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Kalamazoo, MI

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72,683 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Kalamazoo, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
22.2%
2020-24
▼ 27%
relative change
30.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$52,272
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$41,774 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,562 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 18%
relative change
3,113 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.6%
Jul 2026
▼ 15%
relative change
6.6% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
6.1%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
7.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
38.5%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
33.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
387 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
444 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
24.9%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
28.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
87.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
83.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
6 homicides
12 mo to Jun 2026
▼ 50%
relative change
12 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.1%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
6.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
1,039 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 3%
relative change
1,072 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Kalamazoo, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
38.7%
2020-24
▼ 30%
relative change
55.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
42.3%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
44.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
12.7%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
13.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
37.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
16.8%
2019-23
▼ 7%
relative change
18.0% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,230
Aug 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
$1,165 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$146,490
Aug 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$139,605 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$243,052
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$233,434 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
73,076
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
76,019 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
18.9%
2020-24
low
vs peers
18.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
49.3%
2020-24
high
vs peers
51.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities. Kalamazoo started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,039 in June 2026, down from 1,072 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,039 per 100k
2018June 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Grand Junction, CO 439 (Jul 26) -26.2% 1st
Idaho Falls, ID 304 (Jul 26) -17.4% 2nd
Redlands, CA 255 (Feb 26) -14.9% 3rd
Mount Vernon, NY 452 (May 26) -14.9% 4th
Framingham, MA 293 (Apr 26) -12.5% 5th
St. Cloud, MN 319 (Jul 26) -11.5% 6th
Tulare, CA 482 (Jul 26) -10.6% 7th
Commerce City, CO 726 (Mar 26) -4.0% 8th
Maple Grove, MN 106 (Jul 26) -3.7% 9th
Kalamazoo, MI 1,039 (Jun 26) -3.1% 10th
Harlingen, TX 228 (Jul 26) +1.9% 11th
St. Charles, MO 187 (Jul 26) +3.0% 12th
Conway, AR 505 (Jul 26) +12.0% 13th
Eau Claire, WI 179 (Jul 26) +13.0% 14th
West Des Moines, IA 191 (Jul 26) +35.2% 15th
Jacksonville, NC
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Property crime fell about 18% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities. Kalamazoo started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,562 in June 2026, down from 3,113 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,562 per 100k
2018June 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Grand Junction, CO 2,232 (Jul 26) -25.8% 1st
Tulare, CA 1,241 (Jul 26) -24.4% 2nd
West Des Moines, IA 1,310 (Jul 26) -21.2% 3rd
Conway, AR 1,649 (Jul 26) -20.3% 4th
Idaho Falls, ID 839 (Jul 26) -18.9% 5th
St. Cloud, MN 2,187 (Jul 26) -18.7% 6th
Eau Claire, WI 1,623 (Jul 26) -17.8% 7th
Kalamazoo, MI 2,562 (Jun 26) -17.7% 8th
Commerce City, CO 2,487 (Mar 26) -15.8% 9th
Maple Grove, MN 1,298 (Jul 26) -15.4% 10th
Framingham, MA 877 (Apr 26) -13.2% 11th
Redlands, CA 1,937 (Feb 26) -5.6% 12th
St. Charles, MO 820 (Jul 26) +0.7% 13th
Harlingen, TX 2,267 (Jul 26) +2.5% 14th
Mount Vernon, NY 1,419 (May 26) +10.1% 15th
Jacksonville, NC
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides fell about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 6 homicides in the 12 months ending June 2026, down from 12 in the prior 12 months. That is 8 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 6 homicides
2018June 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Commerce City, CO 0 (Mar 26) -100.0% 1st
Tulare, CA 1 (Jul 26) -83.4% 2nd
Redlands, CA 1 (Feb 26) -66.7% 3rd
Kalamazoo, MI 8 (Jun 26) -50.0% 4th
Eau Claire, WI 3 (Jul 26) -33.3% 5th
St. Cloud, MN 4 (Jul 26) +0.0% 6th
Mount Vernon, NY 3 (May 26) +0.0% 7th
Idaho Falls, ID 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Conway, AR 6 (Jul 26) +33.3% 9th
St. Charles, MO 4 (Jul 26) +49.6% 10th
Jacksonville, NC
Harlingen, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Framingham, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Grand Junction, CO 0 (Jul 26)
Maple Grove, MN 0 (Jul 26)
West Des Moines, IA 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Vehicle theft fell about 13% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities. Kalamazoo started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 387 in June 2026, down from 444 a year earlier.
Bright spot 387 per 100k
2018June 2026
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▸ Compare all 16 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%
Idaho Falls, ID 61 (Jul 26) -48.2% 1st
West Des Moines, IA 66 (Jul 26) -47.9% 2nd
Commerce City, CO 442 (Mar 26) -43.2% 3rd
Grand Junction, CO 121 (Jul 26) -42.4% 4th
Harlingen, TX 153 (Jul 26) -29.7% 5th
Framingham, MA 66 (Apr 26) -29.0% 6th
Mount Vernon, NY 165 (May 26) -18.5% 7th
Kalamazoo, MI 387 (Jun 26) -13.0% 8th
Conway, AR 102 (Jul 26) -12.9% 9th
St. Cloud, MN 195 (Jul 26) -12.9% 10th
Redlands, CA 271 (Feb 26) -11.5% 11th
St. Charles, MO 92 (Jul 26) -10.7% 12th
Tulare, CA 242 (Jul 26) -8.7% 13th
Eau Claire, WI 90 (Jul 26) -3.0% 14th
Maple Grove, MN 43 (Jul 26) +6.7% 15th
Jacksonville, NC
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% 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 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $41,774 to $52,272 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,293).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kalamazoo started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 59% from 2014 to 2024 ($32,959 to $52,272).
Bright spot $52,272
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Camden, NJ $40,546 30th +50% 1st 42% below peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 5th +45% 2nd 60% above peers
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 3rd 206% above peers
Redlands, CA $105,041 7th +40% 4th 50% above peers
Turlock, CA $82,995 12th +39% 5th 18% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $73,110 14th +38% 6th 4% above peers
Passaic, NJ $55,371 26th +35% 7th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 24th +35% 8th 20% below peers
Harlingen, TX $53,645 28th +35% 9th 23% below peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 15th +34% 10th 3% above peers
Grand Junction, CO $70,080 16th +33% 11th on par with peers
Conway, AR $63,004 18th +33% 12th 10% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $78,779 13th +32% 13th 12% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ $83,683 11th +30% 14th 19% above peers
Wilmington, DE $58,671 22nd +30% 15th 16% below peers
Framingham, MA $107,419 6th +30% 16th 53% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $57,697 23rd +28% 17th 18% below peers
East Orange, NJ $60,830 21st +27% 18th 13% below peers
Tamarac, FL $61,718 19th +26% 19th 12% below peers
St. Charles, MO $85,937 10th +25% 20th 23% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $112,467 4th +25% 21st 60% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI $52,272 29th +25% 22nd 25% below peers
St. Cloud, MN $61,374 20th +25% 23rd 12% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $88,280 8th +25% 24th 26% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $67,395 17th +21% 25th 4% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $132,731 3rd +21% 26th 89% above peers
Dothan, AL $55,792 25th +19% 27th 20% below peers
Centreville, VA $139,510 2nd +18% 28th 99% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR $27,054 31st +17% 29th 61% below peers
Lafayette, IN $53,716 27th +16% 30th 23% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $86,594 9th +13% 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 24 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,904 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 1.0 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 85% 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: 5.6% in July 2026, down from 6.6% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.6%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Camden, NJ 8.8% (Jul 26) 27th -2.7pp 1st 91% above peers
East Orange, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 25th -1.7pp 2nd 65% above peers
Passaic, NJ 5.7% (Jul 26) 21st -1.6pp 3rd 24% above peers
Lafayette, IN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -1.3pp 4th 26% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 5.6% (Jul 26) 20th -1.0pp 5th 22% above peers
Turlock, CA 6.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.9pp 6th 33% above peers
Tulare, CA 7.8% (Jul 26) 26th -0.9pp 7th 70% above peers
Wilmington, DE 6.2% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.5pp 8th 35% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.0% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 9th 35% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 5.5% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 10th 20% above peers
St. Charles, MO 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 11th 17% below peers
Dublin, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 12th -0.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Redlands, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 14th 17% below peers
Conway, AR 3.9% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 15th 15% below peers
Framingham, MA 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 16th 11% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.0pp 17th 30% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th +0.0pp 18th 9% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th +0.1pp 19th 4% above peers
Commerce City, CO 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 21st 33% below peers
Tamarac, FL 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Ocala, FL 5.4% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 23rd 17% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 5.2% (Jul 26) 17th +0.7pp 24th 13% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.7pp 25th 4% below peers
Harlingen, TX 6.2% (Jul 26) 24th +0.9pp 26th 35% above peers
Dothan, AL 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th +0.9pp 27th 20% below 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 28.4% to 24.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Kalamazoo started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.0% to 24.9%).
Bright spot 24.9%
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 13.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Turlock, CA 11.3% 12th -4.3pp 1st 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO 8.7% 7th -2.9pp 2nd 34% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 11.8% 14th -3.8pp 3rd 9% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.6% 3rd -2.1pp 4th 50% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.9% 27th -5.8pp 5th 76% above peers
Redlands, CA 9.1% 9th -2.1pp 6th 30% below peers
Wilmington, DE 21.4% 26th -4.7pp 7th 64% above peers
Camden, NJ 30.2% 30th -6.2pp 8th 131% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.5% 13th -1.9pp 9th 12% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 14.3% 17th -2.3pp 10th 10% above peers
Harlingen, TX 25.1% 29th -4.0pp 11th 93% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 24.9% 28th -3.5pp 12th 91% above peers
Tulare, CA 17.9% 22nd -2.3pp 13th 38% above peers
Conway, AR 16.9% 20th -2.1pp 14th 29% above peers
St. Charles, MO 7.3% 5th -0.9pp 15th 44% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.2% 24th -2.3pp 16th 55% above peers
East Orange, NJ 16.4% 19th -1.6pp 17th 26% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 8.8% 8th -0.7pp 18th 33% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.7% 15th -0.4pp 19th 3% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 39.8% 31st +0.0pp 20th 205% above peers
Dothan, AL 19.3% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 48% above peers
Ocala, FL 21.1% 25th +0.8pp 22nd 62% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 14.8% 18th +0.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Lafayette, IN 17.8% 21st +1.1pp 24th 37% above peers
Tamarac, FL 13.0% 16th +1.4pp 25th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 4.5% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 65% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 9.3% 10th +1.1pp 27th 28% below peers
Framingham, MA 10.4% 11th +2.0pp 28th 20% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.0% 1st +1.0pp 29th 69% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 4th +2.1pp 30th 44% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 8.4% 6th +2.5pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 30.4% to 22.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Kalamazoo started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 18.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.6% to 22.2%).
Bright spot 22.2%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 3rd -4.8pp 1st 61% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.8% 9th -7.9pp 2nd 29% below peers
Turlock, CA 12.0% 12th -7.9pp 3rd 21% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.6% 19th -9.8pp 4th 35% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 22.2% 21st -8.2pp 5th 46% above peers
St. Charles, MO 8.5% 4th -2.3pp 6th 44% below peers
Redlands, CA 10.6% 7th -2.8pp 7th 30% below peers
Passaic, NJ 32.1% 27th -7.4pp 8th 111% above peers
Camden, NJ 38.9% 29th -8.5pp 9th 156% above peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 14th -3.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.5% 10th -1.9pp 11th 24% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 12.0% 11th -1.4pp 12th 21% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 15.1% 15th -1.7pp 13th 1% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 16.9% 17th -1.5pp 14th 11% above peers
Harlingen, TX 39.9% 30th -3.3pp 15th 162% above peers
Wilmington, DE 37.2% 28th -2.7pp 16th 145% above peers
East Orange, NJ 23.2% 22nd -1.4pp 17th 52% above peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 23rd -1.1pp 18th 61% above peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 13th -0.4pp 19th 8% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.5% 2nd +0.1pp 20th 71% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 26th +1.4pp 21st 105% above peers
Lafayette, IN 25.8% 24th +1.4pp 22nd 70% above peers
Dothan, AL 31.1% 25th +1.8pp 23rd 105% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 1st +0.3pp 24th 72% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.0% 20th +1.9pp 25th 38% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 10.6% 8th +1.0pp 26th 30% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 64.2% 31st +7.7pp 27th 322% above peers
Tamarac, FL 16.9% 18th +2.8pp 28th 11% above peers
Centreville, VA 9.4% 5th +2.5pp 29th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 10.0% 6th +2.7pp 30th 34% below peers
Framingham, MA 15.2% 16th +4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.6% to 87.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kalamazoo started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 8.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.8% to 87.3%).
Bright spot 87.3%
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%
Camden, NJ 86.5% 28th +22.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Passaic, NJ 93.8% 10th +20.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 85.8% 29th +15.7pp 3rd 7% below peers
Harlingen, TX 84.8% 30th +15.5pp 4th 8% below peers
Wilmington, DE 87.2% 27th +14.0pp 5th 6% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 83.8% 31st +13.2pp 6th 9% below peers
Ocala, FL 91.3% 21st +14.0pp 7th 1% below peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 18th +11.6pp 8th on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 91.4% 20th +11.0pp 9th 1% below peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 12th +9.9pp 10th 1% above peers
East Orange, NJ 89.1% 23rd +9.0pp 11th 4% below peers
Turlock, CA 93.1% 14th +9.3pp 12th 1% above peers
Dothan, AL 87.5% 25th +8.6pp 13th 5% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 93.8% 9th +8.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Redlands, CA 93.7% 11th +8.1pp 15th 1% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 92.1% 17th +7.9pp 16th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 19th +7.6pp 17th 1% below peers
St. Charles, MO 94.6% 7th +7.7pp 18th 2% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 92.4% 16th +6.9pp 19th on par with peers
Gaithersburg, MD 96.5% 4th +7.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 94.2% 8th +6.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Framingham, MA 95.7% 5th +5.8pp 22nd 4% above peers
Tamarac, FL 87.9% 24th +5.1pp 23rd 5% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 92.6% 15th +5.2pp 24th on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 94.8% 6th +4.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 91.1% 22nd +4.3pp 26th 1% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 87.3% 26th +3.7pp 27th 5% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 93.4% 13th +3.5pp 28th 1% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 97.5% 3rd +2.5pp 29th 6% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 2nd +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Centreville, VA 98.3% 1st +2.3pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% 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

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.49 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.50 to 0.48).
Needs attention 0.48
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Ocala, FL 0.48 24th -0.055 1st 8% above peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 1st -0.023 2nd 18% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 0.44 15th -0.028 3rd on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 0.51 31st -0.032 4th 16% above peers
Conway, AR 0.48 25th -0.027 5th 8% above peers
Turlock, CA 0.44 11th -0.021 6th 1% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 0.44 16th -0.021 7th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 0.46 19th -0.021 8th 5% above peers
Passaic, NJ 0.48 23rd -0.022 9th 8% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 0.44 17th -0.019 10th 1% above peers
Redlands, CA 0.46 18th -0.019 11th 4% above peers
Lafayette, IN 0.41 4th -0.015 12th 7% below peers
Camden, NJ 0.48 27th -0.015 13th 10% above peers
Dothan, AL 0.49 29th -0.010 14th 12% above peers
Tamarac, FL 0.44 12th -0.007 15th 1% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 0.44 14th -0.005 16th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 0.43 10th -0.002 17th 3% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 0.48 26th -0.003 18th 10% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 0.50 30th -0.000 19th 13% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 0.42 7th +0.001 20th 5% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 0.42 6th +0.006 21st 5% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 0.49 28th +0.010 22nd 12% above peers
St. Charles, MO 0.44 13th +0.009 23rd on par with peers
East Orange, NJ 0.46 21st +0.010 24th 5% above peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 9th +0.010 25th 3% below peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 3rd +0.010 26th 11% below peers
Framingham, MA 0.46 20th +0.015 27th 5% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 0.41 5th +0.019 28th 7% below peers
Centreville, VA 0.39 2nd +0.023 29th 11% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 0.47 22nd +0.030 30th 7% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 0.42 8th +0.037 31st 5% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (18.0% then, 16.8% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 10.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (27.5% to 16.8%).
Needs attention 16.8%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.1% -1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.5% 5th -3.1pp 1st 55% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.0% 4th -2.0pp 2nd 67% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.3% 2nd -1.6pp 3rd 73% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.0% 13th -3.9pp 4th 10% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 12th -3.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Redlands, CA 7.1% 7th -1.7pp 6th 42% below peers
Harlingen, TX 20.5% 25th -4.1pp 7th 67% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.3% 16th -1.7pp 8th on par with peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 8th -1.2pp 9th 29% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 10.5% 10th -1.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 23rd -1.8pp 11th 48% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 10.7% 11th -1.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 16.8% 21st -1.2pp 13th 37% above peers
East Orange, NJ 20.7% 26th -1.5pp 14th 69% above peers
Passaic, NJ 38.2% 29th -1.2pp 15th 211% above peers
Wilmington, DE 22.8% 27th -0.7pp 16th 85% above peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 9th +0.2pp 17th 16% below peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 28th +0.7pp 18th 87% above peers
Dothan, AL 16.8% 22nd +0.8pp 19th 37% above peers
Tamarac, FL 12.2% 15th +0.7pp 20th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 15.3% 20th +1.0pp 21st 24% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.4% 30th +3.4pp 22nd 254% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 13.4% 18th +1.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 6.8% 6th +0.8pp 24th 44% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.7% 1st +0.4pp 25th 78% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 19.8% 24th +2.8pp 26th 61% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 11.3% 14th +2.1pp 27th 8% below peers
Turlock, CA 14.7% 19th +3.0pp 28th 20% above peers
Framingham, MA 12.8% 17th +2.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 46.0% 31st +10.9pp 30th 275% above peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 3rd +1.9pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $243,052 in August 2026, up from $233,434 a year earlier.
Big move $243,052
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $266,292 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Mount Vernon, NY $601,432 (Aug 26) 5th +4.4% 1st 52% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI $243,052 (Aug 26) 24th +4.1% 2nd 38% below peers
Jacksonville, NC $263,173 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.5% 3rd 33% below peers
Lafayette, IN $269,022 (Aug 26) 20th +2.8% 4th 32% below peers
Conway, AR $250,644 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.4% 5th 37% below peers
Passaic, NJ $555,875 (Aug 26) 6th +2.1% 6th 41% above peers
Dothan, AL $206,754 (Aug 26) 25th +1.8% 7th 48% below peers
Eau Claire, WI $318,287 (Aug 26) 18th +1.8% 8th 19% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $422,821 (Aug 26) 12th +1.8% 9th 7% above peers
Tulare, CA $356,755 (Aug 26) 15th +1.7% 10th 10% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $424,047 (Aug 26) 11th +1.5% 11th 7% above peers
Wilmington, DE $329,558 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 12th 17% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $395,714 (Aug 26) 13th +1.4% 13th on par with peers
Redlands, CA $635,663 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 61% above peers
Centreville, VA $618,763 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 15th 57% above peers
Framingham, MA $663,061 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 16th 68% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $322,185 (Aug 26) 17th +0.5% 17th 18% below peers
Turlock, CA $481,653 (Aug 26) 9th +0.3% 18th 22% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $395,060 (Aug 26) 14th +0.3% 19th on par with peers
East Orange, NJ $482,835 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 20th 22% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $517,488 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 21st 31% above peers
Harlingen, TX $201,967 (Aug 26) 26th -1.6% 22nd 49% below peers
Ocala, FL $265,333 (Aug 26) 21st -2.5% 23rd 33% below peers
Commerce City, CO $480,050 (Aug 26) 10th -3.3% 24th 22% above peers
Tamarac, FL $292,430 (Aug 26) 19th -4.5% 25th 26% below peers
Camden, NJ $152,107 (Aug 26) 27th -4.5% 26th 61% below peers
Dublin, CA $1,230,548 (Aug 26) 1st -6.0% 27th 211% above 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 5% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $146,490 in August 2026, up from $139,605 a year earlier.
Big move $146,490
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Mount Vernon, NY $306,657 (Aug 26) 13th +13.9% 1st 3% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI $146,490 (Aug 26) 24th +4.9% 2nd 51% below peers
Jacksonville, NC $195,063 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 3rd 34% below peers
Passaic, NJ $369,182 (Aug 26) 8th +4.4% 4th 24% above peers
Conway, AR $186,700 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.2% 5th 37% below peers
Lafayette, IN $196,694 (Aug 26) 19th +3.6% 6th 34% below peers
Dothan, AL $109,182 (Aug 26) 26th +2.9% 7th 63% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $324,346 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 8th 9% above peers
Tulare, CA $285,185 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 9th 4% below peers
Redlands, CA $506,003 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 10th 70% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $232,938 (Aug 26) 16th +1.8% 11th 22% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $297,672 (Aug 26) 14th +1.5% 12th on par with peers
East Orange, NJ $374,002 (Aug 26) 7th +1.3% 13th 26% above peers
Turlock, CA $401,170 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 14th 35% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $310,653 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 15th 4% above peers
Camden, NJ $107,929 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 16th 64% below peers
Centreville, VA $481,479 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.6% 17th 62% above peers
Harlingen, TX $132,383 (Aug 26) 25th +0.6% 18th 56% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $318,601 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 19th 7% above peers
Wilmington, DE $201,653 (Aug 26) 18th +0.1% 20th 32% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $209,544 (Aug 26) 17th -0.1% 21st 30% below peers
Framingham, MA $459,156 (Aug 26) 4th -0.2% 22nd 54% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD $346,190 (Aug 26) 9th -2.5% 23rd 16% above peers
Ocala, FL $194,289 (Aug 26) 21st -3.0% 24th 35% below peers
Commerce City, CO $378,739 (Aug 26) 6th -3.9% 25th 27% above peers
Dublin, CA $834,299 (Aug 26) 1st -6.6% 26th 180% above peers
Tamarac, FL $147,016 (Aug 26) 23rd -9.7% 27th 51% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.2% then, 42.3% now; margin ±2.6pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 7 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.5% to 42.3%).
Needs attention 42.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
East Orange, NJ 31.0% 30th +5.4pp 1st 45% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 38.7% 28th +6.8pp 2nd 31% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 42.9% 26th +5.2pp 3rd 23% below peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 20th +6.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Wilmington, DE 48.0% 23rd +4.7pp 5th 14% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 63.5% 10th +5.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Passaic, NJ 23.8% 31st +1.5pp 7th 58% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 67.5% 6th +3.5pp 8th 20% above peers
Tamarac, FL 76.2% 3rd +3.8pp 9th 36% above peers
St. Charles, MO 68.0% 5th +3.3pp 10th 21% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 64.1% 9th +2.9pp 11th 14% above peers
Centreville, VA 73.2% 4th +3.2pp 12th 31% above peers
Turlock, CA 56.0% 17th +2.4pp 13th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 2nd +3.2pp 14th 38% above peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 12th +1.8pp 15th 4% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 64.2% 8th +1.1pp 16th 14% above peers
Framingham, MA 54.8% 18th +0.9pp 17th 2% below peers
Harlingen, TX 56.1% 16th +0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 7th +0.2pp 19th 17% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 50.8% 21st -0.4pp 20th 9% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 48.6% 22nd -1.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Dothan, AL 57.1% 14th -2.1pp 22nd 2% above peers
Lafayette, IN 46.7% 24th -1.9pp 23rd 17% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 54.4% 19th -2.2pp 24th 3% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 42.3% 27th -1.9pp 25th 25% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 82.3% 1st -3.8pp 26th 47% above peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 25th -2.2pp 27th 19% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 59.5% 11th -3.6pp 28th 6% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 57.4% 13th -3.7pp 29th 2% above peers
Redlands, CA 56.8% 15th -4.4pp 30th 1% above peers
Camden, NJ 34.4% 29th -4.9pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±2.1pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,230 in August 2026, up from $1,165 a year earlier.
Big move $1,230
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%
Kalamazoo, MI $1,230 (Aug 26) 25th +5.6% 1st 33% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $2,251 (Aug 26) 7th +4.6% 2nd 23% above peers
Dublin, CA $3,299 (Aug 26) 1st +3.9% 3rd 81% above peers
Tulare, CA $1,826 (Aug 26) 13th +3.7% 4th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $1,417 (Aug 26) 19th +3.4% 5th 22% below peers
Wilmington, DE $1,786 (Aug 26) 15th +3.2% 6th 2% below peers
Conway, AR $1,359 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 7th 25% below peers
Redlands, CA $2,430 (Aug 26) 4th +2.9% 8th 33% above peers
Lafayette, IN $1,296 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.8% 9th 29% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $2,628 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.4% 10th 44% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $1,388 (Aug 26) 20th +2.2% 11th 24% below peers
Grand Junction, CO $1,759 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 12th 3% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $1,359 (Aug 26) 21st +1.7% 13th 25% below peers
Dothan, AL $1,236 (Aug 26) 24th +1.6% 14th 32% below peers
Commerce City, CO $2,433 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.6% 15th 33% above peers
Harlingen, TX $1,158 (Aug 26) 26th +1.2% 16th 36% below peers
Turlock, CA $2,075 (Aug 26) 11th +1.1% 17th 14% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD $1,666 (Aug 26) 17th +1.0% 18th 9% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD $2,167 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 19th 19% above peers
Camden, NJ $1,823 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 20th on par with peers
Passaic, NJ $2,093 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 21st 15% above peers
Tamarac, FL $2,198 (Aug 26) 8th +0.3% 22nd 21% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $1,100 (Aug 26) 27th +0.1% 23rd 40% below peers
East Orange, NJ $2,000 (Aug 26) 12th +0.1% 24th 10% above peers
Centreville, VA $2,407 (Aug 26) 5th -0.1% 25th 32% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,575 (Aug 26) 18th -0.4% 26th 14% below peers
Framingham, MA $2,354 (Aug 26) 6th -2.6% 27th 29% 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 (37.5% then, 40.0% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.1% to 40.0%).
Needs attention 40.0%
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 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Harlingen, TX 28.5% 6th -5.3pp 1st 17% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 26.8% 4th -2.9pp 2nd 22% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 11th -3.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 47.4% 27th -4.8pp 4th 39% above peers
Turlock, CA 37.9% 21st -3.8pp 5th 11% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 31.6% 10th -2.6pp 6th 8% below peers
St. Charles, MO 23.2% 2nd -1.5pp 7th 32% below peers
Wilmington, DE 38.8% 22nd -2.5pp 8th 13% above peers
Camden, NJ 50.5% 29th -2.9pp 9th 48% above peers
Redlands, CA 35.4% 18th -1.8pp 10th 4% above peers
Passaic, NJ 54.9% 31st -2.8pp 11th 61% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.9% 14th -1.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Framingham, MA 35.4% 19th -0.9pp 13th 4% above peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 24th -0.8pp 14th 20% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 36.7% 20th -0.6pp 15th 7% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 28.2% 5th -0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 44.5% 26th +0.0pp 17th 30% above peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 16th +0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 34.0% 15th +0.5pp 19th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 29.1% 7th +1.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 12th +1.3pp 21st 4% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 32.9% 13th +1.5pp 22nd 4% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 30.6% 8th +1.6pp 23rd 10% below peers
East Orange, NJ 51.7% 30th +2.8pp 24th 51% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 40.0% 23rd +2.6pp 25th 17% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 20.9% 1st +1.6pp 26th 39% below peers
Dothan, AL 30.9% 9th +2.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 25th +3.8pp 28th 26% above peers
Tamarac, FL 48.8% 28th +4.4pp 29th 43% above peers
Lafayette, IN 35.4% 17th +3.7pp 30th 3% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 26.5% 3rd +3.3pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.8% then, 12.7% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.4% to 12.7%).
Needs attention 12.7%
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 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Idaho Falls, ID 3.3% 3rd -2.8pp 1st 59% below peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 6th -2.6pp 2nd 52% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.4% 1st -1.0pp 3rd 70% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 14.1% 26th -4.7pp 4th 75% above peers
Passaic, NJ 25.7% 28th -7.6pp 5th 219% above peers
Harlingen, TX 6.4% 12th -1.5pp 6th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 20th -2.0pp 7th 10% above peers
Framingham, MA 8.6% 19th -1.6pp 8th 7% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 5th -0.7pp 9th 55% below peers
Camden, NJ 30.8% 29th -3.6pp 10th 283% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 12.7% 25th -1.1pp 11th 58% above peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 11th -0.5pp 12th 29% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.1% 10th -0.3pp 13th 36% below peers
Redlands, CA 5.0% 9th -0.0pp 14th 38% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 9.4% 22nd +0.1pp 15th 17% above peers
Turlock, CA 6.7% 13th +0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.7% 8th +0.1pp 17th 41% below peers
Wilmington, DE 22.5% 27th +1.0pp 18th 179% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 6.7% 14th +0.3pp 19th 17% below peers
East Orange, NJ 33.0% 30th +2.4pp 20th 310% above peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 24th +0.9pp 21st 37% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.9% 7th +0.3pp 22nd 52% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.7% 15th +0.6pp 23rd 16% below peers
Dothan, AL 8.0% 16th +0.9pp 24th on par with peers
Tamarac, FL 9.0% 21st +1.4pp 25th 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 8.1% 17th +1.3pp 26th 1% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.0% 31st +5.4pp 27th 310% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.4% 18th +1.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 10.4% 23rd +2.8pp 29th 29% above peers
Centreville, VA 3.4% 4th +1.3pp 30th 57% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.8% 2nd +1.6pp 31st 65% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 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 1.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.2% to 6.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way. Kalamazoo started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 6.1%).
Bright spot 6.1%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Dublin, CA 1.6% 1st -1.0pp 1st 79% below peers
Lafayette, IN 7.5% 16th -3.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 7.5% 15th -1.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Kalamazoo, MI 6.1% 11th -1.1pp 4th 18% below peers
St. Charles, MO 5.0% 5th -0.8pp 5th 33% below peers
Tamarac, FL 9.7% 22nd -1.5pp 6th 30% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.1% 10th -0.9pp 7th 19% below peers
Ocala, FL 12.3% 26th -1.5pp 8th 65% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 9th -0.7pp 9th 19% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 14th -0.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 11th 68% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 8.7% 20th -0.7pp 12th 16% above peers
Conway, AR 8.0% 19th -0.6pp 13th 7% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 5.8% 8th -0.2pp 14th 23% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.8% 3rd -0.2pp 15th 36% below peers
Framingham, MA 5.6% 7th -0.2pp 16th 25% below peers
Passaic, NJ 22.6% 31st -0.4pp 17th 204% above peers
East Orange, NJ 12.3% 27th +0.2pp 18th 65% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.2% 6th +0.2pp 19th 31% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 9.4% 21st +0.6pp 20th 26% above peers
Dothan, AL 11.1% 25th +1.1pp 21st 49% above peers
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 30th +2.4pp 22nd 203% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 7.8% 18th +0.9pp 23rd 5% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 7.1% 13th +0.9pp 24th 5% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 24th +1.9pp 25th 38% above peers
Wilmington, DE 7.7% 17th +1.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Camden, NJ 14.7% 29th +3.2pp 27th 97% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.2% 12th +1.8pp 28th 17% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 9.9% 23rd +3.2pp 29th 33% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 14.4% 28th +4.9pp 30th 92% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 4.8% 4th +1.9pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

40.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 56% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 24.9% 2nd 29% below peers
Framingham, MA 25.2% 3rd 28% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 25.2% 4th 28% below peers
Centreville, VA 26.1% 5th 26% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.9% 6th 15% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 30.9% 7th 12% below peers
Redlands, CA 31.7% 8th 10% below peers
Tamarac, FL 32.9% 9th 7% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 33.8% 10th 4% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.9% 11th 4% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 34.1% 12th 3% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 13th 3% below peers
Turlock, CA 34.3% 14th 3% below peers
East Orange, NJ 35.1% 15th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 35.2% 16th on par with peers
Idaho Falls, ID 35.9% 17th 2% above peers
Passaic, NJ 36.0% 18th 2% above peers
St. Charles, MO 36.3% 19th 3% above peers
Lafayette, IN 36.7% 20th 4% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 37.5% 21st 7% above peers
Dothan, AL 37.5% 22nd 7% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 23rd 7% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 24th 12% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 25th 14% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 40.2% 26th 14% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.8% 27th 16% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.6% 28th 24% above peers
Wilmington, DE 44.7% 29th 27% above peers
Harlingen, TX 46.6% 30th 32% 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 (4.3% then, 3.7% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.0% to 3.7%).
3.7%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Tamarac, FL 2.6% 9th -7.1pp 1st 31% below peers
Turlock, CA 1.2% 1st -0.9pp 2nd 67% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.8% 5th -1.2pp 3rd 54% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 8th -1.7pp 4th 32% below peers
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 12th -2.0pp 5th 12% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 2.4% 7th -1.1pp 6th 36% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 3.7% 14th -0.6pp 7th 3% below peers
East Orange, NJ 5.7% 23rd -0.7pp 8th 51% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 4.3% 19th -0.1pp 9th 14% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 3.2% 11th -0.0pp 10th 16% below peers
Passaic, NJ 5.7% 24th -0.0pp 11th 51% above peers
St. Charles, MO 3.1% 10th +0.0pp 12th 19% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 1.7% 4th +0.1pp 13th 55% below peers
Centreville, VA 5.8% 25th +0.4pp 14th 53% above peers
Harlingen, TX 12.8% 31st +0.9pp 15th 237% above peers
Redlands, CA 2.2% 6th +0.2pp 16th 42% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.8% 16th +0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 4.2% 18th +0.6pp 18th 10% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.3% 21st +1.0pp 19th 41% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 22nd +1.6pp 20th 47% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 1.7% 3rd +0.5pp 21st 56% below peers
Dothan, AL 3.6% 13th +1.1pp 22nd 6% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% 20th +1.8pp 23rd 17% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.8% 15th +1.6pp 24th 1% below peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 17th +2.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Camden, NJ 8.0% 27th +4.1pp 26th 109% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 8.1% 28th +4.2pp 27th 113% above peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 30th +5.6pp 28th 159% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 9.6% 29th +5.7pp 29th 153% above peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 57% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.6% 26th +5.2pp 31st 74% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.8% to 38.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Kalamazoo started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.1% to 38.5%).
Bright spot 38.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ocala, FL 31.2% 17th +7.0pp 1st 6% below peers
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 27th +4.9pp 2nd 32% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 35.9% 14th +6.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 42.5% 9th +7.5pp 4th 28% above peers
Wilmington, DE 33.1% 15th +5.1pp 5th on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 25th +3.8pp 6th 22% below peers
St. Charles, MO 43.3% 7th +6.0pp 7th 31% above peers
East Orange, NJ 22.6% 26th +3.0pp 8th 32% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 38.5% 11th +4.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Tamarac, FL 29.4% 19th +3.3pp 10th 11% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 38.1% 12th +3.4pp 11th 15% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 27.4% 22nd +2.4pp 12th 17% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.9% 20th +2.4pp 13th 16% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 26.3% 24th +2.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 29th +0.9pp 15th 64% below peers
Dothan, AL 27.6% 21st +2.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 36.7% 13th +2.7pp 17th 11% above peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 8th +2.9pp 18th 29% above peers
Passaic, NJ 16.7% 28th +1.0pp 19th 50% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 57.1% 3rd +3.1pp 20th 73% above peers
Turlock, CA 26.5% 23rd +1.4pp 21st 20% below peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 1st +3.4pp 22nd 111% above peers
Camden, NJ 10.1% 30th +0.3pp 23rd 70% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 31.7% 16th +1.0pp 24th 4% below peers
Framingham, MA 48.7% 6th +1.2pp 25th 47% above peers
Centreville, VA 58.2% 2nd +0.0pp 26th 76% above peers
Redlands, CA 41.5% 10th -0.3pp 27th 25% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 54.9% 4th -0.5pp 28th 66% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 30.4% 18th -0.4pp 29th 8% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 52.5% 5th -1.6pp 30th 59% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment fell 16.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.4% to 38.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.4% to 38.7%).
Needs attention 38.7%
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%
St. Charles, MO 61.1% 5th +19.2pp 1st 54% above peers
Centreville, VA 68.9% 2nd +17.9pp 2nd 74% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 47.4% 13th +9.5pp 3rd 20% above peers
Redlands, CA 47.6% 12th +5.0pp 4th 20% above peers
Framingham, MA 52.9% 10th +5.1pp 5th 33% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 53.1% 9th +1.9pp 6th 34% above peers
Dothan, AL 45.9% 15th +1.2pp 7th 16% above peers
East Orange, NJ 72.8% 1st +1.5pp 8th 84% above peers
Passaic, NJ 67.2% 3rd +1.0pp 9th 70% above peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 4th +0.1pp 10th 61% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 49.2% 11th -1.4pp 11th 24% above peers
Tamarac, FL 57.8% 6th -2.1pp 12th 46% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 54.1% 8th -3.8pp 13th 37% above peers
Wilmington, DE 55.3% 7th -4.6pp 14th 40% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 25th -3.4pp 15th 23% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 46.2% 14th -6.1pp 16th 17% above peers
Harlingen, TX 38.0% 20th -9.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Turlock, CA 38.4% 19th -9.7pp 18th 3% below peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 21st -11.2pp 19th 6% below peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 16th -13.7pp 20th on par with peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.3% 29th -10.1pp 21st 31% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.5% 28th -11.7pp 22nd 31% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 38.7% 18th -16.7pp 23rd 2% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 20.9% 31st -12.7pp 24th 47% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 22nd -23.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.3% 23rd -21.6pp 26th 16% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 22.9% 30th -17.1pp 27th 42% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 29.2% 27th -24.1pp 28th 26% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 29.7% 26th -24.7pp 29th 25% below peers
Camden, NJ 39.2% 17th -34.3pp 30th 1% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 31.0% 24th -28.0pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.6pp 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 (6.0% then, 5.1% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.0% to 5.1%).
Bright spot 5.1%
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
East Orange, NJ 5.3% 14th -13.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Tamarac, FL 2.1% 2nd -3.0pp 2nd 63% below peers
Passaic, NJ 7.6% 22nd -7.9pp 3rd 33% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 3.6% 7th -3.3pp 4th 37% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.4% 10th -3.8pp 5th 23% below peers
Dothan, AL 5.2% 13th -4.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 6.7% 20th -5.1pp 7th 18% above peers
Harlingen, TX 11.9% 29th -8.0pp 8th 107% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 3.6% 8th -1.5pp 9th 36% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 10th 56% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 5.7% 16th -2.2pp 11th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 10.5% 27th -2.0pp 12th 83% above peers
Framingham, MA 2.8% 4th -0.5pp 13th 51% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 9.0% 25th -1.6pp 14th 57% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 5.1% 12th -0.9pp 15th 11% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 26th +0.5pp 16th 76% above peers
Centreville, VA 4.3% 9th +0.3pp 17th 24% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 8.8% 23rd +0.5pp 18th 53% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.4% 18th +0.4pp 19th 11% above peers
Camden, NJ 11.3% 28th +0.8pp 20th 98% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Redlands, CA 5.5% 15th +0.6pp 22nd 3% below peers
Lafayette, IN 8.9% 24th +1.3pp 23rd 56% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 24th 45% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 30th +6.2pp 25th 130% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 7.2% 21st +3.4pp 26th 26% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 11th +2.4pp 27th 19% below peers
St. Charles, MO 6.7% 19th +4.0pp 28th 18% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.9% 5th +1.9pp 29th 49% below peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 31st +12.3pp 30th 153% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.7% 1st 71% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population fell about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 76,019 to 73,076 - more than the combined survey margin (±66). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 70% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (75,190 to 73,076).
Big move 73,076
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 31st +18% 1st 7% below peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 21st +16% 2nd 1% below peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 30th +12% 3rd 7% below peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 20th +12% 4th on par with peers
Tamarac, FL 73,019 3rd +11% 5th 2% above peers
Harlingen, TX 72,087 9th +11% 6th 1% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 67,725 28th +10% 7th 5% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 68,142 27th +10% 8th 4% below peers
East Orange, NJ 70,090 24th +9% 9th 2% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71,083 19th +8% 10th on par with peers
Mount Vernon, NY 72,427 7th +7% 11th 2% above peers
Dothan, AL 71,514 13th +5% 12th on par with peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72,590 5th +4% 13th 2% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 70,629 22nd +4% 14th 1% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 70,322 23rd +3% 15th 1% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 69,825 26th +3% 16th 2% below peers
Redlands, CA 73,375 1st +3% 17th 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 72,059 10th +3% 18th 1% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 29th +2% 19th 5% below peers
St. Charles, MO 71,508 14th +2% 20th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 71,727 11th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 71,173 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Framingham, MA 72,399 8th +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Passaic, NJ 70,002 25th -0% 24th 2% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72,922 4th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Turlock, CA 72,502 6th -1% 26th 2% above peers
Lafayette, IN 71,159 18th -2% 27th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC 71,279 16th -2% 28th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 71,706 12th -3% 29th 1% above peers
Camden, NJ 71,496 15th -3% 30th on par with peers
Kalamazoo, MI 73,076 2nd -4% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±45 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.8% then, 18.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.5% to 18.9%).
Big move 18.9%
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
Framingham, MA 21.7% 16th +2.0pp 1st on par with peers
Redlands, CA 23.9% 10th +1.9pp 2nd 10% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 21.9% 15th +1.6pp 3rd 1% above peers
Lafayette, IN 23.4% 11th +1.2pp 4th 8% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.1% 19th +1.0pp 5th 3% below peers
St. Charles, MO 17.7% 28th +0.2pp 6th 18% below peers
Kalamazoo, MI 18.9% 25th +0.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Tamarac, FL 17.7% 27th -0.0pp 8th 18% below peers
Gaithersburg, MD 22.7% 12th -0.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Dothan, AL 22.6% 13th -0.5pp 10th 4% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 18.0% 26th -0.4pp 11th 17% below peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 23rd -0.5pp 12th 6% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 14th -0.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.8% 5th -1.0pp 14th 28% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 24.1% 9th -1.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 17.7% 29th -1.0pp 16th 18% below peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 7th -1.6pp 17th 15% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 18th 47% above peers
Turlock, CA 24.8% 8th -1.7pp 19th 15% above peers
Passaic, NJ 30.1% 2nd -2.1pp 20th 39% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 20.7% 22nd -1.5pp 21st 5% below peers
Wilmington, DE 21.0% 21st -1.7pp 22nd 3% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 21.0% 20th -1.8pp 23rd 3% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 19.2% 24th -1.7pp 24th 12% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.8% 3rd -2.7pp 25th 33% above peers
East Orange, NJ 21.7% 17th -2.4pp 26th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 21.7% 18th -2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Camden, NJ 27.5% 6th -3.4pp 28th 27% above peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 4th -4.4pp 29th 32% above peers
Grand Junction, CO 17.3% 30th -2.9pp 30th 20% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 15.3% 31st -3.3pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (51.8% then, 49.3% now; margin ±8.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.9% to 49.3%).
Big move 49.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 22nd +8.7pp 1st 11% below peers
Redlands, CA 31.0% 17th +7.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Centreville, VA 20.4% 29th +4.1pp 3rd 37% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 14th +7.9pp 4th 22% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.4% 13th +7.5pp 5th 24% above peers
Lafayette, IN 50.7% 6th +9.3pp 6th 56% above peers
Passaic, NJ 51.4% 5th +9.3pp 7th 58% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 41.1% 12th +6.5pp 8th 26% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 24.2% 26th +2.2pp 9th 25% below peers
Dothan, AL 47.6% 8th +3.2pp 10th 46% above peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 72.4% 2nd +4.7pp 11th 123% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.1% 20th +1.7pp 12th 10% below peers
Harlingen, TX 45.1% 10th +2.2pp 13th 39% above peers
Tamarac, FL 38.0% 15th +1.8pp 14th 17% above peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 11th +2.0pp 15th 35% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 25.6% 25th +0.7pp 16th 21% below peers
Framingham, MA 29.0% 21st +0.8pp 17th 11% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 29.7% 19th +0.7pp 18th 9% below peers
Wilmington, DE 67.8% 3rd +1.1pp 19th 108% above peers
Camden, NJ 75.7% 1st +0.3pp 20th 133% above peers
Turlock, CA 30.6% 18th -0.3pp 21st 6% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 16th -0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Gaithersburg, MD 23.6% 27th -0.6pp 23rd 28% below peers
St. Charles, MO 27.8% 24th -0.7pp 24th 14% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 46.9% 9th -1.4pp 25th 44% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 49.3% 7th -2.5pp 26th 52% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 28.7% 23rd -1.6pp 27th 12% below peers
East Orange, NJ 59.1% 4th -5.6pp 28th 82% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 22.1% 28th -6.7pp 29th 32% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 31st -3.2pp 30th 72% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 11.0% 30th -5.8pp 31st 66% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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8 of 24 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 ±6.8pp 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 (77.8% then, 66.8% now; margin ±12.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.8% to 66.8%).
66.8%
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 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Redlands, CA 73.3% 12th +20.8pp 1st 3% above peers
Turlock, CA 71.1% 17th +16.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Passaic, NJ 69.7% 19th +14.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Grand Junction, CO 65.7% 23rd +13.0pp 4th 8% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 90.8% 1st +17.2pp 5th 27% above peers
Gaithersburg, MD 74.9% 11th +10.4pp 6th 5% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 9th +10.5pp 7th 7% above peers
Wilmington, DE 78.9% 5th +9.9pp 8th 11% above peers
Tamarac, FL 84.1% 2nd +9.4pp 9th 18% above peers
Centreville, VA 80.2% 4th +8.5pp 10th 13% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72.0% 14th +4.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 29th +3.2pp 12th 19% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 81.3% 3rd +4.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 78.7% 6th +2.0pp 14th 10% above peers
St. Charles, MO 76.7% 8th +1.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 20th +0.7pp 16th 6% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 26th -0.3pp 17th 10% below peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 18th -1.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Harlingen, TX 59.9% 28th -1.5pp 19th 16% below peers
Camden, NJ 71.2% 16th -1.8pp 20th on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 64.9% 25th -2.1pp 21st 9% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71.5% 15th -2.5pp 22nd on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 78.5% 7th -2.9pp 23rd 10% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 53.8% 30th -2.2pp 24th 24% below peers
Framingham, MA 76.0% 10th -3.2pp 25th 7% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 46.8% 31st -2.2pp 26th 34% below peers
Lafayette, IN 66.0% 22nd -4.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Dothan, AL 65.4% 24th -5.6pp 28th 8% below peers
East Orange, NJ 72.2% 13th -6.7pp 29th 1% above peers
Kalamazoo, MI 66.8% 21st -11.0pp 30th 6% below peers
Caguas zona urbana, PR 61.4% 27th -14.1pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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8 of 24 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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