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Dearborn, MI
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105,611 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Dearborn, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Dearborn, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 7 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 3% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. Dearborn started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 283 in July 2026, up from 276 a year earlier.
Bright spot 283 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
San Mateo, CA 148 (Jul 26) -26.4% 1st
Carmel, IN 51 (Jul 26) -22.9% 2nd
Burbank, CA 314 (Jul 26) -20.8% 3rd
Yuma, AZ 333 (Jun 26) -19.4% 4th
Lee's Summit, MO 112 (Jul 26) -16.1% 5th
Sugar Land, TX 71 (Jul 26) -10.5% 6th
Chico, CA 607 (Jul 26) -9.5% 7th
Fishers, IN 75 (Jul 26) -7.1% 8th
Suffolk, VA 363 (Jun 26) -3.1% 9th
South Bend, IN 946 (Jul 26) -2.2% 10th
Brockton, MA 554 (Jun 26) -1.8% 11th
El Monte, CA 417 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Quincy, MA 326 (Jul 26) +0.3% 13th
Fayetteville, AR 448 (Jul 26) +1.9% 14th
West Covina, CA 250 (Jul 26) +2.3% 15th
Dearborn, MI 283 (Jul 26) +2.7% 16th
Boulder, CO 346 (Jul 26) +3.7% 17th
Bend, OR 175 (Jul 26) +3.9% 18th
Vacaville, CA 267 (Jul 26) +4.5% 19th
Lynn, MA 575 (Jul 26) +8.1% 20th
Spokane Valley, WA 257 (Jun 26) +14.3% 21st
Georgetown, TX 163 (Jul 26) +20.0% 22nd
Green Bay, WI 544 (Jul 26) +27.2% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

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

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 7% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 10% higher than in 2021 (1,546 then, 1,698 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 2,095 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,716 in July 2026, down from 1,850 a year earlier.
Needs attention 1,716 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
San Mateo, CA 1,257 (Jul 26) -27.1% 1st
Vacaville, CA 1,255 (Jul 26) -25.8% 2nd
Georgetown, TX 759 (Jul 26) -23.0% 3rd
Lynn, MA 923 (Jul 26) -19.0% 4th
Burbank, CA 2,279 (Jul 26) -18.2% 5th
Fishers, IN 439 (Jul 26) -17.6% 6th
Carmel, IN 633 (Jul 26) -17.1% 7th
Boulder, CO 2,417 (Jul 26) -16.9% 8th
Quincy, MA 1,120 (Jul 26) -15.0% 9th
Lee's Summit, MO 1,954 (Jul 26) -11.4% 10th
West Covina, CA 1,706 (Jul 26) -10.4% 11th
Bend, OR 1,298 (Jul 26) -10.4% 12th
Suffolk, VA 1,265 (Jun 26) -10.3% 13th
Spokane Valley, WA 3,080 (Jun 26) -9.8% 14th
South Bend, IN 2,502 (Jul 26) -9.1% 15th
Fayetteville, AR 1,882 (Jul 26) -7.7% 16th
Dearborn, MI 1,716 (Jul 26) -7.3% 17th
Sugar Land, TX 1,233 (Jul 26) -6.1% 18th
Yuma, AZ 1,174 (Jun 26) -1.2% 19th
El Monte, CA 1,984 (Jul 26) +3.6% 20th
Chico, CA 1,845 (Jul 26) +4.5% 21st
Green Bay, WI 1,262 (Jul 26) +5.2% 22nd
Brockton, MA 1,491 (Jun 26) +20.8% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities. Dearborn started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 2 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 3 in the prior 12 months. That is 2 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 2 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
West Covina, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Fayetteville, AR 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Bend, OR 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
San Mateo, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Spokane Valley, WA 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 5th
Boulder, CO 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 6th
Suffolk, VA 3 (Jun 26) -62.5% 7th
El Monte, CA 2 (Jul 26) -50.1% 8th
Lee's Summit, MO 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 9th
Green Bay, WI 2 (Jul 26) -33.5% 10th
Dearborn, MI 2 (Jul 26) -33.5% 11th
Yuma, AZ 5 (Jun 26) -28.7% 12th
Brockton, MA 6 (Jun 26) -25.1% 13th
Lynn, MA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Burbank, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
South Bend, IN 17 (Jul 26) +260.3% 16th
Chico, CA 4 (Jul 26) +300.4% 17th
Georgetown, TX 8 (Jul 26) +800.1% 18th
Carmel, IN 0 (Jul 26)
Fishers, IN 1 (Jul 26)
Vacaville, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Sugar Land, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Quincy, MA 1 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, NY down about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 39% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 12% lower than in 2021 (255 then, 225 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 570 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 213 in July 2026, down from 350 a year earlier.
Bright spot 213 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Boulder, CO 77 (Jul 26) -60.7% 1st
Fishers, IN 29 (Jul 26) -50.8% 2nd
Vacaville, CA 62 (Jul 26) -50.4% 3rd
San Mateo, CA 85 (Jul 26) -43.6% 4th
Burbank, CA 171 (Jul 26) -42.7% 5th
Quincy, MA 68 (Jul 26) -40.2% 6th
Dearborn, MI 213 (Jul 26) -39.2% 7th
Lynn, MA 106 (Jul 26) -38.2% 8th
Sugar Land, TX 45 (Jul 26) -38.0% 9th
Yuma, AZ 85 (Jun 26) -36.5% 10th
Georgetown, TX 61 (Jul 26) -30.1% 11th
Lee's Summit, MO 189 (Jul 26) -28.5% 12th
South Bend, IN 297 (Jul 26) -26.3% 13th
Green Bay, WI 156 (Jul 26) -25.2% 14th
Suffolk, VA 84 (Jun 26) -20.8% 15th
West Covina, CA 222 (Jul 26) -19.9% 16th
El Monte, CA 313 (Jul 26) -19.4% 17th
Spokane Valley, WA 253 (Jun 26) -13.3% 18th
Fayetteville, AR 175 (Jul 26) -3.6% 19th
Carmel, IN 83 (Jul 26) +12.8% 20th
Chico, CA 212 (Jul 26) +14.4% 21st
Brockton, MA 354 (Jun 26) +18.2% 22nd
Bend, OR 105 (Jul 26) +28.4% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yuma, AZ down about 36% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $53,670 to $65,324 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,969).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dearborn started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 40% from 2014 to 2024 ($46,776 to $65,324).
Bright spot $65,324
20102024
▸ 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%
Bend, OR $96,394 14th +47% 1st 4% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 18th +44% 2nd 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 29th +43% 3rd 32% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 22nd +42% 4th 20% below peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 24th +39% 5th 27% below peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 30th +39% 6th 40% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 12th +38% 7th 5% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 20th +37% 8th 14% below peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 27th +36% 9th 29% below peers
Hesperia, CA $72,160 23rd +35% 10th 22% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 26th +34% 11th 29% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 21st +34% 12th 19% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 7th +33% 13th 13% above peers
Renton, WA $100,432 10th +29% 14th 8% above peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 15th +29% 15th 3% above peers
Burbank, CA $97,082 13th +28% 16th 5% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 11th +27% 17th 7% above peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 6th +27% 18th 20% above peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 19th +26% 19th 6% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 25th +26% 20th 28% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 2nd +25% 21st 53% above peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 16th +24% 22nd on par with peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 1st +23% 23rd 66% above peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 9th +22% 24th 9% above peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 28th +22% 25th 30% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 4th +21% 26th 42% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 17th +20% 27th 2% below peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 5th +19% 28th 41% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 8th +14% 29th 11% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $136,217 3rd +12% 30th 47% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR $19,470 31st +12% 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 31 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 →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,496 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.7% in July 2026, up from 5.4% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.7%
1990July 2026
▸ 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 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Burbank, CA 5.9% (Jul 26) 26th -1.3pp 1st 23% above peers
Downey, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th -0.9pp 2nd 2% above peers
El Monte, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.8pp 3rd 6% above peers
Hesperia, CA 6.6% (Jul 26) 28th -0.8pp 4th 38% above peers
West Covina, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.8pp 5th 2% above peers
Rialto, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -0.7pp 6th 19% above peers
South Bend, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -0.7pp 7th 10% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.7pp 8th 31% below peers
Chico, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.6pp 10th 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 12th 38% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.1% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 13th 35% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 14th 38% below peers
Lynn, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.3pp 15th 8% above peers
Boulder, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 16th 17% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 2.4% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 17th 50% below peers
Quincy, MA 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 18th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 19th 19% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 20th 19% below peers
Brockton, MA 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th -0.1pp 21st 27% above peers
Bend, OR 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 22nd 8% below peers
Green Bay, WI 3.3% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 23rd 31% below peers
Renton, WA 4.8% (Jul 26) 15th +0.2pp 24th on par with peers
Dearborn, MI 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 25th 19% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.3pp 26th 17% below peers
Georgetown, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 27th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th +0.4pp 28th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 13.1% (Jul 26) 29th +1.3pp 29th 173% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.2% to 24.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Dearborn started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.6% to 24.3%).
Bright spot 24.3%
20112024
▸ 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 13.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Rialto, CA 12.7% 18th -3.4pp 1st 19% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.0% 17th -2.9pp 2nd 3% above peers
Lynn, MA 13.8% 21st -2.8pp 3rd 29% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.5% 23rd -2.7pp 4th 45% above peers
Hesperia, CA 16.9% 24th -2.9pp 5th 58% above peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 11th -1.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Dearborn, MI 24.3% 30th -3.8pp 7th 127% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 7th -1.1pp 8th 24% below peers
South Bend, IN 20.8% 27th -2.8pp 9th 94% above peers
El Monte, CA 17.4% 25th -2.0pp 10th 63% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.6% 26th -2.3pp 11th 93% above peers
Suffolk, VA 9.4% 13th -1.0pp 12th 12% below peers
Brockton, MA 13.5% 20th -1.3pp 13th 26% above peers
Quincy, MA 10.6% 15th -0.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Chico, CA 22.7% 29th -0.5pp 15th 112% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.6% 31st -0.6pp 16th 363% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.7% 22nd -0.1pp 17th 37% above peers
Downey, CA 9.0% 12th +0.1pp 18th 16% below peers
Burbank, CA 10.7% 16th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 5th +0.3pp 20th 30% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.9% 19th +0.6pp 21st 21% above peers
Boulder, CO 21.4% 28th +1.1pp 22nd 100% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 8th +0.7pp 23rd 23% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 1st +0.4pp 24th 63% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.2% 9th +0.9pp 25th 23% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 10th +0.9pp 26th 20% below peers
Georgetown, TX 8.0% 6th +1.1pp 27th 25% below peers
West Covina, CA 10.0% 14th +1.7pp 28th 7% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 4th +1.1pp 29th 47% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.5% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 48% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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4 of 31 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 →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.8% to 34.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Dearborn started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.0% to 34.5%).
Bright spot 34.5%
20132024
▸ 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 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Brockton, MA 15.2% 19th -4.9pp 1st 21% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 22nd -5.8pp 2nd 43% above peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 23rd -6.0pp 3rd 58% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 18th -4.3pp 4th 19% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 6th -2.3pp 5th 32% below peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 17th -3.3pp 6th 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 4th -1.5pp 7th 51% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 10th -2.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 26th -4.8pp 9th 73% above peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 11th -2.1pp 10th 17% below peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 21st -3.4pp 11th 42% above peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 16th -2.3pp 12th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 29th -4.8pp 13th 130% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 30th -5.3pp 14th 173% above peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 28th -3.7pp 15th 111% above peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 9th -0.8pp 16th 22% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 17th 421% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 14th -0.4pp 18th 11% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 20th +0.2pp 19th 34% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 24th +0.4pp 20th 59% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 1st +0.1pp 21st 76% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 7th +0.6pp 22nd 29% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 68% below peers
Burbank, CA 10.8% 12th +1.6pp 24th 14% below peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 15th +1.9pp 25th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 25th +3.2pp 26th 65% above peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 27th +3.9pp 27th 76% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 13th +2.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 6.0% 3rd +1.6pp 29th 52% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 8th +2.7pp 30th 28% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 5th +2.3pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 11.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.6% to 93.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dearborn started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 21.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (71.7% to 93.4%).
Bright spot 93.4%
20172024
▸ 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 90.7% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Ponce zona urbana, PR 85.9% 31st +25.5pp 1st 8% below peers
South Bend, IN 89.1% 30th +17.3pp 2nd 5% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 21st +14.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 28th +12.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 18th +11.8pp 5th on par with peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 23rd +11.5pp 6th 2% below peers
Burbank, CA 95.0% 11th +10.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 29th +9.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 26th +9.1pp 9th 4% below peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 27th +8.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 24th +8.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 22nd +7.7pp 12th 2% below peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 12th +7.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 17th +6.3pp 14th on par with peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 20th +6.2pp 15th 1% below peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 14th +5.9pp 16th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 25th +5.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 10th +5.2pp 18th 1% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 6th +5.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 16th +5.1pp 20th on par with peers
Hesperia, CA 94.1% 15th +4.5pp 21st on par with peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 7th +3.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 8th +3.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 9th +3.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 4th +3.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 13th +2.8pp 26th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 19th +2.5pp 27th 1% below peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 5th +2.6pp 28th 2% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 97.6% 1st +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 3rd -0.5pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.48).
Needs attention 0.48
20102024
▸ 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 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 28th -0.028 1st 12% above peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 3rd -0.019 2nd 10% below peers
Chico, CA 0.48 26th -0.017 3rd 9% above peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 1st -0.011 4th 10% below peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 18th -0.012 5th 1% above peers
Hesperia, CA 0.40 5th -0.008 6th 9% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 4th -0.007 7th 9% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 23rd -0.006 8th 8% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 29th -0.006 9th 17% above peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 2nd -0.000 10th 10% below peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 13th -0.000 11th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 20th +0.001 12th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 8th +0.002 13th 6% below peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 17th +0.003 14th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 15th +0.003 15th on par with peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 16th 30% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 0.44 16th +0.005 17th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 10th +0.007 18th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 19th +0.008 19th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 24th +0.010 20th 9% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 7th +0.009 21st 7% below peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 21st +0.012 22nd 6% above peers
Renton, WA 0.43 11th +0.012 23rd 3% below peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 14th +0.012 24th 1% below peers
Bend, OR 0.47 22nd +0.014 25th 6% above peers
Burbank, CA 0.50 27th +0.017 26th 12% above peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 6th +0.014 27th 9% below peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 9th +0.019 28th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 25th +0.023 29th 9% above peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 30th +0.029 30th 26% above peers
Downey, CA 0.43 12th +0.028 31st 3% 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 →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (23.0% then, 21.7% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (21.1% to 21.6%).
Needs attention 21.7%
20102023
▸ 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 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
Bend, OR 7.7% 10th -4.9pp 1st 32% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 68% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 87% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 14th -2.8pp 4th 3% below peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 25th -4.0pp 5th 68% above peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 15th -1.7pp 6th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 22nd -2.0pp 7th 49% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 21st -1.2pp 8th 40% above peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 27th -1.3pp 9th 93% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 86% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 26th +0.1pp 11th 78% above peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 18th +0.3pp 12th 4% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 24th +0.4pp 13th 55% above peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 12th +0.2pp 14th 28% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 29th +0.9pp 15th 158% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 9th +0.2pp 16th 40% below peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 30th +2.2pp 17th 181% above peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 23rd +1.5pp 18th 53% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 6th +0.4pp 19th 64% below peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 11th +1.2pp 20th 28% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 5th +0.6pp 21st 66% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 22nd 387% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 7th +1.0pp 23rd 54% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 8th +1.1pp 24th 52% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 20th +3.9pp 25th 32% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 19th +4.1pp 26th 23% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 28th +6.6pp 27th 97% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 16th +4.1pp 28th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 3.7% 4th +1.8pp 29th 67% below peers
Burbank, CA 9.2% 13th +4.4pp 30th 18% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 17th +6.1pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $250,741 in August 2026, up from $240,582 a year earlier.
Big move $250,741
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $266,292 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
South Bend, IN $201,639 (Aug 26) 29th +7.2% 1st 65% below peers
Green Bay, WI $285,361 (Aug 26) 27th +5.4% 2nd 50% below peers
Carmel, IN $574,220 (Aug 26) 15th +4.6% 3rd on par with peers
San Mateo, CA $1,672,329 (Aug 26) 1st +4.6% 4th 191% above peers
Dearborn, MI $250,741 (Aug 26) 28th +4.2% 5th 56% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $383,552 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 6th 33% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $692,396 (Aug 26) 9th +3.5% 7th 21% above peers
Suffolk, VA $389,533 (Aug 26) 24th +2.7% 8th 32% below peers
Downey, CA $878,882 (Aug 26) 4th +2.3% 9th 53% above peers
Brockton, MA $508,661 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 10th 11% below peers
Quincy, MA $679,587 (Aug 26) 10th +1.8% 11th 18% above peers
Fishers, IN $444,527 (Aug 26) 20th +1.8% 12th 23% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $675,290 (Aug 26) 11th +1.8% 13th 18% above peers
Hesperia, CA $462,029 (Aug 26) 18th +1.8% 14th 20% below peers
Rialto, CA $589,453 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 15th 3% above peers
El Monte, CA $752,694 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 16th 31% above peers
Boulder, CO $948,693 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 17th 65% above peers
West Covina, CA $835,555 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 18th 46% above peers
Lynn, MA $580,377 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 19th 1% above peers
Chico, CA $460,839 (Aug 26) 19th +0.6% 20th 20% below peers
Columbia, MD $507,609 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 21st 12% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $410,897 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.4% 22nd 28% below peers
Yuma, AZ $295,611 (Aug 26) 26th +0.3% 23rd 49% below peers
Sugar Land, TX $442,326 (Aug 26) 21st +0.2% 24th 23% below peers
Burbank, CA $1,176,932 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.0% 25th 105% above peers
Vacaville, CA $601,486 (Aug 26) 12th -0.5% 26th 5% above peers
Bend, OR $729,189 (Aug 26) 8th -0.8% 27th 27% above peers
Renton, WA $731,654 (Aug 26) 7th -1.9% 28th 27% above peers
Georgetown, TX $420,930 (Aug 26) 22nd -4.3% 29th 27% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $192,346 in August 2026, up from $182,060 a year earlier.
Big move $192,346
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
South Bend, IN $120,201 (Aug 26) 29th +10.6% 1st 70% below peers
Green Bay, WI $221,083 (Aug 26) 26th +7.2% 2nd 45% below peers
Dearborn, MI $192,346 (Aug 26) 28th +5.6% 3rd 52% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $284,238 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.6% 4th 29% below peers
Carmel, IN $399,066 (Aug 26) 16th +3.9% 5th 1% below peers
Suffolk, VA $255,290 (Aug 26) 25th +3.7% 6th 37% below peers
Brockton, MA $413,016 (Aug 26) 14th +3.4% 7th 3% above peers
Hesperia, CA $402,152 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 8th on par with peers
Downey, CA $746,237 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.5% 9th 86% above peers
Rialto, CA $525,741 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 10th 31% above peers
Fishers, IN $339,609 (Aug 26) 19th +1.9% 11th 16% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $556,089 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 12th 38% above peers
San Mateo, CA $995,042 (Aug 26) 1st +1.7% 13th 147% above peers
El Monte, CA $635,761 (Aug 26) 5th +1.5% 14th 58% above peers
Quincy, MA $477,931 (Aug 26) 12th +1.4% 15th 19% above peers
Chico, CA $351,343 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 16th 13% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $329,822 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 17th 18% below peers
West Covina, CA $720,537 (Aug 26) 4th +1.0% 18th 79% above peers
Lynn, MA $446,726 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 19th 11% above peers
Burbank, CA $868,131 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.0% 20th 116% above peers
Yuma, AZ $209,337 (Aug 26) 27th -0.2% 21st 48% below peers
Columbia, MD $359,977 (Aug 26) 17th -0.3% 22nd 10% below peers
Bend, OR $526,152 (Aug 26) 7th -0.8% 23rd 31% above peers
Vacaville, CA $502,951 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 24th 25% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $303,351 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.6% 25th 25% below peers
Renton, WA $522,663 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 26th 30% above peers
Boulder, CO $491,064 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 27th 22% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $277,549 (Aug 26) 24th -3.3% 28th 31% below peers
Georgetown, TX $322,231 (Aug 26) 21st -4.0% 29th 20% below peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.4% then, 68.4% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.3% to 68.4%).
Bright spot 68.4%
20112024
▸ 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 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 30th +5.2pp 1st 31% below peers
Hesperia, CA 67.2% 10th +5.8pp 2nd 11% above peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 11th +5.5pp 3rd 11% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 9th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 25th +3.2pp 5th 20% below peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 17th +3.0pp 6th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 23rd +2.2pp 7th 17% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 6th +3.1pp 8th 16% above peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 12th +2.7pp 9th 10% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 20th +2.3pp 10th 5% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 19th +2.3pp 11th 4% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 21st +2.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Burbank, CA 43.3% 29th +1.4pp 13th 28% below peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 8th +2.0pp 14th 13% above peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 5th +2.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 15th +1.7pp 16th 2% above peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 22nd +1.2pp 17th 15% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 18th +0.9pp 18th 3% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 13th +0.9pp 19th 9% above peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 31st +0.2pp 20th 33% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 14th -0.7pp 21st 8% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 80.3% 1st -1.1pp 22nd 33% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 3rd -1.3pp 23rd 23% above peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 27th -0.9pp 24th 25% below peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 2nd -1.5pp 25th 26% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 26th -1.1pp 26th 22% below peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 28th -1.3pp 27th 28% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 16th -2.3pp 28th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 7th -2.8pp 29th 15% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 4th -3.8pp 30th 22% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 24th -4.5pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±1.7pp 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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,805 in August 2026, up from $1,756 a year earlier.
Big move $1,805
2021August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
San Mateo, CA $3,917 (Aug 26) 1st +9.6% 1st 75% above peers
Carmel, IN $1,838 (Aug 26) 20th +8.1% 2nd 18% below peers
Suffolk, VA $2,049 (Aug 26) 17th +6.3% 3rd 8% below peers
Fishers, IN $1,911 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 4th 15% below peers
Rialto, CA $2,686 (Aug 26) 4th +4.3% 5th 20% above peers
Green Bay, WI $1,066 (Aug 26) 29th +3.9% 6th 52% below peers
Columbia, MD $2,259 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 7th 1% above peers
Downey, CA $2,305 (Aug 26) 12th +3.4% 8th 3% above peers
Bend, OR $2,288 (Aug 26) 13th +3.2% 9th 2% above peers
Yuma, AZ $1,459 (Aug 26) 27th +3.1% 10th 35% below peers
South Bend, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 28th +3.0% 11th 42% below peers
Brockton, MA $2,341 (Aug 26) 10th +3.0% 12th 5% above peers
Dearborn, MI $1,805 (Aug 26) 21st +2.8% 13th 19% below peers
Renton, WA $2,236 (Aug 26) 15th +2.7% 14th on par with peers
Hesperia, CA $2,229 (Aug 26) 16th +2.7% 15th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR $1,612 (Aug 26) 24th +2.3% 16th 28% below peers
Lynn, MA $2,313 (Aug 26) 11th +2.3% 17th 3% above peers
West Covina, CA $2,580 (Aug 26) 7th +2.2% 18th 15% above peers
Georgetown, TX $1,621 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.9% 19th 28% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $1,547 (Aug 26) 25th +1.7% 20th 31% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $2,610 (Aug 26) 6th +1.6% 21st 17% above peers
Vacaville, CA $2,614 (Aug 26) 5th +1.5% 22nd 17% above peers
Boulder, CO $2,399 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 23rd 7% above peers
El Monte, CA $2,361 (Aug 26) 9th +1.2% 24th 6% above peers
Chico, CA $1,544 (Aug 26) 26th +1.1% 25th 31% below peers
Burbank, CA $2,783 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.9% 26th 24% above peers
Quincy, MA $2,770 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 27th 24% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA $1,706 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.6% 28th 24% below peers
Sugar Land, TX $2,032 (Aug 26) 18th -0.6% 29th 9% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (36.4% then, 39.2% now; margin ±3.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.9% to 39.2%).
Needs attention 39.2%
20102024
▸ 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 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bend, OR 34.1% 12th -2.8pp 1st 12% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 30th -3.9pp 2nd 24% above peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 22nd -2.6pp 3rd 5% above peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 9th -1.8pp 4th 20% below peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 5th -1.4pp 5th 29% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 6th -0.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 15th -0.9pp 7th 9% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 21st -0.7pp 8th 3% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 8th -0.5pp 9th 21% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 10th -0.2pp 10th 17% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 19th -0.2pp 11th 1% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 14th -0.1pp 12th 10% below peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 16th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 14th 16% above peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 13th +0.2pp 15th 12% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 25th +1.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 7th +0.8pp 17th 24% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 23rd +1.1pp 18th 5% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 17th +1.1pp 19th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 24th +1.3pp 20th 12% above peers
Burbank, CA 47.7% 29th +2.1pp 21st 23% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 28th +2.3pp 22nd 19% above peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 31st +2.9pp 23rd 28% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 18th +2.5pp 24th on par with peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 20th +2.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Hesperia, CA 45.0% 27th +3.6pp 26th 16% above peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 11th +3.8pp 27th 14% below peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 28th 47% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 26.9% 4th +4.3pp 30th 31% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 3rd +5.2pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.8% then, 8.3% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 8.3%
20102024
▸ 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 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 10th -2.5pp 1st 19% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 29th -4.5pp 2nd 176% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 28th -3.1pp 3rd 142% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 31st -3.8pp 4th 196% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 27th -2.0pp 5th 69% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 2.1% 1st -0.4pp 6th 63% below peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 15th -1.1pp 7th on par with peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 2nd -0.4pp 8th 57% below peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 12th -0.8pp 9th 13% below peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 19th -0.8pp 10th 21% above peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 4th -0.3pp 11th 41% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 18th -0.5pp 12th 18% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 7th -0.3pp 13th 31% below peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 8th -0.3pp 14th 23% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 26th -0.2pp 15th 59% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 20th -0.1pp 16th 25% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 11th -0.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 6th -0.0pp 18th 34% below peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 16th +0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Burbank, CA 8.3% 23rd +0.2pp 20th 43% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 5th +0.1pp 21st 39% below peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 21st +0.4pp 22nd 41% above peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 30th +1.0pp 23rd 180% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 22nd +0.5pp 24th 42% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 25th +0.9pp 25th 57% above peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 14th +0.7pp 26th 8% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 24th +1.6pp 27th 44% above peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 17th +1.8pp 28th 17% above peers
Hesperia, CA 4.7% 9th +1.2pp 29th 20% below peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 13th +1.5pp 30th 10% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.1% then, 5.3% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.1% to 5.3%).
Bright spot 5.3%
20132024
▸ 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 4.9% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Vacaville, CA 2.6% 1st -1.6pp 1st 58% below peers
Burbank, CA 4.0% 6th -2.3pp 2nd 36% below peers
Downey, CA 7.1% 18th -3.2pp 3rd 14% above peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 26th -3.3pp 4th 45% above peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 15th -1.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 8th -1.2pp 6th 35% below peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 25th -2.1pp 7th 42% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 9th -0.9pp 8th 34% below peers
Boulder, CO 3.5% 4th -0.7pp 9th 45% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 14th -0.9pp 10th 9% below peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 13th -0.8pp 11th 14% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 16th -0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 24th -1.0pp 13th 39% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.8% 30th -1.2pp 14th 90% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.9% 31st -0.7pp 15th 108% above peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 7th -0.1pp 16th 35% below peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 21st -0.1pp 17th 26% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.3% 22nd -0.0pp 18th 33% above peers
Yuma, AZ 11.3% 29th +0.0pp 19th 81% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.4% 17th +0.1pp 20th 3% above peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 20th +0.4pp 21st 23% above peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 19th +0.4pp 22nd 16% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 5th +0.2pp 23rd 43% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.3% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 48% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 49% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 11th +0.6pp 26th 25% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.9% 12th +0.7pp 27th 22% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.6% 10th +0.7pp 28th 27% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.3% 23rd +1.4pp 29th 34% above peers
Hesperia, CA 9.5% 27th +1.8pp 30th 52% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.8% 28th +2.7pp 31st 58% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

33.9%
20202022
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Boulder, CO 18.9% 1st 40% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 2nd 30% below peers
West Covina, CA 23.7% 3rd 25% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 4th 23% below peers
Burbank, CA 24.6% 5th 22% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 6th 19% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 26.1% 7th 17% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.4% 8th 16% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 9th 16% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 27.2% 10th 14% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 11th 13% below peers
Downey, CA 28.2% 12th 11% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 13th 10% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 14th 8% below peers
Georgetown, TX 31.3% 15th 1% below peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 17th 3% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 18th 7% above peers
Dearborn, MI 33.9% 19th 7% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 20th 8% above peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 21st 9% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 22nd 10% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 23rd 11% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 36.3% 24th 15% above peers
Hesperia, CA 38.0% 25th 20% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 26th 21% above peers
Green Bay, WI 38.9% 27th 23% above peers
Yuma, AZ 41.5% 28th 31% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 29th 32% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.8% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 3.7%).
Needs attention 3.7%
20122024
▸ 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 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Downey, CA 3.0% 14th -3.9pp 1st 17% below peers
Burbank, CA 1.7% 3rd -2.1pp 2nd 53% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 4th -1.0pp 3rd 52% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 20th -1.8pp 4th 14% above peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 5th -0.8pp 5th 45% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 19th -1.0pp 6th 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 21st -0.8pp 7th 19% above peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 13th -0.5pp 8th 17% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 16th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 29th -0.7pp 10th 111% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 27th +0.4pp 11th 73% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 8th +0.3pp 12th 35% below peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 18th +0.6pp 13th 10% above peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 14th 53% below peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 15th 56% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 17th +0.9pp 16th on par with peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 23rd +1.2pp 17th 28% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 15th +0.9pp 18th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 9th +0.8pp 19th 29% below peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 24th +1.7pp 20th 35% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 25th +2.0pp 21st 56% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.1% 31st +2.9pp 22nd 122% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 11th +1.1pp 23rd 20% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 22nd +1.7pp 24th 20% above peers
Hesperia, CA 6.0% 26th +2.5pp 25th 65% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 12th +1.3pp 26th 18% below peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 6th +1.0pp 27th 44% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 28th +3.8pp 28th 104% above peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 7th +1.2pp 29th 39% below peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 10th +1.6pp 30th 22% below peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 30th +5.5pp 31st 117% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.8% to 34.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
69% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Dearborn started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.2% to 34.6%).
Bright spot 34.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 30 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 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynn, MA 24.1% 24th +5.5pp 1st 39% below peers
El Monte, CA 15.2% 27th +2.9pp 2nd 62% below peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 8th +8.9pp 3rd 34% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 25th +3.7pp 4th 43% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 20th +4.3pp 5th 29% below peers
Dearborn, MI 34.6% 16th +4.8pp 6th 12% below peers
Georgetown, TX 47.8% 12th +6.2pp 7th 21% above peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 29th +1.6pp 8th 68% below peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 19th +3.6pp 9th 26% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 22nd +3.1pp 10th 33% below peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 17th +3.9pp 11th 15% below peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 14th +4.8pp 12th 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 20.9% 26th +2.4pp 13th 47% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 14.9% 28th +1.7pp 14th 62% below peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 9th +5.2pp 15th 27% above peers
Downey, CA 26.1% 23rd +2.7pp 16th 34% below peers
Burbank, CA 47.1% 13th +4.8pp 17th 19% above peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 15th +3.0pp 18th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 26.7% 21st +1.9pp 19th 32% below peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 7th +3.6pp 20th 47% above peers
Hesperia, CA 11.9% 30th +0.7pp 21st 70% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 69.2% 3rd +4.1pp 22nd 75% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 2nd +3.8pp 23rd 89% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.0% 6th +2.9pp 24th 60% above peers
West Covina, CA 30.1% 18th +1.1pp 25th 24% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 11th +0.9pp 26th 24% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 5th +0.9pp 27th 61% above peers
Boulder, CO 76.8% 1st +0.8pp 28th 95% above peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 4th +0.0pp 29th 68% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 10th -1.2pp 30th 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment rose 14.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.8% to 51.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way. Dearborn started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.3% to 51.3%).
Bright spot 51.3%
20112024
▸ 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 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 11th +14.5pp 1st 14% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 2nd +18.3pp 2nd 52% above peers
Lynn, MA 32.8% 27th +6.9pp 3rd 27% below peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 1st +12.2pp 4th 61% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 5th +7.0pp 5th 36% above peers
Hesperia, CA 30.0% 29th +3.0pp 6th 33% below peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 22nd +3.5pp 7th 17% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 13th +4.4pp 8th 7% above peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 17th +3.0pp 9th on par with peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 12th +2.3pp 10th 13% above peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 4th +1.8pp 11th 40% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 15th +0.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 28th -2.1pp 13th 33% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 25th -2.4pp 14th 27% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 58.2% 7th -4.4pp 15th 29% above peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 8th -4.3pp 16th 25% above peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 6th -8.1pp 17th 33% above peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 16th -6.3pp 18th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 20th -5.6pp 19th 11% below peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 14th -7.9pp 20th 2% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 9th -12.8pp 21st 25% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 18th -11.2pp 22nd 8% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 19th -12.2pp 23rd 9% below peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 3rd -21.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Burbank, CA 53.0% 10th -21.8pp 25th 18% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 26th -14.3pp 26th 27% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 23rd -15.9pp 27th 21% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 24th -17.8pp 28th 23% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 30th -15.4pp 29th 36% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 21st -29.2pp 30th 12% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 7.3% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.4% to 7.3%).
Needs attention 7.3%
20102024
▸ 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 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 7th -6.8pp 1st 25% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 18th -4.4pp 2nd 2% above peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 12th -3.6pp 3rd 16% below peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 19th -2.5pp 4th 4% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 23rd -2.7pp 5th 31% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 4th -1.3pp 6th 35% below peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 9th -0.9pp 7th 23% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 5th -0.5pp 8th 27% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 27th -0.2pp 9th 74% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 3rd +0.0pp 10th 45% below peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 15th +0.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 2nd +0.4pp 12th 51% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 29th +1.7pp 13th 84% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 28th +1.9pp 14th 79% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 16th +1.1pp 15th on par with peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 26th +1.9pp 16th 67% above peers
Hesperia, CA 13.2% 31st +2.9pp 17th 97% above peers
Burbank, CA 5.0% 6th +1.3pp 18th 26% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 13th +1.7pp 19th 10% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 11th +1.9pp 20th 16% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.1% 8th +1.9pp 21st 23% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 20th +2.7pp 22nd 9% above peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 14th +2.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 17th +3.0pp 24th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 1st +1.0pp 25th 70% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 21st +3.5pp 26th 10% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 25th +5.7pp 27th 66% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 22nd +4.8pp 28th 25% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 30th +7.8pp 29th 94% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 10th +3.7pp 30th 22% below peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 24th +9.1pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 13% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94,701 to 107,423 - more than the combined survey margin (±69). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 11% from 2014 to 2024 (96,739 to 107,423).
Big move 107,423
20102024
▸ 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
Georgetown, TX 85,999 31st +21% 1st 17% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 29th +17% 2nd 5% below peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 4th +13% 3rd 3% above peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 22nd +13% 4th 2% below peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 12th +10% 5th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 103,390 18th +10% 6th 1% below peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 30th +10% 7th 5% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 9th +9% 8th 2% above peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 25th +8% 9th 2% below peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 24th +8% 10th 2% below peers
Chico, CA 102,188 23rd +8% 11th 2% below peers
Hesperia, CA 100,775 27th +7% 12th 3% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 17th +7% 13th on par with peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 26th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 28th +4% 15th 4% below peers
Renton, WA 105,317 13th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 21st +4% 17th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 10th +1% 18th 2% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 7th +1% 19th 3% above peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 16th +1% 20th on par with peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 20th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Burbank, CA 104,546 14th +1% 22nd on par with peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 6th +0% 23rd 3% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 15th +0% 24th on par with peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 8th +0% 25th 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 5th +0% 26th 3% above peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 19th -1% 27th 1% below peers
Downey, CA 110,939 1st -1% 28th 7% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 3rd -5% 29th 4% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 110,016 2nd -7% 30th 6% above peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 11th -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±44 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.3% then, 28.7% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (29.4% to 28.7%).
Big move 28.7%
20172024
▸ 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 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 22nd +1.2pp 1st 10% below peers
Burbank, CA 19.1% 25th +1.0pp 2nd 13% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 28th +0.3pp 3rd 18% below peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 8th +0.3pp 4th 15% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 22.9% 14th +0.2pp 5th 4% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 15th -0.2pp 6th 4% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 30th -0.2pp 7th 34% below peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 11th -0.4pp 8th 10% above peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 2nd -0.6pp 9th 31% above peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 13th -0.7pp 10th 8% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 16th -0.8pp 11th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 7th -0.9pp 12th 16% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 5th -0.9pp 13th 17% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 21st -0.8pp 14th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 26th -0.8pp 15th 16% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 18th -0.9pp 16th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 12th -1.1pp 17th 8% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 3rd -1.3pp 18th 22% above peers
Hesperia, CA 29.1% 1st -1.5pp 19th 33% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 19th -1.1pp 20th 4% below peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 20th -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 22nd 46% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 6th -1.7pp 23rd 16% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 23rd -1.3pp 24th 11% below peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 9th -1.8pp 25th 12% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 27th -1.4pp 26th 16% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 4th -2.9pp 27th 22% above peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 17th -2.4pp 28th 3% below peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 24th -2.8pp 29th 12% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 10th -3.6pp 30th 11% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 29th -2.7pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.7% then, 13.4% now; margin ±3.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.0% to 13.4%).
Big move 13.4%
20102024
▸ 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
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 23rd +6.8pp 1st 24% below peers
Boulder, CO 27.9% 20th +7.7pp 2nd 9% below peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 11th +8.6pp 3rd 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 18th +6.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 12th +6.7pp 5th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 13th +4.8pp 6th 5% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 3rd +6.1pp 7th 51% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 6th +5.3pp 8th 34% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 21st +3.2pp 9th 12% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 10.7% 31st +1.3pp 10th 65% below peers
Burbank, CA 22.5% 25th +2.7pp 11th 27% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 24th +2.6pp 12th 25% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 8th +3.6pp 13th 17% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 4th +3.0pp 14th 47% above peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 7th +2.1pp 15th 18% above peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 16th +1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 19th +0.2pp 17th 9% below peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 28th +0.1pp 18th 56% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 2nd +0.1pp 19th 57% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 20th 122% above peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 14th -0.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 10th -0.4pp 22nd 11% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 15th -2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 9th -3.6pp 24th 17% above peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 22nd -4.0pp 25th 20% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 27th -3.2pp 26th 40% below peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 26th -4.2pp 27th 29% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 5th -9.3pp 28th 39% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 29th -3.4pp 29th 57% below peers
Hesperia, CA 28.8% 17th -7.3pp 30th 7% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 30th -3.8pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 31 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 B09002) through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.5% then, 37.9% now; margin ±7.7pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.0% to 37.9%).
Big move 37.9%
20102024
▸ 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 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 29th +11.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 7th +10.4pp 2nd 5% above peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 3rd 45% below peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 16th +9.2pp 4th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.6% 20th +8.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 23rd +7.2pp 6th 10% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 12th +7.6pp 7th 2% above peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 5th +6.8pp 8th 7% above peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 19th +4.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 26th +3.8pp 10th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 3rd +4.8pp 11th 13% above peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 6th +3.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 2nd +2.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 14th +2.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 10th +2.3pp 15th 3% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 21st +1.8pp 16th 7% below peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 4th +2.0pp 17th 11% above peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 25th +1.5pp 18th 11% below peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 19th 18% above peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 11th -1.0pp 20th 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 15th -1.0pp 21st on par with peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 17th -1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 28th -1.4pp 23rd 14% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 8th -2.6pp 24th 4% above peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 27th -3.2pp 25th 14% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 13th -5.1pp 26th 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 18th -4.9pp 27th 3% below peers
Burbank, CA 62.6% 22nd -4.7pp 28th 9% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 9th -5.6pp 29th 3% above peers
Hesperia, CA 53.9% 30th -4.6pp 30th 21% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 24th -6.0pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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4 of 31 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 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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