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Wheaton, MD

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52,926 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Wheaton, MD shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$111,478
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$85,617 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.2%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
39.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
38.7%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
35.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.9%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
89.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.41
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
10.4%
2019-23
▲ 10%
relative change
9.5% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
50.5%
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
34.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Wheaton, MD shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
7.0%
2020-24
▲ 87%
relative change
3.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
12.1%
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
8.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
14.4%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
13.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
18.6%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
15.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.4%
2020-24
▲ 94%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
13.1%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
10.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps

No price or population move stands out against similar-size cities right now. How this is calculated →

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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 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $85,617 to $111,478 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$10,052).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Wheaton started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($78,742 to $111,478).
Bright spot $111,478
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%
Cathedral City, CA $73,572 18th +58% 1st 1% below peers
Delano, CA $67,010 24th +54% 2nd 10% below peers
Pensacola, FL $74,212 17th +47% 3rd on par with peers
Prescott Valley, AZ $74,569 16th +44% 4th on par with peers
Middletown, OH $57,102 28th +42% 5th 23% below peers
Murray, UT $90,746 9th +41% 6th 22% above peers
Bothell, WA $140,427 1st +40% 7th 88% above peers
Summerville, SC $81,046 13th +37% 8th 9% above peers
Lebanon, TN $72,848 19th +34% 9th 2% below peers
Colton, CA $71,208 23rd +32% 10th 5% below peers
Battle Creek, MI $55,693 29th +32% 11th 25% below peers
Ocoee, FL $98,911 8th +31% 12th 33% above peers
Aloha, OR $101,934 7th +30% 13th 37% above peers
Wheaton, MD $111,478 5th +30% 14th 49% above peers
Everett, MA $85,218 11th +30% 15th 14% above peers
Westchester, FL $72,262 20th +30% 16th 3% below peers
Palm Desert, CA $77,513 14th +29% 17th 4% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD $111,575 4th +28% 18th 50% above peers
Goose Creek, SC $88,178 10th +28% 19th 18% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL $63,432 26th +28% 20th 15% below peers
Clermont, FL $82,306 12th +27% 21st 10% above peers
West New York, NJ $71,729 21st +27% 22nd 4% below peers
Sherman, TX $58,859 27th +24% 23rd 21% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ $115,304 3rd +24% 24th 55% above peers
Elyria, OH $54,945 31st +24% 25th 26% below peers
Columbus, IN $77,456 15th +22% 26th 4% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL $71,621 22nd +21% 27th 4% below peers
Oak Park, IL $110,820 6th +17% 28th 49% above peers
Novato, CA $115,736 2nd +14% 29th 55% above peers
Galveston, TX $55,631 30th +13% 30th 25% below peers
Normal, IL $64,785 25th +11% 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$8,996 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 (10.3% then, 13.1% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.4% to 13.1%).
Needs attention 13.1%
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%
Clermont, FL 5.4% 3rd -4.7pp 1st 54% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 6.5% 5th -4.1pp 2nd 45% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.1% 21st -7.0pp 3rd 11% above peers
Aloha, OR 7.8% 7th -4.0pp 4th 34% below peers
Middletown, OH 17.1% 27th -8.1pp 5th 46% above peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 10th -4.6pp 6th 14% below peers
Delano, CA 16.0% 25th -6.6pp 7th 36% above peers
Elyria, OH 16.7% 26th -6.4pp 8th 43% above peers
Pensacola, FL 12.6% 17th -4.8pp 9th 8% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 4.5% 1st -1.3pp 10th 61% below peers
Sherman, TX 12.7% 18th -3.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 17.6% 28th -4.6pp 12th 50% above peers
Murray, UT 6.0% 4th -1.5pp 13th 48% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.3% 15th -2.5pp 14th 4% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.3% 13th -2.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 11.0% 14th -2.1pp 16th 6% below peers
Bothell, WA 4.8% 2nd -0.9pp 17th 59% below peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 11th -1.6pp 18th 14% below peers
Normal, IL 21.4% 30th -3.2pp 19th 82% above peers
Colton, CA 13.7% 23rd -1.4pp 20th 17% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 11.7% 16th -1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Lebanon, TN 13.1% 22nd -0.9pp 22nd 11% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 12.9% 19th -0.8pp 23rd 10% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 9.7% 9th -0.5pp 24th 17% below peers
Oak Park, IL 7.4% 6th -0.2pp 25th 37% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.4% 29th -0.6pp 26th 65% above peers
Ocoee, FL 10.3% 12th +0.5pp 27th 13% below peers
Galveston, TX 21.4% 31st +1.5pp 28th 83% above peers
Everett, MA 14.7% 24th +2.0pp 29th 25% above peers
Wheaton, MD 13.1% 20th +2.8pp 30th 11% above peers
Novato, CA 9.6% 8th +2.7pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp 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 (15.6% then, 18.6% now; margin ±4.8pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.1% to 18.6%).
Needs attention 18.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 16.1%
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.2% 1st -5.4pp 1st 83% below peers
Westchester, FL 10.0% 8th -10.7pp 2nd 25% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 7.8% 5th -7.9pp 3rd 42% below peers
Columbus, IN 11.1% 12th -11.0pp 4th 17% below peers
Middletown, OH 24.3% 28th -19.1pp 5th 82% above peers
Normal, IL 7.4% 4th -5.5pp 6th 44% below peers
Murray, UT 4.9% 3rd -3.2pp 7th 63% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 10.4% 11th -6.2pp 8th 22% below peers
Pensacola, FL 17.9% 19th -10.5pp 9th 34% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 18.6% 20th -10.5pp 10th 39% above peers
Aloha, OR 10.2% 9th -5.7pp 11th 24% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 22.6% 25th -12.2pp 12th 69% above peers
Summerville, SC 11.5% 13th -5.9pp 13th 14% below peers
Elyria, OH 26.1% 29th -13.1pp 14th 95% above peers
Delano, CA 23.2% 26th -9.8pp 15th 74% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.4% 10th -4.2pp 16th 22% below peers
Clermont, FL 9.5% 7th -3.7pp 17th 29% below peers
Sherman, TX 19.1% 22nd -5.0pp 18th 43% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 15.5% 17th -3.3pp 19th 16% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.3% 15th -2.8pp 20th on par with peers
Lebanon, TN 19.5% 23rd -2.9pp 21st 46% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.5% 2nd -0.5pp 22nd 67% below peers
West New York, NJ 28.7% 30th -3.0pp 23rd 115% above peers
Colton, CA 20.7% 24th -1.0pp 24th 55% above peers
Ocoee, FL 12.9% 14th +0.1pp 25th 4% below peers
Everett, MA 23.6% 27th +3.5pp 26th 77% above peers
Wheaton, MD 18.6% 21st +3.0pp 27th 39% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 17.6% 18th +4.4pp 28th 32% above peers
Galveston, TX 35.7% 31st +9.2pp 29th 167% above peers
Novato, CA 13.4% 16th +6.3pp 30th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 8.6% 6th +4.9pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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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 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.4% to 95.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Wheaton 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 (85.8% to 95.9%).
Bright spot 95.9%
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%
Delano, CA 88.0% 27th +24.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Sherman, TX 91.5% 19th +17.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 96.2% 3rd +13.9pp 3rd 4% above peers
Lebanon, TN 93.2% 14th +13.0pp 4th on par with peers
Elyria, OH 87.0% 29th +11.6pp 5th 6% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 90.6% 25th +11.8pp 6th 2% below peers
Middletown, OH 88.4% 26th +10.6pp 7th 5% below peers
Westchester, FL 91.4% 21st +10.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Everett, MA 94.2% 12th +10.0pp 9th 1% above peers
Columbus, IN 94.3% 11th +9.9pp 10th 2% above peers
Pensacola, FL 92.5% 18th +9.7pp 11th on par with peers
Galveston, TX 91.5% 20th +9.4pp 12th 2% below peers
Murray, UT 94.0% 13th +9.3pp 13th 1% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 92.8% 17th +8.7pp 14th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA 91.4% 22nd +8.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Normal, IL 86.8% 31st +8.1pp 16th 7% below peers
West New York, NJ 87.0% 30th +8.1pp 17th 6% below peers
Colton, CA 90.8% 24th +8.2pp 18th 2% below peers
Summerville, SC 93.1% 15th +7.9pp 19th on par with peers
Oak Park, IL 94.4% 9th +6.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Wheaton, MD 95.9% 5th +6.5pp 21st 3% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 91.3% 23rd +6.1pp 22nd 2% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 96.8% 1st +5.9pp 23rd 4% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 87.7% 28th +5.1pp 24th 6% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 94.3% 10th +5.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Bothell, WA 96.6% 2nd +4.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Ocoee, FL 95.5% 6th +3.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 94.8% 7th +3.6pp 28th 2% above peers
Novato, CA 94.7% 8th +3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Aloha, OR 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 92.9% 16th +0.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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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
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tigard, OR up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 (0.41 then, 0.41 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.41).
Bright spot 0.41
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 0.46 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Cathedral City, CA 0.46 21st -0.059 1st 3% above peers
Lebanon, TN 0.42 11th -0.024 2nd 4% below peers
Summerville, SC 0.42 9th -0.022 3rd 6% below peers
Pensacola, FL 0.49 26th -0.020 4th 10% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 0.45 19th -0.018 5th 1% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 0.51 29th -0.020 6th 15% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.49 27th -0.018 7th 10% above peers
Delano, CA 0.42 7th -0.015 8th 7% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 0.36 2nd -0.011 9th 19% below peers
Colton, CA 0.39 3rd -0.007 10th 12% below peers
Murray, UT 0.42 8th -0.007 11th 6% below peers
Middletown, OH 0.45 18th -0.008 12th 1% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 0.42 10th -0.006 13th 5% below peers
Oak Park, IL 0.48 25th -0.006 14th 9% above peers
Wheaton, MD 0.41 6th -0.005 15th 8% below peers
Aloha, OR 0.36 1st -0.002 16th 19% below peers
Westchester, FL 0.44 14th +0.002 17th 1% below peers
Elyria, OH 0.45 17th +0.003 18th on par with peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 0.39 4th +0.003 19th 12% below peers
Sherman, TX 0.44 16th +0.006 20th on par with peers
Pinellas Park, FL 0.44 13th +0.008 21st 2% below peers
Novato, CA 0.47 24th +0.014 22nd 6% above peers
Galveston, TX 0.52 31st +0.017 23rd 18% above peers
Columbus, IN 0.46 22nd +0.015 24th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 0.41 5th +0.014 25th 9% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 0.45 20th +0.024 26th 2% above peers
Normal, IL 0.51 30th +0.029 27th 16% above peers
Everett, MA 0.46 23rd +0.035 28th 3% above peers
Bothell, WA 0.43 12th +0.033 29th 2% below peers
West New York, NJ 0.51 28th +0.040 30th 15% above peers
Ocoee, FL 0.44 15th +0.035 31st 1% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (9.5% then, 10.4% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.6% to 10.4%).
Bright spot 10.4%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 11.0% +0.4pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Goose Creek, SC 4.5% 4th -5.0pp 1st 59% below peers
Murray, UT 4.5% 3rd -2.6pp 2nd 59% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 7.1% 6th -4.0pp 3rd 36% below peers
Sherman, TX 11.1% 16th -5.9pp 4th on par with peers
Lebanon, TN 11.0% 15th -5.7pp 5th 1% below peers
Summerville, SC 8.1% 10th -3.0pp 6th 26% below peers
Pensacola, FL 11.4% 18th -4.0pp 7th 3% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 17.6% 26th -4.6pp 8th 59% above peers
Columbus, IN 7.5% 9th -1.9pp 9th 32% below peers
Bothell, WA 3.6% 2nd -0.8pp 10th 67% below peers
Middletown, OH 19.5% 30th -4.2pp 11th 76% above peers
Elyria, OH 16.0% 24th -3.3pp 12th 45% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 16.8% 25th -3.2pp 13th 52% above peers
Galveston, TX 13.0% 20th -2.3pp 14th 18% above peers
Colton, CA 14.9% 23rd -2.5pp 15th 34% above peers
West New York, NJ 18.0% 27th -2.7pp 16th 63% above peers
Westchester, FL 23.4% 31st -3.5pp 17th 111% above peers
Aloha, OR 12.1% 19th -1.8pp 18th 9% above peers
Normal, IL 7.3% 8th -0.9pp 19th 34% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 13.4% 21st -1.6pp 20th 21% above peers
Clermont, FL 8.7% 11th -0.8pp 21st 22% below peers
Ocoee, FL 11.2% 17th -0.2pp 22nd 1% above peers
Everett, MA 18.6% 28th +1.0pp 23rd 68% above peers
Oak Park, IL 7.3% 7th +0.6pp 24th 34% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 10.8% 14th +0.9pp 25th 3% below peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 13th +0.9pp 26th 6% below peers
Delano, CA 18.9% 29th +2.2pp 27th 71% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 2.6% 1st +0.4pp 28th 76% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 13.7% 22nd +4.7pp 29th 24% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 9.4% 12th +4.4pp 30th 15% below peers
Novato, CA 6.8% 5th +3.7pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.6% then, 64.6% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.6% to 64.6%).
64.6%
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 67.6% +0.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
West New York, NJ 22.9% 31st +2.5pp 1st 65% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 66.0% 12th +6.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 66.5% 10th +5.7pp 3rd 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 69.1% 5th +5.4pp 4th 7% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 71.0% 4th +5.3pp 5th 10% above peers
Delano, CA 62.8% 20th +4.6pp 6th 3% below peers
Pensacola, FL 64.2% 19th +4.6pp 7th 1% below peers
Lebanon, TN 62.4% 21st +4.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 72.3% 3rd +4.5pp 9th 12% above peers
Middletown, OH 54.0% 26th +2.8pp 10th 17% below peers
Galveston, TX 46.2% 29th +2.4pp 11th 29% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 76.5% 1st +2.7pp 12th 18% above peers
Ocoee, FL 73.2% 2nd +2.5pp 13th 13% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 65.0% 15th +2.2pp 14th on par with peers
Colton, CA 52.8% 27th +1.1pp 15th 18% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 69.0% 6th +1.0pp 16th 6% above peers
Elyria, OH 60.0% 24th +0.6pp 17th 7% below peers
Oak Park, IL 60.0% 23rd +0.5pp 18th 7% below peers
Wheaton, MD 64.6% 18th +0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Normal, IL 54.8% 25th -0.6pp 20th 15% below peers
Bothell, WA 65.5% 13th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 64.8% 16th -0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Sherman, TX 52.7% 28th -0.9pp 23rd 19% below peers
Columbus, IN 60.8% 22nd -1.1pp 24th 6% below peers
Novato, CA 66.1% 11th -2.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 68.2% 7th -2.4pp 26th 5% above peers
Everett, MA 37.2% 30th -1.4pp 27th 43% below peers
Murray, UT 64.7% 17th -2.5pp 28th on par with peers
Westchester, FL 65.2% 14th -2.9pp 29th 1% above peers
Aloha, OR 67.1% 9th -3.1pp 30th 4% above peers
Clermont, FL 68.1% 8th -3.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 7.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.6% to 32.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.8pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Wheaton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.6% to 32.2%).
Bright spot 32.2%
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 31.9% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Delano, CA 34.0% 19th -11.3pp 1st 3% above peers
Wheaton, MD 32.2% 12th -7.4pp 2nd 3% below peers
Aloha, OR 29.0% 5th -5.3pp 3rd 12% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.1% 17th -4.4pp 4th on par with peers
Summerville, SC 31.1% 9th -3.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 30.2% 7th -2.6pp 6th 8% below peers
Elyria, OH 30.2% 8th -2.4pp 7th 8% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 26.6% 3rd -2.0pp 8th 20% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 23.7% 1st -1.6pp 9th 28% below peers
Murray, UT 26.9% 4th -1.8pp 10th 19% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 45.0% 27th -3.0pp 11th 36% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 32.0% 10th -1.7pp 12th 3% below peers
Middletown, OH 32.7% 14th -1.6pp 13th 1% below peers
Pensacola, FL 33.1% 16th -1.6pp 14th on par with peers
Everett, MA 49.0% 30th -0.8pp 15th 48% above peers
Oak Park, IL 32.1% 11th -0.4pp 16th 3% below peers
Westchester, FL 45.4% 28th -0.5pp 17th 37% above peers
Colton, CA 43.9% 25th +0.1pp 18th 33% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 42.5% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 29% above peers
Lebanon, TN 29.9% 6th +0.9pp 20th 10% below peers
Novato, CA 44.5% 26th +2.6pp 21st 35% above peers
Bothell, WA 32.5% 13th +2.2pp 22nd 2% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 36.0% 20th +2.6pp 23rd 9% above peers
West New York, NJ 50.0% 31st +3.6pp 24th 51% above peers
Columbus, IN 24.2% 2nd +2.0pp 25th 27% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 46.4% 29th +4.3pp 26th 40% above peers
Ocoee, FL 34.0% 18th +3.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Normal, IL 33.0% 15th +3.1pp 28th on par with peers
Galveston, TX 43.7% 24th +4.6pp 29th 32% above peers
Clermont, FL 39.3% 21st +5.6pp 30th 19% above peers
Sherman, TX 40.3% 22nd +6.9pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL down 10.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.9% to 12.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.7% to 12.1%).
Needs attention 12.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Prescott Valley, AZ 1.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 71% below peers
Sherman, TX 4.7% 12th -1.4pp 2nd 16% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 3.9% 6th -1.1pp 3rd 31% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.0% 4th -0.9pp 4th 46% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.7% 11th -1.2pp 5th 17% below peers
Bothell, WA 4.4% 8th -0.9pp 6th 22% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 2.6% 2nd -0.5pp 7th 53% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 10.7% 26th -1.9pp 8th 90% above peers
Oak Park, IL 11.7% 28th -1.7pp 9th 109% above peers
Middletown, OH 8.7% 24th -1.1pp 10th 55% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.8% 3rd -0.4pp 11th 50% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 5.0% 13th -0.6pp 12th 10% below peers
Delano, CA 4.5% 9th -0.5pp 13th 20% below peers
Elyria, OH 8.9% 25th -0.9pp 14th 59% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.7% 27th -0.6pp 15th 90% above peers
Normal, IL 6.0% 18th -0.3pp 16th 7% above peers
West New York, NJ 40.0% 31st -0.3pp 17th 614% above peers
Pensacola, FL 8.4% 23rd +0.2pp 18th 49% above peers
Clermont, FL 3.5% 5th +0.1pp 19th 38% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 7.5% 21st +0.3pp 20th 34% above peers
Everett, MA 19.0% 30th +0.9pp 21st 239% above peers
Aloha, OR 4.2% 7th +0.2pp 22nd 24% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 8.2% 22nd +0.5pp 23rd 47% above peers
Novato, CA 5.0% 14th +0.7pp 24th 10% below peers
Summerville, SC 4.6% 10th +0.7pp 25th 18% below peers
Columbus, IN 6.0% 19th +1.3pp 26th 7% above peers
Murray, UT 5.5% 15th +1.2pp 27th 2% below peers
Westchester, FL 6.9% 20th +1.8pp 28th 22% above peers
Wheaton, MD 12.1% 29th +3.2pp 29th 116% above peers
Colton, CA 5.6% 17th +1.8pp 30th 1% above peers
Ocoee, FL 5.6% 16th +3.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 →
  • 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 ±2.3pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.0% then, 14.4% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 10.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.7% to 14.4%).
Needs attention 14.4%
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
Kendale Lakes, FL 8.0% 14th -6.3pp 1st 11% below peers
Westchester, FL 9.5% 19th -4.4pp 2nd 6% above peers
Columbus, IN 5.7% 9th -2.3pp 3rd 37% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 9.1% 18th -3.5pp 4th 2% above peers
Murray, UT 7.1% 12th -2.1pp 5th 21% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 7.7% 13th -2.1pp 6th 14% below peers
Clermont, FL 4.8% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 47% below peers
Galveston, TX 16.5% 29th -2.3pp 8th 84% above peers
Elyria, OH 6.7% 10th -0.9pp 9th 25% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 5.5% 8th -0.7pp 10th 38% below peers
Sherman, TX 17.4% 30th -1.8pp 11th 94% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 5.3% 7th -0.3pp 12th 41% below peers
Oak Park, IL 3.1% 1st -0.1pp 13th 66% below peers
West New York, NJ 21.4% 31st +0.0pp 14th 138% above peers
Ocoee, FL 13.6% 26th +0.0pp 15th 51% above peers
Everett, MA 6.9% 11th +0.0pp 16th 23% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 9.5% 20th +0.2pp 17th 6% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 13.7% 27th +0.6pp 18th 53% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.9% 6th +0.3pp 19th 45% below peers
Lebanon, TN 9.5% 21st +0.6pp 20th 6% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.3% 24th +0.9pp 21st 26% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 11.9% 25th +1.0pp 22nd 33% above peers
Wheaton, MD 14.4% 28th +1.4pp 23rd 61% above peers
Summerville, SC 10.1% 23rd +1.0pp 24th 13% above peers
Colton, CA 9.1% 17th +1.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Middletown, OH 9.0% 16th +1.2pp 26th on par with peers
Delano, CA 9.6% 22nd +1.6pp 27th 7% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 3.5% 2nd +0.7pp 28th 61% below peers
Normal, IL 4.9% 4th +0.9pp 29th 46% below peers
Aloha, OR 8.7% 15th +2.0pp 30th 3% below peers
Novato, CA 4.9% 5th +1.4pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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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 ±1.4pp 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.

27.4%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Maryland ref 33.4%
United States ref 33.4%
Bothell, WA 25.3% 1st 23% below peers
Novato, CA 25.3% 2nd 23% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 26.3% 3rd 20% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 27.0% 4th 17% below peers
Wheaton, MD 27.4% 5th 16% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 28.3% 6th 13% below peers
Westchester, FL 28.7% 7th 12% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 29.0% 8th 11% below peers
Oak Park, IL 29.3% 9th 10% below peers
Everett, MA 29.3% 10th 10% below peers
Pensacola, FL 31.7% 11th 3% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 31.8% 12th 3% below peers
Murray, UT 32.2% 13th 2% below peers
Aloha, OR 32.5% 14th 1% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 32.6% 15th on par with peers
Ocoee, FL 32.7% 16th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 33.3% 17th 2% above peers
Columbus, IN 34.1% 18th 4% above peers
West New York, NJ 34.9% 19th 7% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 35.8% 20th 9% above peers
Normal, IL 36.0% 21st 10% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 36.2% 22nd 11% above peers
Summerville, SC 36.6% 23rd 12% above peers
Delano, CA 37.3% 24th 14% above peers
Colton, CA 37.5% 25th 15% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.1% 26th 17% above peers
Lebanon, TN 38.7% 27th 18% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 40.3% 28th 23% above peers
Middletown, OH 40.4% 29th 24% above peers
Elyria, OH 42.5% 30th 30% above peers
Galveston, TX 43.1% 31st 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.7% to 7.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 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
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.1% to 7.0%).
Needs attention 7.0%
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
Columbus, IN 1.5% 2nd -6.1pp 1st 71% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 3.0% 10th -3.8pp 2nd 44% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 2.9% 9th -2.9pp 3rd 47% below peers
Everett, MA 2.3% 3rd -2.3pp 4th 57% below peers
Normal, IL 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 5th 74% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 2.5% 5th -1.1pp 6th 54% below peers
Colton, CA 3.6% 11th -1.0pp 7th 33% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 5.1% 15th -1.0pp 8th 5% below peers
Elyria, OH 2.6% 6th -0.5pp 9th 51% below peers
Sherman, TX 13.6% 31st -0.6pp 10th 152% above peers
Galveston, TX 11.2% 30th -0.1pp 11th 108% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 6.6% 23rd +0.5pp 12th 23% above peers
Ocoee, FL 9.1% 27th +1.2pp 13th 69% above peers
Westchester, FL 5.5% 19th +0.9pp 14th 2% above peers
Aloha, OR 5.5% 18th +0.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Middletown, OH 5.4% 17th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 2.7% 8th +0.7pp 17th 49% below peers
Summerville, SC 6.4% 20th +1.8pp 18th 19% above peers
Lebanon, TN 6.5% 21st +2.4pp 19th 21% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 10.3% 29th +3.9pp 20th 92% above peers
Murray, UT 7.5% 25th +3.0pp 21st 39% above peers
Oak Park, IL 2.7% 7th +1.2pp 22nd 50% below peers
Delano, CA 2.5% 4th +1.1pp 23rd 54% below peers
Wheaton, MD 7.0% 24th +3.2pp 24th 30% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 4.7% 14th +2.2pp 25th 12% below peers
West New York, NJ 10.3% 28th +4.9pp 26th 92% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 8.7% 26th +4.6pp 27th 62% above peers
Pensacola, FL 6.6% 22nd +3.5pp 28th 22% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.1% 12th +2.5pp 29th 25% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 5.4% 16th +3.5pp 30th on par with peers
Novato, CA 4.5% 13th +3.4pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 35.6% to 38.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Wheaton started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.2% to 38.7%).
Bright spot 38.7%
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 43.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Murray, UT 41.9% 8th +8.4pp 1st 25% above peers
Everett, MA 24.9% 23rd +4.9pp 2nd 26% below peers
Galveston, TX 36.0% 13th +6.8pp 3rd 8% above peers
Lebanon, TN 30.8% 19th +5.3pp 4th 8% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 31.6% 18th +4.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 25.5% 22nd +3.6pp 6th 24% below peers
Sherman, TX 24.2% 26th +3.4pp 7th 28% below peers
Pensacola, FL 43.0% 7th +5.8pp 8th 29% above peers
Elyria, OH 17.8% 28th +2.3pp 9th 47% below peers
Bothell, WA 59.8% 3rd +7.1pp 10th 79% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 24.5% 24th +2.8pp 11th 27% below peers
Summerville, SC 33.5% 15th +3.8pp 12th on par with peers
Middletown, OH 17.6% 29th +1.8pp 13th 47% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 24.4% 25th +2.4pp 14th 27% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.5% 14th +3.4pp 15th 3% above peers
West New York, NJ 33.5% 16th +3.3pp 16th on par with peers
Clermont, FL 37.8% 12th +3.7pp 17th 13% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 40.7% 9th +3.8pp 18th 22% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 29.7% 21st +2.7pp 19th 11% below peers
Normal, IL 52.9% 4th +4.5pp 20th 58% above peers
Wheaton, MD 38.7% 11th +3.1pp 21st 16% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 71.4% 2nd +3.7pp 22nd 114% above peers
Novato, CA 48.9% 5th +2.4pp 23rd 46% above peers
Westchester, FL 30.2% 20th +1.1pp 24th 10% below peers
Oak Park, IL 72.5% 1st +2.5pp 25th 117% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 43.3% 6th +0.3pp 26th 29% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 21.9% 27th +0.0pp 27th 35% below peers
Columbus, IN 40.0% 10th -1.3pp 28th 20% above peers
Colton, CA 16.6% 30th -0.8pp 29th 50% below peers
Delano, CA 7.3% 31st -0.4pp 30th 78% below peers
Ocoee, FL 32.5% 17th -2.4pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±2.4pp 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 (34.6% then, 50.5% now; margin ±17.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 10.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.9% to 50.5%).
Bright spot 50.5%
20112024
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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%
Colton, CA 46.5% 17th +15.4pp 1st 2% below peers
Wheaton, MD 50.5% 13th +15.9pp 2nd 6% above peers
Delano, CA 45.6% 18th +12.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Ocoee, FL 61.3% 6th +12.9pp 4th 29% above peers
Normal, IL 57.0% 10th +11.3pp 5th 20% above peers
Murray, UT 61.8% 5th +12.2pp 6th 30% above peers
Sherman, TX 39.0% 23rd +6.1pp 7th 18% below peers
Columbus, IN 48.5% 15th +6.2pp 8th 2% above peers
Novato, CA 67.7% 1st +8.4pp 9th 42% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 59.4% 8th +6.5pp 10th 25% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 33.9% 28th +3.6pp 11th 29% below peers
Bothell, WA 59.0% 9th +6.0pp 12th 24% above peers
Elyria, OH 48.8% 14th +3.8pp 13th 2% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.1% 4th +4.4pp 14th 30% above peers
Lebanon, TN 44.0% 19th +2.2pp 15th 8% below peers
West New York, NJ 64.8% 2nd -0.0pp 16th 36% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 38.0% 24th -2.7pp 17th 20% below peers
Aloha, OR 34.4% 27th -2.5pp 18th 28% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 35.2% 26th -3.0pp 19th 26% below peers
Westchester, FL 56.4% 12th -5.6pp 20th 18% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 39.4% 22nd -4.8pp 21st 17% below peers
Galveston, TX 43.5% 21st -5.4pp 22nd 9% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 60.6% 7th -10.0pp 23rd 27% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 37.5% 25th -6.6pp 24th 21% below peers
Pensacola, FL 47.7% 16th -8.5pp 25th on par with peers
Cathedral City, CA 29.5% 30th -5.6pp 26th 38% below peers
Oak Park, IL 62.2% 3rd -13.3pp 27th 31% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 56.7% 11th -12.4pp 28th 19% above peers
Everett, MA 43.5% 20th -17.1pp 29th 9% below peers
Summerville, SC 33.1% 29th -14.4pp 30th 31% below peers
Middletown, OH 21.6% 31st -27.3pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±14.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.3% then, 10.4% now; margin ±7.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.1% to 10.4%).
Needs attention 10.4%
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 6.1% +0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Catalina Foothills, AZ 0.0% 1st -3.3pp 1st 100% below peers
Ocoee, FL 0.9% 3rd -9.3pp 2nd 88% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 1.9% 5th -5.9pp 3rd 75% below peers
Westchester, FL 4.0% 8th -9.9pp 4th 46% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 4.5% 10th -7.3pp 5th 40% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 3.6% 7th -2.9pp 6th 51% below peers
Murray, UT 3.5% 6th -2.7pp 7th 54% below peers
Oak Park, IL 1.3% 4th -0.9pp 8th 83% below peers
Novato, CA 4.7% 11th -3.3pp 9th 38% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 6.5% 14th -1.3pp 10th 14% below peers
Columbus, IN 8.8% 18th -1.1pp 11th 17% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 7.6% 17th -1.0pp 12th 1% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 12.1% 25th -0.9pp 13th 61% above peers
Aloha, OR 6.3% 13th -0.2pp 14th 16% below peers
Lebanon, TN 4.9% 12th +0.6pp 15th 34% below peers
Elyria, OH 18.2% 30th +3.6pp 16th 143% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 13.1% 27th +3.1pp 17th 75% above peers
Middletown, OH 11.4% 22nd +2.9pp 18th 52% above peers
Galveston, TX 10.2% 20th +3.2pp 19th 35% above peers
Sherman, TX 10.1% 19th +3.3pp 20th 35% above peers
Summerville, SC 7.5% 16th +2.5pp 21st on par with peers
Everett, MA 6.5% 15th +2.9pp 22nd 13% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 13.1% 26th +5.9pp 23rd 75% above peers
Wheaton, MD 10.4% 21st +5.0pp 24th 38% above peers
Delano, CA 14.4% 28th +7.6pp 25th 93% above peers
West New York, NJ 23.0% 31st +13.5pp 26th 207% above peers
Bothell, WA 4.1% 9th +2.5pp 27th 45% below peers
Colton, CA 11.6% 23rd +7.5pp 28th 55% above peers
Pensacola, FL 11.7% 24th +8.7pp 29th 56% above peers
Clermont, FL 18.0% 29th +13.9pp 30th 140% above peers
Normal, IL 0.8% 2nd +0.6pp 31st 89% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.1pp 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 (50,229 then, 52,926 now; margin ±3,213).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (49,831 to 52,926).
52,926
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Westchester, FL 52,032 16th +75% 1st on par with peers
Lebanon, TN 44,788 31st +35% 2nd 14% below peers
Clermont, FL 46,853 29th +33% 3rd 10% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 48,078 28th +15% 4th 8% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 49,179 26th +11% 5th 5% below peers
Sherman, TX 46,397 30th +9% 6th 11% below peers
Everett, MA 50,045 24th +9% 7th 4% below peers
Bothell, WA 49,610 25th +8% 8th 5% below peers
Columbus, IN 51,824 19th +8% 9th on par with peers
Galveston, TX 53,424 5th +6% 10th 3% above peers
Middletown, OH 51,617 22nd +6% 11th 1% below peers
Ocoee, FL 49,033 27th +6% 12th 6% below peers
Wheaton, MD 52,926 9th +5% 13th 2% above peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 52,593 11th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Pensacola, FL 54,036 1st +3% 15th 4% above peers
Murray, UT 50,188 23rd +2% 16th 4% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 52,374 14th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Oak Park, IL 53,292 6th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 53,560 4th +1% 19th 3% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 53,279 7th +0% 20th 2% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 51,990 18th -1% 21st on par with peers
West New York, NJ 52,004 17th -1% 22nd on par with peers
Elyria, OH 53,035 8th -1% 23rd 2% above peers
Colton, CA 53,772 2nd -1% 24th 3% above peers
Delano, CA 51,679 20th -2% 25th 1% below peers
Normal, IL 53,569 3rd -2% 26th 3% above peers
Summerville, SC 51,654 21st -3% 27th 1% below peers
Aloha, OR 52,389 13th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 52,267 15th -4% 29th on par with peers
Novato, CA 52,546 12th -6% 30th 1% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 52,622 10th -6% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±2,606 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 (24.6% then, 22.5% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.2% to 22.5%).
22.5%
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
Clermont, FL 22.0% 13th +2.2pp 1st 1% above peers
Novato, CA 20.5% 20th +1.8pp 2nd 6% below peers
Bothell, WA 23.5% 7th +1.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Aspen Hill, MD 25.6% 1st +1.0pp 4th 17% above peers
Lebanon, TN 23.1% 9th +0.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Columbus, IN 23.8% 6th -0.1pp 6th 9% above peers
Oak Park, IL 23.9% 4th -0.4pp 7th 9% above peers
Battle Creek, MI 24.9% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 14% above peers
Murray, UT 21.1% 17th -0.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Everett, MA 21.8% 15th -0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Elyria, OH 21.9% 14th -0.8pp 11th 1% above peers
Normal, IL 16.1% 26th -1.0pp 12th 26% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 15.6% 27th -1.1pp 13th 29% below peers
West New York, NJ 19.5% 22nd -1.4pp 14th 11% below peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 19.1% 23rd -1.4pp 15th 13% below peers
Ocoee, FL 25.1% 2nd -1.9pp 16th 15% above peers
Sherman, TX 23.9% 5th -1.9pp 17th 9% above peers
Middletown, OH 21.8% 16th -1.8pp 18th on par with peers
Wheaton, MD 22.5% 12th -2.1pp 19th 3% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 17.1% 25th -1.8pp 20th 22% below peers
Summerville, SC 22.9% 11th -2.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Palm Desert, CA 12.8% 31st -1.6pp 22nd 41% below peers
Goose Creek, SC 20.7% 18th -2.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 15.2% 28th -2.1pp 24th 30% below peers
Delano, CA 22.9% 10th -3.4pp 25th 5% above peers
Galveston, TX 14.8% 29th -2.4pp 26th 32% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 20.0% 21st -3.2pp 27th 8% below peers
Colton, CA 23.4% 8th -4.3pp 28th 7% above peers
Aloha, OR 20.5% 19th -4.2pp 29th 6% below peers
Westchester, FL 13.4% 30th -2.7pp 30th 39% below peers
Pensacola, FL 18.7% 24th -5.6pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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 ±1.7pp 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 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 (32.3% then, 31.2% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.9% to 31.2%).
31.2%
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 29.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Prescott Valley, AZ 34.4% 14th +8.7pp 1st 3% above peers
Delano, CA 37.5% 10th +9.2pp 2nd 13% above peers
Oak Park, IL 22.7% 26th +5.5pp 3rd 32% below peers
Novato, CA 23.8% 24th +5.2pp 4th 28% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 37.2% 11th +7.9pp 5th 12% above peers
Westchester, FL 35.7% 12th +3.5pp 6th 7% above peers
West New York, NJ 42.1% 5th +2.8pp 7th 27% above peers
Middletown, OH 56.1% 1st +3.1pp 8th 69% above peers
Ocoee, FL 21.5% 29th +0.9pp 9th 35% below peers
Summerville, SC 34.4% 13th +0.5pp 10th 4% above peers
Everett, MA 42.1% 6th +0.5pp 11th 27% above peers
Sherman, TX 38.8% 7th +0.4pp 12th 17% above peers
Columbus, IN 27.8% 20th +0.0pp 13th 16% below peers
Colton, CA 38.4% 8th +0.0pp 14th 16% above peers
Galveston, TX 42.9% 4th -0.8pp 15th 29% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 29.0% 19th -0.7pp 16th 13% below peers
Wheaton, MD 31.2% 17th -1.1pp 17th 6% below peers
Aloha, OR 25.1% 22nd -1.0pp 18th 24% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 49.1% 3rd -2.3pp 19th 48% above peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 33.2% 15th -1.7pp 20th on par with peers
Murray, UT 23.7% 25th -1.3pp 21st 29% below peers
Pinellas Park, FL 33.2% 16th -2.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Pensacola, FL 37.6% 9th -4.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Elyria, OH 49.9% 2nd -7.7pp 24th 50% above peers
Normal, IL 22.6% 27th -4.2pp 25th 32% below peers
Cathedral City, CA 26.3% 21st -7.3pp 26th 21% below peers
Lebanon, TN 30.1% 18th -9.2pp 27th 9% below peers
Bothell, WA 13.1% 31st -4.3pp 28th 61% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 14.3% 30th -4.8pp 29th 57% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 24.4% 23rd -9.0pp 30th 26% below peers
Clermont, FL 21.6% 28th -8.9pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±7.5pp 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

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.9% then, 74.7% now; margin ±15.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.8% to 74.7%).
74.7%
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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 73.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Sherman, TX 70.8% 19th +19.7pp 1st 3% below peers
Palm Desert, CA 66.5% 23rd +16.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
Colton, CA 71.5% 18th +17.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Aloha, OR 72.3% 17th +13.7pp 4th 1% below peers
Catalina Foothills, AZ 74.6% 14th +13.5pp 5th 3% above peers
Pensacola, FL 82.8% 1st +14.4pp 6th 14% above peers
Novato, CA 69.8% 20th +12.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Columbus, IN 67.7% 21st +11.3pp 8th 7% below peers
Aspen Hill, MD 82.2% 2nd +13.4pp 9th 13% above peers
Goose Creek, SC 72.8% 16th +10.0pp 10th on par with peers
Delano, CA 75.3% 9th +9.7pp 11th 3% above peers
Oak Park, IL 79.5% 6th +10.1pp 12th 9% above peers
Cathedral City, CA 64.8% 26th +7.6pp 13th 11% below peers
West New York, NJ 63.3% 29th +7.1pp 14th 13% below peers
Kendale Lakes, FL 82.0% 3rd +9.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Prescott Valley, AZ 64.5% 27th +6.4pp 16th 11% below peers
Summerville, SC 81.2% 5th +7.8pp 17th 12% above peers
Pinellas Park, FL 77.0% 7th +6.1pp 18th 6% above peers
Middletown, OH 74.9% 11th +5.3pp 19th 3% above peers
Lebanon, TN 74.7% 12th +5.2pp 20th 3% above peers
Elyria, OH 67.5% 22nd +3.0pp 21st 7% below peers
Battle Creek, MI 74.2% 15th +3.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Normal, IL 76.8% 8th +3.0pp 23rd 6% above peers
Bothell, WA 63.8% 28th +1.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Wheaton, MD 74.7% 13th +1.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Everett, MA 75.1% 10th +1.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Clermont, FL 62.2% 30th +0.6pp 27th 14% below peers
Murray, UT 64.9% 25th +0.1pp 28th 11% below peers
Westchester, FL 81.7% 4th -1.1pp 29th 12% above peers
Ocoee, FL 65.3% 24th -6.5pp 30th 10% below peers
Galveston, TX 56.9% 31st -17.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 10 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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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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±13.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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