3% 15th +0.7pp 15th 3% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 3.7% 10th +0.5pp 16th 43% below peers
Bloomington, IN 1.4% 4th +0.2pp 17th 78% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 23rd +1.3pp 18th 28% above peers
Pasco, WA 10.0% 26th +2.0pp 19th 53% above peers
Longview, TX 8.3% 22nd +1.7pp 20th 28% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 11.7% 29th +3.3pp 21st 80% above peers
Woodbury, MN 2.1% 7th +0.6pp 22nd 68% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 6.5% 17th +2.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Loveland, CO 9.9% 25th +3.9pp 24th 53% above peers
Doral, FL 7.7% 19th +3.3pp 25th 18% above peers
Buena Park, CA 6.1% 14th +3.2pp 26th 6% below peers
Redwood City, CA 4.2% 11th +2.2pp 27th 36% below peers
Westland, MI 17.3% 31st +11.0pp 28th 166% above peers
Pharr, TX 11.2% 28th +8.0pp 29th 73% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.4% 30th +11.1pp 30th 137% above peers
Redmond, WA 2.8% 9th +2.1pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (81,773 then, 81,462 now; margin ±3,035).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (75,748 to 81,462).
81,462
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
Apex, NC 70,630 31st +37% 1st 13% below peers
Doral, FL 79,216 25th +32% 2nd 2% below peers
Redmond, WA 77,353 30th +18% 3rd 5% below peers
Woodbury, MN 78,305 27th +12% 4th 3% below peers
Waldorf, MD 82,943 5th +10% 5th 2% above peers
Pasco, WA 79,575 22nd +9% 6th 2% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 81,435 14th +6% 7th 1% above peers
Kendall, FL 79,562 23rd +6% 8th 2% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 80,137 19th +5% 9th 1% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 81,143 15th +5% 10th on par with peers
Perris, CA 80,511 17th +4% 11th 1% below peers
Rapid City, SD 77,946 29th +4% 12th 4% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 77,956 28th +3% 13th 4% below peers
Pharr, TX 80,333 18th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 83,515 4th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Westland, MI 83,633 3rd +2% 16th 3% above peers
Loveland, CO 78,410 26th +2% 17th 3% below peers
Longview, TX 82,923 6th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 80,105 20th +1% 19th 1% below peers
Cicero, IL 82,797 8th +1% 20th 2% above peers
Buena Park, CA 82,871 7th +0% 21st 2% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 81,462 13th -0% 22nd 1% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 79,497 24th -1% 23rd 2% below peers
Largo, FL 82,617 9th -2% 24th 2% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 83,845 2nd -2% 25th 3% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 85,191 1st -2% 26th 5% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 81,988 12th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Redwood City, CA 82,447 10th -4% 28th 2% above peers
Alhambra, CA 81,022 16th -4% 29th on par with peers
Bloomington, IN 80,049 21st -5% 30th 1% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 82,031 11th -9% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2,512 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.4% then, 22.2% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children held roughly steady from 2017 to 2024.
22.2%
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 22.2% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Kendall, FL 21.1% 19th +2.9pp 1st 4% below peers
Buena Park, CA 23.1% 14th +1.0pp 2nd 5% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.1% 29th +0.3pp 3rd 31% below peers
Alhambra, CA 17.1% 26th +0.2pp 4th 22% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 19.4% 22nd +0.1pp 5th 12% below peers
Redwood City, CA 21.3% 18th -0.1pp 6th 3% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 22.2% 15th -0.2pp 7th 1% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 21.9% 17th -0.3pp 8th on par with peers
Boynton Beach, FL 17.1% 27th -0.3pp 9th 22% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 26.0% 5th -0.6pp 10th 18% above peers
Westland, MI 20.1% 21st -0.6pp 11th 9% below peers
Apex, NC 29.1% 3rd -0.9pp 12th 32% above peers
Waldorf, MD 24.9% 10th -0.8pp 13th 14% above peers
Longview, TX 25.1% 9th -0.9pp 14th 14% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 24.7% 11th -1.0pp 15th 12% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 16.5% 28th -0.7pp 16th 25% below peers
Rapid City, SD 22.0% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR 24.0% 13th -1.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Bloomington, IN 10.6% 31st -0.5pp 19th 52% below peers
Pharr, TX 32.7% 1st -1.8pp 20th 49% above peers
Farmington Hills, MI 17.8% 24th -1.2pp 21st 19% below peers
Largo, FL 14.8% 30th -1.0pp 22nd 33% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 17.2% 25th -1.2pp 23rd 22% below peers
Pasco, WA 31.4% 2nd -2.2pp 24th 43% above peers
Redmond, WA 20.9% 20th -1.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Woodbury, MN 25.8% 6th -1.9pp 26th 18% above peers
Doral, FL 24.5% 12th -2.0pp 27th 12% above peers
Loveland, CO 19.0% 23rd -2.1pp 28th 14% below peers
Cicero, IL 25.8% 7th -3.0pp 29th 17% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.8% 8th -3.1pp 30th 17% above peers
Perris, CA 28.5% 4th -3.7pp 31st 30% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent rose 7.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.5% to 33.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.4% to 33.8%).
Big move 33.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Farmington Hills, MI 24.5% 24th +9.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Loveland, CO 30.4% 19th +8.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Westland, MI 43.3% 4th +12.0pp 3rd 35% above peers
Newport Beach, CA 21.5% 25th +5.6pp 4th 33% below peers
Buena Park, CA 31.6% 18th +7.2pp 5th 2% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 33.8% 15th +7.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Alhambra, CA 29.0% 20th +4.9pp 7th 10% below peers
Largo, FL 45.5% 2nd +7.7pp 8th 42% above peers
Pasco, WA 35.6% 14th +5.9pp 9th 11% above peers
Kendall, FL 25.6% 23rd +3.5pp 10th 20% below peers
Hawthorne, CA 41.0% 10th +5.5pp 11th 28% above peers
Longview, TX 42.5% 6th +4.7pp 12th 32% above peers
Bloomington, IN 36.0% 13th +2.4pp 13th 12% above peers
Pharr, TX 39.5% 12th +2.5pp 14th 23% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 42.9% 5th +2.5pp 15th 34% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 15.3% 29th +0.9pp 16th 52% below peers
Cicero, IL 41.1% 8th +1.9pp 17th 28% above peers
Perris, CA 32.0% 17th +1.4pp 18th on par with peers
Woodbury, MN 17.2% 27th +0.5pp 19th 46% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 40.5% 11th +0.4pp 20th 26% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 41.1% 9th -0.2pp 21st 28% above peers
Redmond, WA 12.1% 31st -0.1pp 22nd 62% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 27.8% 22nd -2.6pp 23rd 13% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 44.0% 3rd -5.0pp 24th 37% above peers
Doral, FL 19.2% 26th -2.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Apex, NC 15.1% 30th -2.9pp 26th 53% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 45.8% 1st -9.2pp 27th 43% above peers
Rapid City, SD 32.1% 16th -9.1pp 28th on par with peers
Waldorf, MD 28.8% 21st -9.2pp 29th 10% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 41.6% 7th -13.8pp 30th 29% above peers
Redwood City, CA 16.4% 28th -6.7pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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 (76.1% then, 71.7% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.3% to 71.7%).
71.7%
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 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Doral, FL 72.7% 8th +13.8pp 1st 5% above peers
Buena Park, CA 70.0% 14th +13.2pp 2nd 1% above peers
Pharr, TX 57.5% 30th +8.4pp 3rd 17% below peers
Apex, NC 77.0% 3rd +9.6pp 4th 11% above peers
Redmond, WA 57.6% 29th +6.9pp 5th 17% below peers
Westland, MI 72.0% 9th +8.5pp 6th 4% above peers
Hawthorne, CA 74.9% 4th +8.3pp 7th 8% above peers
Woodbury, MN 83.3% 1st +8.8pp 8th 21% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 68.0% 17th +7.2pp 9th 2% below peers
Redwood City, CA 73.6% 7th +6.2pp 10th 7% above peers
Kendall, FL 67.8% 18th +4.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Alhambra, CA 64.8% 21st +4.1pp 12th 6% below peers
Waldorf, MD 78.3% 2nd +4.8pp 13th 13% above peers
Loveland, CO 66.7% 20th +3.2pp 14th 4% below peers
Newport Beach, CA 60.1% 27th +2.5pp 15th 13% below peers
Farmington Hills, MI 67.5% 19th +2.5pp 16th 2% below peers
Bloomington, IN 62.5% 22nd +1.9pp 17th 10% below peers
Cicero, IL 61.9% 23rd +1.7pp 18th 10% below peers
Perris, CA 59.4% 28th +1.5pp 19th 14% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 71.1% 11th +1.4pp 20th 3% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 74.7% 5th +0.1pp 21st 8% above peers
Longview, TX 60.2% 26th -0.5pp 22nd 13% below peers
Bethlehem, PA 71.1% 12th -2.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Largo, FL 69.5% 15th -2.5pp 24th 1% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 74.6% 6th -4.2pp 25th 8% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 71.7% 10th -4.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 69.1% 16th -4.2pp 27th on par with peers
Pasco, WA 61.9% 24th -4.4pp 28th 10% below peers
Rapid City, SD 70.4% 13th -7.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 56.0% 31st -7.2pp 30th 19% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 60.2% 25th -21.0pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 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 ±7.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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