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122,036 people (2024) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Ann Arbor, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$82,212
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$65,745 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.9%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
90.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.6%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
2.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
77.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
76.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
64.4%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
72.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
1.6%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
2.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.9%
2019-23
▼ 7%
relative change
5.2% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 11 indicators

Where Ann Arbor, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.5%
2020-24
▲ 125%
relative change
1.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
13.2%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
9.8% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
41.3%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
37.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,701 /100k
May 2026
▲ 9%
relative change
1,568 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
2 /100k
2026
flat
relative change
2 in 2021
Standing still Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.52
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.51 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
299 /100k
May 2026
▲ 11%
relative change
270 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
21.7%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
20.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
12.8%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
45.5%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
45.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
71 /100k
May 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
80 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly Leading peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Home value
Typical home value
$540,694
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$524,904 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$356,154
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$349,341 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
122,036
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
120,735 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
12.4%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
12.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
20.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
19.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
64.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
63.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 299 in May 2026, up from 270 a year earlier.
299 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Richardson, TX 128 (May 26) 4th -48.5% 1st 66% below peers
North Charleston, SC 620 (May 26) 20th -37.5% 2nd 62% above peers
College Station, TX 115 (May 26) 2nd -29.2% 3rd 70% below peers
Concord, CA 382 (May 26) 12th -23.9% 4th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 226 (Apr 26) 6th -19.3% 5th 41% below peers
Allentown, PA 234 (May 26) 7th -17.9% 6th 39% below peers
Billings, MT 667 (May 26) 21st -16.7% 7th 75% above peers
Wilmington, NC 400 (May 26) 13th -12.4% 8th 5% above peers
Hartford, CT 437 (May 26) 15th -11.9% 9th 14% above peers
Cambridge, MA 428 (May 26) 14th -7.6% 10th 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 296 (Apr 26) 9th -5.9% 11th 22% below peers
Berkeley, CA 600 (May 26) 19th -5.2% 12th 57% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 110 (May 26) 1st -4.9% 13th 71% below peers
Independence, MO 557 (May 26) 18th -4.5% 14th 46% above peers
West Jordan, UT 300 (May 26) 11th -4.1% 15th 21% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 127 (May 26) 3rd -1.2% 16th 67% below peers
Clovis, CA 253 (May 26) 8th +1.2% 17th 34% below peers
Lafayette, LA 1,091 (May 26) 23rd +1.8% 18th 186% above peers
Vallejo, CA 746 (Apr 26) 22nd +3.7% 19th 96% above peers
Lowell, MA 517 (Mar 26) 16th +6.3% 20th 35% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 299 (May 26) 10th +10.5% 21st 22% below peers
Fairfield, CA 538 (May 26) 17th +11.8% 22nd 41% above peers
Rochester, MN 174 (May 26) 5th +23.4% 23rd 54% below peers
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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 →
  • Centennial, CO down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 5% 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 Worsening recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime rose about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,701 in May 2026, up from 1,568 a year earlier.
1,701 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Richardson, TX 1,419 (May 26) 10th -47.0% 1st 17% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3,108 (May 26) 21st -35.0% 2nd 83% above peers
College Station, TX 808 (May 26) 2nd -24.6% 3rd 53% below peers
Vallejo, CA 2,778 (Apr 26) 18th -23.6% 4th 63% above peers
Hartford, CT 2,069 (May 26) 13th -21.4% 5th 22% above peers
Lowell, MA 1,258 (Mar 26) 4th -21.0% 6th 26% below peers
Concord, CA 2,380 (May 26) 15th -20.2% 7th 40% above peers
Billings, MT 2,386 (May 26) 16th -18.8% 8th 40% above peers
Clovis, CA 1,291 (May 26) 6th -15.9% 9th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 758 (May 26) 1st -13.8% 10th 55% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3,986 (May 26) 23rd -12.7% 11th 134% above peers
Lafayette, LA 3,364 (May 26) 22nd -12.3% 12th 98% above peers
Cambridge, MA 2,417 (May 26) 17th -11.6% 13th 42% above peers
Wilmington, NC 2,874 (May 26) 19th -11.1% 14th 69% above peers
Independence, MO 2,989 (May 26) 20th -10.3% 15th 76% above peers
Arvada, CO 2,321 (Apr 26) 14th -8.4% 16th 36% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 1,260 (Apr 26) 5th -7.7% 17th 26% below peers
Allentown, PA 1,394 (May 26) 9th -3.3% 18th 18% below peers
Fairfield, CA 1,660 (May 26) 11th -2.8% 19th 2% below peers
Rochester, MN 1,307 (May 26) 7th +0.3% 20th 23% below peers
West Jordan, UT 1,312 (May 26) 8th +2.3% 21st 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 994 (May 26) 3rd +3.3% 22nd 42% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1,701 (May 26) 12th +8.5% 23rd on par with peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 30% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.

Essentially flat over this window.
Most recent monthly reading: 2 in May 2026, up from 0 a year earlier.
2 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Concord, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Berkeley, CA 1 (May 26) 6th -83.3% 2nd 68% below peers
Clovis, CA 1 (May 26) 3rd -80.0% 3rd 70% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 1 (May 26) 4th -75.0% 4th 69% below peers
North Charleston, SC 8 (May 26) 20th -65.8% 5th 202% above peers
Billings, MT 2 (May 26) 11th -57.1% 6th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 11 (May 26) 22nd -30.0% 7th 344% above peers
Independence, MO 6 (May 26) 19th -30.0% 8th 125% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12 (Apr 26) 23rd -28.6% 9th 375% above peers
Rochester, MN 2 (May 26) 10th -24.8% 10th 6% below peers
Lowell, MA 3 (Mar 26) 14th -19.9% 11th 28% above peers
Cambridge, MA 1 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 12th 68% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 3 (Apr 26) 13th +0.0% 13th 15% above peers
Lafayette, LA 4 (May 26) 17th +24.8% 14th 59% above peers
Allentown, PA 4 (May 26) 16th +24.8% 15th 53% above peers
Richardson, TX 3 (May 26) 15th +27.4% 16th 32% above peers
Wilmington, NC 9 (May 26) 21st +37.5% 17th 235% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2 (May 26) 9th +50.3% 18th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5 (May 26) 18th +100.0% 19th 89% above peers
West Jordan, UT 3 (May 26) 12th +199.7% 20th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (May 26) 8th 37% below peers
Arvada, CO 1 (Apr 26) 7th 67% below peers
College Station, TX 1 (May 26) 2nd 70% below peers
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 71 in May 2026, down from 80 a year earlier.
71 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Richardson, TX 112 (May 26) 8th -70.4% 1st 39% below peers
North Charleston, SC 276 (May 26) 18th -48.6% 2nd 50% above peers
College Station, TX 52 (May 26) 2nd -43.2% 3rd 72% below peers
Billings, MT 257 (May 26) 16th -36.4% 4th 39% above peers
Arvada, CO 258 (Apr 26) 17th -32.9% 5th 40% above peers
Lafayette, LA 235 (May 26) 13th -32.4% 6th 27% above peers
Independence, MO 497 (May 26) 21st -29.8% 7th 169% above peers
Concord, CA 322 (May 26) 19th -29.7% 8th 74% above peers
Berkeley, CA 444 (May 26) 20th -27.6% 9th 140% above peers
Hartford, CT 551 (May 26) 22nd -26.6% 10th 198% above peers
Rochester, MN 59 (May 26) 3rd -24.0% 11th 68% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (May 26) 1st -20.3% 12th 76% below peers
Wilmington, NC 244 (May 26) 14th -19.2% 13th 32% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 105 (Apr 26) 7th -18.9% 14th 43% below peers
Vallejo, CA 580 (Apr 26) 23rd -14.9% 15th 214% above peers
Clovis, CA 129 (May 26) 10th -11.6% 16th 30% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 71 (May 26) 5th -11.2% 17th 62% below peers
West Jordan, UT 122 (May 26) 9th -10.7% 18th 34% below peers
Cambridge, MA 71 (May 26) 4th -7.5% 19th 62% below peers
Fairfield, CA 256 (May 26) 15th -4.5% 20th 39% above peers
Allentown, PA 164 (May 26) 11th +2.0% 21st 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 92 (May 26) 6th +3.6% 22nd 50% below peers
Lowell, MA 185 (Mar 26) 12th +4.7% 23rd on par with peers
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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 →
  • College Station, TX down about 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $65,745 to $82,212 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$6,065). 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: household income rose about 45% from 2014 to 2024 ($56,835 to $82,212).
$82,212
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
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Wilmington, NC $66,738 21st +40% 1st 16% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 2nd 47% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 24th +38% 3rd 21% below peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 17th +38% 4th 1% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 5th 34% below peers
Clearwater, FL $66,381 22nd +36% 6th 17% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 19th +35% 7th 8% below peers
Lakeland, FL $64,185 23rd +35% 8th 19% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 9th 30% below peers
West Jordan, UT $108,153 7th +34% 10th 36% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 20th +33% 11th 14% below peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 16th +30% 12th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 13th 13% above peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 14th 42% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 10th +27% 15th 25% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 3rd +27% 16th 64% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 8th +26% 17th 36% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 15th +25% 18th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 19th 70% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 18th +24% 20th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 21st 53% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 22nd 12% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 23rd 36% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 25th +21% 24th 22% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 9th +21% 25th 28% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 26th +19% 26th 24% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $86,765 14th +19% 27th 9% above peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 27th +19% 28th 29% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 29th 77% above peers
Richardson, TX $98,111 11th +15% 30th 23% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has 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

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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 about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$5,268 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 rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 54% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.6% in May 2026, down from 3.7% a year earlier.
3.6%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Independence, MO 3.7% (May 26) 12th -0.8pp 1st on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 3.3% (May 26) 4th -0.5pp 2nd 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.3% (May 26) 21st -0.4pp 4th 16% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 15th -0.4pp 5th 3% above peers
Wilmington, NC 3.2% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 6th 14% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 7th 24% above peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 24th -0.3pp 8th 27% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 13th -0.2pp 11th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 12th 3% below peers
Arvada, CO 3.6% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 13th 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 3.2% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 14th 14% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3.3% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 15th 11% below peers
Billings, MT 2.9% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 16th 22% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 17th 11% above peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.2pp 18th 8% above peers
Richardson, TX 3.7% (May 26) 14th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.3pp 20th 8% below peers
College Station, TX 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st 5% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.7pp 22nd 11% above peers
Clearwater, FL 4.3% (May 26) 22nd +1.0pp 23rd 16% above peers
Lakeland, FL 5.7% (May 26) 25th +1.3pp 24th 54% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 4.1% (May 26) 20th +1.4pp 25th 11% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 26th +1.4pp 26th 65% above peers
Hartford, CT 7.9% (May 26) 27th +2.2pp 27th 114% 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 (20.1% then, 21.7% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 21.7%).
21.7%
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
Michigan ref 12.9% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
North Charleston, SC 14.0% 19th -5.9pp 1st 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 15.5% 22nd -5.8pp 2nd 28% above peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 5th -2.5pp 3rd 34% below peers
Lakeland, FL 12.3% 17th -3.4pp 4th 2% above peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 27th -4.4pp 5th 67% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.6% 15th -2.3pp 6th 4% below peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 6th -1.5pp 7th 32% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 7th -1.6pp 8th 31% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 18th -2.4pp 9th 14% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.2% 10th -1.4pp 10th 23% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 11th 102% above peers
Lowell, MA 16.2% 25th -1.9pp 12th 34% above peers
Berkeley, CA 15.5% 23rd -1.7pp 13th 29% above peers
West Jordan, UT 6.0% 3rd -0.5pp 14th 50% below peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 30th -1.9pp 15th 105% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 26th -1.0pp 16th 49% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.6% 20th -0.7pp 17th 21% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 18th 113% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 16th -0.4pp 19th on par with peers
Billings, MT 9.6% 11th -0.1pp 20th 21% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 2nd +0.0pp 21st 52% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 4th +0.0pp 22nd 47% below peers
Cambridge, MA 11.0% 13th +0.0pp 23rd 9% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 24th +0.7pp 24th 30% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.1% 14th +0.6pp 25th 8% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 28th +1.6pp 26th 80% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 21st +1.2pp 27th 26% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 8.7% 8th +0.8pp 28th 28% below peers
Fairfield, CA 10.1% 12th +1.6pp 29th 17% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 1st +1.3pp 30th 54% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 9th +3.7pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 ±1.4pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty rose 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.8% to 13.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 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; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.3% to 13.2%).
13.2%
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
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 24th -13.7pp 1st 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 7th -5.0pp 2nd 48% below peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 22nd -11.1pp 3rd 26% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 8th -4.7pp 4th 46% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 5th 51% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 7th 63% above peers
Lakeland, FL 17.8% 21st -5.8pp 8th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 16th -4.6pp 9th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 26th -6.5pp 10th 49% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 9th -2.5pp 11th 36% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 1st -0.9pp 12th 76% below peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 30th -7.0pp 13th 103% above peers
West Jordan, UT 7.1% 3rd -1.4pp 14th 53% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 2nd -1.1pp 15th 59% below peers
Clearwater, FL 20.0% 23rd -3.5pp 16th 33% above peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 17th 64% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 25th -2.6pp 18th 45% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 10.6% 11th -1.1pp 19th 29% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 20th 59% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 137% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 18th -0.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 23rd 53% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 12th -0.2pp 24th 28% below peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 20th -0.2pp 25th 18% above peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 14th +1.9pp 26th 9% below peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 17th +2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 6th +1.9pp 28th 49% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 19th +4.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 13th +3.4pp 30th 12% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.2% to 93.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 5.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.2% to 93.9%).
93.9%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 90.7% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lakeland, FL 89.7% 23rd +19.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 88.2% 26th +18.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 25th +17.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 29th +14.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 27th +11.8pp 5th 6% below peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 17th +10.2pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 22nd +9.0pp 8th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 21st +9.0pp 9th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 24th +8.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 19th +7.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Clearwater, FL 87.3% 28th +6.8pp 12th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 15th +7.0pp 13th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 20th +6.9pp 14th 1% below peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 4th +6.5pp 15th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 3rd +6.3pp 16th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 8th +5.9pp 17th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 11th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 18th +4.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 5th +4.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 14th +3.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 7th +3.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
West Jordan, UT 96.3% 2nd +3.1pp 23rd 4% above peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 10th +2.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 94.5% 9th +2.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 13th +2.5pp 26th 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 95.0% 6th +2.0pp 27th 2% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 12th +1.2pp 29th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 16th +0.9pp 30th on par with peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Antioch, CA up 7.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 50% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Clovis, CA up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 (0.51 then, 0.52 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.50 to 0.52).
0.52
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
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 8th -0.033 1st 4% below peers
Lakeland, FL 0.47 20th -0.020 2nd 3% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 13th -0.018 3rd 2% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 24th -0.020 4th 11% above peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 14th -0.013 5th 1% below peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 26th -0.012 6th 13% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 9th -0.007 7th 4% below peers
West Jordan, UT 0.35 1st -0.005 8th 24% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 9th 19% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 21st +0.000 10th 8% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 22nd +0.002 11th 9% above peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 28th +0.002 12th 15% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 2nd +0.002 13th 10% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 25th +0.002 14th 11% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 3rd +0.002 15th 9% below peers
Billings, MT 0.46 19th +0.008 16th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 17th +0.009 17th 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 7th +0.009 18th 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 27th +0.011 19th 14% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 30th +0.012 20th 18% above peers
Clearwater, FL 0.50 23rd +0.012 21st 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 10th +0.011 22nd 4% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 15th +0.011 23rd 1% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 4th +0.011 24th 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 11th +0.011 25th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 26th 15% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 5th +0.014 27th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 18th +0.016 28th 2% above peers
Richardson, TX 0.45 16th +0.020 29th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK 0.44 12th +0.030 30th 3% below peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 6th +0.035 31st 5% below 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (5.2% then, 4.9% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.6% to 4.9%).
4.9%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.1% -1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Athens, GA 9.2% 15th -5.1pp 1st 5% below peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 18th -5.4pp 2nd 12% above peers
West Jordan, UT 4.4% 3rd -1.9pp 3rd 55% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.5% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 64% below peers
Clearwater, FL 10.7% 17th -2.8pp 5th 10% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 10th -1.3pp 6th 22% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 26th -1.9pp 7th 43% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 8th 74% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 23rd -1.3pp 9th 23% above peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 10th 276% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 11th 50% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 5.8% 8th -0.3pp 12th 40% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 16th -0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 11th -0.4pp 14th 17% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 21st -0.6pp 15th 20% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 28th -0.5pp 16th 50% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 22nd -0.3pp 17th 22% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 14th -0.2pp 18th 9% below peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 19th -0.0pp 19th 13% above peers
Lakeland, FL 14.4% 27th +0.6pp 20th 48% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 21st 223% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 25th +0.9pp 22nd 37% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 29th +2.1pp 23rd 160% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 24th 46% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 5th +0.6pp 25th 51% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 20th +1.4pp 26th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 13th +1.4pp 27th 12% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 24th +2.1pp 28th 25% above peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 9th +2.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 4th +1.5pp 30th 55% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 12th +3.7pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $540,694 in June 2026, up from $524,904 a year earlier.
$540,694
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $269,972 (Jun 26) +4.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 19th +4.0% 1st 14% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 21st +3.7% 2nd 21% below peers
Independence, MO $214,195 (Jun 26) 27th +3.5% 3rd 47% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $540,694 (Jun 26) 9th +3.0% 4th 34% above peers
Hartford, CT $205,552 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 5th 49% below peers
Berkeley, CA $1,478,916 (Jun 26) 1st +2.6% 6th 266% above peers
Billings, MT $402,554 (Jun 26) 16th +2.1% 7th on par with peers
Broken Arrow, OK $291,736 (Jun 26) 25th +2.1% 8th 28% below peers
Lafayette, LA $228,144 (Jun 26) 26th +2.0% 9th 44% below peers
West Jordan, UT $563,414 (Jun 26) 8th +1.5% 10th 39% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.5% 11th 161% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 11th +0.4% 12th 29% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 18th +0.2% 13th 13% below peers
Lowell, MA $492,699 (Jun 26) 12th +0.1% 14th 22% above peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 15th 51% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 15th -0.7% 16th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC $422,872 (Jun 26) 14th -0.8% 17th 5% above peers
Richardson, TX $448,332 (Jun 26) 13th -1.0% 18th 11% above peers
Brandon, FL $358,445 (Jun 26) 17th -1.3% 19th 11% below peers
Cambridge, MA $1,044,286 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 20th 159% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 4th -1.7% 21st 109% above peers
Lakeland, FL $313,405 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.8% 22nd 22% below peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 5th -1.9% 23rd 83% above peers
North Charleston, SC $315,206 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.9% 24th 22% below peers
Fairfield, CA $609,593 (Jun 26) 7th -2.2% 25th 51% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 6th -2.5% 26th 52% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $308,500 (Jun 26) 24th -2.7% 27th 24% below peers
Clearwater, FL $344,142 (Jun 26) 20th -3.0% 28th 15% below peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 10th -4.3% 29th 30% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $356,154 in June 2026, up from $349,341 a year earlier.
$356,154
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $145,661 (Jun 26) +4.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 20th +5.0% 1st 21% below peers
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 18th +4.6% 2nd 14% below peers
Independence, MO $157,158 (Jun 26) 26th +4.6% 3rd 47% below peers
Billings, MT $300,960 (Jun 26) 14th +2.7% 4th 1% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK $229,532 (Jun 26) 21st +2.5% 5th 23% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $356,154 (Jun 26) 11th +2.0% 6th 19% above peers
Berkeley, CA $995,582 (Jun 26) 1st +1.7% 7th 234% above peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 8th 36% above peers
West Jordan, UT $457,643 (Jun 26) 8th +1.1% 9th 53% above peers
Hartford, CT $109,220 (Jun 26) 28th +1.0% 10th 63% below peers
Lafayette, LA $137,808 (Jun 26) 27th +1.0% 11th 54% below peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 17th +0.9% 12th 12% below peers
Cambridge, MA $700,797 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 13th 135% above peers
Lowell, MA $346,316 (Jun 26) 12th -0.1% 14th 16% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.1% 15th 164% above peers
Wilmington, NC $298,235 (Jun 26) 15th -1.1% 16th on par with peers
Richardson, TX $344,866 (Jun 26) 13th -1.2% 17th 16% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 18th 138% above peers
North Charleston, SC $225,334 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.3% 19th 24% below peers
Fairfield, CA $488,580 (Jun 26) 6th -2.3% 20th 64% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $247,731 (Jun 26) 19th -2.4% 21st 17% below peers
Brandon, FL $278,112 (Jun 26) 16th -2.5% 22nd 7% below peers
Lakeland, FL $223,033 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.9% 23rd 25% below peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 7th -3.1% 24th 63% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 9th -3.4% 25th 43% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 5th -3.5% 26th 67% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 29th -4.2% 27th 64% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 24th -5.9% 28th 29% below peers
Clearwater, FL $180,856 (Jun 26) 25th -7.1% 29th 39% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.2% then, 45.5% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.7% to 45.5%).
45.5%
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
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 22nd +5.0pp 1st 13% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 2nd 55% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 23rd +3.1pp 3rd 17% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 18th +3.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 5th 40% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 27th +2.4pp 6th 25% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 28th +2.2pp 7th 29% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 14th +2.7pp 8th 3% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 21st +1.7pp 9th 12% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 12th +2.0pp 10th 7% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 16th +1.9pp 11th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 77.2% 2nd +2.4pp 12th 35% above peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 8th +1.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 11th +1.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 10th +1.8pp 15th 13% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 25th +1.2pp 16th 23% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 5th +2.0pp 17th 26% above peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 26th +0.9pp 18th 25% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 3rd +1.2pp 19th 31% above peers
Lakeland, FL 56.4% 17th +0.8pp 20th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 21st 23% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 4th +0.7pp 22nd 27% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 24th +0.3pp 23rd 21% below peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 13th +0.2pp 24th 6% above peers
Clearwater, FL 58.6% 15th +0.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 72.0% 6th -1.6pp 26th 26% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 27th 42% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 9th -2.7pp 28th 13% above peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -2.3pp 29th 38% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 19th -3.5pp 30th 7% below peers
Richardson, TX 50.7% 20th -7.9pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,158 in June 2026, up from $2,136 a year earlier.
$2,158
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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%
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 29th +5.7% 1st 26% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK $1,607 (Jun 26) 24th +4.9% 2nd 8% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 8th +4.0% 3rd 35% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 4th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.4% 5th 88% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,598 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 6th 107% above peers
Billings, MT $1,458 (Jun 26) 25th +2.9% 7th 16% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 8th 49% above peers
Wilmington, NC $1,694 (Jun 26) 18th +2.8% 9th 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 7th +2.8% 10th 38% above peers
Independence, MO $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 11th 21% below peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 17th +2.2% 12th 2% below peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 26th +2.0% 13th 17% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,941 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 14th 69% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,738 (Jun 26) 15th +1.9% 15th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA $2,446 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 16th 41% above peers
Lakeland, FL $1,689 (Jun 26) 19th +1.7% 17th 3% below peers
Hartford, CT $1,672 (Jun 26) 21st +1.5% 18th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,158 (Jun 26) 11th +1.1% 19th 24% above peers
Lowell, MA $2,316 (Jun 26) 9th +0.3% 20th 33% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 21st 25% above peers
Lafayette, LA $1,324 (Jun 26) 28th +0.2% 22nd 24% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 12th +0.0% 23rd 21% above peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,943 (Jun 26) 14th -0.2% 24th 12% above peers
West Jordan, UT $1,656 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.2% 25th 5% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 4th -0.3% 26th 56% above peers
Richardson, TX $1,675 (Jun 26) 20th -0.9% 27th 4% below peers
Clearwater, FL $1,962 (Jun 26) 13th -2.5% 28th 13% above peers
Brandon, FL $1,639 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.2% 29th 6% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.4% to 41.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 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; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.8% to 41.3%).
41.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 18th -1.7pp 1st 5% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 2nd -0.7pp 2nd 34% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 21st -0.9pp 3rd 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 6th -0.4pp 4th 25% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 17th -0.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 8th -0.2pp 6th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 16th -0.1pp 7th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 14th +0.1pp 8th 3% below peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 24th +0.2pp 9th 15% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 23rd +0.3pp 10th 14% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 10th +0.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 7th +0.4pp 12th 24% below peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 5th +0.6pp 13th 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 28th +1.3pp 14th 20% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 29th +1.5pp 15th 22% above peers
Lakeland, FL 34.6% 13th +1.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 20th +1.7pp 17th 8% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 18th 42% above peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 26th +2.5pp 19th 15% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 27th +2.7pp 20th 19% above peers
West Jordan, UT 27.3% 4th +1.9pp 21st 29% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 9th +2.4pp 22nd 13% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 15th +2.9pp 23rd 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.9% 1st +1.9pp 24th 35% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 25th 30% above peers
Clearwater, FL 44.0% 25th +3.8pp 26th 15% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 19th +4.0pp 27th 8% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 3rd +2.8pp 28th 30% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 11th +4.5pp 29th 11% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 22nd +6.0pp 30th 12% above peers
Richardson, TX 34.2% 12th +5.0pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.8% then, 12.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 12.8%).
12.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 14th -3.3pp 1st 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 17th -2.4pp 2nd 8% above peers
Clearwater, FL 8.9% 23rd -2.3pp 3rd 33% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 58% below peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 27th -2.9pp 5th 106% above peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 11th -0.9pp 6th 24% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 21st -1.3pp 7th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 19th -1.2pp 8th 19% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 28th -1.7pp 9th 147% above peers
Lakeland, FL 7.4% 18th -0.7pp 10th 11% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 2.4% 1st -0.2pp 11th 64% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 5th -0.3pp 12th 41% below peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 24th -0.6pp 13th 39% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 8th -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 16th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 16th 40% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 10th -0.1pp 17th 28% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 13th -0.0pp 18th 9% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 26th -0.1pp 19th 91% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 20th 358% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 21st 396% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 4th +0.1pp 22nd 50% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 210% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 25th +0.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 22nd +0.8pp 25th 25% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 7th +0.4pp 26th 40% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 20th +1.2pp 27th 22% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 15th +1.1pp 28th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 9th +0.9pp 29th 32% below peers
Richardson, TX 5.5% 12th +1.5pp 30th 17% below peers
West Jordan, UT 2.7% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.7% then, 2.6% now; margin ±0.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 2.6%).
2.6%
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
Michigan ref 4.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
West Jordan, UT 7.9% 14th -2.2pp 1st 7% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.1% 6th -0.9pp 2nd 52% below peers
Athens, GA 11.2% 23rd -2.2pp 3rd 32% above peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 4th 80% below peers
North Charleston, SC 14.7% 29th -2.2pp 5th 73% above peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 4th -0.6pp 6th 55% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 7th -0.6pp 7th 48% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 5th -0.4pp 8th 54% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 31st -1.0pp 9th 76% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 8th -0.3pp 10th 47% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.2% 24th -0.6pp 11th 32% above peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 67% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 11th -0.3pp 13th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 69% below peers
Richardson, TX 13.2% 28th -0.1pp 15th 55% above peers
Brandon, FL 12.2% 26th -0.1pp 16th 43% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 25th +0.2pp 17th 32% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 9.8% 17th +0.2pp 18th 15% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 9th +0.1pp 19th 43% below peers
Wilmington, NC 10.8% 22nd +0.6pp 20th 28% above peers
Lakeland, FL 10.5% 21st +0.6pp 21st 23% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 16th +0.5pp 22nd on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 13th +0.4pp 23rd 19% below peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 27th +1.0pp 24th 46% above peers
Clearwater, FL 14.9% 30th +1.3pp 25th 75% above peers
Billings, MT 8.0% 15th +1.1pp 26th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 10.4% 20th +1.5pp 27th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.1% 19th +1.5pp 28th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 18th +1.9pp 29th 17% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.7% 10th +1.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 12th +1.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

28.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 37% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 4th 22% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 5th 22% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 6th 19% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 7th 16% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 12% below peers
Richardson, TX 29.7% 9th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 10th 10% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 11th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 12th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
West Jordan, UT 32.6% 14th 3% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 15th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Clearwater, FL 33.5% 17th on par with peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 18th 1% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 19th 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 20th 3% above peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 21st 5% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 22nd 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 23rd 7% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 24th 7% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 25th 8% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 36.4% 26th 9% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 27th 18% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 28th 19% above peers
Lakeland, FL 40.9% 29th 22% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 23% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.1% to 2.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 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; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.7% to 2.5%).
2.5%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Richardson, TX 8.2% 27th -4.5pp 1st 45% above peers
Clovis, CA 2.0% 3rd -0.6pp 2nd 65% below peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 77% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 18th -1.5pp 4th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 6th -0.6pp 5th 52% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 22nd -1.2pp 6th 16% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 21st -1.1pp 7th 13% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 13th -0.8pp 8th 12% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.7% 23rd -0.8pp 9th 18% above peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 7th -0.2pp 10th 50% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 11th 14% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 12th 80% above peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 68% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 25th +0.7pp 14th 38% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 4th +0.2pp 15th 59% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 28th +0.9pp 16th 46% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 16th +0.8pp 17th on par with peers
Lakeland, FL 6.2% 20th +1.0pp 18th 10% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 31st +2.1pp 19th 115% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 19th +1.2pp 20th 9% above peers
Clearwater, FL 11.4% 30th +3.9pp 21st 103% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 14th +1.9pp 22nd 6% below peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 23rd 27% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 17th +2.6pp 24th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 26th +3.8pp 25th 38% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 9th +1.8pp 26th 35% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 15th +2.8pp 27th 2% below peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 28th 32% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 5th +1.4pp 29th 56% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 30th 50% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 24th +4.3pp 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
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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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change
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College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (76.0% then, 77.9% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.9% to 77.9%).
77.9%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 7th +10.4pp 1st 40% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 31st +3.9pp 2nd 48% below peers
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 26th +5.8pp 3rd 22% below peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 21st +5.9pp 4th 19% below peers
West Jordan, UT 29.1% 23rd +4.1pp 5th 21% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 14th +5.5pp 6th 6% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 30th +2.5pp 7th 47% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 13th +4.8pp 8th 6% above peers
Lakeland, FL 29.4% 22nd +3.5pp 9th 20% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 11th +5.3pp 10th 27% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 17th +4.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 12th 41% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 25th +3.0pp 13th 22% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 29th +2.0pp 14th 46% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 9th +4.2pp 15th 38% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 35.7% 18th +2.5pp 16th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 12th +2.9pp 17th 11% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 10th +3.3pp 18th 28% above peers
Clearwater, FL 32.6% 20th +2.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Richardson, TX 57.0% 5th +3.8pp 20th 55% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 19th +2.0pp 21st 8% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 16th +1.8pp 22nd on par with peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 23rd 79% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 15th +1.1pp 24th 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 25th 111% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 26th 119% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 27th 103% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 24th +0.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 8th +0.6pp 29th 40% above peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 6th -2.1pp 30th 53% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 27th -1.6pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.6% then, 64.4% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
64.4%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 14th +8.8pp 1st 5% above peers
Clearwater, FL 55.3% 6th +10.3pp 2nd 28% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 31st +4.2pp 3rd 39% below peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 12th +7.6pp 4th 17% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 19th +5.0pp 5th 3% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 16th +4.6pp 6th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 11th +2.0pp 7th 18% above peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 8th 81% above peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 8th +1.8pp 9th 20% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 10th 44% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 24th +0.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 26th +0.0pp 12th 15% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 13th 28% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 14th 81% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 7th -4.7pp 15th 23% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 44.1% 15th -4.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 13th -4.5pp 17th 6% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 18th 49% above peers
Richardson, TX 51.4% 9th -6.7pp 19th 19% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 22nd -6.6pp 20th 10% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 30th -5.4pp 21st 32% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 20th -8.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 17th -8.8pp 23rd 1% below peers
West Jordan, UT 38.4% 23rd -8.5pp 24th 11% below peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 25th -9.6pp 25th 12% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 29th -9.7pp 26th 29% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 28th -10.7pp 27th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 10th -18.7pp 28th 18% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 18th -16.1pp 29th 1% below peers
Lakeland, FL 34.1% 27th -20.4pp 30th 21% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 21st -31.0pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.2% then, 1.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.0% to 1.6%).
1.6%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 12th -4.3pp 2nd 14% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 9th -2.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Richardson, TX 1.8% 4th -0.9pp 4th 71% below peers
Lakeland, FL 6.0% 14th -2.6pp 5th 4% below peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 17th -2.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 18th -2.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 3rd -0.6pp 8th 74% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 15th -2.0pp 9th 1% below peers
Clearwater, FL 7.5% 23rd -2.1pp 10th 20% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 8th -0.7pp 11th 40% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 28th -1.5pp 12th 48% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 21st -0.8pp 13th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 5th -0.2pp 14th 60% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 10th -0.1pp 15th 27% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.6% 19th -0.0pp 16th 6% above peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 25th +0.1pp 17th 39% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 29th +0.4pp 18th 48% above peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 16th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 27th +1.6pp 20th 46% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 6th +0.6pp 21st 49% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 11th +1.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 30th +2.9pp 23rd 59% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 20th +2.0pp 24th 12% above peers
Broken Arrow, OK 7.8% 24th +2.3pp 25th 26% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 26th +3.8pp 26th 43% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 27th 79% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 28th 19% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 29th 119% above peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 7th +2.4pp 30th 44% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 13th +4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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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 ±1.0pp 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 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 120,735 to 122,036 - more than the combined survey margin (±79). 22 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 5% from 2014 to 2024 (115,985 to 122,036).
122,036
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 6th +14% 1st 3% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 12th +11% 2nd 1% above peers
Lakeland, FL 119,961 22nd +11% 3rd 1% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 7th +10% 4th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 119,434 25th +9% 5th 1% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 118,180 29th +9% 6th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 21st +8% 7th 1% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 23rd +8% 8th 1% below peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 28th +6% 9th 2% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 17th +6% 10th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 11th +6% 11th 1% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 19th +5% 12th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 2nd +4% 13th 4% above peers
Independence, MO 121,740 14th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 24th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 10th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 8th +2% 17th 3% above peers
West Jordan, UT 116,692 31st +2% 18th 4% below peers
Athens, GA 127,345 1st +2% 19th 5% above peers
Richardson, TX 118,731 27th +2% 20th 2% below peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 26th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Clearwater, FL 117,247 30th +2% 22nd 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 13th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 18th +1% 24th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 4th -0% 25th 4% above peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 3rd -0% 26th 4% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 20th -1% 27th 1% below peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 16th -2% 28th on par with peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 5th -2% 29th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 15th -4% 30th on par with peers
Concord, CA 124,035 9th -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Children's share of the population

No better direction 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 (12.8% then, 12.4% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (13.4% to 12.4%).
12.4%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 26th +0.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 14th +0.7pp 2nd 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 37% above peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 15th +0.6pp 4th 1% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.7% 13th +0.5pp 5th 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 8th 41% below peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 16th -0.0pp 9th on par with peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 8th -0.2pp 10th 9% above peers
Lakeland, FL 19.0% 23rd -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 25.3% 4th -0.5pp 12th 21% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 10th -0.5pp 13th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 14th 41% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 7th -0.7pp 15th 11% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 18th -0.7pp 16th 4% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 9th -0.8pp 17th 9% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 24th -0.7pp 18th 15% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 27th -0.7pp 19th 21% below peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 11th -1.0pp 20th 5% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 6th -1.3pp 21st 15% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 19th -1.1pp 22nd 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 20th -1.3pp 23rd 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 5th -2.0pp 24th 16% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 28th -1.4pp 25th 21% below peers
Clearwater, FL 16.9% 25th -1.6pp 26th 19% below peers
Richardson, TX 20.2% 17th -2.0pp 27th 4% below peers
West Jordan, UT 27.7% 3rd -2.8pp 28th 32% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 21st -2.1pp 29th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 30th 7% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 12th -2.7pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.7% then, 20.1% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.1% to 20.1%).
20.1%
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
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
College Station, TX 28.5% 17th +6.8pp 1st 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 21.4% 25th +4.7pp 2nd 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 3rd +11.6pp 3rd 87% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 9th +6.3pp 4th 39% above peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 4th +4.6pp 5th 62% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 16th +1.8pp 6th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 7th 100% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 27th +0.4pp 8th 32% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 24.7% 20th +0.4pp 9th 16% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 11th +0.5pp 10th 36% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 14th +0.4pp 11th 22% above peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 5th +0.1pp 12th 59% above peers
Lakeland, FL 37.9% 12th -0.5pp 13th 28% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 26th -0.4pp 14th 31% below peers
Clearwater, FL 41.9% 8th -0.8pp 15th 42% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 28th -0.4pp 16th 35% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 6th -0.9pp 17th 45% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 10th -1.0pp 18th 37% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 19th 24% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 19th -2.1pp 20th 7% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 21st 66% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 22nd 110% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 7th -4.7pp 23rd 44% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 23rd -2.4pp 24th 27% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 25th 52% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 18th -3.7pp 26th 4% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 24th -2.8pp 27th 27% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 13th -5.5pp 28th 25% above peers
Richardson, TX 23.0% 21st -3.5pp 29th 22% below peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 29th -3.8pp 30th 35% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 15th -7.4pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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4 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 5 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 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.3% then, 64.9% now; margin ±8.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.7% to 64.9%).
64.9%
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
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 10th +18.0pp 1st 4% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 31st +13.0pp 2nd 18% below peers
West Jordan, UT 70.4% 15th +12.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 8th +9.8pp 4th 7% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 5th 9% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 14th +9.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Richardson, TX 64.3% 27th +8.0pp 7th 8% below peers
Clearwater, FL 71.7% 12th +7.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 9th 11% above peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 3rd +4.8pp 10th 10% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 19th +4.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 23rd +3.3pp 12th 5% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 9th +3.4pp 13th 6% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 20th +3.0pp 14th 4% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 5th +3.3pp 15th 9% above peers
Lakeland, FL 68.8% 18th +2.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 22nd +1.9pp 17th 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 26th +1.6pp 18th 7% below peers
Broken Arrow, OK 65.7% 24th +1.3pp 19th 6% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 20th 10% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 21st 1% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 13th +1.2pp 22nd 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 7th +0.2pp 23rd 8% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 6th +0.0pp 24th 9% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 29th -0.2pp 25th 10% below peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 11th -0.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 25th -2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 16th -3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 30th -3.7pp 29th 16% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 21st -5.9pp 30th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 28th -5.7pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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2 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 7 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 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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