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Worcester, MA
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Worcester, MA

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213,862 people (2025) 100k-250k Northeast

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Worcester, MA shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$70,102
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
$48,139 in 2019
Real improvement  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,569 /100k
2023
▼ 29%
relative change
2,224 in 2018
Real, sustained progress  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
153 /100k
2023
▼ 19%
relative change
190 in 2018
Real, sustained progress  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
35.2%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
30.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
16.1%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
18.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.3%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
27.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.2%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
80.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.7%
2020-24
▲ 44%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Worcester, MA shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.4%
2020-24
▲ 110%
relative change
1.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.9%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
2.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.7%
2020-24
▼ 26%
relative change
49.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
26.8%
2019-23
▲ 21%
relative change
22.2% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
2 /100k
2023
▲ 18%
relative change
2 in 2018
Rising, the wrong way  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
42.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
41.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
43.6%
2020-24
flat
relative change
43.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
19.6%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
20.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 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 →
Population
207,055
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
185,143 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$345,745
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$337,156 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Home value
Typical home value
$435,944
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$429,082 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,130
Aug 2026
high
vs peers
$2,122 a year earlier
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.6%
2020-24
low
vs peers
18.8% 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 Improving, unverified
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2023, faster than 53% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Broader trend
Improving faster than 53% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
654 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 16 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Sioux Falls, SD 363 (Feb 26) -29.6% 1st
Fremont, CA 173 (Jan 25) -20.1% 2nd
Amarillo, TX 541 (Mar 26) -15.2% 3rd
Spokane, WA 534 (Apr 26) -12.9% 4th
Knoxville, TN 621 (Jul 26) -12.9% 5th
Fayetteville, NC 577 (Jul 26) -12.1% 6th
San Bernardino, CA 898 (May 25) -9.4% 7th
Little Rock, AR 1,448 (Jul 26) -8.9% 8th
Oxnard, CA 540 (Jul 26) -6.2% 9th
Salt Lake City, UT 743 (May 26) -2.1% 10th
Baton Rouge, LA 1,413 (Jul 26) -1.4% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 863 (Jul 26) -0.5% 12th
Peoria, AZ 254 (Apr 26) +2.6% 13th
Des Moines, IA 658 (Jul 26) +3.9% 14th
Grand Prairie, TX 224 (Jul 26) +13.3% 15th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Charleston, SC down about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Garland, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2023, faster than 72% of similar-size cities. Worcester started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Broader trend
Improving faster than 72% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
Bright spot 1,569 per 100k
2018May 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%
Oxnard, CA 1,280 (Jul 26) -32.0% 1st
Rochester, NY 2,531 (Jun 26) -25.9% 2nd
Sioux Falls, SD 2,316 (Feb 26) -24.5% 3rd
Des Moines, IA 2,372 (Jul 26) -22.9% 4th
Fremont, CA 2,167 (Jan 25) -22.6% 5th
Knoxville, TN 2,003 (Jul 26) -20.8% 6th
Tacoma, WA 3,552 (Jul 26) -20.7% 7th
San Bernardino, CA 2,680 (May 25) -13.8% 8th
Amarillo, TX 2,243 (Mar 26) -12.8% 9th
Baton Rouge, LA 4,432 (Jul 26) -12.5% 10th
Spokane, WA 4,207 (Apr 26) -12.0% 11th
Grand Prairie, TX 1,231 (Jul 26) -11.7% 12th
Little Rock, AR 4,061 (Jul 26) -10.8% 13th
Salt Lake City, UT 4,493 (May 26) -10.6% 14th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,142 (Jul 26) -10.3% 15th
Fontana, CA 1,092 (Jul 26) -9.6% 16th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 17th
Fayetteville, NC 2,720 (Jul 26) -5.0% 18th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% 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 Worsening, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicide is about 18% higher than in 2018 (2 then, 2 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 5 in 2020 it has fallen each year since.

Broader trend
Worsening faster than 83% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
Needs attention 2 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%
Rochester, NY 9 (Jun 26) -50.0% 1st
Oxnard, CA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 2nd
Fayetteville, NC 11 (Jul 26) -42.1% 3rd
Fontana, CA 3 (Jul 26) -41.7% 4th
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.5% 5th
Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -36.2% 6th
Mobile, AL 14 (Jul 26) -34.1% 7th
Amarillo, TX 5 (Mar 26) -21.6% 8th
San Bernardino, CA 11 (May 25) -16.7% 9th
Fremont, CA 2 (Jan 25) -16.6% 10th
Spokane, WA 5 (Apr 26) -15.4% 11th
Baton Rouge, LA 31 (Jul 26) -9.3% 12th
Tacoma, WA 8 (Jul 26) +5.6% 13th
Salt Lake City, UT 5 (May 26) +25.1% 14th
Grand Rapids, MI 7 (Jul 26) +25.2% 15th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +29.9% 16th
Des Moines, IA 4 (Jul 26) +33.2% 17th
Grand Prairie, TX 3 (Jul 26) +133.6% 18th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 19th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sterling Heights, MI
  • Boise, ID down about 75% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft is about 19% lower than in 2018 (190 then, 153 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 218 in 2020 it has fallen each year since.

Broader trend
Improving slower than 56% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
Bright spot 153 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Rochester, NY 630 (Jun 26) -42.9% 1st
Sioux Falls, SD 251 (Feb 26) -42.4% 2nd
Spokane, WA 287 (Apr 26) -37.3% 3rd
Oxnard, CA 225 (Jul 26) -35.4% 4th
Des Moines, IA 329 (Jul 26) -33.3% 5th
Grand Prairie, TX 159 (Jul 26) -29.8% 6th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 7th
Knoxville, TN 227 (Jul 26) -28.4% 8th
Grand Rapids, MI 217 (Jul 26) -26.6% 9th
Fayetteville, NC 258 (Jul 26) -26.2% 10th
Tacoma, WA 679 (Jul 26) -25.2% 11th
Salt Lake City, UT 329 (May 26) -24.8% 12th
Baton Rouge, LA 575 (Jul 26) -19.0% 13th
Little Rock, AR 300 (Jul 26) -16.7% 14th
Fontana, CA 204 (Jul 26) -15.7% 15th
Amarillo, TX 215 (Mar 26) -13.0% 16th
Fremont, CA 523 (Jan 25) -11.9% 17th
San Bernardino, CA 712 (May 25) -4.3% 18th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 46% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $48,139 to $70,102 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,992).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Worcester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 52% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,105 to $70,102).
Bright spot $70,102
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%
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 19th +47% 1st 4% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 16th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 4th +41% 3rd 47% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 7th +41% 4th 33% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 17th +39% 5th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 18th +38% 6th 1% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 8th +38% 7th 23% above peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 8th 159% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 23rd +35% 9th 17% below peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 12th +35% 10th 14% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 28th +34% 11th 23% below peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 31st +33% 12th 33% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 5th +32% 13th 37% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 11th +32% 14th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 9th +31% 15th 19% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 27th +30% 16th 21% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 24th +30% 17th 17% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 15th +28% 18th 6% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 6th +27% 19th 37% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 13th +27% 20th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 29th +27% 21st 24% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 26th +26% 22nd 18% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 25th +25% 23rd 17% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 21st +25% 24th 6% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 14th +24% 25th 7% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 2nd +23% 26th 76% above peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 20th +23% 27th 6% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 22nd +22% 28th 10% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 3rd +21% 29th 50% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 10th +21% 30th 16% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 30th +12% 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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 46 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,389 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.6 percentage points higher than in 2022 (4.0% then, 4.6% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3.6% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb 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: 4.9% in July 2026, down from 5.1% a year earlier.
4.9%
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
San Bernardino, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 25th -0.9pp 1st 23% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 2nd 2% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 3rd 19% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st -0.8pp 4th 8% above peers
Fontana, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 19th -0.6pp 5th 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.6pp 6th 23% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th -0.6pp 7th 40% above peers
Spokane, WA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 8th 27% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th -0.5pp 9th 6% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 4.6% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 10th 4% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -0.4pp 12th 25% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 13th 29% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.4pp 14th 13% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 15th 17% below peers
Worcester, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 17th 29% below peers
Little Rock, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th -0.1pp 18th 8% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 19th 60% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 20th 17% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.7% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Tacoma, WA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.4pp 22nd 13% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 15th +0.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 24th 27% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th +0.6pp 25th 19% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th +0.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th +0.8pp 27th 15% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 13th +0.8pp 28th 4% below 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.0% then, 19.6% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.0% to 19.6%).
Needs attention 19.6%
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%
San Bernardino, CA 18.6% 23rd -7.4pp 1st 35% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 6th -3.0pp 2nd 28% below peers
Spokane, WA 13.8% 15th -3.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 7th -2.5pp 4th 26% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 8th -2.7pp 5th 20% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 9th -2.8pp 6th 15% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.6% 14th -3.0pp 7th 2% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 19th -3.5pp 8th 22% above peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 27th -4.1pp 9th 46% above peers
Tacoma, WA 12.4% 12th -2.2pp 10th 10% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 26th -3.0pp 11th 45% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.3% 13th -1.8pp 12th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 22nd -2.3pp 13th 33% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 14th 101% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 29th -2.7pp 15th 71% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 3rd -0.8pp 16th 46% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 17.7% 21st -1.6pp 17th 28% above peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 24th -1.6pp 18th 38% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 5th -0.8pp 19th 30% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 16th -1.1pp 20th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 14.9% 17th -1.1pp 21st 8% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 28th -1.2pp 22nd 46% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 25th -0.4pp 23rd 42% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.2% 11th -0.1pp 24th 12% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% 30th +0.9pp 25th 86% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 18th +0.7pp 26th 14% above peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 20th +0.9pp 27th 26% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% 10th +0.7pp 28th 13% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 4th +0.9pp 29th 39% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 59% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 1st +0.9pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.0% to 23.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Worcester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.3% to 23.3%).
Bright spot 23.3%
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%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 7th -7.2pp 1st 31% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 6th -6.5pp 2nd 37% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 25th -12.1pp 3rd 36% above peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 9th -6.4pp 4th 23% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 8th -5.7pp 5th 29% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 22nd -9.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 14th -4.5pp 7th 10% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 20th -5.9pp 8th 21% above peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 13th -4.2pp 9th 13% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 12th -3.9pp 10th 15% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 27th -5.7pp 11th 45% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 3rd -1.7pp 12th 54% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 11th -2.7pp 13th 15% below peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 21st -3.7pp 14th 23% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 10th -2.3pp 15th 21% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 16th -2.9pp 16th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 17th 117% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 29th -4.8pp 18th 65% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 23rd -3.5pp 19th 29% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 17th -2.8pp 20th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 24th -3.2pp 21st 34% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 30th -3.3pp 22nd 71% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 5th -0.9pp 23rd 37% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 28th -2.1pp 24th 54% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 2nd -0.3pp 25th 73% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 18th -1.1pp 26th 16% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 15th +0.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 4th +0.6pp 28th 51% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 26th +3.2pp 29th 42% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 19th +2.8pp 30th 21% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 1st +1.4pp 31st 76% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.6% to 91.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Worcester started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 14.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.3% to 91.2%).
Bright spot 91.2%
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%
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 26th +15.2pp 1st 3% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 29th +14.8pp 2nd 4% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 27th +12.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 28th +11.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 13th +12.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 17th +11.5pp 6th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 30th +10.5pp 7th 5% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 23rd +10.8pp 8th 2% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 9th +10.9pp 9th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 18th +10.6pp 10th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 22nd +9.8pp 11th 2% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 3rd +10.4pp 12th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 11th +9.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 24th +8.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 25th +8.8pp 15th 3% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 12th +8.9pp 16th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 17th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 21st +7.8pp 18th 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 19th +7.0pp 19th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 10th +7.0pp 20th 2% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 16th +6.8pp 21st on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 7th +7.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 15th +5.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 8th +5.5pp 24th 2% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 14th +5.3pp 25th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 5th +4.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 6th +4.1pp 27th 3% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 2nd +3.7pp 28th 6% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 1st +3.5pp 29th 6% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 20th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 4th +2.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.49 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 0.48
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
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 7th -0.018 1st 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 21st -0.020 2nd 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 8th -0.017 3rd 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 4th 15% below peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 18th -0.016 5th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 22nd -0.015 6th 7% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 9th -0.011 7th 3% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 26th -0.012 8th 11% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 24th -0.010 9th 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 11th -0.008 10th 2% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 25th -0.007 11th 10% above peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 12th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 10th -0.005 13th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 27th -0.004 14th 12% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 15th 14% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 16th +0.000 16th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 28th +0.002 17th 13% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 18th 9% below peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 13th +0.006 19th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 29th +0.009 20th 15% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 17th +0.010 21st 1% above peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 14th +0.010 22nd 1% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 23rd on par with peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 23rd +0.014 24th 9% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 25th 9% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 20th +0.017 26th 7% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 31st +0.023 27th 26% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 5th +0.017 28th 7% below peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 6th +0.023 29th 5% below peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 12th +0.025 30th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 19th +0.028 31st 4% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 22.2% to 26.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 5.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (21.7% to 26.8%).
Needs attention 26.8%
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
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 15th -4.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 58% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 3rd 87% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 7th -2.5pp 4th 41% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 18th -4.4pp 5th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 16th -3.5pp 6th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 19th -2.6pp 7th 6% above peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 25th -2.9pp 8th 26% above peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 20th -2.3pp 9th 8% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 28th -3.2pp 10th 52% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 6th -1.1pp 11th 43% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 10th -1.3pp 12th 30% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 13th 103% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 11th -0.9pp 14th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 21st -0.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 24th -0.2pp 16th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 27th -0.1pp 17th 37% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 4th +0.0pp 18th 55% below peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 12th +0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 17th +0.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 26th +0.9pp 21st 30% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 8th +0.4pp 22nd 36% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 29th +1.1pp 23rd 61% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 13th +1.2pp 24th 8% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 9th +1.1pp 25th 31% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 22nd +2.0pp 26th 21% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 23rd +2.2pp 27th 25% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 14th +1.7pp 28th 6% below peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.6pp 29th 77% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 30th +4.7pp 30th 74% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 5th +2.7pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $435,944 in August 2026, up from $429,082 a year earlier.
Big move $435,944
2000August 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 $661,896 (Aug 26) +2.3%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Yonkers, NY $706,055 (Aug 26) 4th +7.0% 1st 62% above peers
Overland Park, KS $483,940 (Aug 26) 11th +5.5% 2nd 11% above peers
Rochester, NY $247,040 (Aug 26) 21st +4.6% 3rd 43% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,528 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 4th 51% below peers
Little Rock, AR $221,588 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 5th 49% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $307,094 (Aug 26) 19th +3.2% 6th 30% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,951 (Aug 26) 28th +2.9% 7th 60% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $572,003 (Aug 26) 6th +2.4% 8th 31% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $492,161 (Aug 26) 9th +2.0% 9th 13% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $232,056 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.6% 10th 47% below peers
Worcester, MA $435,944 (Aug 26) 14th +1.6% 11th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL $294,444 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 12th 32% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $332,295 (Aug 26) 17th +1.3% 13th 24% below peers
Knoxville, TN $370,699 (Aug 26) 16th +1.1% 14th 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA $759,573 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.0% 15th 74% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $551,273 (Aug 26) 7th +0.4% 16th 26% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $224,044 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.3% 17th 49% below peers
Fontana, CA $633,683 (Aug 26) 5th +0.2% 18th 45% above peers
Tacoma, WA $488,463 (Aug 26) 10th +0.1% 19th 12% above peers
Modesto, CA $442,564 (Aug 26) 13th +0.1% 20th 2% above peers
Vancouver, WA $501,696 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 21st 15% above peers
Des Moines, IA $210,572 (Aug 26) 26th -0.2% 22nd 52% below peers
Spokane, WA $396,121 (Aug 26) 15th -0.3% 23rd 9% below peers
Mobile, AL $198,189 (Aug 26) 27th -0.6% 24th 55% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,596 (Aug 26) 12th -0.8% 25th 10% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $787,700 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.9% 26th 81% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $314,397 (Aug 26) 18th -1.3% 27th 28% below peers
Fremont, CA $1,447,776 (Aug 26) 1st -2.0% 28th 232% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $345,745 in August 2026, up from $337,156 a year earlier.
Big move $345,745
2000August 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 $433,643 (Aug 26) +2.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Yonkers, NY $358,222 (Aug 26) 12th +8.1% 1st 7% above peers
Overland Park, KS $335,304 (Aug 26) 14th +5.7% 2nd on par with peers
Amarillo, TX $126,073 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 3rd 62% below peers
Little Rock, AR $116,179 (Aug 26) 26th +5.6% 4th 65% below peers
Rochester, NY $163,825 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 5th 51% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $230,222 (Aug 26) 19th +3.3% 6th 31% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $403,548 (Aug 26) 8th +2.6% 7th 20% above peers
Worcester, MA $345,745 (Aug 26) 13th +2.5% 8th 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $155,564 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.1% 9th 54% below peers
Oxnard, CA $642,182 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.0% 10th 92% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $181,951 (Aug 26) 20th +1.4% 11th 46% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $494,959 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 12th 48% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,045 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 13th 73% below peers
Knoxville, TN $248,842 (Aug 26) 16th +1.1% 14th 26% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,677 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 15th 72% below peers
Fontana, CA $544,358 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 16th 62% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $403,783 (Aug 26) 7th +1.0% 17th 20% above peers
Modesto, CA $361,618 (Aug 26) 11th +0.8% 18th 8% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $242,098 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 19th 28% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $119,486 (Aug 26) 25th +0.1% 20th 64% below peers
Tacoma, WA $390,199 (Aug 26) 9th -0.1% 21st 16% above peers
Des Moines, IA $153,884 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.2% 22nd 54% below peers
Vancouver, WA $408,333 (Aug 26) 6th -0.4% 23rd 22% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $240,238 (Aug 26) 18th -0.6% 24th 28% below peers
Spokane, WA $286,936 (Aug 26) 15th -1.2% 25th 14% below peers
Peoria, AZ $364,173 (Aug 26) 10th -1.3% 26th 9% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $579,663 (Aug 26) 3rd -1.7% 27th 73% above peers
Fremont, CA $930,330 (Aug 26) 1st -3.1% 28th 177% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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 (41.3% then, 42.8% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.0% to 42.8%).
Needs attention 42.8%
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%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 22nd +5.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 13th +3.8pp 2nd 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 25th +3.2pp 3rd 12% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 10th +3.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 11th +3.6pp 5th 9% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 6th 6% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 23rd +2.6pp 7th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 8th 29% below peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 29th +1.5pp 9th 21% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 18th +1.7pp 10th 4% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 4th +1.6pp 11th 17% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 2nd +1.8pp 12th 33% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 13th 41% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 14th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 3rd +1.3pp 15th 24% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 26th +0.8pp 16th 14% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 17th 25% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 16th +0.7pp 18th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 7th +0.4pp 19th 12% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 5th +0.2pp 20th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 27th +0.1pp 21st 14% below peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 8th -0.8pp 22nd 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 9th -1.1pp 23rd 10% above peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 21st -0.9pp 24th 6% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 15th -1.4pp 25th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 20th -1.3pp 26th 6% below peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 17th -1.8pp 27th 1% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 24th -2.0pp 28th 11% below peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 6th -2.8pp 29th 12% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 28th -2.2pp 30th 15% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 12th -3.9pp 31st 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,130 in August 2026, up from $2,122 a year earlier.
Big move $2,130
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Amarillo, TX $1,330 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.3% 1st 22% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,755 (Aug 26) 5th +5.3% 2nd 61% above peers
Fremont, CA $3,375 (Aug 26) 1st +5.2% 3rd 97% above peers
Columbus, GA $1,308 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 4th 24% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 17th +4.2% 5th 8% below peers
Spokane, WA $1,507 (Aug 26) 18th +3.9% 6th 12% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,302 (Aug 26) 25th +3.9% 7th 24% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 8th 25% below peers
Fontana, CA $3,190 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.7% 9th 86% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,757 (Aug 26) 12th +3.2% 10th 3% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,476 (Aug 26) 19th +3.1% 11th 14% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA $1,333 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.0% 12th 22% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,382 (Aug 26) 6th +2.9% 13th 39% above peers
San Bernardino, CA $1,954 (Aug 26) 9th +2.5% 14th 14% above peers
Tacoma, WA $1,740 (Aug 26) 13th +2.3% 15th 2% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,367 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 16th 20% below peers
Little Rock, AR $1,212 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 17th 29% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,470 (Aug 26) 20th +1.5% 18th 14% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,126 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 19th 34% below peers
Modesto, CA $2,021 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 20th 18% above peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 21st 67% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 11th +0.6% 22nd 7% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,647 (Aug 26) 15th +0.6% 23rd 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 24th 9% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,603 (Aug 26) 16th +0.5% 25th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA $2,130 (Aug 26) 7th +0.4% 26th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 4th +0.4% 27th 63% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,712 (Aug 26) 14th +0.3% 28th on par with peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit 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 (43.6% then, 43.6% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.6% to 43.6%).
Needs attention 43.6%
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 35.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 17th -5.0pp 1st 1% above peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 5th -1.3pp 4th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 10th -1.5pp 5th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 18th -1.1pp 6th 4% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 13th -0.8pp 7th 2% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 8th 14% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 30th -0.7pp 9th 17% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 19th -0.6pp 10th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 11th 32% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 12th 15% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 8th -0.0pp 13th 15% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 31st -0.0pp 14th 24% above peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 7th +0.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 9th +0.2pp 17th 7% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 20th +0.4pp 18th 6% above peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 19th 23% below peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 4th +0.7pp 20th 20% below peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 16th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 12th +1.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 23rd +1.7pp 23rd 10% above peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 15th +1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 22nd +2.6pp 25th 8% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 21st +2.7pp 26th 6% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 29th +3.3pp 27th 16% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 28th 17% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 11th +4.1pp 29th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 14th +8.3pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.8% to 16.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Worcester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.6% to 16.1%).
Bright spot 16.1%
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
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 13th -2.8pp 1st 13% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 29th -2.8pp 2nd 106% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 15th -1.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 21st -1.3pp 4th 17% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 26th -0.8pp 5th 40% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 6th 199% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 7th 203% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 22nd -0.6pp 8th 21% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 57% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 5th -0.3pp 10th 44% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 11th -0.2pp 11th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 14th -0.2pp 12th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 17th -0.2pp 13th 3% above peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 20th -0.1pp 14th 15% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 9th -0.0pp 15th 29% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 19th +0.2pp 16th 13% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 7th +0.1pp 17th 40% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 10th +0.1pp 18th 24% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 25th +0.4pp 19th 39% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 24th +0.4pp 20th 38% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 23rd +0.6pp 22nd 28% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 28th +1.0pp 23rd 55% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 6th +0.4pp 24th 42% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 27th +1.1pp 25th 53% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 18th +0.9pp 26th 9% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 27th 59% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 3rd +0.6pp 28th 50% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 12th +1.0pp 29th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 4th +1.2pp 30th 45% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 8th +1.8pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 Worsening ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.9% to 3.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 3.9%).
Needs attention 3.9%
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 2.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.3pp 1st 51% above peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 5th -1.1pp 2nd 48% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 4th -1.0pp 3rd 49% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.4% 22nd -2.2pp 4th 15% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 11th -1.3pp 5th 20% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 3rd -0.9pp 6th 49% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 7th 31% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 17th -1.5pp 8th 8% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.3% 21st -1.5pp 9th 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 19th -1.0pp 10th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 26th -1.1pp 11th 30% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 14th -0.6pp 12th 14% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 29th -1.1pp 13th 70% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 16th -0.5pp 14th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 15th 46% below peers
Spokane, WA 5.4% 7th -0.2pp 16th 40% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 24th -0.4pp 17th 22% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 13th -0.3pp 18th 16% below peers
Tacoma, WA 7.1% 9th -0.1pp 19th 22% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 9.9% 18th -0.2pp 20th 9% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.5% 31st +0.0pp 21st 103% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 22nd 94% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 15th +0.3pp 23rd 11% below peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 10th +0.3pp 24th 21% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 27th +0.5pp 25th 37% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.1% 20th +0.4pp 26th 11% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 25th +1.5pp 27th 28% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 12th +1.2pp 28th 17% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 23rd +2.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 30th 72% below peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

36.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 28.8%
United States ref 33.4%
Fremont, CA 14.1% 1st 61% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 3rd 16% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 4th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 5th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 6th 12% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 7th 11% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 8th 9% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 9th 7% below peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 10th 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 11th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 12th 4% below peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 13th 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 14th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 15th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 16th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 17th 1% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 18th 1% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 19th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 20th 3% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 21st 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 22nd 6% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 23rd 9% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 24th 11% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 25th 11% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 26th 12% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 27th 13% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 28th 15% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 29th 20% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 30th 22% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 31st 22% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.1% to 2.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.8% to 2.4%).
Needs attention 2.4%
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
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 12th -2.5pp 1st 19% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 53% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 94% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 57% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 9th -0.9pp 5th 28% below peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 8th -0.5pp 6th 34% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 21st -0.7pp 7th 10% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 7th -0.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 22nd -0.2pp 9th 14% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 10th 48% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 17th -0.1pp 11th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 29th -0.1pp 12th 126% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 15th +0.1pp 13th 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 11th +0.1pp 14th 21% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 15th 159% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 14th +0.5pp 16th 10% below peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 10th +0.4pp 17th 28% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 16th +0.7pp 18th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 23rd +0.9pp 19th 29% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 20th 210% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 20th +1.0pp 21st 8% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 28th +1.9pp 22nd 111% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 13th +0.9pp 23rd 15% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 6th +0.7pp 24th 40% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 19th +1.5pp 25th 7% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 26th 88% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 18th +2.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 25th +3.9pp 28th 81% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 5th +1.2pp 29th 47% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 24th +4.6pp 30th 79% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.2% to 35.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Worcester started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% 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 47.3% +3.6pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 21st +6.4pp 1st 7% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 18th +6.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 26th +3.4pp 4th 34% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 12th +5.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 14th +4.8pp 7th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 6th +5.2pp 8th 29% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 9th 24% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 10th 63% below peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 27th +2.5pp 11th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 24th +3.0pp 12th 18% below peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 1st +6.9pp 13th 98% above peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 16th +3.1pp 15th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 3rd +4.9pp 16th 59% above peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 10th +3.4pp 17th 12% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 30th +1.2pp 18th 59% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 9th +3.3pp 19th 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 29th +1.5pp 20th 45% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 17th +2.6pp 21st 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 8th +2.9pp 22nd 18% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 28th +1.5pp 23rd 40% below peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 15th +2.6pp 24th 5% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 7th +3.0pp 25th 23% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 5th +2.8pp 26th 38% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 13th +2.2pp 27th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 4th +3.2pp 28th 59% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 29th 10% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 11th +2.2pp 30th 10% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 97% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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 (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 12.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 49.4% to 36.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±9.6pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 14.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.9% to 36.7%).
Needs attention 36.7%
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 55.4% -4.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 12th +5.0pp 1st 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 26th +2.2pp 2nd 32% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 18th +3.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 14th +2.1pp 4th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 9th +0.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 16th +0.1pp 6th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 13th -0.0pp 7th 8% above peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 2nd -0.5pp 8th 48% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 11th -2.1pp 9th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 10th 50% above peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 17th -2.5pp 11th 1% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 15th -3.0pp 12th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 8th -3.6pp 13th 21% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 3rd -5.6pp 14th 28% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 6th -5.9pp 15th 23% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 22nd -4.1pp 16th 20% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 10th -6.6pp 17th 19% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 18th 42% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 20th -4.9pp 19th 14% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 23rd -6.0pp 20th 20% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 28th -5.0pp 21st 34% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 7th -12.1pp 22nd 22% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 24th -7.8pp 23rd 22% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 4th -13.6pp 24th 25% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 5th -16.5pp 25th 23% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 19th -12.6pp 26th 11% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 27th -9.9pp 27th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 21st -13.7pp 28th 19% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 29th 45% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 31st -15.5pp 30th 51% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 25th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.2pp 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 →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 5.7% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 5.7%).
Bright spot 5.7%
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 4.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 85% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 8th -3.5pp 3rd 28% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 4th 59% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 9th -2.9pp 5th 25% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 74% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 7th 19% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 11th -1.7pp 8th 20% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 18th -1.3pp 9th 3% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 10th -0.9pp 10th 25% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 23rd -0.8pp 11th 12% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 24th -0.4pp 12th 14% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 17th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 14th -0.3pp 14th 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 25th -0.3pp 15th 19% above peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 16th +0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 17th 68% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 6th +0.2pp 18th 41% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 5th +0.2pp 19th 47% below peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 21st +1.4pp 20th 9% above peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 22nd +1.6pp 21st 9% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 26th +2.1pp 22nd 26% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 19th +1.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 27th +2.3pp 24th 26% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 15th +2.2pp 25th 7% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 20th +2.7pp 26th 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 7th +1.7pp 27th 33% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 13th +2.9pp 28th 10% below peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 86% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 28th +4.7pp 30th 27% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 73% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 12% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 185,143 to 207,055 - more than the combined survey margin (±84).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (182,511 to 207,055).
Big move 207,055
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 29th +17% 1st 5% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 24th +14% 2nd 3% below peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 16th +12% 3rd on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 30th +8% 4th 6% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 2nd +8% 5th 11% above peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 19th +7% 6th 2% below peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 1st +6% 7th 11% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 8th +6% 8th 6% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 22nd +6% 9th 3% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 15th +5% 10th on par with peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 13th +5% 11th 1% above peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 26th +5% 12th 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 31st +5% 13th 6% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 21st +5% 14th 2% below peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 5th +5% 15th 8% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 17th +4% 16th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 27th +3% 17th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 7th +3% 18th 6% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 6th +3% 19th 8% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 18th +3% 20th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 23rd +2% 21st 3% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 11th +2% 22nd 2% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 9th +2% 23rd 3% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 20th +1% 24th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 14th +1% 25th 1% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 12th +0% 26th 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 28th +0% 27th 4% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 4th -1% 28th 8% above peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 10th -1% 29th 3% above peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 3rd -3% 30th 10% above peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 25th -3% 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±50 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.8% then, 19.6% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.7% to 19.6%).
Big move 19.6%
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
Mobile, AL 22.2% 18th +1.1pp 1st 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 12th +1.0pp 2nd 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 27th +0.8pp 3rd 14% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 5th +0.7pp 4th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 13th +0.3pp 5th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 9th +0.2pp 6th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 1st -0.1pp 7th 20% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 8th 27% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 15th -0.3pp 9th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 11th -0.6pp 10th 7% above peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 17th -0.6pp 11th 2% below peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 14th -0.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 21st -0.7pp 13th 8% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 6th -0.9pp 14th 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 19th -1.0pp 15th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 16th -1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 10th -1.2pp 17th 8% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 2nd -1.4pp 18th 20% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 29th -0.9pp 19th 21% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 3rd -1.5pp 20th 18% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 21st 8% below peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 24th -1.2pp 22nd 10% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 8th -1.5pp 23rd 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 23rd -1.6pp 24th 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 22nd -1.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 26th 14% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 25th -1.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 26th -2.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 28th -1.8pp 29th 19% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 4th -2.9pp 30th 18% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
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 (49.2% then, 45.0% now; margin ±4.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
45.0%
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 28.6% +0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 16th +5.9pp 1st on par with peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 19th +5.4pp 2nd 8% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 24th +3.8pp 3rd 17% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 17th +4.3pp 4th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 6th +5.2pp 5th 25% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 21st +2.8pp 6th 13% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 20th +2.7pp 7th 9% below peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 31st +0.8pp 8th 73% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 28th +1.7pp 9th 35% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 26th +1.8pp 10th 29% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 5th +3.0pp 11th 30% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 2nd +3.2pp 12th 53% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 7th +2.0pp 13th 22% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 29th +0.6pp 14th 49% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 14th +0.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 3rd -0.1pp 16th 37% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 8th -0.9pp 18th 17% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 12th -0.9pp 19th 12% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 4th -1.1pp 20th 36% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 21st 79% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 10th -1.3pp 23rd 14% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 15th -2.2pp 24th 1% above peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 30th -1.1pp 25th 54% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 18th -2.3pp 26th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 25th -1.8pp 27th 25% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 11th -3.4pp 28th 12% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 27th -2.3pp 29th 29% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 9th -4.2pp 30th 16% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 23rd -5.2pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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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3 of 46 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 ±2.8pp 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
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 (69.8% then, 69.6% now; margin ±7.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.2% to 69.6%).
69.6%
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 75.4% +1.9pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Fremont, CA 69.9% 11th +12.8pp 1st 2% above peers
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 20th +9.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 15th +8.7pp 3rd on par with peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 3rd +7.0pp 4th 6% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 27th +5.8pp 5th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 6th 14% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 21st +6.1pp 7th 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 8th 20% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 7th +6.3pp 9th 5% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 22nd +5.4pp 10th 5% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 16th +5.0pp 11th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 9th +4.6pp 12th 3% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 4th +4.4pp 13th 6% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 8th +3.6pp 14th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 14th +2.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 5th +2.0pp 16th 6% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 17th +1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 18th +1.3pp 18th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 19th +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 12th -0.2pp 20th 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 21st 7% below peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 23rd -1.2pp 22nd 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 13th -1.6pp 23rd 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 24th 7% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 25th 15% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 26th 17% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 10th -2.9pp 27th 3% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 28th -2.8pp 28th 12% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 26th -3.5pp 29th 9% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 6th -5.2pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 46 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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3 of 46 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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