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201,183 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Grand Rapids, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$69,108
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
$50,103 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.0%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
28.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
15.4%
2019-23
▼ 19%
relative change
18.9% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.9%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
20.4% in 2019
Real improvement  
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
7.2%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
8.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
41.6%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
36.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.2%
Jul 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
6.0% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.5%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
82.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.3%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
32.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
49.6%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
48.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.8%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
8.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Grand Rapids, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
217 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 27%
relative change
296 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,142 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
2,389 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
54.0%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
55.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.9%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
11.8% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
15 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 25%
relative change
12 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
863 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
867 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Big moves & big gaps 1 indicator

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,580
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,516 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 863 in July 2026, down from 867 a year earlier.
Needs attention 863 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Sioux Falls, SD 363 (Feb 26) -29.6% 1st
Clarksville, TN 317 (Jul 26) -19.5% 2nd
Amarillo, TX 541 (Mar 26) -15.2% 3rd
Chattanooga, TN 688 (Apr 26) -14.0% 4th
Knoxville, TN 621 (Jul 26) -12.9% 5th
Fayetteville, NC 577 (Jul 26) -12.1% 6th
Akron, OH 836 (Jun 26) -9.4% 7th
Little Rock, AR 1,448 (Jul 26) -8.9% 8th
Oxnard, CA 540 (Jul 26) -6.2% 9th
Brownsville, TX 377 (Jul 26) -4.3% 10th
Grand Rapids, MI 863 (Jul 26) -0.5% 11th
Tempe, AZ 419 (Jul 26) +0.5% 12th
Peoria, AZ 254 (Apr 26) +2.6% 13th
Des Moines, IA 658 (Jul 26) +3.9% 14th
Providence, RI 301 (Jun 26) +7.7% 15th
Grand Prairie, TX 224 (Jul 26) +13.3% 16th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Charleston, SC down about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Garland, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 10% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 17% higher than in 2021 (1,932 then, 2,256 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 3,039 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,142 in July 2026, down from 2,389 a year earlier.
Needs attention 2,142 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Clarksville, TN 951 (Jul 26) -35.0% 1st
Oxnard, CA 1,280 (Jul 26) -32.0% 2nd
Rochester, NY 2,531 (Jun 26) -25.9% 3rd
Sioux Falls, SD 2,316 (Feb 26) -24.5% 4th
Des Moines, IA 2,372 (Jul 26) -22.9% 5th
Brownsville, TX 1,348 (Jul 26) -22.9% 6th
Knoxville, TN 2,003 (Jul 26) -20.8% 7th
Akron, OH 2,777 (Jun 26) -14.3% 8th
Amarillo, TX 2,243 (Mar 26) -12.8% 9th
Grand Prairie, TX 1,231 (Jul 26) -11.7% 10th
Little Rock, AR 4,061 (Jul 26) -10.8% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,142 (Jul 26) -10.3% 12th
Chattanooga, TN 3,202 (Jul 26) -8.2% 13th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 14th
Fayetteville, NC 2,720 (Jul 26) -5.0% 15th
Providence, RI 1,525 (Jun 26) -4.7% 16th
Tempe, AZ 2,746 (Jul 26) -0.7% 17th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 25% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 53% higher than in 2021 (5 then, 7 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 11 in 2022 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 15 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 12 in the prior 12 months. That is 7 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 15 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Brownsville, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Rochester, NY 9 (Jun 26) -50.0% 2nd
Oxnard, CA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 3rd
Fayetteville, NC 11 (Jul 26) -42.1% 4th
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.5% 5th
Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -36.2% 6th
Mobile, AL 14 (Jul 26) -34.1% 7th
Providence, RI 3 (Jun 26) -33.4% 8th
Birmingham, AL 35 (Jul 26) -29.9% 9th
Akron, OH 9 (Jun 26) -25.0% 10th
Amarillo, TX 5 (Mar 26) -21.6% 11th
Chattanooga, TN 8 (Apr 26) -11.3% 12th
Clarksville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +9.1% 13th
Grand Rapids, MI 7 (Jul 26) +25.2% 14th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +29.9% 15th
Des Moines, IA 4 (Jul 26) +33.2% 16th
Tempe, AZ 6 (Jul 26) +83.2% 17th
Grand Prairie, TX 3 (Jul 26) +133.6% 18th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 19th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Sterling Heights, MI
  • Boise, ID down about 75% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 27% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 58% higher than in 2021 (145 then, 230 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 758 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 217 in July 2026, down from 296 a year earlier.
Needs attention 217 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Clarksville, TN 91 (Jul 26) -52.9% 1st
Rochester, NY 630 (Jun 26) -42.9% 2nd
Sioux Falls, SD 251 (Feb 26) -42.4% 3rd
Brownsville, TX 167 (Jul 26) -40.6% 4th
Oxnard, CA 225 (Jul 26) -35.4% 5th
Des Moines, IA 329 (Jul 26) -33.3% 6th
Grand Prairie, TX 159 (Jul 26) -29.8% 7th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 8th
Chattanooga, TN 347 (Jul 26) -28.9% 9th
Knoxville, TN 227 (Jul 26) -28.4% 10th
Tempe, AZ 194 (Jul 26) -28.3% 11th
Grand Rapids, MI 217 (Jul 26) -26.6% 12th
Fayetteville, NC 258 (Jul 26) -26.2% 13th
Akron, OH 316 (Jun 26) -19.3% 14th
Little Rock, AR 300 (Jul 26) -16.7% 15th
Providence, RI 148 (Jun 26) -15.8% 16th
Amarillo, TX 215 (Mar 26) -13.0% 17th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Grand Rapids started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 73% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,913 to $69,108).
Bright spot $69,108
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 15th +49% 1st 3% above peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 12th +46% 2nd 6% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 18th +42% 3rd 2% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 5th +41% 4th 41% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 7th +40% 5th 26% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 14th +38% 6th 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 10th +37% 7th 21% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 20th +35% 8th 11% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 9th 21% below peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 26th +34% 10th 18% below peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 11th 28% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 3rd +32% 12th 46% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 9th +32% 13th 23% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 6th +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
Clarksville, TN $69,303 13th +29% 17th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 1st +27% 18th 83% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 4th +27% 19th 45% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 11th +27% 20th 15% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 27th +27% 21st 19% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 23rd +26% 22nd 13% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 22nd +25% 23rd 12% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 17th +25% 24th on par with peers
Akron, OH $48,076 29th +24% 25th 27% below peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 26th 30% below peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 16th +23% 27th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 19th +22% 28th 4% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 2nd +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
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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7 of 51 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,869 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.8 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.2% in July 2026, down from 6.0% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.2%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Akron, OH 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -1.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 29th -1.7pp 2nd 64% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th -1.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 4th 13% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th -0.8pp 5th 16% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.6pp 6th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 7th 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th -0.4pp 8th 33% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 9th 24% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th -0.4pp 10th 20% above peers
Clarksville, TN 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th -0.3pp 12th 16% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 13th 7% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 14th 11% below peers
Worcester, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Little Rock, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th -0.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 17th 58% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.2pp 18th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 19th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 28th +0.5pp 21st 36% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 22nd 7% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th +0.6pp 23rd 13% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.7pp 24th 9% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 25th 9% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 26th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th +0.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th +0.8pp 28th 22% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.8pp 29th 4% 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 →
What changed

Poverty fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.4% to 16.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Grand Rapids started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 9.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.6% to 16.9%).
Bright spot 16.9%
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 13.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 14th -4.0pp 1st 10% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 5th -2.5pp 2nd 42% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 6th -2.7pp 3rd 37% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 7th -2.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 29th -5.6pp 5th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 25th -4.8pp 6th 19% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 15th -3.5pp 7th 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 23rd -4.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 9th -2.1pp 9th 30% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 22nd -3.0pp 10th 15% above peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 18th -2.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 12th 59% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 12th -1.9pp 13th 14% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 28th -2.7pp 14th 35% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 17.7% 17th -1.6pp 15th 1% above peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 19th -1.6pp 16th 9% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 4th -0.8pp 17th 45% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 10th -1.1pp 18th 21% below peers
Des Moines, IA 14.9% 11th -1.1pp 19th 15% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 24th -1.2pp 20th 15% above peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 30th -1.2pp 21st 41% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 2nd -0.3pp 22nd 55% below peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 21st -0.4pp 23rd 12% above peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 27th -0.1pp 24th 33% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 26th +0.9pp 25th 23% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 13th +0.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 16th +0.9pp 27th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% 8th +0.7pp 28th 31% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 20th +1.5pp 29th 9% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 52% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.9% to 23.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Grand Rapids started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 14.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.4% to 23.0%).
Bright spot 23.0%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 5th -6.5pp 1st 48% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 17th -9.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 25th -10.4pp 3rd 32% above peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 9th -4.5pp 4th 27% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 15th -5.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 23rd -6.8pp 6th 20% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 6th -3.9pp 7th 31% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 2nd -1.8pp 8th 64% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 22nd -5.7pp 9th 18% above peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 8th -2.9pp 10th 28% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 19th -4.1pp 11th 8% above peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 16th -3.7pp 12th on par with peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 11th -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% 18th -3.5pp 16th 5% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 12th -2.8pp 17th 7% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 20th -3.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 7th -2.0pp 19th 29% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 4th -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
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 13th -1.1pp 23rd 5% below 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% 10th +0.6pp 27th 24% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 3rd +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
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Grand Rapids started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 12.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.8% to 90.5%).
Bright spot 90.5%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 90.7% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
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
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 14th +11.5pp 8th on par with peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 24th +11.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 29th +10.5pp 10th 5% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 22nd +10.8pp 11th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 19th +10.9pp 12th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 21st +10.6pp 13th 1% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 9th +10.9pp 14th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 15th +10.6pp 15th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 20th +9.8pp 16th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 10th +9.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 23rd +8.8pp 18th 2% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 12th +8.7pp 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
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 13th +6.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 7th +7.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 6th +6.9pp 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% 8th +5.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 3rd +4.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 4th +4.1pp 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
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.43).
Bright spot 0.43
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 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 8% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 2nd -0.023 2nd 17% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 15th -0.026 3rd 2% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 18th -0.020 4th 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 5th -0.017 5th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 13th -0.017 6th 4% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 19th -0.015 7th 3% above peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 24th -0.012 8th 6% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 16th -0.011 9th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 21st -0.010 10th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 7th -0.008 11th 6% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 31st -0.009 12th 15% above peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 22nd -0.007 13th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 9th -0.006 14th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 15th 13% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 6th -0.005 16th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 25th -0.004 17th 7% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 18th 6% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 1st -0.002 19th 18% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 20th 8% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 12th +0.000 21st 4% below peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 22nd 13% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 28th +0.005 23rd 10% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 29th +0.009 24th 10% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 14th +0.010 25th 3% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 10th +0.010 26th 5% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 11th +0.011 27th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 20th +0.014 28th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 29th 12% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 17th +0.017 30th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 8th +0.025 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

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).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Grand Rapids started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 9.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (24.8% to 15.4%).
Bright spot 15.4%
20102023
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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% 11th -4.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 15th -4.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 28th -7.4pp 3rd 64% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 87% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 6th -2.5pp 5th 41% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 17th -4.4pp 6th 5% above peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 7th -2.6pp 7th 32% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 3rd -1.4pp 8th 61% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 16th -3.5pp 9th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 12th -2.6pp 10th 15% below peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 18th -2.3pp 11th 8% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 5th -1.1pp 12th 43% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 9th -1.3pp 13th 30% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 14th 103% above peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 25th -1.6pp 15th 42% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 10th -0.9pp 16th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 19th -0.7pp 17th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 22nd -0.2pp 18th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 23rd -0.1pp 19th 37% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 27th -0.1pp 20th 63% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 4th +0.0pp 21st 55% below peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 26th +1.1pp 23rd 61% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 30th +1.9pp 24th 89% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 24th +1.6pp 25th 41% above peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 8th +1.1pp 26th 31% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 20th +2.0pp 27th 21% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 21st +2.2pp 28th 25% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 14th +1.7pp 29th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 29th +4.7pp 30th 74% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $307,094 in August 2026, up from $297,514 a year earlier.
$307,094
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $266,292 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Yonkers, NY $706,055 (Aug 26) 3rd +7.0% 1st 121% above peers
Overland Park, KS $483,940 (Aug 26) 7th +5.5% 2nd 52% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $1,351,762 (Aug 26) 1st +5.4% 3rd 324% above peers
Rochester, NY $247,040 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 4th 23% below peers
Amarillo, TX $211,528 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.0% 5th 34% below peers
Little Rock, AR $221,588 (Aug 26) 21st +3.7% 6th 31% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $307,094 (Aug 26) 17th +3.2% 7th 4% below peers
Columbus, GA $175,951 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 8th 45% below peers
Akron, OH $141,681 (Aug 26) 28th +2.7% 9th 56% below peers
Providence, RI $434,698 (Aug 26) 11th +2.3% 10th 36% above peers
Montgomery, AL $152,837 (Aug 26) 27th +2.1% 11th 52% below peers
Worcester, MA $435,944 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 12th 37% above peers
Brownsville, TX $199,327 (Aug 26) 24th +1.6% 13th 38% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $294,444 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 14th 8% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $332,295 (Aug 26) 13th +1.3% 15th 4% above peers
Knoxville, TN $370,699 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 16th 16% above peers
Oxnard, CA $759,573 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.0% 17th 138% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $551,273 (Aug 26) 4th +0.4% 18th 73% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $224,044 (Aug 26) 20th +0.3% 19th 30% below peers
Clarksville, TN $319,419 (Aug 26) 14th +0.3% 20th on par with peers
Vancouver, WA $501,696 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 21st 57% above peers
Des Moines, IA $210,572 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.2% 22nd 34% below peers
Tempe, AZ $461,342 (Aug 26) 9th -0.6% 23rd 45% above peers
Mobile, AL $198,189 (Aug 26) 25th -0.6% 24th 38% below peers
Peoria, AZ $480,596 (Aug 26) 8th -0.8% 25th 51% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $319,185 (Aug 26) 15th -1.2% 26th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $511,473 (Aug 26) 5th -1.3% 27th 60% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $314,397 (Aug 26) 16th -1.3% 28th 2% below peers
Birmingham, AL $136,876 (Aug 26) 29th -2.3% 29th 57% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 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 →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 18% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $230,222 in August 2026, up from $222,856 a year earlier.
$230,222
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Yonkers, NY $358,222 (Aug 26) 6th +8.1% 1st 49% above peers
Overland Park, KS $335,304 (Aug 26) 9th +5.7% 2nd 40% above peers
Amarillo, TX $126,073 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 3rd 48% below peers
Little Rock, AR $116,179 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 4th 52% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $919,906 (Aug 26) 1st +4.5% 5th 283% above peers
Montgomery, AL $67,882 (Aug 26) 28th +4.2% 6th 72% below peers
Rochester, NY $163,825 (Aug 26) 19th +4.2% 7th 32% below peers
Brownsville, TX $135,515 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.5% 8th 44% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $230,222 (Aug 26) 16th +3.3% 9th 4% below peers
Akron, OH $89,235 (Aug 26) 27th +3.2% 10th 63% below peers
Providence, RI $351,330 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 11th 46% above peers
Worcester, MA $345,745 (Aug 26) 8th +2.5% 12th 44% above peers
Fayetteville, NC $155,564 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 13th 35% below peers
Oxnard, CA $642,182 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.0% 14th 167% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $181,951 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 15th 24% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $494,959 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.2% 16th 106% above peers
Columbus, GA $92,045 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 17th 62% below peers
Knoxville, TN $248,842 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 18th 4% above peers
Mobile, AL $94,677 (Aug 26) 25th +1.0% 19th 61% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $242,098 (Aug 26) 13th +0.4% 20th 1% above peers
Birmingham, AL $63,068 (Aug 26) 29th -0.1% 21st 74% below peers
Des Moines, IA $153,884 (Aug 26) 21st -0.2% 22nd 36% below peers
Vancouver, WA $408,333 (Aug 26) 4th -0.4% 23rd 70% above peers
Clarksville, TN $240,564 (Aug 26) 14th -0.5% 24th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX $240,238 (Aug 26) 15th -0.6% 25th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN $198,250 (Aug 26) 17th -0.9% 26th 17% below peers
Peoria, AZ $364,173 (Aug 26) 5th -1.3% 27th 52% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $306,400 (Aug 26) 11th -2.2% 28th 28% above peers
Tempe, AZ $333,045 (Aug 26) 10th -2.3% 29th 39% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.1% to 54.0%).
Needs attention 54.0%
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%
Providence, RI 41.4% 29th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 23rd +3.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 4th 29% below peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 9th +2.5pp 5th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 6th 21% below peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 27th +1.5pp 7th 20% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 18th +1.7pp 8th 3% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 13th +1.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 2nd +1.6pp 10th 18% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 11th 42% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 11th +1.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 24th +0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 3rd +1.0pp 14th 15% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 15th 24% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 26th +0.6pp 16th 15% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 15th +0.7pp 17th 1% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 22nd +0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 5th +0.4pp 19th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 25th +0.1pp 20th 14% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 17th -0.2pp 21st 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 12th -0.7pp 22nd 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 6th -0.8pp 23rd 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 7th -1.1pp 24th 11% above peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 21st -0.9pp 25th 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 10th -1.2pp 26th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 14th -1.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 20th -1.3pp 28th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 16th -1.8pp 29th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 4th -2.8pp 30th 13% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 8th -3.9pp 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,580 in August 2026, up from $1,516 a year earlier.
Big move $1,580
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Amarillo, TX $1,330 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.3% 1st 16% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,755 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.3% 2nd 74% above peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 6th +4.9% 3rd 40% above peers
Brownsville, TX $1,583 (Aug 26) 14th +4.7% 4th on par with peers
Columbus, GA $1,308 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 5th 17% below peers
Akron, OH $1,167 (Aug 26) 28th +4.3% 6th 26% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 15th +4.2% 7th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,302 (Aug 26) 25th +3.9% 8th 18% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 9th 19% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 1st +3.5% 10th 95% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,757 (Aug 26) 10th +3.2% 11th 11% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,476 (Aug 26) 17th +3.1% 12th 7% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,382 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 13th 51% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 21st +2.6% 14th 15% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $2,736 (Aug 26) 4th +2.5% 15th 73% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 16th +2.2% 16th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,367 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 17th 13% below peers
Little Rock, AR $1,212 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 18th 23% below peers
Clarksville, TN $1,374 (Aug 26) 19th +1.7% 19th 13% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,470 (Aug 26) 18th +1.5% 20th 7% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,322 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 21st 16% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,126 (Aug 26) 29th +1.2% 22nd 29% below peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 23rd 81% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 24th 16% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,647 (Aug 26) 13th +0.6% 25th 4% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 8th +0.5% 26th 18% above peers
Tempe, AZ $1,649 (Aug 26) 12th +0.4% 27th 4% above peers
Worcester, MA $2,130 (Aug 26) 7th +0.4% 28th 35% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,712 (Aug 26) 11th +0.3% 29th 8% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.6% then, 31.3% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.5% to 31.3%).
Bright spot 31.3%
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 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 5th -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% 12th -1.5pp 7th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 20th -1.1pp 8th 5% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 15th -0.8pp 9th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 10th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 30th -0.7pp 11th 19% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 12th 31% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 13th 17% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 9th -0.0pp 14th 14% below peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 15th 16% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 7th +0.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 31st +0.6pp 17th 20% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 10th +0.6pp 18th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 19th 22% below peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 22nd +1.1pp 20th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 19th +1.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 21st +1.4pp 22nd 7% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 14th +1.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 17th +1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 13th +1.5pp 25th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 18th +1.6pp 26th 1% above peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 11th +2.0pp 27th 6% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 29th +3.3pp 28th 18% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 29th 15% 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
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (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.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.7% to 10.9%).
Needs attention 10.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 11th -1.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 14th -1.9pp 2nd 4% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 28th -2.8pp 3rd 100% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 13th -1.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 21st -1.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 25th -1.7pp 6th 50% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 12th -0.9pp 7th 8% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 19th -0.9pp 8th 7% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 17th -0.7pp 9th 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 24th -0.8pp 10th 36% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 29th -1.3pp 11th 113% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 12th 191% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 13th 195% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 4th -0.3pp 14th 46% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 5th -0.2pp 15th 46% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 10th -0.2pp 16th 14% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 16th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 20th -0.1pp 18th 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 8th -0.0pp 19th 31% below peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 27th +0.3pp 20th 77% above peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 9th +0.1pp 21st 26% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 23rd +0.4pp 22nd 35% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 15th +0.3pp 23rd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 22nd +0.6pp 24th 25% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 26th +1.0pp 25th 51% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 6th +0.4pp 26th 44% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 18th +0.9pp 27th 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 1st +0.4pp 28th 56% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 2nd +0.6pp 29th 52% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 7th +1.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.6% to 7.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way. Grand Rapids started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.5% to 7.2%).
Bright spot 7.2%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 27th -3.3pp 1st 39% above peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 2nd 166% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 7th -1.3pp 3rd 27% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 4th 53% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 5th -1.0pp 5th 37% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 15th -1.5pp 6th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 26th -1.7pp 7th 38% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 18th -1.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 23rd -1.1pp 9th 20% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 11th -0.6pp 10th 20% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 28th -1.1pp 11th 57% above peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 50% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 21st -0.4pp 13th 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 10th -0.3pp 14th 23% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 8th -0.2pp 15th 25% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 9.9% 16th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 13th -0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.5% 30th +0.0pp 18th 87% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 29th +0.1pp 19th 79% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 12th +0.3pp 20th 18% below peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 25th +0.4pp 21st 30% above peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 27% below peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 20th +0.5pp 23rd 12% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 4th +0.5pp 24th 44% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 17th +1.1pp 25th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 22nd +1.5pp 26th 18% above peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 14th +1.3pp 27th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 24th +1.8pp 28th 24% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 9th +1.2pp 29th 24% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 19th +2.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 1st +1.0pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

37.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 1st 32% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 2nd 19% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 3rd 18% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 4th 17% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 5th 14% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 6th 14% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 7th 13% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 8th 9% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 9th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 10th 6% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 11th 5% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 12th 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 13th 3% below peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 14th 3% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 15th 1% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 16th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 17th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 18th 2% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 19th 3% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 20th 8% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 21st 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 22nd 10% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 23rd 12% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 24th 17% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 25th 17% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 26th 19% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 27th 19% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 28th 20% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 29th 21% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 30th 22% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 28% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.2% to 4.8%).
4.8%
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
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 8th -2.5pp 1st 25% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 56% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 6th -1.6pp 3rd 30% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 5th -0.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 27th -2.3pp 5th 81% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 30th -3.3pp 6th 185% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 4th -0.5pp 7th 39% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 19th -0.7pp 8th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 20th -0.2pp 9th 6% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 28th -0.1pp 10th 111% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 11th +0.1pp 11th 12% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 12th 27% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 29th +1.2pp 13th 141% above peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 12th +0.7pp 14th 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 22nd +0.9pp 15th 20% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 16th 188% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 16th +0.9pp 17th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 17th +1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 25th +1.7pp 19th 69% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 9th +0.9pp 20th 21% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 3rd +0.7pp 21st 44% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 18th +1.5pp 22nd 1% above 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% 21st +2.3pp 26th 12% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 27th 75% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 14th +2.0pp 28th 5% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 24th +3.9pp 29th 68% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 23rd +3.8pp 30th 55% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 2nd +1.2pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 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).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Grand Rapids started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.7% to 41.6%).
Bright spot 41.6%
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 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 27th +5.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 21st +6.4pp 2nd 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 10th +5.9pp 3rd 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 4th 7% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 12th +5.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 7th 51% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 13th +4.5pp 8th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 6th +5.2pp 9th 29% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 26th +3.1pp 10th 24% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 11th 63% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 18th +3.7pp 12th 4% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 25th +3.0pp 13th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 23rd +3.0pp 14th 8% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 28th +2.3pp 15th 27% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 16th +3.1pp 16th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 9th +3.4pp 17th 12% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 7th +3.8pp 18th 26% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 19th 45% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 17th +2.6pp 20th 1% below peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 22nd +2.4pp 21st 7% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 8th +2.9pp 22nd 18% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 29th +1.5pp 23rd 40% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 24th 54% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 5th +2.8pp 25th 38% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 14th +2.2pp 26th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 2nd +3.2pp 27th 59% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 24th +1.8pp 28th 10% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 11th +2.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 1st +2.1pp 30th 97% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 15th +1.0pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

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).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.8% to 49.6%).
Bright spot 49.6%
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 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 4th +6.1pp 1st 32% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 12th +5.0pp 2nd 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 28th +2.2pp 3rd 32% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 18th +3.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 5th 52% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 14th +2.1pp 6th on par with peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 9th +0.8pp 7th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 3rd +0.2pp 8th 34% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 11th -2.1pp 9th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 2nd -3.1pp 10th 50% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 5th -2.9pp 11th 28% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 15th -2.4pp 12th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 17th -2.5pp 13th 2% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 16th -3.0pp 14th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 6th -5.6pp 15th 27% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 23rd -4.1pp 16th 20% below peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 13th -6.0pp 17th 9% above peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 10th -6.6pp 18th 18% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 30th -3.2pp 19th 42% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 26th -4.3pp 20th 31% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 21st -6.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 24th -6.0pp 22nd 21% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 7th -13.6pp 23rd 25% above peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 19th -10.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 25th -8.6pp 25th 23% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 8th -16.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 20th -12.6pp 27th 12% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 29th -9.9pp 28th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 22nd -13.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 31st -16.6pp 30th 46% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.1% then, 7.8% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.0% to 7.8%).
Bright spot 7.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 85% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 3rd -2.1pp 3rd 71% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 15th -4.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 5th 61% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 10th -2.9pp 6th 28% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 7th 22% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 16th -2.3pp 8th on par with peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 6th -0.8pp 9th 45% below peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 11th -0.9pp 10th 28% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 20th -0.8pp 11th 8% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 8th -0.4pp 12th 40% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 23rd -0.7pp 13th 13% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 21st -0.4pp 14th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 13th -0.3pp 15th 13% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 24th -0.3pp 16th 14% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 5th +0.0pp 17th 55% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 18th 61% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 7th +0.2pp 19th 44% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 22nd +1.4pp 20th 11% above peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 19th +1.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 26th +2.1pp 22nd 21% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 17th +1.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 14th +2.2pp 24th 11% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 18th +2.7pp 25th 3% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 9th +1.7pp 26th 36% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 28th +4.5pp 27th 23% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 25th +4.4pp 28th 20% above peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 78% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 27th +4.7pp 30th 22% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 66% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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

Population

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

Population rose less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 198,401 to 198,535 - more than the combined survey margin (±115).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (190,739 to 198,535).
198,535
20102024
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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
Clarksville, TN 176,456 31st +15% 2nd 12% below 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
Yonkers, NY 209,978 4th +5% 9th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 16th +5% 10th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 24th +5% 11th 3% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 11th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 7th +4% 13th 2% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 27th +4% 14th 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 29th +3% 15th 7% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 17th +3% 16th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 30th +3% 17th 7% below peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 8th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 13th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 2nd +2% 20th 6% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 10th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 5th +1% 22nd 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 28th +0% 23rd 6% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 3rd +0% 24th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 18th +0% 25th 1% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 20th -1% 26th 1% below peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 1st -1% 27th 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 23rd -3% 28th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 15th -3% 29th on par with peers
Akron, OH 189,247 26th -4% 30th 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 19th -7% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±81 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.2% to 21.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.4% to 21.0%).
21.0%
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 21.9% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 16th +1.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 10th +1.0pp 3rd 9% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 25th +0.8pp 4th 12% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 5th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 12th +0.3pp 6th 7% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 11th +0.2pp 7th 8% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 8th +0.2pp 8th 12% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 9th 23% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 10th 25% below peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 4th -0.4pp 11th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 14th -0.3pp 12th 3% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 9th -0.6pp 13th 10% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 13th -0.6pp 14th 4% above peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 5th -0.9pp 15th 17% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 17th -1.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 17th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 15th -1.0pp 18th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 19th 20% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 29th -0.9pp 20th 22% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 3rd -1.5pp 21st 21% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 22nd 5% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 7th -1.5pp 23rd 15% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 26th -1.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 25th 28% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 22nd -1.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 21st -1.8pp 27th 6% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 6th -2.3pp 28th 16% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 28th -1.6pp 29th 21% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 24th -2.0pp 30th 12% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 23rd -2.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.7% to 39.2%).
39.2%
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
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 19th +5.9pp 1st 8% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 22nd +5.4pp 2nd 15% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 8th +5.2pp 3rd 15% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 25th +2.8pp 4th 20% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 23rd +2.7pp 5th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 29th +1.7pp 6th 40% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 26th +2.0pp 7th 23% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 5th +3.3pp 8th 31% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 7th +3.0pp 9th 20% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 3rd +3.2pp 10th 41% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 10th +2.0pp 11th 13% 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% 30th +0.3pp 14th 46% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 16th +0.5pp 15th on par with peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 21st -0.0pp 16th 14% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 24th -0.5pp 17th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 14th -0.9pp 18th 3% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 6th -1.1pp 19th 25% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 20th 65% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 15th -1.1pp 21st 1% 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% 18th -2.2pp 24th 7% below peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 31st -1.1pp 25th 57% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 20th -2.3pp 26th 13% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 27th -1.8pp 27th 30% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 13th -3.4pp 28th 3% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 28th -2.3pp 29th 35% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 11th -4.2pp 30th 7% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 17th -8.3pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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7 of 51 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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What changed

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).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
69.2%
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 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 24th +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 29th +8.8pp 2nd 13% below peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 4th +7.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 28th +5.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 6th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 10th +6.3pp 7th 4% above peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 20th +5.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 6th +4.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 7th +4.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 11th +3.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 13th +3.4pp 12th 2% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 13th 6% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 18th +2.5pp 14th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 15th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 21st +1.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 22nd +1.3pp 17th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 23rd +0.4pp 18th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 19th +0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 9th -0.1pp 20th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 14th -0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 25th -0.4pp 22nd 8% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 16th -0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 15th -1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 26th -2.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 12th -2.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 27th -3.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 29th 17% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 5th -7.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 17th -8.1pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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7 of 51 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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