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Weymouth Town, MA
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Weymouth Town, MA

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59,759 people (2025) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Weymouth Town, MA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$102,714
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
$84,942 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
42.8%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
39.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.3%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
87.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.3%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
2.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
79.2%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
63.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.3%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
8.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
67.4%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
67.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
35.2%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
34.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Weymouth Town, MA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
2026
▼ 100%
relative change
2 in 2021
Standing still  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
263 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 42%
relative change
185 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.44
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
0.40 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
80 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
78 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.7%
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
6.3% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.4%
2020-24
▲ 302%
relative change
2.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
593 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
622 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
9.3%
2019-23
▲ 9%
relative change
8.5% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
7.7%
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
6.0% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.0%
2020-24
▲ 83%
relative change
0.5% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
16.4%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
17.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
58,505
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
56,734 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
84.7%
2020-24
high
vs peers
84.4% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
20.5%
2020-24
low
vs peers
22.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 6% higher than in 2021 (230 then, 244 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 301 in 2024 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 263 in July 2026, up from 185 a year earlier.
Needs attention 263 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
San Rafael, CA 296 (Jul 26) -36.9% 1st
Revere, MA 291 (Jul 26) -30.0% 2nd
Medford, MA 142 (Jun 26) -26.7% 3rd
Des Plaines, IL 92 (Jul 26) -25.0% 4th
Petaluma, CA 193 (Jul 26) -20.7% 5th
Grand Forks, ND 255 (Jul 26) -20.6% 6th
Great Falls, MT 510 (Jul 26) -19.8% 7th
Hempstead, NY 336 (Jun 26) -19.3% 8th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 303 (Jan 26) -17.0% 9th
Bozeman, MT 383 (Jun 26) -14.2% 10th
Brookhaven, GA 238 (Jul 26) -13.4% 11th
Midwest City, OK 296 (Jul 26) -10.3% 12th
West Allis, WI 191 (Jul 26) -5.7% 13th
Dubuque, IA 374 (Jul 26) -4.7% 14th
Dearborn Heights, MI 387 (Jul 26) -4.1% 15th
Euless, TX 163 (Jul 26) -2.0% 16th
Youngstown, OH 729 (Aug 25) +1.8% 17th
La Mesa, CA 441 (Jul 26) +2.7% 18th
Lenexa, KS 193 (Jul 26) +7.3% 19th
Texas City, TX 278 (Jul 26) +14.5% 20th
Kokomo, IN 487 (Mar 26) +15.4% 21st
Hoboken, NJ 215 (Jul 26) +21.0% 22nd
Weymouth Town, MA 263 (Jul 26) +42.1% 23rd
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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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 593 in July 2026, down from 622 a year earlier.
Needs attention 593 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lenexa, KS 866 (Jul 26) -34.4% 1st
Petaluma, CA 861 (Jul 26) -32.5% 2nd
San Rafael, CA 1,591 (Jul 26) -30.4% 3rd
Revere, MA 954 (Jul 26) -29.9% 4th
Hempstead, NY 739 (Jun 26) -28.1% 5th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 1,023 (Jan 26) -28.1% 6th
Brookhaven, GA 1,539 (Jul 26) -28.1% 7th
Texas City, TX 1,359 (Jul 26) -18.1% 8th
Bozeman, MT 1,503 (Jun 26) -17.5% 9th
West Allis, WI 1,532 (Jul 26) -15.6% 10th
Hoboken, NJ 1,221 (Jul 26) -15.4% 11th
Dubuque, IA 1,276 (Jul 26) -15.3% 12th
Euless, TX 1,635 (Jul 26) -12.7% 13th
Grand Forks, ND 1,831 (Jul 26) -10.9% 14th
Medford, MA 958 (Jun 26) -9.5% 15th
Des Plaines, IL 813 (Jul 26) -8.8% 16th
Weymouth Town, MA 593 (Jul 26) -4.7% 17th
Kokomo, IN 1,315 (Mar 26) -2.1% 18th
Dearborn Heights, MI 1,187 (Jul 26) +0.3% 19th
Midwest City, OK 2,243 (Jul 26) +1.9% 20th
Youngstown, OH 2,920 (Aug 25) +4.1% 21st
Great Falls, MT 3,588 (Jul 26) +8.1% 22nd
La Mesa, CA 1,521 (Jul 26) +18.2% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Broader trend
Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 15% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in July 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
Needs attention 0 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
La Mesa, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Great Falls, MT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Grand Forks, ND 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Hoboken, NJ 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Lenexa, KS 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
Midwest City, OK 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 6th
Youngstown, OH 14 (Aug 25) -55.6% 7th
Texas City, TX 7 (Jul 26) -33.3% 8th
Dearborn Heights, MI 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Bozeman, MT 2 (Jun 26) +0.0% 10th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) +99.4% 11th
Brookhaven, GA 7 (Jul 26) +100.3% 12th
Hempstead, NY 7 (Jun 26) +100.3% 13th
West Allis, WI 3 (Jul 26) +100.6% 14th
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Petaluma, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Medford, MA 0 (Jun 26)
Euless, TX 2 (Jul 26)
San Rafael, CA 3 (Jul 26)
Revere, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0 (Jan 26)
Dubuque, IA 3 (Jul 26)
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bloomington, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
  • Woodbury, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 2% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 80 in July 2026, up from 78 a year earlier.
Needs attention 80 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lenexa, KS 73 (Jul 26) -59.6% 1st
Euless, TX 97 (Jul 26) -49.1% 2nd
Medford, MA 70 (Jun 26) -41.7% 3rd
Hempstead, NY 105 (Jun 26) -41.1% 4th
Brookhaven, GA 107 (Jul 26) -39.6% 5th
Bozeman, MT 70 (Jun 26) -35.0% 6th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 54 (Jan 26) -34.7% 7th
Dubuque, IA 56 (Jul 26) -31.3% 8th
San Rafael, CA 234 (Jul 26) -30.8% 9th
Midwest City, OK 206 (Jul 26) -18.2% 10th
Dearborn Heights, MI 234 (Jul 26) -17.4% 11th
Texas City, TX 121 (Jul 26) -16.3% 12th
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) -10.3% 13th
Grand Forks, ND 134 (Jul 26) -10.0% 14th
Youngstown, OH 558 (Aug 25) -7.2% 15th
La Mesa, CA 184 (Jul 26) -6.8% 16th
West Allis, WI 211 (Jul 26) -5.9% 17th
Petaluma, CA 109 (Jul 26) -3.0% 18th
Great Falls, MT 191 (Jul 26) -0.9% 19th
Weymouth Town, MA 80 (Jul 26) +2.2% 20th
Des Plaines, IL 107 (Jul 26) +6.8% 21st
Revere, MA 121 (Jul 26) +7.3% 22nd
Hoboken, NJ 63 (Jul 26) +23.3% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $84,942 to $102,714 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,373).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Weymouth Town started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 49% from 2014 to 2024 ($69,099 to $102,714).
Bright spot $102,714
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref $103,960 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 15th +54% 1st on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA $65,132 23rd +47% 2nd 24% below peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 12th +45% 3rd 6% above peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 10th +44% 4th 11% above peers
Montebello, CA $79,971 18th +42% 5th 7% below peers
Texas City, TX $68,776 20th +41% 6th 20% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 9th +40% 7th 14% above peers
Encinitas, CA $162,229 2nd +40% 8th 89% above peers
Revere, MA $86,969 14th +39% 9th 2% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 26th +37% 10th 27% below peers
Great Falls, MT $63,373 25th +35% 11th 26% below peers
Medford, MA $129,540 3rd +34% 12th 51% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 11th +34% 13th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 14th 80% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 19th +31% 15th 18% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA $88,201 13th +30% 16th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA $119,435 4th +30% 17th 39% above peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 21st +29% 18th 21% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 24th +27% 19th 26% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 5th +27% 20th 37% above peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 6th +26% 21st 35% above peers
Euless, TX $82,167 17th +25% 22nd 4% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 1st +22% 23rd 111% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 16th +22% 24th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 22nd +21% 25th 23% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 27th +21% 26th 29% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 8th +21% 27th 20% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 29th +21% 28th 35% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 29th 60% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 7th +19% 30th 21% above peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 28th +15% 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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6 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,950 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.5% in July 2026, unchanged from 4.5% a year earlier.
4.5%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 4.4% (Jul 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Kokomo, IN 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd -2.5pp 1st 16% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th -1.1pp 2nd 22% above peers
Youngstown, OH 6.3% (Jul 26) 27th -0.9pp 3rd 40% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 4th 18% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.6pp 5th 9% below peers
San Rafael, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.6pp 6th 16% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 7th 44% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.6pp 8th 20% above peers
West Allis, WI 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 9th 18% below peers
Dubuque, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 10th 18% below peers
Bozeman, MT 2.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 11th 51% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 12th 33% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 13th 58% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 14th 13% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Revere, MA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.1pp 16th 4% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th +0.0pp 18th 16% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 2.4% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.1pp 19th 47% below peers
Medford, MA 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.1pp 20th 7% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.2% (Jul 26) 26th +0.3pp 22nd 38% above peers
Texas City, TX 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 23rd 36% above peers
Euless, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.4pp 24th 2% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 25th 4% above peers
Margate, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st +1.2pp 27th 11% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 6.4% (Jul 26) 28th +1.5pp 28th 42% 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.0% then, 7.7% now; margin ±1.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 7.7%).
Needs attention 7.7%
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 10.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 12.4%
Des Plaines, IL 6.0% 2nd -2.4pp 1st 50% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.4% 22nd -4.5pp 2nd 19% above peers
Bozeman, MT 13.7% 20th -4.1pp 3rd 13% above peers
Euless, TX 7.8% 7th -2.1pp 4th 35% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.7% 19th -3.2pp 5th 5% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 20.1% 28th -4.9pp 6th 66% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 15.5% 24th -3.0pp 7th 29% above peers
Texas City, TX 16.2% 25th -2.8pp 8th 35% above peers
Montebello, CA 12.1% 18th -1.8pp 9th on par with peers
Medford, MA 7.6% 5th -1.2pp 10th 37% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.3% 9th -1.4pp 11th 15% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.8% 8th -0.9pp 12th 35% below peers
Revere, MA 11.6% 13th -1.2pp 13th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 11.5% 12th -1.1pp 14th 4% below peers
Kokomo, IN 17.1% 27th -1.5pp 15th 42% above peers
San Rafael, CA 11.7% 15th -0.5pp 16th 3% below peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 3rd -0.2pp 17th 46% below peers
West Allis, WI 11.5% 11th -0.4pp 18th 5% below peers
Margate, FL 12.1% 16th -0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 14.5% 23rd -0.2pp 20th 20% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 54.7% 31st -0.4pp 21st 353% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 1st +0.2pp 22nd 55% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.3% 30th +2.1pp 23rd 209% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.1% 17th +1.2pp 24th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 16.5% 26th +1.7pp 25th 37% above peers
Encinitas, CA 7.4% 4th +0.9pp 26th 39% below peers
Lacey, WA 11.6% 14th +1.5pp 27th 4% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 10.3% 10th +1.5pp 28th 14% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.9% 29th +3.3pp 29th 82% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 6th +1.7pp 30th 36% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.1% 21st +3.7pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.6% then, 7.3% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 7.3%).
Bright spot 7.3%
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%
Euless, TX 7.6% 7th -5.3pp 1st 51% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 1st -2.6pp 2nd 70% below peers
Texas City, TX 20.8% 23rd -10.6pp 3rd 35% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 3rd -3.2pp 4th 56% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 2nd -2.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 16th -6.1pp 6th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 10th -4.4pp 7th 26% below peers
Revere, MA 14.3% 13th -3.6pp 8th 7% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 17th -4.0pp 9th 3% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 24th -5.2pp 10th 43% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 27th -5.6pp 11th 57% above peers
Montebello, CA 18.7% 21st -3.8pp 12th 22% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 5th -1.4pp 13th 54% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 6th -1.3pp 14th 53% below peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 11th -2.1pp 15th 22% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 30.1% 28th -4.2pp 16th 96% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 17th 243% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 18th 382% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 26th +0.9pp 19th 53% above peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 15th +0.6pp 20th 5% below peers
San Rafael, CA 18.6% 20th +1.0pp 21st 21% above peers
Great Falls, MT 19.3% 22nd +1.2pp 22nd 25% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 14th +1.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 4th +0.6pp 24th 55% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 12.3% 12th +1.4pp 25th 20% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 8th +1.1pp 26th 39% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 29th +4.0pp 27th 109% above peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 18th +4.4pp 28th 9% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 19th +6.5pp 29th 20% above peers
Encinitas, CA 11.0% 9th +4.5pp 30th 29% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 25th +11.5pp 31st 45% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.6% to 92.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Weymouth Town started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 7.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.1% to 92.3%).
Bright spot 92.3%
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 7% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 10% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 23rd +12.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 90.3% 21st +12.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 86.9% 29th +12.2pp 5th 5% below peers
Montebello, CA 89.6% 25th +12.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Texas City, TX 91.7% 15th +11.9pp 7th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 17th +11.4pp 8th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 91.3% 18th +11.3pp 9th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 27th +10.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 19th +11.1pp 11th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 12th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 16th +10.8pp 13th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 8th +10.3pp 14th 3% above peers
Revere, MA 89.8% 24th +8.3pp 15th 2% below peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 22nd +8.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 26th +7.6pp 17th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 3rd +7.6pp 18th 6% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 28th +6.8pp 19th 4% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 20th +6.2pp 20th 1% below peers
San Rafael, CA 94.7% 7th +5.6pp 21st 3% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 13th +4.7pp 22nd 1% above peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 2nd +4.9pp 23rd 6% above peers
Euless, TX 95.5% 6th +4.4pp 24th 4% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 9th +4.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Encinitas, CA 96.4% 4th +3.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 14th +3.1pp 27th 1% above peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 10th +3.0pp 28th 3% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 11th +2.4pp 29th 2% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 5th +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 12th +1.1pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.40 to 0.44 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.41 to 0.44).
Needs attention 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
Encinitas, CA 0.46 22nd -0.034 1st 4% above peers
Margate, FL 0.43 9th -0.028 2nd 3% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 4th -0.023 3rd 9% below peers
Texas City, TX 0.45 17th -0.023 4th 1% above peers
Great Falls, MT 0.46 20th -0.022 5th 3% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 25th -0.018 6th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 7th 38% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 26th -0.015 8th 7% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 10th -0.014 9th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 29th -0.013 10th 11% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 0.41 3rd -0.010 11th 9% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 8th -0.008 12th 3% below peers
Euless, TX 0.40 2nd -0.007 13th 11% below peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 7th -0.006 14th 4% below peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 1st -0.005 15th 14% below peers
Revere, MA 0.45 19th -0.001 16th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 16th +0.001 17th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 0.44 11th +0.002 18th 2% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 24th +0.003 19th 5% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 18th +0.007 20th 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 5th +0.007 21st 6% below peers
San Rafael, CA 0.51 30th +0.012 22nd 15% above peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 28th +0.013 23rd 9% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 23rd +0.020 24th 4% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 21st +0.021 25th 4% above peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 6th +0.023 26th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 27th +0.028 27th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 13th +0.027 28th 1% below peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 14th +0.031 29th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 0.44 12th +0.038 30th 1% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 15th +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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (8.5% then, 9.3% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.2% to 9.3%).
Needs attention 9.3%
20102023
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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 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
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 16th -6.0pp 1st on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 8th -2.6pp 2nd 33% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 9th -2.6pp 3rd 33% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 4th -1.5pp 4th 57% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 15th -2.9pp 5th 10% below peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 19th -3.1pp 6th 24% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 2nd -0.5pp 7th 80% below peers
Texas City, TX 17.6% 25th -2.9pp 8th 62% above peers
Encinitas, CA 2.0% 1st -0.3pp 9th 81% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 5th -1.0pp 10th 42% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 21.5% 29th -3.0pp 11th 98% above peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 3rd -0.5pp 12th 69% below peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 11th -0.6pp 13th 24% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 12th -0.6pp 14th 21% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 15th 234% above peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 16th 93% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 21st +0.9pp 17th 33% above peers
Great Falls, MT 12.5% 18th +0.9pp 18th 15% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 14th +0.8pp 19th 15% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 27th +1.8pp 20th 78% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 22nd +1.4pp 21st 41% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 17th +1.2pp 22nd 11% above peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 23rd +2.5pp 23rd 46% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 24th 384% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 13th +1.7pp 25th 21% below peers
San Rafael, CA 6.5% 6th +1.7pp 26th 41% below peers
Revere, MA 17.9% 26th +4.7pp 27th 65% above peers
Montebello, CA 17.4% 24th +5.7pp 28th 60% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 7th +2.3pp 29th 37% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 14.3% 20th +5.1pp 30th 32% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 10th +3.6pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.0% then, 67.4% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.9% to 67.4%).
Bright spot 67.4%
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 62.5% +0.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 23rd +6.6pp 1st 16% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 22nd +6.1pp 2nd 15% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 2nd +7.2pp 3rd 37% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 12th +4.0pp 4th 12% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 18th +3.4pp 5th 1% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 24th +2.8pp 6th 17% below peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 25th +2.7pp 7th 18% below peers
San Rafael, CA 53.0% 20th +3.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Great Falls, MT 66.1% 8th +3.5pp 9th 18% above peers
Encinitas, CA 66.5% 7th +3.2pp 10th 18% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 3rd +2.8pp 11th 30% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 28th +1.6pp 12th 20% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 1st +2.7pp 13th 39% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 70.5% 4th +2.3pp 14th 25% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 21st +1.6pp 15th 6% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 16th 40% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 13th +1.6pp 17th 3% above peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 9th +1.7pp 18th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 16th +1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 17th +0.6pp 20th on par with peers
Texas City, TX 56.5% 15th +0.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 6th +0.4pp 22nd 20% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 11th -0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 36.6% 30th -0.5pp 24th 35% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 10th -1.4pp 25th 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 5th -1.7pp 26th 25% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 19th -2.1pp 27th 4% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 14th -4.1pp 28th 1% above peers
Revere, MA 45.5% 26th -4.3pp 29th 19% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 29th -4.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 27th -8.0pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.9% then, 35.2% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.6% to 35.2%).
Bright spot 35.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 35.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 2nd -5.9pp 1st 23% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 50.0% 31st -6.7pp 2nd 38% above peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 3rd 35% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 7th -3.0pp 4th 17% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 11th -2.0pp 5th 11% below peers
Encinitas, CA 35.5% 14th -2.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 21st -1.9pp 7th 8% above peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 25th -1.9pp 8th 24% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 10th -1.3pp 9th 11% below peers
Great Falls, MT 28.0% 3rd -1.2pp 10th 23% below peers
Montebello, CA 46.3% 26th -1.4pp 11th 28% above peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 1st +0.0pp 12th 29% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 13th +0.3pp 13th 3% below peers
Revere, MA 47.6% 27th +0.6pp 14th 31% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 15th +0.5pp 15th 2% below peers
San Rafael, CA 43.9% 24th +0.7pp 16th 21% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 8th +0.5pp 17th 13% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 41.2% 23rd +0.8pp 18th 13% above peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 4th +0.6pp 19th 22% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 20th +1.3pp 20th 7% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 21st 33% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 18th +1.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 23rd 34% above peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 5th +1.6pp 24th 22% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 22nd +2.5pp 25th 8% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 6th +1.9pp 26th 21% below peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 12th +2.3pp 27th 5% below peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 9th +2.6pp 28th 13% below peers
Texas City, TX 38.0% 19th +4.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 16th +5.0pp 30th on par with peers
Euless, TX 36.6% 17th +6.6pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal)
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What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.3% then, 7.7% now; margin ±2.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 7.7%).
Needs attention 7.7%
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 11.7% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Encinitas, CA 3.0% 1st -2.4pp 1st 57% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 12th -1.9pp 2nd 13% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 4th -0.9pp 3rd 45% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 4th 169% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 13th -1.1pp 5th 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 16th -1.0pp 6th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 7.5% 18th -0.6pp 7th 7% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 8th 381% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 11th -0.3pp 9th 15% below peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 20th -0.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 9th -0.2pp 11th 20% below peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 27th -0.1pp 12th 138% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 5th -0.0pp 13th 44% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 8th -0.0pp 14th 23% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 15th 236% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 6th +0.0pp 16th 40% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.8% 24th +0.1pp 17th 39% above peers
Revere, MA 18.4% 28th +0.5pp 18th 160% above peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 7th +0.1pp 19th 26% below peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 25th +0.3pp 20th 44% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 15th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Texas City, TX 7.0% 14th +0.3pp 22nd 1% below peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 26th +0.6pp 23rd 65% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 10th +0.3pp 24th 15% below peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 23rd +1.3pp 25th 35% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 21st +1.5pp 26th 17% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 19th +1.5pp 27th 10% above peers
San Rafael, CA 8.7% 22nd +1.8pp 28th 23% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 7.4% 17th +1.6pp 29th 5% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Euless, TX 3.5% 2nd +1.4pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.9% then, 2.3% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.5% to 2.3%).
Bright spot 2.3%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 2.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.5% 5th -3.2pp 1st 48% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.5% 4th -2.1pp 2nd 49% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 22nd -5.0pp 3rd 31% above peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 25th -5.3pp 4th 58% above peers
Bozeman, MT 6.3% 14th -2.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 5.0% 10th -1.7pp 6th 26% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.8% 6th -1.2pp 7th 43% below peers
Hempstead, NY 11.0% 27th -2.9pp 8th 63% above peers
La Mesa, CA 4.9% 9th -1.2pp 9th 27% below peers
Dubuque, IA 3.9% 7th -1.0pp 10th 43% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 1st -0.5pp 11th 66% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.4% 24th -1.9pp 12th 55% above peers
Kokomo, IN 6.2% 13th -1.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 19th -1.3pp 14th 5% above peers
Texas City, TX 16.7% 31st -2.5pp 15th 148% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 28th -1.7pp 16th 100% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.1% 20th -0.8pp 17th 20% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 21st -0.8pp 18th 28% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 15.4% 29th -1.2pp 19th 129% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 8.9% 23rd -0.3pp 20th 32% above peers
Montebello, CA 10.8% 26th -0.3pp 21st 61% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.7% 16th -0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.5% 15th -0.1pp 23rd 4% below peers
Revere, MA 5.1% 11th -0.0pp 24th 25% below peers
Youngstown, OH 6.9% 18th +0.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Euless, TX 15.5% 30th +1.1pp 26th 131% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 8th +0.3pp 27th 36% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.9% 17th +1.1pp 28th 2% above peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 3rd +0.9pp 29th 49% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 2nd +1.0pp 30th 52% below peers
Lacey, WA 5.8% 12th +1.8pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

28.7%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 28.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Encinitas, CA 23.2% 1st 28% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 2nd 27% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 3rd 26% below peers
San Rafael, CA 25.7% 4th 21% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 5th 19% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 6th 18% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 7th 16% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 8th 15% below peers
Revere, MA 28.1% 9th 13% below peers
Montebello, CA 28.2% 10th 13% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 11th 13% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 12th 11% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 13th 11% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 29.9% 14th 8% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 15th 1% below peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 16th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 17th 6% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 34.4% 18th 6% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 8% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 20th 9% above peers
Euless, TX 35.9% 21st 11% above peers
Great Falls, MT 36.2% 22nd 12% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 23rd 14% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 24th 15% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 16% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 26th 26% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 27% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 28th 33% above peers
Texas City, TX 45.3% 29th 40% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 48% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.5% then, 1.0% now; margin ±1.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 1.0%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 1.6% +0.3pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 81% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 57% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 16th -5.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 4th 61% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 7th -2.2pp 5th 45% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 28th -8.0pp 6th 166% above peers
San Rafael, CA 1.8% 8th -1.0pp 7th 42% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 23rd -2.1pp 8th 62% above peers
Encinitas, CA 1.8% 9th -0.4pp 9th 39% below peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 10th -0.5pp 10th 25% below peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 11th -0.5pp 11th 16% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 27th -1.1pp 12th 143% above peers
Great Falls, MT 3.5% 19th -0.1pp 13th 16% above peers
Texas City, TX 10.7% 29th -0.4pp 14th 251% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 2.6% 13th +0.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 20th +0.1pp 16th 30% above peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 17th 68% below peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 15th +0.3pp 18th 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 14th +0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 6.4% 25th +1.5pp 20th 109% above peers
Euless, TX 14.9% 31st +3.6pp 21st 389% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 30th +3.0pp 22nd 308% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 26th +2.2pp 23rd 142% above peers
Montebello, CA 4.6% 21st +1.4pp 24th 50% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 17th +1.4pp 25th 6% above peers
Revere, MA 2.6% 12th +1.1pp 26th 16% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 24th +2.5pp 27th 84% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 22nd +2.1pp 28th 54% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 29th 67% below peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 18th +1.9pp 30th 10% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.2% to 42.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp).

Broader trend
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Weymouth Town started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.0% to 42.8%).
Bright spot 42.8%
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
Florence-Graham, CA 7.4% 30th +2.0pp 1st 78% below peers
Texas City, TX 20.0% 25th +5.0pp 2nd 41% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 16.4% 28th +3.4pp 3rd 52% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 19th +4.4pp 4th 28% below peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 17th +5.0pp 5th 13% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 26th +2.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 24th +3.2pp 7th 37% below peers
Montebello, CA 22.9% 23rd +3.2pp 8th 33% below peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 29th +1.9pp 9th 55% below peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 5th +6.0pp 10th 75% above peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 12th +4.0pp 11th 17% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 22nd +2.3pp 12th 30% below peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 4th +6.4pp 13th 91% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 21st +2.3pp 14th 30% below peers
Great Falls, MT 27.8% 18th +2.4pp 15th 18% below peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 16th +2.9pp 16th on par with peers
Encinitas, CA 67.7% 3rd +5.7pp 17th 98% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 9th +3.6pp 18th 26% above peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 8th +3.4pp 19th 28% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 11th +2.9pp 20th 17% above peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 10th +2.8pp 21st 19% above peers
Revere, MA 24.6% 20th +1.7pp 22nd 28% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 2nd +3.4pp 23rd 108% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 14th +1.5pp 24th 11% above peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 6th +2.2pp 25th 69% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 142% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 13th +0.8pp 27th 14% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 15th +0.3pp 28th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 27th -0.3pp 29th 47% below peers
San Rafael, CA 49.7% 7th -2.5pp 30th 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.8% then, 79.2% now; margin ±18.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 15.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.9% to 79.2%).
Bright spot 79.2%
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 55.4% -4.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Texas City, TX 39.8% 23rd +16.1pp 1st 16% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 49.9% 14th +15.1pp 2nd 5% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 49.2% 15th +12.6pp 3rd 3% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 2nd +18.3pp 4th 77% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 10th +11.2pp 5th 14% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 4th +14.8pp 6th 53% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 3rd +15.4pp 7th 67% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 18th +7.7pp 8th 11% below peers
Montebello, CA 42.2% 20th +6.1pp 9th 11% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 10th 35% below peers
Revere, MA 41.7% 21st +5.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 7th +7.8pp 12th 38% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 13th 43% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 14th 90% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 11th +1.4pp 15th 12% above peers
San Rafael, CA 65.8% 6th -0.2pp 16th 38% above peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 8th -4.2pp 17th 24% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 13th -3.7pp 18th 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 22nd -5.0pp 19th 13% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 12th -10.5pp 20th 10% above peers
Encinitas, CA 55.3% 9th -12.6pp 21st 16% above peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 27th -9.3pp 22nd 25% below peers
Great Falls, MT 35.1% 28th -10.5pp 23rd 26% below peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 29th -10.5pp 24th 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 24th -12.9pp 25th 18% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 26th -15.0pp 26th 22% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 16th -19.7pp 27th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 25th -16.3pp 28th 19% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 17th -20.7pp 29th 11% below peers
Euless, TX 42.2% 19th -20.8pp 30th 11% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
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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 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±12.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.3% then, 9.4% now; margin ±7.1pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.1% to 9.4%).
Needs attention 9.4%
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
Pico Rivera, CA 4.8% 12th -22.4pp 2nd 25% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 6th -3.7pp 3rd 49% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 14th -5.1pp 4th 6% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 9th -2.3pp 5th 36% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.7% 13th -2.2pp 6th 11% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.7% 3rd -0.5pp 7th 74% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 23rd -2.5pp 8th 32% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 5th -0.8pp 9th 55% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 11th -1.2pp 10th 30% below peers
Texas City, TX 8.3% 21st -1.8pp 11th 29% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.1% 24th -1.9pp 12th 42% above peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 17th -0.5pp 13th 18% above peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 26th -0.3pp 14th 49% above peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 20th -0.1pp 15th 24% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 16th -0.0pp 16th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 7.8% 19th +0.2pp 17th 21% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 2nd +0.1pp 18th 84% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 8th +0.3pp 19th 38% below peers
Great Falls, MT 8.4% 22nd +0.8pp 20th 30% above peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 21st 155% above peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 15th +1.1pp 22nd 2% below peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 7th +0.8pp 23rd 46% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 28th +3.0pp 24th 91% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 18th +2.8pp 25th 20% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 27th +4.6pp 26th 85% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 10th +2.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 29th +7.2pp 28th 105% above peers
Revere, MA 14.4% 30th +9.7pp 29th 124% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 25th +7.0pp 30th 46% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 4th +1.4pp 31st 71% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56,734 to 58,505 - more than the combined survey margin (±43).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (54,815 to 58,505).
Big move 58,505
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 30th +20% 1st 5% below peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 29th +17% 2nd 2% below peers
Texas City, TX 55,364 31st +14% 3rd 6% below peers
Revere, MA 60,012 10th +12% 4th 1% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 1st +11% 5th 4% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 23rd +10% 6th 1% below peers
Euless, TX 60,421 7th +8% 7th 2% above peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 25th +8% 8th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 28th +7% 9th 2% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 26th +7% 10th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 22nd +6% 11th 1% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 19th +4% 12th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 24th +3% 13th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 12th +3% 14th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 60,433 6th +3% 15th 2% above peers
Great Falls, MT 60,329 8th +3% 16th 2% above peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 4th +2% 17th 3% above peers
Margate, FL 59,198 15th +2% 18th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 27th +2% 19th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 16th +2% 20th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 18th +2% 21st on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 11th -1% 23rd 1% above peers
Encinitas, CA 61,480 2nd -2% 24th 4% above peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 14th -3% 25th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 61,045 3rd -3% 26th 3% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 20th -4% 27th on par with peers
Pico Rivera, CA 60,272 9th -4% 28th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 21st -4% 29th 1% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 60,690 5th -8% 30th 3% above peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 13th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.9% to 16.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.3% to 16.4%).
Big move 16.4%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 19.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 11th +1.5pp 1st 5% above peers
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 5th +1.5pp 2nd 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 28th +0.9pp 3rd 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 17th +1.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Euless, TX 24.2% 4th +1.2pp 5th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 7th +1.1pp 6th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 2nd +1.2pp 7th 24% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 25th +0.6pp 8th 16% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 10th +0.7pp 9th 9% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 6th +0.7pp 10th 12% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 3rd +0.7pp 11th 22% above peers
Encinitas, CA 20.6% 16th +0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 23rd -0.2pp 13th 6% below peers
Great Falls, MT 21.4% 12th -0.4pp 14th 4% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 15th -0.5pp 15th on par with peers
Revere, MA 19.6% 21st -0.6pp 16th 5% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 29th -0.4pp 17th 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 19th -0.7pp 18th 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 22nd -1.0pp 19th 6% below peers
Texas City, TX 22.8% 8th -1.6pp 20th 11% above peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 13th -1.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 20.8% 14th -1.9pp 22nd 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 26th -1.5pp 23rd 21% below peers
Montebello, CA 20.4% 18th -2.0pp 24th 1% below peers
San Rafael, CA 19.7% 20th -2.3pp 25th 5% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 30th -1.6pp 26th 36% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 28.0% 1st -3.8pp 27th 36% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 24th -2.8pp 28th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 29th 39% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 9th -3.8pp 30th 10% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 27th -3.1pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.3% then, 20.5% now; margin ±7.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.8% to 20.5%).
Big move 20.5%
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 28.6% +0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 17th +7.4pp 1st 2% below peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 10th +8.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 5th +9.2pp 3rd 54% above peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 6th +7.6pp 4th 52% above peers
Revere, MA 35.5% 13th +4.6pp 5th 17% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 11th +4.6pp 6th 22% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 48.5% 4th +5.9pp 7th 60% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 7th +4.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 9th 77% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 12th +2.5pp 10th 20% above peers
Pico Rivera, CA 28.9% 18th +1.6pp 11th 5% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 12th 142% above peers
Euless, TX 34.6% 15th +0.3pp 13th 14% above peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 19th +0.1pp 14th 5% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 26th -0.0pp 15th 34% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 9th -0.5pp 16th 45% above peers
Great Falls, MT 34.7% 14th -1.3pp 17th 15% above peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 22nd -1.0pp 18th 25% below peers
Texas City, TX 44.9% 8th -3.3pp 19th 49% above peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 20th 140% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 25th -1.8pp 21st 32% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 20th -2.8pp 22nd 7% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 24th -2.7pp 23rd 30% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 28th -2.5pp 24th 39% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 16th -5.9pp 25th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 21st -6.2pp 26th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 30th -4.7pp 27th 46% below peers
San Rafael, CA 22.4% 23rd -7.5pp 28th 26% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 27th -6.6pp 29th 38% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 29th -7.3pp 30th 40% below peers
Encinitas, CA 13.2% 31st -6.7pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (84.4% then, 84.7% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 11.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.2% to 84.7%).
Big move 84.7%
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 75.4% +1.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lacey, WA 61.8% 27th +13.9pp 1st 14% below peers
Texas City, TX 80.1% 7th +13.9pp 2nd 12% above peers
San Rafael, CA 75.6% 13th +12.3pp 3rd 6% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 31st +7.7pp 4th 25% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 9th +10.7pp 5th 10% above peers
Montebello, CA 75.4% 14th +9.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 5th +10.3pp 7th 16% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 8th 16% above peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 8th +7.6pp 9th 10% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 10th 21% above peers
Encinitas, CA 78.4% 10th +6.4pp 11th 9% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 61.8% 26th +4.0pp 12th 14% below peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 19th +4.0pp 13th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 6th +3.3pp 14th 12% above peers
Great Falls, MT 70.5% 18th +2.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 25th +2.3pp 16th 13% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 20th +2.2pp 17th 6% below peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 11th +1.8pp 18th 9% above peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 19th 21% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 18% above peers
Euless, TX 74.9% 15th +0.3pp 21st 5% above peers
Revere, MA 71.2% 17th -3.7pp 22nd 1% below peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 30th -4.2pp 23rd 19% below peers
Pico Rivera, CA 67.2% 22nd -5.9pp 24th 6% below peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 12th -7.0pp 25th 8% above peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 28th -5.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 21st -8.0pp 27th 6% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 29th -8.7pp 28th 19% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 23rd -9.7pp 29th 12% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 16th -12.7pp 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 24th -17.3pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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