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80,175 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Flint, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.5%
2020-24
▼ 55%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
83.2%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
61.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$37,646
2020-24
▲ 31%
relative change
$28,834 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.4%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
7.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
14.2%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
12.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
16.4%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
19.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
33.3%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
38.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
49.3%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
54.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
39.5%
2019-23
▼ 8%
relative change
42.8% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
13.1%
May 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
13.5% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Flint, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Homeownership
Homeownership rate
53.8%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
56.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
37.6%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
48.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.8%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
9.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.2%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
41.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
80,175
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
96,559 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$969
Jun 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$911 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.6%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
24.9% in 2019
Falling  
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$31,833
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$30,412 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$66,504
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$66,270 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
73.3%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
71.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 31% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $28,834 to $37,646 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,206). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 53% from 2014 to 2024 ($24,679 to $37,646).
$37,646
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Upland, CA $105,830 9th +45% 1st 24% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $52,058 29th +45% 2nd 39% below peers
Pine Hills, FL $58,673 24th +43% 3rd 31% below peers
Alhambra, CA $88,024 14th +43% 4th 3% above peers
Perris, CA $88,911 13th +39% 5th 4% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $59,235 23rd +38% 6th 31% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $89,585 12th +37% 7th 5% above peers
Pasco, WA $85,586 16th +36% 8th on par with peers
Somerville, MA $132,572 6th +36% 9th 55% above peers
Bloomington, IN $50,465 30th +36% 10th 41% below peers
Milpitas, CA $178,798 1st +35% 11th 109% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $72,856 19th +35% 12th 15% below peers
Auburn, AL $63,668 22nd +35% 13th 26% below peers
Tustin, CA $112,503 8th +33% 14th 31% above peers
Pharr, TX $52,814 28th +32% 15th 38% below peers
Castle Rock, CO $145,197 4th +32% 16th 70% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $53,758 27th +32% 17th 37% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $160,093 3rd +31% 18th 87% above peers
Flint, MI $37,646 31st +31% 19th 56% below peers
Plymouth, MN $136,534 5th +29% 20th 60% above peers
Lakewood, CA $119,177 7th +28% 21st 39% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $57,947 25th +25% 22nd 32% below peers
Loveland, CO $84,604 17th +23% 23rd 1% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $70,074 20th +22% 24th 18% below peers
Doral, FL $94,164 11th +22% 25th 10% above peers
Parma, OH $69,295 21st +21% 26th 19% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $55,424 26th +21% 27th 35% below peers
Silver Spring, MD $99,860 10th +19% 28th 17% above peers
Kendall, FL $87,325 15th +19% 29th 2% above peers
Flower Mound, TX $161,235 2nd +17% 30th 88% above peers
Bloomington, IL $77,384 18th +15% 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,900 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 1.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 63% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 13.1% in May 2026, down from 13.5% a year earlier.
13.1%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Parma, OH 3.0% (May 26) 4th -1.0pp 1st 19% below peers
Milpitas, CA 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Loveland, CO 3.5% (May 26) 10th -0.6pp 3rd 5% below peers
Flint, MI 13.1% (May 26) 28th -0.4pp 4th 254% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.4pp 5th 16% below peers
Somerville, MA 3.4% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 6th 8% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 4.3% (May 26) 18th -0.2pp 7th 16% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 3.7% (May 26) 13th -0.2pp 8th on par with peers
Upland, CA 3.7% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Bloomington, IN 3.5% (May 26) 11th -0.1pp 10th 5% below peers
Tustin, CA 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Pharr, TX 6.3% (May 26) 26th +0.0pp 12th 70% above peers
Perris, CA 5.4% (May 26) 25th +0.0pp 13th 46% above peers
Doral, FL 2.3% (May 26) 2nd +0.0pp 14th 38% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.7% (May 26) 20th +0.0pp 15th 27% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.9% (May 26) 3rd +0.0pp 16th 22% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 2.2% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 17th 41% below peers
Lakewood, CA 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +0.1pp 18th 32% above peers
Pasco, WA 5.2% (May 26) 24th +0.1pp 19th 41% above peers
Alhambra, CA 5.0% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 20th 35% above peers
Plymouth, MN 3.6% (May 26) 12th +0.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Bloomington, IL 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.5pp 22nd 5% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 3.7% (May 26) 15th +0.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Lynchburg, VA 4.8% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 24th 30% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.5% (May 26) 19th +0.8pp 25th 22% above peers
Auburn, AL 3.2% (May 26) 6th +1.0pp 26th 14% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 4.2% (May 26) 17th +1.1pp 27th 14% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 6.5% (May 26) 27th +1.5pp 28th 76% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.0% to 33.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.7% to 33.3%).
33.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 12.9% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Perris, CA 10.6% 13th -6.0pp 1st 4% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.4% 23rd -7.5pp 2nd 57% above peers
Upland, CA 9.2% 8th -3.2pp 3rd 17% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 18.7% 24th -4.5pp 4th 69% above peers
Doral, FL 10.3% 12th -2.5pp 5th 7% below peers
Pasco, WA 12.5% 18th -2.9pp 6th 13% above peers
Bloomington, IN 24.6% 29th -4.3pp 7th 123% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.5% 9th -1.6pp 8th 14% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 20.2% 25th -3.2pp 9th 83% above peers
Milpitas, CA 5.7% 5th -0.8pp 10th 48% below peers
Bloomington, IL 10.7% 15th -1.6pp 11th 3% below peers
Tustin, CA 9.9% 10th -1.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Lakewood, CA 5.8% 6th -0.8pp 13th 48% below peers
Flint, MI 33.3% 31st -4.7pp 14th 201% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 12.2% 17th -1.0pp 15th 10% above peers
Auburn, AL 23.3% 28th -1.8pp 16th 111% above peers
Pharr, TX 27.4% 30th -1.6pp 17th 148% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 16.1% 22nd -0.9pp 18th 46% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.8% 1st -0.1pp 19th 66% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 13.5% 20th -0.2pp 20th 22% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.5% 19th -0.1pp 21st 13% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 10.6% 14th +0.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Loveland, CO 8.4% 7th +0.2pp 23rd 24% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 22.7% 27th +0.6pp 24th 105% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 21st +0.4pp 25th 29% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.2% 2nd +0.3pp 26th 62% below peers
Parma, OH 10.0% 11th +1.0pp 27th 10% below peers
Kendall, FL 11.1% 16th +1.8pp 28th on par with peers
Plymouth, MN 4.2% 3rd +0.7pp 29th 62% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 21.8% 26th +4.6pp 30th 98% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.3% 4th +1.3pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.7% to 49.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 10 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 13.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.4% to 49.3%).
49.3%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Somerville, MA 6.7% 6th -13.5pp 1st 52% below peers
Perris, CA 13.7% 15th -11.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Milpitas, CA 5.0% 4th -3.7pp 3rd 64% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.9% 1st -2.0pp 4th 79% below peers
Upland, CA 10.4% 9th -5.8pp 5th 25% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.3% 25th -13.3pp 6th 81% above peers
Lakewood, CA 5.3% 5th -2.1pp 7th 62% below peers
Pasco, WA 15.7% 19th -5.9pp 8th 12% above peers
Doral, FL 12.4% 12th -4.0pp 9th 11% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 28.5% 26th -9.0pp 10th 104% above peers
Auburn, AL 14.0% 16th -2.9pp 11th on par with peers
Loveland, CO 9.3% 8th -1.8pp 12th 34% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 15.0% 18th -2.6pp 13th 7% above peers
Tustin, CA 13.5% 13th -2.4pp 14th 3% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.8% 30th -5.2pp 15th 177% above peers
Pharr, TX 35.5% 29th -4.1pp 16th 154% above peers
Flint, MI 49.3% 31st -5.5pp 17th 252% above peers
Alhambra, CA 12.3% 11th -0.9pp 18th 12% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 34.3% 28th -2.4pp 19th 146% above peers
Bloomington, IN 22.5% 23rd -1.3pp 20th 61% above peers
Bloomington, IL 10.9% 10th -0.5pp 21st 22% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 22.8% 24th -0.2pp 22nd 63% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 21.9% 22nd +0.2pp 23rd 57% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.9% 17th +0.7pp 24th 7% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.3% 2nd +0.3pp 25th 69% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.1% 21st +1.8pp 26th 16% above peers
Parma, OH 15.8% 20th +2.2pp 27th 13% above peers
Kendall, FL 13.6% 14th +2.7pp 28th 2% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.9% 27th +8.2pp 29th 128% above peers
Plymouth, MN 4.6% 3rd +1.8pp 30th 67% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 6.7% 7th +3.3pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 21.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61.6% to 83.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 28.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (54.9% to 83.2%).
83.2%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 90.7% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Pharr, TX 88.5% 26th +34.4pp 1st 6% below peers
Flint, MI 83.2% 31st +21.7pp 2nd 11% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 90.2% 24th +19.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 92.0% 19th +18.5pp 4th 2% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 91.5% 21st +13.5pp 5th 3% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 85.5% 30th +12.3pp 6th 9% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 92.5% 17th +12.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Upland, CA 96.5% 7th +9.8pp 8th 3% above peers
Pasco, WA 93.9% 16th +9.1pp 9th on par with peers
Miami Beach, FL 87.6% 29th +8.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Perris, CA 95.3% 10th +8.3pp 11th 1% above peers
Parma, OH 91.3% 22nd +7.5pp 12th 3% below peers
Bloomington, IL 90.9% 23rd +7.1pp 13th 3% below peers
Alhambra, CA 94.4% 15th +7.1pp 14th on par with peers
Kendall, FL 94.6% 13th +6.8pp 15th 1% above peers
Somerville, MA 94.8% 11th +6.5pp 16th 1% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 89.1% 25th +6.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 94.4% 14th +6.1pp 18th on par with peers
Silver Spring, MD 95.4% 9th +5.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 87.8% 28th +4.7pp 20th 7% below peers
Auburn, AL 91.7% 20th +4.5pp 21st 2% below peers
Tustin, CA 96.5% 6th +4.7pp 22nd 3% above peers
Lakewood, CA 94.7% 12th +4.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Bloomington, IN 88.0% 27th +3.7pp 24th 6% below peers
Doral, FL 97.1% 4th +3.3pp 25th 3% above peers
Plymouth, MN 96.2% 8th +3.2pp 26th 2% above peers
Loveland, CO 92.3% 18th +3.0pp 27th 2% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 97.7% 2nd +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Milpitas, CA 97.0% 5th +2.4pp 29th 3% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 98.0% 1st +1.1pp 30th 4% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 97.4% 3rd +0.4pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Inequality fell about 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.49 to 0.46 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.46).
0.46
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Perris, CA 0.36 1st -0.031 1st 19% below peers
Flint, MI 0.46 21st -0.024 2nd 3% above peers
Bloomington, IL 0.47 24th -0.025 3rd 4% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 0.41 5th -0.018 4th 9% below peers
Alhambra, CA 0.46 19th -0.018 5th 1% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 0.49 25th -0.013 6th 9% above peers
Upland, CA 0.44 13th -0.009 7th 3% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 0.42 8th -0.007 8th 7% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.41 7th -0.006 9th 8% below peers
Auburn, AL 0.55 29th -0.004 10th 22% above peers
Plymouth, MN 0.44 14th -0.003 11th 3% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 0.45 16th +0.002 12th on par with peers
Miami Beach, FL 0.61 31st +0.004 13th 36% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 0.47 23rd +0.004 14th 4% above peers
Kendall, FL 0.49 26th +0.006 15th 10% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 0.44 15th +0.006 16th 1% below peers
Pharr, TX 0.46 20th +0.009 17th 1% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 0.51 27th +0.011 18th 13% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 0.53 28th +0.011 19th 17% above peers
Pasco, WA 0.41 6th +0.009 20th 8% below peers
Doral, FL 0.43 11th +0.010 21st 4% below peers
Lakewood, CA 0.39 2nd +0.011 22nd 14% below peers
Tustin, CA 0.46 22nd +0.016 23rd 3% above peers
Milpitas, CA 0.42 9th +0.018 24th 7% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 0.39 3rd +0.018 25th 12% below peers
Bloomington, IN 0.57 30th +0.026 26th 26% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 0.45 18th +0.023 27th on par with peers
Somerville, MA 0.45 17th +0.025 28th on par with peers
Parma, OH 0.40 4th +0.022 29th 12% below peers
Loveland, CO 0.43 12th +0.024 30th 3% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 0.42 10th +0.048 31st 6% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 42.8% to 39.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.5 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (41.0% to 39.5%).
39.5%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.1% -1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Plymouth, MN 2.5% 2nd -1.0pp 1st 77% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 18.7% 26th -6.1pp 2nd 77% above peers
Doral, FL 7.6% 9th -2.2pp 3rd 28% below peers
Bloomington, IN 7.1% 6th -1.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 10.6% 16th -1.6pp 5th on par with peers
Kissimmee, FL 25.8% 28th -3.8pp 6th 145% above peers
Pharr, TX 31.4% 29th -4.6pp 7th 198% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 16.3% 23rd -1.9pp 8th 54% above peers
Flint, MI 39.5% 31st -3.4pp 9th 274% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 13.3% 20th -0.9pp 10th 26% above peers
Somerville, MA 8.6% 13th -0.3pp 11th 19% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 13.8% 21st -0.5pp 12th 31% above peers
Upland, CA 8.4% 12th -0.1pp 13th 20% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 1.7% 1st -0.0pp 14th 84% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 35.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 235% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.2% 3rd +0.0pp 16th 70% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 14.3% 22nd +0.2pp 17th 35% above peers
Perris, CA 17.1% 25th +0.4pp 18th 62% above peers
Tustin, CA 7.5% 7th +0.2pp 19th 29% below peers
Auburn, AL 7.8% 11th +0.2pp 20th 26% below peers
Loveland, CO 7.8% 10th +0.3pp 21st 26% below peers
Kendall, FL 12.2% 17th +0.7pp 22nd 16% above peers
Pasco, WA 21.0% 27th +1.3pp 23rd 99% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 8.9% 14th +0.5pp 24th 16% below peers
Parma, OH 12.4% 18th +0.8pp 25th 18% above peers
Bloomington, IL 12.7% 19th +1.0pp 26th 20% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 16.9% 24th +3.0pp 27th 60% above peers
Milpitas, CA 5.7% 5th +2.2pp 28th 46% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.9% 4th +1.6pp 29th 63% below peers
Lakewood, CA 7.5% 8th +3.9pp 30th 29% below peers
Alhambra, CA 10.2% 15th +5.4pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 66% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $66,504 in June 2026, up from $66,270 a year earlier.
$66,504
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $269,972 (Jun 26) +4.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Parma, OH $221,776 (Jun 26) 27th +4.8% 1st 57% below peers
Auburn, AL $425,460 (Jun 26) 17th +4.1% 2nd 18% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $228,426 (Jun 26) 26th +3.9% 3rd 56% below peers
Lake Charles, LA $208,278 (Jun 26) 28th +2.8% 4th 60% below peers
Bloomington, IL $271,396 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.3% 5th 48% below peers
Plymouth, MN $518,483 (Jun 26) 15th +2.1% 6th on par with peers
Lakewood, CA $884,735 (Jun 26) 5th +2.1% 7th 71% above peers
Alhambra, CA $932,245 (Jun 26) 4th +2.0% 8th 80% above peers
Bloomington, IN $321,473 (Jun 26) 21st +1.6% 9th 38% below peers
Lynchburg, VA $268,929 (Jun 26) 24th +0.6% 10th 48% below peers
Johns Creek, GA $710,727 (Jun 26) 7th +0.6% 11th 37% above peers
Upland, CA $823,280 (Jun 26) 6th +0.5% 12th 59% above peers
Somerville, MA $941,330 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.4% 13th 82% above peers
Flint, MI $66,504 (Jun 26) 30th +0.4% 14th 87% below peers
Perris, CA $544,654 (Jun 26) 12th +0.1% 15th 5% above peers
Pasco, WA $423,113 (Jun 26) 18th -0.1% 16th 18% below peers
Tustin, CA $1,181,600 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.5% 17th 128% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $556,502 (Jun 26) 10th -1.1% 18th 7% above peers
Pharr, TX $165,495 (Jun 26) 29th -1.3% 19th 68% below peers
Loveland, CO $504,321 (Jun 26) 16th -1.4% 20th 3% below peers
Flower Mound, TX $616,639 (Jun 26) 9th -1.6% 21st 19% above peers
Castle Rock, CO $672,668 (Jun 26) 8th -1.8% 22nd 30% above peers
Milpitas, CA $1,445,017 (Jun 26) 1st -2.0% 23rd 179% above peers
Miami Beach, FL $524,997 (Jun 26) 14th -2.0% 24th 1% above peers
Doral, FL $545,000 (Jun 26) 11th -2.1% 25th 5% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $537,180 (Jun 26) 13th -2.7% 26th 4% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $402,831 (Jun 26) 19th -2.7% 27th 22% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $253,188 (Jun 26) 25th -3.8% 28th 51% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $359,462 (Jun 26) 20th -4.1% 29th 31% below peers
Pine Hills, FL $274,798 (Jun 26) 22nd -4.4% 30th 47% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 27% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $31,833 in June 2026, up from $30,412 a year earlier.
$31,833
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $145,661 (Jun 26) +4.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Auburn, AL $305,876 (Jun 26) 17th +6.5% 1st 10% below peers
Parma, OH $188,622 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.9% 2nd 45% below peers
Jonesboro, AR $148,078 (Jun 26) 26th +5.0% 3rd 57% below peers
Flint, MI $31,833 (Jun 26) 30th +4.7% 4th 91% below peers
Bloomington, IL $166,714 (Jun 26) 25th +3.7% 5th 51% below peers
Pharr, TX $113,934 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 6th 67% below peers
Bloomington, IN $222,258 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.9% 7th 35% below peers
Lakewood, CA $798,670 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.8% 8th 134% above peers
Pasco, WA $348,610 (Jun 26) 14th +1.5% 9th 2% above peers
Somerville, MA $684,705 (Jun 26) 5th +1.2% 10th 101% above peers
Perris, CA $471,128 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 11th 38% above peers
Plymouth, MN $331,136 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 12th 3% below peers
Upland, CA $644,765 (Jun 26) 6th +0.5% 13th 89% above peers
Lake Charles, LA $106,355 (Jun 26) 29th +0.5% 14th 69% below peers
Alhambra, CA $717,637 (Jun 26) 4th +0.2% 15th 111% above peers
Johns Creek, GA $515,362 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 16th 51% above peers
Lynchburg, VA $167,334 (Jun 26) 24th -0.8% 17th 51% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $438,921 (Jun 26) 11th -1.3% 18th 29% above peers
Tustin, CA $748,089 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.4% 19th 120% above peers
Castle Rock, CO $538,414 (Jun 26) 7th -1.4% 20th 58% above peers
Loveland, CO $409,747 (Jun 26) 12th -1.4% 21st 20% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $340,683 (Jun 26) 15th -1.5% 22nd on par with peers
Flower Mound, TX $448,297 (Jun 26) 10th -2.3% 23rd 32% above peers
Milpitas, CA $1,048,305 (Jun 26) 1st -2.9% 24th 208% above peers
Pine Hills, FL $222,598 (Jun 26) 21st -3.6% 25th 35% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $271,358 (Jun 26) 18th -3.8% 26th 20% below peers
Doral, FL $366,627 (Jun 26) 13th -4.4% 27th 8% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $269,797 (Jun 26) 19th -4.4% 28th 21% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL $240,704 (Jun 26) 20th -4.9% 29th 29% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $137,987 (Jun 26) 27th -5.2% 30th 59% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56.9% to 53.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.5% to 53.8%).
53.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Auburn, AL 53.1% 21st +7.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 60.9% 13th +8.5pp 2nd 5% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 46.3% 26th +4.9pp 3rd 20% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 40.9% 28th +4.3pp 4th 30% below peers
Perris, CA 68.8% 8th +5.7pp 5th 18% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 47.5% 24th +3.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 38.3% 29th +2.5pp 7th 34% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 64.7% 9th +4.3pp 8th 11% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 55.4% 18th +3.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 58.2% 16th +3.2pp 10th on par with peers
Jonesboro, AR 54.3% 19th +3.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Plymouth, MN 75.1% 4th +3.9pp 12th 29% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 80.4% 2nd +3.9pp 13th 38% above peers
Upland, CA 57.1% 17th +2.3pp 14th 2% below peers
Alhambra, CA 41.0% 27th +1.1pp 15th 29% below peers
Pasco, WA 70.9% 7th +1.7pp 16th 22% above peers
Bloomington, IL 61.9% 12th +1.2pp 17th 6% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.2% 31st +0.6pp 18th 41% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 78.8% 3rd +1.1pp 19th 35% above peers
Parma, OH 72.4% 5th +0.7pp 20th 24% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.2% 10th +0.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 48.9% 22nd +0.1pp 22nd 16% below peers
Lakewood, CA 71.4% 6th -0.9pp 23rd 23% above peers
Tustin, CA 48.8% 23rd -0.9pp 24th 16% below peers
Pharr, TX 59.1% 14th -1.1pp 25th 2% above peers
Bloomington, IN 34.8% 30th -0.7pp 26th 40% below peers
Loveland, CO 62.1% 11th -1.5pp 27th 7% above peers
Doral, FL 46.5% 25th -1.3pp 28th 20% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 82.5% 1st -3.3pp 29th 42% above peers
Flint, MI 53.8% 20th -3.1pp 30th 8% below peers
Milpitas, CA 58.4% 15th -6.0pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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

Multi-year view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $969 in June 2026, up from $911 a year earlier.
$969
2021June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Lake Charles, LA $1,270 (Jun 26) 28th +18.6% 1st 38% below peers
Parma, OH $1,402 (Jun 26) 24th +7.6% 2nd 31% below peers
Flint, MI $969 (Jun 26) 30th +6.4% 3rd 53% below peers
Perris, CA $2,833 (Jun 26) 7th +6.2% 4th 38% above peers
Milpitas, CA $3,676 (Jun 26) 1st +6.0% 5th 80% above peers
Pine Hills, FL $1,941 (Jun 26) 17th +5.7% 6th 5% below peers
Lakewood, CA $3,430 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.5% 7th 68% above peers
Bloomington, IL $1,368 (Jun 26) 26th +5.4% 8th 33% below peers
Lynchburg, VA $1,325 (Jun 26) 27th +4.3% 9th 35% below peers
Auburn, AL $1,822 (Jun 26) 20th +4.1% 10th 11% below peers
Somerville, MA $3,589 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 11th 75% above peers
Jonesboro, AR $1,381 (Jun 26) 25th +3.2% 12th 33% below peers
Flower Mound, TX $2,404 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 13th 18% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $2,412 (Jun 26) 11th +3.2% 14th 18% above peers
Plymouth, MN $1,940 (Jun 26) 18th +3.0% 15th 5% below peers
Miami Beach, FL $2,978 (Jun 26) 5th +2.9% 16th 46% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL $2,404 (Jun 26) 13th +2.7% 17th 18% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $2,046 (Jun 26) 15th +2.3% 18th on par with peers
Bloomington, IN $1,444 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.2% 19th 29% below peers
Tustin, CA $3,151 (Jun 26) 4th +2.0% 20th 54% above peers
Loveland, CO $1,859 (Jun 26) 19th +2.0% 21st 9% below peers
Pasco, WA $1,665 (Jun 26) 21st +1.9% 22nd 19% below peers
Castle Rock, CO $2,493 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 23rd 22% above peers
Johns Creek, GA $2,561 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 24th 25% above peers
Upland, CA $2,408 (Jun 26) 12th +0.6% 25th 18% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $1,565 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.1% 26th 23% below peers
Alhambra, CA $2,592 (Jun 26) 8th +0.0% 27th 27% above peers
Pharr, TX $1,207 (Jun 26) 29th -0.1% 28th 41% below peers
Doral, FL $2,945 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 29th 44% above peers
Silver Spring, MD $1,966 (Jun 26) 16th -2.0% 30th 4% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.8% then, 40.2% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 8.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.1% to 40.2%).
40.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Perris, CA 37.2% 15th -5.8pp 1st 1% below peers
Upland, CA 37.9% 17th -3.0pp 2nd 1% above peers
Alhambra, CA 43.8% 23rd -3.1pp 3rd 16% above peers
Flint, MI 40.2% 21st -1.6pp 4th 7% above peers
Pharr, TX 30.2% 8th -1.2pp 5th 20% below peers
Tustin, CA 43.8% 24th -1.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Somerville, MA 34.1% 12th -0.9pp 7th 10% below peers
Lakewood, CA 35.2% 14th -0.9pp 8th 7% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 33.4% 11th -0.8pp 9th 11% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 44.1% 25th -0.5pp 10th 17% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 40.2% 20th -0.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 38.6% 18th -0.4pp 12th 2% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 50.6% 29th -0.3pp 13th 34% above peers
Milpitas, CA 30.5% 9th -0.1pp 14th 19% below peers
Parma, OH 24.2% 2nd -0.0pp 15th 36% below peers
Bloomington, IL 24.4% 3rd +0.3pp 16th 35% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 53.1% 30th +1.2pp 17th 41% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 35.1% 13th +0.8pp 18th 7% below peers
Auburn, AL 39.2% 19th +1.0pp 19th 4% above peers
Bloomington, IN 47.4% 27th +1.3pp 20th 26% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.2% 10th +1.0pp 21st 17% below peers
Plymouth, MN 22.8% 1st +0.8pp 22nd 40% below peers
Kendall, FL 41.0% 22nd +1.5pp 23rd 9% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 49.3% 28th +1.9pp 24th 31% above peers
Doral, FL 54.3% 31st +3.1pp 25th 44% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 44.7% 26th +3.0pp 26th 19% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 29.7% 6th +2.0pp 27th 21% below peers
Pasco, WA 30.1% 7th +2.9pp 28th 20% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 27.4% 5th +3.2pp 29th 27% below peers
Loveland, CO 37.7% 16th +7.0pp 30th on par with peers
Flower Mound, TX 25.6% 4th +4.9pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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No vehicle fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.1% to 16.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 16.4%).
16.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Pharr, TX 5.3% 13th -2.2pp 1st 13% below peers
Plymouth, MN 2.9% 3rd -0.6pp 2nd 53% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.0% 19th -1.5pp 3rd 14% above peers
Parma, OH 4.6% 11th -0.9pp 4th 25% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 11.3% 25th -2.0pp 5th 84% above peers
Flint, MI 16.4% 28th -2.6pp 6th 168% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 7.5% 22nd -1.0pp 7th 23% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 22.6% 31st -2.6pp 8th 269% above peers
Somerville, MA 21.6% 30th -2.3pp 9th 252% above peers
Alhambra, CA 7.4% 21st -0.6pp 10th 21% above peers
Bloomington, IL 7.2% 20th -0.5pp 11th 18% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.3% 2nd -0.2pp 12th 63% below peers
Auburn, AL 4.1% 5th -0.2pp 13th 34% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 6.1% 16th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Silver Spring, MD 16.5% 29th -0.5pp 15th 169% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 7.0% 18th -0.2pp 16th 14% above peers
Bloomington, IN 12.2% 27th -0.3pp 17th 98% above peers
Upland, CA 4.2% 7th -0.0pp 18th 31% below peers
Tustin, CA 4.3% 9th +0.1pp 19th 30% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 10.5% 24th +0.4pp 20th 71% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 11.6% 26th +0.6pp 21st 89% above peers
Pasco, WA 4.5% 10th +0.5pp 22nd 26% below peers
Loveland, CO 5.4% 14th +0.7pp 23rd 12% below peers
Lakewood, CA 4.3% 8th +0.6pp 24th 30% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 9.6% 23rd +1.3pp 25th 57% above peers
Perris, CA 4.9% 12th +0.8pp 26th 20% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 15th +1.4pp 27th 1% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 28th 75% below peers
Milpitas, CA 6.3% 17th +2.2pp 29th 3% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 3.0% 4th +1.6pp 30th 51% below peers
Doral, FL 4.2% 6th +2.2pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.5% to 5.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 5.4%).
5.4%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Doral, FL 9.2% 22nd -7.9pp 1st 37% above peers
Somerville, MA 1.9% 1st -1.2pp 2nd 71% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 5.9% 13th -3.1pp 3rd 13% below peers
Alhambra, CA 4.2% 4th -1.8pp 4th 38% below peers
Bloomington, IN 5.7% 12th -2.3pp 5th 15% below peers
Flint, MI 5.4% 11th -2.1pp 6th 21% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 4.6% 6th -1.3pp 7th 32% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 4.9% 9th -1.4pp 8th 27% below peers
Plymouth, MN 2.3% 2nd -0.6pp 9th 65% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 12.6% 27th -3.4pp 10th 85% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 9.9% 23rd -2.3pp 11th 46% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.5% 29th -3.5pp 12th 129% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 12.3% 25th -2.6pp 13th 81% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 4.4% 5th -0.9pp 14th 35% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.2% 20th -1.5pp 15th 21% above peers
Pasco, WA 11.7% 24th -1.5pp 16th 73% above peers
Kendall, FL 7.8% 19th -0.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Pharr, TX 29.1% 31st -2.3pp 18th 330% above peers
Tustin, CA 7.1% 18th -0.5pp 19th 5% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 8.8% 21st -0.1pp 20th 30% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.2% 28th -0.1pp 21st 124% above peers
Lakewood, CA 4.8% 8th +0.1pp 22nd 29% below peers
Upland, CA 6.3% 14th +0.5pp 23rd 7% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 17.8% 30th +1.8pp 24th 164% above peers
Parma, OH 6.4% 15th +0.8pp 25th 5% below peers
Perris, CA 12.5% 26th +2.3pp 26th 84% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 4.8% 7th +0.9pp 27th 30% below peers
Loveland, CO 7.0% 17th +1.3pp 28th 4% above peers
Bloomington, IL 5.3% 10th +1.1pp 29th 22% below peers
Auburn, AL 6.8% 16th +1.4pp 30th on par with peers
Milpitas, CA 3.0% 3rd +0.7pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.

48.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Milpitas, CA 17.1% 1st 48% below peers
Alhambra, CA 20.3% 2nd 38% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 21.8% 3rd 33% below peers
Loveland, CO 22.2% 4th 32% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 22.5% 5th 31% below peers
Somerville, MA 23.6% 6th 28% below peers
Plymouth, MN 23.9% 7th 27% below peers
Lakewood, CA 24.3% 8th 25% below peers
Tustin, CA 25.3% 9th 22% below peers
Kendall, FL 26.5% 10th 19% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 26.5% 11th 19% below peers
Doral, FL 26.9% 12th 17% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 27.3% 13th 16% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 27.4% 14th 16% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 31.7% 15th 3% below peers
Upland, CA 32.6% 16th on par with peers
Auburn, AL 33.0% 17th 1% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 34.2% 18th 5% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 34.2% 19th 5% above peers
Bloomington, IL 34.5% 20th 6% above peers
Parma, OH 35.3% 21st 8% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.0% 22nd 17% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 38.1% 23rd 17% above peers
Perris, CA 38.2% 24th 17% above peers
Bloomington, IN 38.6% 25th 18% above peers
Pasco, WA 39.4% 26th 21% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 40.4% 27th 24% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 41.8% 28th 28% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 46.2% 29th 42% above peers
Pharr, TX 47.8% 30th 47% above peers
Flint, MI 48.9% 31st 50% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.3% to 1.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.7% to 1.5%).
1.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lynchburg, VA 2.4% 6th -5.3pp 1st 33% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.2% 20th -7.5pp 2nd 18% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 1.2% 2nd -1.9pp 3rd 65% below peers
Flint, MI 1.5% 4th -1.8pp 4th 58% below peers
Alhambra, CA 1.4% 3rd -1.5pp 5th 62% below peers
Doral, FL 5.5% 25th -5.4pp 6th 54% above peers
Plymouth, MN 1.6% 5th -1.0pp 7th 56% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 2.7% 11th -1.5pp 8th 24% below peers
Bloomington, IN 4.2% 21st -1.4pp 9th 18% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 4.8% 22nd -1.1pp 10th 36% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 5.1% 24th -1.1pp 11th 44% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 9.3% 29th -1.7pp 12th 161% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 9.6% 30th -1.5pp 13th 168% above peers
Pharr, TX 14.3% 31st -2.1pp 14th 301% above peers
Parma, OH 2.5% 8th -0.3pp 15th 29% below peers
Loveland, CO 3.6% 16th -0.4pp 16th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 2.7% 10th -0.1pp 17th 24% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.1% 26th +0.0pp 18th 71% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 3.2% 14th +0.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Bloomington, IL 3.7% 17th +0.4pp 20th 3% above peers
Pasco, WA 5.0% 23rd +0.7pp 21st 39% above peers
Lakewood, CA 2.6% 9th +0.4pp 22nd 28% below peers
Tustin, CA 2.9% 12th +0.7pp 23rd 18% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 8.6% 28th +2.2pp 24th 140% above peers
Upland, CA 3.1% 13th +1.0pp 25th 12% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 3.7% 18th +1.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Milpitas, CA 1.1% 1st +0.5pp 27th 68% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 4.0% 19th +2.0pp 28th 13% above peers
Somerville, MA 2.5% 7th +1.4pp 29th 30% below peers
Auburn, AL 3.3% 15th +1.9pp 30th 8% below peers
Perris, CA 8.0% 27th +5.2pp 31st 123% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.2% to 14.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.3% to 14.2%).
14.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kissimmee, FL 26.6% 25th +8.2pp 1st 32% below peers
Perris, CA 12.3% 31st +3.1pp 2nd 68% below peers
Pharr, TX 18.8% 28th +3.9pp 3rd 52% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 27.8% 24th +4.7pp 4th 29% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 32.1% 21st +5.2pp 5th 18% below peers
Pasco, WA 21.4% 27th +3.1pp 6th 45% below peers
Flint, MI 14.2% 30th +2.0pp 7th 64% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 55.9% 10th +7.6pp 8th 43% above peers
Alhambra, CA 40.8% 15th +5.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Upland, CA 37.2% 18th +4.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Milpitas, CA 58.2% 9th +7.5pp 11th 49% above peers
Doral, FL 59.2% 7th +7.3pp 12th 52% above peers
Parma, OH 24.4% 26th +2.7pp 13th 37% below peers
Plymouth, MN 65.9% 3rd +6.4pp 14th 69% above peers
Auburn, AL 64.1% 5th +6.2pp 15th 65% above peers
Miami Beach, FL 52.9% 11th +5.0pp 16th 36% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 60.6% 6th +5.7pp 17th 55% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 32.1% 20th +2.7pp 18th 18% below peers
Tustin, CA 47.4% 14th +3.6pp 19th 21% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 38.5% 17th +2.9pp 20th 1% below peers
Somerville, MA 69.4% 2nd +5.0pp 21st 78% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 31.8% 22nd +2.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 72.7% 1st +5.0pp 23rd 86% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 15.3% 29th +1.0pp 24th 61% below peers
Kendall, FL 47.9% 13th +2.8pp 25th 23% above peers
Loveland, CO 39.0% 16th +2.2pp 26th on par with peers
Lakewood, CA 32.6% 19th +1.8pp 27th 16% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 29.1% 23rd +1.6pp 28th 25% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 65.5% 4th +3.5pp 29th 68% above peers
Bloomington, IN 58.8% 8th +2.9pp 30th 51% above peers
Bloomington, IL 48.8% 12th +0.5pp 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.2% then, 37.6% now; margin ±14.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.1% to 37.6%).
37.6%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Kissimmee, FL 52.1% 12th +17.0pp 1st 5% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 70.3% 1st +21.6pp 2nd 41% above peers
Plymouth, MN 70.2% 2nd +8.6pp 3rd 41% above peers
Milpitas, CA 58.0% 9th +3.4pp 4th 17% above peers
Somerville, MA 60.0% 7th +1.8pp 5th 21% above peers
Bloomington, IN 56.7% 10th +1.3pp 6th 14% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 46.8% 19th +0.9pp 7th 6% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 43.5% 23rd -0.2pp 8th 13% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 58.4% 8th -0.5pp 9th 17% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 61.1% 6th -1.4pp 10th 23% above peers
Pasco, WA 26.1% 30th -0.9pp 11th 48% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 39.8% 24th -1.7pp 12th 20% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 47.5% 17th -3.6pp 13th 4% below peers
Parma, OH 39.3% 25th -3.3pp 14th 21% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 44.7% 22nd -4.0pp 15th 10% below peers
Doral, FL 61.3% 5th -5.6pp 16th 23% above peers
Pharr, TX 49.7% 16th -4.6pp 17th on par with peers
Lakewood, CA 45.4% 21st -6.2pp 18th 9% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 51.2% 14th -8.1pp 19th 3% above peers
Loveland, CO 50.9% 15th -8.2pp 20th 2% above peers
Kendall, FL 62.3% 4th -10.0pp 21st 25% above peers
Auburn, AL 45.9% 20th -8.0pp 22nd 8% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 63.4% 3rd -12.1pp 23rd 27% above peers
Alhambra, CA 52.4% 11th -10.9pp 24th 5% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 52.1% 13th -11.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Bloomington, IL 46.9% 18th -11.2pp 26th 6% below peers
Flint, MI 37.6% 27th -10.6pp 27th 24% below peers
Perris, CA 23.4% 31st -7.2pp 28th 53% below peers
Tustin, CA 33.1% 29th -10.1pp 29th 34% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 35.3% 28th -15.4pp 30th 29% below peers
Upland, CA 38.0% 26th -18.4pp 31st 24% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±11.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.9% then, 8.8% now; margin ±4.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 8.8%).
8.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Miami Beach, FL 0.4% 1st -7.9pp 1st 94% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 0.9% 3rd -4.3pp 2nd 87% below peers
Bloomington, IL 2.0% 7th -3.5pp 3rd 71% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 1.9% 6th -3.2pp 4th 72% below peers
Auburn, AL 0.8% 2nd -0.8pp 5th 89% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 2.1% 8th -2.0pp 6th 69% below peers
Silver Spring, MD 7.2% 19th -5.4pp 7th 6% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 3.1% 10th -2.2pp 8th 55% below peers
Perris, CA 7.9% 22nd -3.9pp 9th 16% above peers
Upland, CA 4.9% 12th -1.9pp 10th 28% below peers
Alhambra, CA 5.4% 13th -2.1pp 11th 20% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.3% 20th -1.1pp 12th 8% above peers
Tustin, CA 4.2% 11th -0.6pp 13th 38% below peers
Flint, MI 8.8% 24th -1.1pp 14th 30% above peers
Milpitas, CA 3.0% 9th +0.2pp 15th 55% below peers
Kendall, FL 6.5% 14th +0.5pp 16th 4% below peers
Bloomington, IN 1.4% 4th +0.2pp 17th 79% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 8.3% 23rd +1.3pp 18th 23% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 6.8% 16th +1.1pp 19th on par with peers
Pasco, WA 10.0% 26th +2.0pp 20th 47% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 11.7% 29th +3.3pp 21st 73% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 6.5% 15th +2.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Loveland, CO 9.9% 25th +3.9pp 23rd 47% above peers
Doral, FL 7.7% 21st +3.3pp 24th 13% above peers
Parma, OH 11.6% 28th +5.0pp 25th 71% above peers
Lakewood, CA 6.8% 17th +3.5pp 26th on par with peers
Plymouth, MN 6.9% 18th +4.3pp 27th 1% above peers
Pharr, TX 11.2% 27th +8.0pp 28th 66% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 15.4% 31st +11.1pp 29th 127% above peers
Somerville, MA 1.6% 5th +1.2pp 30th 76% below peers
Flower Mound, TX 13.1% 30th +12.3pp 31st 93% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 96,559 to 80,175 - more than the combined survey margin (±83). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 20% from 2014 to 2024 (100,569 to 80,175).
80,175
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Doral, FL 79,216 24th +32% 1st 1% below peers
Castle Rock, CO 79,123 25th +27% 2nd 1% below peers
Auburn, AL 80,594 10th +26% 3rd 1% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 78,992 26th +17% 4th 1% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 81,479 4th +14% 5th 2% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 81,849 3rd +12% 6th 2% above peers
Pasco, WA 79,575 19th +9% 7th 1% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 81,435 6th +6% 8th 2% above peers
Kendall, FL 79,562 20th +6% 9th 1% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 80,137 14th +5% 10th on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 81,143 7th +5% 11th 1% above peers
Perris, CA 80,511 11th +4% 12th 1% above peers
Upland, CA 79,257 22nd +3% 13th 1% below peers
Pharr, TX 80,333 12th +3% 14th on par with peers
Flower Mound, TX 78,389 31st +2% 15th 2% below peers
Loveland, CO 78,410 30th +2% 16th 2% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 80,105 15th +1% 17th on par with peers
Plymouth, MN 79,220 23rd +1% 18th 1% below peers
Bloomington, IL 78,907 28th +1% 19th 1% below peers
Parma, OH 79,870 17th +1% 20th on par with peers
Somerville, MA 81,036 8th +0% 21st 1% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 81,462 5th -0% 22nd 2% above peers
Lakewood, CA 79,850 18th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Tustin, CA 78,981 27th -1% 24th 1% below peers
Milpitas, CA 78,578 29th -1% 25th 2% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 79,497 21st -1% 26th 1% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 81,988 2nd -2% 27th 2% above peers
Alhambra, CA 81,022 9th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Bloomington, IN 80,049 16th -5% 29th on par with peers
Miami Beach, FL 82,031 1st -9% 30th 2% above peers
Flint, MI 80,175 13th -17% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 ±61 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.9% to 23.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.7% to 23.6%).
23.6%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Kendall, FL 21.1% 19th +2.9pp 1st 5% below peers
Plymouth, MN 24.7% 8th +1.4pp 2nd 11% above peers
Auburn, AL 19.3% 23rd +1.0pp 3rd 13% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 15.1% 29th +0.3pp 4th 32% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 25.0% 7th +0.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Alhambra, CA 17.1% 26th +0.2pp 6th 23% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 19.4% 22nd +0.1pp 7th 13% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 23.8% 12th -0.2pp 8th 7% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 22.2% 16th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Lake Charles, LA 21.9% 17th -0.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Upland, CA 21.6% 18th -0.3pp 11th 3% below peers
Bloomington, IL 22.5% 15th -0.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 17.1% 27th -0.3pp 13th 23% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 26.0% 5th -0.6pp 14th 17% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 24.0% 11th -1.2pp 15th 8% above peers
Bloomington, IN 10.6% 30th -0.5pp 16th 52% below peers
Pharr, TX 32.7% 1st -1.8pp 17th 47% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 15.3% 28th -0.9pp 18th 31% below peers
Flint, MI 23.6% 13th -1.4pp 19th 6% above peers
Milpitas, CA 20.3% 21st -1.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Lakewood, CA 20.5% 20th -1.4pp 21st 8% below peers
Pasco, WA 31.4% 2nd -2.2pp 22nd 41% above peers
Parma, OH 17.4% 25th -1.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Doral, FL 24.5% 10th -2.0pp 24th 10% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 26.1% 4th -2.7pp 25th 17% above peers
Loveland, CO 19.0% 24th -2.1pp 26th 15% below peers
Tustin, CA 22.5% 14th -2.7pp 27th 1% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 25.8% 6th -3.1pp 28th 16% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 24.7% 9th -3.1pp 29th 11% above peers
Perris, CA 28.5% 3rd -3.7pp 30th 28% above peers
Somerville, MA 9.8% 31st -1.9pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.2% then, 73.3% now; margin ±5.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.6% to 73.3%).
73.3%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Loveland, CO 30.4% 16th +8.8pp 1st on par with peers
Silver Spring, MD 33.8% 13th +7.3pp 2nd 11% above peers
Bloomington, IL 30.5% 15th +5.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Milpitas, CA 18.0% 26th +3.2pp 4th 41% below peers
Alhambra, CA 29.0% 17th +4.9pp 5th 5% below peers
Pasco, WA 35.6% 12th +5.9pp 6th 17% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 14.1% 30th +2.1pp 7th 54% below peers
Kendall, FL 25.6% 20th +3.5pp 8th 16% below peers
Plymouth, MN 18.4% 25th +2.5pp 9th 40% below peers
Bloomington, IN 36.0% 10th +2.4pp 10th 18% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 11.3% 31st +0.7pp 11th 63% below peers
Pharr, TX 39.5% 9th +2.5pp 12th 30% above peers
Lynchburg, VA 42.9% 4th +2.5pp 13th 41% above peers
Johns Creek, GA 15.3% 29th +0.9pp 14th 50% below peers
Perris, CA 32.0% 14th +1.4pp 15th 5% above peers
Parma, OH 35.8% 11th +1.2pp 16th 18% above peers
Flint, MI 73.3% 1st +2.2pp 17th 141% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 64.9% 2nd +1.1pp 18th 113% above peers
Boynton Beach, FL 40.5% 8th +0.4pp 19th 33% above peers
Jonesboro, AR 41.1% 6th -0.2pp 20th 35% above peers
Upland, CA 29.0% 18th -0.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Auburn, AL 24.3% 22nd -2.1pp 22nd 20% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 27.8% 19th -2.6pp 23rd 9% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 41.0% 7th -4.1pp 24th 35% above peers
Doral, FL 19.2% 24th -2.4pp 25th 37% below peers
Tustin, CA 24.8% 21st -3.6pp 26th 18% below peers
Pine Hills, FL 45.8% 3rd -9.2pp 27th 51% above peers
Lakewood, CA 17.9% 27th -4.3pp 28th 41% below peers
Lake Charles, LA 41.6% 5th -13.8pp 29th 37% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 22.1% 23rd -8.8pp 30th 27% below peers
Somerville, MA 17.0% 28th -13.7pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.5% then, 69.5% now; margin ±9.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.1% to 69.5%).
69.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Kissimmee, FL 68.8% 15th +17.0pp 1st 1% above peers
Castle Rock, CO 76.6% 3rd +15.1pp 2nd 12% above peers
Doral, FL 72.7% 7th +13.8pp 3rd 6% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 67.4% 20th +10.2pp 4th 1% below peers
Pharr, TX 57.5% 29th +8.4pp 5th 16% below peers
Milpitas, CA 68.2% 16th +8.6pp 6th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 67.0% 21st +7.7pp 7th 2% below peers
Miami Beach, FL 68.0% 17th +7.2pp 8th on par with peers
Auburn, AL 66.3% 23rd +6.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Bloomington, IL 70.8% 10th +5.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Kendall, FL 67.8% 19th +4.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Alhambra, CA 64.8% 24th +4.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Plymouth, MN 85.7% 1st +5.3pp 13th 26% above peers
Tustin, CA 68.0% 18th +3.8pp 14th on par with peers
Somerville, MA 80.0% 2nd +3.9pp 15th 17% above peers
Loveland, CO 66.7% 22nd +3.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Parma, OH 69.3% 13th +2.3pp 17th 2% above peers
Bloomington, IN 62.5% 25th +1.9pp 18th 8% below peers
Flint, MI 69.5% 12th +2.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Perris, CA 59.4% 28th +1.5pp 20th 13% below peers
Lynchburg, VA 71.1% 9th +1.4pp 21st 4% above peers
Lake Charles, LA 74.7% 4th +0.1pp 22nd 10% above peers
Upland, CA 70.1% 11th -1.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Flower Mound, TX 57.0% 30th -3.1pp 24th 17% below peers
Boynton Beach, FL 74.6% 5th -4.2pp 25th 9% above peers
Lakewood, CA 74.1% 6th -4.3pp 26th 9% above peers
Silver Spring, MD 71.7% 8th -4.4pp 27th 5% above peers
Pine Hills, FL 69.1% 14th -4.2pp 28th 1% above peers
Pasco, WA 61.9% 26th -4.4pp 29th 9% below peers
Johns Creek, GA 56.0% 31st -7.2pp 30th 18% below peers
Jonesboro, AR 60.2% 27th -21.0pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 41 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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