The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Violent crime rose about 6% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||||
| Birmingham, AL | 37 (May 26) | 2nd | -37.2% | 1st | 92% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 410 (May 26) | 9th | -37.1% | 2nd | 9% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 221 (May 26) | 4th | -30.6% | 3rd | 51% below peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 451 (Feb 26) | 11th | -29.2% | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 541 (May 26) | 12th | -18.3% | 5th | 20% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 232 (May 26) | 5th | -16.3% | 6th | 49% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 12 (May 26) | 1st | -16.3% | 7th | 97% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 668 (May 26) | 16th | -15.4% | 8th | 48% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 1,041 (Mar 26) | 20th | -15.0% | 9th | 131% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 643 (May 26) | 15th | -13.5% | 10th | 43% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 1,420 (May 26) | 21st | -12.3% | 11th | 215% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 105 (May 26) | 3rd | -11.8% | 12th | 77% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 847 (May 26) | 18th | -7.0% | 13th | 88% above peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 549 (May 26) | 13th | -4.1% | 14th | 22% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 422 (May 26) | 10th | -2.6% | 15th | 6% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 395 (May 26) | 8th | -2.6% | 16th | 13% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 730 (May 26) | 17th | -2.1% | 17th | 62% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 253 (Apr 26) | 6th | +2.8% | 18th | 44% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 290 (Feb 26) | 7th | +2.9% | 19th | 36% below peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 892 (May 26) | 19th | +6.2% | 20th | 98% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 14th | 38% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Property crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 94% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 1,241 (May 26) | 3rd | -45.2% | 1st | 45% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 1,732 (May 26) | 8th | -40.7% | 2nd | 23% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 1,355 (May 26) | 4th | -29.6% | 3rd | 40% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 2,562 (May 26) | 12th | -25.3% | 4th | 13% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 2,882 (Feb 26) | 15th | -24.0% | 5th | 27% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 2,037 (May 26) | 10th | -23.9% | 6th | 10% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 1,373 (May 26) | 5th | -23.3% | 7th | 39% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 3,982 (May 26) | 17th | -16.8% | 8th | 76% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 2,814 (May 26) | 14th | -14.1% | 9th | 24% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 3,212 (May 26) | 16th | -13.1% | 10th | 42% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 4,318 (Mar 26) | 18th | -12.6% | 11th | 91% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 4,415 (May 26) | 19th | -10.5% | 12th | 95% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 1,544 (Feb 26) | 6th | -7.1% | 13th | 32% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 1,801 (May 26) | 9th | -6.5% | 14th | 20% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 696 (May 26) | 1st | -5.2% | 15th | 69% below peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 1,074 (Apr 26) | 2nd | -5.2% | 16th | 53% below peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 2,263 (May 26) | 11th | -2.9% | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 2,754 (May 26) | 13th | -0.4% | 18th | 22% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 7th | 31% below peers |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicide rose about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||||
| Glendale, CA | 1 (May 26) | 2nd | -75.0% | 1st | 92% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 6 (May 26) | 11th | -68.3% | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 2 (Feb 26) | 4th | -63.6% | 3rd | 69% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 1 (May 26) | 1st | -49.8% | 4th | 92% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 9 (May 26) | 16th | -48.6% | 5th | 37% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 5 (Feb 26) | 10th | -40.0% | 6th | 22% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 37 (May 26) | 21st | -37.2% | 7th | 457% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 7 (May 26) | 12th | -35.0% | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 15 (May 26) | 20th | -31.8% | 9th | 118% above peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 2 (May 26) | 3rd | -25.0% | 10th | 78% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 10 (Mar 26) | 17th | -21.5% | 11th | 54% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 2 (May 26) | 5th | -20.7% | 12th | 65% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 12 (May 26) | 18th | -16.3% | 13th | 80% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 3 (May 26) | 7th | -11.3% | 14th | 49% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 8 (May 26) | 14th | +14.2% | 15th | 19% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 4 (May 26) | 9th | +25.0% | 16th | 33% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 13 (May 26) | 19th | +38.8% | 17th | 97% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 8 (May 26) | 15th | +41.6% | 18th | 26% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 7 (May 26) | 13th | +160.2% | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 3 (Apr 26) | 6th | +199.9% | 20th | 56% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 8th | 37% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Vehicle theft fell about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 94% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 168 (May 26) | 6th | -58.1% | 1st | 29% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 177 (May 26) | 8th | -50.2% | 2nd | 25% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 168 (May 26) | 7th | -46.0% | 3rd | 29% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 637 (May 26) | 19th | -42.2% | 4th | 169% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 312 (Feb 26) | 14th | -42.1% | 5th | 32% above peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 219 (May 26) | 10th | -41.2% | 6th | 8% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 237 (May 26) | 11th | -33.6% | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 370 (May 26) | 17th | -32.2% | 8th | 56% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 195 (May 26) | 9th | -30.5% | 9th | 17% below peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 88 (Apr 26) | 2nd | -29.6% | 10th | 63% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 142 (May 26) | 3rd | -27.5% | 11th | 40% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 323 (May 26) | 16th | -24.8% | 12th | 36% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 316 (May 26) | 15th | -21.4% | 13th | 33% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 301 (May 26) | 13th | -19.3% | 14th | 27% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 166 (Feb 26) | 5th | -14.9% | 15th | 30% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 414 (Mar 26) | 18th | -12.8% | 16th | 75% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 242 (May 26) | 12th | -11.2% | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 53 (May 26) | 1st | -5.3% | 18th | 78% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 4th | 36% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $50,103 to $69,108 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,176). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Providence, RI | $68,119 | 15th | +49% | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | $70,102 | 13th | +46% | 2nd | 6% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | $64,523 | 17th | +42% | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | $69,108 | 14th | +38% | 4th | 5% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | $79,663 | 10th | +37% | 5th | 21% above peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | $58,421 | 20th | +35% | 6th | 11% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | $52,130 | 28th | +35% | 7th | 21% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | $54,039 | 26th | +34% | 8th | 18% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | $88,393 | 6th | +34% | 9th | 34% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | $124,215 | 1st | +33% | 10th | 88% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | $47,213 | 30th | +33% | 11th | 28% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | $96,212 | 4th | +32% | 12th | 46% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | $81,338 | 9th | +32% | 13th | 23% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | $83,549 | 7th | +31% | 14th | 27% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | $55,485 | 25th | +30% | 15th | 16% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | $58,407 | 21st | +30% | 16th | 11% below peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | $120,919 | 2nd | +27% | 17th | 83% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | $95,815 | 5th | +27% | 18th | 45% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | $75,970 | 11th | +27% | 19th | 15% above peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | $53,558 | 27th | +27% | 20th | 19% below peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | $57,409 | 23rd | +26% | 21st | 13% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | $58,073 | 22nd | +25% | 22nd | 12% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | $65,912 | 16th | +25% | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Akron, OH | $48,076 | 29th | +24% | 24th | 27% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | $75,090 | 12th | +24% | 25th | 14% above peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | $46,051 | 31st | +23% | 26th | 30% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | $59,190 | 19th | +23% | 27th | 10% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | $63,003 | 18th | +22% | 28th | 4% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | $104,834 | 3rd | +21% | 29th | 59% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | $81,619 | 8th | +21% | 30th | 24% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | $56,811 | 24th | +18% | 31st | 14% below peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| 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 | ||||
| Akron, OH | 3.4% (May 26) | 4th | -1.9pp | 1st | 17% below peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | 7.1% (May 26) | 28th | -1.3pp | 2nd | 73% above peers | |
| Providence, RI | 4.1% (May 26) | 14th | -1.1pp | 3rd | on par with peers | |
| Fayetteville, NC | 4.6% (May 26) | 22nd | -0.5pp | 4th | 12% above peers | |
| Oxnard, CA | 4.3% (May 26) | 19th | -0.3pp | 5th | 5% above peers | |
| Worcester, MA | 4.3% (May 26) | 20th | -0.3pp | 6th | 5% above peers | |
| Huntington Beach, CA | 3.5% (May 26) | 6th | -0.2pp | 7th | 15% below peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | 2.8% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.2pp | 8th | 32% below peers | |
| Glendale, CA | 5.2% (May 26) | 24th | -0.2pp | 9th | 27% above peers | |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 5.3% (May 26) | 25th | -0.1pp | 10th | 29% above peers | |
| Columbus, GA | 3.9% (May 26) | 10th | -0.1pp | 11th | 5% below peers | |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 1.8% (May 26) | 1st | +0.0pp | 12th | 56% below peers | |
| Little Rock, AR | 3.9% (May 26) | 11th | +0.0pp | 13th | 5% below peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | 3.3% (May 26) | 3rd | +0.0pp | 14th | 20% below peers | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 3.4% (May 26) | 5th | +0.2pp | 15th | 17% below peers | |
| Overland Park, KS | 3.6% (May 26) | 8th | +0.2pp | 16th | 12% below peers | |
| Grand Prairie, TX | 4.2% (May 26) | 17th | +0.3pp | 17th | 2% above peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | 4.1% (May 26) | 15th | +0.4pp | 18th | on par with peers | |
| Amarillo, TX | 3.5% (May 26) | 7th | +0.5pp | 19th | 15% below peers | |
| McKinney, TX | 4.0% (May 26) | 12th | +0.5pp | 20th | 2% below peers | |
| Peoria, AZ | 4.3% (May 26) | 21st | +0.6pp | 21st | 5% above peers | |
| Vancouver, WA | 5.0% (May 26) | 23rd | +0.6pp | 22nd | 22% above peers | |
| Yonkers, NY | 4.1% (May 26) | 16th | +0.6pp | 23rd | on par with peers | |
| Birmingham, AL | 4.0% (May 26) | 13th | +0.9pp | 24th | 2% below peers | |
| Montgomery, AL | 3.7% (May 26) | 9th | +0.9pp | 25th | 10% below peers | |
| Mobile, AL | 4.2% (May 26) | 18th | +0.9pp | 26th | 2% above peers | |
| Rochester, NY | 5.7% (May 26) | 27th | +1.0pp | 27th | 39% above peers | |
| Tallahassee, FL | 5.3% (May 26) | 26th | +1.2pp | 28th | 29% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Poverty fell 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 19.7% to 16.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 13 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Tempe, AZ | 15.0% | 12th | -3.7pp | 1st | 13% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 10.9% | 7th | -2.7pp | 2nd | 36% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 10.1% | 6th | -2.5pp | 3rd | 41% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 23.4% | 29th | -5.6pp | 4th | 37% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 13.1% | 10th | -3.1pp | 5th | 24% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 19.2% | 23rd | -4.3pp | 6th | 12% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 5.6% | 2nd | -1.2pp | 7th | 67% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 19.2% | 24th | -4.1pp | 8th | 12% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 16.4% | 15th | -3.3pp | 9th | 4% below peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 19.1% | 22nd | -2.8pp | 10th | 12% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 21.6% | 27th | -3.1pp | 11th | 26% above peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 17.8% | 18th | -2.3pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 26.8% | 31st | -3.3pp | 13th | 56% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 16.4% | 14th | -1.6pp | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 13.7% | 11th | -1.1pp | 15th | 20% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 18.5% | 20th | -1.4pp | 16th | 8% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 9.4% | 5th | -0.7pp | 17th | 45% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 23.6% | 30th | -1.4pp | 18th | 38% above peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 20.1% | 25th | -1.2pp | 19th | 18% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 12.8% | 9th | -0.6pp | 20th | 25% below peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 7.8% | 3rd | -0.2pp | 21st | 55% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 18.2% | 19th | -0.3pp | 22nd | 7% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 22.8% | 28th | -0.0pp | 23rd | 33% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 17.4% | 17th | +0.2pp | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 20.6% | 26th | +0.7pp | 25th | 21% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 17.1% | 16th | +0.7pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 15.6% | 13th | +0.7pp | 27th | 9% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 12.0% | 8th | +0.8pp | 28th | 30% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 18.5% | 21st | +1.7pp | 29th | 8% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 8.3% | 4th | +0.9pp | 30th | 51% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 5.6% | 1st | +0.8pp | 31st | 67% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.9% to 23.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp). 14 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 13.2% | 7th | -7.2pp | 1st | 44% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 12.0% | 6th | -6.5pp | 2nd | 48% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 23.9% | 17th | -9.1pp | 3rd | 3% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 30.7% | 25th | -10.4pp | 4th | 32% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 6.7% | 2nd | -1.8pp | 5th | 71% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 17.1% | 10th | -4.5pp | 6th | 27% below peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 23.0% | 15th | -5.9pp | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 28.0% | 23rd | -6.8pp | 8th | 20% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 8.3% | 3rd | -1.8pp | 9th | 64% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 27.6% | 22nd | -5.7pp | 10th | 18% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 16.9% | 9th | -2.9pp | 11th | 28% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 23.3% | 16th | -3.7pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 19.0% | 12th | -2.9pp | 13th | 18% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 41.3% | 31st | -6.3pp | 14th | 77% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 31.3% | 26th | -4.8pp | 15th | 34% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 24.5% | 19th | -3.5pp | 16th | 5% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 14.1% | 8th | -2.0pp | 17th | 39% below peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 21.6% | 13th | -2.8pp | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 25.5% | 20th | -3.2pp | 19th | 9% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 12.0% | 5th | -0.9pp | 20th | 49% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 29.3% | 24th | -2.1pp | 21st | 26% above peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 5.0% | 1st | -0.3pp | 22nd | 78% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 23.9% | 18th | -1.5pp | 23rd | 3% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 35.0% | 29th | -1.3pp | 24th | 50% above peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 40.5% | 30th | -0.4pp | 25th | 74% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 32.5% | 28th | +0.1pp | 26th | 39% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 17.7% | 11th | +0.6pp | 27th | 24% below peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 9.2% | 4th | +0.6pp | 28th | 60% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 26.9% | 21st | +3.2pp | 29th | 16% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 23.0% | 14th | +2.8pp | 30th | 1% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 31.3% | 27th | +4.6pp | 31st | 34% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 7.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 82.7% to 90.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Brownsville, TX | 86.1% | 30th | +32.9pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 87.1% | 28th | +15.0pp | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 87.5% | 27th | +14.8pp | 3rd | 4% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 90.5% | 18th | +12.9pp | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 88.7% | 25th | +12.6pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 87.7% | 26th | +11.5pp | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 92.2% | 11th | +12.0pp | 7th | 1% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 89.4% | 21st | +11.4pp | 8th | 2% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 91.4% | 13th | +11.5pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 89.2% | 24th | +11.0pp | 10th | 2% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 86.6% | 29th | +10.5pp | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 89.4% | 22nd | +10.8pp | 12th | 2% below peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 90.4% | 19th | +10.9pp | 13th | 1% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 89.8% | 20th | +10.6pp | 14th | 1% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 93.2% | 8th | +10.9pp | 15th | 2% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 91.2% | 14th | +10.6pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 93.0% | 9th | +9.6pp | 17th | 2% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 89.2% | 23rd | +8.8pp | 18th | 2% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 92.3% | 10th | +9.1pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 85.0% | 31st | +7.9pp | 20th | 7% below peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 90.5% | 17th | +7.8pp | 21st | 1% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 91.1% | 15th | +7.0pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 91.5% | 12th | +6.8pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 93.5% | 6th | +7.0pp | 24th | 3% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 96.0% | 2nd | +6.2pp | 25th | 5% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 94.3% | 5th | +5.7pp | 26th | 3% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 93.4% | 7th | +5.5pp | 27th | 3% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 95.7% | 3rd | +5.5pp | 28th | 5% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 94.7% | 4th | +4.4pp | 29th | 4% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 91.1% | 16th | +2.8pp | 30th | on par with peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 96.0% | 1st | +2.5pp | 31st | 5% above peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
Inequality fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.45 to 0.43 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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 | |||||
| Providence, RI | 0.50 | 27th | -0.038 | 1st | 6% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 0.46 | 13th | -0.026 | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 0.48 | 17th | -0.020 | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 0.43 | 4th | -0.017 | 4th | 9% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 0.45 | 11th | -0.017 | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 0.48 | 18th | -0.015 | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 0.50 | 23rd | -0.012 | 7th | 4% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 0.47 | 14th | -0.011 | 8th | 2% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 0.49 | 20th | -0.010 | 9th | 3% above peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 0.49 | 21st | -0.007 | 10th | 3% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 0.44 | 7th | -0.006 | 11th | 7% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 0.53 | 31st | -0.007 | 12th | 10% above peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 0.44 | 5th | -0.005 | 13th | 8% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 0.50 | 24th | -0.004 | 14th | 5% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 0.49 | 22nd | -0.003 | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 0.50 | 25th | -0.001 | 16th | 6% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 0.45 | 10th | +0.000 | 17th | 6% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 0.50 | 26th | +0.002 | 18th | 6% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 0.48 | 15th | +0.003 | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 0.40 | 1st | +0.003 | 20th | 15% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 0.51 | 29th | +0.005 | 21st | 7% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 0.51 | 28th | +0.005 | 22nd | 6% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 0.51 | 30th | +0.009 | 23rd | 8% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 0.42 | 3rd | +0.009 | 24th | 12% below peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 0.45 | 12th | +0.010 | 25th | 5% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 0.44 | 8th | +0.010 | 26th | 7% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 0.45 | 9th | +0.011 | 27th | 6% below peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 0.49 | 19th | +0.014 | 28th | 3% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 0.41 | 2nd | +0.013 | 29th | 14% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 0.48 | 16th | +0.017 | 30th | on par with peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 0.44 | 6th | +0.025 | 31st | 8% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
SNAP fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 18.9% to 15.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Chattanooga, TN | 12.9% | 12th | -4.7pp | 1st | 22% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 14.7% | 14th | -4.5pp | 2nd | 11% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 6.5% | 5th | -1.9pp | 3rd | 61% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 25.3% | 28th | -7.4pp | 4th | 53% above peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 1.9% | 1st | -0.6pp | 5th | 88% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 9.1% | 8th | -2.5pp | 6th | 45% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 6.0% | 4th | -1.4pp | 7th | 64% below peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 15.4% | 15th | -3.5pp | 8th | 7% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 2.6% | 2nd | -0.4pp | 9th | 84% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 16.6% | 16th | -2.3pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 8.7% | 7th | -1.1pp | 11th | 47% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 10.7% | 10th | -1.3pp | 12th | 35% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 31.3% | 31st | -3.5pp | 13th | 89% above peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 21.8% | 25th | -1.6pp | 14th | 32% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 12.5% | 11th | -0.9pp | 15th | 25% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 16.6% | 17th | -0.7pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 19.4% | 22nd | -0.2pp | 17th | 17% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 21.1% | 23rd | -0.1pp | 18th | 27% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 25.1% | 27th | -0.1pp | 19th | 52% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 7.0% | 6th | +0.0pp | 20th | 58% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 16.6% | 18th | +0.1pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 14.1% | 13th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 15% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 24.8% | 26th | +1.1pp | 23rd | 50% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 29.1% | 30th | +1.9pp | 24th | 76% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 21.7% | 24th | +1.6pp | 25th | 31% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 10.7% | 9th | +1.1pp | 26th | 36% below peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 18.6% | 19th | +2.0pp | 27th | 12% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 19.2% | 21st | +2.2pp | 28th | 16% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 26.8% | 29th | +4.7pp | 29th | 62% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 5.7% | 3rd | +1.1pp | 30th | 65% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 18.7% | 20th | +10.5pp | 31st | 13% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Yonkers, NY | $702,854 (Jun 26) | 4th | +6.1% | 1st | 109% above peers | |
| Overland Park, KS | $493,605 (Jun 26) | 7th | +5.5% | 2nd | 47% above peers | |
| Rochester, NY | $252,192 (Jun 26) | 19th | +4.3% | 3rd | 25% below peers | |
| Huntington Beach, CA | $1,369,864 (Jun 26) | 1st | +4.2% | 4th | 308% above peers | |
| Akron, OH | $144,687 (Jun 26) | 27th | +3.5% | 5th | 57% below peers | |
| Little Rock, AR | $222,779 (Jun 26) | 21st | +3.4% | 6th | 34% below peers | |
| Amarillo, TX | $211,834 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +3.2% | 7th | 37% below peers | |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $313,551 (Jun 26) | 17th | +2.8% | 8th | 7% below peers | |
| Montgomery, AL | $153,885 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.4% | 9th | 54% below peers | |
| Columbus, GA | $177,244 (Jun 26) | 25th | +2.3% | 10th | 47% below peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | $196,964 (Jun 26) | 24th | +2.2% | 11th | 41% below peers | |
| Providence, RI | $438,893 (Jun 26) | 12th | +2.0% | 12th | 31% above peers | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $580,299 (Jun 26) | 5th | +1.7% | 13th | 73% above peers | |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $336,151 (Jun 26) | 14th | +1.4% | 14th | on par with peers | |
| Worcester, MA | $443,387 (Jun 26) | 11th | +1.2% | 15th | 32% above peers | |
| Tallahassee, FL | $298,194 (Jun 26) | 18th | +1.1% | 16th | 11% below peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | $376,648 (Jun 26) | 13th | +1.0% | 17th | 12% above peers | |
| Glendale, CA | $1,197,774 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.7% | 18th | 256% above peers | |
| Fayetteville, NC | $227,387 (Jun 26) | 20th | +0.1% | 19th | 32% below peers | |
| Oxnard, CA | $765,564 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +0.1% | 20th | 128% above peers | |
| Vancouver, WA | $511,271 (Jun 26) | 6th | -0.5% | 21st | 52% above peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | $324,364 (Jun 26) | 15th | -1.1% | 22nd | 4% below peers | |
| Mobile, AL | $199,106 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -1.1% | 23rd | 41% below peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | $467,863 (Jun 26) | 10th | -1.3% | 24th | 39% above peers | |
| Peoria, AZ | $486,091 (Jun 26) | 8th | -1.3% | 25th | 45% above peers | |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $319,091 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.7% | 26th | 5% below peers | |
| Birmingham, AL | $139,502 (Jun 26) | 28th | -2.2% | 27th | 59% below peers | |
| McKinney, TX | $482,599 (Jun 26) | 9th | -6.7% | 28th | 44% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Yonkers, NY | $355,502 (Jun 26) | 8th | +6.6% | 1st | 45% above peers | |
| Overland Park, KS | $341,186 (Jun 26) | 11th | +5.9% | 2nd | 39% above peers | |
| Little Rock, AR | $118,393 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +5.9% | 3rd | 52% below peers | |
| Montgomery, AL | $69,404 (Jun 26) | 27th | +4.9% | 4th | 72% below peers | |
| Amarillo, TX | $127,064 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +4.5% | 5th | 48% below peers | |
| Akron, OH | $92,045 (Jun 26) | 26th | +4.3% | 6th | 63% below peers | |
| Rochester, NY | $165,884 (Jun 26) | 19th | +3.8% | 7th | 32% below peers | |
| Huntington Beach, CA | $932,527 (Jun 26) | 1st | +3.7% | 8th | 280% above peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | $131,535 (Jun 26) | 21st | +3.2% | 9th | 46% below peers | |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $234,470 (Jun 26) | 16th | +2.7% | 10th | 4% below peers | |
| Providence, RI | $354,879 (Jun 26) | 9th | +2.6% | 11th | 45% above peers | |
| Worcester, MA | $350,386 (Jun 26) | 10th | +2.2% | 12th | 43% above peers | |
| Fayetteville, NC | $158,963 (Jun 26) | 20th | +1.5% | 13th | 35% below peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | $255,108 (Jun 26) | 13th | +1.5% | 14th | 4% above peers | |
| Oxnard, CA | $647,757 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.3% | 15th | 164% above peers | |
| Birmingham, AL | $64,767 (Jun 26) | 28th | +1.1% | 16th | 74% below peers | |
| Tallahassee, FL | $183,939 (Jun 26) | 18th | +1.0% | 17th | 25% below peers | |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $245,487 (Jun 26) | 14th | +0.8% | 18th | on par with peers | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $408,629 (Jun 26) | 5th | +0.1% | 19th | 66% above peers | |
| Columbus, GA | $92,933 (Jun 26) | 25th | -0.1% | 20th | 62% below peers | |
| Mobile, AL | $94,833 (Jun 26) | 24th | -0.2% | 21st | 61% below peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | $201,990 (Jun 26) | 17th | -0.4% | 22nd | 18% below peers | |
| Glendale, CA | $743,964 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -0.7% | 23rd | 203% above peers | |
| Vancouver, WA | $416,145 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.9% | 24th | 70% above peers | |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $242,614 (Jun 26) | 15th | -1.4% | 25th | 1% below peers | |
| Peoria, AZ | $368,292 (Jun 26) | 6th | -1.8% | 26th | 50% above peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | $336,259 (Jun 26) | 12th | -2.7% | 27th | 37% above peers | |
| McKinney, TX | $365,773 (Jun 26) | 7th | -6.1% | 28th | 49% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Homeownership fell 1.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.4% to 54.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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% | ||||||
| Providence, RI | 41.4% | 28th | +5.3pp | 1st | 19% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 47.4% | 20th | +3.2pp | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 35.2% | 31st | +2.2pp | 3rd | 31% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 42.0% | 27th | +2.6pp | 4th | 17% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 50.8% | 16th | +2.8pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 38.1% | 30th | +1.7pp | 6th | 25% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 42.3% | 26th | +1.7pp | 7th | 17% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 42.8% | 25th | +1.5pp | 8th | 16% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 51.7% | 15th | +1.7pp | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 76.0% | 1st | +1.8pp | 10th | 50% above peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 54.4% | 9th | +1.2pp | 11th | 7% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 46.6% | 21st | +0.8pp | 12th | 8% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 61.7% | 3rd | +1.0pp | 13th | 21% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 40.6% | 29th | +0.6pp | 14th | 20% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 45.5% | 24th | +0.6pp | 15th | 11% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 54.0% | 12th | +0.7pp | 16th | 6% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 50.7% | 19th | +0.5pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 46.2% | 22nd | +0.1pp | 18th | 9% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 52.4% | 14th | -0.2pp | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 54.4% | 10th | -0.7pp | 20th | 7% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 59.7% | 5th | -0.8pp | 21st | 17% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 59.5% | 6th | -1.1pp | 22nd | 17% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 50.8% | 18th | -0.9pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 55.4% | 8th | -1.2pp | 24th | 9% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 54.0% | 11th | -1.4pp | 25th | 6% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 50.8% | 17th | -1.3pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 63.8% | 2nd | -2.0pp | 27th | 26% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 53.5% | 13th | -1.8pp | 28th | 5% above peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 60.5% | 4th | -2.8pp | 29th | 19% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 45.8% | 23rd | -2.2pp | 30th | 10% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 58.7% | 7th | -3.9pp | 31st | 16% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Brownsville, TX | $1,569 (Jun 26) | 16th | +5.5% | 1st | 4% below peers | |
| Amarillo, TX | $1,278 (Jun 26) | 25th | +4.8% | 2nd | 21% below peers | |
| Akron, OH | $1,130 (Jun 26) | 28th | +4.6% | 3rd | 31% below peers | |
| Yonkers, NY | $2,754 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +3.9% | 4th | 69% above peers | |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $1,327 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +3.5% | 5th | 18% below peers | |
| Providence, RI | $2,293 (Jun 26) | 5th | +3.3% | 6th | 41% above peers | |
| Overland Park, KS | $1,800 (Jun 26) | 10th | +3.2% | 7th | 11% above peers | |
| Rochester, NY | $1,532 (Jun 26) | 17th | +3.2% | 8th | 6% below peers | |
| Mobile, AL | $1,311 (Jun 26) | 24th | +3.1% | 9th | 19% below peers | |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $1,627 (Jun 26) | 14th | +2.9% | 10th | on par with peers | |
| Montgomery, AL | $1,343 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +2.8% | 11th | 17% below peers | |
| Columbus, GA | $1,275 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.8% | 12th | 22% below peers | |
| Fayetteville, NC | $1,401 (Jun 26) | 20th | +2.8% | 13th | 14% below peers | |
| Huntington Beach, CA | $3,078 (Jun 26) | 1st | +2.3% | 14th | 89% above peers | |
| Little Rock, AR | $1,220 (Jun 26) | 27th | +2.3% | 15th | 25% below peers | |
| Oxnard, CA | $2,882 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +2.0% | 16th | 77% above peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | $1,505 (Jun 26) | 19th | +1.9% | 17th | 7% below peers | |
| Tallahassee, FL | $1,507 (Jun 26) | 18th | +1.5% | 18th | 7% below peers | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $1,629 (Jun 26) | 13th | +1.4% | 19th | on par with peers | |
| Worcester, MA | $2,164 (Jun 26) | 6th | +0.6% | 20th | 33% above peers | |
| Birmingham, AL | $1,359 (Jun 26) | 21st | +0.5% | 21st | 16% below peers | |
| Vancouver, WA | $1,818 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.3% | 22nd | 12% above peers | |
| Peoria, AZ | $1,876 (Jun 26) | 7th | +0.3% | 23rd | 15% above peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | $1,735 (Jun 26) | 11th | +0.1% | 24th | 7% above peers | |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $1,610 (Jun 26) | 15th | -0.3% | 25th | 1% below peers | |
| Glendale, CA | $2,732 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.6% | 26th | 68% above peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | $1,667 (Jun 26) | 12th | -1.2% | 27th | 2% above peers | |
| McKinney, TX | $1,819 (Jun 26) | 8th | -1.6% | 28th | 12% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.6% then, 31.3% now; margin ±2.1pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Chattanooga, TN | 31.6% | 6th | -2.8pp | 1st | 16% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 32.1% | 8th | -2.5pp | 2nd | 15% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 42.3% | 24th | -3.3pp | 3rd | 12% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 42.3% | 25th | -2.5pp | 4th | 12% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 41.6% | 23rd | -1.9pp | 5th | 11% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 31.3% | 4th | -1.3pp | 6th | 17% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 36.6% | 11th | -1.5pp | 7th | 3% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 31.3% | 5th | -0.9pp | 8th | 17% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 39.6% | 20th | -1.1pp | 9th | 5% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 37.6% | 15th | -0.8pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 43.7% | 27th | -0.7pp | 11th | 16% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 44.7% | 29th | -0.7pp | 12th | 19% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 25.8% | 1st | -0.3pp | 13th | 31% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 32.5% | 9th | -0.0pp | 14th | 14% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 43.6% | 26th | +0.0pp | 15th | 16% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 53.2% | 31st | +0.5pp | 16th | 41% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 29.2% | 3rd | +0.5pp | 17th | 22% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 41.0% | 22nd | +1.1pp | 18th | 9% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 38.2% | 19th | +1.4pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 40.1% | 21st | +1.4pp | 20th | 7% above peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 37.5% | 14th | +1.4pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 37.7% | 17th | +1.4pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 36.8% | 12th | +1.5pp | 23rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 38.1% | 18th | +1.6pp | 24th | 1% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 35.4% | 10th | +2.0pp | 25th | 6% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 44.4% | 28th | +3.3pp | 26th | 18% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 31.8% | 7th | +2.4pp | 27th | 15% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 45.3% | 30th | +3.5pp | 28th | 20% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 36.8% | 13th | +4.1pp | 29th | 2% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 27.2% | 2nd | +3.7pp | 30th | 28% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 37.6% | 16th | +8.3pp | 31st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.8% then, 10.9% now; margin ±1.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Montgomery, AL | 7.0% | 10th | -1.8pp | 1st | 18% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 7.7% | 13th | -1.9pp | 2nd | 10% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 16.1% | 28th | -2.8pp | 3rd | 88% above peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 7.7% | 12th | -1.2pp | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 9.1% | 18th | -1.3pp | 5th | 7% above peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 12.0% | 24th | -1.7pp | 6th | 40% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 10.3% | 20th | -1.4pp | 7th | 20% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 7.4% | 11th | -0.9pp | 8th | 13% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 8.6% | 17th | -0.9pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 10.9% | 23rd | -0.8pp | 10th | 28% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 17.1% | 29th | -1.3pp | 11th | 100% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 23.4% | 30th | -1.8pp | 12th | 174% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 23.7% | 31st | -1.7pp | 13th | 177% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 4.4% | 4th | -0.3pp | 14th | 49% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 6.9% | 9th | -0.2pp | 15th | 19% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 8.0% | 15th | -0.2pp | 16th | 6% below peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 5.5% | 7th | -0.0pp | 17th | 35% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 14.6% | 27th | +0.2pp | 18th | 71% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 14.2% | 26th | +0.3pp | 19th | 67% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 5.9% | 8th | +0.1pp | 20th | 31% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 10.9% | 22nd | +0.4pp | 21st | 27% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 10.8% | 21st | +0.4pp | 22nd | 26% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 7.8% | 14th | +0.3pp | 23rd | 9% below peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 10.0% | 19th | +0.6pp | 24th | 17% above peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 12.1% | 25th | +1.0pp | 25th | 42% above peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 4.5% | 5th | +0.4pp | 26th | 47% below peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 8.6% | 16th | +0.9pp | 27th | on par with peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 3.6% | 2nd | +0.4pp | 28th | 58% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 3.4% | 1st | +0.4pp | 29th | 61% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 4.3% | 3rd | +1.2pp | 30th | 50% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 5.0% | 6th | +1.8pp | 31st | 42% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.4% to 7.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). 10 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Glendale, CA | 5.6% | 5th | -1.6pp | 1st | 42% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 8.1% | 13th | -2.1pp | 2nd | 16% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 13.7% | 26th | -3.2pp | 3rd | 41% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 10.3% | 18th | -2.2pp | 4th | 6% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 26.0% | 31st | -4.9pp | 5th | 168% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 7.1% | 7th | -1.3pp | 6th | 27% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 4.6% | 2nd | -0.9pp | 7th | 53% below peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 6.2% | 6th | -1.0pp | 8th | 36% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 9.7% | 16th | -1.4pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 11.2% | 22nd | -1.1pp | 10th | 15% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 7.7% | 11th | -0.6pp | 11th | 20% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 15.3% | 28th | -1.1pp | 12th | 58% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 4.9% | 3rd | -0.3pp | 13th | 50% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 8.5% | 15th | -0.3pp | 14th | 12% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 7.5% | 10th | -0.3pp | 15th | 22% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 10.6% | 20th | -0.3pp | 16th | 9% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 7.3% | 8th | -0.2pp | 17th | 25% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 8.4% | 14th | -0.1pp | 18th | 13% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 18.4% | 30th | -0.0pp | 19th | 90% above peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 17.6% | 29th | +0.1pp | 20th | 81% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 15.2% | 27th | +0.4pp | 21st | 56% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 8.0% | 12th | +0.2pp | 22nd | 18% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 12.6% | 25th | +0.4pp | 23rd | 30% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 10.8% | 21st | +0.5pp | 24th | 11% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 5.5% | 4th | +0.5pp | 25th | 43% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 9.9% | 17th | +1.0pp | 26th | 2% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 11.5% | 23rd | +1.5pp | 27th | 19% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 12.0% | 24th | +1.8pp | 28th | 24% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 7.4% | 9th | +1.1pp | 29th | 23% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 10.5% | 19th | +2.2pp | 30th | 8% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 3.9% | 1st | +1.0pp | 31st | 60% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan ref | 36.0% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Glendale, CA | 24.3% | 1st | 32% below peers | |
| Huntington Beach, CA | 25.3% | 2nd | 30% below peers | |
| Yonkers, NY | 30.3% | 3rd | 16% below peers | |
| Overland Park, KS | 30.4% | 4th | 15% below peers | |
| McKinney, TX | 30.9% | 5th | 14% below peers | |
| Peoria, AZ | 32.0% | 6th | 11% below peers | |
| Oxnard, CA | 32.1% | 7th | 11% below peers | |
| Tempe, AZ | 32.3% | 8th | 10% below peers | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 33.0% | 9th | 8% below peers | |
| Tallahassee, FL | 33.7% | 10th | 6% below peers | |
| Vancouver, WA | 34.6% | 11th | 4% below peers | |
| Paradise, NV | 34.7% | 12th | 3% below peers | |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 34.9% | 13th | 3% below peers | |
| Providence, RI | 35.3% | 14th | 2% below peers | |
| Chattanooga, TN | 35.6% | 15th | 1% below peers | |
| Amarillo, TX | 35.9% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Worcester, MA | 36.2% | 17th | 1% above peers | |
| Grand Prairie, TX | 36.7% | 18th | 2% above peers | |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 37.2% | 19th | 4% above peers | |
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 37.9% | 20th | 6% above peers | |
| Little Rock, AR | 38.4% | 21st | 7% above peers | |
| Fayetteville, NC | 40.4% | 22nd | 13% above peers | |
| Knoxville, TN | 41.0% | 23rd | 14% above peers | |
| Columbus, GA | 41.7% | 24th | 16% above peers | |
| Augusta, GA | 43.6% | 25th | 21% above peers | |
| Mobile, AL | 44.2% | 26th | 23% above peers | |
| Rochester, NY | 44.2% | 27th | 23% above peers | |
| Montgomery, AL | 44.8% | 28th | 25% above peers | |
| Birmingham, AL | 44.9% | 29th | 25% above peers | |
| Akron, OH | 45.4% | 30th | 26% above peers | |
| Brownsville, TX | 47.6% | 31st | 33% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Glendale, CA | 1.9% | 1st | -1.5pp | 1st | 61% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 3.7% | 8th | -2.5pp | 2nd | 25% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 2.1% | 2nd | -1.0pp | 3rd | 56% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 3.4% | 6th | -1.6pp | 4th | 30% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 8.8% | 27th | -3.0pp | 5th | 80% above peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 3.2% | 5th | -0.9pp | 6th | 33% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 6.1% | 21st | -1.6pp | 7th | 26% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 13.8% | 30th | -3.3pp | 8th | 185% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 5.0% | 18th | -0.7pp | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 8.6% | 26th | -1.0pp | 10th | 76% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 10.2% | 28th | -0.1pp | 11th | 111% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 4.3% | 11th | +0.1pp | 12th | 12% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 3.5% | 7th | +0.1pp | 13th | 27% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 11.7% | 29th | +1.2pp | 14th | 141% above peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 4.5% | 12th | +0.7pp | 15th | 7% below peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 5.8% | 20th | +0.9pp | 16th | 20% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 14.0% | 31st | +2.4pp | 17th | 188% above peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 4.8% | 16th | +0.9pp | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 4.8% | 17th | +1.0pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 8.2% | 24th | +1.7pp | 20th | 69% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 3.9% | 9th | +0.9pp | 21st | 21% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 2.7% | 4th | +0.7pp | 22nd | 44% below peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 3.9% | 10th | +1.2pp | 23rd | 19% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 4.8% | 15th | +1.5pp | 24th | 1% below peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 4.5% | 13th | +1.8pp | 25th | 7% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 5.5% | 19th | +2.3pp | 26th | 12% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 8.5% | 25th | +3.7pp | 27th | 75% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 4.6% | 14th | +2.0pp | 28th | 5% below peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 8.2% | 23rd | +3.9pp | 29th | 68% above peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 7.5% | 22nd | +3.8pp | 30th | 55% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 2.4% | 3rd | +1.2pp | 31st | 51% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.4% to 41.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Brownsville, TX | 24.5% | 27th | +5.6pp | 1st | 29% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 30.0% | 23rd | +6.4pp | 2nd | 13% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 36.0% | 12th | +5.9pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 30.0% | 22nd | +4.9pp | 4th | 13% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 30.5% | 21st | +4.7pp | 5th | 12% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 47.2% | 7th | +6.7pp | 6th | 36% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 35.2% | 14th | +5.0pp | 7th | 2% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 49.0% | 6th | +6.4pp | 8th | 42% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 34.6% | 15th | +4.5pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 41.6% | 9th | +5.2pp | 10th | 20% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 54.1% | 2nd | +6.7pp | 11th | 56% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 24.7% | 26th | +3.1pp | 12th | 29% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 12.0% | 31st | +1.4pp | 13th | 65% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 31.1% | 20th | +3.7pp | 14th | 10% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 26.6% | 25th | +3.0pp | 15th | 23% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 23.6% | 29th | +2.3pp | 16th | 32% below peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 32.4% | 18th | +3.1pp | 17th | 7% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 51.5% | 3rd | +4.9pp | 18th | 49% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 36.3% | 11th | +3.4pp | 19th | 5% above peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 32.0% | 19th | +2.6pp | 20th | 8% below peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 38.1% | 10th | +2.9pp | 21st | 10% above peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 19.5% | 30th | +1.5pp | 22nd | 44% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 24.1% | 28th | +1.7pp | 23rd | 30% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 50.0% | 5th | +3.4pp | 24th | 44% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 44.6% | 8th | +2.8pp | 25th | 29% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 34.6% | 16th | +2.2pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 51.3% | 4th | +3.2pp | 27th | 48% above peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 29.0% | 24th | +1.8pp | 28th | 16% below peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 35.7% | 13th | +2.2pp | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 63.7% | 1st | +2.1pp | 30th | 84% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 33.8% | 17th | +1.0pp | 31st | 2% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.8% then, 49.6% now; margin ±8.3pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Brownsville, TX | 54.8% | 6th | +6.1pp | 1st | 31% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 62.0% | 3rd | +6.9pp | 2nd | 49% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 46.9% | 14th | +5.0pp | 3rd | 12% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 38.1% | 20th | +3.0pp | 4th | 9% below peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 63.1% | 1st | +4.8pp | 5th | 51% above peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 56.5% | 4th | +4.2pp | 6th | 36% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 41.7% | 16th | +2.1pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 49.6% | 11th | +0.8pp | 8th | 19% above peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 55.9% | 5th | +0.2pp | 9th | 34% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 48.1% | 13th | -2.1pp | 10th | 15% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 62.2% | 2nd | -3.1pp | 11th | 49% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 41.6% | 17th | -2.4pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 40.8% | 19th | -2.5pp | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 41.6% | 18th | -3.0pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 50.0% | 10th | -3.6pp | 15th | 20% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 52.9% | 7th | -5.6pp | 16th | 27% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 45.4% | 15th | -6.0pp | 17th | 9% above peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 49.2% | 12th | -6.6pp | 18th | 18% above peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 24.1% | 29th | -3.2pp | 19th | 42% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 35.1% | 23rd | -6.3pp | 20th | 16% below peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 33.0% | 25th | -6.0pp | 21st | 21% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 51.8% | 8th | -13.6pp | 22nd | 24% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 37.8% | 21st | -10.1pp | 23rd | 9% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 31.8% | 26th | -8.6pp | 24th | 24% below peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 50.8% | 9th | -16.5pp | 25th | 22% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 36.7% | 22nd | -12.6pp | 26th | 12% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 27.5% | 28th | -9.9pp | 27th | 34% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 33.7% | 24th | -13.7pp | 28th | 19% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 22.6% | 30th | -16.6pp | 29th | 46% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 19.4% | 31st | -14.6pp | 30th | 53% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 28.6% | 27th | -24.6pp | 31st | 31% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.1% then, 7.8% now; margin ±3.1pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Tallahassee, FL | 1.3% | 2nd | -4.2pp | 1st | 84% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 1.1% | 1st | -1.5pp | 2nd | 87% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 2.6% | 3rd | -2.1pp | 3rd | 67% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 8.7% | 17th | -4.5pp | 4th | 10% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 3.5% | 4th | -1.6pp | 5th | 56% below peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 6.5% | 10th | -2.9pp | 6th | 19% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 7.0% | 12th | -2.2pp | 7th | 13% below peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 9.0% | 18th | -2.3pp | 8th | 13% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 5.0% | 6th | -0.8pp | 9th | 38% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 5.4% | 8th | -0.4pp | 10th | 32% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 10.1% | 23rd | -0.7pp | 11th | 27% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 9.8% | 22nd | -0.4pp | 12th | 23% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 7.8% | 15th | -0.3pp | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 10.2% | 24th | -0.3pp | 14th | 29% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 4.1% | 5th | +0.0pp | 15th | 49% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 14.4% | 29th | +0.4pp | 16th | 81% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 5.1% | 7th | +0.2pp | 17th | 36% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 9.4% | 21st | +1.4pp | 18th | 18% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 10.8% | 26th | +2.1pp | 19th | 36% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 9.0% | 19th | +1.8pp | 20th | 13% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 11.4% | 28th | +2.4pp | 21st | 43% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 8.0% | 16th | +2.2pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 9.2% | 20th | +2.7pp | 23rd | 15% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 5.7% | 9th | +1.7pp | 24th | 28% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 6.7% | 11th | +2.3pp | 25th | 16% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 7.7% | 14th | +2.9pp | 26th | 3% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 7.5% | 13th | +2.9pp | 27th | 5% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 10.7% | 25th | +4.4pp | 28th | 35% above peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 16.0% | 31st | +6.8pp | 29th | 101% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 10.9% | 27th | +4.7pp | 30th | 38% above peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 14.9% | 30th | +7.7pp | 31st | 87% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 198,401 to 198,535 - more than the combined survey margin (±115). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria, AZ | 196,906 | 21st | +17% | 1st | 2% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 210,600 | 2nd | +16% | 2nd | 5% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 201,469 | 14th | +14% | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 207,055 | 6th | +12% | 4th | 3% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 195,300 | 22nd | +8% | 5th | 2% below peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 191,767 | 25th | +7% | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 203,416 | 9th | +7% | 7th | 2% above peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 201,875 | 12th | +6% | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 208,007 | 5th | +5% | 9th | 4% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 209,978 | 3rd | +5% | 10th | 5% above peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 200,306 | 16th | +5% | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 195,185 | 24th | +5% | 12th | 3% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 201,883 | 11th | +5% | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 203,711 | 7th | +4% | 14th | 2% above peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 189,177 | 28th | +4% | 15th | 6% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 185,783 | 31st | +3% | 16th | 7% below peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 200,218 | 17th | +3% | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 203,436 | 8th | +3% | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 201,528 | 13th | +2% | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 201,885 | 10th | +1% | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 208,772 | 4th | +1% | 21st | 4% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 188,065 | 29th | +0% | 22nd | 6% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 210,815 | 1st | +0% | 23rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 198,535 | 18th | +0% | 24th | 1% below peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 197,494 | 20th | -1% | 25th | 1% below peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 195,240 | 23rd | -3% | 26th | 3% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 200,928 | 15th | -3% | 27th | on par with peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 189,247 | 27th | -4% | 28th | 6% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 190,748 | 26th | -5% | 29th | 5% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 198,173 | 19th | -7% | 30th | 1% below peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 185,913 | 30th | -21% | 31st | 7% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.3% then, 39.2% now; margin ±4.9pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Amarillo, TX | 35.7% | 20th | +5.4pp | 1st | 15% below peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 32.1% | 24th | +3.8pp | 2nd | 24% below peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 48.4% | 8th | +5.2pp | 3rd | 15% above peers | ||
| Vancouver, WA | 33.8% | 23rd | +2.8pp | 4th | 20% below peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 35.2% | 21st | +2.7pp | 5th | 16% below peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 25.4% | 27th | +1.7pp | 6th | 40% below peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 55.2% | 5th | +3.3pp | 7th | 31% above peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 50.5% | 7th | +3.0pp | 8th | 20% above peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 59.6% | 3rd | +3.2pp | 9th | 41% above peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 47.6% | 10th | +2.0pp | 10th | 13% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 43.8% | 13th | +1.0pp | 11th | 4% above peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 66.9% | 2nd | +1.4pp | 12th | 59% above peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 59.2% | 4th | +1.0pp | 13th | 41% above peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 22.7% | 28th | +0.3pp | 14th | 46% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 42.2% | 16th | +0.5pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 36.3% | 19th | -0.0pp | 16th | 14% below peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 17.8% | 31st | -0.2pp | 17th | 58% below peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 34.1% | 22nd | -0.5pp | 18th | 19% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 43.4% | 15th | -0.9pp | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 52.7% | 6th | -1.1pp | 20th | 25% above peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 69.5% | 1st | -1.8pp | 21st | 65% above peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 44.3% | 12th | -1.3pp | 22nd | 5% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 47.8% | 9th | -1.6pp | 23rd | 13% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 39.2% | 17th | -2.2pp | 24th | 7% below peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 18.0% | 30th | -1.1pp | 25th | 57% below peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 18.1% | 29th | -1.1pp | 26th | 57% below peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 36.5% | 18th | -2.3pp | 27th | 13% below peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 29.3% | 25th | -1.8pp | 28th | 30% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 43.5% | 14th | -3.4pp | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 27.5% | 26th | -2.3pp | 30th | 35% below peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 45.0% | 11th | -4.2pp | 31st | 7% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.8% then, 69.2% now; margin ±6.4pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Vancouver, WA | 68.0% | 23rd | +9.9pp | 1st | 2% below peers | ||
| Brownsville, TX | 60.6% | 30th | +8.8pp | 2nd | 12% below peers | ||
| Augusta, GA | 72.8% | 4th | +7.0pp | 3rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Yonkers, NY | 78.2% | 2nd | +7.4pp | 4th | 13% above peers | ||
| Sioux Falls, SD | 82.6% | 1st | +7.3pp | 5th | 19% above peers | ||
| Overland Park, KS | 72.3% | 10th | +6.3pp | 6th | 4% above peers | ||
| McKinney, TX | 69.2% | 16th | +5.9pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Salt Lake City, UT | 65.2% | 24th | +5.4pp | 8th | 6% below peers | ||
| Amarillo, TX | 68.8% | 19th | +5.0pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Tallahassee, FL | 72.6% | 6th | +4.4pp | 10th | 5% above peers | ||
| Providence, RI | 72.6% | 7th | +4.2pp | 11th | 5% above peers | ||
| Oxnard, CA | 72.1% | 11th | +3.6pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Tempe, AZ | 70.7% | 12th | +3.4pp | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Montgomery, AL | 73.8% | 3rd | +2.7pp | 14th | 7% above peers | ||
| Grand Rapids, MI | 69.2% | 17th | +2.5pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Mobile, AL | 72.6% | 8th | +2.0pp | 16th | 5% above peers | ||
| Peoria, AZ | 68.8% | 20th | +1.5pp | 17th | 1% below peers | ||
| Little Rock, AR | 68.7% | 21st | +1.3pp | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Grand Prairie, TX | 68.4% | 22nd | +0.4pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Huntington Beach, CA | 69.1% | 18th | +0.3pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Glendale, CA | 62.9% | 27th | +0.2pp | 21st | 9% below peers | ||
| Akron, OH | 72.5% | 9th | -0.1pp | 22nd | 5% above peers | ||
| Worcester, MA | 69.6% | 13th | -0.2pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Sunrise Manor, NV | 64.2% | 25th | -0.4pp | 24th | 7% below peers | ||
| Chattanooga, TN | 69.4% | 15th | -0.8pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Rochester, NY | 69.4% | 14th | -1.6pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Knoxville, TN | 63.9% | 26th | -2.0pp | 27th | 8% below peers | ||
| Columbus, GA | 62.5% | 28th | -3.5pp | 28th | 10% below peers | ||
| Fayetteville, NC | 57.4% | 31st | -4.0pp | 29th | 17% below peers | ||
| Birmingham, AL | 72.7% | 5th | -7.0pp | 30th | 5% above peers | ||
| Paradise, NV | 61.3% | 29th | -7.6pp | 31st | 11% below peers |