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Livonia, MI
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92,603 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 16 indicators

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

What needs attention 3 indicators

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

Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

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

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities. Livonia started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 201 in July 2026, down from 228 a year earlier.
Bright spot 201 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 15 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Roswell, GA 80 (Jul 26) -43.8% 1st
Clifton, NJ 117 (Jun 26) -37.4% 2nd
Champaign, IL 384 (Jul 26) -15.7% 3rd
Folsom, CA 133 (Jul 26) -15.3% 4th
Livonia, MI 201 (Jul 26) -11.8% 5th
Nashua, NH 128 (May 26) -6.4% 6th
Mission Viejo, CA 115 (Jul 26) -3.7% 7th
Norwalk, CT 56 (Jun 26) -1.9% 8th
Fort Smith, AR 851 (Jul 26) +3.6% 9th
Erie, PA 344 (Jul 26) +3.9% 10th
Leander, TX 63 (Jul 26) +9.6% 11th
Asheville, NC 796 (Jul 26) +10.7% 12th
Sandy, UT 216 (Jun 26) +20.5% 13th
Franklin, TN 184 (Jul 26) +21.2% 14th
Newton, MA 78 (Dec 25) +60.6% 15th
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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. 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 →
  • Burnsville, MN down about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2023-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 24% lower than in 2021 (1,421 then, 1,086 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,717 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,085 in July 2026, down from 1,304 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,085 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 15 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Leander, TX 408 (Jul 26) -42.9% 1st
Mission Viejo, CA 676 (Jul 26) -38.2% 2nd
Roswell, GA 652 (Jul 26) -28.5% 3rd
Franklin, TN 643 (Jul 26) -25.2% 4th
Nashua, NH 911 (May 26) -25.1% 5th
Clifton, NJ 1,734 (Jun 26) -19.7% 6th
Norwalk, CT 1,044 (Jun 26) -18.4% 7th
Livonia, MI 1,085 (Jul 26) -16.8% 8th
Newton, MA 505 (Dec 25) -15.4% 9th
Folsom, CA 1,078 (Jul 26) -13.4% 10th
Erie, PA 1,827 (Jul 26) -11.4% 11th
Fort Smith, AR 3,153 (Jul 26) -8.7% 12th
Champaign, IL 2,108 (Jul 26) -3.1% 13th
Sandy, UT 1,728 (Jun 26) -1.9% 14th
Asheville, NC 4,449 (Jul 26) +5.2% 15th
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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. 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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 82% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
Worsening faster than 100% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5 in July 2026, up from 0 a year earlier.
Needs attention 5 per 100k
2018Jun 2026
▸ Compare all 15 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Folsom, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Mission Viejo, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Franklin, TN 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 3rd
Leander, TX 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 4th
Fort Smith, AR 3 (Jul 26) -40.0% 5th
Champaign, IL 5 (Jul 26) -28.6% 6th
Erie, PA 5 (Jul 26) -28.6% 7th
Sandy, UT 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 8th
Roswell, GA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Clifton, NJ 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 10th
Asheville, NC 7 (Jul 26) +16.5% 11th
Livonia, MI 5 (Jul 26)
Nashua, NH 1 (May 26)
Newton, MA 0 (Dec 25)
Norwalk, CT 0 (Jun 26)
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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. 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 →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 32% lower than in 2021 (127 then, 86 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 289 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 96 in July 2026, down from 148 a year earlier.
Bright spot 96 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 15 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%
Leander, TX 22 (Jul 26) -57.4% 1st
Nashua, NH 41 (May 26) -47.3% 2nd
Mission Viejo, CA 66 (Jul 26) -46.9% 3rd
Livonia, MI 96 (Jul 26) -35.0% 4th
Clifton, NJ 155 (Jun 26) -34.4% 5th
Champaign, IL 146 (Jul 26) -33.8% 6th
Newton, MA 23 (Dec 25) -32.6% 7th
Sandy, UT 95 (Jun 26) -30.1% 8th
Roswell, GA 47 (Jul 26) -25.9% 9th
Franklin, TN 49 (Jul 26) -15.4% 10th
Erie, PA 95 (Jul 26) -13.9% 11th
Asheville, NC 319 (Jul 26) -5.7% 12th
Norwalk, CT 134 (Jun 26) -5.3% 13th
Fort Smith, AR 241 (Jul 26) -5.2% 14th
Folsom, CA 49 (Jul 26) +9.8% 15th
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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. 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 →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $80,149 to $98,460 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,076).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Livonia started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 42% from 2014 to 2024 ($69,386 to $98,460).
Bright spot $98,460
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 20th +53% 1st 21% below peers
Trenton, NJ $52,537 30th +48% 2nd 47% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 19th +48% 3rd 20% below peers
Hemet, CA $57,719 26th +45% 4th 41% below peers
Indio, CA $77,167 21st +44% 5th 21% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 22nd +42% 6th 28% below peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 9th +39% 7th 11% above peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 24th +39% 8th 29% below peers
Leander, TX $139,048 3rd +36% 9th 42% above peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 13th +34% 10th 3% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 11th +32% 11th 11% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 28th +31% 12th 44% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 23rd +30% 13th 28% below peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 25th +30% 14th 40% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 5th +29% 15th 31% above peers
Nashua, NH $96,326 18th +28% 16th 2% below peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 16th +28% 17th on par with peers
Frederick, MD $97,069 17th +28% 18th 1% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 19th 94% above peers
Norwalk, CT $107,616 12th +25% 20th 10% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 14th +25% 21st 2% above peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 7th +24% 22nd 20% above peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 15th +23% 23rd on par with peers
Folsom, CA $139,804 2nd +22% 24th 42% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 10th +22% 25th 11% above peers
Erie, PA $46,113 31st +22% 26th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 6th +22% 27th 22% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 8th +19% 28th 14% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 27th +16% 29th 43% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 4th +15% 30th 39% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 29th +14% 31st 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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2 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,562 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 85% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in July 2026, up from 3.5% a year earlier.
Needs attention 3.8%
1990July 2026
▸ 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
Trenton, NJ 7.4% (Jul 26) 27th -1.8pp 1st 76% above peers
Asheville, NC 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -1.3pp 2nd 19% below peers
Clifton, NJ 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th -1.3pp 3rd 7% above peers
Compton, CA 6.1% (Jul 26) 24th -1.2pp 4th 45% above peers
Champaign, IL 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -1.1pp 5th 10% below peers
Carson, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -1.0pp 6th 26% above peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% (Jul 26) 25th -0.5pp 7th 69% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th -0.5pp 8th 5% above peers
San Marcos, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 17th -0.5pp 9th 5% above peers
Redding, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.4pp 10th 21% above peers
Franklin, TN 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 11th 36% below peers
Nashua, NH 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 12th 19% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 13th 17% below peers
Frederick, MD 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 14th 12% below peers
Indio, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 15th 71% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 14th -0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 4.2% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Newton, MA 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 18th 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -0.1pp 19th 19% below peers
Erie, PA 4.5% (Jul 26) 19th -0.1pp 20th 7% above peers
Roswell, GA 2.7% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.0pp 21st 36% below peers
Bryan, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 22nd 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th +0.3pp 23rd 10% below peers
Leander, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.7pp 25th 31% below peers
Norwalk, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th +1.3pp 26th 19% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.5pp 27th 29% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.5% then, 4.7% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 4.7%).
Bright spot 4.7%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Indio, CA 11.5% 19th -5.0pp 1st 25% above peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 2nd -2.0pp 2nd 49% below peers
Hemet, CA 14.9% 23rd -6.3pp 3rd 62% above peers
Trenton, NJ 21.6% 28th -7.1pp 4th 135% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.4% 20th -4.2pp 5th 46% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.9% 24th -5.0pp 6th 84% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 8th -1.7pp 7th 36% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 12th -1.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Redding, CA 14.1% 21st -3.3pp 9th 54% above peers
San Marcos, CA 9.2% 17th -2.1pp 10th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 5.1% 4th -1.1pp 11th 45% below peers
Frederick, MD 9.2% 16th -1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Nashua, NH 7.8% 11th -1.5pp 13th 15% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 3rd -0.8pp 14th 49% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.3% 26th -2.8pp 15th 99% above peers
Compton, CA 17.9% 25th -2.6pp 16th 95% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 18th -1.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Erie, PA 23.3% 30th -2.9pp 18th 153% above peers
Norwalk, CT 9.1% 15th -1.0pp 19th 1% below peers
Folsom, CA 5.3% 5th -0.2pp 20th 42% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 10th -0.1pp 21st 18% below peers
Carson, CA 8.7% 13th -0.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.1% 29th +0.3pp 23rd 151% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.2% 22nd +0.4pp 24th 55% above peers
Champaign, IL 25.9% 31st +0.9pp 25th 181% above peers
Newton, MA 4.5% 1st +0.2pp 26th 51% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 7th +0.3pp 27th 39% below peers
Sandy, UT 5.5% 6th +0.3pp 28th 40% below peers
Lawton, OK 21.1% 27th +2.6pp 29th 130% above peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 14th +2.2pp 30th 4% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 9th +1.7pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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3 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp 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
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 3.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.6% to 3.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Livonia started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.4% to 3.2%).
Bright spot 3.2%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Toms River, NJ 3.6% 3rd -4.6pp 1st 72% below peers
Franklin, TN 3.6% 4th -4.6pp 2nd 72% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 9th -7.8pp 3rd 41% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 2nd -3.4pp 4th 74% below peers
Hemet, CA 17.7% 23rd -10.7pp 5th 41% above peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 13th -4.7pp 6th 34% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 12th -4.1pp 7th 39% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 8th 85% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 6th -2.8pp 9th 58% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 10th -3.7pp 10th 41% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 19th -7.5pp 11th 23% above peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 24th -8.7pp 12th 45% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 13th 110% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 5th -1.9pp 14th 67% below peers
Indio, CA 17.6% 22nd -6.4pp 15th 40% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 25th -7.5pp 16th 81% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 26th -7.1pp 17th 103% above peers
Nashua, NH 9.7% 15th -2.3pp 18th 23% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 14th -1.8pp 19th 32% below peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 21st -3.1pp 20th 30% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 8th -0.6pp 21st 54% below peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 30th -3.3pp 22nd 136% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 27th -2.6pp 23rd 107% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 31st -3.1pp 24th 178% above peers
Norwalk, CT 12.7% 17th -1.1pp 25th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 20th -1.2pp 26th 25% above peers
Frederick, MD 12.5% 16th -0.7pp 27th on par with peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 7th -0.3pp 28th 56% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 29th 129% above peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 18th +5.2pp 30th 13% above peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 11th +3.4pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89.2% to 94.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Livonia started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 8.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.7% to 94.6%).
Bright spot 94.6%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 90.7% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 12% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 23rd +18.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 29th +14.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Hemet, CA 88.9% 26th +11.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 30th +10.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 27th +10.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 13th +11.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Indio, CA 93.2% 17th +10.4pp 8th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 28th +8.4pp 9th 7% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 22nd +8.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 21st +7.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 24th +6.6pp 12th 3% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 25th +6.5pp 13th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 11th +6.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 14th +6.2pp 15th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 12th +5.4pp 16th 1% above peers
Frederick, MD 92.7% 19th +4.7pp 17th 1% below peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 20th +4.4pp 18th 2% below peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 8th +4.0pp 19th 3% above peers
Nashua, NH 93.4% 16th +3.8pp 20th on par with peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 7th +3.9pp 21st 3% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 4th +3.9pp 22nd 4% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 15th +3.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 1st +3.7pp 24th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 3rd +3.1pp 25th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 6th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CT 93.0% 18th +2.6pp 27th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 5th +2.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 2nd +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 10th +1.6pp 30th 2% above peers
Folsom, CA 95.8% 9th +1.1pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.39 then, 0.39 now; margin ±0.01). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.38 to 0.39).
Needs attention 0.39
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Indio, CA 0.43 11th -0.036 1st 3% below peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 1st -0.014 2nd 13% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 28th -0.017 3rd 15% above peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 14th -0.013 4th 2% below peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 16th -0.011 5th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 3rd -0.009 6th 9% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 19th -0.009 7th 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 13th -0.005 8th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 0.49 27th -0.006 9th 12% above peers
Redding, CA 0.46 21st -0.003 10th 3% above peers
Nashua, NH 0.44 15th -0.001 11th 1% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 2nd +0.000 12th 11% below peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 23rd +0.002 13th 7% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 22nd +0.003 14th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 4th +0.003 15th 8% below peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 17th +0.005 16th 1% above peers
Compton, CA 0.41 6th +0.004 17th 6% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 30th +0.009 18th 19% above peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 12th +0.009 19th 2% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 25th +0.012 20th 11% above peers
Frederick, MD 0.41 5th +0.011 21st 7% below peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 20th +0.012 22nd 3% above peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 23rd 27% above peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 26th +0.026 24th 11% above peers
Hemet, CA 0.47 24th +0.027 25th 7% above peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 18th +0.027 26th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.42 8th +0.027 27th 4% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 29th +0.034 28th 18% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 10th +0.028 29th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 0.43 9th +0.031 30th 3% below peers
Leander, TX 0.41 7th +0.041 31st 6% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (4.4% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.1% to 4.8%).
Bright spot 4.8%
20102023
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.1% -1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Roswell, GA 3.2% 3rd -2.8pp 1st 67% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 11th -5.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 1st -1.4pp 3rd 74% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.2% 13th -2.6pp 4th 25% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 24th -3.6pp 5th 36% above peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 6th 70% below peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 14th -0.8pp 7th 11% below peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 18th -1.0pp 8th 16% above peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 4th -0.3pp 9th 65% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 10th -0.1pp 10th 44% below peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 30th -0.1pp 11th 170% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 23rd +0.1pp 12th 36% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 31st +1.0pp 13th 213% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 16th +0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 7th +0.2pp 15th 54% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 15th +0.4pp 16th 8% below peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 5th +0.2pp 17th 58% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 27th +1.0pp 18th 94% above peers
Frederick, MD 11.6% 19th +1.0pp 19th 20% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 8th +0.4pp 20th 50% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 26th +1.8pp 21st 82% above peers
Hemet, CA 19.9% 28th +2.5pp 22nd 106% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 20th +1.5pp 23rd 22% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 22nd +1.8pp 24th 32% above peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 12th +1.4pp 25th 26% below peers
Norwalk, CT 10.2% 17th +2.3pp 26th 5% above peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 29th +5.7pp 27th 159% above peers
Folsom, CA 4.2% 6th +1.7pp 28th 56% below peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 21st +5.1pp 29th 31% above peers
Indio, CA 17.3% 25th +9.4pp 30th 79% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 9th +3.2pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $316,420 in August 2026, up from $308,961 a year earlier.
Big move $316,420
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $266,292 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Lawton, OK $146,805 (Aug 26) 29th +6.5% 1st 68% below peers
Norwalk, CT $676,843 (Aug 26) 7th +5.6% 2nd 47% above peers
Erie, PA $208,111 (Aug 26) 27th +5.2% 3rd 55% below peers
Champaign, IL $238,960 (Aug 26) 26th +4.2% 4th 48% below peers
Toms River, NJ $464,685 (Aug 26) 14th +3.9% 5th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR $341,760 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.9% 6th 26% below peers
Clifton, NJ $612,937 (Aug 26) 11th +3.9% 7th 33% above peers
Nashua, NH $509,265 (Aug 26) 12th +3.4% 8th 11% above peers
Hoover, AL $438,571 (Aug 26) 18th +3.1% 9th 5% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $195,029 (Aug 26) 28th +3.1% 10th 58% below peers
Compton, CA $638,376 (Aug 26) 10th +2.7% 11th 39% above peers
Franklin, TN $925,870 (Aug 26) 4th +2.6% 12th 101% above peers
Livonia, MI $316,420 (Aug 26) 24th +2.4% 13th 31% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,206,543 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.4% 14th 162% above peers
Newton, MA $1,509,055 (Aug 26) 1st +2.3% 15th 228% above peers
Sandy, UT $659,401 (Aug 26) 8th +2.2% 16th 43% above peers
Roswell, GA $653,146 (Aug 26) 9th +1.3% 17th 42% above peers
Carson, CA $785,721 (Aug 26) 5th +1.2% 18th 71% above peers
Hemet, CA $443,910 (Aug 26) 17th +0.4% 19th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX $273,941 (Aug 26) 25th +0.4% 20th 40% below peers
San Marcos, CA $958,381 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.3% 21st 108% above peers
Redding, CA $387,376 (Aug 26) 21st -0.5% 22nd 16% below peers
Folsom, CA $753,276 (Aug 26) 6th -0.5% 23rd 64% above peers
Frederick, MD $459,795 (Aug 26) 15th -0.9% 24th on par with peers
Indio, CA $508,882 (Aug 26) 13th -1.0% 25th 11% above peers
Trenton, NJ $348,502 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.7% 26th 24% below peers
Germantown, MD $416,884 (Aug 26) 20th -2.2% 27th 9% below peers
Asheville, NC $448,688 (Aug 26) 16th -5.0% 28th 2% below peers
Leander, TX $421,703 (Aug 26) 19th -6.2% 29th 8% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $243,684 in August 2026, up from $237,594 a year earlier.
Big move $243,684
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Lawton, OK $83,114 (Aug 26) 29th +9.2% 1st 76% below peers
Erie, PA $127,852 (Aug 26) 27th +6.7% 2nd 63% below peers
Champaign, IL $156,753 (Aug 26) 26th +6.6% 3rd 54% below peers
Norwalk, CT $438,898 (Aug 26) 11th +5.5% 4th 29% above peers
Springdale, AR $263,148 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.4% 5th 23% below peers
Clifton, NJ $524,292 (Aug 26) 8th +5.2% 6th 54% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $112,868 (Aug 26) 28th +5.0% 7th 67% below peers
Compton, CA $566,727 (Aug 26) 7th +3.9% 8th 66% above peers
Newton, MA $961,541 (Aug 26) 1st +3.6% 9th 182% above peers
Hoover, AL $311,104 (Aug 26) 19th +3.5% 10th 9% below peers
Nashua, NH $385,451 (Aug 26) 13th +3.4% 11th 13% above peers
Franklin, TN $606,342 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 12th 78% above peers
Livonia, MI $243,684 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.6% 13th 29% below peers
Toms River, NJ $325,502 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 14th 5% below peers
Sandy, UT $502,473 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 15th 47% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $864,518 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.2% 16th 153% above peers
Roswell, GA $466,689 (Aug 26) 10th +1.1% 17th 37% above peers
Bryan, TX $187,345 (Aug 26) 25th +1.1% 18th 45% below peers
Carson, CA $656,050 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 19th 92% above peers
San Marcos, CA $712,062 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.1% 20th 109% above peers
Indio, CA $391,310 (Aug 26) 12th +0.1% 21st 15% above peers
Redding, CA $297,992 (Aug 26) 21st -0.0% 22nd 13% below peers
Hemet, CA $341,454 (Aug 26) 15th -0.2% 23rd on par with peers
Frederick, MD $347,350 (Aug 26) 14th -0.6% 24th 2% above peers
Folsom, CA $597,409 (Aug 26) 6th -0.7% 25th 75% above peers
Germantown, MD $306,252 (Aug 26) 20th -3.2% 26th 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ $209,336 (Aug 26) 24th -3.3% 27th 39% below peers
Asheville, NC $312,675 (Aug 26) 18th -4.4% 28th 8% below peers
Leander, TX $324,516 (Aug 26) 17th -5.1% 29th 5% below peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (86.0% then, 87.2% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (84.8% to 87.2%).
Bright spot 87.2%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 28th +4.7pp 1st 26% below peers
Springdale, AR 53.4% 24th +4.0pp 2nd 14% below peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 26th +3.7pp 3rd 17% below peers
Hemet, CA 62.3% 16th +3.8pp 4th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 11th +4.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 23rd +3.3pp 6th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 25th +2.7pp 7th 14% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 31st +1.9pp 8th 39% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 7th +3.6pp 9th 15% above peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 27th +2.5pp 10th 18% below peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 19th +2.6pp 11th 10% below peers
Frederick, MD 58.8% 18th +2.1pp 12th 6% below peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 2nd +2.5pp 13th 31% above peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 30th +1.2pp 14th 30% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 13th +1.7pp 15th 3% above peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 17th +1.6pp 16th 4% below peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 8th +1.7pp 17th 14% above peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 15th +1.4pp 18th 2% above peers
Nashua, NH 55.8% 20th +1.0pp 19th 10% below peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 20th 40% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 5th +0.9pp 21st 19% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 12% below peers
Folsom, CA 69.8% 10th +0.2pp 23rd 12% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 3rd -0.0pp 24th 23% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 29th -0.1pp 25th 28% below peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 9th -2.0pp 26th 12% above peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 14th -2.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Norwalk, CT 55.6% 21st -2.4pp 28th 11% below peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 4th -3.4pp 29th 21% above peers
Indio, CA 67.1% 12th -3.5pp 30th 8% above peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 6th -4.8pp 31st 18% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2023 to 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,748 in August 2026, up from $1,698 a year earlier.
$1,748
2023August 2026
▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Mission Viejo, CA $3,144 (Aug 26) 3rd +8.3% 1st 57% above peers
Indio, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 9th +6.3% 2nd 17% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,506 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.7% 3rd 25% below peers
Clifton, NJ $2,672 (Aug 26) 7th +4.4% 4th 33% above peers
Folsom, CA $2,627 (Aug 26) 8th +4.1% 5th 31% above peers
Lawton, OK $1,118 (Aug 26) 27th +3.9% 6th 44% below peers
Redding, CA $1,704 (Aug 26) 20th +3.8% 7th 15% below peers
Nashua, NH $2,301 (Aug 26) 10th +3.5% 8th 15% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,054 (Aug 26) 29th +3.0% 9th 47% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,748 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 10th 13% below peers
Trenton, NJ $2,006 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 11th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA $3,357 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 12th 67% above peers
Newton, MA $3,408 (Aug 26) 1st +2.2% 13th 70% above peers
Germantown, MD $2,065 (Aug 26) 14th +1.9% 14th 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ $2,934 (Aug 26) 5th +1.9% 15th 46% above peers
Frederick, MD $2,182 (Aug 26) 12th +1.9% 16th 9% above peers
Leander, TX $1,899 (Aug 26) 16th +1.7% 17th 5% below peers
Norwalk, CT $2,743 (Aug 26) 6th +1.7% 18th 37% above peers
Springdale, AR $1,426 (Aug 26) 24th +1.5% 19th 29% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,074 (Aug 26) 13th +1.5% 20th 3% above peers
Erie, PA $1,103 (Aug 26) 28th +1.3% 21st 45% below peers
Roswell, GA $1,724 (Aug 26) 19th +1.2% 22nd 14% below peers
Carson, CA $2,989 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 23rd 49% above peers
Hoover, AL $1,362 (Aug 26) 26th +0.6% 24th 32% below peers
Compton, CA $2,209 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 25th 10% above peers
Asheville, NC $1,704 (Aug 26) 21st +0.1% 26th 15% below peers
Bryan, TX $1,406 (Aug 26) 25th -0.9% 27th 30% below peers
Hemet, CA $1,859 (Aug 26) 17th -1.4% 28th 7% below peers
Sandy, UT $1,691 (Aug 26) 22nd -2.3% 29th 16% below peers
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (19.6% then, 20.5% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.1% to 20.5%).
Bright spot 20.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Toms River, NJ 30.6% 11th -6.2pp 1st 10% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 12% below peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 29th -4.2pp 3rd 35% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 31st -4.4pp 4th 41% above peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 18th -3.0pp 5th 6% above peers
Indio, CA 41.4% 24th -3.4pp 6th 22% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 5th -1.7pp 7th 25% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 26th -2.0pp 8th 25% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 28th -1.7pp 9th 32% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 7th -0.8pp 10th 17% below peers
Frederick, MD 34.0% 16th -0.9pp 11th on par with peers
Hemet, CA 46.6% 30th -0.5pp 12th 37% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 17th -0.4pp 13th 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 6th -0.3pp 14th 21% below peers
Norwalk, CT 41.7% 25th -0.4pp 15th 23% above peers
Nashua, NH 33.8% 15th -0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 23rd -0.2pp 17th 17% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 2nd +0.0pp 18th 29% below peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 4th +0.2pp 19th 26% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 13th +0.4pp 20th 6% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 27th +0.6pp 21st 29% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 14th +1.0pp 22nd 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 21st +1.2pp 23rd 12% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 10th +1.0pp 24th 10% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 22nd +1.3pp 25th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 19th +1.5pp 26th 6% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 3rd +1.1pp 27th 28% below peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 28th 40% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 20th +2.8pp 29th 10% above peers
Folsom, CA 31.3% 12th +2.7pp 30th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 8th +5.4pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (3.9% then, 3.2% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 3.2%).
Bright spot 3.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 3rd -1.8pp 1st 62% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.9% 11th -1.9pp 2nd 40% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 76% below peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 9th -1.0pp 4th 46% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 8th -0.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 6th -0.7pp 6th 51% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 22nd -1.1pp 7th 18% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 20th -1.0pp 8th 17% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 9th 309% above peers
Folsom, CA 3.5% 10th -0.5pp 10th 46% below peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 11th 163% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 18th -0.6pp 12th 8% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 28th -0.5pp 13th 53% above peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 14th -0.2pp 14th 7% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 24th -0.2pp 15th 29% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 4th -0.0pp 16th 57% below peers
Indio, CA 4.0% 12th -0.0pp 17th 39% below peers
Nashua, NH 7.9% 23rd -0.0pp 18th 20% above peers
Hemet, CA 9.0% 26th -0.0pp 19th 38% above peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 21st +0.0pp 20th 17% above peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 21st 72% below peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 5th +0.0pp 22nd 52% below peers
Frederick, MD 6.7% 17th +0.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 16th +0.2pp 24th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 27th +0.4pp 25th 52% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 15th +0.3pp 26th 2% below peers
Norwalk, CT 8.5% 25th +1.7pp 27th 30% above peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 28th 156% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 13th +1.0pp 29th 30% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 30th 49% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 19th +2.0pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.8% then, 2.5% now; margin ±0.5pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 2.5%).
Bright spot 2.5%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 10.3% 24th -6.3pp 1st 46% above peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 15th -3.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.5% 21st -3.8pp 3rd 20% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 9th -1.9pp 4th 24% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 4th -1.0pp 5th 55% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 5th -1.5pp 6th 34% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.1% 16th -1.7pp 7th on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 20th -1.8pp 8th 15% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.9% 6th -1.1pp 9th 31% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 17th -1.4pp 10th on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 8th -0.9pp 11th 27% below peers
Erie, PA 5.8% 11th -0.8pp 12th 18% below peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 2nd -0.3pp 13th 64% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.8% 28th -1.3pp 14th 81% above peers
Bryan, TX 17.0% 29th -1.6pp 15th 140% above peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 13th -0.5pp 16th 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 7th -0.3pp 17th 29% below peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 30% above peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 12th -0.3pp 19th 11% below peers
Trenton, NJ 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 149% above peers
Folsom, CA 2.5% 3rd +0.0pp 21st 64% below peers
Newton, MA 1.3% 1st +0.0pp 22nd 82% below peers
Frederick, MD 7.6% 18th +0.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.7% 27th +0.5pp 24th 79% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 26th +0.8pp 25th 76% above peers
Redding, CA 6.6% 14th +0.5pp 26th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 25th +1.0pp 27th 66% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 22nd +1.2pp 28th 28% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.4% 10th +0.8pp 29th 24% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.9% 31st +3.2pp 30th 195% above peers
Nashua, NH 8.0% 19th +2.0pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

29.4%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 34% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 2nd 19% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 3rd 19% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 4th 17% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 5th 16% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 6th 14% below peers
Norwalk, CT 26.7% 7th 14% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 8th 9% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 9th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 10th 7% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 11th 6% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 12th 6% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 13th 5% below peers
Folsom, CA 29.4% 14th 5% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 15th 2% below peers
Nashua, NH 31.0% 16th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 17th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 18th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 19th 5% above peers
Frederick, MD 33.9% 20th 9% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 21st 10% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 22nd 13% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 23rd 17% above peers
Indio, CA 36.7% 24th 18% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 25th 19% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 26th 21% above peers
Hemet, CA 38.3% 27th 24% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 28th 28% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 29th 32% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 30th 37% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 31st 44% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
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 (1.6% then, 0.9% now; margin ±0.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.7% to 0.9%).
Bright spot 0.9%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CT 5.6% 24th -17.1pp 1st 50% above peers
Folsom, CA 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 2nd 79% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 4th -2.0pp 3rd 58% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 17th -3.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 6th -1.7pp 5th 44% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 3rd -0.7pp 6th 75% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 12th -1.9pp 7th 7% below peers
Hemet, CA 4.4% 21st -2.3pp 8th 17% above peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 19th -1.9pp 9th 10% above peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 8th -1.0pp 10th 37% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 5th -0.4pp 12th 56% below peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 26th -1.6pp 13th 82% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 10th -0.4pp 14th 32% below peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 30th -1.2pp 15th 167% above peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 18th -0.4pp 16th 5% above peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 11th -0.1pp 17th 31% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 14th -0.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 31st -0.3pp 19th 250% above peers
Frederick, MD 4.3% 20th +0.1pp 20th 15% above peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 7th +0.3pp 21st 39% below peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 9th +0.4pp 22nd 33% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 15th +0.6pp 23rd 3% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 23rd +1.0pp 24th 23% above peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 27th +1.9pp 25th 110% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.2pp 26th 22% above peers
Indio, CA 3.5% 13th +1.4pp 27th 6% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 29th +4.0pp 28th 165% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 77% below peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 28th +5.5pp 30th 162% above peers
Nashua, NH 6.8% 25th +5.1pp 31st 80% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.4% to 41.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Livonia started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.8% to 41.9%).
Bright spot 41.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hemet, CA 15.5% 30th +4.4pp 1st 63% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 2nd 61% below peers
Leander, TX 53.3% 7th +12.1pp 3rd 27% above peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 4th 75% below peers
Indio, CA 20.5% 28th +3.3pp 5th 51% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 24th +3.9pp 6th 42% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 14th +6.8pp 7th 5% above peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 11th +6.8pp 8th 19% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 19th +4.8pp 9th 13% below peers
Nashua, NH 41.2% 17th +5.1pp 10th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 2nd +7.9pp 11th 58% above peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 21st +3.5pp 12th 28% below peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 16th +4.5pp 13th on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 18th +3.7pp 14th 8% below peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 12th +4.2pp 15th 10% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 25th +2.0pp 16th 43% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 6th +4.5pp 17th 27% above peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 20th +2.9pp 18th 15% below peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 4th +5.0pp 19th 49% above peers
Frederick, MD 43.2% 15th +3.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Folsom, CA 54.9% 5th +3.7pp 21st 31% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 26th +1.5pp 22nd 45% below peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 8th +3.2pp 23rd 26% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 9th +3.0pp 24th 24% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 27th +1.3pp 25th 46% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 23rd +1.2pp 26th 36% below peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 3rd +3.0pp 27th 54% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 22nd +1.1pp 28th 30% below peers
Norwalk, CT 44.8% 13th +1.4pp 29th 7% above peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 30th 94% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 10th +0.3pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.6% then, 62.8% now; margin ±10.3pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 5.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (57.5% to 62.8%).
Bright spot 62.8%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Leander, TX 64.4% 6th +14.7pp 1st 43% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 24th +6.9pp 2nd 18% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 2nd +11.2pp 3rd 57% above peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 10th +4.6pp 4th 20% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 7th +5.2pp 5th 40% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 8th +4.5pp 6th 37% above peers
Norwalk, CT 75.6% 1st +5.3pp 7th 68% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 5th +2.3pp 8th 48% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 20th +1.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 13th -0.2pp 10th 13% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 16th -1.2pp 11th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 19th -1.9pp 12th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 15th -2.2pp 13th 11% above peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 4th -4.4pp 14th 49% above peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 11th -4.6pp 15th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 18th -8.1pp 16th 3% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 3rd -13.5pp 17th 49% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 9th -13.3pp 18th 25% above peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 14th -14.5pp 19th 12% above peers
Folsom, CA 51.1% 12th -14.7pp 20th 14% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 22nd -11.7pp 21st 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 28th -13.1pp 22nd 29% below peers
Hemet, CA 22.6% 30th -11.4pp 23rd 50% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 29th -15.0pp 24th 36% below peers
Nashua, NH 39.2% 21st -20.5pp 25th 13% below peers
Frederick, MD 37.8% 23rd -21.1pp 26th 16% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 25th -20.9pp 27th 20% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 17th -25.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 26th -24.8pp 29th 20% below peers
Indio, CA 21.5% 31st -16.3pp 30th 52% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 27th -31.7pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.2pp 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 (5.0% then, 3.5% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.2% to 3.5%).
Bright spot 3.5%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Folsom, CA 1.1% 2nd -3.0pp 1st 81% below peers
Norwalk, CT 2.0% 6th -5.1pp 2nd 65% below peers
Leander, TX 4.2% 9th -7.0pp 3rd 26% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 4th -2.2pp 4th 74% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 3rd -1.5pp 5th 80% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 7th -3.1pp 6th 49% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 7th 88% below peers
Hemet, CA 7.9% 22nd -5.8pp 8th 38% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 14th -3.2pp 9th 9% below peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 5th -1.0pp 10th 70% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 8th -1.5pp 11th 38% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 10th -1.5pp 12th 24% below peers
Nashua, NH 5.4% 15th -0.4pp 13th 5% below peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 28th -0.3pp 14th 132% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 12th -0.0pp 15th 21% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 21st +0.4pp 16th 28% above peers
Indio, CA 9.1% 24th +0.6pp 17th 59% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 18th 140% above peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 25th +1.6pp 19th 72% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 23rd +1.4pp 20th 46% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 26th +2.1pp 21st 76% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 22nd 140% above peers
Frederick, MD 6.9% 20th +1.6pp 23rd 21% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 16th +1.4pp 24th on par with peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 13th +1.4pp 25th 11% below peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 19th +2.1pp 26th 18% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 17th +2.7pp 28th 4% above peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 18th +3.7pp 29th 12% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 27th +7.5pp 30th 124% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 173% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±1.9pp 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 less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94,249 to 93,851 - more than the combined survey margin (±94).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 67% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (95,888 to 93,851).
Big move 93,851
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Leander, TX 74,067 31st +38% 1st 19% below peers
Frederick, MD 83,395 30th +18% 2nd 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 28th +12% 3rd 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 26th +11% 4th 4% below peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 11th +9% 5th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 21st +8% 6th 2% below peers
Hemet, CA 91,326 17th +8% 7th 1% below peers
Folsom, CA 83,916 29th +7% 8th 9% below peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 2nd +6% 9th 3% above peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 24th +5% 10th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 27th +5% 11th 4% below peers
Norwalk, CT 92,187 14th +4% 12th on par with peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 4th +3% 13th 3% above peers
Nashua, NH 91,294 18th +3% 14th 1% below peers
Indio, CA 91,950 16th +3% 15th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 22nd +3% 16th 2% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 23rd +2% 17th 2% below peers
Redding, CA 93,409 8th +2% 18th 2% above peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 13th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Carson, CA 92,871 9th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Newton, MA 89,044 25th +1% 21st 3% below peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 19th +0% 22nd 1% below peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 6th -0% 23rd 2% above peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 3rd -0% 24th 3% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 5th -2% 25th 3% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 12th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Erie, PA 93,850 7th -4% 27th 2% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 15th -4% 28th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 20th -4% 29th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 92,698 10th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 1st -8% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±87 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 (18.6% then, 18.7% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children held roughly steady from 2017 to 2024.
Big move 18.7%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Indio, CA 24.8% 7th +2.4pp 1st 8% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 24th +1.1pp 2nd 11% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 2nd +1.3pp 3rd 22% above peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 5th +1.2pp 4th 16% above peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 18th +0.2pp 5th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 28th +0.2pp 6th 18% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 19th +0.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 25th -0.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.2pp 9th 14% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 10th -0.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 16th -0.4pp 11th on par with peers
Frederick, MD 21.9% 20th -0.4pp 12th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 8th -0.6pp 13th 7% above peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 14th -0.7pp 14th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 1st -0.9pp 15th 30% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 30th -0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 17th 10% above peers
Nashua, NH 18.6% 29th -0.8pp 18th 18% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 11th -1.2pp 19th 3% above peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 23rd -1.1pp 20th 10% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 12th -1.5pp 21st 2% above peers
Folsom, CA 22.7% 17th -1.5pp 22nd 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 18.8% 27th -1.3pp 23rd 18% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 24th 20% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 21st -1.6pp 25th 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 9th -1.8pp 26th 7% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 22nd -1.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 15th -2.8pp 28th 1% above peers
Hemet, CA 23.1% 13th -3.1pp 29th 1% above peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 4th -4.7pp 30th 18% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 31st -3.0pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent rose 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 15.6% to 19.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.3% to 19.2%).
Big move 19.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sandy, UT 20.5% 20th +5.2pp 1st 29% below peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 25th +3.6pp 2nd 33% below peers
Hemet, CA 39.1% 5th +6.6pp 3rd 36% above peers
Frederick, MD 37.0% 8th +6.2pp 4th 29% above peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 3rd +6.7pp 5th 65% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 6th 117% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 12th +2.0pp 7th 12% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 9th +2.1pp 8th 22% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 22nd +1.2pp 9th 31% below peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 10th 124% above peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 7th +1.7pp 11th 29% above peers
Nashua, NH 30.4% 15th +0.8pp 12th 6% above peers
Norwalk, CT 28.7% 16th +0.5pp 13th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 10th +0.5pp 14th 14% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 18th +0.3pp 15th 3% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 6th -1.2pp 16th 32% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 14th -1.5pp 17th 6% above peers
Folsom, CA 13.2% 28th -1.3pp 18th 54% below peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 19th -2.5pp 19th 28% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 11th -4.7pp 20th 13% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 27th -2.2pp 21st 49% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 13th -5.6pp 22nd 8% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 4th -7.2pp 23rd 37% above peers
Indio, CA 28.1% 17th -5.4pp 24th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 24th -4.1pp 25th 33% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 29th -2.9pp 26th 58% below peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 23rd -5.3pp 27th 33% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 28th 64% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 21st -7.6pp 29th 29% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 26th -7.1pp 30th 35% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.5% then, 73.9% now; margin ±7.6pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.9% to 73.9%).
73.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 19th +14.3pp 1st 1% below peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 1st +15.2pp 2nd 13% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 10th +14.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Folsom, CA 76.2% 6th +13.3pp 4th 9% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 25th +10.8pp 5th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 17th +10.8pp 6th 1% below peers
Norwalk, CT 76.9% 4th +9.7pp 7th 10% above peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 5th +9.3pp 8th 9% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 8th +8.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 21st +6.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 12th +7.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 31st +5.0pp 12th 13% below peers
Nashua, NH 78.2% 3rd +6.0pp 13th 12% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 14th +5.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 26th +4.9pp 15th 8% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 16th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 18th +4.4pp 17th 1% below peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 16th +4.0pp 18th on par with peers
Hemet, CA 64.3% 29th +3.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 7th +3.0pp 20th 8% above peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 24th +2.5pp 21st 6% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 9th +2.7pp 22nd 8% above peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 11th +2.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 28th +1.3pp 24th 8% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 22nd +0.7pp 25th 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 2nd -0.0pp 26th 12% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 13th -1.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 23rd -4.5pp 28th 6% below peers
Indio, CA 64.5% 27th -5.4pp 29th 8% below peers
Frederick, MD 67.8% 20th -7.8pp 30th 3% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 30th -9.1pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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2 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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