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Brockton, MA
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106,134 people (2025) 100k-250k Northeast

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Brockton, MA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Brockton, MA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 7 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 →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities. Brockton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 554 in June 2026, down from 564 a year earlier.
Bright spot 554 per 100k
2018June 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
San Mateo, CA 148 (Jul 26) -26.4% 1st
Carmel, IN 51 (Jul 26) -22.9% 2nd
Yuma, AZ 333 (Jun 26) -19.4% 3rd
Centennial, CO 152 (Apr 26) -19.3% 4th
Lee's Summit, MO 112 (Jul 26) -16.1% 5th
Sugar Land, TX 71 (Jul 26) -10.5% 6th
Chico, CA 607 (Jul 26) -9.5% 7th
Fishers, IN 75 (Jul 26) -7.1% 8th
Suffolk, VA 363 (Jun 26) -3.1% 9th
South Bend, IN 946 (Jul 26) -2.2% 10th
Brockton, MA 554 (Jun 26) -1.8% 11th
El Monte, CA 417 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Fayetteville, AR 448 (Jul 26) +1.9% 13th
West Covina, CA 250 (Jul 26) +2.3% 14th
Dearborn, MI 283 (Jul 26) +2.7% 15th
Boulder, CO 346 (Jul 26) +3.7% 16th
Bend, OR 175 (Jul 26) +3.9% 17th
Vacaville, CA 267 (Jul 26) +4.5% 18th
Lynn, MA 575 (Jul 26) +8.1% 19th
Spokane Valley, WA 257 (Jun 26) +14.3% 20th
St. George, UT 206 (Jun 26) +17.2% 21st
Georgetown, TX 163 (Jul 26) +20.0% 22nd
Green Bay, WI 544 (Jul 26) +27.2% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime rose about 21% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 7% lower than in 2021 (1,614 then, 1,500 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 2,044 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,491 in June 2026, up from 1,234 a year earlier.
Needs attention 1,491 per 100k
2018June 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
San Mateo, CA 1,257 (Jul 26) -27.1% 1st
Vacaville, CA 1,255 (Jul 26) -25.8% 2nd
Georgetown, TX 759 (Jul 26) -23.0% 3rd
Centennial, CO 1,340 (Jul 26) -22.1% 4th
Lynn, MA 923 (Jul 26) -19.0% 5th
Fishers, IN 439 (Jul 26) -17.6% 6th
Carmel, IN 633 (Jul 26) -17.1% 7th
Boulder, CO 2,417 (Jul 26) -16.9% 8th
Lee's Summit, MO 1,954 (Jul 26) -11.4% 9th
West Covina, CA 1,706 (Jul 26) -10.4% 10th
Bend, OR 1,298 (Jul 26) -10.4% 11th
Suffolk, VA 1,265 (Jun 26) -10.3% 12th
Spokane Valley, WA 3,080 (Jun 26) -9.8% 13th
South Bend, IN 2,502 (Jul 26) -9.1% 14th
Fayetteville, AR 1,882 (Jul 26) -7.7% 15th
Dearborn, MI 1,716 (Jul 26) -7.3% 16th
Sugar Land, TX 1,233 (Jul 26) -6.1% 17th
St. George, UT 866 (Jun 26) -1.4% 18th
Yuma, AZ 1,174 (Jun 26) -1.2% 19th
El Monte, CA 1,984 (Jul 26) +3.6% 20th
Chico, CA 1,845 (Jul 26) +4.5% 21st
Green Bay, WI 1,262 (Jul 26) +5.2% 22nd
Brockton, MA 1,491 (Jun 26) +20.8% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clarksville, TN down about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, trailing peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides fell about 25% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 48% higher than in 2021 (4 then, 6 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 11 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Homicide rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 6 homicides in the 12 months ending June 2026, down from 8 in the prior 12 months. That is 6 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 6 homicides
2018June 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Fayetteville, AR 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
West Covina, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Bend, OR 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Spokane Valley, WA 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 4th
San Mateo, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
St. George, UT 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 6th
Boulder, CO 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 7th
Suffolk, VA 3 (Jun 26) -62.5% 8th
El Monte, CA 2 (Jul 26) -50.1% 9th
Lee's Summit, MO 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 10th
Green Bay, WI 2 (Jul 26) -33.5% 11th
Dearborn, MI 2 (Jul 26) -33.5% 12th
Yuma, AZ 5 (Jun 26) -28.7% 13th
Brockton, MA 6 (Jun 26) -25.1% 14th
Lynn, MA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Centennial, CO 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 16th
South Bend, IN 17 (Jul 26) +260.3% 17th
Chico, CA 4 (Jul 26) +300.4% 18th
Georgetown, TX 8 (Jul 26) +800.1% 19th
Carmel, IN 0 (Jul 26)
Fishers, IN 1 (Jul 26)
Sugar Land, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Vacaville, CA 1 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oxnard, CA down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft rose about 18% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 8% lower than in 2021 (385 then, 354 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 589 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 354 in June 2026, up from 300 a year earlier.
Needs attention 354 per 100k
2018June 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Boulder, CO 77 (Jul 26) -60.7% 1st
Fishers, IN 29 (Jul 26) -50.8% 2nd
Vacaville, CA 62 (Jul 26) -50.4% 3rd
San Mateo, CA 85 (Jul 26) -43.6% 4th
Dearborn, MI 213 (Jul 26) -39.2% 5th
Lynn, MA 106 (Jul 26) -38.2% 6th
Sugar Land, TX 45 (Jul 26) -38.0% 7th
Yuma, AZ 85 (Jun 26) -36.5% 8th
Centennial, CO 135 (Jul 26) -32.6% 9th
Georgetown, TX 61 (Jul 26) -30.1% 10th
Lee's Summit, MO 189 (Jul 26) -28.5% 11th
South Bend, IN 297 (Jul 26) -26.3% 12th
Green Bay, WI 156 (Jul 26) -25.2% 13th
Suffolk, VA 84 (Jun 26) -20.8% 14th
West Covina, CA 222 (Jul 26) -19.9% 15th
El Monte, CA 313 (Jul 26) -19.4% 16th
Spokane Valley, WA 253 (Jun 26) -13.3% 17th
Fayetteville, AR 175 (Jul 26) -3.6% 18th
Carmel, IN 83 (Jul 26) +12.8% 19th
Chico, CA 212 (Jul 26) +14.4% 20th
St. George, UT 47 (Jun 26) +15.8% 21st
Brockton, MA 354 (Jun 26) +18.2% 22nd
Bend, OR 105 (Jul 26) +28.4% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Boulder, CO down about 61% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 48% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Salem, OR down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $58,469 to $80,115 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,283).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brockton started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 65% from 2014 to 2024 ($48,569 to $80,115).
Bright spot $80,115
20102024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref $103,960 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Bend, OR $96,394 14th +47% 1st 4% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 18th +44% 2nd 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 29th +43% 3rd 32% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 23rd +42% 4th 20% below peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 24th +39% 5th 27% below peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 30th +39% 6th 40% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 13th +38% 7th 5% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 20th +37% 8th 14% below peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 27th +36% 9th 29% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 26th +34% 10th 29% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 22nd +34% 11th 19% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 9th +33% 12th 13% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $111,505 7th +33% 13th 20% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 21st +31% 14th 17% below peers
Renton, WA $100,432 12th +29% 15th 8% above peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 15th +29% 16th 3% above peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 8th +27% 17th 20% above peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 19th +26% 18th 6% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 25th +26% 19th 28% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 2nd +25% 20th 53% above peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 16th +24% 21st on par with peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 1st +23% 22nd 66% above peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 11th +22% 23rd 9% above peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 28th +22% 24th 30% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 5th +21% 25th 42% above peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 4th +21% 26th 42% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 17th +20% 27th 2% below peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 6th +19% 28th 41% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 10th +14% 29th 11% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $136,217 3rd +12% 30th 47% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR $19,470 31st +12% 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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4 of 23 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,930 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.1 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.1% in July 2026, down from 6.2% a year earlier.
6.1%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 4.4% (Jul 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Downey, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.9pp 1st 11% above peers
El Monte, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.8pp 2nd 16% above peers
West Covina, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.8pp 3rd 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 26th -0.7pp 4th 30% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.7pp 5th 25% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Chico, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th -0.7pp 7th 23% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.6pp 8th 11% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.6pp 9th 11% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 10th 32% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.1% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 11th 30% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 12th 32% below peers
Lynn, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 13th 18% above peers
Boulder, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 14th 9% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 2.4% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 15th 45% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 16th 14% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 17th 11% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 11th -0.2pp 18th 11% below peers
Brockton, MA 6.1% (Jul 26) 28th -0.1pp 19th 39% above peers
Bend, OR 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th +0.1pp 21st 14% below peers
St. George, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th +0.1pp 22nd 14% below peers
Green Bay, WI 3.3% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 23rd 25% below peers
Renton, WA 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.2pp 24th 9% above peers
Dearborn, MI 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.3pp 25th 30% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.0% (Jul 26) 13th +0.3pp 26th 9% below peers
Georgetown, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 18th +0.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 28th 5% above peers
Yuma, AZ 13.1% (Jul 26) 29th +1.3pp 29th 198% above peers
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 (14.8% then, 13.5% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.9% to 13.5%).
Needs attention 13.5%
20112024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 10.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 12.4%
Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% 14th -2.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Rialto, CA 12.7% 19th -3.4pp 2nd 27% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.0% 17th -2.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Lynn, MA 13.8% 22nd -2.8pp 4th 38% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.5% 24th -2.7pp 5th 56% above peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 12th -1.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Dearborn, MI 24.3% 30th -3.8pp 7th 144% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 18th -1.7pp 8th 14% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 8th -1.1pp 9th 19% below peers
South Bend, IN 20.8% 27th -2.8pp 10th 108% above peers
El Monte, CA 17.4% 25th -2.0pp 11th 75% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.6% 26th -2.3pp 12th 107% above peers
Suffolk, VA 9.4% 15th -1.0pp 13th 6% below peers
Brockton, MA 13.5% 21st -1.3pp 14th 35% above peers
Chico, CA 22.7% 29th -0.5pp 15th 127% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.6% 31st -0.6pp 16th 397% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.7% 23rd -0.1pp 17th 47% above peers
Downey, CA 9.0% 13th +0.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.3% 1st +0.1pp 19th 67% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 6th +0.3pp 20th 25% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.9% 20th +0.6pp 21st 30% above peers
Boulder, CO 21.4% 28th +1.1pp 22nd 115% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 9th +0.7pp 23rd 18% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 24th 61% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.2% 10th +0.9pp 25th 18% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 11th +0.9pp 26th 15% below peers
Georgetown, TX 8.0% 7th +1.1pp 27th 20% below peers
West Covina, CA 10.0% 16th +1.7pp 28th on par with peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 5th +1.1pp 29th 43% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.5% 4th +1.3pp 30th 45% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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4 of 23 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.1% to 15.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Brockton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.3% to 15.2%).
Bright spot 15.2%
20132024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 11.7% -1.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Brockton, MA 15.2% 20th -4.9pp 1st 24% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 23rd -5.8pp 2nd 48% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 19th -4.3pp 3rd 23% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 7th -2.3pp 4th 30% below peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 17th -3.3pp 5th 4% above peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 5th -1.5pp 6th 49% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 11th -2.3pp 7th 18% below peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 26th -4.8pp 8th 78% above peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 12th -2.1pp 9th 15% below peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 22nd -3.4pp 10th 46% above peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 18th -2.4pp 11th 7% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 29th -4.8pp 12th 137% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 30th -5.3pp 13th 181% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 12.2% 15th -1.9pp 14th 1% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 28th -3.7pp 15th 117% above peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 10th -0.8pp 16th 20% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 17th 437% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 14th -0.4pp 18th 9% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 21st +0.2pp 19th 38% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 24th +0.4pp 20th 64% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 76% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 8th +0.6pp 22nd 27% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 76% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 67% below peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 16th +1.9pp 25th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 25th +3.2pp 26th 70% above peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 27th +3.9pp 27th 81% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 13th +2.0pp 28th 12% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 6.0% 4th +1.6pp 29th 51% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 9th +2.7pp 30th 26% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 6th +2.3pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 9.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.8% to 89.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brockton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.2% to 89.9%).
Bright spot 89.9%
20172024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 92.9% +6.2pp
United States ref 91.1%
Ponce zona urbana, PR 85.9% 31st +25.5pp 1st 8% below peers
South Bend, IN 89.1% 30th +17.3pp 2nd 5% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 20th +14.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 28th +12.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 17th +11.8pp 5th on par with peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 23rd +11.5pp 6th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 29th +9.1pp 7th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 26th +9.1pp 8th 3% below peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 27th +8.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 24th +8.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 21st +7.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 16th +6.3pp 12th on par with peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 19th +6.2pp 13th on par with peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 14th +5.9pp 14th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 22nd +5.7pp 15th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 25th +5.0pp 16th 3% below peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 12th +5.2pp 17th 2% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 8th +5.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 15th +5.1pp 19th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 96.1% 5th +4.7pp 20th 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 9th +3.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 10th +3.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 11th +3.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 6th +3.1pp 24th 3% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 13th +2.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 18th +2.5pp 26th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 7th +2.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 97.6% 1st +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 4th -0.5pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.46 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.46).
Needs attention 0.46
20102024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 0.49 +0.006
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 28th -0.028 1st 12% above peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 3rd -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
Chico, CA 0.48 27th -0.017 3rd 9% above peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 1st -0.011 4th 10% below peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 18th -0.012 5th 1% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 4th -0.007 6th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 15th -0.007 7th 1% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 24th -0.006 8th 8% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 29th -0.006 9th 18% above peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 2nd -0.000 10th 10% below peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 13th -0.000 11th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 21st +0.001 12th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 8th +0.002 13th 6% below peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 16th +0.003 14th on par with peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 15th 30% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 0.44 17th +0.005 16th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 10th +0.007 17th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 19th +0.008 18th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 25th +0.010 19th 9% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 7th +0.009 20th 7% below peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 22nd +0.012 21st 6% above peers
Renton, WA 0.43 11th +0.012 22nd 3% below peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 14th +0.012 23rd 1% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 23rd +0.014 24th 6% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 6th +0.014 25th 8% below peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 5th +0.014 26th 9% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 0.46 20th +0.016 27th 3% above peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 9th +0.019 28th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 26th +0.023 29th 9% above peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 30th +0.029 30th 27% above peers
Downey, CA 0.43 12th +0.028 31st 3% 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (29.2% then, 31.4% now; margin ±2.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 8.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (23.2% to 31.4%).
Needs attention 31.4%
20102023
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 13.8% +1.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Bend, OR 7.7% 12th -4.9pp 1st 30% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 10th -3.1pp 2nd 49% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 67% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 1st -0.5pp 4th 87% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 16th -2.8pp 5th on par with peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 26th -4.0pp 6th 72% above peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 17th -1.7pp 7th 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 23rd -2.0pp 8th 53% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 44% above peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 27th -1.3pp 10th 99% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 86% below peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 20th +0.3pp 12th 7% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 25th +0.4pp 13th 59% above peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 15th +0.2pp 14th 26% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 29th +0.9pp 15th 165% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 11th +0.2pp 16th 38% below peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 30th +2.2pp 17th 188% above peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 24th +1.5pp 18th 57% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 19th 63% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 14th +1.2pp 20th 26% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 6th +0.6pp 21st 65% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 22nd 400% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 8th +1.0pp 23rd 53% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 9th +1.1pp 24th 51% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 7.7% 13th +2.0pp 25th 29% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 21st +3.9pp 26th 36% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 28th +6.6pp 27th 102% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 3rd +0.9pp 28th 77% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 18th +4.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 3.7% 5th +1.8pp 30th 66% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 19th +6.1pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing 6 indicators
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $508,661 in August 2026, up from $497,525 a year earlier.
Big move $508,661
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref $661,896 (Aug 26) +2.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
South Bend, IN $201,639 (Aug 26) 28th +7.2% 1st 65% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $1,411,696 (Aug 26) 2nd +6.3% 2nd 143% above peers
Green Bay, WI $285,361 (Aug 26) 26th +5.4% 3rd 51% below peers
Carmel, IN $574,220 (Aug 26) 15th +4.6% 4th 1% below peers
San Mateo, CA $1,672,329 (Aug 26) 1st +4.6% 5th 188% above peers
Dearborn, MI $250,741 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 6th 57% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $383,552 (Aug 26) 24th +4.0% 7th 34% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $692,396 (Aug 26) 9th +3.5% 8th 19% above peers
Suffolk, VA $389,533 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.7% 9th 33% below peers
Downey, CA $878,882 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 10th 51% above peers
Brockton, MA $508,661 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 11th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN $444,527 (Aug 26) 19th +1.8% 12th 23% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $675,290 (Aug 26) 10th +1.8% 13th 16% above peers
Rialto, CA $589,453 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 14th 2% above peers
El Monte, CA $752,694 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 15th 30% above peers
Boulder, CO $948,693 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 16th 63% above peers
West Covina, CA $835,555 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 17th 44% above peers
Lynn, MA $580,377 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 18th on par with peers
Chico, CA $460,839 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 19th 21% below peers
Columbia, MD $507,609 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 20th 13% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $410,897 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.4% 21st 29% below peers
Yuma, AZ $295,611 (Aug 26) 25th +0.3% 22nd 49% below peers
Sugar Land, TX $442,326 (Aug 26) 20th +0.2% 23rd 24% below peers
Vacaville, CA $601,486 (Aug 26) 12th -0.5% 24th 4% above peers
Bend, OR $729,189 (Aug 26) 8th -0.8% 25th 26% above peers
Centennial, CO $632,941 (Aug 26) 11th -1.3% 26th 9% above peers
Renton, WA $731,654 (Aug 26) 7th -1.9% 27th 26% above peers
Georgetown, TX $420,930 (Aug 26) 21st -4.3% 28th 27% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $413,016 in August 2026, up from $399,493 a year earlier.
Big move $413,016
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref $433,643 (Aug 26) +2.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
South Bend, IN $120,201 (Aug 26) 28th +10.6% 1st 71% below peers
Green Bay, WI $221,083 (Aug 26) 25th +7.2% 2nd 46% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA $1,014,150 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 3rd 146% above peers
Dearborn, MI $192,346 (Aug 26) 27th +5.6% 4th 53% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $284,238 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.6% 5th 31% below peers
Carmel, IN $399,066 (Aug 26) 15th +3.9% 6th 3% below peers
Suffolk, VA $255,290 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 7th 38% below peers
Brockton, MA $413,016 (Aug 26) 14th +3.4% 8th on par with peers
Downey, CA $746,237 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.5% 9th 81% above peers
Rialto, CA $525,741 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 10th 27% above peers
Fishers, IN $339,609 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 11th 18% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $556,089 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 12th 35% above peers
San Mateo, CA $995,042 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.7% 13th 141% above peers
El Monte, CA $635,761 (Aug 26) 5th +1.5% 14th 54% above peers
Chico, CA $351,343 (Aug 26) 17th +1.4% 15th 15% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $329,822 (Aug 26) 19th +1.3% 16th 20% below peers
West Covina, CA $720,537 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 17th 74% above peers
Lynn, MA $446,726 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 18th 8% above peers
Yuma, AZ $209,337 (Aug 26) 26th -0.2% 19th 49% below peers
Columbia, MD $359,977 (Aug 26) 16th -0.3% 20th 13% below peers
Bend, OR $526,152 (Aug 26) 7th -0.8% 21st 27% above peers
Vacaville, CA $502,951 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 22nd 22% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $303,351 (Aug 26) 21st -1.6% 23rd 27% below peers
Renton, WA $522,663 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 24th 27% above peers
Boulder, CO $491,064 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 25th 19% above peers
Centennial, CO $483,951 (Aug 26) 12th -2.0% 26th 17% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $277,549 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.3% 27th 33% below peers
Georgetown, TX $322,231 (Aug 26) 20th -4.0% 28th 22% below peers
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 (55.0% then, 57.4% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.9% to 57.4%).
Needs attention 57.4%
20112024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 62.5% +0.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 29th +5.2pp 1st 32% below peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 11th +5.5pp 2nd 8% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 10th +5.5pp 3rd 9% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 26th +3.2pp 4th 22% below peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 18th +3.0pp 5th 2% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 24th +2.2pp 6th 19% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 7th +3.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 13th +2.7pp 8th 7% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 21st +2.3pp 9th 7% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 20th +2.3pp 10th 6% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 22nd +2.2pp 11th 12% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 39.5% 31st +1.2pp 12th 36% below peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 9th +2.0pp 13th 11% above peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 6th +2.0pp 14th 15% above peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 16th +1.7pp 15th on par with peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 23rd +1.2pp 16th 17% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 12th +1.1pp 17th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 19th +0.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 14th +0.9pp 19th 6% above peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 30th +0.2pp 20th 35% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 15th -0.7pp 21st 5% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 80.3% 2nd -1.1pp 22nd 30% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 4th -1.3pp 23rd 20% above peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 1st -1.6pp 24th 31% above peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 3rd -1.5pp 25th 24% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 27th -1.1pp 26th 23% below peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 28th -1.3pp 27th 30% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 17th -2.3pp 28th 2% below peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 8th -2.8pp 29th 13% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 5th -3.8pp 30th 19% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 25th -4.5pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2023 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,341 in August 2026, up from $2,273 a year earlier.
Big move $2,341
2023August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
San Mateo, CA $3,917 (Aug 26) 1st +9.6% 1st 75% above peers
Carmel, IN $1,838 (Aug 26) 19th +8.1% 2nd 18% below peers
Suffolk, VA $2,049 (Aug 26) 16th +6.3% 3rd 8% below peers
Fishers, IN $1,911 (Aug 26) 18th +4.6% 4th 15% below peers
Rialto, CA $2,686 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.3% 5th 20% above peers
Green Bay, WI $1,066 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 6th 52% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,259 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 7th 1% above peers
Downey, CA $2,305 (Aug 26) 11th +3.4% 8th 3% above peers
Bend, OR $2,288 (Aug 26) 12th +3.2% 9th 2% above peers
Yuma, AZ $1,459 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 10th 35% below peers
South Bend, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 27th +3.0% 11th 42% below peers
Brockton, MA $2,341 (Aug 26) 9th +3.0% 12th 5% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $3,148 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 13th 41% above peers
Dearborn, MI $1,805 (Aug 26) 20th +2.8% 14th 19% below peers
Renton, WA $2,236 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 15th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR $1,612 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.3% 16th 28% below peers
Lynn, MA $2,313 (Aug 26) 10th +2.3% 17th 3% above peers
West Covina, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 6th +2.2% 18th 15% above peers
Georgetown, TX $1,621 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.9% 19th 28% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,547 (Aug 26) 24th +1.7% 20th 31% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $2,610 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 21st 17% above peers
Vacaville, CA $2,614 (Aug 26) 4th +1.5% 22nd 17% above peers
Boulder, CO $2,399 (Aug 26) 7th +1.4% 23rd 7% above peers
El Monte, CA $2,361 (Aug 26) 8th +1.2% 24th 6% above peers
Chico, CA $1,544 (Aug 26) 25th +1.1% 25th 31% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $1,706 (Aug 26) 21st +0.6% 26th 24% below peers
Centennial, CO $2,231 (Aug 26) 15th -0.5% 27th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX $2,032 (Aug 26) 17th -0.6% 28th 9% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.0% then, 43.4% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.3% to 43.4%).
Needs attention 43.4%
20102024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 35.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bend, OR 34.1% 14th -2.8pp 1st 2% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 30th -3.9pp 2nd 38% above peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 23rd -2.6pp 3rd 17% above peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 10th -1.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 6th -1.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 7th -0.7pp 6th 20% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 17th -0.9pp 7th 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 43.3% 25th -0.9pp 8th 25% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 9th -0.5pp 9th 12% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 11th -0.2pp 10th 7% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 21st -0.2pp 11th 12% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 16th -0.1pp 12th on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 18th -0.1pp 13th 11% above peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 28th +0.1pp 14th 29% above peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 15th +0.2pp 15th 2% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 12th +0.5pp 16th 5% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 27th +1.1pp 17th 29% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 8th +0.8pp 18th 16% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 24th +1.1pp 19th 17% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 19th +1.1pp 20th 11% above peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 26th +1.3pp 21st 25% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 29th +2.3pp 22nd 32% above peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 31st +2.9pp 23rd 43% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 20th +2.5pp 24th 12% above peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 22nd +2.8pp 25th 13% above peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 13th +3.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 41% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 42% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 26.9% 5th +4.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 4th +4.6pp 30th 23% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 3rd +5.2pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (15.3% then, 16.3% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.0% to 16.3%).
Needs attention 16.3%
20102024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 11.7% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 11th -2.5pp 1st 12% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 29th -4.5pp 2nd 200% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 31st -3.8pp 3rd 221% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 28th -2.0pp 4th 83% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 2.1% 1st -0.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 17th -1.1pp 6th 8% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 53% below peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 14th -0.8pp 8th 6% below peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 9th -0.6pp 9th 23% below peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 21st -0.8pp 10th 32% above peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 5th -0.3pp 11th 35% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 20th -0.5pp 12th 28% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 8th -0.3pp 13th 25% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 10th -0.3pp 14th 16% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 27th -0.2pp 15th 73% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 22nd -0.1pp 16th 35% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 13th -0.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 7th -0.0pp 18th 28% below peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 18th +0.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 6th +0.1pp 20th 34% below peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 23rd +0.4pp 21st 53% above peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 30th +1.0pp 22nd 204% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 24th +0.5pp 23rd 55% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 26th +0.9pp 24th 70% above peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 16th +0.7pp 25th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 4.8% 12th +0.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 25th +1.6pp 27th 57% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 4th +0.7pp 28th 46% below peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 19th +1.8pp 29th 27% above peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 15th +1.5pp 30th 2% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 4.6% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 4.6%).
Bright spot 4.6%
20132024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 2.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Vacaville, CA 2.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 59% below peers
Downey, CA 7.1% 17th -3.2pp 2nd 10% above peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 25th -3.3pp 3rd 40% above peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 14th -1.9pp 4th 4% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 7th -1.2pp 5th 37% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.5% 26th -2.3pp 6th 48% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 24th -2.1pp 7th 37% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 8th -0.9pp 8th 37% below peers
Boulder, CO 3.5% 4th -0.7pp 9th 46% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 13th -0.9pp 10th 12% below peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 12th -0.8pp 11th 17% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 15th -0.8pp 12th 3% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 23rd -1.0pp 13th 34% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.8% 30th -1.2pp 14th 83% above peers
St. George, UT 11.5% 29th -0.9pp 15th 79% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.9% 31st -0.7pp 16th 101% above peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 17th 37% below peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 20th -0.1pp 18th 21% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.3% 21st -0.0pp 19th 28% above peers
Yuma, AZ 11.3% 28th +0.0pp 20th 75% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.4% 16th +0.1pp 21st on par with peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 19th +0.4pp 22nd 19% above peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 18th +0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.3% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 49% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 50% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 5th +0.5pp 26th 41% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 27th 28% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.9% 11th +0.7pp 28th 24% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.6% 9th +0.7pp 29th 29% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.3% 22nd +1.4pp 30th 30% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.8% 27th +2.7pp 31st 53% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 above the peer median.

35.2%
20202022
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 28.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Boulder, CO 18.9% 1st 40% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 2nd 30% below peers
Centennial, CO 22.2% 3rd 29% below peers
West Covina, CA 23.7% 4th 24% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 5th 22% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 26.1% 6th 17% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.4% 7th 16% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 8th 15% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 27.2% 9th 13% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 27.3% 10th 13% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 11th 12% below peers
Downey, CA 28.2% 12th 10% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 13th 9% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 14th 7% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 15th 4% below peers
Georgetown, TX 31.3% 16th on par with peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 17th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 18th 4% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 19th 8% above peers
Dearborn, MI 33.9% 20th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 21st 9% above peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 22nd 10% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 23rd 12% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 24th 12% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 36.3% 25th 16% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 26th 22% above peers
Green Bay, WI 38.9% 27th 24% above peers
Yuma, AZ 41.5% 28th 33% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 29th 33% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 30th 34% 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 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.3% to 2.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.3% to 2.8%).
Needs attention 2.8%
20122024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 1.6% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Costa Mesa, CA 2.7% 10th -4.3pp 1st 27% below peers
Downey, CA 3.0% 14th -3.9pp 2nd 17% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 52% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 20th -1.8pp 4th 14% above peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 4th -0.8pp 5th 45% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 19th -1.0pp 6th 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 21st -0.8pp 7th 19% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 31st -2.0pp 8th 213% above peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 13th -0.5pp 9th 17% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 16th -0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 28th -0.7pp 11th 111% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 26th +0.4pp 12th 73% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 7th +0.3pp 13th 35% below peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 18th +0.6pp 14th 10% above peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 15th 53% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 8th +0.5pp 16th 34% below peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 17th 56% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 17th +0.9pp 18th on par with peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 23rd +1.2pp 19th 28% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 15th +0.9pp 20th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 9th +0.8pp 21st 29% below peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 24th +1.7pp 22nd 35% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 25th +2.0pp 23rd 56% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.1% 30th +2.9pp 24th 122% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 12th +1.1pp 25th 20% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 22nd +1.7pp 26th 20% above peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 5th +1.0pp 27th 44% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 27th +3.8pp 28th 104% above peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 6th +1.2pp 29th 39% below peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 11th +1.6pp 30th 22% below peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 29th +5.5pp 31st 117% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.6% to 22.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
72% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Brockton started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.1% to 22.3%).
Bright spot 22.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 47.3% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynn, MA 24.1% 25th +5.5pp 1st 39% below peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 16th +7.3pp 2nd 7% below peers
El Monte, CA 15.2% 28th +2.9pp 3rd 62% below peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 9th +8.9pp 4th 34% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 26th +3.7pp 5th 43% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 21st +4.3pp 6th 29% below peers
Dearborn, MI 34.6% 17th +4.8pp 7th 12% below peers
Georgetown, TX 47.8% 12th +6.2pp 8th 21% above peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 30th +1.6pp 9th 68% below peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 20th +3.6pp 10th 26% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 23rd +3.1pp 11th 33% below peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 18th +3.9pp 12th 15% below peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 14th +4.8pp 13th 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 20.9% 27th +2.4pp 14th 47% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 14.9% 29th +1.7pp 15th 62% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 45.0% 13th +4.6pp 16th 14% above peers
Downey, CA 26.1% 24th +2.7pp 17th 34% below peers
Centennial, CO 62.6% 7th +5.2pp 18th 59% above peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 15th +3.0pp 19th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 26.7% 22nd +1.9pp 20th 32% below peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 8th +3.6pp 21st 47% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 69.2% 3rd +4.1pp 22nd 75% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 2nd +3.8pp 23rd 89% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.0% 6th +2.9pp 24th 60% above peers
West Covina, CA 30.1% 19th +1.1pp 25th 24% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 11th +0.9pp 26th 24% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 5th +0.9pp 27th 61% above peers
Boulder, CO 76.8% 1st +0.8pp 28th 95% above peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 4th +0.0pp 29th 68% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 10th -1.2pp 30th 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
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 (52.5% then, 41.3% now; margin ±13.3pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.1% to 41.3%).
41.3%
20112024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 55.4% -4.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 11th +14.5pp 1st 14% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 2nd +18.3pp 2nd 52% above peers
Lynn, MA 32.8% 27th +6.9pp 3rd 27% below peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 1st +12.2pp 4th 61% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 6th +7.0pp 5th 36% above peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 22nd +3.5pp 6th 17% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 13th +4.4pp 7th 7% above peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 17th +3.0pp 8th on par with peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 12th +2.3pp 9th 13% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 64.8% 4th +2.7pp 10th 44% above peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 5th +1.8pp 11th 40% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 15th +0.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 29th -2.1pp 13th 33% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 25th -2.4pp 14th 27% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 58.2% 8th -4.4pp 15th 29% above peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 9th -4.3pp 16th 25% above peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 16th -6.3pp 17th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 20th -5.6pp 18th 11% below peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 14th -7.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 10th -12.8pp 20th 25% above peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 7th -14.5pp 21st 32% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 18th -11.2pp 22nd 8% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 19th -12.2pp 23rd 9% below peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 3rd -21.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 26th -14.3pp 25th 27% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 23rd -15.9pp 26th 21% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 28th -15.7pp 27th 29% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 24th -17.8pp 28th 23% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 30th -15.4pp 29th 36% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 21st -29.2pp 30th 12% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.3pp 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 (5.4% then, 4.9% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 7.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
20102024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 4.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 7th -6.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.2% 2nd -1.9pp 2nd 65% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 20th -4.4pp 3rd 6% above peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 13th -3.6pp 4th 12% below peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 21st -2.5pp 5th 8% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 25th -2.7pp 6th 36% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 5th -1.3pp 7th 33% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 5.6% 11th -1.0pp 8th 13% below peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 9th -0.9pp 9th 20% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 6th -0.5pp 10th 24% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 28th -0.2pp 11th 81% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 4th +0.0pp 12th 43% below peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 17th +0.7pp 13th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 14th 49% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 30th +1.7pp 15th 91% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 29th +1.9pp 16th 86% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 18th +1.1pp 17th 4% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 27th +1.9pp 18th 73% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 15th +1.7pp 19th 7% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 12th +1.9pp 20th 13% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.1% 8th +1.9pp 21st 21% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 22nd +2.7pp 22nd 13% above peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 14th +2.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 16th +2.7pp 24th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 19th +3.0pp 25th 4% above peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 1st +1.0pp 26th 69% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 23rd +3.5pp 27th 14% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 26th +5.7pp 28th 72% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 24th +4.8pp 29th 30% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 31st +7.8pp 30th 102% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 10th +3.7pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 95,594 to 105,386 - more than the combined survey margin (±52).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (94,267 to 105,386).
Big move 105,386
20102024
▸ 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
Georgetown, TX 85,999 31st +21% 1st 18% below peers
St. George, UT 101,995 25th +21% 2nd 2% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 29th +17% 3rd 5% below peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 6th +13% 4th 3% above peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 23rd +13% 5th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 14th +10% 6th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 103,390 19th +10% 7th 1% below peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 30th +10% 8th 5% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 11th +9% 9th 2% above peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 26th +8% 10th 3% below peers
Chico, CA 102,188 24th +8% 11th 2% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 18th +7% 12th 1% below peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 27th +4% 13th 3% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 28th +4% 14th 4% below peers
Renton, WA 105,317 15th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 22nd +4% 16th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 12th +1% 17th 2% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 9th +1% 18th 3% above peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 17th +1% 19th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 21st +1% 20th 1% below peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 8th +0% 21st 3% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 16th +0% 22nd on par with peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 10th +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 7th +0% 24th 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 20th -1% 25th 1% below peers
Downey, CA 110,939 1st -1% 26th 6% above peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 4th -2% 27th 4% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 110,330 2nd -3% 28th 6% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 5th -5% 29th 3% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 110,016 3rd -7% 30th 5% above peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 13th -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 ±39 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 (25.0% then, 25.3% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.7% to 25.3%).
Big move 25.3%
20172024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 19.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 23rd +1.2pp 1st 10% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 29th +0.3pp 2nd 18% below peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 7th +0.3pp 3rd 15% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 22.9% 14th +0.2pp 4th 4% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 8th -0.1pp 5th 13% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 15th -0.2pp 6th 4% above peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 11th -0.4pp 7th 10% above peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 1st -0.6pp 8th 31% above peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 13th -0.7pp 9th 8% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 16th -0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 6th -0.9pp 11th 16% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 4th -0.9pp 12th 17% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 22nd -0.8pp 13th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 27th -0.8pp 14th 16% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 19th -0.9pp 15th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 12th -1.1pp 16th 8% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.3pp 17th 22% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 20th -1.1pp 18th 4% below peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 17th -1.3pp 19th on par with peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 21st -1.3pp 20th 5% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 21st 46% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 5th -1.7pp 22nd 16% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 24th -1.3pp 23rd 11% below peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 9th -1.8pp 24th 12% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 28th -1.4pp 25th 16% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 18.5% 26th -1.8pp 26th 16% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 27th 22% above peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 18th -2.4pp 28th 3% below peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 25th -2.8pp 29th 12% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 10th -3.6pp 30th 11% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 30th -2.7pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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 ±0.7pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent fell 9.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.0% to 42.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.0pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.0% to 42.8%).
Big move 42.8%
20102024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 28.6% +0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 23rd +6.8pp 1st 24% below peers
Boulder, CO 27.9% 19th +7.7pp 2nd 9% below peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 11th +8.6pp 3rd 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 17th +6.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 12th +6.7pp 5th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 13th +4.8pp 6th 5% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 3rd +6.1pp 7th 51% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 6th +5.3pp 8th 34% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 20th +3.2pp 9th 12% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 10.7% 31st +1.3pp 10th 65% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 24th +2.6pp 11th 25% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 8th +3.6pp 12th 17% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 4th +3.0pp 13th 47% above peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 7th +2.1pp 14th 18% above peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 16th +1.0pp 15th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 18th +0.2pp 16th 9% below peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 28th +0.1pp 17th 56% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 2nd +0.1pp 18th 57% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 19th 122% above peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 14th -0.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 10th -0.4pp 21st 11% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 15th -2.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 24.6% 22nd -2.0pp 23rd 20% below peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 9th -3.6pp 24th 17% above peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 27th -1.6pp 25th 49% below peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 21st -4.0pp 26th 20% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 26th -2.9pp 27th 44% below peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 25th -4.2pp 28th 29% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 5th -9.3pp 29th 39% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 29th -3.4pp 30th 57% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 30th -3.8pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.6pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (80.3% then, 80.7% now; margin ±9.3pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.5% to 80.7%).
Big move 80.7%
20102024
▸ 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
Massachusetts ref 75.4% +1.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 29th +11.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 6th +10.4pp 2nd 5% above peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 3rd 45% below peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 17th +9.2pp 4th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.6% 21st +8.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 23rd +7.2pp 6th 10% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 13th +7.6pp 7th 2% above peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 20th +4.4pp 8th 6% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 26th +3.8pp 9th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 3rd +4.8pp 10th 13% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 71.0% 9th +4.4pp 11th 4% above peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 5th +3.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 2nd +2.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 15th +2.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 11th +2.3pp 15th 3% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 22nd +1.8pp 16th 7% below peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 4th +2.0pp 17th 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 25th +1.5pp 18th 11% below peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 7th +1.2pp 19th 4% above peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 20th 18% above peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 12th -1.0pp 21st 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 16th -1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 18th -1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 28th -1.4pp 24th 14% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 8th -2.6pp 25th 4% above peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 27th -3.2pp 26th 14% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 14th -5.1pp 27th 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 19th -4.9pp 28th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 10th -5.6pp 29th 3% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 24th -6.0pp 30th 10% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 30th -7.2pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 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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4 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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