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66,717 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Novi, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$110,723
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
$98,020 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
96.8%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
92.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
May 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
1 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.4%
2020-24
▲ 34%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
25.2%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
24.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.7%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
2.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.4%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
64.1%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
60.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
2.9%
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
3.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
38 /100k
May 2026
▼ 33%
relative change
57 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
66.3%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
66.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
4.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Novi, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.6%
2020-24
▲ 167%
relative change
2.8% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.7%
May 2026
▲ 19%
relative change
3.1% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
109 /100k
May 2026
▲ 17%
relative change
93 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.45
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
0.45 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
46.8%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
62.6% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.2%
2019-23
▲ 40%
relative change
3.7% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 4 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
66,717
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
60,014 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$478,638
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$464,909 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$300,843
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$293,624 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
16.8%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
14.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 109 in May 2026, up from 93 a year earlier.
109 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Yorba Linda, CA 62 (May 26) 1st -28.1% 1st 69% below peers
Malden, MA 196 (Mar 26) 11th -26.8% 2nd 1% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 148 (May 26) 8th -23.7% 3rd 25% below peers
Ames, IA 109 (May 26) 4th -18.3% 4th 45% below peers
Haverhill, MA 325 (May 26) 16th -14.9% 5th 64% above peers
Skokie, IL 141 (May 26) 6th -12.4% 6th 29% below peers
Davis, CA 173 (May 26) 9th -12.1% 7th 13% below peers
Janesville, WI 119 (May 26) 5th -11.2% 8th 40% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 198 (May 26) 12th -9.5% 9th on par with peers
Albany, GA 921 (May 26) 22nd -8.8% 10th 365% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 219 (May 26) 13th -6.9% 11th 11% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 325 (May 26) 15th -6.5% 12th 64% above peers
Victoria, TX 367 (May 26) 17th -4.3% 13th 86% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 177 (May 26) 10th -4.3% 14th 10% below peers
Commerce City, CO 727 (Mar 26) 21st -3.5% 15th 267% above peers
Caldwell, ID 444 (May 26) 18th -3.1% 16th 125% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 263 (May 26) 14th +2.9% 17th 33% above peers
Conway, AR 496 (May 26) 20th +7.2% 18th 151% above peers
Waterloo, IA 490 (May 26) 19th +11.8% 19th 148% above peers
Novi, MI 109 (May 26) 3rd +17.5% 20th 45% below peers
Greenwood, IN 144 (May 26) 7th +25.0% 21st 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 95 (May 26) 2nd +47.6% 22nd 52% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Property crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 505 in May 2026, down from 573 a year earlier.
505 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Ames, IA 1,018 (May 26) 9th -33.4% 1st 27% below peers
Caldwell, ID 589 (May 26) 3rd -30.9% 2nd 58% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 527 (May 26) 2nd -25.3% 3rd 62% below peers
Palatine, IL 676 (May 26) 5th -22.7% 4th 52% below peers
Janesville, WI 1,465 (May 26) 13th -20.8% 5th 5% above peers
Conway, AR 1,666 (May 26) 15th -19.1% 6th 19% above peers
Haverhill, MA 658 (May 26) 4th -17.6% 7th 53% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2,490 (Mar 26) 18th -15.3% 8th 78% above peers
Davis, CA 1,823 (May 26) 17th -14.9% 9th 30% above peers
Novi, MI 505 (May 26) 1st -11.8% 10th 64% below peers
Malden, MA 1,060 (Mar 26) 10th -11.2% 11th 24% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2,556 (May 26) 20th -10.1% 12th 82% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 937 (May 26) 7th -10.0% 13th 33% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 1,401 (May 26) 12th -7.5% 14th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 944 (May 26) 8th -6.6% 15th 33% below peers
Victoria, TX 1,766 (May 26) 16th -6.5% 16th 26% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 1,285 (May 26) 11th -6.4% 17th 8% below peers
Waterloo, IA 2,511 (May 26) 19th -2.3% 18th 79% above peers
Albany, GA 3,809 (May 26) 22nd +1.4% 19th 172% above peers
Skokie, IL 2,615 (May 26) 21st +4.8% 20th 87% above peers
Greenwood, IN 1,653 (May 26) 14th +13.5% 21st 18% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 876 (May 26) 6th +18.1% 22nd 38% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Longer view: homicide fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 1 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Novi, MI 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Davis, CA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0 (Mar 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 1 (May 26) 12th -66.7% 6th on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 1 (May 26) 9th -50.0% 7th 18% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3 (May 26) 15th -33.4% 8th 99% above peers
Conway, AR 4 (May 26) 17th -25.1% 9th 178% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 1 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 10th 5% below peers
Waterloo, IA 6 (May 26) 19th +33.3% 11th 297% above peers
Janesville, WI 4 (May 26) 18th +50.0% 12th 202% above peers
Albany, GA 35 (May 26) 22nd +64.3% 13th 2234% above peers
Ames, IA 3 (May 26) 14th +99.3% 14th 93% above peers
Palatine, IL 3 (May 26) 16th +99.3% 15th 105% above peers
Victoria, TX 12 (May 26) 21st +166.5% 16th 712% above peers
Greenwood, IN 7 (May 26) 20th +401.4% 17th 385% above peers
Caldwell, ID 1 (May 26) 10th 12% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0 (May 26) 6th 100% below peers
Skokie, IL 2 (May 26) 13th 3% above peers
Malden, MA 0 (Mar 26) 7th 100% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0 (May 26) 8th 100% below peers
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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 →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 38 in May 2026, down from 57 a year earlier.
38 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Janesville, WI 41 (May 26) 3rd -50.9% 1st 47% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 76 (May 26) 11th -49.0% 2nd 1% below peers
Ames, IA 59 (May 26) 8th -46.8% 3rd 23% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 32 (May 26) 1st -45.0% 4th 58% below peers
Commerce City, CO 443 (Mar 26) 22nd -42.9% 5th 478% above peers
Caldwell, ID 61 (May 26) 9th -42.0% 6th 20% below peers
Davis, CA 83 (May 26) 13th -33.3% 7th 9% above peers
Novi, MI 38 (May 26) 2nd -33.3% 8th 50% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 77 (May 26) 12th -32.5% 9th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 48 (May 26) 4th -30.4% 10th 38% below peers
Skokie, IL 176 (May 26) 19th -28.1% 11th 129% above peers
Palatine, IL 50 (May 26) 7th -23.3% 12th 34% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 50 (May 26) 6th -22.6% 13th 35% below peers
Malden, MA 135 (Mar 26) 17th -20.4% 14th 76% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 68 (May 26) 10th -16.7% 15th 11% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 124 (May 26) 16th -12.0% 16th 61% above peers
Victoria, TX 103 (May 26) 14th -9.3% 17th 34% above peers
Albany, GA 333 (May 26) 21st -3.5% 18th 334% above peers
Haverhill, MA 48 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 19th 37% below peers
Conway, AR 115 (May 26) 15th +2.5% 20th 50% above peers
Greenwood, IN 136 (May 26) 18th +14.6% 21st 77% above peers
Waterloo, IA 321 (May 26) 20th +33.1% 22nd 319% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 13% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $98,020 to $110,723 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$8,794). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($80,299 to $110,723).
$110,723
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Malden, MA $100,606 11th +52% 1st 14% above peers
Lodi, CA $88,530 16th +51% 2nd on par with peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 21st +49% 3rd 17% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 2nd +46% 4th 161% above peers
Commerce City, CO $111,972 9th +45% 5th 26% above peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 6th 171% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $73,110 20th +38% 7th 17% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 25th +37% 8th 28% below peers
Ocala, FL $56,376 30th +35% 9th 36% below peers
Conway, AR $63,004 26th +33% 10th 29% below peers
Greenwood, IN $83,608 18th +32% 11th 6% below peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 24th +31% 12th 27% below peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 14th +31% 13th 8% above peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 19th +30% 14th 17% below peers
Davis, CA $90,045 15th +30% 15th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 4th +30% 16th 67% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 17th 44% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $96,391 13th +29% 18th 9% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 31st +29% 19th 47% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 17th +27% 20th on par with peers
Ames, IA $60,991 28th +27% 21st 31% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 8th +26% 22nd 33% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 22nd +24% 23rd 24% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 27th +22% 24th 30% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 12th +21% 25th 10% above peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 29th +21% 26th 35% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 3rd +21% 27th 78% above peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 28th 45% above peers
Union City, CA $133,715 5th +17% 29th 51% above peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 23rd +16% 30th 27% below peers
Novi, MI $110,723 10th +13% 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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4 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$7,350 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 63% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.7% in May 2026, up from 3.1% a year earlier.
3.7%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Waterloo, IA 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.9pp 1st 3% above peers
Lodi, CA 5.0% (May 26) 27th -0.8pp 2nd 28% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.6pp 3rd 18% above peers
Ames, IA 2.7% (May 26) 1st -0.6pp 4th 31% below peers
Union City, CA 3.8% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 5th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 6th 28% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 7th 18% below peers
Haverhill, MA 4.3% (May 26) 20th -0.2pp 8th 10% above peers
Commerce City, CO 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.1pp 9th 5% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (May 26) 24th -0.1pp 10th 23% above peers
Davis, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 11th 8% below peers
Janesville, WI 3.1% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 12th 21% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.1pp 13th 31% below peers
Malden, MA 4.0% (May 26) 17th -0.1pp 14th 3% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 2.9% (May 26) 4th +0.0pp 15th 26% below peers
Caldwell, ID 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.4% (May 26) 7th +0.0pp 17th 13% below peers
Conway, AR 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Victoria, TX 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.2pp 19th 5% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.9% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Maricopa, AZ 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +0.4pp 22nd 15% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.4% (May 26) 8th +0.5pp 23rd 13% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.6pp 24th 10% above peers
Novi, MI 3.7% (May 26) 13th +0.6pp 25th 5% below peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (May 26) 26th +0.8pp 26th 26% above peers
Ocala, FL 5.0% (May 26) 28th +0.9pp 27th 28% above peers
Sammamish, WA 4.8% (May 26) 25th +1.1pp 28th 23% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.0% then, 5.4% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.4% to 5.4%).
5.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 12.9% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Port Charlotte, FL 9.5% 15th -4.2pp 1st 1% below peers
Caldwell, ID 11.7% 20th -4.4pp 2nd 22% above peers
Malden, MA 11.3% 19th -4.1pp 3rd 18% above peers
Commerce City, CO 8.6% 13th -2.9pp 4th 10% below peers
Janesville, WI 8.9% 14th -2.3pp 5th 7% below peers
Lodi, CA 12.3% 21st -2.9pp 6th 28% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.3% 10th -1.6pp 7th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.1% 12th -1.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.3% 18th -1.9pp 9th 18% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 8th -1.1pp 10th 24% below peers
Ames, IA 20.8% 28th -2.9pp 11th 117% above peers
Conway, AR 15.6% 22nd -2.0pp 12th 63% above peers
Davis, CA 25.8% 30th -3.2pp 13th 169% above peers
Albany, GA 26.2% 31st -3.1pp 14th 173% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.2% 17th -1.2pp 15th 17% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.3% 24th -0.9pp 16th 70% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 5th -0.1pp 17th 38% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.6% 16th +0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 42% below peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 9th +0.2pp 20th 24% below peers
Ocala, FL 20.2% 27th +0.8pp 21st 111% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.9% 26th +0.8pp 22nd 87% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 15.9% 23rd +0.8pp 23rd 66% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.9% 29th +3.4pp 24th 139% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.3% 25th +2.8pp 25th 81% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.0% 6th +1.0pp 26th 37% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.5% 11th +1.3pp 27th 21% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 4th +1.3pp 28th 40% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 2nd +1.4pp 29th 44% below peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 7th +2.2pp 30th 25% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 1st +1.9pp 31st 55% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Worsening
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Child poverty rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.8% to 7.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 7.6%).
7.6%
20132024
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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%
Malden, MA 13.2% 16th -5.7pp 1st on par with peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 15th -5.3pp 2nd 2% below peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 21st -5.9pp 3rd 12% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 14th -4.6pp 4th 12% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 5th 45% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 19th -5.5pp 6th 8% above peers
Greenwood, IN 6.3% 4th -2.1pp 7th 52% below peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 23rd -5.1pp 8th 18% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 8.5% 12th -2.3pp 9th 36% below peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 7th -1.6pp 10th 47% below peers
Conway, AR 14.8% 20th -3.2pp 11th 11% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 3rd -1.2pp 12th 53% below peers
Lodi, CA 20.3% 24th -3.1pp 13th 53% above peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 26th -3.2pp 14th 70% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 31st -5.1pp 15th 193% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 15.1% 22nd -1.7pp 16th 14% above peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 13th -0.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Commerce City, CO 13.9% 18th -0.4pp 18th 5% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 27th +0.2pp 19th 80% above peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 30th +1.4pp 20th 136% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 10th +0.5pp 21st 44% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 29th +2.9pp 22nd 130% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 48% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 25th +2.9pp 24th 57% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 28th +5.7pp 25th 104% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 2nd +1.3pp 26th 56% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 27th 46% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 17th +4.7pp 28th 1% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 5th +2.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 1st +2.0pp 30th 63% below peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 11th +4.7pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 92.3% to 96.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 7.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.5% to 96.8%).
96.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 90.7% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Ocala, FL 91.3% 25th +14.0pp 1st 3% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 29th +9.5pp 2nd 12% below peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 19th +10.1pp 3rd 1% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 17th +10.0pp 4th on par with peers
Conway, AR 93.7% 16th +9.9pp 5th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 27th +8.8pp 6th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 26th +8.8pp 7th 6% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 24th +8.6pp 9th 2% below peers
Greenwood, IN 94.2% 14th +8.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 13th +8.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 23rd +8.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 22nd +8.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO 91.8% 21st +7.6pp 14th 2% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 15th +7.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Lodi, CA 92.0% 20th +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 92.6% 18th +5.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 8th +5.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 28th +4.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 6th +4.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 97.2% 3rd +3.8pp 21st 4% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 11th +2.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 7th +2.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 4th +2.5pp 24th 4% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 10th +2.3pp 25th 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 2nd +2.3pp 26th 4% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 5th +1.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 12th +1.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 29th 6% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 9th -0.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Ames, IA 74.3% 31st -0.8pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.45 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.45
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Ocala, FL 0.48 26th -0.055 1st 10% above peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 16th -0.044 2nd on par with peers
Malden, MA 0.43 12th -0.040 3rd 2% below peers
Greenwood, IN 0.38 5th -0.028 4th 12% below peers
Lodi, CA 0.42 11th -0.029 5th 2% below peers
Commerce City, CO 0.36 3rd -0.023 6th 17% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 0.44 18th -0.028 7th 1% above peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 4th -0.023 8th 15% below peers
Conway, AR 0.48 27th -0.027 9th 10% above peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 20th -0.024 10th 1% above peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 6th -0.019 11th 10% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 0.35 1st -0.016 12th 21% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 9th -0.019 13th 5% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 14th 20% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 15th 13% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 22nd -0.018 16th 3% above peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 13th -0.016 17th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 0.48 28th -0.013 18th 11% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 25th -0.010 19th 8% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 20th 21% above peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 17th +0.005 21st on par with peers
Novi, MI 0.45 23rd +0.007 22nd 4% above peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 15th +0.007 23rd 1% below peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 14th +0.007 24th 1% below peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 10th +0.010 25th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 8th +0.010 26th 5% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 24th +0.015 27th 7% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 28th 11% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 21st +0.017 29th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 7th +0.035 30th 7% below peers
Union City, CA 0.44 19th +0.066 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (3.7% then, 5.2% now; margin ±1.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.9% to 5.2%).
5.2%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.1% -1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Horizon West, FL 2.1% 1st -1.5pp 1st 79% below peers
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 21st -8.3pp 2nd 21% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 11.0% 18th -3.9pp 3rd 7% above peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 6th -1.2pp 4th 59% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 23rd -2.4pp 5th 24% above peers
Conway, AR 8.8% 14th -1.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 26th -2.1pp 7th 55% above peers
Ocala, FL 18.1% 27th -1.8pp 8th 75% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.1% 10th -0.7pp 9th 32% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 20th -1.0pp 10th 14% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 17th -0.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 29th -0.9pp 12th 121% above peers
Commerce City, CO 10.3% 16th +0.2pp 13th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 7.3% 11th +0.2pp 14th 30% below peers
Lodi, CA 11.3% 19th +0.6pp 15th 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 30th +1.6pp 16th 126% above peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 17th 209% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 24th +1.1pp 18th 42% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 8th +0.6pp 19th 42% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 9th +0.7pp 20th 32% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 13th +1.1pp 21st 21% below peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 25th +2.3pp 22nd 54% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 28th +3.6pp 23rd 102% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 22nd +2.6pp 24th 22% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 4th +0.9pp 25th 69% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 7th +1.5pp 26th 50% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 12th +2.4pp 27th 23% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 5th +1.4pp 28th 60% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 75% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 76% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 15th +5.8pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 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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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $478,638 in June 2026, up from $464,909 a year earlier.
$478,638
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $269,972 (Jun 26) +4.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Skokie, IL $435,880 (Jun 26) 14th +6.6% 1st 8% above peers
Janesville, WI $300,089 (Jun 26) 22nd +6.1% 2nd 26% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $262,782 (Jun 26) 25th +5.6% 3rd 35% below peers
Palatine, IL $396,075 (Jun 26) 17th +5.5% 4th 2% below peers
Union City, NJ $569,523 (Jun 26) 9th +5.0% 5th 41% above peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,604,398 (Jun 26) 1st +3.6% 6th 794% above peers
Novi, MI $478,638 (Jun 26) 13th +3.0% 7th 19% above peers
Ames, IA $307,551 (Jun 26) 21st +2.7% 8th 24% below peers
Haverhill, MA $558,210 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 9th 39% above peers
Conway, AR $252,300 (Jun 26) 26th +1.8% 10th 37% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,420,519 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 11th 252% above peers
Malden, MA $694,637 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 12th 72% above peers
Greenwood, IN $331,142 (Jun 26) 20th +1.4% 13th 18% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $398,674 (Jun 26) 16th +0.7% 14th 1% below peers
Victoria, TX $217,561 (Jun 26) 28th +0.5% 15th 46% below peers
Waterloo, IA $149,410 (Jun 26) 29th +0.5% 16th 63% below peers
Caldwell, ID $402,988 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 17th on par with peers
Albany, GA $134,986 (Jun 26) 30th -0.2% 18th 67% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $730,793 (Jun 26) 6th -0.5% 19th 81% above peers
Rockville, MD $623,896 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 20th 55% above peers
Dundalk, MD $227,014 (Jun 26) 27th -1.1% 21st 44% below peers
Davis, CA $854,071 (Jun 26) 5th -2.3% 22nd 112% above peers
Lodi, CA $518,965 (Jun 26) 11th -2.4% 23rd 29% above peers
Ocala, FL $268,867 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.9% 24th 33% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $345,384 (Jun 26) 19th -3.8% 25th 14% below peers
Commerce City, CO $489,357 (Jun 26) 12th -4.0% 26th 21% above peers
Union City, CA $1,247,792 (Jun 26) 4th -5.1% 27th 210% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $375,312 (Jun 26) 18th -5.3% 28th 7% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,591,920 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.7% 29th 295% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $268,380 (Jun 26) 24th -7.7% 30th 33% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $300,843 in June 2026, up from $293,624 a year earlier.
$300,843
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $145,661 (Jun 26) +4.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Oshkosh, WI $192,148 (Jun 26) 24th +7.4% 1st 37% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,465 (Jun 26) 21st +6.5% 2nd 27% below peers
Skokie, IL $306,804 (Jun 26) 15th +5.9% 3rd on par with peers
Palatine, IL $244,680 (Jun 26) 20th +4.1% 4th 20% below peers
Conway, AR $186,535 (Jun 26) 26th +3.7% 5th 39% below peers
Ames, IA $208,311 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 6th 32% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,227,681 (Jun 26) 1st +3.3% 7th 626% above peers
Novi, MI $300,843 (Jun 26) 17th +2.5% 8th 2% below peers
Albany, GA $62,478 (Jun 26) 30th +2.3% 9th 80% below peers
Greenwood, IN $249,037 (Jun 26) 19th +2.2% 10th 19% below peers
Haverhill, MA $423,895 (Jun 26) 8th +1.8% 11th 38% above peers
Union City, NJ $364,639 (Jun 26) 12th +1.7% 12th 19% above peers
Malden, MA $511,942 (Jun 26) 6th +1.3% 13th 67% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,001,817 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.2% 14th 227% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID $300,692 (Jun 26) 18th +1.1% 15th 2% below peers
Caldwell, ID $338,708 (Jun 26) 13th +0.9% 16th 10% above peers
Victoria, TX $118,549 (Jun 26) 28th -0.3% 17th 61% below peers
Waterloo, IA $82,231 (Jun 26) 29th -0.4% 18th 73% below peers
Davis, CA $641,969 (Jun 26) 5th -0.9% 19th 109% above peers
Dundalk, MD $188,100 (Jun 26) 25th -1.3% 20th 39% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $483,817 (Jun 26) 7th -1.7% 21st 58% above peers
Lodi, CA $402,484 (Jun 26) 9th -2.2% 22nd 31% above peers
Rockville, MD $369,367 (Jun 26) 11th -2.6% 23rd 20% above peers
Ocala, FL $195,336 (Jun 26) 23rd -3.4% 24th 36% below peers
Maricopa, AZ $303,698 (Jun 26) 16th -4.1% 25th 1% below peers
Commerce City, CO $387,464 (Jun 26) 10th -4.6% 26th 26% above peers
Pflugerville, TX $312,330 (Jun 26) 14th -5.3% 27th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,089,579 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.8% 28th 255% above peers
Union City, CA $779,118 (Jun 26) 4th -6.6% 29th 154% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $181,828 (Jun 26) 27th -9.0% 30th 41% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.7% then, 66.3% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.9% to 66.3%).
66.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 7th +9.7pp 1st 14% above peers
Ocala, FL 52.1% 25th +6.0pp 2nd 19% below peers
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 17th +5.7pp 3rd 2% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 2nd +7.4pp 4th 30% above peers
Lodi, CA 56.8% 21st +4.4pp 5th 11% below peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 6th +4.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 83.6% 1st +4.0pp 7th 30% above peers
Commerce City, CO 77.2% 5th +3.2pp 8th 20% above peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 28th +1.4pp 9th 34% below peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 10th +1.3pp 10th 5% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 18th +1.2pp 11th 3% below peers
Greenwood, IN 59.3% 19th +1.1pp 12th 8% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 64.2% 16th +1.1pp 13th on par with peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 15th +0.8pp 14th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 27th +0.4pp 15th 32% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 16th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 3rd +0.4pp 17th 29% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 23rd +0.1pp 18th 15% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 22nd -0.0pp 19th 14% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 11th -0.4pp 20th 3% above peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 14th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 13th -1.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 12th -1.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 9th -1.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 20th -1.6pp 25th 10% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 4th -3.1pp 26th 29% above peers
Conway, AR 45.4% 26th -2.2pp 27th 29% below peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 24th -2.8pp 28th 18% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 8th -4.6pp 29th 9% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 30th 41% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 31st 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 1% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 90% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,857 in June 2026, up from $1,830 a year earlier.
$1,857
2022June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Palo Alto, CA $4,299 (Jun 26) 1st +6.8% 1st 131% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 25th +5.2% 2nd 35% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,208 (Jun 26) 27th +4.8% 3rd 35% below peers
Waterloo, IA $898 (Jun 26) 30th +4.8% 4th 52% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,250 (Jun 26) 11th +4.0% 5th 21% above peers
Lodi, CA $2,137 (Jun 26) 12th +4.0% 6th 15% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,729 (Jun 26) 18th +3.9% 7th 7% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,083 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 8th 120% above peers
Victoria, TX $1,212 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 35% below peers
Ames, IA $1,125 (Jun 26) 28th +3.0% 10th 39% below peers
Conway, AR $1,431 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 11th 23% below peers
Palatine, IL $1,990 (Jun 26) 14th +2.5% 12th 7% above peers
Dundalk, MD $1,614 (Jun 26) 20th +2.4% 13th 13% below peers
Union City, NJ $2,421 (Jun 26) 9th +2.4% 14th 30% above peers
Commerce City, CO $2,484 (Jun 26) 7th +2.3% 15th 34% above peers
Union City, CA $2,867 (Jun 26) 4th +2.1% 16th 54% above peers
Greenwood, IN $1,609 (Jun 26) 21st +1.7% 17th 13% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,738 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 18th 101% above peers
Novi, MI $1,857 (Jun 26) 15th +1.5% 19th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA $2,345 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 20th 26% above peers
Maricopa, AZ $1,831 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 21st 1% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID $1,383 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 22nd 26% below peers
Davis, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 6th +0.7% 23rd 46% above peers
Albany, GA $937 (Jun 26) 29th +0.6% 24th 50% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,116 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 25th 14% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,426 (Jun 26) 8th -0.2% 26th 31% above peers
Malden, MA $2,803 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 27th 51% above peers
Ocala, FL $1,582 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.7% 28th 15% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,699 (Jun 26) 19th -1.4% 29th 9% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,794 (Jun 26) 17th -2.0% 30th 3% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.0% then, 25.2% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.1% to 25.2%).
25.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Union City, NJ 50.5% 31st -6.1pp 1st 52% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 23rd -4.2pp 2nd 7% above peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 13th -3.5pp 3rd 2% below peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 28th -3.6pp 4th 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 21st -3.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 20th -2.6pp 6th 5% above peers
Lodi, CA 38.0% 24th -2.5pp 7th 15% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 8th 23% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 6th -0.6pp 9th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 11th -0.7pp 10th 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 9th -0.5pp 11th 14% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 26th -0.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 19th -0.5pp 13th 5% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 28.2% 8th -0.1pp 14th 15% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.2% 18th +0.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Greenwood, IN 25.5% 3rd +0.5pp 16th 23% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 17th +0.7pp 17th 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 12th +0.7pp 18th 3% below peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 27th +1.2pp 19th 21% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 14th +1.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 15th +1.3pp 21st on par with peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 5th +1.1pp 22nd 22% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 2nd +1.2pp 23rd 24% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 7th +1.3pp 24th 15% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 22nd +1.9pp 25th 7% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 28.8% 10th +1.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 16th +2.4pp 27th on par with peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 30th +3.9pp 28th 42% above peers
Ocala, FL 43.1% 29th +3.8pp 29th 30% above peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 1st +2.6pp 30th 30% below peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 25th +5.5pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.9% then, 5.1% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 5.1%).
5.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Idaho Falls, ID 3.3% 6th -2.8pp 1st 46% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 22nd -3.1pp 2nd 27% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 7th -1.3pp 3rd 42% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 11th -1.4pp 4th 19% below peers
Ocala, FL 8.9% 26th -2.0pp 5th 45% above peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 25th -1.8pp 6th 40% above peers
Commerce City, CO 3.6% 8th -0.7pp 7th 41% below peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 8th 186% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 23rd -1.1pp 9th 35% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 10th 102% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 19th -0.9pp 11th 18% above peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 17th -0.7pp 12th 15% above peers
Conway, AR 5.7% 13th -0.5pp 13th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 29th -0.8pp 14th 102% above peers
Lodi, CA 6.1% 16th -0.4pp 15th on par with peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 15th -0.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 17th 576% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 21st -0.0pp 18th 25% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 18th +0.0pp 19th 18% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 5th +0.0pp 20th 48% below peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 12th +0.2pp 21st 17% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 4th +0.1pp 22nd 56% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 24th +1.5pp 24th 39% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 27th +2.1pp 25th 82% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.5% 9th +0.9pp 26th 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 10th +1.0pp 27th 23% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 1st +0.5pp 28th 74% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 74% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 2.4% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 61% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 20th +4.1pp 31st 25% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 3.4% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 3.4%).
3.4%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 16th -4.9pp 1st on par with peers
Skokie, IL 5.1% 11th -3.1pp 2nd 19% below peers
Greenwood, IN 5.4% 14th -3.2pp 3rd 13% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 20th -2.3pp 4th 22% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 6th -0.9pp 5th 46% below peers
Albany, GA 13.3% 28th -3.1pp 6th 112% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.2% 12th -1.2pp 7th 16% below peers
Commerce City, CO 7.4% 19th -1.4pp 8th 18% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.3% 13th -1.0pp 9th 15% below peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 8th -0.8pp 10th 30% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 11th 53% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.3pp 12th 60% below peers
Ocala, FL 11.8% 26th -1.4pp 13th 88% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 14th 69% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 8.5% 23rd -0.7pp 15th 36% above peers
Conway, AR 7.8% 21st -0.6pp 16th 25% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.3% 30th -1.0pp 17th 177% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 24th -0.5pp 18th 50% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 22nd -0.3pp 19th 26% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 20th 100% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.9% 9th -0.0pp 21st 22% below peers
Lodi, CA 6.7% 17th +0.1pp 22nd 6% above peers
Union City, NJ 23.9% 31st +0.6pp 23rd 281% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.6% 29th +0.7pp 24th 134% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 15th +0.5pp 25th 11% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 18th +0.6pp 26th 11% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 7th +0.4pp 27th 43% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 10th +0.6pp 28th 22% below peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 4th +0.8pp 29th 54% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 10.0% 25th +2.8pp 30th 60% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 2nd +0.8pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

25.2%
20202022
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▸ 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%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 55% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 46% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 3rd 44% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 4th 36% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 5th 35% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 6th 33% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 7th 31% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 8th 28% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 9th 25% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 10th 24% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 11th 20% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 12th 17% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 13th 16% below peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 14th 8% below peers
Commerce City, CO 34.1% 15th 3% below peers
Lodi, CA 35.1% 16th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 17th 1% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 18th 2% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 35.9% 19th 2% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 20th 4% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 21st 5% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 22nd 5% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 37.7% 23rd 7% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 24th 11% above peers
Ocala, FL 39.5% 25th 13% above peers
Conway, AR 40.0% 26th 14% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 27th 16% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 28th 17% above peers
Greenwood, IN 41.0% 29th 17% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 30th 17% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 31st 28% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.2% then, 1.7% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.9% to 1.7%).
1.7%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 2.5% 8th -7.3pp 1st 27% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 75% below peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 19th -3.4pp 3rd 24% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 15th -2.3pp 4th 13% below peers
Commerce City, CO 2.6% 10th -1.7pp 5th 26% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 58% below peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 12th -1.5pp 7th 15% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 20th -1.9pp 8th 28% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 21st -1.4pp 9th 31% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 5th -0.5pp 10th 52% below peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 11th 72% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 4th -0.3pp 12th 57% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 22nd -0.8pp 13th 44% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 25th -1.1pp 14th 111% above peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 14th -0.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 26th -0.0pp 16th 143% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 16th +0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 6th +0.1pp 18th 43% below peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 23rd +0.6pp 19th 47% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 20th 317% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 9th +0.5pp 21st 26% below peers
Lodi, CA 3.0% 13th +0.7pp 22nd 14% below peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 27th +2.5pp 23rd 164% above peers
Conway, AR 5.6% 24th +1.6pp 24th 61% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 25th 23% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 3.8% 17th +1.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 11.7% 29th +5.8pp 27th 236% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 18th +2.3pp 28th 19% above peers
Ocala, FL 9.8% 28th +5.6pp 29th 183% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 30th +9.3pp 30th 284% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 7th +1.5pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (60.6% then, 64.1% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.9% to 64.1%).
64.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 30th +5.9pp 1st 41% below peers
Union City, NJ 28.4% 20th +6.8pp 2nd 15% below peers
Ocala, FL 31.2% 19th +7.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Lodi, CA 24.6% 24th +5.4pp 4th 26% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 31st +2.8pp 5th 53% below peers
Commerce City, CO 25.8% 23rd +3.8pp 6th 23% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 22nd +3.7pp 7th 18% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 13th +6.1pp 8th 35% above peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 10th +6.2pp 9th 61% above peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 12th +4.8pp 10th 35% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 28th +2.0pp 11th 38% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 14th +4.0pp 12th 29% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 17th +2.8pp 13th 2% below peers
Conway, AR 42.6% 15th +2.9pp 14th 28% above peers
Greenwood, IN 33.4% 16th +2.3pp 15th on par with peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 21st +1.8pp 16th 18% below peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 27th +1.3pp 17th 36% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 18th 92% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 5th +3.1pp 19th 97% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 3rd +2.9pp 20th 130% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 9th +2.1pp 21st 68% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 31.7% 18th +1.0pp 22nd 5% below peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 2nd +1.9pp 23rd 131% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 11th +1.1pp 24th 53% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 4th +1.5pp 25th 112% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 8th +1.2pp 26th 73% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 6th +0.7pp 27th 96% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 28th 147% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 29th -0.4pp 29th 39% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 23.6% 25th -1.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.6% then, 46.8% now; margin ±16.8pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 13.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.0% to 46.9%).
46.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Victoria, TX 52.8% 13th +16.8pp 1st 14% above peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 57% above peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 7th +16.7pp 3rd 39% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 17th +7.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 5th +9.8pp 5th 41% above peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 12th +5.2pp 6th 21% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 10th +3.7pp 7th 24% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 8th 46% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 8th +3.6pp 9th 33% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 18th +0.8pp 10th 4% below peers
Greenwood, IN 26.0% 28th +0.4pp 11th 44% below peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 12th 42% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 16th -0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 22nd -0.7pp 14th 20% below peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 2nd -3.4pp 15th 50% above peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 11th -4.7pp 16th 22% above peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 27th -2.5pp 17th 43% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 24th -4.4pp 18th 32% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 25th -4.3pp 19th 34% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 23rd -4.9pp 20th 31% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 6th -15.5pp 21st 41% above peers
Ocala, FL 37.1% 20th -11.2pp 22nd 20% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 9th -18.6pp 23rd 26% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 15th -15.7pp 24th 1% above peers
Commerce City, CO 39.6% 19th -13.7pp 25th 14% below peers
Lodi, CA 25.9% 29th -9.4pp 26th 44% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.3% 26th -10.1pp 27th 41% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 14th -22.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 56% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 25.1% 30th -16.0pp 30th 46% below peers
Conway, AR 37.1% 21st -23.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±14.3pp 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
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.7% then, 2.9% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 2.9%).
2.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 1st -6.6pp 1st 93% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 4th -6.2pp 2nd 68% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 2nd -0.8pp 3rd 89% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 10th -3.0pp 4th 50% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 17th -5.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 7th -2.1pp 6th 55% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 5th -1.6pp 7th 65% below peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 9th -0.8pp 8th 51% below peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 22nd -1.5pp 9th 40% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 9.0% 23rd -1.6pp 10th 52% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 7.6% 21st -0.8pp 11th 29% above peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 19th -0.7pp 12th 11% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 20th -0.6pp 13th 25% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 11th -0.2pp 14th 30% below peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 13th +0.1pp 15th 25% below peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 16th +0.2pp 16th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 25th +1.2pp 17th 64% above peers
Lodi, CA 10.4% 27th +1.5pp 18th 76% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 18th +1.6pp 19th 8% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 20th 180% above peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 15th +1.4pp 21st 15% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 8th +1.0pp 22nd 54% below peers
Ocala, FL 13.2% 29th +6.2pp 23rd 123% above peers
Conway, AR 4.6% 14th +2.4pp 24th 22% below peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 3rd +0.9pp 25th 71% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 6th +1.4pp 26th 57% below peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 24th +5.4pp 27th 62% above peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 26th +6.1pp 28th 74% above peers
Greenwood, IN 4.3% 12th +3.1pp 29th 27% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 28th +9.8pp 30th 100% above peers
Commerce City, CO 14.5% 30th +12.3pp 31st 146% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 11% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60,014 to 66,717 - more than the combined survey margin (±66). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 17% from 2014 to 2024 (56,887 to 66,717).
66,717
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Horizon West, FL 67,416 8th +73% 1st 1% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 67,163 12th +38% 2nd 1% above peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 19th +21% 3rd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 66,445 22nd +18% 4th on par with peers
Greenwood, IN 66,029 27th +14% 5th 1% below peers
Ocala, FL 66,584 18th +12% 6th on par with peers
Novi, MI 66,717 17th +11% 7th on par with peers
Idaho Falls, ID 67,725 1st +10% 8th 1% above peers
Malden, MA 65,906 30th +8% 9th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 28th +7% 10th 1% below peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 2nd +7% 11th 1% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 25th +6% 12th 1% below peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 29th +5% 13th 1% below peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 24th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 26th +3% 15th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 20th +3% 16th on par with peers
Lodi, CA 67,607 6th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Ames, IA 67,669 4th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Conway, AR 67,642 5th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 15th +2% 20th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 9th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 3rd +0% 22nd 1% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 16th -0% 23rd on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 11th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 13th -1% 25th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 31st -2% 26th 2% below peers
Davis, CA 66,978 14th -2% 27th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 21st -3% 28th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 23rd -3% 29th 1% below peers
Albany, GA 67,224 10th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Union City, CA 67,464 7th -10% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±31 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 →

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.2% then, 23.4% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.8% to 23.4%).
23.4%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 10th +1.6pp 1st 9% above peers
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 11th +1.1pp 2nd 7% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 17th +0.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 9th +0.6pp 4th 10% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 7th +0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 2nd +0.1pp 6th 29% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 27.0% 6th -0.2pp 7th 20% above peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 20th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 27th -0.4pp 9th 23% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 16th -0.5pp 10th on par with peers
Conway, AR 20.3% 24th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Ocala, FL 22.1% 19th -0.6pp 12th 2% below peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 15th -0.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 27.8% 5th -1.0pp 14th 24% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 18th -0.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 8th -0.9pp 16th 11% above peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 25th -0.8pp 17th 10% below peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 4th -1.3pp 18th 27% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 26th -1.2pp 19th 19% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 22nd -1.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 1st -2.3pp 21st 35% above peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 21st -1.8pp 22nd 5% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 23rd 50% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 24th 39% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 30th -1.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 28th -1.9pp 26th 25% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 13th -2.7pp 27th 6% above peers
Greenwood, IN 23.5% 14th -2.9pp 28th 4% above peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 23rd -2.8pp 29th 7% below peers
Commerce City, CO 28.6% 3rd -4.4pp 30th 27% above peers
Lodi, CA 24.1% 12th -3.7pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.1% then, 16.8% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 16.8%).
16.8%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 18th +11.3pp 1st 3% below peers
Maricopa, AZ 26.6% 16th +8.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Commerce City, CO 28.9% 12th +8.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 17th +6.2pp 4th on par with peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 25th +2.8pp 5th 37% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 2nd +8.0pp 6th 88% above peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 3rd +7.5pp 7th 88% above peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 27th +1.0pp 8th 38% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 15th +1.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 22nd +1.2pp 10th 21% below peers
Ocala, FL 44.0% 4th +2.0pp 11th 66% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 11th +1.0pp 12th 19% above peers
Idaho Falls, ID 25.6% 19th +0.7pp 13th 4% below peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 1st +1.8pp 14th 169% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 7th +0.5pp 15th 38% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 9th +0.1pp 16th 27% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 21st -0.3pp 17th 17% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 29th -0.2pp 18th 52% below peers
Conway, AR 32.5% 10th -0.7pp 19th 22% above peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 5th -1.3pp 20th 53% above peers
Lodi, CA 27.2% 14th -1.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 6th -2.7pp 22nd 50% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 20th -2.0pp 23rd 16% below peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 24th 33% above peers
Greenwood, IN 28.7% 13th -2.9pp 25th 8% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 26th 48% below peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 23rd -2.4pp 27th 22% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 30th -1.6pp 28th 53% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 24th -3.4pp 29th 32% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 26th -4.5pp 30th 38% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 31st -2.7pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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4 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.3% then, 64.9% now; margin ±12.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.2% to 64.9%).
64.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Union City, CA 78.1% 2nd +14.3pp 1st 13% above peers
Conway, AR 76.4% 3rd +10.5pp 2nd 11% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 14th +9.2pp 3rd 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 24th +7.9pp 4th 9% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 18th +7.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 25th +6.6pp 6th 12% below peers
Lodi, CA 62.8% 23rd +6.5pp 7th 9% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 22nd +6.1pp 8th 6% below peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 16th +6.5pp 9th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 26th +4.5pp 10th 13% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 9th +5.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 4th +5.3pp 12th 7% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 5th +4.8pp 13th 7% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 19th +4.0pp 14th 2% below peers
Greenwood, IN 69.7% 15th +1.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Commerce City, CO 67.3% 20th +0.7pp 16th 2% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 21st +0.6pp 17th 6% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 18th 19% above peers
Ocala, FL 70.4% 13th -1.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 7th -1.5pp 20th 6% above peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 12th -1.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 11th -2.2pp 22nd 3% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 29th -1.8pp 23rd 18% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 17th -2.7pp 24th 1% below peers
Idaho Falls, ID 53.8% 31st -2.2pp 25th 22% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 10th -3.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 8th -6.4pp 27th 6% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 6th -7.2pp 28th 6% above peers
Maricopa, AZ 54.8% 30th -9.2pp 29th 20% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 28th -11.3pp 30th 16% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 27th -11.7pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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