The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Violent crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||||
| Danbury, CT | 93 (May 26) | 3rd | -68.2% | 1st | 69% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 127 (May 26) | 6th | -32.0% | 2nd | 58% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 70 (May 26) | 1st | -22.9% | 3rd | 77% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 226 (May 26) | 9th | -21.0% | 4th | 25% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 308 (May 26) | 12th | -18.7% | 5th | 2% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 124 (May 26) | 5th | -18.4% | 6th | 59% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 382 (May 26) | 15th | -18.0% | 7th | 27% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 94 (May 26) | 4th | -15.2% | 8th | 69% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 301 (Jan 25) | 11th | -13.3% | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 357 (May 26) | 14th | -9.1% | 10th | 19% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 646 (May 26) | 19th | -3.2% | 11th | 115% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 402 (May 26) | 16th | -0.8% | 12th | 34% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 470 (May 26) | 18th | +1.5% | 13th | 56% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 412 (May 26) | 17th | +4.2% | 14th | 37% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 846 (May 26) | 20th | +5.3% | 15th | 181% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 318 (May 26) | 13th | +12.8% | 16th | 6% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 256 (May 26) | 10th | +14.7% | 17th | 15% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 188 (May 26) | 8th | +25.0% | 18th | 38% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 155 (Jan 25) | 7th | +25.4% | 19th | 48% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 78 (Dec 25) | 2nd | +61.4% | 20th | 74% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. It is also improving faster than most of the selected peers.
Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||||
| Danbury, CT | 885 (May 26) | 4th | -30.7% | 1st | 51% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 677 (May 26) | 2nd | -25.0% | 2nd | 63% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 1,700 (May 26) | 10th | -23.2% | 3rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 803 (May 26) | 3rd | -21.9% | 4th | 56% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 3,809 (May 26) | 19th | -19.9% | 5th | 110% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 2,047 (May 26) | 12th | -19.4% | 6th | 13% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 930 (May 26) | 5th | -17.9% | 7th | 49% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 1,083 (May 26) | 6th | -16.6% | 8th | 40% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 504 (Dec 25) | 1st | -15.0% | 9th | 72% below peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 3,848 (May 26) | 20th | -14.5% | 10th | 113% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 3,123 (May 26) | 17th | -12.7% | 11th | 73% above peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 1,810 (May 26) | 11th | -8.8% | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 1,685 (May 26) | 9th | -5.2% | 13th | 7% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 2,092 (May 26) | 13th | -3.8% | 14th | 16% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 2,872 (May 26) | 15th | -3.5% | 15th | 59% above peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 2,896 (May 26) | 16th | -2.2% | 16th | 60% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 3,520 (May 26) | 18th | +0.2% | 17th | 95% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 1,415 (May 26) | 8th | +11.0% | 18th | 22% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 1,267 (Jan 25) | 7th | +12.8% | 19th | 30% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 2,203 (Jan 25) | 14th | +17.0% | 20th | 22% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Homicide fell about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||||
| Bloomington, MN | 0 (May 26) | 1st | -100.0% | 1st | 100% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 0 (May 26) | 2nd | -100.0% | 2nd | 100% below peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 0 (May 26) | 3rd | -100.0% | 3rd | 100% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 0 (May 26) | 4th | -100.0% | 4th | 100% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 0 (Jan 25) | 5th | -100.0% | 5th | 100% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 1 (May 26) | 8th | -66.6% | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 1 (May 26) | 10th | -50.2% | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 4 (May 26) | 14th | -50.1% | 8th | 282% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 1 (May 26) | 9th | -50.0% | 9th | 3% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 1 (May 26) | 11th | -50.0% | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 2 (May 26) | 12th | -33.3% | 11th | 93% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 4 (May 26) | 15th | -20.1% | 12th | 286% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 6 (May 26) | 16th | -16.6% | 13th | 388% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 1 (May 26) | 7th | +0.0% | 14th | 11% below peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 4 (May 26) | 13th | +0.0% | 15th | 279% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 6 (May 26) | 17th | +0.0% | 16th | 457% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 9 (May 26) | 19th | +14.3% | 17th | 656% above peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 11 (Jan 25) | 20th | +83.3% | 18th | 848% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 8 (May 26) | 18th | +133.5% | 19th | 578% above peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 0 (Dec 25) | 6th | 100% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Vehicle theft fell about 28% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||||
| Santa Fe, NM | 320 (May 26) | 18th | -49.9% | 1st | 114% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 26 (May 26) | 2nd | -42.5% | 2nd | 83% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 74 (May 26) | 5th | -33.3% | 3rd | 51% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 23 (Dec 25) | 1st | -32.3% | 4th | 85% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 163 (May 26) | 13th | -30.0% | 5th | 9% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 152 (May 26) | 12th | -29.5% | 6th | 2% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 375 (May 26) | 20th | -29.3% | 7th | 151% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 76 (May 26) | 6th | -27.7% | 8th | 49% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 136 (May 26) | 10th | -26.4% | 9th | 9% below peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 227 (May 26) | 15th | -24.3% | 10th | 52% above peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 110 (May 26) | 9th | -23.0% | 11th | 26% below peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 102 (May 26) | 8th | -22.4% | 12th | 32% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 54 (May 26) | 3rd | -15.5% | 13th | 64% below peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 62 (May 26) | 4th | -12.5% | 14th | 58% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 176 (May 26) | 14th | -11.0% | 15th | 18% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 149 (May 26) | 11th | -8.3% | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 321 (Jan 25) | 19th | -1.2% | 17th | 115% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 250 (May 26) | 17th | +0.0% | 18th | 67% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 239 (May 26) | 16th | +6.9% | 19th | 60% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 86 (Jan 25) | 7th | +36.2% | 20th | 43% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $44,613 to $60,433 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,418). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Trenton, NJ | $52,537 | 31st | +48% | 1st | 29% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | $73,230 | 17th | +46% | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | $72,575 | 18th | +45% | 3rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | $71,919 | 19th | +44% | 4th | 2% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | $69,787 | 20th | +39% | 5th | 5% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | $106,182 | 7th | +39% | 6th | 45% above peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | $66,991 | 23rd | +38% | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | $85,541 | 13th | +37% | 8th | 16% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | $60,433 | 25th | +35% | 9th | 18% below peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | $97,055 | 10th | +33% | 10th | 32% above peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | $82,314 | 15th | +32% | 11th | 12% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | $54,816 | 29th | +31% | 12th | 25% below peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | $68,807 | 21st | +31% | 13th | 6% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | $101,420 | 8th | +30% | 14th | 38% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | $59,289 | 27th | +30% | 15th | 19% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | $96,326 | 11th | +28% | 16th | 31% above peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | $98,237 | 9th | +28% | 17th | 34% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | $73,482 | 16th | +27% | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Newton, MA | $190,304 | 1st | +26% | 19th | 159% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | $60,767 | 24th | +24% | 20th | 17% below peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | $117,546 | 5th | +24% | 21st | 60% above peers | ||
| Temple, TX | $68,204 | 22nd | +24% | 22nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | $59,730 | 26th | +24% | 23rd | 19% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | $93,211 | 12th | +24% | 24th | 27% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | $135,175 | 2nd | +23% | 25th | 84% above peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | $119,528 | 4th | +22% | 26th | 63% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | $114,885 | 6th | +19% | 27th | 56% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | $120,045 | 3rd | +18% | 28th | 63% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | $56,118 | 28th | +16% | 29th | 24% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | $54,433 | 30th | +14% | 30th | 26% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | $83,393 | 14th | +14% | 31st | 13% above peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric.
Unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts ref | 4.5% (May 26) | +0.1pp | ||||
| United States ref | 4.2% (Jun 26) | +0.1pp | ||||
| Trenton, NJ | 6.3% (May 26) | 30th | -1.5pp | 1st | 57% above peers | |
| Clifton, NJ | 4.0% (May 26) | 13th | -0.9pp | 2nd | on par with peers | |
| Westminster, CA | 3.8% (May 26) | 9th | -0.7pp | 3rd | 5% below peers | |
| Citrus Heights, CA | 4.0% (May 26) | 14th | -0.6pp | 4th | on par with peers | |
| Newton, MA | 3.7% (May 26) | 7th | -0.5pp | 5th | 7% below peers | |
| San Leandro, CA | 4.0% (May 26) | 15th | -0.5pp | 6th | on par with peers | |
| Lawrence, MA | 5.9% (May 26) | 29th | -0.4pp | 7th | 48% above peers | |
| Manteca, CA | 5.1% (May 26) | 24th | -0.3pp | 8th | 27% above peers | |
| Lake Forest, CA | 3.3% (May 26) | 5th | -0.3pp | 9th | 18% below peers | |
| Nashua, NH | 3.2% (May 26) | 4th | -0.3pp | 10th | 20% below peers | |
| Santa Barbara, CA | 2.7% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.2pp | 11th | 32% below peers | |
| Santa Monica, CA | 5.4% (May 26) | 28th | -0.2pp | 12th | 35% above peers | |
| Franklin, TN | 2.5% (May 26) | 1st | -0.1pp | 13th | 38% below peers | |
| Mission, TX | 5.3% (May 26) | 26th | +0.0pp | 14th | 32% above peers | |
| Medford, OR | 5.3% (May 26) | 27th | +0.0pp | 15th | 32% above peers | |
| Ogden, UT | 3.8% (May 26) | 10th | +0.1pp | 16th | 5% below peers | |
| Springdale, AR | 3.0% (May 26) | 3rd | +0.1pp | 17th | 25% below peers | |
| Fort Smith, AR | 3.7% (May 26) | 8th | +0.1pp | 18th | 7% below peers | |
| Bryan, TX | 3.5% (May 26) | 6th | +0.2pp | 19th | 12% below peers | |
| Bloomington, MN | 4.0% (May 26) | 16th | +0.4pp | 20th | on par with peers | |
| Temple, TX | 4.3% (May 26) | 19th | +0.4pp | 21st | 7% above peers | |
| Waukegan, IL | 4.4% (May 26) | 21st | +0.4pp | 22nd | 10% above peers | |
| Santa Fe, NM | 3.8% (May 26) | 11th | +0.6pp | 23rd | 5% below peers | |
| Champaign, IL | 4.0% (May 26) | 17th | +0.6pp | 24th | on par with peers | |
| Troy, MI | 3.9% (May 26) | 12th | +0.7pp | 25th | 3% below peers | |
| Duluth, MN | 4.2% (May 26) | 18th | +0.8pp | 26th | 5% above peers | |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 4.3% (May 26) | 20th | +1.0pp | 27th | 7% above peers | |
| Danbury, CT | 4.5% (May 26) | 22nd | +1.0pp | 28th | 12% above peers | |
| Melbourne, FL | 4.7% (May 26) | 23rd | +1.1pp | 29th | 18% above peers | |
| Lawton, OK | 5.2% (May 26) | 25th | +1.6pp | 30th | 30% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Poverty fell 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.0% to 17.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts ref | 9.6% | -0.3pp | |||||
| United States ref | 12.0% | ||||||
| Franklin, TN | 4.6% | 2nd | -2.0pp | 1st | 65% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 8.5% | 8th | -2.9pp | 2nd | 36% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 20.9% | 29th | -6.8pp | 3rd | 58% above peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 13.2% | 16th | -4.2pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 13.0% | 15th | -4.0pp | 5th | 2% below peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 13.3% | 17th | -3.5pp | 6th | 1% above peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 7.9% | 5th | -1.8pp | 7th | 40% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 17.4% | 25th | -3.6pp | 8th | 32% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 9.5% | 11th | -1.9pp | 9th | 28% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 7.7% | 4th | -1.4pp | 10th | 42% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 8.2% | 6th | -1.3pp | 11th | 38% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 19.3% | 28th | -3.1pp | 12th | 46% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 18.0% | 26th | -2.7pp | 13th | 36% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 15.0% | 21st | -2.2pp | 14th | 14% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 14.3% | 19th | -1.1pp | 15th | 8% above peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 14.8% | 20th | -1.1pp | 16th | 12% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 15.9% | 24th | -1.1pp | 17th | 21% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 12.7% | 14th | -0.6pp | 18th | 4% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 15.1% | 22nd | -0.4pp | 19th | 15% above peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 15.8% | 23rd | -0.1pp | 20th | 19% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 22.1% | 30th | +0.4pp | 21st | 68% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 23.4% | 31st | +0.7pp | 22nd | 78% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 11.4% | 13th | +0.4pp | 23rd | 14% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 4.2% | 1st | +0.2pp | 24th | 68% below peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 5.4% | 3rd | +0.3pp | 25th | 59% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 13.9% | 18th | +1.5pp | 26th | 5% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 11.1% | 12th | +1.2pp | 27th | 16% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 18.9% | 27th | +2.4pp | 28th | 43% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 8.5% | 7th | +1.5pp | 29th | 36% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 9.1% | 10th | +1.7pp | 30th | 31% below peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 8.8% | 9th | +2.2pp | 31st | 33% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.8% then, 24.1% now; margin ±4.4pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Franklin, TN | 3.6% | 2nd | -4.6pp | 1st | 78% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 7.4% | 5th | -7.8pp | 2nd | 54% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 7.4% | 6th | -6.5pp | 3rd | 53% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 7.0% | 4th | -5.7pp | 4th | 56% below peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 9.1% | 8th | -5.7pp | 5th | 43% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 13.8% | 12th | -8.1pp | 6th | 13% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 1.9% | 1st | -1.0pp | 7th | 88% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 18.2% | 20th | -8.7pp | 8th | 14% above peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 26.3% | 29th | -12.2pp | 9th | 65% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 3.6% | 3rd | -1.4pp | 10th | 77% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 16.7% | 17th | -6.5pp | 11th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 22.6% | 24th | -7.5pp | 12th | 42% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 24.7% | 27th | -7.2pp | 13th | 55% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 9.7% | 9th | -2.3pp | 14th | 39% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 20.9% | 23rd | -3.3pp | 15th | 32% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 17.1% | 19th | -2.4pp | 16th | 7% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 24.1% | 25th | -2.7pp | 17th | 52% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 29.6% | 31st | -3.3pp | 18th | 86% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 19.4% | 22nd | -1.9pp | 19th | 22% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 15.7% | 15th | -1.2pp | 20th | 1% below peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 24.5% | 26th | -1.5pp | 21st | 54% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 19.0% | 21st | -1.0pp | 22nd | 19% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 16.8% | 18th | -0.4pp | 23rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 10.3% | 10th | +0.7pp | 24th | 35% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 28.7% | 30th | +2.3pp | 25th | 80% above peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 25.9% | 28th | +3.3pp | 26th | 63% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 15.6% | 14th | +2.2pp | 27th | 2% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 13.1% | 11th | +3.2pp | 28th | 18% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 15.9% | 16th | +4.4pp | 29th | on par with peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 7.7% | 7th | +2.4pp | 30th | 52% below peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 14.2% | 13th | +5.2pp | 31st | 11% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 12.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.2% to 84.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Trenton, NJ | 82.0% | 31st | +18.1pp | 1st | 11% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 91.2% | 20th | +18.5pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 84.9% | 30th | +12.7pp | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 90.5% | 22nd | +12.6pp | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 93.9% | 8th | +12.4pp | 5th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 85.4% | 29th | +10.4pp | 6th | 7% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 91.9% | 15th | +9.7pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 90.6% | 21st | +8.9pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 90.4% | 24th | +8.8pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 87.1% | 28th | +8.4pp | 10th | 5% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 91.4% | 18th | +8.4pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 91.5% | 17th | +7.2pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 93.7% | 9th | +7.1pp | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 90.3% | 25th | +6.5pp | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 90.4% | 23rd | +6.5pp | 15th | 1% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 93.6% | 10th | +6.6pp | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 93.5% | 12th | +6.4pp | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 91.6% | 16th | +6.2pp | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 90.1% | 26th | +6.1pp | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 94.0% | 7th | +5.8pp | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 93.6% | 11th | +5.4pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 92.8% | 14th | +5.1pp | 22nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 91.3% | 19th | +4.5pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 87.4% | 27th | +4.2pp | 24th | 5% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 93.4% | 13th | +3.8pp | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 96.0% | 4th | +3.9pp | 26th | 5% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 97.1% | 1st | +3.2pp | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 94.2% | 6th | +3.0pp | 28th | 3% above peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 96.9% | 2nd | +3.1pp | 29th | 6% above peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 96.6% | 3rd | +2.5pp | 30th | 5% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 96.0% | 5th | +2.4pp | 31st | 5% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.03).
| 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 | |||||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 0.38 | 1st | -0.022 | 1st | 16% below peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 0.43 | 7th | -0.024 | 2nd | 5% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 0.48 | 24th | -0.021 | 3rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 0.43 | 6th | -0.018 | 4th | 5% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 0.47 | 19th | -0.019 | 5th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 0.44 | 10th | -0.013 | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 0.44 | 13th | -0.013 | 7th | 2% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 0.45 | 15th | -0.010 | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 0.40 | 2nd | -0.009 | 9th | 11% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 0.46 | 18th | -0.010 | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 0.54 | 30th | -0.007 | 11th | 20% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 0.42 | 4th | -0.002 | 12th | 8% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 0.44 | 11th | -0.001 | 13th | 4% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 0.48 | 22nd | +0.000 | 14th | 5% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 0.47 | 21st | +0.002 | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 0.48 | 23rd | +0.002 | 16th | 5% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 0.44 | 12th | +0.005 | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 0.53 | 29th | +0.009 | 18th | 16% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 0.41 | 3rd | +0.008 | 19th | 9% below peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 0.42 | 5th | +0.009 | 20th | 7% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 0.43 | 9th | +0.009 | 21st | 4% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 0.43 | 8th | +0.011 | 22nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 0.49 | 25th | +0.012 | 23rd | 8% above peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 0.46 | 17th | +0.012 | 24th | on par with peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 0.56 | 31st | +0.015 | 25th | 24% above peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 0.50 | 27th | +0.019 | 26th | 10% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 0.45 | 14th | +0.020 | 27th | 1% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 0.45 | 16th | +0.027 | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 0.47 | 20th | +0.029 | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 0.49 | 26th | +0.031 | 30th | 9% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 0.52 | 28th | +0.034 | 31st | 15% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (40.8% then, 43.9% now; margin ±3.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Springdale, AR | 6.0% | 6th | -5.2pp | 1st | 47% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 2.5% | 1st | -1.4pp | 2nd | 78% below peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 11.6% | 17th | -4.4pp | 3rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 7.2% | 8th | -2.6pp | 4th | 36% below peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 13.2% | 22nd | -3.6pp | 5th | 16% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 8.8% | 10th | -2.0pp | 6th | 22% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 14.2% | 23rd | -2.3pp | 7th | 25% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 10.9% | 14th | -1.5pp | 8th | 3% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 21.1% | 29th | -2.8pp | 9th | 87% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 18.5% | 26th | -2.0pp | 10th | 63% above peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 11.8% | 18th | -1.3pp | 11th | 4% above peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 11.2% | 15th | -1.0pp | 12th | 1% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 20.2% | 28th | -1.2pp | 13th | 79% above peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 26.1% | 30th | -0.1pp | 14th | 131% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 13.1% | 21st | +0.1pp | 15th | 16% above peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 14.5% | 24th | +0.4pp | 16th | 28% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 9.7% | 12th | +0.3pp | 17th | 15% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 4.4% | 2nd | +0.2pp | 18th | 61% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 5.9% | 5th | +0.2pp | 19th | 48% below peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 8.9% | 11th | +0.4pp | 20th | 21% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 18.7% | 27th | +1.0pp | 21st | 66% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 43.9% | 31st | +3.1pp | 22nd | 289% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 12.4% | 20th | +1.2pp | 23rd | 10% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 10.9% | 13th | +1.4pp | 24th | 3% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 12.0% | 19th | +1.6pp | 25th | 6% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 5.2% | 3rd | +0.9pp | 26th | 54% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 14.5% | 25th | +2.8pp | 27th | 29% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 11.3% | 16th | +2.8pp | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 5.3% | 4th | +1.6pp | 29th | 53% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 7.3% | 9th | +2.5pp | 30th | 35% below peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 6.0% | 7th | +3.2pp | 31st | 47% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts ref | $672,867 (Jun 26) | +1.8% | ||||
| United States ref | $372,995 (Jun 26) | +0.8% | ||||
| Waukegan, IL | $247,565 (Jun 26) | 27th | +7.0% | 1st | 42% below peers | |
| Duluth, MN | $303,635 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +6.2% | 2nd | 29% below peers | |
| Lawton, OK | $142,204 (Jun 26) | 31st | +5.6% | 3rd | 67% below peers | |
| Champaign, IL | $241,516 (Jun 26) | 28th | +4.9% | 4th | 43% below peers | |
| Springdale, AR | $342,727 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +3.9% | 5th | 19% below peers | |
| Danbury, CT | $496,969 (Jun 26) | 13th | +3.8% | 6th | 17% above peers | |
| Clifton, NJ | $616,096 (Jun 26) | 8th | +3.6% | 7th | 45% above peers | |
| Fort Smith, AR | $197,471 (Jun 26) | 30th | +3.5% | 8th | 54% below peers | |
| Nashua, NH | $517,357 (Jun 26) | 12th | +3.3% | 9th | 22% above peers | |
| Westminster, CA | $1,104,016 (Jun 26) | 5th | +3.3% | 10th | 159% above peers | |
| Santa Barbara, CA | $1,834,551 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.0% | 11th | 331% above peers | |
| Troy, MI | $472,471 (Jun 26) | 15th | +2.6% | 12th | 11% above peers | |
| Bloomington, MN | $370,580 (Jun 26) | 19th | +2.3% | 13th | 13% below peers | |
| Lawrence, MA | $521,895 (Jun 26) | 11th | +2.2% | 14th | 23% above peers | |
| Newton, MA | $1,564,706 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +2.0% | 15th | 268% above peers | |
| Franklin, TN | $928,567 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.4% | 16th | 118% above peers | |
| Medford, OR | $412,749 (Jun 26) | 17th | +1.0% | 17th | 3% below peers | |
| Bryan, TX | $277,011 (Jun 26) | 24th | +0.9% | 18th | 35% below peers | |
| Santa Monica, CA | $1,698,037 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.8% | 19th | 299% above peers | |
| Ogden, UT | $401,774 (Jun 26) | 18th | +0.6% | 20th | 6% below peers | |
| Santa Fe, NM | $589,611 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.3% | 21st | 39% above peers | |
| Mission, TX | $221,111 (Jun 26) | 29th | -0.2% | 22nd | 48% below peers | |
| Lake Forest, CA | $1,199,098 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.7% | 23rd | 182% above peers | |
| Citrus Heights, CA | $478,999 (Jun 26) | 14th | -1.4% | 24th | 13% above peers | |
| Trenton, NJ | $356,470 (Jun 26) | 21st | -1.9% | 25th | 16% below peers | |
| Melbourne, FL | $359,920 (Jun 26) | 20th | -2.2% | 26th | 15% below peers | |
| Temple, TX | $249,750 (Jun 26) | 26th | -2.8% | 27th | 41% below peers | |
| Germantown, MD | $425,701 (Jun 26) | 16th | -2.8% | 28th | on par with peers | |
| San Leandro, CA | $815,011 (Jun 26) | 7th | -3.1% | 29th | 91% above peers | |
| Manteca, CA | $585,227 (Jun 26) | 10th | -4.2% | 30th | 37% above peers | |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | $272,664 (Jun 26) | 25th | -5.0% | 31st | 36% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts ref | $440,443 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| United States ref | $202,486 (Jun 26) | +2.0% | ||||
| Waukegan, IL | $199,539 (Jun 26) | 24th | +9.9% | 1st | 39% below peers | |
| Duluth, MN | $204,230 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +8.0% | 2nd | 37% below peers | |
| Champaign, IL | $157,490 (Jun 26) | 27th | +6.8% | 3rd | 51% below peers | |
| Lawton, OK | $74,294 (Jun 26) | 31st | +5.6% | 4th | 77% below peers | |
| Clifton, NJ | $523,401 (Jun 26) | 8th | +5.2% | 5th | 61% above peers | |
| Springdale, AR | $263,332 (Jun 26) | 20th | +5.0% | 6th | 19% below peers | |
| Fort Smith, AR | $114,649 (Jun 26) | 30th | +4.5% | 7th | 65% below peers | |
| Westminster, CA | $934,008 (Jun 26) | 4th | +3.7% | 8th | 188% above peers | |
| Nashua, NH | $387,942 (Jun 26) | 12th | +3.5% | 9th | 20% above peers | |
| Newton, MA | $990,781 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +3.5% | 10th | 205% above peers | |
| Danbury, CT | $340,302 (Jun 26) | 15th | +3.5% | 11th | 5% above peers | |
| Troy, MI | $342,306 (Jun 26) | 14th | +3.3% | 12th | 5% above peers | |
| Lawrence, MA | $379,426 (Jun 26) | 13th | +3.2% | 13th | 17% above peers | |
| Santa Barbara, CA | $1,225,066 (Jun 26) | 1st | +2.9% | 14th | 277% above peers | |
| Mission, TX | $147,222 (Jun 26) | 28th | +2.5% | 15th | 55% below peers | |
| Bloomington, MN | $272,110 (Jun 26) | 19th | +2.2% | 16th | 16% below peers | |
| Franklin, TN | $609,863 (Jun 26) | 7th | +2.1% | 17th | 88% above peers | |
| Bryan, TX | $189,999 (Jun 26) | 25th | +1.1% | 18th | 41% below peers | |
| Ogden, UT | $322,385 (Jun 26) | 17th | +1.0% | 19th | 1% below peers | |
| Santa Fe, NM | $409,850 (Jun 26) | 10th | +0.9% | 20th | 26% above peers | |
| Medford, OR | $324,532 (Jun 26) | 16th | +0.9% | 21st | on par with peers | |
| Santa Monica, CA | $956,112 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -1.2% | 22nd | 195% above peers | |
| Lake Forest, CA | $752,330 (Jun 26) | 5th | -1.5% | 23rd | 132% above peers | |
| Citrus Heights, CA | $400,283 (Jun 26) | 11th | -1.8% | 24th | 23% above peers | |
| Trenton, NJ | $208,402 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -2.5% | 25th | 36% below peers | |
| Melbourne, FL | $232,849 (Jun 26) | 21st | -2.5% | 26th | 28% below peers | |
| San Leandro, CA | $654,632 (Jun 26) | 6th | -2.9% | 27th | 102% above peers | |
| Temple, TX | $168,706 (Jun 26) | 26th | -3.5% | 28th | 48% below peers | |
| Germantown, MD | $311,886 (Jun 26) | 18th | -3.7% | 29th | 4% below peers | |
| Manteca, CA | $481,476 (Jun 26) | 9th | -4.0% | 30th | 48% above peers | |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | $124,254 (Jun 26) | 29th | -11.2% | 31st | 62% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.0% then, 28.1% now; margin ±3.2pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Manteca, CA | 72.4% | 2nd | +10.6pp | 1st | 25% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 56.3% | 17th | +4.9pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 53.4% | 21st | +4.0pp | 3rd | 8% below peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 50.2% | 25th | +3.7pp | 4th | 14% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 63.9% | 8th | +4.4pp | 5th | 10% above peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 60.7% | 12th | +3.9pp | 6th | 5% above peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 67.2% | 6th | +4.1pp | 7th | 16% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 61.3% | 11th | +3.5pp | 8th | 5% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 71.4% | 3rd | +3.7pp | 9th | 23% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 53.4% | 22nd | +2.7pp | 10th | 8% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 37.9% | 29th | +1.9pp | 11th | 35% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 50.9% | 24th | +2.5pp | 12th | 12% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 58.1% | 16th | +2.2pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 43.8% | 27th | +1.2pp | 14th | 25% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 59.7% | 13th | +1.6pp | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 53.4% | 20th | +1.4pp | 16th | 8% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 59.6% | 14th | +1.6pp | 17th | 3% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 55.8% | 18th | +1.0pp | 18th | 4% below peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 70.5% | 4th | +1.2pp | 19th | 21% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 63.6% | 10th | +0.9pp | 20th | 9% above peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 44.8% | 26th | -0.1pp | 21st | 23% below peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 73.2% | 1st | -0.5pp | 22nd | 26% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 59.4% | 15th | -1.0pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 39.9% | 28th | -0.8pp | 24th | 31% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 65.8% | 7th | -1.5pp | 25th | 13% above peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 70.0% | 5th | -2.0pp | 26th | 20% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 27.9% | 31st | -1.1pp | 27th | 52% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 63.8% | 9th | -2.6pp | 28th | 10% above peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 52.3% | 23rd | -2.3pp | 29th | 10% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 53.8% | 19th | -4.3pp | 30th | 7% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 28.1% | 30th | -3.0pp | 31st | 52% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Champaign, IL | $1,410 (Jun 26) | 27th | +5.7% | 1st | 27% below peers | |
| Fort Smith, AR | $1,071 (Jun 26) | 31st | +5.2% | 2nd | 45% below peers | |
| Lawton, OK | $1,086 (Jun 26) | 30th | +5.1% | 3rd | 44% below peers | |
| Duluth, MN | $1,458 (Jun 26) | 24th | +3.9% | 4th | 25% below peers | |
| San Leandro, CA | $2,468 (Jun 26) | 8th | +3.6% | 5th | 28% above peers | |
| Newton, MA | $3,685 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +3.5% | 6th | 91% above peers | |
| Medford, OR | $1,721 (Jun 26) | 20th | +3.5% | 7th | 11% below peers | |
| Lawrence, MA | $2,347 (Jun 26) | 11th | +3.1% | 8th | 21% above peers | |
| Santa Barbara, CA | $3,967 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.1% | 9th | 105% above peers | |
| Clifton, NJ | $2,668 (Jun 26) | 5th | +2.7% | 10th | 38% above peers | |
| Nashua, NH | $2,216 (Jun 26) | 12th | +2.7% | 11th | 15% above peers | |
| Waukegan, IL | $1,648 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +2.3% | 12th | 15% below peers | |
| Bloomington, MN | $1,684 (Jun 26) | 21st | +2.2% | 13th | 13% below peers | |
| Franklin, TN | $2,132 (Jun 26) | 15th | +2.2% | 14th | 10% above peers | |
| Citrus Heights, CA | $1,931 (Jun 26) | 17th | +1.8% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Westminster, CA | $2,629 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.7% | 16th | 36% above peers | |
| Trenton, NJ | $2,139 (Jun 26) | 13th | +1.5% | 17th | 11% above peers | |
| Santa Monica, CA | $3,517 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.5% | 18th | 82% above peers | |
| Springdale, AR | $1,513 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +1.4% | 19th | 22% below peers | |
| Troy, MI | $1,861 (Jun 26) | 19th | +1.3% | 20th | 4% below peers | |
| Danbury, CT | $2,439 (Jun 26) | 10th | +1.1% | 21st | 26% above peers | |
| Santa Fe, NM | $1,932 (Jun 26) | 16th | +1.1% | 22nd | on par with peers | |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | $2,440 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.7% | 23rd | 26% above peers | |
| Bryan, TX | $1,428 (Jun 26) | 26th | +0.5% | 24th | 26% below peers | |
| Manteca, CA | $2,624 (Jun 26) | 7th | +0.5% | 25th | 36% above peers | |
| Lake Forest, CA | $3,299 (Jun 26) | 4th | +0.3% | 26th | 71% above peers | |
| Ogden, UT | $1,310 (Jun 26) | 29th | +0.1% | 27th | 32% below peers | |
| Germantown, MD | $2,137 (Jun 26) | 14th | +0.0% | 28th | 11% above peers | |
| Melbourne, FL | $1,862 (Jun 26) | 18th | -0.3% | 29th | 4% below peers | |
| Temple, TX | $1,428 (Jun 26) | 25th | -0.4% | 30th | 26% below peers | |
| Mission, TX | $1,341 (Jun 26) | 28th | -1.6% | 31st | 31% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.8% then, 54.2% now; margin ±3.8pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Waukegan, IL | 34.2% | 13th | -5.4pp | 1st | 10% below peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 29.9% | 7th | -4.0pp | 2nd | 21% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 29.2% | 5th | -3.5pp | 3rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 45.8% | 28th | -4.2pp | 4th | 20% above peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 42.5% | 25th | -2.0pp | 5th | 12% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 39.9% | 20th | -1.2pp | 6th | 5% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 28.3% | 3rd | -0.8pp | 7th | 26% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 45.3% | 27th | -0.6pp | 8th | 19% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 33.8% | 12th | -0.3pp | 9th | 11% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 25.0% | 2nd | +0.2pp | 10th | 34% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 41.7% | 24th | +0.4pp | 11th | 10% above peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 32.1% | 9th | +0.4pp | 12th | 16% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 40.5% | 21st | +0.6pp | 13th | 6% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 41.7% | 23rd | +0.8pp | 14th | 10% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 42.5% | 26th | +1.0pp | 15th | 12% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 54.2% | 31st | +1.4pp | 16th | 42% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 47.5% | 29th | +1.4pp | 17th | 25% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 38.0% | 16th | +1.2pp | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 30.5% | 8th | +1.0pp | 19th | 20% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 39.5% | 19th | +1.3pp | 20th | 4% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 32.8% | 10th | +1.3pp | 21st | 14% below peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 40.8% | 22nd | +1.7pp | 22nd | 7% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 38.6% | 18th | +1.6pp | 23rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 35.7% | 15th | +1.7pp | 24th | 6% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 28.9% | 4th | +1.6pp | 25th | 24% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 48.2% | 30th | +2.9pp | 26th | 27% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 20.9% | 1st | +1.7pp | 27th | 45% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 38.5% | 17th | +3.4pp | 28th | 1% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 33.4% | 11th | +3.4pp | 29th | 12% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 34.3% | 14th | +3.9pp | 30th | 10% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 29.7% | 6th | +5.4pp | 31st | 22% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
No vehicle fell 3.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.2% to 20.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Springdale, AR | 3.9% | 4th | -1.9pp | 1st | 48% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 6.8% | 13th | -2.0pp | 2nd | 11% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 4.1% | 5th | -1.1pp | 3rd | 46% below peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 2.4% | 1st | -0.6pp | 4th | 68% below peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 8.4% | 20th | -1.9pp | 5th | 10% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 3.2% | 3rd | -0.7pp | 6th | 58% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 20.3% | 30th | -3.9pp | 7th | 167% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 7.6% | 16th | -1.0pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 26.7% | 31st | -3.4pp | 9th | 250% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 10.2% | 27th | -1.2pp | 10th | 33% above peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 6.7% | 11th | -0.8pp | 11th | 13% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 4.5% | 6th | -0.5pp | 12th | 41% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 9.4% | 24th | -0.6pp | 13th | 24% above peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 10.0% | 26th | -0.5pp | 14th | 31% above peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 7.9% | 18th | -0.3pp | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 8.7% | 21st | -0.3pp | 16th | 14% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 7.9% | 17th | -0.0pp | 17th | 3% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 8.9% | 23rd | +0.0pp | 18th | 17% above peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 3.1% | 2nd | +0.0pp | 19th | 59% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 6.5% | 10th | +0.2pp | 20th | 14% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 9.9% | 25th | +0.4pp | 21st | 30% above peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 6.4% | 9th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 16% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 8.4% | 19th | +0.5pp | 23rd | 10% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 5.5% | 8th | +0.3pp | 24th | 28% below peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 11.4% | 28th | +0.9pp | 25th | 50% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 7.6% | 15th | +0.8pp | 26th | 1% below peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 4.6% | 7th | +0.6pp | 27th | 40% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 6.8% | 12th | +0.9pp | 28th | 11% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 16.7% | 29th | +3.6pp | 29th | 119% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 8.9% | 22nd | +1.9pp | 30th | 16% above peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 7.5% | 14th | +2.0pp | 31st | 2% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.7% to 5.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts ref | 2.5% | -0.1pp | |||||
| United States ref | 8.2% | -0.4pp | |||||
| Medford, OR | 5.6% | 12th | -3.4pp | 1st | 17% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 6.8% | 16th | -3.7pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 4.1% | 4th | -1.9pp | 3rd | 40% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 4.6% | 7th | -1.5pp | 4th | 32% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 9.9% | 20th | -3.1pp | 5th | 46% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 3.5% | 3rd | -1.0pp | 6th | 48% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 9.7% | 19th | -2.4pp | 7th | 43% above peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 8.2% | 18th | -1.8pp | 8th | 20% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 5.5% | 10th | -1.2pp | 9th | 19% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 10.9% | 21st | -1.3pp | 10th | 61% above peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 16.7% | 28th | -1.8pp | 11th | 146% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 14.6% | 25th | -1.4pp | 12th | 115% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 16.4% | 27th | -1.4pp | 13th | 141% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 6.2% | 13th | -0.5pp | 14th | 8% below peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 4.2% | 5th | -0.3pp | 15th | 38% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 26.4% | 31st | -1.3pp | 16th | 290% above peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 6.3% | 14th | -0.3pp | 17th | 7% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 5.1% | 8th | -0.2pp | 18th | 25% below peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 13.4% | 23rd | -0.0pp | 19th | 97% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 15.7% | 26th | -0.0pp | 20th | 131% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 2.8% | 2nd | +0.0pp | 21st | 59% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 17.2% | 29th | +0.2pp | 22nd | 154% above peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 1.2% | 1st | +0.0pp | 23rd | 82% below peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 12.6% | 22nd | +0.5pp | 24th | 86% above peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 5.5% | 11th | +0.5pp | 25th | 18% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 6.6% | 15th | +0.8pp | 26th | 2% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 13.6% | 24th | +1.8pp | 27th | 101% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 5.3% | 9th | +0.8pp | 28th | 22% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 20.8% | 30th | +3.3pp | 29th | 206% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 4.5% | 6th | +0.9pp | 30th | 33% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 7.9% | 17th | +1.9pp | 31st | 17% above peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts ref | 28.8% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| San Leandro, CA | 20.3% | 1st | 40% below peers | |
| Newton, MA | 20.4% | 2nd | 40% below peers | |
| Westminster, CA | 22.9% | 3rd | 32% below peers | |
| Santa Monica, CA | 23.0% | 4th | 32% below peers | |
| Santa Fe, NM | 24.0% | 5th | 29% below peers | |
| Lake Forest, CA | 24.5% | 6th | 28% below peers | |
| Troy, MI | 24.9% | 7th | 27% below peers | |
| Germantown, MD | 25.0% | 8th | 26% below peers | |
| Bloomington, MN | 27.2% | 9th | 20% below peers | |
| Danbury, CT | 27.6% | 10th | 19% below peers | |
| Clifton, NJ | 28.5% | 11th | 16% below peers | |
| Franklin, TN | 28.8% | 12th | 15% below peers | |
| Nashua, NH | 31.0% | 13th | 9% below peers | |
| Santa Barbara, CA | 31.5% | 14th | 7% below peers | |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 32.5% | 15th | 4% below peers | |
| Manteca, CA | 33.9% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Melbourne, FL | 34.2% | 17th | 1% above peers | |
| Champaign, IL | 35.1% | 18th | 4% above peers | |
| Medford, OR | 35.5% | 19th | 5% above peers | |
| Citrus Heights, CA | 35.6% | 20th | 5% above peers | |
| Springdale, AR | 37.0% | 21st | 9% above peers | |
| Duluth, MN | 37.3% | 22nd | 10% above peers | |
| Fort Smith, AR | 37.4% | 23rd | 10% above peers | |
| Ogden, UT | 37.6% | 24th | 11% above peers | |
| Lawrence, MA | 38.1% | 25th | 12% above peers | |
| Waukegan, IL | 38.4% | 26th | 13% above peers | |
| Temple, TX | 38.7% | 27th | 14% above peers | |
| Bryan, TX | 39.6% | 28th | 17% above peers | |
| Trenton, NJ | 42.6% | 29th | 26% above peers | |
| Lawton, OK | 44.5% | 30th | 31% above peers | |
| Mission, TX | 44.7% | 31st | 32% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 5 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not. Margins at this size are wide (low-reliability estimate); read the level, not the pace.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.1% then, 1.7% now; margin ±1.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Lake Forest, CA | 0.8% | 1st | -3.5pp | 1st | 84% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 1.6% | 4th | -2.0pp | 2nd | 70% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 5.4% | 18th | -5.2pp | 3rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 2.2% | 7th | -2.0pp | 4th | 57% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 1.7% | 5th | -1.4pp | 5th | 66% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 2.9% | 13th | -1.6pp | 6th | 44% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 3.8% | 15th | -1.0pp | 7th | 27% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 5.4% | 17th | -1.2pp | 8th | 4% above peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 5.2% | 16th | -0.9pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 2.5% | 10th | -0.4pp | 10th | 51% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 10.0% | 27th | -1.2pp | 11th | 94% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 1.4% | 3rd | -0.1pp | 12th | 74% below peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 5.8% | 19th | -0.3pp | 13th | 12% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 9.0% | 24th | -0.2pp | 14th | 74% above peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 13.1% | 29th | -0.3pp | 15th | 154% above peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 2.0% | 6th | +0.0pp | 16th | 61% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 11.3% | 28th | +0.2pp | 17th | 119% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 3.1% | 14th | +0.3pp | 18th | 39% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 2.3% | 9th | +0.3pp | 19th | 56% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 13.6% | 30th | +2.4pp | 20th | 162% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 19.2% | 31st | +3.6pp | 21st | 272% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 2.2% | 8th | +0.4pp | 22nd | 57% below peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 2.8% | 11th | +0.5pp | 23rd | 47% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 7.9% | 22nd | +1.9pp | 24th | 53% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 2.8% | 12th | +0.9pp | 25th | 46% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 7.0% | 21st | +2.7pp | 26th | 35% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 9.9% | 26th | +4.0pp | 27th | 92% above peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 8.4% | 23rd | +3.7pp | 28th | 63% above peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 0.9% | 2nd | +0.4pp | 29th | 83% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 9.8% | 25th | +5.5pp | 30th | 90% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 6.8% | 20th | +5.1pp | 31st | 31% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.8% to 16.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Lawrence, MA | 16.8% | 30th | +6.0pp | 1st | 49% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 16.2% | 31st | +4.0pp | 2nd | 51% below peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 21.7% | 28th | +5.0pp | 3rd | 35% below peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 25.9% | 22nd | +5.1pp | 4th | 22% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 34.7% | 14th | +6.2pp | 5th | 4% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 20.9% | 29th | +3.5pp | 6th | 37% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 30.1% | 19th | +4.9pp | 7th | 10% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 24.2% | 24th | +3.9pp | 8th | 27% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 23.9% | 25th | +3.6pp | 9th | 28% below peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 44.0% | 11th | +6.1pp | 10th | 32% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 47.8% | 9th | +6.1pp | 11th | 44% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 41.2% | 12th | +5.1pp | 12th | 24% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 29.4% | 20th | +3.5pp | 13th | 12% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 30.1% | 18th | +3.5pp | 14th | 9% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 46.2% | 10th | +4.2pp | 15th | 39% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 23.9% | 26th | +2.0pp | 16th | 28% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 35.5% | 13th | +2.9pp | 17th | 7% above peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 28.8% | 21st | +2.1pp | 18th | 14% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 34.0% | 15th | +2.2pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 64.8% | 3rd | +4.0pp | 20th | 95% above peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 52.7% | 5th | +3.2pp | 21st | 58% above peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 22.5% | 27th | +1.3pp | 22nd | 32% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 30.6% | 17th | +1.7pp | 23rd | 8% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 51.9% | 6th | +2.7pp | 24th | 56% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 33.3% | 16th | +1.6pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 64.5% | 4th | +3.0pp | 26th | 94% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 50.8% | 7th | +2.1pp | 27th | 53% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 70.7% | 2nd | +2.8pp | 28th | 113% above peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 81.1% | 1st | +2.0pp | 29th | 144% above peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 50.4% | 8th | +0.3pp | 30th | 51% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 25.9% | 23rd | -1.2pp | 31st | 22% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.5% then, 42.4% now; margin ±11.2pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Bloomington, MN | 59.5% | 6th | +23.0pp | 1st | 18% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 53.8% | 13th | +14.6pp | 2nd | 6% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 54.3% | 11th | +14.2pp | 3rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 65.1% | 4th | +17.0pp | 4th | 29% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 36.9% | 25th | +6.9pp | 5th | 27% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 44.4% | 17th | +7.1pp | 6th | 12% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 40.2% | 22nd | +5.7pp | 7th | 21% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 53.9% | 12th | +4.6pp | 8th | 6% above peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 61.4% | 5th | +4.5pp | 9th | 21% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 42.7% | 19th | +1.7pp | 10th | 16% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 42.4% | 20th | +0.9pp | 11th | 16% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 58.1% | 7th | +1.0pp | 12th | 15% above peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 50.8% | 14th | -0.2pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 57.9% | 8th | -1.7pp | 14th | 14% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 43.5% | 18th | -1.9pp | 15th | 14% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 67.1% | 3rd | -4.4pp | 16th | 33% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 71.9% | 1st | -5.0pp | 17th | 42% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 29.4% | 29th | -5.2pp | 18th | 42% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 50.6% | 16th | -10.0pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 67.2% | 2nd | -13.5pp | 20th | 33% above peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 56.3% | 9th | -13.3pp | 21st | 11% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 50.7% | 15th | -13.1pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 55.4% | 10th | -14.6pp | 23rd | 9% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 31.2% | 28th | -12.5pp | 24th | 38% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 31.8% | 27th | -13.1pp | 25th | 37% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 26.5% | 31st | -12.1pp | 26th | 48% below peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 38.8% | 24th | -19.0pp | 27th | 23% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 28.9% | 30th | -15.0pp | 28th | 43% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 39.2% | 23rd | -20.5pp | 29th | 22% below peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 40.3% | 21st | -24.6pp | 30th | 20% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 36.1% | 26th | -29.0pp | 31st | 29% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (15.4% then, 11.4% now; margin ±6.0pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Clifton, NJ | 2.9% | 4th | -3.1pp | 1st | 55% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 0.7% | 1st | -0.7pp | 2nd | 90% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 2.7% | 3rd | -1.9pp | 3rd | 59% below peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 5.7% | 12th | -2.3pp | 4th | 12% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 11.4% | 26th | -4.0pp | 5th | 77% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 3.5% | 5th | -1.2pp | 6th | 46% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 8.8% | 20th | -1.0pp | 7th | 36% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 5.4% | 10th | -0.4pp | 8th | 17% below peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 9.0% | 21st | -0.3pp | 9th | 39% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 4.1% | 6th | +0.2pp | 10th | 36% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 7.3% | 17th | +0.4pp | 11th | 13% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 8.0% | 18th | +0.4pp | 12th | 24% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 2.6% | 2nd | +0.1pp | 13th | 60% below peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 13.7% | 30th | +2.1pp | 14th | 112% above peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 13.6% | 29th | +3.0pp | 15th | 111% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 8.1% | 19th | +2.0pp | 16th | 25% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 4.8% | 8th | +1.4pp | 17th | 25% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 9.2% | 22nd | +2.9pp | 18th | 42% above peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 5.7% | 11th | +2.1pp | 19th | 13% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 6.5% | 16th | +2.6pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 5.1% | 9th | +2.1pp | 21st | 21% below peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 11.0% | 25th | +4.9pp | 22nd | 71% above peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 4.4% | 7th | +2.0pp | 23rd | 33% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 5.9% | 14th | +2.7pp | 24th | 8% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 12.1% | 27th | +5.7pp | 25th | 88% above peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 10.3% | 23rd | +5.0pp | 26th | 59% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 10.9% | 24th | +5.9pp | 27th | 70% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 5.7% | 13th | +3.3pp | 28th | 11% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 6.4% | 15th | +3.7pp | 29th | 1% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 12.7% | 28th | +7.5pp | 30th | 97% above peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 15.6% | 31st | +10.5pp | 31st | 141% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79,942 to 88,736 - more than the combined survey margin (±60). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple, TX | 89,602 | 9th | +20% | 1st | 1% above peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 89,043 | 13th | +13% | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 87,133 | 25th | +12% | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 88,736 | 15th | +11% | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 88,160 | 17th | +11% | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 88,093 | 18th | +10% | 6th | 1% below peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 90,338 | 5th | +8% | 7th | 2% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 86,315 | 30th | +6% | 8th | 3% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 86,576 | 29th | +6% | 9th | 2% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 89,019 | 14th | +6% | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 89,379 | 10th | +5% | 11th | 1% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 87,898 | 20th | +5% | 12th | 1% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 87,939 | 19th | +5% | 13th | 1% below peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 87,038 | 27th | +4% | 14th | 2% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 88,665 | 16th | +4% | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 87,263 | 24th | +3% | 16th | 2% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 91,294 | 1st | +3% | 17th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 86,281 | 31st | +3% | 18th | 3% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 89,996 | 6th | +3% | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 89,805 | 8th | +2% | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 89,076 | 11th | +2% | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 87,093 | 26th | +1% | 22nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 87,413 | 23rd | +1% | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 89,044 | 12th | +1% | 24th | on par with peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 90,719 | 3rd | +0% | 25th | 2% above peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 86,995 | 28th | -0% | 26th | 2% below peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 91,169 | 2nd | -0% | 27th | 3% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 89,860 | 7th | -1% | 28th | 1% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 87,826 | 21st | -2% | 29th | 1% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 90,595 | 4th | -4% | 30th | 2% above peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 87,779 | 22nd | -4% | 31st | 1% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (58.7% then, 62.2% now; margin ±6.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 38.3% | 8th | +6.8pp | 1st | 22% above peers | ||
| Santa Monica, CA | 25.9% | 23rd | +4.4pp | 2nd | 18% below peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 30.9% | 18th | +4.9pp | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 47.3% | 3rd | +6.7pp | 4th | 50% above peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 46.3% | 4th | +5.1pp | 5th | 47% above peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 64.2% | 1st | +3.8pp | 6th | 104% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 62.2% | 2nd | +3.5pp | 7th | 97% above peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 11.4% | 30th | +0.6pp | 8th | 64% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 37.2% | 10th | +1.7pp | 9th | 18% above peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 31.8% | 15th | +0.9pp | 10th | 1% above peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 30.4% | 20th | +0.8pp | 11th | 4% below peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 32.8% | 13th | +0.5pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 34.6% | 11th | +0.5pp | 13th | 10% above peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 33.7% | 12th | +0.1pp | 14th | 7% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 23.2% | 26th | -0.1pp | 15th | 26% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 24.9% | 24th | -0.2pp | 16th | 21% below peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 30.4% | 19th | -1.5pp | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 38.9% | 6th | -2.2pp | 18th | 24% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 31.3% | 17th | -2.1pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 38.8% | 7th | -2.8pp | 20th | 23% above peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 27.6% | 22nd | -2.8pp | 21st | 12% below peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 37.2% | 9th | -4.0pp | 22nd | 18% above peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 31.5% | 16th | -4.0pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 32.6% | 14th | -4.7pp | 24th | 3% above peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 23.6% | 25th | -3.9pp | 25th | 25% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 39.3% | 5th | -7.2pp | 26th | 25% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 29.4% | 21st | -6.8pp | 27th | 7% below peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 12.2% | 29th | -2.9pp | 28th | 61% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 10.4% | 31st | -3.4pp | 29th | 67% below peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 20.3% | 27th | -7.6pp | 30th | 36% below peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 13.2% | 28th | -6.6pp | 31st | 58% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.0% then, 80.3% now; margin ±12.0pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Santa Monica, CA | 86.6% | 1st | +21.8pp | 1st | 25% above peers | ||
| Santa Fe, NM | 83.6% | 2nd | +16.3pp | 2nd | 21% above peers | ||
| Clifton, NJ | 74.6% | 9th | +14.0pp | 3rd | 8% above peers | ||
| Franklin, TN | 69.4% | 14th | +10.8pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Manteca, CA | 59.7% | 28th | +5.8pp | 5th | 14% below peers | ||
| Lawton, OK | 61.0% | 27th | +5.0pp | 6th | 12% below peers | ||
| Nashua, NH | 78.2% | 5th | +6.0pp | 7th | 13% above peers | ||
| Lawrence, MA | 80.3% | 3rd | +5.3pp | 8th | 16% above peers | ||
| Trenton, NJ | 69.3% | 16th | +4.4pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Troy, MI | 58.3% | 31st | +3.6pp | 10th | 16% below peers | ||
| Lake Forest, CA | 69.4% | 15th | +3.8pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Mission, TX | 62.8% | 24th | +3.4pp | 12th | 10% below peers | ||
| Waukegan, IL | 74.9% | 8th | +3.5pp | 13th | 8% above peers | ||
| Ogden, UT | 66.0% | 22nd | +2.9pp | 14th | 5% below peers | ||
| Temple, TX | 61.5% | 26th | +2.4pp | 15th | 11% below peers | ||
| Bryan, TX | 66.0% | 21st | +2.5pp | 16th | 5% below peers | ||
| Germantown, MD | 75.7% | 7th | +2.7pp | 17th | 9% above peers | ||
| Springdale, AR | 64.4% | 23rd | +1.3pp | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Santa Barbara, CA | 71.5% | 11th | +1.2pp | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Fort Smith, AR | 66.9% | 18th | +0.7pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Newton, MA | 78.2% | 4th | -0.0pp | 21st | 13% above peers | ||
| Melbourne, FL | 66.1% | 20th | -1.0pp | 22nd | 5% below peers | ||
| Champaign, IL | 71.5% | 12th | -1.6pp | 23rd | 3% above peers | ||
| Westminster, CA | 62.7% | 25th | -1.8pp | 24th | 10% below peers | ||
| Duluth, MN | 71.2% | 13th | -3.5pp | 25th | 3% above peers | ||
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 69.0% | 17th | -3.4pp | 26th | 1% below peers | ||
| Danbury, CT | 73.8% | 10th | -4.4pp | 27th | 6% above peers | ||
| Citrus Heights, CA | 66.3% | 19th | -4.2pp | 28th | 4% below peers | ||
| Bloomington, MN | 76.0% | 6th | -5.0pp | 29th | 10% above peers | ||
| Medford, OR | 58.6% | 29th | -7.0pp | 30th | 15% below peers | ||
| San Leandro, CA | 58.5% | 30th | -14.5pp | 31st | 16% below peers |