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Haverhill, MA
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68,361 people (2025) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 11 indicators

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

What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Haverhill, 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 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 32% lower than in 2021 (479 then, 325 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 610 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 341 in July 2026, down from 357 a year earlier.
Bright spot 341 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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%
Palo Alto, CA 133 (Jul 26) -29.7% 1st
Camarillo, CA 128 (Jul 26) -17.0% 2nd
Jackson, TN 702 (Jul 26) -16.8% 3rd
Eagan, MN 112 (Jul 26) -9.6% 4th
Pflugerville, TX 168 (Jul 26) -8.0% 5th
Canton, OH 1,213 (Jul 26) -6.3% 6th
Ames, IA 119 (Jul 26) -5.8% 7th
Haverhill, MA 341 (Jul 26) -4.5% 8th
Baldwin Park, CA 325 (Jul 26) -3.0% 9th
Casa Grande, AZ 436 (Jul 26) -1.3% 10th
Madera, CA 416 (Jun 26) +0.4% 11th
Redondo Beach, CA 236 (Jul 26) +2.6% 12th
Rowlett, TX 161 (Jul 26) +2.8% 13th
Schenectady, NY 695 (Jun 26) +3.0% 14th
Oshkosh, WI 277 (Jul 26) +9.4% 15th
Novi, MI 110 (Jul 26) +13.8% 16th
Greenwood, IN 141 (Jul 26) +16.7% 17th
Decatur, IL 725 (Jul 26) +21.5% 18th
Huntersville, NC 146 (Jul 26) +33.3% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 13% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 676 in July 2026, down from 774 a year earlier.
Bright spot 676 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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%
Ames, IA 1,017 (Jul 26) -32.6% 1st
Redondo Beach, CA 1,980 (Jul 26) -19.4% 2nd
Casa Grande, AZ 1,100 (Jul 26) -18.0% 3rd
Camarillo, CA 999 (Jul 26) -17.7% 4th
Huntersville, NC 954 (Jul 26) -15.7% 5th
Pflugerville, TX 1,297 (Jul 26) -14.5% 6th
Jackson, TN 2,556 (Jul 26) -13.4% 7th
Haverhill, MA 676 (Jul 26) -12.7% 8th
Palo Alto, CA 2,491 (Jul 26) -10.9% 9th
Decatur, IL 2,581 (Jul 26) -5.9% 10th
Novi, MI 527 (Jul 26) -4.8% 11th
Eagan, MN 1,360 (Jul 26) -4.3% 12th
Schenectady, NY 2,677 (Jun 26) -3.6% 13th
Rowlett, TX 1,200 (Jul 26) -1.3% 14th
Greenwood, IN 1,553 (Jul 26) -0.5% 15th
Canton, OH 3,697 (Jul 26) +0.5% 16th
Baldwin Park, CA 1,305 (Jul 26) +3.7% 17th
Madera, CA 1,090 (Jun 26) +5.2% 18th
Oshkosh, WI 1,430 (Jul 26) +6.2% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Broader trend
Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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%
Novi, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Oshkosh, WI 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 2nd
Schenectady, NY 4 (Jun 26) -66.7% 3rd
Casa Grande, AZ 1 (Jul 26) -50.2% 4th
Pflugerville, TX 3 (Jul 26) -33.3% 5th
Jackson, TN 20 (Jul 26) -6.7% 6th
Camarillo, CA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Baldwin Park, CA 10 (Jul 26) +16.6% 8th
Madera, CA 7 (Jun 26) +66.4% 9th
Ames, IA 3 (Jul 26) +99.3% 10th
Canton, OH 17 (Jul 26) +99.9% 11th
Huntersville, NC 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 12th
Decatur, IL 16 (Jul 26) +266.5% 13th
Greenwood, IN 7 (Jul 26) +400.7% 14th
Haverhill, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Rowlett, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Palo Alto, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Redondo Beach, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Eagan, MN 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bloomington, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
  • Woodbury, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 3% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities. Haverhill started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 51 in July 2026, down from 53 a year earlier.
Bright spot 51 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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%
Ames, IA 53 (Jul 26) -55.0% 1st
Camarillo, CA 48 (Jul 26) -53.5% 2nd
Eagan, MN 30 (Jul 26) -48.7% 3rd
Palo Alto, CA 70 (Jul 26) -47.8% 4th
Rowlett, TX 56 (Jul 26) -38.7% 5th
Casa Grande, AZ 110 (Jul 26) -37.4% 6th
Novi, MI 37 (Jul 26) -30.6% 7th
Redondo Beach, CA 195 (Jul 26) -27.2% 8th
Huntersville, NC 104 (Jul 26) -21.1% 9th
Baldwin Park, CA 203 (Jul 26) -15.7% 10th
Pflugerville, TX 113 (Jul 26) -14.4% 11th
Schenectady, NY 154 (Jun 26) -10.8% 12th
Decatur, IL 298 (Jul 26) -6.9% 13th
Greenwood, IN 118 (Jul 26) -5.7% 14th
Canton, OH 371 (Jul 26) -5.5% 15th
Oshkosh, WI 58 (Jul 26) -4.9% 16th
Haverhill, MA 51 (Jul 26) -2.8% 17th
Jackson, TN 226 (Jul 26) +0.6% 18th
Madera, CA 227 (Jun 26) +18.9% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% 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 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $69,426 to $88,326 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,298).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Haverhill started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 44% from 2014 to 2024 ($61,208 to $88,326).
Bright spot $88,326
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%
Lodi, CA $88,530 16th +51% 1st on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 1st +46% 2nd 161% above peers
Sanford, FL $66,891 22nd +42% 3rd 24% below peers
Madera, CA $63,933 23rd +42% 4th 28% below peers
Madison, AL $134,655 5th +36% 5th 52% above peers
Canton, OH $43,188 30th +34% 6th 51% below peers
Yuba City, CA $75,477 20th +33% 7th 15% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $69,983 21st +32% 8th 21% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $150,245 3rd +32% 9th 70% above peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 18th +32% 10th 6% below peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 11th +31% 11th 28% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 12th 44% above peers
Weston, FL $139,825 4th +30% 13th 58% above peers
Schenectady, NY $58,399 26th +29% 14th 34% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 17th +27% 15th on par with peers
Ames, IA $60,991 25th +27% 16th 31% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 9th +26% 17th 33% above peers
Spring, TX $88,997 15th +25% 18th 1% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 19th +22% 19th 9% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 24th +22% 20th 30% below peers
Jackson, TN $53,032 28th +22% 21st 40% below peers
Camarillo, CA $113,428 10th +21% 22nd 28% above peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 23rd 56% below peers
Decatur, IL $51,592 29th +21% 24th 42% below peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 25th 45% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 14th +20% 26th 23% above peers
Huntersville, NC $120,516 8th +18% 27th 36% above peers
Bethesda, MD $192,237 2nd +17% 28th 117% above peers
Novi, MI $110,723 13th +13% 29th 25% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $56,968 27th +12% 30th 36% below peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 12th +11% 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,293 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 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: 5.0% in July 2026, unchanged from 5.0% a year earlier.
5.0%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 26 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
Canton, OH 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -1.7pp 1st 2% below peers
Gary, IN 7.6% (Jul 26) 25th -1.6pp 2nd 69% above peers
Decatur, IL 5.7% (Jul 26) 21st -1.2pp 3rd 27% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 19th -1.1pp 4th 13% above peers
Madera, CA 7.5% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 5th 67% above peers
Yuba City, CA 7.6% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 6th 69% above peers
Lodi, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 7th 27% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th -0.7pp 8th 4% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th -0.4pp 9th 16% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 10th 29% below peers
Camarillo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.4pp 11th 2% below peers
Jackson, TN 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.4pp 12th 2% below peers
Greenwood, IN 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 13th 29% below peers
Ames, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 14th 18% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 15th 13% below peers
Haverhill, MA 5.0% (Jul 26) 18th +0.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th +0.2pp 17th 24% below peers
Novi, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th +0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Schenectady, NY 5.3% (Jul 26) 20th +0.3pp 20th 18% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th +0.4pp 21st 4% below peers
Eagan, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 22nd 9% below peers
Sanford, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Madison, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.6pp 24th 36% below peers
Weston, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.7pp 25th 4% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 6.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.8pp 26th 38% 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 (12.5% then, 11.3% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 11.3%).
11.3%
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 10.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 12.4%
Sanford, FL 11.9% 18th -7.2pp 1st 14% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.1% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 71% below peers
Madison, AL 4.3% 2nd -1.3pp 3rd 59% below peers
Lodi, CA 12.4% 19th -3.0pp 4th 19% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 12th -1.1pp 5th 30% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.5% 20th -2.0pp 6th 29% above peers
Decatur, IL 19.4% 24th -2.7pp 7th 86% above peers
Canton, OH 27.4% 29th -3.4pp 8th 163% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.3% 17th -1.2pp 9th 9% above peers
Ames, IA 25.4% 27th -2.6pp 10th 144% above peers
Yuba City, CA 14.3% 22nd -1.2pp 11th 37% above peers
Madera, CA 25.6% 28th -1.2pp 12th 145% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 9th -0.2pp 13th 41% below peers
Weston, FL 6.1% 10th -0.2pp 14th 41% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 7th -0.1pp 15th 42% below peers
Jackson, TN 22.2% 25th -0.3pp 16th 113% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 13.5% 21st +0.1pp 17th 29% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.9% 30th +0.4pp 18th 187% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.5% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 68% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7.4% 13th +0.2pp 20th 29% below peers
Spring, TX 10.4% 16th +0.5pp 21st on par with peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 43% below peers
Gary, IN 33.1% 31st +2.5pp 23rd 218% above peers
South Hill, WA 7.2% 11th +0.7pp 24th 31% below peers
Camarillo, CA 8.5% 15th +0.8pp 25th 18% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.1% 8th +1.0pp 26th 41% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.6% 14th +1.3pp 27th 27% below peers
Schenectady, NY 23.8% 26th +4.5pp 28th 129% above peers
Bethesda, MD 4.3% 3rd +0.8pp 29th 59% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 4th +1.4pp 30th 48% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 5.4% 5th +1.5pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.7% to 14.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Haverhill started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.5% to 14.9%).
Bright spot 14.9%
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%
Huntersville, NC 2.0% 1st -2.8pp 1st 85% below peers
Madison, AL 3.4% 4th -4.6pp 2nd 75% below peers
Sanford, FL 14.8% 17th -15.1pp 3rd 11% above peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 18th -5.9pp 4th 11% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 5th 45% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 16.8% 19th -5.8pp 6th 26% above peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 7th -2.1pp 7th 53% below peers
Canton, OH 38.9% 30th -12.7pp 8th 192% above peers
Decatur, IL 28.1% 25th -5.7pp 9th 111% above peers
Yuba City, CA 17.7% 21st -3.3pp 10th 33% above peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 6th -1.0pp 11th 55% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 22nd -3.1pp 12th 52% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 12th -0.9pp 13th 40% below peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 14th -0.8pp 14th 31% below peers
Jackson, TN 32.1% 26th -2.8pp 15th 141% above peers
Madera, CA 34.8% 28th -2.0pp 16th 161% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 20.6% 23rd -0.3pp 17th 55% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 33.1% 27th +0.2pp 18th 148% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 19th 298% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 10th +0.5pp 20th 44% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.8% 2nd +0.3pp 21st 79% below peers
Camarillo, CA 12.2% 15th +1.3pp 22nd 9% below peers
Spring, TX 17.4% 20th +2.0pp 23rd 30% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 24th +2.9pp 24th 56% above peers
Schenectady, NY 35.7% 29th +5.1pp 25th 168% above peers
Weston, FL 8.1% 13th +1.5pp 26th 39% below peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 5th +1.3pp 27th 56% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 28th 46% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 16th +4.7pp 29th on par with peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 3rd +1.8pp 30th 76% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 11th +4.7pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 10.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.4% to 93.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Haverhill started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.2% to 93.4%).
Bright spot 93.4%
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%
Gary, IN 82.3% 28th +17.4pp 1st 13% below peers
Madera, CA 90.8% 24th +14.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Jackson, TN 89.3% 25th +13.2pp 3rd 5% below peers
Decatur, IL 88.5% 26th +12.8pp 4th 6% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 59.1% 31st +6.7pp 5th 37% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 17th +10.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 92.2% 19th +9.4pp 7th 2% below peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 16th +8.7pp 8th on par with peers
Yuba City, CA 91.1% 23rd +8.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 22nd +8.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 92.9% 18th +7.4pp 11th 1% below peers
Schenectady, NY 86.4% 27th +6.2pp 12th 8% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 91.7% 21st +6.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 20th +6.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Spring, TX 94.7% 15th +6.3pp 15th on par with peers
Canton, OH 80.4% 29th +4.8pp 16th 15% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 7th +4.5pp 17th 3% above peers
Camarillo, CA 95.0% 13th +4.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Huntersville, NC 96.8% 8th +4.4pp 19th 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 3rd +4.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 96.7% 9th +3.4pp 21st 3% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 11th +2.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 14th +2.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 1st +2.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 10th +2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Bethesda, MD 97.1% 6th +2.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 4th +2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 12th +2.3pp 28th 1% above peers
Weston, FL 97.7% 2nd +1.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 5th +1.6pp 30th 3% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 30th -0.8pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.42 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.43).
0.43
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
Sanford, FL 0.40 7th -0.062 1st 10% below peers
Madison, AL 0.38 6th -0.030 2nd 14% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 5th -0.028 3rd 14% below peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 13th -0.029 4th 5% below peers
Spring, TX 0.35 2nd -0.019 5th 21% below peers
Weston, FL 0.45 18th -0.023 6th 1% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 1st -0.016 7th 22% below peers
Jackson, TN 0.49 26th -0.020 8th 9% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 27th -0.020 9th 10% above peers
Ames, IA 0.48 25th -0.013 10th 8% above peers
Decatur, IL 0.47 22nd -0.011 11th 6% above peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 11th -0.007 12th 7% below peers
Canton, OH 0.46 20th -0.002 13th 2% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.50 29th -0.001 14th 11% above peers
Yuba City, CA 0.45 17th +0.005 15th 1% above peers
Novi, MI 0.45 19th +0.007 16th 2% above peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 3rd +0.006 17th 16% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 15th +0.007 18th 3% below peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 14th +0.007 19th 3% below peers
Huntersville, NC 0.41 8th +0.010 20th 9% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 12th +0.010 21st 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 10th +0.010 22nd 7% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 0.41 9th +0.014 23rd 8% below peers
Camarillo, CA 0.46 21st +0.017 24th 2% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 0.45 16th +0.016 25th on par with peers
Gary, IN 0.51 31st +0.024 26th 15% above peers
Bethesda, MD 0.51 30th +0.025 27th 15% above peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 4th +0.022 28th 15% below peers
Madera, CA 0.47 23rd +0.041 29th 7% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 0.48 24th +0.045 30th 7% above peers
Schenectady, NY 0.50 28th +0.057 31st 11% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 17.3% to 20.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 7.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.1% to 20.9%).
Needs attention 20.9%
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
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 75% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 19.7% 24th -11.4pp 2nd 127% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 5th -1.4pp 3rd 62% below peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 8th -1.2pp 4th 51% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.1% 21st -3.1pp 5th 52% above peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 16th -0.7pp 6th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 17th -0.7pp 7th 25% above peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 30th -1.4pp 8th 237% above peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 9th -0.2pp 9th 47% below peers
Canton, OH 28.9% 29th -0.9pp 10th 234% above peers
Jackson, TN 20.4% 25th -0.6pp 11th 136% above peers
Yuba City, CA 12.4% 20th -0.2pp 12th 43% above peers
Sanford, FL 16.9% 23rd -0.1pp 13th 95% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 13th +0.1pp 14th 26% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 15th +0.2pp 15th 16% below peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 18th +0.6pp 16th 30% above peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 7th +0.4pp 17th 55% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 12th +0.6pp 18th 31% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 14th +0.7pp 19th 19% below peers
Schenectady, NY 24.9% 28th +2.6pp 20th 187% above peers
Decatur, IL 24.6% 27th +2.8pp 21st 185% above peers
Madera, CA 30.0% 31st +3.9pp 22nd 247% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 26th +3.6pp 23rd 142% above peers
Spring, TX 12.0% 19th +2.6pp 24th 38% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.9% 3rd +0.8pp 25th 66% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 11th +1.5pp 26th 40% below peers
Camarillo, CA 4.7% 10th +1.3pp 27th 46% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.7% 22nd +5.6pp 28th 81% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 70% below peers
Bethesda, MD 3.1% 4th +1.4pp 30th 64% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.6% 6th +2.0pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $548,436 in August 2026, up from $536,889 a year earlier.
Big move $548,436
2000August 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 $661,896 (Aug 26) +2.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Lakewood, NJ $589,571 (Aug 26) 8th +8.0% 1st 47% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $260,641 (Aug 26) 25th +5.6% 2nd 35% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,563,763 (Aug 26) 1st +5.5% 3rd 788% above peers
Schenectady, NY $333,482 (Aug 26) 21st +5.3% 4th 17% below peers
Decatur, IL $107,246 (Aug 26) 28th +4.9% 5th 73% below peers
Canton, OH $175,781 (Aug 26) 27th +4.6% 6th 56% below peers
Novi, MI $470,805 (Aug 26) 12th +3.0% 7th 17% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,473,182 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 8th 267% above peers
Ames, IA $303,902 (Aug 26) 24th +2.8% 9th 24% below peers
Madera, CA $425,530 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 10th 6% above peers
Haverhill, MA $548,436 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 11th 37% above peers
Eagan, MN $401,493 (Aug 26) 15th +1.8% 12th on par with peers
Camarillo, CA $909,235 (Aug 26) 4th +1.4% 13th 126% above peers
Greenwood, IN $327,893 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.2% 14th 18% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $711,396 (Aug 26) 6th +0.9% 15th 77% above peers
Madison, AL $376,375 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 16th 6% below peers
Bethesda, MD $1,121,468 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 17th 179% above peers
Huntersville, NC $546,644 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 18th 36% above peers
Yuba City, CA $439,108 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 19th 9% above peers
Rockville, MD $608,002 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 20th 51% above peers
Spring, TX $363,173 (Aug 26) 19th -0.7% 21st 10% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $316,044 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.3% 22nd 21% below peers
Gary, IN $92,352 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 23rd 77% below peers
Jackson, TN $224,512 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 24th 44% below peers
Lodi, CA $511,715 (Aug 26) 11th -1.7% 25th 27% above peers
Weston, FL $719,191 (Aug 26) 5th -1.7% 26th 79% above peers
Sanford, FL $340,196 (Aug 26) 20th -2.1% 27th 15% below peers
Rowlett, TX $364,063 (Aug 26) 18th -2.8% 28th 9% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $366,482 (Aug 26) 17th -4.9% 29th 9% 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 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $417,611 in August 2026, up from $409,464 a year earlier.
Big move $417,611
2000August 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 $433,643 (Aug 26) +2.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Gary, IN $59,218 (Aug 26) 28th +10.2% 1st 80% below peers
Canton, OH $96,130 (Aug 26) 27th +8.3% 2nd 67% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $191,451 (Aug 26) 25th +7.3% 3rd 35% below peers
Schenectady, NY $246,797 (Aug 26) 21st +5.5% 4th 16% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,182,270 (Aug 26) 1st +4.7% 5th 643% above peers
Decatur, IL $45,966 (Aug 26) 29th +4.1% 6th 84% below peers
Madera, CA $340,800 (Aug 26) 12th +4.1% 7th 16% above peers
Ames, IA $205,525 (Aug 26) 24th +3.3% 8th 30% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,075,662 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 9th 266% above peers
Haverhill, MA $417,611 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 10th 42% above peers
Novi, MI $295,476 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 11th 1% above peers
Greenwood, IN $247,415 (Aug 26) 20th +1.9% 12th 16% below peers
Madison, AL $271,231 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 13th 8% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $601,947 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 14th 105% above peers
Yuba City, CA $347,912 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 15th 18% above peers
Camarillo, CA $717,156 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 16th 144% above peers
Lakewood, NJ $231,297 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 17th 21% below peers
Eagan, MN $265,753 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 18th 9% below peers
Huntersville, NC $393,191 (Aug 26) 9th -0.3% 19th 34% above peers
Jackson, TN $113,202 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 20th 61% below peers
Lodi, CA $397,723 (Aug 26) 8th -1.5% 21st 35% above peers
Spring, TX $252,092 (Aug 26) 18th -1.8% 22nd 14% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $249,476 (Aug 26) 19th -1.8% 23rd 15% below peers
Bethesda, MD $491,056 (Aug 26) 5th -2.1% 24th 67% above peers
Sanford, FL $237,760 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.6% 25th 19% below peers
Rockville, MD $361,472 (Aug 26) 10th -2.6% 26th 23% above peers
Rowlett, TX $293,617 (Aug 26) 15th -3.5% 27th on par with peers
Weston, FL $428,813 (Aug 26) 6th -3.6% 28th 46% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $304,395 (Aug 26) 13th -5.1% 29th 4% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.1% to 62.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.8% to 62.8%).
Bright spot 62.8%
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%
Madera, CA 54.7% 21st +6.9pp 1st 8% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 72.8% 5th +7.2pp 2nd 23% above peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 15th +5.7pp 3rd 6% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 39.1% 31st +3.1pp 4th 34% below peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 19th +4.4pp 5th 4% below peers
Yuba City, CA 57.3% 18th +3.7pp 6th 3% below peers
Spring, TX 74.4% 2nd +4.8pp 7th 25% above peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 3rd +3.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.0% 25th +2.1pp 9th 12% below peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 30th +1.4pp 10th 29% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 53.4% 23rd +1.4pp 11th 10% below peers
Decatur, IL 62.9% 14th +1.5pp 12th 6% above peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 16th +1.1pp 13th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 57.7% 17th +1.0pp 14th 3% below peers
Canton, OH 48.7% 28th +0.8pp 15th 18% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 22nd +0.1pp 16th 8% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 20th -0.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 10th -0.4pp 18th 12% above peers
Camarillo, CA 64.6% 12th -0.6pp 19th 9% above peers
Weston, FL 73.0% 4th -0.8pp 20th 23% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 11th -1.4pp 21st 11% above peers
Jackson, TN 51.2% 26th -1.2pp 22nd 14% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 9th -2.0pp 23rd 14% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 27th -1.5pp 24th 17% below peers
Bethesda, MD 64.0% 13th -2.2pp 25th 8% above peers
Schenectady, NY 45.6% 29th -1.6pp 26th 23% below peers
Huntersville, NC 71.7% 6th -3.0pp 27th 21% above peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 7th -3.6pp 28th 19% above peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 24th -2.8pp 29th 11% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 8th -4.6pp 30th 18% above peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 1st -10.7pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2019 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,305 in August 2026, down from $2,308 a year earlier.
Big move $2,305
2019August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 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%
Palo Alto, CA $4,678 (Aug 26) 1st +8.3% 1st 161% above peers
Gary, IN $1,363 (Aug 26) 25th +5.5% 2nd 24% below peers
Lodi, CA $2,188 (Aug 26) 10th +3.3% 3rd 22% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,246 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 4th 31% below peers
Canton, OH $1,096 (Aug 26) 28th +3.1% 5th 39% below peers
Schenectady, NY $1,503 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.7% 6th 16% below peers
Greenwood, IN $1,584 (Aug 26) 21st +2.7% 7th 12% below peers
Decatur, IL $1,067 (Aug 26) 29th +2.4% 8th 41% below peers
Madera, CA $2,120 (Aug 26) 12th +2.4% 9th 18% above peers
Ames, IA $1,193 (Aug 26) 27th +2.3% 10th 34% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $3,521 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.1% 11th 96% above peers
Novi, MI $1,931 (Aug 26) 13th +2.1% 12th 8% above peers
Jackson, TN $1,421 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.1% 13th 21% below peers
Eagan, MN $1,702 (Aug 26) 18th +2.1% 14th 5% below peers
Sanford, FL $1,836 (Aug 26) 15th +1.8% 15th 2% above peers
Madison, AL $1,411 (Aug 26) 24th +1.3% 16th 21% below peers
Weston, FL $3,421 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.3% 17th 91% above peers
Bethesda, MD $3,038 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 18th 69% above peers
Camarillo, CA $2,906 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 19th 62% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $1,712 (Aug 26) 17th +0.9% 20th 5% below peers
Yuba City, CA $2,136 (Aug 26) 11th +0.7% 21st 19% above peers
Spring, TX $1,795 (Aug 26) 16th +0.6% 22nd on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,639 (Aug 26) 19th -0.1% 23rd 9% below peers
Haverhill, MA $2,305 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 24th 28% above peers
Huntersville, NC $1,863 (Aug 26) 14th -0.1% 25th 4% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,405 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 26th 34% above peers
Rowlett, TX $1,586 (Aug 26) 20th -1.9% 27th 12% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6th 60% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 9th 23% above 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 (38.8% then, 40.1% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 40.1%).
Needs attention 40.1%
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
Ames, IA 35.5% 18th -4.2pp 1st 5% above peers
Decatur, IL 26.2% 6th -3.0pp 2nd 23% below peers
Spring, TX 29.1% 9th -2.1pp 3rd 14% below peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 20th -2.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Canton, OH 34.0% 16th -1.0pp 5th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 11th -0.7pp 6th 7% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 8th -0.5pp 7th 16% below peers
Weston, FL 39.1% 22nd -0.6pp 8th 15% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 17th -0.5pp 9th 2% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 43.9% 30th -0.2pp 10th 29% above peers
Huntersville, NC 22.1% 2nd +0.1pp 11th 35% below peers
Madera, CA 43.1% 29th +0.4pp 12th 27% above peers
Camarillo, CA 40.8% 24th +0.5pp 13th 20% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 5th +0.5pp 14th 25% below peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 23rd +1.2pp 15th 18% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 12th +1.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 63.0% 31st +2.6pp 17th 86% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 36.8% 19th +1.6pp 18th 8% above peers
Sanford, FL 41.1% 26th +1.8pp 19th 21% above peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 4th +1.2pp 20th 26% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 7th +1.3pp 21st 17% below peers
Jackson, TN 38.9% 21st +2.2pp 22nd 15% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 32.7% 13th +2.2pp 23rd 4% below peers
Yuba City, CA 41.1% 25th +3.0pp 24th 21% above peers
Bethesda, MD 29.7% 10th +2.2pp 25th 12% below peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 3rd +2.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 28th +3.7pp 27th 26% above peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 15th +3.5pp 28th 1% below peers
Schenectady, NY 42.6% 27th +4.9pp 29th 25% above peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 30th 44% below peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 14th +8.6pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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 (10.4% then, 8.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
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
Casa Grande, AZ 4.1% 11th -1.7pp 1st 27% below peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 29th -4.0pp 2nd 144% above peers
Yuba City, CA 5.6% 16th -1.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Sanford, FL 6.7% 18th -1.5pp 4th 21% above peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 23rd -1.8pp 5th 54% above peers
Canton, OH 14.8% 30th -2.1pp 6th 165% above peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 3rd -0.2pp 7th 64% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 4.1% 12th -0.4pp 8th 26% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 17th -0.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 9.9% 25th -0.1pp 10th 79% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 20th -0.0pp 11th 38% above peers
Schenectady, NY 21.0% 31st +0.1pp 12th 278% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 19th +0.0pp 13th 29% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 8th +0.0pp 14th 43% below peers
Decatur, IL 12.1% 28th +0.2pp 15th 118% above peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 14th +0.2pp 16th 8% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 6th +0.2pp 17th 50% below peers
Spring, TX 2.0% 4th +0.1pp 18th 64% below peers
Camarillo, CA 5.5% 15th +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Jackson, TN 11.8% 27th +1.0pp 20th 112% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 10th +0.3pp 21st 33% below peers
Bethesda, MD 9.6% 24th +1.4pp 22nd 72% above peers
Weston, FL 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 69% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 22nd +1.5pp 24th 53% above peers
Huntersville, NC 2.8% 7th +0.5pp 25th 50% below peers
Madera, CA 7.8% 21st +1.4pp 26th 40% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 26th +2.1pp 27th 100% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 13th +0.9pp 28th 20% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.4% 9th +0.8pp 29th 40% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 30th 71% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 5th +1.1pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 (3.2% then, 3.6% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 3.6%).
Bright spot 3.6%
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
Lakewood, NJ 4.1% 9th -3.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 20th -4.9pp 2nd 17% above peers
Greenwood, IN 5.5% 17th -3.3pp 3rd 3% above peers
Camarillo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 39% below peers
Yuba City, CA 5.9% 19th -2.7pp 5th 11% above peers
Gary, IN 8.2% 22nd -2.7pp 6th 52% above peers
Schenectady, NY 5.0% 13th -1.5pp 7th 7% below peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 5th -0.9pp 8th 36% below peers
Rockville, MD 5.3% 16th -1.2pp 9th on par with peers
Sanford, FL 12.4% 30th -2.6pp 10th 132% above peers
Huntersville, NC 4.9% 12th -0.9pp 11th 8% below peers
Weston, FL 5.6% 18th -1.0pp 12th 5% above peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 10th -0.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Decatur, IL 4.7% 11th -0.7pp 14th 12% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 15th 64% below peers
Madera, CA 8.5% 23rd -0.9pp 16th 59% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.8% 26th -0.9pp 17th 84% above peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 8th -0.4pp 18th 27% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 25th -0.5pp 19th 77% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 5.1% 15th -0.1pp 20th 4% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.3% 4th +0.0pp 21st 38% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 7th +0.1pp 22nd 30% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 21st +0.1pp 23rd 26% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.4% 29th +0.6pp 24th 131% above peers
Jackson, TN 10.7% 27th +0.7pp 25th 100% above peers
Canton, OH 8.8% 24th +0.5pp 26th 64% above peers
Spring, TX 16.5% 31st +1.7pp 27th 208% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 6th +0.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Bethesda, MD 2.1% 2nd +0.3pp 29th 60% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 11.2% 28th +2.1pp 30th 110% above peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 14th +1.0pp 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 roughly in line with the peer median.

32.4%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 28.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 1st 39% below peers
Bethesda, MD 20.7% 2nd 36% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 21.7% 3rd 33% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 4th 31% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 5th 22% below peers
Weston, FL 26.3% 6th 19% below peers
Camarillo, CA 27.0% 7th 17% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 27.5% 8th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 9th 13% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 10th 9% below peers
Huntersville, NC 29.9% 11th 8% below peers
Yuba City, CA 31.3% 12th 3% below peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 13th 2% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 14th 2% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 15th 1% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 16th on par with peers
Sanford, FL 34.5% 17th 6% above peers
Spring, TX 34.9% 18th 8% above peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 19th 8% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 20th 10% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 21st 10% above peers
Madera, CA 37.1% 22nd 15% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 38.0% 23rd 17% above peers
Decatur, IL 38.6% 24th 19% above peers
Schenectady, NY 38.6% 25th 19% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 39.6% 26th 22% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 27th 27% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 28th 27% above peers
Jackson, TN 41.1% 29th 27% above peers
Canton, OH 45.8% 30th 41% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 31st 54% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.2% then, 1.0% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.7% to 1.0%).
Bright spot 1.0%
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
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 14th -7.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Camarillo, CA 1.6% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 39% below peers
Decatur, IL 1.7% 6th -1.7pp 3rd 35% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 23rd -3.4pp 4th 62% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 20th -2.3pp 5th 14% above peers
Yuba City, CA 2.8% 17th -2.1pp 6th 5% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 7th 67% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.0% 25th -3.2pp 8th 125% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 18th -1.5pp 9th 11% above peers
Schenectady, NY 2.2% 9th -0.7pp 10th 18% below peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 5th -0.5pp 11th 38% below peers
Huntersville, NC 3.2% 21st -1.0pp 12th 21% above peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 29th -2.6pp 13th 268% above peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 14th 64% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 44% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 13th -0.4pp 16th 8% below peers
Madera, CA 2.5% 15th -0.3pp 17th 5% below peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 22nd -0.1pp 18th 44% above peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 11th -0.0pp 19th 11% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 28th -0.0pp 20th 217% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 8th +0.1pp 21st 26% below peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 7th +0.1pp 22nd 33% below peers
Canton, OH 2.7% 16th +0.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Spring, TX 12.3% 31st +2.3pp 24th 361% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.3% 10th +0.4pp 25th 14% below peers
Weston, FL 6.2% 26th +1.2pp 26th 133% above peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 19th +0.7pp 27th 12% above peers
Jackson, TN 5.9% 24th +1.8pp 28th 121% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 10.5% 30th +4.7pp 29th 296% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6.8% 27th +3.6pp 30th 154% above peers
Bethesda, MD 2.4% 12th +1.6pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.8% to 32.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Haverhill started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.7% to 32.6%).
Bright spot 32.6%
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 47.3% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Casa Grande, AZ 21.7% 25th +5.4pp 1st 34% below peers
Sanford, FL 29.5% 19th +6.5pp 2nd 10% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 24th +5.4pp 3rd 25% below peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 16th +5.0pp 4th on par with peers
Canton, OH 16.4% 28th +2.5pp 5th 50% below peers
Schenectady, NY 25.4% 23rd +3.6pp 6th 23% below peers
Madera, CA 10.9% 31st +1.5pp 7th 67% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.1% 29th +1.9pp 8th 54% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 13th +4.0pp 9th 31% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 67.0% 4th +6.1pp 10th 104% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 17th +2.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 7th +5.1pp 12th 96% above peers
Yuba City, CA 20.4% 27th +1.5pp 13th 38% below peers
Decatur, IL 21.6% 26th +1.5pp 14th 34% below peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 15th +2.3pp 15th 2% above peers
Weston, FL 67.6% 3rd +4.6pp 16th 106% above peers
Spring, TX 25.6% 22nd +1.7pp 17th 22% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 21st +1.8pp 18th 17% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 19th 55% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 14th +2.4pp 20th 15% above peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 8th +3.5pp 21st 95% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 11th +2.9pp 22nd 66% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 5th +3.1pp 23rd 100% above peers
Camarillo, CA 43.5% 12th +1.9pp 24th 32% above peers
Huntersville, NC 57.5% 10th +1.7pp 25th 75% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 9th +1.2pp 26th 75% above peers
Bethesda, MD 87.1% 1st +1.2pp 27th 165% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 31.9% 18th +0.4pp 28th 3% below peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 6th +0.7pp 29th 99% above peers
Jackson, TN 27.8% 20th +0.1pp 30th 16% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 2nd -0.5pp 31st 150% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 (53.8% then, 57.6% now; margin ±13.8pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 9.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.8% to 57.6%).
Bright spot 57.6%
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%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 10th +18.6pp 1st 25% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 15th +13.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Spring, TX 36.8% 23rd +8.0pp 3rd 17% below peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 6th +13.5pp 4th 41% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 17th +9.0pp 5th 5% below peers
Schenectady, NY 53.4% 12th +10.6pp 6th 21% above peers
Madera, CA 34.6% 24th +6.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 4th +9.8pp 8th 48% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 7th +3.7pp 9th 30% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 16th +0.8pp 10th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 30th +0.4pp 11th 41% below peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 22nd -0.7pp 12th 17% below peers
Weston, FL 71.2% 3rd -1.7pp 13th 61% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 53.9% 11th -1.5pp 14th 22% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 79.4% 1st -2.3pp 15th 80% above peers
Huntersville, NC 55.6% 9th -1.7pp 16th 26% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.3% 13th -3.4pp 17th 18% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 8th -4.7pp 18th 27% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 26.7% 29th -2.2pp 19th 40% below peers
Canton, OH 31.0% 27th -4.4pp 20th 30% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 26th -4.4pp 21st 29% below peers
Bethesda, MD 75.1% 2nd -11.6pp 22nd 70% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 5th -15.5pp 23rd 48% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 38.8% 19th -10.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Yuba City, CA 32.4% 25th -10.2pp 25th 27% below peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 14th -15.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 31st -9.4pp 27th 41% below peers
Decatur, IL 39.2% 18th -17.6pp 28th 11% below peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 21st -19.5pp 29th 16% below peers
Jackson, TN 30.9% 28th -17.7pp 30th 30% below peers
Camarillo, CA 38.8% 20th -28.2pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.5pp 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 (7.2% then, 6.5% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 6.5%).
Needs attention 6.5%
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
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 1st 93% below peers
Sanford, FL 3.7% 13th -6.2pp 2nd 15% below peers
Madison, AL 1.0% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 78% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 2nd -0.8pp 4th 84% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 10th -3.0pp 5th 32% below peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 7th -2.1pp 6th 39% below peers
Jackson, TN 5.5% 18th -4.1pp 7th 28% above peers
Spring, TX 6.5% 20th -4.6pp 8th 49% above peers
Lakewood, NJ 2.1% 5th -1.3pp 9th 52% below peers
Schenectady, NY 6.6% 22nd -3.2pp 10th 53% above peers
Huntersville, NC 3.6% 12th -1.0pp 11th 16% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 12th 33% below peers
Decatur, IL 9.1% 24th -2.3pp 13th 110% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 1.2% 4th -0.2pp 14th 72% below peers
Canton, OH 9.8% 27th -1.7pp 15th 126% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 21st -0.7pp 16th 51% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 30th -1.1pp 17th 189% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 15th -0.2pp 18th 4% below peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 29th +0.3pp 19th 145% above peers
Yuba City, CA 7.4% 23rd +1.0pp 20th 70% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 28th +1.5pp 21st 140% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.5% 25th +1.7pp 22nd 121% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 19th +1.6pp 23rd 48% above peers
Weston, FL 3.9% 14th +1.2pp 24th 11% below peers
Camarillo, CA 2.9% 8th +1.4pp 25th 34% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 20.8% 31st +10.2pp 26th 381% above peers
Madera, CA 9.7% 26th +5.1pp 27th 125% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 28th 41% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 16th +3.1pp 29th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 17th +3.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Bethesda, MD 3.2% 11th +2.9pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.7pp 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 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63,533 to 67,698 - more than the combined survey margin (±70).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (61,769 to 67,698).
Big move 67,698
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
Horizon West, FL 67,416 21st +73% 1st 1% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 69,585 5th +24% 2nd 3% above peers
Madison, AL 60,106 31st +22% 3rd 11% below peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 25th +14% 4th 3% below peers
Huntersville, NC 63,969 28th +14% 5th 6% below peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 14th +13% 6th on par with peers
Spring, TX 68,580 11th +12% 7th 1% above peers
Novi, MI 66,717 24th +11% 8th 2% below peers
Bethesda, MD 69,397 7th +10% 9th 2% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 60,905 30th +9% 10th 10% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 26th +7% 11th 3% below peers
Sanford, FL 63,730 29th +7% 12th 6% below peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 17th +7% 13th on par with peers
Schenectady, NY 68,847 9th +5% 14th 1% above peers
Madera, CA 67,831 16th +5% 15th on par with peers
Yuba City, CA 69,471 6th +4% 16th 2% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70,186 1st +3% 17th 3% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 69,291 8th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 20th +3% 19th on par with peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 27th +3% 20th 3% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 19th +2% 21st on par with peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 15th +2% 22nd on par with peers
Jackson, TN 68,435 12th +2% 23rd 1% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 22nd +1% 24th 1% below peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 18th +0% 25th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 23rd -0% 26th 2% below peers
Canton, OH 69,755 4th -2% 27th 3% above peers
Weston, FL 68,837 10th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Decatur, IL 69,815 3rd -4% 29th 3% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70,138 2nd -8% 30th 3% above peers
Gary, IN 68,113 13th -10% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±63 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 23.1% to 21.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.3% to 21.3%).
Big move 21.3%
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
Gary, IN 28.6% 4th +4.7pp 1st 22% above peers
Madison, AL 27.9% 6th +2.7pp 2nd 19% above peers
Spring, TX 27.8% 7th +1.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Canton, OH 25.4% 9th +1.1pp 4th 8% above peers
Bethesda, MD 23.2% 17th +0.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 22.6% 18th +0.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Jackson, TN 24.4% 12th +0.5pp 7th 4% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 3rd +0.1pp 8th 24% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 5th +0.1pp 9th 21% above peers
Camarillo, CA 20.7% 26th +0.0pp 10th 12% below peers
Decatur, IL 21.0% 25th -0.2pp 11th 10% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 51.2% 1st -0.9pp 12th 118% above peers
Schenectady, NY 19.9% 29th -0.4pp 13th 15% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 30th -0.4pp 14th 26% below peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 21st -0.6pp 15th 5% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 16th -0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Yuba City, CA 24.8% 11th -0.9pp 17th 6% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 22nd -0.8pp 18th 5% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 10th -0.9pp 19th 7% above peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 28th -0.8pp 20th 14% below peers
Weston, FL 27.2% 8th -1.9pp 21st 16% above peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 24th -1.8pp 22nd 9% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 23rd 52% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 21.4% 23rd -2.3pp 24th 9% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 20th -2.5pp 25th 4% below peers
Madera, CA 30.8% 2nd -3.5pp 26th 32% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 15th -2.9pp 27th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 22.5% 19th -3.1pp 28th 4% below peers
Huntersville, NC 24.2% 13th -3.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 14th -3.7pp 30th 3% above peers
Sanford, FL 20.4% 27th -4.1pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.6% then, 39.9% now; margin ±8.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.7% to 39.9%).
Big move 39.9%
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 28.6% +0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Lakewood, NJ 7.8% 31st +3.6pp 1st 71% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 18th +11.3pp 2nd 5% below peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 17th +6.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 32.8% 10th +7.3pp 4th 21% above peers
Huntersville, NC 20.7% 22nd +4.3pp 5th 24% below peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 12th +5.8pp 6th 9% above peers
Madera, CA 43.3% 6th +8.2pp 7th 59% above peers
Bethesda, MD 11.5% 30th +2.1pp 8th 58% below peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 25th +2.8pp 9th 38% below peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 19th +3.6pp 10th 15% below peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 23rd +3.1pp 11th 25% below peers
Spring, TX 27.4% 14th +3.2pp 12th 1% above peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 13th 199% above peers
Weston, FL 14.5% 26th +0.4pp 14th 47% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 9th +0.5pp 15th 35% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 20th -0.3pp 16th 19% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 29th -0.2pp 17th 53% below peers
Camarillo, CA 19.6% 24th -0.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Decatur, IL 51.1% 3rd -1.0pp 19th 88% above peers
Jackson, TN 50.5% 4th -2.6pp 20th 86% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 16th -1.6pp 21st on par with peers
Canton, OH 61.5% 2nd -3.7pp 22nd 127% above peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 7th -2.7pp 23rd 47% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 13th -2.9pp 24th 6% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 36.9% 8th -3.9pp 25th 36% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 26th 49% below peers
Yuba City, CA 27.2% 15th -3.4pp 27th on par with peers
Redondo Beach, CA 14.2% 27th -1.9pp 28th 48% below peers
Schenectady, NY 47.5% 5th -7.3pp 29th 75% above peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 21st -5.2pp 30th 20% below peers
Sanford, FL 32.4% 11th -15.1pp 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±6.4pp 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 (81.5% then, 82.0% now; margin ±11.4pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 17.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.3% to 82.0%).
Big move 82.0%
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
Weston, FL 62.8% 20th +16.8pp 1st 5% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 11th +9.2pp 2nd 6% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 22nd +7.7pp 3rd 9% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70.8% 9th +7.8pp 4th 7% above peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 21st +6.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 12th +6.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 24th +4.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Huntersville, NC 73.8% 3rd +5.6pp 8th 11% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 4th +4.8pp 9th 11% above peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 10th 21% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70.7% 10th +3.6pp 11th 6% above peers
Schenectady, NY 73.2% 6th +2.1pp 12th 10% above peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 13th +1.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 26th +1.0pp 14th 11% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 17th +0.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 16th 24% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 72.8% 7th +0.4pp 17th 10% above peers
Sanford, FL 66.4% 16th +0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Jackson, TN 67.4% 14th -1.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Madera, CA 59.5% 25th -1.3pp 20th 10% below peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 8th -2.2pp 21st 7% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 64.2% 19th -2.3pp 22nd 3% below peers
Yuba City, CA 53.7% 30th -3.5pp 23rd 19% below peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 23rd -4.7pp 24th 9% below peers
Spring, TX 58.7% 29th -5.0pp 25th 12% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 5th -7.2pp 26th 10% above peers
Bethesda, MD 64.5% 18th -8.4pp 27th 3% below peers
Decatur, IL 66.6% 15th -10.2pp 28th on par with peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 28th -11.7pp 29th 11% below peers
Canton, OH 59.0% 27th -12.5pp 30th 11% below peers
Lakewood, NJ 29.3% 31st -13.8pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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