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Worcester, MA

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207,055 people (2024) 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 Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,590 /100k
2023
▼ 28%
relative change
2,216 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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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.3%
May 2026
▼ 7%
relative change
4.6% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing 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 →
Homicide
Homicide rate
4 /100k
2023
▲ 166%
relative change
2 in 2018
Rising, the wrong way  
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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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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
18.2%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
18.5% 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 shifts 3 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
207,055
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
185,143 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,164
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$2,150 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.6%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
18.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2023, faster than 62% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving faster than 62% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
636 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Fayetteville, NC 409 (May 26) -37.1% 1st
Sioux Falls, SD 370 (Feb 26) -29.2% 2nd
Amarillo, TX 544 (Mar 26) -15.0% 3rd
Knoxville, TN 649 (May 26) -13.5% 4th
Little Rock, AR 1,424 (May 26) -12.3% 5th
McKinney, TX 109 (May 26) -11.8% 6th
Frisco, TX 101 (May 26) -7.4% 7th
Oxnard, CA 548 (May 26) -4.1% 8th
Salt Lake City, UT 745 (May 26) -2.1% 9th
Des Moines, IA 652 (May 26) -1.0% 10th
Peoria, AZ 256 (Apr 26) +2.8% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 894 (May 26) +6.2% 12th
Grand Prairie, TX 224 (May 26) +9.4% 13th
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 →
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 17% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Charleston, SC down about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Westminster, CO down about 13% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2023, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving faster than 67% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
1,590 per 100k
2018Apr 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Fayetteville, NC 1,729 (May 26) -40.7% 1st
Oxnard, CA 1,353 (May 26) -29.6% 2nd
Rochester, NY 2,551 (May 26) -25.3% 3rd
Sioux Falls, SD 2,366 (Feb 26) -24.0% 4th
Knoxville, TN 2,057 (May 26) -23.9% 5th
Des Moines, IA 2,492 (May 26) -18.7% 6th
Little Rock, AR 3,993 (May 26) -16.8% 7th
Frisco, TX 810 (May 26) -13.8% 8th
Grand Prairie, TX 1,258 (May 26) -13.6% 9th
Amarillo, TX 2,258 (Mar 26) -12.6% 10th
Salt Lake City, UT 4,507 (May 26) -10.5% 11th
Fontana, CA 1,117 (May 26) -10.1% 12th
Peoria, AZ 1,085 (Apr 26) -5.2% 13th
McKinney, TX 721 (May 26) -5.2% 14th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,267 (May 26) -2.9% 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 →
  • Centennial, CO down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Maria, CA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide is about 167% higher than in 2018 (2 then, 4 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 6 in 2020 it has fallen mostly since.

Worsening faster than 100% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
4 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Fayetteville, NC 6 (May 26) -68.3% 1st
Frisco, TX 1 (May 26) -50.0% 2nd
Rochester, NY 9 (May 26) -48.6% 3rd
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.0% 4th
Birmingham, AL 37 (May 26) -36.5% 5th
Little Rock, AR 15 (May 26) -31.8% 6th
Oxnard, CA 2 (May 26) -24.6% 7th
Amarillo, TX 5 (Mar 26) -21.4% 8th
Mobile, AL 15 (May 26) -16.2% 9th
McKinney, TX 4 (May 26) -11.1% 10th
Knoxville, TN 8 (May 26) +14.3% 11th
Fontana, CA 5 (May 26) +22.3% 12th
Grand Prairie, TX 2 (May 26) +24.9% 13th
Salt Lake City, UT 5 (May 26) +25.1% 14th
Grand Rapids, MI 8 (May 26) +41.5% 15th
Des Moines, IA 5 (May 26) +66.3% 16th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +200.0% 17th
Worcester, MA
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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. 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 →
  • Carmel, IN down about 17% a year · faster than 86% of this group · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2023, slower than 60% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving slower than 60% of similar-size cities over 2018-2023.
154 per 100k
2018Apr 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 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Fayetteville, NC 177 (May 26) -50.2% 1st
Rochester, NY 634 (May 26) -42.2% 2nd
Sioux Falls, SD 256 (Feb 26) -42.1% 3rd
Oxnard, CA 218 (May 26) -41.2% 4th
Grand Prairie, TX 170 (May 26) -33.9% 5th
Knoxville, TN 239 (May 26) -33.6% 6th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.6% 7th
Salt Lake City, UT 330 (May 26) -24.8% 8th
Des Moines, IA 370 (May 26) -23.6% 9th
Frisco, TX 48 (May 26) -22.4% 10th
Little Rock, AR 301 (May 26) -19.3% 11th
Fontana, CA 208 (May 26) -17.6% 12th
Amarillo, TX 216 (Mar 26) -12.8% 13th
Grand Rapids, MI 242 (May 26) -11.2% 14th
McKinney, TX 54 (May 26) -5.3% 15th
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 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Port St. Lucie, FL down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 52% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,105 to $70,102).
$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%
Worcester, MA $70,102 17th +46% 1st 6% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 5th +41% 2nd 38% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 8th +41% 3rd 25% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 18th +38% 4th 7% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 22nd +35% 5th 22% below peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 12th +35% 6th 7% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 28th +34% 7th 27% below peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 2nd +33% 8th 67% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 9th 37% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 6th +32% 10th 29% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 11th +32% 11th 9% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 9th +31% 12th 12% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 27th +30% 13th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 23rd +30% 14th 22% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 16th +28% 15th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 16th 62% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 7th +27% 17th 29% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 14th +27% 18th 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 13th +27% 19th 5% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 29th +27% 20th 28% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 25th +26% 21st 23% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 24th +25% 22nd 22% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 20th +25% 23rd 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 15th +24% 24th 1% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 25th 38% below peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 19th +23% 26th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 21st +22% 27th 15% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 4th +21% 28th 41% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 10th +21% 29th 10% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 26th +18% 30th 24% below peers
Frisco, TX $150,212 1st +18% 31st 102% 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.
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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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.

Worsening faster than 63% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in May 2026, down from 4.6% a year earlier.
4.3%
1990May 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 4.5% (May 26) +0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Modesto, CA 5.7% (May 26) 27th -0.6pp 1st 36% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.6% (May 26) 21st -0.5pp 2nd 10% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.0% (May 26) 23rd -0.4pp 3rd 19% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.3% (May 26) 3rd -0.4pp 4th 21% below peers
Worcester, MA 4.3% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.3% (May 26) 19th -0.3pp 6th 2% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.2% (May 26) 15th -0.3pp 7th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.5% (May 26) 5th -0.2pp 8th 17% below peers
Knoxville, TN 2.8% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 9th 33% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.3% (May 26) 25th -0.1pp 10th 26% above peers
Columbus, GA 3.9% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 11th 7% below peers
Little Rock, AR 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 12th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.8% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 13th 57% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (May 26) 4th +0.2pp 14th 19% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.6% (May 26) 7th +0.2pp 15th 14% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.8% (May 26) 9th +0.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.2% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 17th on par with peers
McKinney, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Amarillo, TX 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.5pp 19th 17% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.1% (May 26) 14th +0.6pp 20th 2% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Vancouver, WA 5.0% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 22nd 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.0% (May 26) 13th +0.9pp 23rd 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.9pp 24th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 3.7% (May 26) 8th +0.9pp 25th 12% below peers
Rochester, NY 5.7% (May 26) 28th +1.0pp 26th 36% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 4.8% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 27th 14% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.3% (May 26) 26th +1.2pp 28th 26% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.5% then, 18.2% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.7% to 18.2%).
18.2%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 9.6% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Fontana, CA 9.9% 7th -3.0pp 1st 28% below peers
Oxnard, CA 10.9% 10th -2.7pp 2nd 20% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.1% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 26% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.6% 11th -2.8pp 4th 15% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.1% 14th -3.1pp 5th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 5.6% 3rd -1.2pp 6th 59% below peers
Knoxville, TN 19.2% 26th -4.1pp 7th 40% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.4% 20th -3.3pp 8th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 19.1% 25th -2.8pp 9th 40% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 29th -3.1pp 10th 58% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.2% 15th -1.8pp 11th 3% below peers
Mobile, AL 17.8% 22nd -2.3pp 12th 30% above peers
Rochester, NY 26.8% 31st -3.3pp 13th 96% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 16.4% 19th -1.6pp 14th 20% above peers
Yonkers, NY 13.7% 16th -1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 18.5% 24th -1.4pp 16th 36% above peers
Des Moines, IA 14.6% 17th -1.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.4% 6th -0.7pp 18th 31% below peers
Birmingham, AL 23.6% 30th -1.4pp 19th 73% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.1% 27th -1.2pp 20th 48% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 4th -0.2pp 21st 43% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.5% 1st -0.1pp 22nd 74% below peers
Worcester, MA 18.2% 23rd -0.3pp 23rd 34% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.1% 13th -0.1pp 24th 11% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.7% 9th +0.3pp 25th 22% below peers
Montgomery, AL 20.6% 28th +0.7pp 26th 51% above peers
Little Rock, AR 17.1% 21st +0.7pp 27th 25% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.6% 18th +0.7pp 28th 14% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.0% 12th +0.8pp 29th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.3% 5th +0.9pp 30th 39% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 59% 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.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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4 of 46 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · 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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 →

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). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.3% to 23.3%).
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% 8th -7.2pp 1st 31% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 7th -6.5pp 2nd 37% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 9th -5.7pp 3rd 29% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 22nd -9.1pp 4th 26% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 5th 65% below peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 14th -4.5pp 6th 10% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 20th -5.9pp 7th 21% above peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 13th -4.2pp 8th 13% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 12th -3.9pp 9th 15% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 4th -1.8pp 10th 56% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 26th -5.7pp 11th 45% above peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 21st -3.7pp 12th 23% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 11th -2.3pp 13th 21% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 16th -2.9pp 14th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 15th 117% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 28th -4.8pp 16th 65% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 23rd -3.5pp 17th 29% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 17th -2.8pp 18th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 24th -3.2pp 19th 34% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 6th -0.9pp 20th 37% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 27th -2.1pp 21st 54% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 2nd -0.3pp 22nd 73% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 18th -1.1pp 23rd 16% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 30th -0.4pp 24th 113% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 25th 71% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 15th +0.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.2% 1st +0.2pp 27th 83% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 10th +0.7pp 28th 27% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 5th +0.6pp 29th 51% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 25th +3.2pp 30th 42% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 19th +2.8pp 31st 21% 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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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 98% 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
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 14.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.3% to 91.2%).
91.2%
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 92.9% +6.2pp
United States ref 91.1%
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 29th +15.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 2nd 4% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 26th +12.6pp 3rd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 27th +11.5pp 4th 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 14th +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% 24th +10.8pp 8th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 22nd +10.9pp 9th 1% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 10th +10.9pp 10th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 18th +10.6pp 11th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 23rd +9.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 2nd +10.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 12th +9.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 25th +8.8pp 15th 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 16th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 21st +7.8pp 17th 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 19th +7.0pp 18th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 11th +7.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 16th +6.8pp 20th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 8th +7.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 4th +6.2pp 22nd 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 9th +5.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 5th +5.5pp 24th 5% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 15th +5.3pp 25th 1% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 13th +4.6pp 26th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 6th +4.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 7th +4.1pp 28th 3% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 20th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Frisco, TX 97.7% 1st +1.8pp 31st 7% 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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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 →
  • 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
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.48
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 0.49 +0.006
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Yonkers, NY 0.48 20th -0.020 1st 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 8th -0.017 2nd 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 3rd 15% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 21st -0.015 4th 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 26th -0.012 5th 11% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 23rd -0.010 6th 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 10th -0.008 7th 2% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 24th -0.007 8th 10% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 12th -0.006 9th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 31st -0.007 10th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 9th -0.005 11th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 27th -0.004 12th 12% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 25th -0.003 13th 10% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 14th 14% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 16th +0.000 15th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 28th +0.002 16th 13% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 17th 9% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 18th 14% above peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 13th +0.006 19th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 30th +0.009 20th 15% above peers
Frisco, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 21st 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 6th +0.009 22nd 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 17th +0.010 23rd 1% above peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 14th +0.010 24th 1% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 25th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 7th +0.011 26th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 22nd +0.014 27th 9% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 28th 9% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 19th +0.017 29th 7% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 11th +0.025 30th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 18th +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 →

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). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 5.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (21.7% to 26.8%).
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% 17th -4.5pp 1st 2% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 5th -1.9pp 2nd 55% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 3rd 87% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 9th -2.5pp 4th 37% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 20th -4.4pp 5th 12% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 18th -3.5pp 6th 6% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 7th -1.7pp 7th 46% below peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 3rd -0.4pp 8th 82% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 21st -2.3pp 9th 14% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 8th -1.1pp 10th 40% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 12th -1.3pp 11th 26% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 12th 116% above peers
Frisco, TX 1.8% 1st -0.1pp 13th 87% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 28th -1.6pp 14th 51% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 13th -0.9pp 15th 14% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 22nd -0.7pp 16th 15% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 25th -0.2pp 17th 34% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 26th -0.1pp 18th 46% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 6th +0.0pp 19th 52% below peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 14th +0.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 19th +0.6pp 21st 9% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 10th +0.4pp 22nd 32% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 29th +1.1pp 23rd 72% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 27th +1.6pp 24th 50% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 15th +1.2pp 25th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 11th +1.1pp 26th 26% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 23rd +2.0pp 27th 29% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 24th +2.2pp 28th 33% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 16th +1.7pp 29th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 30th +4.7pp 30th 86% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 31st 60% 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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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 →

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $443,387 in June 2026, up from $438,015 a year earlier.
$443,387
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref $672,867 (Jun 26) +1.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Yonkers, NY $702,854 (Jun 26) 3rd +6.1% 1st 87% above peers
Overland Park, KS $493,605 (Jun 26) 9th +5.5% 2nd 31% above peers
Rochester, NY $252,192 (Jun 26) 20th +4.3% 3rd 33% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,369,864 (Jun 26) 1st +4.2% 4th 264% above peers
Little Rock, AR $222,779 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 5th 41% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,834 (Jun 26) 24th +3.2% 6th 44% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $313,551 (Jun 26) 18th +2.8% 7th 17% below peers
Montgomery, AL $153,885 (Jun 26) 27th +2.4% 8th 59% below peers
Columbus, GA $177,244 (Jun 26) 26th +2.3% 9th 53% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $580,299 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 10th 54% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $336,151 (Jun 26) 16th +1.4% 11th 11% below peers
Worcester, MA $443,387 (Jun 26) 13th +1.2% 12th 18% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $298,194 (Jun 26) 19th +1.1% 13th 21% below peers
Knoxville, TN $376,648 (Jun 26) 14th +1.0% 14th on par with peers
Fayetteville, NC $227,387 (Jun 26) 21st +0.1% 15th 40% below peers
Des Moines, IA $213,036 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.1% 16th 43% below peers
Oxnard, CA $765,564 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.1% 17th 103% above peers
Vancouver, WA $511,271 (Jun 26) 8th -0.5% 18th 36% above peers
Fontana, CA $639,380 (Jun 26) 5th -0.6% 19th 70% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $553,116 (Jun 26) 7th -0.6% 20th 47% above peers
Modesto, CA $449,607 (Jun 26) 12th -0.7% 21st 19% above peers
Mobile, AL $199,106 (Jun 26) 25th -1.1% 22nd 47% below peers
Peoria, AZ $486,091 (Jun 26) 10th -1.3% 23rd 29% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $319,091 (Jun 26) 17th -1.7% 24th 15% below peers
Birmingham, AL $139,502 (Jun 26) 28th -2.2% 25th 63% below peers
Frisco, TX $656,145 (Jun 26) 4th -5.0% 26th 74% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $337,346 (Jun 26) 15th -6.0% 27th 10% below peers
McKinney, TX $482,599 (Jun 26) 11th -6.7% 28th 28% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
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Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% 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.
Most recent monthly reading: $350,386 in June 2026, up from $342,945 a year earlier.
$350,386
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref $440,443 (Jun 26) +2.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Yonkers, NY $355,502 (Jun 26) 11th +6.6% 1st 37% above peers
Overland Park, KS $341,186 (Jun 26) 13th +5.9% 2nd 31% above peers
Little Rock, AR $118,393 (Jun 26) 24th +5.9% 3rd 54% below peers
Montgomery, AL $69,404 (Jun 26) 27th +4.9% 4th 73% below peers
Amarillo, TX $127,064 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.5% 5th 51% below peers
Rochester, NY $165,884 (Jun 26) 20th +3.8% 6th 36% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $932,527 (Jun 26) 1st +3.7% 7th 259% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $234,470 (Jun 26) 18th +2.7% 8th 10% below peers
Worcester, MA $350,386 (Jun 26) 12th +2.2% 9th 35% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $158,963 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 10th 39% below peers
Knoxville, TN $255,108 (Jun 26) 15th +1.5% 11th 2% below peers
Oxnard, CA $647,757 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.3% 12th 149% above peers
Birmingham, AL $64,767 (Jun 26) 28th +1.1% 13th 75% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $183,939 (Jun 26) 19th +1.0% 14th 29% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $245,487 (Jun 26) 16th +0.8% 15th 5% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $495,598 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 16th 91% above peers
Fontana, CA $548,361 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.3% 17th 111% above peers
Des Moines, IA $156,486 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.2% 18th 40% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $408,629 (Jun 26) 7th +0.1% 19th 57% above peers
Modesto, CA $369,767 (Jun 26) 8th +0.1% 20th 42% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,933 (Jun 26) 26th -0.1% 21st 64% below peers
Mobile, AL $94,833 (Jun 26) 25th -0.2% 22nd 63% below peers
Vancouver, WA $416,145 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 23rd 60% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $242,614 (Jun 26) 17th -1.4% 24th 7% below peers
Peoria, AZ $368,292 (Jun 26) 9th -1.8% 25th 42% above peers
Frisco, TX $462,723 (Jun 26) 5th -5.3% 26th 78% above peers
McKinney, TX $365,773 (Jun 26) 10th -6.1% 27th 41% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $259,674 (Jun 26) 14th -6.8% 28th on par with peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.3% then, 42.8% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.0% to 42.8%).
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% 23rd +5.3pp 1st 7% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 24th +3.2pp 2nd 12% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 11th +3.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 20th +2.8pp 4th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 5th 29% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 1st +2.7pp 6th 43% above peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 29th +1.5pp 7th 21% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 19th +1.7pp 8th 4% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 6th +1.6pp 9th 17% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 2nd +1.8pp 10th 41% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 14th +1.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 3rd +1.3pp 12th 24% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 25th +0.8pp 13th 14% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 14th 25% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 28th +0.6pp 15th 16% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 17th +0.7pp 16th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 8th +0.4pp 17th 12% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 26th +0.1pp 18th 14% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 15th -0.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 9th -0.8pp 20th 10% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 10th -1.1pp 21st 10% above peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 22nd -0.9pp 22nd 6% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 13th -1.2pp 23rd 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 16th -1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 21st -1.3pp 25th 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 5th -2.0pp 26th 18% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 18th -1.8pp 27th 1% below peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 7th -2.8pp 28th 12% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 27th -2.2pp 29th 15% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 12th -3.9pp 30th 9% above peers
Frisco, TX 65.9% 4th -5.7pp 31st 22% 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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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 recently, slower than peers
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Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 8% 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.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,164 in June 2026, up from $2,150 a year earlier.
$2,164
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Amarillo, TX $1,278 (Jun 26) 25th +4.8% 1st 26% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,754 (Jun 26) 4th +3.9% 2nd 59% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,327 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.5% 3rd 24% below peers
Overland Park, KS $1,800 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 4th 4% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,532 (Jun 26) 18th +3.2% 5th 12% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,311 (Jun 26) 24th +3.1% 6th 24% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,627 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 7th 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL $1,343 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 8th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,275 (Jun 26) 26th +2.8% 9th 27% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,401 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 10th 19% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,121 (Jun 26) 28th +2.7% 11th 35% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,364 (Jun 26) 5th +2.4% 12th 36% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,078 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 13th 77% above peers
Little Rock, AR $1,220 (Jun 26) 27th +2.3% 14th 30% below peers
Oxnard, CA $2,882 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 15th 66% above peers
Fontana, CA $3,042 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.8% 16th 75% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,507 (Jun 26) 19th +1.5% 17th 13% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,629 (Jun 26) 15th +1.4% 18th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA $2,164 (Jun 26) 6th +0.6% 19th 25% above peers
Birmingham, AL $1,359 (Jun 26) 21st +0.5% 20th 22% below peers
Modesto, CA $1,986 (Jun 26) 7th +0.5% 21st 14% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,818 (Jun 26) 12th +0.3% 22nd 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,876 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 23rd 8% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,735 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 24th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,610 (Jun 26) 17th -0.3% 25th 7% below peers
Frisco, TX $1,861 (Jun 26) 10th -0.4% 26th 7% above peers
McKinney, TX $1,819 (Jun 26) 11th -1.6% 27th 5% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $1,912 (Jun 26) 8th -1.9% 28th 10% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (43.6% then, 43.6% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.6% to 43.6%).
43.6%
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 35.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 18th -5.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 25th -3.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 26th -2.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 5th -1.3pp 4th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 11th -1.5pp 5th 4% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 6th -0.9pp 6th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 19th -1.1pp 7th 4% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 14th -0.8pp 8th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 28th -0.7pp 9th 15% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 31st -0.7pp 10th 17% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 21st -0.6pp 11th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 12th 32% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 29th -0.4pp 13th 15% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 9th -0.0pp 14th 15% below peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 27th +0.0pp 15th 15% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 8th +0.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 4th +0.5pp 17th 23% below peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 23rd +1.1pp 18th 8% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 17th +1.4pp 19th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 22nd +1.4pp 20th 5% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 13th +1.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 16th +1.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 23rd 7% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 24th +2.6pp 24th 8% above peers
Frisco, TX 28.7% 3rd +2.0pp 25th 25% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 30th +3.3pp 26th 16% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 7th +2.4pp 27th 16% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 12th +4.1pp 28th 3% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 29th 29% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 20th +5.8pp 30th 4% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 15th +8.3pp 31st 1% 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 98% 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 →

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). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.6% to 16.1%).
16.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 11.7% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 16th -1.8pp 1st on par with peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 29th -2.8pp 2nd 129% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 17th -1.2pp 3rd 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 22nd -1.3pp 4th 30% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 27th -1.7pp 5th 71% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 26th -0.8pp 6th 56% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 7th 233% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 8th 237% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 8th -0.3pp 9th 38% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 13th -0.2pp 10th 10% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 15th -0.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 19th -0.2pp 12th 14% above peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 21st -0.1pp 13th 28% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 11th -0.0pp 14th 21% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 12th +0.1pp 15th 16% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 25th +0.4pp 16th 55% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 24th +0.4pp 17th 53% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 18th +0.3pp 18th 11% above peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 23rd +0.6pp 19th 42% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 28th +1.0pp 20th 73% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 4th +0.3pp 21st 50% below peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 9th +0.4pp 22nd 36% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 20th +0.9pp 23rd 22% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 5th +0.4pp 24th 49% below peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 25th 54% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 3rd +0.4pp 26th 52% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 6th +0.6pp 27th 45% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 14th +1.0pp 28th 6% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 7th +1.2pp 29th 39% below peers
Frisco, TX 3.3% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 53% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 10th +1.8pp 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.
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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 100% 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 98% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 3.9%).
3.9%
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 2.5% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
McKinney, TX 8.1% 14th -2.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.2pp 2nd 51% above peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 49% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.3% 19th -2.2pp 4th 14% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.1% 8th -1.3pp 5th 22% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 50% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.2% 6th -1.0pp 7th 31% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.7% 17th -1.4pp 8th 7% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.9% 18th -1.0pp 9th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.2% 23rd -1.1pp 10th 24% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 25th -1.0pp 11th 28% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.7% 12th -0.6pp 12th 15% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.3% 29th -1.1pp 13th 69% above peers
Frisco, TX 6.3% 7th -0.4pp 14th 30% below peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 16th -0.5pp 15th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 16th 46% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 8.5% 15th -0.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Vancouver, WA 7.5% 11th -0.3pp 18th 17% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.6% 21st -0.3pp 19th 17% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.4% 31st -0.0pp 20th 103% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 21st 94% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.0% 13th +0.2pp 22nd 12% below peers
Birmingham, AL 12.6% 27th +0.4pp 23rd 39% above peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 9th +0.3pp 24th 21% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 26th +0.5pp 25th 37% above peers
Montgomery, AL 10.8% 22nd +0.5pp 26th 19% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 27th 39% below peers
Knoxville, TN 11.5% 24th +1.5pp 28th 27% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.4% 10th +1.1pp 29th 18% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.5% 20th +2.2pp 30th 16% above peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 1st +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 1.5pp 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
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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%
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 1st 30% below peers
Frisco, TX 26.6% 2nd 26% 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 15% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 6th 14% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 7th 14% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 8th 11% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 9th 11% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 10th 8% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 11th 6% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 12th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 13th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 14th 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 15th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 16th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 17th 1% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 18th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 19th 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 20th 4% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 21st 6% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 23rd 12% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 24th 13% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 25th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 26th 16% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 27th 21% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 28th 23% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 29th 23% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 30th 25% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

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). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.8% to 2.4%).
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% 8th -2.5pp 1st 21% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 54% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 26th -3.0pp 3rd 89% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 58% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 5th 30% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 23rd -1.6pp 6th 32% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 7th 36% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 20th -0.7pp 8th 7% above peers
Frisco, TX 4.0% 11th -0.4pp 9th 13% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 21st -0.2pp 10th 11% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 28th -0.1pp 11th 121% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 13th +0.1pp 12th 8% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 13th 23% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 14th 152% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 12th +0.5pp 15th 12% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 14th +0.7pp 16th 3% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 22nd +0.9pp 17th 26% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 18th 202% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 29th +1.9pp 19th 127% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 18th +0.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 19th +1.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 27th +1.9pp 22nd 106% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 9th +0.9pp 23rd 17% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 4th +0.7pp 24th 42% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 10th +1.2pp 25th 15% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 17th +1.5pp 26th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 15th +1.8pp 27th 3% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 25th +3.7pp 28th 83% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 16th +2.0pp 29th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 24th +3.9pp 30th 76% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 49% 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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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
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% to 35.2%).
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 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 17th +6.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 3rd 6% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 27th +3.4pp 4th 33% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 5th 5% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 12th +5.0pp 6th 10% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 24th +3.6pp 7th 16% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 6th +6.4pp 8th 53% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 8th +5.2pp 9th 30% above peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 3rd +6.7pp 10th 69% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 26th +3.1pp 11th 23% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 12th 62% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 18th +3.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 28th +2.5pp 14th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 25th +3.0pp 15th 17% below peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 16th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 15th +3.1pp 17th 1% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 4th +4.9pp 18th 61% above peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 10th +3.4pp 19th 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 20th 44% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 16th +2.6pp 21st on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 9th +2.9pp 22nd 19% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 29th +1.5pp 23rd 39% below peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 7th +2.8pp 24th 40% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 13th +2.2pp 25th 8% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 5th +3.2pp 26th 61% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 27th 9% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 11th +2.2pp 28th 12% above peers
Frisco, TX 67.5% 1st +4.1pp 29th 111% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 99% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 14th +1.0pp 31st 6% 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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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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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 →

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). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 14.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.9% to 36.7%).
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%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 3rd +6.9pp 1st 49% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 13th +5.0pp 2nd 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 27th +2.2pp 3rd 32% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 19th +3.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 5th 52% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 14th +2.1pp 6th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 10th +0.8pp 7th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 4th +0.2pp 8th 34% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 12th -2.1pp 9th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 2nd -3.1pp 10th 50% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 15th -2.4pp 11th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 17th -2.5pp 12th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 16th -3.0pp 13th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 9th -3.6pp 14th 20% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 6th -5.6pp 15th 27% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 23rd -4.1pp 16th 20% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 11th -6.6pp 17th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 30th -3.2pp 18th 42% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 21st -4.9pp 19th 14% below peers
Frisco, TX 55.6% 5th -8.7pp 20th 34% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 24th -6.0pp 21st 21% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 29th -5.0pp 22nd 34% below peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 25th -7.8pp 23rd 23% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 7th -13.6pp 24th 25% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 8th -16.5pp 25th 22% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 20th -12.6pp 26th 12% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 28th -9.9pp 27th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 22nd -13.7pp 28th 19% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 18th -17.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 31st -16.6pp 30th 46% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 26th -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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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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 5.7%).
5.7%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 4.7% +0.6pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 84% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 87% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 8th -3.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 4th 56% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 9th -2.9pp 5th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 11th -2.2pp 6th 13% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 18th -2.3pp 7th 13% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 17th -1.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 10th -0.9pp 9th 19% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 23rd -0.8pp 10th 21% above peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 25th -0.7pp 11th 27% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 24th -0.4pp 12th 23% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 15th -0.3pp 13th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 26th -0.3pp 14th 29% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 12th -0.2pp 15th 11% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 5th +0.0pp 16th 49% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 17th 81% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 6th +0.2pp 18th 36% below peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 21st +1.4pp 19th 18% above peers
Frisco, TX 3.1% 3rd +0.5pp 20th 60% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 22nd +1.6pp 21st 18% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 27th +2.1pp 22nd 36% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 19th +1.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 16th +2.2pp 24th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 20th +2.7pp 25th 15% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 7th +1.7pp 26th 28% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 14th +2.9pp 27th 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 13th +2.9pp 28th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 101% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 28th +4.7pp 30th 38% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 87% 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

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 24 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (182,511 to 207,055).
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
Frisco, TX 219,304 1st +24% 1st 8% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 4th +17% 2nd 6% above peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 28th +17% 3rd 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 9th +16% 4th 4% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 21st +14% 5th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 13th +12% 6th 2% above peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 29th +8% 7th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 16th +7% 8th on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 3rd +6% 9th 8% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 19th +6% 10th 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 12th +5% 11th 2% above peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 10th +5% 12th 3% above peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 23rd +5% 13th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 31st +5% 14th 4% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 18th +5% 15th 1% below peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 14th +4% 16th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 24th +3% 17th 2% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 2nd +3% 18th 8% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 15th +3% 19th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 20th +2% 20th 1% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 7th +2% 21st 4% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 5th +2% 22nd 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 17th +1% 23rd 1% below peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 11th +1% 24th 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 8th +0% 25th 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 25th +0% 26th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 27th -1% 27th 3% below peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 6th -1% 28th 4% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 30th -3% 29th 4% below peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 22nd -3% 30th 1% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 26th -7% 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.7% to 19.6%).
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 19.1% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Mobile, AL 22.2% 18th +1.1pp 1st 3% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 12th +1.0pp 2nd 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 24th +0.8pp 3rd 14% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 5th +0.7pp 4th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 14th +0.3pp 5th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 13th +0.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 10th +0.2pp 7th 9% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 1st -0.1pp 8th 20% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 9th 27% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 16th -0.3pp 10th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 11th -0.6pp 11th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 15th -0.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 28th -0.6pp 13th 23% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 7th -0.9pp 14th 14% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 19th -1.0pp 15th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 17th -1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 2nd -1.4pp 17th 20% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 18th 22% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 4th -1.5pp 19th 17% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 20th 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 9th -1.5pp 21st 12% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 25th -1.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 22nd -1.6pp 23rd 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 21st -1.8pp 24th 8% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 8th -2.3pp 25th 13% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 29th -1.6pp 26th 23% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 6th -2.5pp 27th 15% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 23rd -2.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 26th -1.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Frisco, TX 27.2% 3rd -3.2pp 30th 19% 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 →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
45.0%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Massachusetts ref 28.6% +0.2pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 16th +5.9pp 1st on par with peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 18th +5.4pp 2nd 8% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 22nd +3.8pp 3rd 17% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 7th +5.2pp 4th 25% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 20th +2.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 19th +2.7pp 6th 9% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 24th +2.0pp 7th 25% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 27th +1.7pp 8th 35% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 25th +1.8pp 9th 29% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 4th +3.3pp 10th 42% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 6th +3.0pp 11th 30% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 3rd +3.2pp 12th 53% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 8th +2.0pp 13th 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 2nd +1.4pp 14th 72% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 14th +0.8pp 15th 3% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 28th +0.3pp 16th 42% below peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 21st -0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 30th -0.2pp 18th 54% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 12th -0.9pp 19th 12% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 5th -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% 29th -1.1pp 25th 54% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 17th -2.3pp 26th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 23rd -1.8pp 27th 25% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 11th -3.4pp 28th 12% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 26th -2.3pp 29th 29% below peers
Frisco, TX 11.9% 31st -1.1pp 30th 69% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 9th -4.2pp 31st 16% 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.
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
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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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.2% to 69.6%).
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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
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 23rd +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Frisco, TX 70.6% 13th +8.8pp 2nd 2% above peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 5th +7.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 28th +5.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 4th +6.6pp 6th 6% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 7th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 9th +6.3pp 8th 4% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 16th +5.9pp 9th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 24th +5.4pp 10th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 19th +5.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 11th +4.6pp 12th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 7th +4.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 10th +3.6pp 14th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 15th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 17th +2.5pp 16th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 20th +1.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 21st +1.3pp 19th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 22nd +0.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 18th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 14th -0.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 25th -0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 15th -1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 26th -2.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 26th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 12th -2.9pp 28th 2% above peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 27th -3.5pp 29th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 6th -7.0pp 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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