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Medford, MA

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59,354 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Medford, MA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$129,540
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
$96,455 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
80 /100k
Dec 2025
▼ 30%
relative change
115 a year earlier
Dropping fast Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
936 /100k
Dec 2025
▼ 22%
relative change
1,200 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
59.8%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
53.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.9%
2020-24
▲ 327%
relative change
0.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.4%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
2.5% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.3%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
8.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
9.3%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
52.1%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
62.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
8.5%
2019-23
▲ 24%
relative change
6.9% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Medford, MA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.0%
May 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
4.1% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
11.6%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
11.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
54.1%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
56.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
12.7%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
14.7% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,419
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$3,315 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
59,354
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
57,637 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$856,375
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$852,066 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$650,787
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$649,342 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
83.3%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
74.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 2% over the 12 months ending December 2025, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2020 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 180 in December 2025, up from 177 a year earlier.
180 per 100k
2018December 2025
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▸ Compare all 20 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).
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%
Revere, MA 284 (May 26) 12th -34.0% 1st 6% above peers
Burlington, NC 649 (May 26) 18th -22.9% 2nd 144% above peers
Petaluma, CA 196 (May 26) 6th -22.7% 3rd 27% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 267 (May 26) 11th -21.2% 4th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 230 (May 26) 9th -21.0% 5th 14% below peers
St. Peters, MO 168 (May 26) 3rd -19.2% 6th 37% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 99 (Jan 26) 1st -18.3% 7th 63% below peers
Hempstead, NY 368 (Apr 26) 13th -16.4% 8th 38% above peers
West Allis, WI 186 (May 26) 5th -14.0% 9th 30% below peers
Dubuque, IA 376 (May 26) 14th -9.4% 10th 41% above peers
Gardena, CA 638 (May 26) 17th -8.8% 11th 139% above peers
Corvallis, OR 159 (Apr 26) 2nd -2.9% 12th 40% below peers
Medford, MA 180 (Dec 25) 4th +1.9% 13th 32% below peers
Youngstown, OH 728 (Aug 25) 19th +1.9% 14th 173% above peers
Gilroy, CA 414 (May 26) 15th +2.0% 15th 55% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 228 (May 26) 8th +7.6% 16th 14% below peers
Kokomo, IN 485 (Mar 26) 16th +15.4% 17th 82% above peers
National City, CA 748 (May 26) 20th +15.5% 18th 181% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 241 (Apr 26) 10th +23.7% 19th 10% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 217 (May 26) 7th +30.6% 20th 18% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 22% over the 12 months ending December 2025, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 7% a year from 2020 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 936 in December 2025, down from 1,200 a year earlier.
936 per 100k
2018December 2025
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▸ Compare all 20 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).
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%
Des Plaines, IL 756 (Jan 26) 2nd -32.7% 1st 51% below peers
Revere, MA 972 (May 26) 6th -29.7% 2nd 37% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 1,714 (May 26) 14th -24.0% 3rd 10% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 539 (Apr 26) 1st -23.4% 4th 65% below peers
Corvallis, OR 1,866 (Apr 26) 16th -22.7% 5th 20% above peers
Medford, MA 936 (Dec 25) 5th -22.0% 6th 40% below peers
Hempstead, NY 810 (Apr 26) 4th -21.2% 7th 48% below peers
Petaluma, CA 988 (May 26) 7th -18.9% 8th 36% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 1,235 (May 26) 8th -18.8% 9th 21% below peers
West Allis, WI 1,553 (May 26) 11th -18.6% 10th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 1,695 (May 26) 13th -18.2% 11th 9% above peers
St. Peters, MO 758 (May 26) 3rd -15.7% 12th 51% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1,886 (May 26) 17th -12.5% 13th 21% above peers
Dubuque, IA 1,338 (May 26) 10th -7.8% 14th 14% below peers
National City, CA 1,694 (May 26) 12th -7.5% 15th 9% above peers
Burlington, NC 2,723 (May 26) 18th -4.8% 16th 75% above peers
Gilroy, CA 1,855 (May 26) 15th -4.7% 17th 19% above peers
Gardena, CA 2,884 (May 26) 19th -2.5% 18th 86% above peers
Kokomo, IN 1,310 (Mar 26) 9th -2.1% 19th 16% below peers
Youngstown, OH 2,915 (Aug 25) 20th +4.2% 20th 88% above peers
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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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2020 to 2025.

Most recent monthly reading: 0 in December 2025, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 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).
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%
Gardena, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st
Monterey Park, CA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd
Burlington, NC 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd
Grand Forks, ND 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th
Hoboken, NJ 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th
Youngstown, OH 14 (Aug 25) 20th -55.6% 6th
National City, CA 7 (May 26) 19th +33.3% 7th
Hempstead, NY 5 (Apr 26) 17th +49.9% 8th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) 15th +100.0% 9th
Medford, MA 0 (Dec 25) 6th
Petaluma, CA 0 (May 26) 7th
Dubuque, IA 3 (May 26) 16th
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jan 26) 8th
West Allis, WI 5 (May 26) 18th
St. Peters, MO 0 (May 26) 9th
Gilroy, CA 0 (May 26) 10th
Corvallis, OR 0 (Apr 26) 11th
Blue Springs, MO 0 (May 26) 12th
Revere, MA 0 (May 26) 13th
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Apr 26) 14th
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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. 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 →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 30% over the 12 months ending December 2025, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 26% a year from 2020 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 8% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 80 in December 2025, down from 115 a year earlier.
80 per 100k
2018December 2025
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▸ Compare all 20 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).
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%
Hempstead, NY 105 (Apr 26) 8th -46.6% 1st 19% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 162 (May 26) 13th -39.8% 2nd 25% above peers
Corvallis, OR 64 (Apr 26) 2nd -36.5% 3rd 51% below peers
National City, CA 345 (May 26) 18th -34.3% 4th 166% above peers
Medford, MA 80 (Dec 25) 5th -30.4% 5th 38% below peers
Dubuque, IA 63 (May 26) 1st -27.5% 6th 51% below peers
Burlington, NC 224 (May 26) 15th -25.8% 7th 73% above peers
Gardena, CA 588 (May 26) 20th -20.9% 8th 354% above peers
West Allis, WI 216 (May 26) 14th -19.4% 9th 67% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 101 (Jan 26) 7th -19.2% 10th 22% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 332 (May 26) 17th -11.6% 11th 156% above peers
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) 11th -10.3% 12th on par with peers
Revere, MA 108 (May 26) 9th -9.7% 13th 17% below peers
St. Peters, MO 69 (May 26) 4th -8.5% 14th 47% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 65 (May 26) 3rd -7.3% 15th 50% below peers
Youngstown, OH 557 (Aug 25) 19th -7.1% 16th 330% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 140 (May 26) 12th -4.5% 17th 8% above peers
Petaluma, CA 115 (May 26) 10th -4.2% 18th 11% below peers
Gilroy, CA 315 (May 26) 16th -4.0% 19th 143% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 81 (Apr 26) 6th +0.0% 20th 38% below peers
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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 →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $96,455 to $129,540 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$9,435). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 66% from 2014 to 2024 ($77,868 to $129,540).
$129,540
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref $103,960 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Gardena, CA $84,803 18th +45% 1st 2% below peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 13th +45% 2nd 5% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 3rd 23% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 11th +40% 4th 13% above peers
Revere, MA $86,969 15th +39% 5th 1% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 27th +37% 6th 28% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 7th 172% above peers
Madison, AL $134,655 3rd +36% 8th 56% above peers
Medford, MA $129,540 5th +34% 9th 50% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 19th +32% 10th 5% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 11th 80% below peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 28th +32% 12th 34% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 4th +31% 13th 54% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 16th +30% 14th on par with peers
Santee, CA $113,394 8th +30% 15th 31% above peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 22nd +29% 16th 22% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 26th +27% 17th 26% below peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 7th +26% 18th 34% above peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 25th +23% 19th 25% below peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 20th +23% 20th 12% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 21st 109% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 17th +22% 22nd 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 24th +21% 23rd 24% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 9th +21% 24th 19% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 6th +21% 25th 42% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 29th +21% 26th 36% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 27th 60% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 14th +17% 28th 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 12th +16% 29th 6% above peers
Towson, MD $101,320 10th +14% 30th 17% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 21st +13% 31st 19% 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.
EconomyMedian household income
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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,926 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 →

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 70% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in May 2026, down from 4.1% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990May 2026
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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
Kokomo, IN 5.0% (May 26) 25th -1.4pp 1st 25% above peers
Youngstown, OH 5.3% (May 26) 27th -1.2pp 2nd 32% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 2.9% (May 26) 5th -0.7pp 4th 28% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% (May 26) 6th -0.7pp 5th 22% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 6th 40% below peers
Casper, WY 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 7th 35% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.6% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 60% below peers
Santee, CA 3.7% (May 26) 12th -0.4pp 9th 7% below peers
National City, CA 4.6% (May 26) 22nd -0.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Burlington, NC 3.9% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 12th 3% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 13th 18% below peers
Hanford, CA 6.8% (May 26) 28th -0.3pp 14th 70% above peers
Revere, MA 4.2% (May 26) 20th -0.3pp 15th 5% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 16th 12% below peers
West Allis, WI 3.3% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 17th 18% below peers
Petaluma, CA 3.6% (May 26) 11th -0.2pp 18th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.1pp 19th 5% below peers
Medford, MA 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (May 26) 26th -0.1pp 21st 25% above peers
Corvallis, OR 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.1pp 22nd 2% above peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (May 26) 7th +0.1pp 23rd 20% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.8% (May 26) 24th +0.2pp 24th 20% above peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.6% (May 26) 23rd +0.8pp 26th 15% above peers
Madison, AL 2.7% (May 26) 4th +0.9pp 27th 32% below peers
Margate, FL 4.3% (May 26) 21st +1.1pp 28th 7% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.4% then, 7.3% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 7.3%).
7.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 9.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 1st -1.9pp 1st 64% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.9% 5th -2.4pp 2nd 48% below peers
Madison, AL 4.2% 2nd -1.3pp 3rd 63% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 24th -4.5pp 4th 24% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 7th -1.8pp 5th 41% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.0% 19th -3.0pp 6th 5% above peers
Burlington, NC 16.3% 27th -3.8pp 7th 43% above peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 8th 19% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 14.4% 25th -2.9pp 9th 26% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.7% 18th -1.9pp 10th 2% above peers
Medford, MA 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 11th 36% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 10th -0.9pp 12th 34% below peers
Revere, MA 11.4% 17th -1.2pp 13th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 13th -0.8pp 14th 22% below peers
Kokomo, IN 16.7% 28th -1.5pp 15th 47% above peers
Corvallis, OR 21.8% 29th -1.4pp 16th 91% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.4% 26th -0.8pp 17th 26% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.3% 22nd -0.6pp 18th 8% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 6.9% 8th -0.2pp 19th 39% below peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 6th -0.2pp 20th 43% below peers
Margate, FL 12.0% 20th -0.4pp 21st 6% above peers
West Allis, WI 11.4% 16th -0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 23rd 371% above peers
Youngstown, OH 34.9% 30th +1.9pp 24th 207% above peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 14th +0.8pp 25th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 15th +0.9pp 26th 6% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 21st +1.2pp 27th 6% above peers
Santee, CA 7.7% 12th +0.8pp 28th 32% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 29th 33% below peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 3rd +2.1pp 30th 57% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.6% 4th +2.5pp 31st 51% 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 9.3% now; margin ±5.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.8% to 9.3%).
9.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 11.7% -1.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Madison, AL 3.4% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 72% below peers
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 6th -6.7pp 2nd 53% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 27th -14.7pp 3rd 69% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 4th -2.6pp 4th 62% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 14th -5.9pp 5th 15% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 8th -3.2pp 6th 43% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 24th -8.3pp 7th 50% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 7th -2.4pp 8th 49% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 21st -6.1pp 9th 28% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 15th -4.4pp 10th 5% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 1st -0.8pp 11th 76% below peers
Revere, MA 14.3% 19th -3.6pp 12th 19% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 28th -5.2pp 13th 83% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 29th -5.6pp 14th 101% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 22nd -2.9pp 15th 35% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 9th -1.3pp 16th 39% below peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 16th -2.1pp 17th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 25th -2.1pp 18th 51% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 23rd -1.8pp 19th 40% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 17th -1.0pp 20th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 21st 339% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 13th -0.4pp 22nd 15% below peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 11th +0.1pp 23rd 24% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 24th 517% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 20th +1.1pp 25th 20% above peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 12th +1.1pp 26th 22% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 18th +2.3pp 27th 18% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 26th +6.5pp 28th 54% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 10th +3.1pp 29th 39% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 5th +2.8pp 30th 54% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 3rd +2.4pp 31st 69% 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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (91.8% then, 92.9% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.6% to 92.9%).
92.9%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 92.9% +6.2pp
United States ref 91.1%
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +18.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 22nd +12.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 25th +12.6pp 4th 4% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 27th +11.8pp 5th 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 13th +12.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 19th +11.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 28th +10.9pp 8th 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 9th 6% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 11th +10.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Revere, MA 89.8% 23rd +8.3pp 11th 3% below peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 21st +8.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 16th +8.0pp 13th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 24th +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 8th +7.6pp 15th 2% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 29th +6.8pp 16th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 20th +6.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 9th +6.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 26th +4.9pp 19th 4% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 18th +4.7pp 20th on par with peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 2nd +4.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 7th +3.8pp 22nd 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 10th +3.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 5th +3.2pp 24th 4% above peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 12th +3.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 3rd +3.0pp 26th 5% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 6th +2.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 15th +2.3pp 28th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 4th +2.0pp 29th 4% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 17th +1.6pp 30th on par with peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 14th +1.1pp 31st 1% 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.
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 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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.4pp 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 →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 0.49 +0.006
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Madison, AL 0.38 3rd -0.030 1st 14% below peers
Burlington, NC 0.45 21st -0.030 2nd 2% above peers
Margate, FL 0.43 14th -0.028 3rd 3% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 6th -0.023 4th 8% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 25th -0.018 5th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 6th 39% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 26th -0.015 7th 7% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 15th -0.014 8th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 11th -0.012 9th 4% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 13th -0.008 10th 3% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 16th -0.007 11th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 12th -0.004 12th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 2nd -0.003 13th 15% below peers
Revere, MA 0.45 22nd -0.001 14th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 18th +0.001 15th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 24th +0.003 16th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 4th +0.003 17th 13% below peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 20th +0.007 18th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 9th +0.007 19th 5% below peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 8th +0.007 20th 5% below peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 30th +0.009 21st 16% above peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 22nd 15% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 28th +0.019 23rd 9% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 24th 24% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 25th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 5th +0.022 26th 9% below peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 10th +0.023 27th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 27th +0.028 28th 7% above peers
Casper, WY 0.46 23rd +0.030 29th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 7th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 17th +0.044 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (6.9% then, 8.5% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.2% to 8.5%).
8.5%
20102023
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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
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 84% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 19th -6.0pp 2nd 17% above peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 3rd -1.3pp 3rd 74% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 11th -2.6pp 4th 21% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 5th 49% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 18th -2.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 21st -3.1pp 7th 45% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 7th -1.2pp 8th 42% below peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 15th -2.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 9th -1.2pp 10th 28% below peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 24th -1.5pp 11th 63% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 26th -1.6pp 12th 86% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 12th -0.6pp 13th 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 14th 292% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 8th -0.3pp 15th 29% below peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 5th -0.2pp 16th 50% below peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 4th +0.0pp 17th 51% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 18th 126% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 22nd +0.4pp 19th 47% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 23rd +0.9pp 20th 56% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 16th +0.8pp 21st on par with peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 22nd 109% above peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 25th +2.5pp 23rd 72% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 24th 467% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 13th +1.7pp 25th 8% below peers
Revere, MA 17.9% 27th +4.7pp 26th 93% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 10th +2.3pp 27th 26% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 20th +4.4pp 28th 29% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 14th +3.4pp 29th 7% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 17th +4.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 2nd +1.5pp 31st 81% 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 strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $856,375 in June 2026, up from $852,066 a year earlier.
$856,375
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref $672,867 (Jun 26) +1.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Youngstown, OH $72,648 (Jun 26) 28th +8.0% 1st 87% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $303,687 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.6% 2nd 44% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $360,826 (Jun 26) 19th +6.1% 3rd 33% below peers
Dubuque, IA $253,886 (Jun 26) 26th +5.5% 4th 53% below peers
Kokomo, IN $186,870 (Jun 26) 27th +5.1% 5th 65% below peers
Hempstead, NY $647,376 (Jun 26) 10th +4.0% 6th 20% above peers
West Allis, WI $282,915 (Jun 26) 24th +3.6% 7th 47% below peers
Cupertino, CA $3,065,443 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 8th 470% above peers
Hanford, CA $384,771 (Jun 26) 17th +2.4% 9th 29% below peers
Towson, MD $483,869 (Jun 26) 16th +2.2% 10th 10% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,215 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 11th 64% above peers
Gardena, CA $793,575 (Jun 26) 8th +2.0% 12th 47% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $314,477 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.8% 13th 42% below peers
National City, CA $692,258 (Jun 26) 9th +1.7% 14th 29% above peers
Burlington, NC $259,252 (Jun 26) 25th +1.5% 15th 52% below peers
Casper, WY $314,485 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 16th 42% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $928,283 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.4% 17th 72% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $499,305 (Jun 26) 15th +1.3% 18th 7% below peers
Herriman, UT $609,118 (Jun 26) 12th +1.2% 19th 13% above peers
Madison, AL $379,055 (Jun 26) 18th +0.8% 20th 30% below peers
Medford, MA $856,375 (Jun 26) 6th +0.5% 21st 59% above peers
Revere, MA $624,318 (Jun 26) 11th +0.4% 22nd 16% above peers
Corvallis, OR $566,552 (Jun 26) 13th -0.4% 23rd 5% above peers
Gilroy, CA $1,068,039 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.9% 24th 98% above peers
Petaluma, CA $913,233 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 25th 70% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $538,248 (Jun 26) 14th -1.6% 26th on par with peers
Santee, CA $799,400 (Jun 26) 7th -2.7% 27th 49% above peers
Margate, FL $321,338 (Jun 26) 20th -3.2% 28th 40% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $650,787 in June 2026, up from $649,342 a year earlier.
$650,787
2000June 2026
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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%
Youngstown, OH $42,153 (Jun 26) 28th +11.3% 1st 90% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $208,386 (Jun 26) 23rd +8.6% 2nd 50% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $604,336 (Jun 26) 7th +5.7% 3rd 44% above peers
West Allis, WI $240,427 (Jun 26) 21st +5.5% 4th 43% below peers
Hempstead, NY $573,601 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 5th 37% above peers
Dubuque, IA $173,403 (Jun 26) 25th +4.7% 6th 59% below peers
Kokomo, IN $115,530 (Jun 26) 27th +4.6% 7th 72% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,882 (Jun 26) 20th +4.0% 8th 41% below peers
National City, CA $567,564 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 9th 35% above peers
Burlington, NC $174,091 (Jun 26) 24th +3.0% 10th 58% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $251,538 (Jun 26) 19th +2.4% 11th 40% below peers
Casper, WY $224,167 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.3% 12th 47% below peers
Hanford, CA $299,303 (Jun 26) 17th +2.3% 13th 29% below peers
Gardena, CA $656,383 (Jun 26) 5th +1.5% 14th 57% above peers
Madison, AL $273,783 (Jun 26) 18th +1.4% 15th 35% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $419,081 (Jun 26) 14th +1.4% 16th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA $1,783,632 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 17th 326% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $744,070 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.7% 18th 78% above peers
Towson, MD $316,196 (Jun 26) 16th +0.6% 19th 25% below peers
Medford, MA $650,787 (Jun 26) 6th +0.2% 20th 55% above peers
Herriman, UT $449,054 (Jun 26) 12th -0.0% 21st 7% above peers
Revere, MA $452,278 (Jun 26) 11th -0.3% 22nd 8% above peers
Corvallis, OR $442,641 (Jun 26) 13th -1.0% 23rd 6% above peers
Gilroy, CA $860,108 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.1% 24th 105% above peers
Petaluma, CA $723,191 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 25th 73% above peers
Santee, CA $588,223 (Jun 26) 8th -2.1% 26th 40% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $350,114 (Jun 26) 15th -4.1% 27th 16% below peers
Margate, FL $127,438 (Jun 26) 26th -9.4% 28th 70% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.2% then, 54.1% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.5% to 54.1%).
54.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 62.5% +0.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 25th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 4th +7.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 16th +5.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 8th +5.5pp 4th 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 14th +4.0pp 5th 1% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 20th +3.4pp 6th 11% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 26th +2.8pp 7th 25% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 22nd +2.3pp 8th 13% below peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 5th +3.1pp 9th 19% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 3rd +2.7pp 10th 26% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 11th 46% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 11th +1.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 18th +1.2pp 13th 9% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 24th +0.9pp 14th 21% below peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 15th +0.9pp 15th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 7th +1.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 6th +0.6pp 17th 17% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 17th +0.4pp 18th 2% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 10th +0.4pp 19th 9% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 13th -0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 23rd -0.5pp 21st 17% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 22nd 44% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 12th -1.4pp 23rd 4% above peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 29th -0.9pp 24th 33% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 19th -1.8pp 25th 10% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 9th -2.4pp 26th 11% above peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 1st -2.7pp 27th 27% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 21st -2.1pp 28th 13% below peers
Revere, MA 45.5% 27th -4.3pp 29th 27% below peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 2nd -8.9pp 30th 27% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 28th -8.0pp 31st 27% 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 · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,419 in June 2026, up from $3,315 a year earlier.
$3,419
2016June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Youngstown, OH $1,087 (Jun 26) 27th +9.3% 1st 46% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Jun 26) 25th +7.9% 2nd 42% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,267 (Jun 26) 1st +7.5% 3rd 110% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,031 (Jun 26) 15th +5.5% 4th on par with peers
West Allis, WI $1,372 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.2% 5th 32% below peers
Gardena, CA $2,362 (Jun 26) 12th +4.3% 6th 16% above peers
Petaluma, CA $2,927 (Jun 26) 6th +3.9% 7th 44% above peers
Dubuque, IA $1,110 (Jun 26) 26th +3.8% 8th 45% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 9th 94% above peers
Kokomo, IN $1,009 (Jun 26) 28th +3.4% 10th 50% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,730 (Jun 26) 19th +3.4% 11th 15% below peers
Medford, MA $3,419 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.1% 12th 68% above peers
Gilroy, CA $3,082 (Jun 26) 5th +3.1% 13th 52% above peers
Corvallis, OR $1,803 (Jun 26) 18th +2.9% 14th 11% below peers
Towson, MD $1,932 (Jun 26) 16th +2.8% 15th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,545 (Jun 26) 9th +2.7% 16th 25% above peers
Burlington, NC $1,298 (Jun 26) 24th +2.6% 17th 36% below peers
Santee, CA $2,790 (Jun 26) 8th +2.2% 18th 37% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,053 (Jun 26) 14th +1.9% 19th 1% above peers
Madison, AL $1,442 (Jun 26) 20th +1.2% 20th 29% below peers
Revere, MA $2,826 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 21st 39% above peers
Casper, WY $1,363 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.7% 22nd 33% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,467 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 23rd 21% above peers
Margate, FL $2,154 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 24th 6% above peers
Herriman, UT $1,931 (Jun 26) 17th +0.0% 25th 5% below peers
National City, CA $2,472 (Jun 26) 10th -0.0% 26th 22% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,417 (Jun 26) 21st -0.7% 27th 30% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4th 66% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.0% then, 34.3% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.2% to 34.3%).
34.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 35.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 7th -5.9pp 1st 20% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 2nd 40% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 12th -3.0pp 3rd 13% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 13th -2.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 6th -1.4pp 5th 21% below peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 25th -2.0pp 6th 27% above peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 4th -0.2pp 7th 23% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 8th 29% above peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 24th +0.2pp 9th 23% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 10th 46% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 17th +0.3pp 11th 1% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 2nd +0.2pp 12th 36% below peers
Revere, MA 47.6% 27th +0.6pp 13th 37% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 19th +0.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 14th +0.6pp 15th 5% below peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 8th +0.6pp 16th 19% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 11th +0.8pp 17th 15% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 21st +1.3pp 18th 11% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 19th 38% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 20th +1.4pp 20th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 22nd +1.6pp 21st 12% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 22nd 39% above peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 9th +1.6pp 23rd 19% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 23rd +2.6pp 24th 20% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 10th +1.9pp 25th 18% below peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 15th +2.3pp 26th 1% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 5th +2.3pp 27th 23% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 18th +3.2pp 28th 2% above peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 33% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 16th +3.6pp 30th on par with peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 31st 46% 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.0% then, 11.6% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.4% to 11.6%).
11.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 11.7% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Gardena, CA 5.2% 10th -1.6pp 1st 33% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 4th -0.9pp 2nd 60% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 3rd 51% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 4th 145% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 14th -1.1pp 5th 11% below peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 1st -0.2pp 6th 74% below peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 15th -0.6pp 7th 8% below peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 8th -0.3pp 8th 42% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 9th -0.3pp 9th 40% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 10th 338% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 18th -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
National City, CA 10.9% 24th -0.3pp 12th 41% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 27th -0.1pp 13th 117% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 13th -0.0pp 14th 30% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 15th 206% above peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 22nd +0.1pp 16th 25% above peers
Revere, MA 18.4% 28th +0.5pp 17th 137% above peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 11th +0.1pp 18th 33% below peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 31% above peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 26th +0.6pp 20th 50% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 20th +0.6pp 21st 16% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 7th +0.3pp 22nd 44% below peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 21st +1.3pp 23rd 23% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 3rd +0.5pp 24th 61% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 12th +0.8pp 25th 32% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 25th +1.9pp 26th 47% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 19th +1.5pp 27th 6% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 16th +1.5pp 28th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 17th +1.9pp 29th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 5th +1.2pp 30th 54% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 2nd +2.5pp 31st 63% 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.5% then, 3.4% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.2% to 3.4%).
3.4%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 2.5% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Herriman, UT 2.8% 4th -2.3pp 1st 47% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 8th -2.0pp 2nd 35% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 25th -5.1pp 3rd 68% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 12th -2.4pp 4th 19% below peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 26th -5.3pp 5th 102% above peers
Santee, CA 3.0% 5th -1.2pp 6th 42% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.8% 14th -1.7pp 7th 7% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 10th -1.3pp 8th 27% below peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 28th -2.8pp 9th 107% above peers
Gardena, CA 8.4% 24th -2.1pp 10th 61% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.8% 9th -1.0pp 11th 28% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 12th 56% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 27th -2.5pp 13th 107% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 14th 66% below peers
Kokomo, IN 6.1% 19th -1.1pp 15th 16% above peers
Burlington, NC 11.2% 29th -2.0pp 16th 115% above peers
Hanford, CA 5.6% 17th -0.9pp 17th 7% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 16th -0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.0% 23rd -0.8pp 19th 52% above peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 11th -0.4pp 20th 26% below peers
National City, CA 11.2% 30th -0.3pp 21st 115% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.0pp 22nd 53% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.0% 18th -0.1pp 23rd 16% above peers
Revere, MA 5.1% 15th -0.0pp 24th 3% below peers
Youngstown, OH 6.7% 20th +0.2pp 25th 27% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 31st +0.8pp 26th 128% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 13th +0.3pp 27th 19% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.8% 21st +1.1pp 28th 30% above peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 29th 36% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 22nd +2.1pp 30th 43% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 31st 39% 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 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

23.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 28.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 50% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 40% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 3rd 24% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 17% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 5th 16% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 6th 16% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 7th 12% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 8th 12% below peers
Revere, MA 28.1% 9th 10% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 10th 9% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 11th 8% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 12th 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 13th 7% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 14th 7% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 15th 2% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 16th on par with peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 17th on par with peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 18th 1% above peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 19th 4% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 20th 9% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 21st 16% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 22nd 18% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 23rd 18% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 24th 19% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 25th 20% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 26th 21% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 27th 26% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 28th 32% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 29th 38% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 54% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 2.6% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (0.6% to 2.6%).
2.6%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 1.6% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 78% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 5th -5.3pp 2nd 49% below peers
Herriman, UT 1.6% 7th -4.9pp 3rd 36% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 6th -1.9pp 4th 47% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 8th -2.2pp 5th 35% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 19th -3.7pp 6th 11% above peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 30th -8.0pp 7th 216% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 11th -1.4pp 8th 18% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 29th -3.0pp 9th 139% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 24th -2.1pp 10th 93% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 9th -0.7pp 11th 35% below peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 13th -0.5pp 12th 11% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 28th -1.2pp 13th 130% above peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 15th -0.5pp 14th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 21st +0.1pp 15th 55% above peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 10th +0.1pp 16th 31% below peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 14th +0.1pp 17th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 18th 62% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 27th +0.5pp 19th 118% above peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 18th +0.3pp 20th 9% above peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 12th +0.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 31st +2.3pp 22nd 298% above peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 26th +1.2pp 23rd 114% above peers
Revere, MA 2.6% 16th +1.1pp 24th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 23rd +2.1pp 25th 82% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 26th 61% below peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 25th +2.5pp 27th 105% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 17th +1.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 20th +1.9pp 29th 31% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 22nd +2.6pp 30th 70% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 64% 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53.8% to 59.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp). 16 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 14.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.0% to 59.8%).
59.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 47.3% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 23rd +4.4pp 2nd 29% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 3rd 13% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 9th +7.4pp 4th 22% above peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 19th +5.0pp 5th 15% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 15th +5.5pp 6th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 26th +3.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 20th +4.1pp 8th 16% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 22nd +3.5pp 9th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 14th +4.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 11th 56% below peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 6th +6.0pp 12th 71% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 17th +2.9pp 13th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 8th +3.6pp 14th 22% above peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 4th +5.1pp 15th 84% above peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 7th +3.4pp 16th 25% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 10th +2.9pp 17th 14% above peers
Revere, MA 24.6% 24th +1.7pp 18th 30% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 19th 98% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 21st +1.6pp 20th 16% below peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 21st 135% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 13th +1.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 5th +2.3pp 23rd 75% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 24th 136% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 12th +0.8pp 25th 11% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 16th +0.4pp 26th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 27th 12% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 25th -0.3pp 28th 31% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 28th -0.3pp 29th 48% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 27th -1.0pp 30th 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.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp 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 →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.6% then, 52.1% now; margin ±14.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 18.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.8% to 52.1%).
52.1%
20112024
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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%
Casper, WY 55.5% 9th +16.8pp 1st 17% above peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 7th +13.5pp 2nd 31% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 2nd +15.4pp 3rd 67% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 24th +6.0pp 4th 14% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 5th 35% below peers
Revere, MA 41.7% 21st +5.4pp 6th 12% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 6th +7.8pp 7th 38% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 4th +7.0pp 8th 43% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 23rd +4.0pp 9th 14% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 10th 90% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 5th +3.4pp 11th 38% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 11th +1.4pp 12th 12% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 18th +1.0pp 13th 8% below peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 3rd -0.4pp 14th 46% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 15th -2.2pp 15th 3% above peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 8th -4.2pp 16th 24% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 14th -4.5pp 17th 5% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 10th -6.3pp 18th 12% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 22nd -5.0pp 19th 13% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 20th -8.3pp 20th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 12th -10.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 17th -10.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 13th -12.0pp 23rd 6% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 25th -10.4pp 24th 14% below peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 28th -9.3pp 25th 25% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 26th -12.9pp 26th 18% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 27th -15.0pp 27th 22% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 16th -19.7pp 28th on par with peers
National City, CA 35.0% 29th -15.1pp 29th 27% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 19th -20.7pp 30th 11% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 61% 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.2pp 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 →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.4% then, 1.9% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.8% to 1.9%).
1.9%
20102024
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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
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Madison, AL 1.0% 2nd -1.3pp 2nd 87% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 25th -9.9pp 3rd 19% above peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 10th -2.3pp 4th 43% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 12th -1.8pp 5th 38% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 24th -2.5pp 6th 17% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 13th -1.2pp 7th 38% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 8th 13% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 7th -0.5pp 9th 56% below peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 18th -0.5pp 10th 4% above peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 27th -0.3pp 11th 32% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 6th -0.1pp 12th 67% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 20th -0.1pp 13th 10% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 25% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 15th 45% below peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 28th +2.0pp 16th 50% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 8th +0.8pp 17th 53% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 30th +3.0pp 18th 69% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 16th +2.1pp 19th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 15th +2.2pp 20th 11% below peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 23rd +3.1pp 21st 16% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 19th +2.8pp 22nd 6% above peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 4th +0.9pp 23rd 71% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 24th 39% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 21st +4.3pp 25th 11% above peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 29th +6.2pp 26th 54% above peers
Revere, MA 14.4% 31st +9.7pp 27th 98% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 17th +5.3pp 28th 2% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 26th +7.0pp 29th 29% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 3rd +1.4pp 30th 74% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 5th +2.1pp 31st 68% 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57,637 to 59,354 - more than the combined survey margin (±77). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (56,981 to 59,354).
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Herriman, UT 59,346 10th +48% 1st on par with peers
Madison, AL 60,106 1st +22% 2nd 2% above peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 7th +12% 3rd 1% above peers
Revere, MA 60,012 2nd +12% 4th 1% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 29th +10% 5th 1% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 3rd +9% 6th 1% above peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 26th +6% 7th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 5th +6% 8th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 20th +4% 9th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 21st +4% 10th on par with peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 4th +3% 11th 1% above peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 19th +3% 12th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 31st +3% 13th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 9th +3% 14th on par with peers
Santee, CA 59,332 11th +3% 15th on par with peers
Margate, FL 59,198 14th +2% 16th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 15th +2% 17th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 18th +2% 18th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 27th +1% 19th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 16th +1% 20th on par with peers
Casper, WY 58,839 24th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 8th -0% 22nd on par with peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 6th -1% 23rd 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 17th -2% 24th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 28th -2% 25th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 13th -3% 26th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 30th -3% 27th 1% below peers
National City, CA 58,893 23rd -4% 28th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 22nd -4% 29th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 25th -4% 30th 1% below peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 12th -8% 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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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.7% to 12.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (14.5% to 12.7%).
12.7%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 19.1% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Madison, AL 27.9% 3rd +2.7pp 1st 35% above peers
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 9th +1.5pp 2nd 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 3rd 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 18th +1.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 17th +1.1pp 5th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 11th +1.1pp 6th 11% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 14th +1.0pp 7th 4% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 10th +0.9pp 8th 12% above peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 9th 32% below peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 8th +0.9pp 10th 14% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 25th +0.6pp 11th 16% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.4pp 12th 39% above peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 24th +0.1pp 13th 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 6th +0.1pp 14th 27% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 7th +0.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 22nd -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 16th -0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Revere, MA 19.6% 20th -0.6pp 18th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 26th -0.5pp 19th 19% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 19th -0.7pp 20th 4% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 4th -1.3pp 21st 33% above peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 21st -1.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 15th -1.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 27th -1.5pp 24th 21% below peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 5th -2.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 13th -3.1pp 26th 9% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 23rd -2.8pp 27th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 29th 67% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 12th -3.8pp 30th 10% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 28th -3.1pp 31st 25% 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.5% then, 22.6% now; margin ±10.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.8% to 22.6%).
22.6%
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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
Gardena, CA 43.4% 8th +14.6pp 1st 48% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 12th +10.4pp 2nd 10% above peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 4th +9.2pp 3rd 59% above peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 25th +3.1pp 4th 30% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 20th +3.6pp 5th 19% below peers
Revere, MA 35.5% 11th +4.6pp 6th 21% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 6th +5.1pp 7th 55% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 27th +1.8pp 8th 33% below peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 9th 83% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 14th +2.3pp 10th 4% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 9th +2.5pp 11th 24% above peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 10th +1.3pp 12th 21% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 13th 151% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 26th -0.0pp 14th 32% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 30th -0.1pp 15th 72% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 7th -0.5pp 16th 49% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 13th -1.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 16th -1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 19th -1.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 21st -1.0pp 20th 23% below peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 21st 148% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 22nd 30% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 5th -4.4pp 23rd 59% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 17th -2.8pp 24th 4% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 22nd -2.7pp 25th 28% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 28th -2.5pp 26th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 23rd -3.9pp 27th 29% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 15th -5.9pp 28th 3% above peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 29th -3.8pp 29th 38% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 18th -6.2pp 30th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 31st 79% 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 in single-parent families
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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±8.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.5% then, 83.3% now; margin ±10.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 19.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.1% to 83.3%).
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 75.4% +1.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 25th +15.8pp 1st 6% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 17th +13.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 14th +10.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 4th 19% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 27th +6.3pp 5th 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 6th +7.6pp 6th 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 7th 24% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 10th +7.0pp 8th 7% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 8th +6.3pp 9th 11% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 11th +5.5pp 10th 5% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 19th +4.0pp 11th 1% below peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 5th +3.0pp 12th 16% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 28th +2.3pp 13th 11% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 21st +2.2pp 14th 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 7th +1.8pp 15th 12% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 20th +1.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 29th +1.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 30th +0.5pp 18th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 19th 24% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 24th -0.2pp 21st 5% below peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 23rd -1.7pp 22nd 5% below peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 18th -2.8pp 23rd 1% below peers
Revere, MA 71.2% 13th -3.7pp 24th 2% above peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 16th -5.4pp 25th on par with peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 9th -7.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 22nd -8.0pp 27th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 31st -8.7pp 28th 17% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 12th -12.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 15th -14.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 26th -17.3pp 31st 10% 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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4 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±4.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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