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58,679 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Towson, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$101,320
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
$88,786 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
69.3%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
65.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.6%
2019-23
▲ <1%
relative change
4.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.5%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
2.4%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
2.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
65.7%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
62.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.2%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
1.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Towson, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.3%
2020-24
▲ 73%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
34.8%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
31.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
55.6%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
57.4% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.9%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
8.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 2 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
70.2%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
84.9% in 2019
Falling  
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.8%
2020-24
low
vs peers
17.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 14% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $88,786 to $101,320 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$7,213).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Towson started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 35% from 2014 to 2024 ($74,916 to $101,320).
Bright spot $101,320
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 14% above peers
Gardena, CA $84,803 15th +45% 2nd 13% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 18th +42% 3rd 4% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 10th +40% 4th 30% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 23rd +40% 5th 15% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 213% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 6th +36% 7th 65% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 19th +34% 8th 4% below peers
Wake Forest, NC $123,802 5th +34% 9th 65% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 11th +34% 10th 21% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 11th 77% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 21st +31% 12th 6% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 12th +30% 13th 18% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 7th +30% 14th 51% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 25th +30% 15th 19% below peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 17th +30% 16th 4% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 26th +30% 17th 19% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 24th +27% 18th 18% below peers
Severn, MD $134,423 4th +25% 19th 79% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 3rd +25% 20th 89% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 21st 141% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 14th +22% 22nd 14% above peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 22nd +21% 23rd 12% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 28th +20% 24th 37% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 25th 54% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 16th +19% 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 27th 43% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 27th +15% 28th 23% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 8th +14% 29th 35% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 20th +13% 30th 6% below peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 9th +9% 31st 32% 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 ±$6,307 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 (11.5% then, 12.1% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.6% to 12.1%).
12.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 9.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.2% 10th -5.7pp 1st 23% below peers
Cupertino, CA 4.1% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 66% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 6th -2.4pp 3rd 49% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 67% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 20th -4.5pp 5th 11% above peers
Bozeman, MT 13.7% 21st -4.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Dubuque, IA 12.7% 19th -3.2pp 7th 7% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.8% 23rd -3.7pp 8th 25% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.5% 4th -0.8pp 9th 62% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.3% 27th -3.6pp 10th 72% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.8% 16th -1.9pp 11th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.8% 8th -0.9pp 12th 34% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.3% 11th -1.0pp 13th 13% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 29th -1.7pp 14th 108% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 25th -0.7pp 15th 27% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 24th -0.7pp 16th 25% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 54.7% 31st -0.4pp 17th 362% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.1% 28th -0.1pp 18th 95% above peers
Towson, MD 12.1% 18th +0.6pp 19th 2% above peers
Youngstown, OH 37.3% 30th +2.1pp 20th 215% above peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 13th +0.7pp 21st 9% below peers
Santee, CA 7.9% 9th +0.7pp 22nd 33% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.1% 17th +1.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 24th 52% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.5% 26th +1.7pp 25th 39% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.6% 15th +1.5pp 26th 2% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.3% 12th +1.5pp 27th 13% below peers
Bowie, MD 3.8% 1st +0.6pp 28th 68% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.0% 14th +2.5pp 29th 7% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.1% 22nd +3.7pp 30th 19% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 7th +3.0pp 31st 38% 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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2 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 →
▸ 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 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.2% to 7.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 7.3%).
Needs attention 7.3%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 12th -11.0pp 1st 35% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 7th -3.2pp 2nd 52% below peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 21st -8.3pp 3rd 27% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 4th -1.6pp 4th 71% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 5th -2.4pp 5th 57% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 17th -6.1pp 6th 8% above peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 6th -2.2pp 7th 57% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.0% 3rd -1.3pp 8th 72% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 23rd -6.9pp 9th 49% above peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 14th -3.6pp 10th 7% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 11th 80% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 27th -7.4pp 12th 95% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 13th 50% below peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 18th -2.9pp 14th 14% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 28th -3.4pp 15th 103% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 20th -1.9pp 16th 27% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 26th -2.3pp 17th 92% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 18th 271% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 29th -0.1pp 19th 129% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 11th +0.1pp 20th 36% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 21st 422% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 25th +0.9pp 22nd 66% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 14% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 24th 80% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 15th +2.3pp 25th 1% below peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 19th +4.4pp 26th 18% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 16th +5.0pp 27th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 22nd +6.5pp 28th 30% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 9th +3.1pp 29th 48% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 10th +3.9pp 30th 38% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 24th +11.5pp 31st 57% 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.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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2 of 19 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (90.2% then, 92.4% now; margin ±4.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Broadband rose 5.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (86.6% to 92.4%).
92.4%
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% 22nd +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% 20th +11.3pp 6th 1% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 2nd +11.7pp 7th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 19th +10.8pp 8th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 9th +10.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 16th +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
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 18th +9.0pp 13th on par with peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 15th +8.0pp 14th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 24th +7.6pp 15th 3% below peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 23rd +6.9pp 16th 2% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 21st +6.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 13th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 12th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 10th +4.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 3rd +4.3pp 21st 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 8th +4.2pp 22nd 3% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 98.1% 1st +4.3pp 23rd 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 7th +3.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 27th +3.1pp 25th 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 17th +3.1pp 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 4th +2.4pp 29th 6% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 14th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 6th +2.0pp 31st 4% 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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2 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 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

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 (0.50 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.51).
Needs attention 0.51
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 15% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 6th -0.023 2nd 10% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 18th -0.025 3rd on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 4th 37% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 10th -0.015 5th 5% below peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 25th -0.015 6th 6% above peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 9th -0.012 7th 5% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 15th -0.010 8th 1% below peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 3rd -0.005 9th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 20th -0.001 10th 1% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 12th +0.003 11th 2% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 24th +0.003 12th 4% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 0.39 5th +0.003 13th 13% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 19th +0.006 14th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 27th +0.006 15th 8% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 17th +0.007 16th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 8th +0.007 17th 7% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 21st +0.008 18th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 28th +0.010 19th 14% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 20th 18% below peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 26th +0.013 21st 7% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 22nd 18% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 14th +0.017 23rd 1% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 16th +0.020 24th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 22nd +0.021 25th 2% above peers
Casper, WY 0.46 23rd +0.030 26th 3% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 13th +0.031 27th 2% below peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 30th +0.044 28th 29% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 7th +0.035 29th 9% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 11th +0.038 30th 3% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 29th +0.098 31st 14% 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
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (4.5% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (3.4% to 4.5%).
Bright spot 4.6%
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
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 12th -2.6pp 3rd 20% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 4th -1.5pp 4th 48% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 17th -2.9pp 5th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 20th -3.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 16th -2.4pp 7th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 18th -2.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 23rd -3.0pp 9th 48% above 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% 7th -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% 6th +0.0pp 19th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 5th +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? 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 ±1.1pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $474,404 in August 2026, up from $462,178 a year earlier.
$474,404
2000August 2026
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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) 27th +7.4% 1st 84% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $358,473 (Aug 26) 17th +6.9% 2nd 22% below peers
Orland Park, IL $413,308 (Aug 26) 15th +6.2% 3rd 11% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,427 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.5% 4th 91% above peers
Dubuque, IA $250,358 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.5% 5th 46% below peers
Springfield, OH $189,587 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 6th 59% below peers
Cupertino, CA $2,965,725 (Aug 26) 1st +3.3% 7th 542% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $607,048 (Aug 26) 7th +3.1% 8th 31% above peers
Towson, MD $474,404 (Aug 26) 13th +2.6% 9th 3% above peers
Gardena, CA $779,150 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 10th 69% above peers
Casper, WY $313,856 (Aug 26) 20th +1.8% 11th 32% below peers
Pocatello, ID $343,159 (Aug 26) 19th +1.6% 12th 26% below peers
Severn, MD $517,542 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 13th 12% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $162,375 (Aug 26) 26th +1.0% 14th 65% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $747,422 (Aug 26) 5th +1.0% 15th 62% above peers
Midwest City, OK $170,640 (Aug 26) 25th +0.7% 16th 63% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $462,037 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 17th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT $725,769 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 18th 57% above peers
Lacey, WA $509,747 (Aug 26) 11th +0.2% 19th 10% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $534,688 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 20th 16% above peers
Bowie, MD $520,578 (Aug 26) 9th -0.4% 21st 13% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $507,240 (Aug 26) 12th -1.0% 22nd 10% above peers
Decatur, AL $223,248 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.1% 23rd 52% below peers
Santee, CA $795,470 (Aug 26) 3rd -1.5% 24th 72% above peers
Sarasota, FL $409,878 (Aug 26) 16th -2.7% 25th 11% below peers
Bradenton, FL $352,501 (Aug 26) 18th -3.2% 26th 24% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $278,815 (Aug 26) 21st -6.4% 27th 40% 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, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $310,817 in August 2026, up from $308,553 a year earlier.
$310,817
2000August 2026
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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) 27th +12.8% 1st 86% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $596,747 (Aug 26) 5th +8.4% 2nd 92% above peers
Orland Park, IL $289,176 (Aug 26) 15th +4.6% 3rd 7% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,871 (Aug 26) 18th +4.0% 4th 21% below peers
Springfield, OH $104,091 (Aug 26) 25th +3.9% 5th 67% below peers
Pocatello, ID $259,905 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 6th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA $169,835 (Aug 26) 21st +3.0% 7th 45% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $449,366 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 8th 45% above peers
Casper, WY $224,668 (Aug 26) 19th +2.6% 9th 28% below peers
Gardena, CA $642,831 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.9% 10th 107% above peers
Midwest City, OK $123,280 (Aug 26) 24th +1.9% 11th 60% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $676,538 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 12th 118% above peers
Severn, MD $384,636 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 13th 24% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $335,700 (Aug 26) 13th +1.2% 14th 8% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,732,125 (Aug 26) 1st +1.1% 15th 457% above peers
Lacey, WA $433,708 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 16th 40% above peers
Towson, MD $310,817 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 17th on par with peers
Bowie, MD $418,752 (Aug 26) 9th +0.2% 18th 35% above peers
Santee, CA $612,274 (Aug 26) 4th -0.3% 19th 97% above peers
Decatur, AL $139,417 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.9% 20th 55% below peers
Bozeman, MT $489,422 (Aug 26) 6th -1.4% 21st 57% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $357,564 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 22nd 15% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $348,285 (Aug 26) 12th -2.4% 23rd 12% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $93,084 (Aug 26) 26th -3.0% 24th 70% below peers
Sarasota, FL $259,750 (Aug 26) 17th -4.1% 25th 16% below peers
Bradenton, FL $206,790 (Aug 26) 20th -5.4% 26th 33% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,596 (Aug 26) 22nd -8.2% 27th 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 (57.4% then, 55.6% now; margin ±2.0pp). 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
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.8% to 55.6%).
Needs attention 55.6%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 18th +7.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 28th +5.1pp 2nd 22% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 16th +5.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 10th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 25th +3.7pp 5th 16% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 15th +4.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 3rd +4.1pp 7th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 6th +2.8pp 8th 17% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 74.0% 5th +2.6pp 9th 19% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 30th +1.6pp 10th 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 4th +2.7pp 11th 26% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 9th +2.3pp 12th 13% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 13th +1.9pp 13th 3% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 14th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 19th +1.6pp 15th 7% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 11th +1.7pp 16th 6% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 21st +1.2pp 17th 10% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 27th +0.9pp 18th 22% below peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 2nd +1.3pp 19th 35% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 23rd +0.6pp 20th 10% below peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 7th +0.6pp 21st 16% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 17th +0.4pp 22nd 3% below peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 8th +0.3pp 23rd 14% above peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 20th -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% 26th -0.5pp 27th 16% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 28th 38% above peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 22nd -1.6pp 29th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 24th -1.8pp 30th 11% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 27% 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,872 in August 2026, up from $1,843 a year earlier.
$1,872
2018August 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) 27th +8.4% 1st 49% below peers
Springfield, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 22nd +8.3% 2nd 39% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,375 (Aug 26) 1st +8.0% 3rd 113% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,058 (Aug 26) 14th +5.6% 4th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL $2,759 (Aug 26) 4th +4.9% 5th 34% above peers
Gardena, CA $2,354 (Aug 26) 8th +4.3% 6th 14% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,989 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.1% 7th 94% above peers
Lancaster, PA $1,547 (Aug 26) 20th +3.9% 8th 25% below peers
Bozeman, MT $2,149 (Aug 26) 12th +3.8% 9th 4% above peers
Wake Forest, NC $1,823 (Aug 26) 17th +3.6% 10th 11% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,861 (Aug 26) 16th +3.5% 11th 10% below peers
Terre Haute, IN $996 (Aug 26) 28th +3.3% 12th 52% below peers
Dubuque, IA $1,076 (Aug 26) 25th +3.1% 13th 48% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,694 (Aug 26) 19th +3.0% 14th 18% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $2,266 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 15th 10% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,392 (Aug 26) 7th +2.3% 16th 16% above peers
Santee, CA $2,850 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.3% 17th 38% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,202 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 18th 42% below peers
Decatur, AL $1,118 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 19th 46% below peers
Towson, MD $1,872 (Aug 26) 15th +1.6% 20th 9% below peers
Casper, WY $1,393 (Aug 26) 21st +1.5% 21st 32% below peers
Lacey, WA $2,137 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 22nd 4% above peers
Pocatello, ID $1,074 (Aug 26) 26th +0.8% 23rd 48% below peers
Bowie, MD $2,522 (Aug 26) 5th +0.5% 24th 23% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,484 (Aug 26) 6th +0.5% 25th 21% above peers
Severn, MD $2,336 (Aug 26) 9th +0.2% 26th 14% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,175 (Aug 26) 11th -0.2% 27th 6% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,782 (Aug 26) 18th -1.9% 28th 13% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.2% to 34.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). 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
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.5% to 34.8%).
Needs attention 34.8%
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 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 8th -5.9pp 1st 16% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 4th -2.1pp 2nd 19% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 11th -1.6pp 3rd 14% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 6th -1.4pp 4th 17% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 23rd -1.9pp 5th 18% above peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 29th -2.0pp 6th 33% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 2nd -1.0pp 7th 31% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 15th -0.7pp 8th 4% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 20% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 22.5% 1st +0.0pp 10th 32% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 18th +0.5pp 11th 7% above peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 19th +0.5pp 12th 9% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 12th +0.5pp 13th 5% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 26th +0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 9th +0.6pp 15th 15% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 14th +0.8pp 16th 5% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 20th +1.4pp 17th 10% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 22nd +1.6pp 18th 17% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 31st +2.2pp 19th 46% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 7th +1.3pp 20th 16% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 24th +2.5pp 21st 18% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 10th +1.9pp 22nd 14% below peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 27th +2.9pp 23rd 31% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 13th +2.6pp 24th 5% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 21st +3.3pp 25th 13% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 5th +2.4pp 26th 19% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 25th +3.7pp 27th 19% above peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 17th +3.6pp 28th 5% above peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 28th +5.6pp 29th 33% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 16th +4.3pp 30th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 30th +6.8pp 31st 44% 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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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 (8.4% then, 8.9% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.6% to 8.9%).
Needs attention 8.9%
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
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 8th -2.2pp 1st 26% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 58% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 28th -5.8pp 3rd 157% above peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 20th -2.2pp 4th 16% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.2% 11th -1.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 13th -1.3pp 6th 8% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 6th -0.9pp 7th 33% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 8th 35% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 30th -4.0pp 9th 227% above peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 18th -1.0pp 10th 1% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 21st -1.1pp 11th 16% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 26th -1.2pp 12th 84% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 13th 485% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 19th -0.3pp 14th 4% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 24th -0.3pp 15th 39% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 15th -0.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 16th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 18th 116% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 29th -0.1pp 19th 190% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 7th -0.0pp 20th 31% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 14th -0.0pp 21st 7% below peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 25th +0.6pp 22nd 54% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 9th +0.3pp 23rd 25% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 24th 1% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 3.2% 2nd +0.4pp 25th 45% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 12th +0.8pp 26th 10% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 22nd +1.1pp 27th 18% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 23rd +1.6pp 28th 28% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 10th +1.2pp 30th 23% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 39% 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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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.6% then, 2.5% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 2.5%).
Bright spot 2.5%
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
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.5% 6th -2.1pp 1st 53% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 21st -5.0pp 2nd 20% above peers
Santee, CA 3.1% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 57% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.9% 14th -2.5pp 4th 6% below peers
Bozeman, MT 6.3% 12th -2.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 66% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.4% 25th -2.8pp 7th 41% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 7th -1.0pp 8th 48% below peers
Gardena, CA 8.5% 19th -2.2pp 9th 16% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.9% 8th -1.0pp 10th 47% below 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% 17th -0.8pp 17th 10% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 20th -0.8pp 18th 17% 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% 9th +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% 18th +0.6pp 26th 13% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 4.7% 10th +0.7pp 27th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 29th +2.5pp 28th 81% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 5th +1.0pp 29th 56% below 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? 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

31.2%
20202022
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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
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 5th 23% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 6th 23% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 7th 17% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 8th 15% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 9th 13% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 10th 12% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 11th 12% 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
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 3% above peers
Severn, MD 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
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 24th 20% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 25th 20% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 26th 20% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 22% 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
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.9% then, 2.2% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 2.2%).
Bright spot 2.2%
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
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 82% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 15th -5.8pp 2nd 5% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 4th -2.2pp 3rd 48% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 13th -3.7pp 4th 11% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 3rd -1.6pp 5th 55% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 6th 92% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 20th -2.1pp 7th 55% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 5th -0.7pp 8th 48% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 30th -3.1pp 9th 179% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 6th -0.7pp 10th 35% below peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 16th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 26th -1.1pp 12th 132% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 27th -0.7pp 13th 139% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 11th +0.0pp 14th 16% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 9th +0.0pp 15th 19% below peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 29th +0.6pp 16th 170% above peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 22nd +0.4pp 17th 68% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 14th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 7th +0.3pp 19th 32% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 21st +0.8pp 20th 59% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 24th +1.9pp 21st 119% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 25th +2.2pp 22nd 131% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 12th +0.8pp 23rd 15% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 31st +5.0pp 24th 421% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 28th +3.1pp 25th 152% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 17th +1.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 2.2% 8th +1.0pp 27th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 19th +2.1pp 28th 46% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 10th +1.4pp 29th 19% below peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 18th +1.9pp 30th 5% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 71% 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 65.1% to 69.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Towson 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 (62.1% to 69.3%).
Bright spot 69.3%
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% 19th +5.4pp 3rd 11% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 14th +5.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 22nd +4.3pp 5th 17% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 27th +2.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 10th +5.3pp 7th 22% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 18th +3.9pp 8th 8% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 21st +3.5pp 9th 15% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 7th +6.0pp 10th 45% above peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 11th 55% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 12th +4.3pp 12th 14% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 28th +1.8pp 13th 51% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 14th 30% below peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 4th +6.4pp 15th 91% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 16th +2.9pp 16th on par with peers
Wake Forest, NC 59.5% 5th +4.9pp 17th 75% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 23rd +1.9pp 18th 28% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 17th +2.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 20th 30% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 21st 103% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 8th +2.6pp 22nd 35% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 6th +2.2pp 23rd 48% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 24th 141% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 13th +1.5pp 25th 11% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 142% 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% 26th -2.3pp 30th 34% 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.
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
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (62.3% then, 65.7% now; margin ±9.6pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.8% to 65.7%).
Bright spot 65.7%
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%
Severn, MD 66.5% 4th +33.2pp 1st 33% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 6th +26.4pp 2nd 19% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 7th +20.3pp 3rd 17% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 9th +16.8pp 4th 11% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 17th +15.1pp 5th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 21st +7.7pp 6th 15% below peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 25th +6.6pp 7th 23% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 8th +9.5pp 8th 14% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 12th +8.1pp 9th 3% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 22nd +5.7pp 10th 21% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 3rd +7.0pp 11th 37% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 12th 81% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 5th +3.4pp 13th 32% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 13th +1.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 2nd -0.4pp 15th 39% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 19th -1.1pp 16th 12% below peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 14th -3.7pp 17th 2% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 16th -4.5pp 18th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 26th -4.8pp 19th 24% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 23rd -5.2pp 20th 22% below peers
Wake Forest, NC 52.6% 10th -7.7pp 21st 5% above peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 15th -12.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 11th -14.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 29th -10.5pp 24th 32% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 24th -12.9pp 25th 22% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 27th -12.7pp 26th 25% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 28th -15.0pp 27th 25% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 18th -19.7pp 28th 5% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 30th -14.5pp 29th 36% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 20th -20.7pp 30th 15% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 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.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.5% then, 2.4% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 2.4%).
Bright spot 2.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 11th -22.4pp 2nd 28% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 6th -3.7pp 3rd 51% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 7th -1.5pp 4th 44% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 9th -1.2pp 5th 33% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 17th -1.8pp 6th 11% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 18th -1.4pp 7th 13% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 12th -0.8pp 8th 23% below peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 5th -0.1pp 9th 63% below peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 24th -0.3pp 10th 42% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 11th 64% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 15th +0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 2nd +0.1pp 13th 85% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 8th +0.3pp 14th 40% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 15th 144% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 27th +1.3pp 16th 70% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 16th +1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 29th +3.0pp 18th 82% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 14th +2.2pp 19th 4% below peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 22nd +3.1pp 20th 25% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 19th +2.8pp 21st 14% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 25th +4.1pp 22nd 65% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 10th +1.8pp 23rd 30% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 23rd +3.5pp 24th 35% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 28th +4.6pp 25th 76% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 26th +4.4pp 26th 66% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 13th +2.4pp 27th 15% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 30th +5.9pp 28th 83% above peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 20th +4.3pp 29th 20% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 8.2% 21st +6.7pp 30th 22% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 3rd +2.1pp 31st 65% 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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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 (57,817 then, 58,679 now; margin ±2,201).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (57,146 to 58,679).
58,679
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 20th +20% 2nd on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 30th +20% 3rd 4% below peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 23rd +17% 4th 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 14th +16% 5th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 29th +12% 6th 3% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 11th +10% 7th 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 16th +7% 8th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 15th +7% 9th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 26th +5% 10th 2% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 25th +4% 11th 1% below peers
Santee, CA 59,332 3rd +3% 12th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 18th +2% 13th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 5th +2% 14th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 58,679 10th +1% 15th 1% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 6th +1% 16th 1% above peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 27th +1% 17th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 58,839 8th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 28th +0% 19th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 2nd -0% 20th 2% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 21st -1% 21st 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 22nd -1% 22nd 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 19th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 12th -3% 24th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 24th -3% 25th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 17th -4% 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 13th -4% 27th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 7th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 1st -4% 29th 3% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 9th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 4th -8% 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: 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 (17.6% then, 17.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (17.4% to 17.8%).
Big move 17.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 22.2% -0.1pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 27th +1.5pp 1st 25% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 21st +1.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 20th +1.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 10th +1.1pp 5th 10% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 2nd +1.2pp 6th 23% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 8th +0.9pp 7th 11% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 5th +0.8pp 8th 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 12th +0.6pp 9th 5% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 16th +0.5pp 10th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 25th +0.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 26th +0.1pp 12th 15% below peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 4th +0.0pp 13th 16% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 17% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 7th -0.3pp 15th 13% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 9th -0.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 6th -0.4pp 17th 14% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 19th -0.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 24th -0.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 22nd -0.6pp 20th 4% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 30th -0.4pp 21st 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 23rd -0.7pp 22nd 4% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 14th -0.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 13th -1.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 15th -1.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 17th -1.9pp 26th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 18th -2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 31st -1.6pp 28th 36% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 11th -3.1pp 29th 9% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 26.5% 1st -4.0pp 30th 27% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 28th -3.1pp 31st 25% 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'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 (20.1% then, 23.6% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.9% to 23.6%).
23.6%
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 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% 13th +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
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 12th +4.6pp 7th 20% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 7th +4.8pp 8th 48% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 9th 66% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 10th +3.7pp 10th 41% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 18th +2.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 19th +1.6pp 12th 6% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 8th +1.3pp 13th 43% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 14th 138% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 5th +1.0pp 15th 64% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 25th -0.0pp 16th 35% 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% 20th -2.8pp 20th 8% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 24th -2.7pp 21st 31% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 14th -4.6pp 22nd 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 6th -8.6pp 23rd 49% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 26th -3.6pp 24th 40% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 17th -5.9pp 25th 2% below peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 27th -3.8pp 26th 41% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 23rd -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? 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 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents fell 14.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.8% to 70.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.6% to 70.2%).
Big move 70.2%
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% 3rd +22.1pp 1st 23% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 26th +13.9pp 2nd 9% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 6th +16.0pp 3rd 18% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 11th +10.8pp 4th 6% above peers
Wake Forest, NC 68.0% 15th +10.2pp 5th on par with peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 4th +11.4pp 6th 22% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 7th +10.7pp 7th 16% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 8th 28% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 8th +6.3pp 9th 15% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 25th +2.3pp 10th 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 17th +2.2pp 11th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 5th +0.8pp 12th 19% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 27th +0.5pp 13th 13% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 14th 28% above peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 10th -1.1pp 15th 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 9th -1.7pp 16th 8% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 20th -1.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 19th -2.4pp 18th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 16th -3.4pp 19th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 14th -3.8pp 20th 1% above peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 30th -4.2pp 21st 14% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 13th -5.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 18th -5.9pp 23rd 1% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 29th -6.1pp 24th 14% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 25th 19% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 21st -8.9pp 26th 3% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 28th -8.7pp 27th 14% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 22nd -9.7pp 28th 6% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 12th -14.6pp 29th 4% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 23rd -16.9pp 30th 7% below peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 24th -17.3pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 19 census tracts
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DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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