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Novi, MI

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67,319 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 10 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 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
1 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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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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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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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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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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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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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.1%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
4.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 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
3.8%
Jul 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
3.6% a year earlier
Worsening recently Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
110 /100k
Jul 2026
▲ 14%
relative change
97 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way  
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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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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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Property crime
Property crime rate
527 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 5%
relative change
554 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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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 moves & big gaps 2 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
66,717
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
60,014 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
16.8%
2020-24
low
vs peers
14.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 14% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 110 in July 2026, up from 97 a year earlier.
Needs attention 110 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Malden, MA 169 (Jul 26) -35.3% 1st
Palo Alto, CA 133 (Jul 26) -29.7% 2nd
Alpharetta, GA 197 (Jul 26) -25.0% 3rd
Brentwood, CA 182 (Jul 26) -15.4% 4th
Skokie, IL 129 (Jul 26) -14.9% 5th
Albany, GA 898 (Jul 26) -11.9% 6th
Eagan, MN 112 (Jul 26) -9.6% 7th
Pflugerville, TX 168 (Jul 26) -8.0% 8th
Cheyenne, WY 269 (Jul 26) -6.8% 9th
Ames, IA 119 (Jul 26) -5.8% 10th
Haverhill, MA 341 (Jul 26) -4.5% 11th
Janesville, WI 120 (Jul 26) -3.6% 12th
Waterloo, IA 450 (Jul 26) -2.0% 13th
Victoria, TX 377 (Jul 26) +1.2% 14th
Redondo Beach, CA 236 (Jul 26) +2.6% 15th
Rowlett, TX 161 (Jul 26) +2.8% 16th
Oshkosh, WI 277 (Jul 26) +9.4% 17th
Novi, MI 110 (Jul 26) +13.8% 18th
Decatur, IL 725 (Jul 26) +21.5% 19th
Westfield, IN 68 (Jul 26) +55.2% 20th
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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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 10% lower than in 2021 (566 then, 512 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 915 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 527 in July 2026, down from 554 a year earlier.
Needs attention 527 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Ames, IA 1,017 (Jul 26) -32.6% 1st
Malden, MA 930 (Jul 26) -31.4% 2nd
Brentwood, CA 1,362 (Jul 26) -30.4% 3rd
Janesville, WI 1,427 (Jul 26) -20.9% 4th
Redondo Beach, CA 1,980 (Jul 26) -19.4% 5th
Westfield, IN 429 (Jul 26) -15.0% 6th
Cheyenne, WY 2,288 (Jul 26) -14.7% 7th
Pflugerville, TX 1,297 (Jul 26) -14.5% 8th
Haverhill, MA 676 (Jul 26) -12.7% 9th
Alpharetta, GA 907 (Jul 26) -11.0% 10th
Palo Alto, CA 2,491 (Jul 26) -10.9% 11th
Skokie, IL 2,302 (Jul 26) -7.8% 12th
Decatur, IL 2,581 (Jul 26) -5.9% 13th
Novi, MI 527 (Jul 26) -4.8% 14th
Eagan, MN 1,360 (Jul 26) -4.3% 15th
Waterloo, IA 2,463 (Jul 26) -2.9% 16th
Victoria, TX 1,786 (Jul 26) -2.6% 17th
Rowlett, TX 1,200 (Jul 26) -1.3% 18th
Albany, GA 3,711 (Jul 26) +1.3% 19th
Oshkosh, WI 1,430 (Jul 26) +6.2% 20th
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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 →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 0 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 0 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 0 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Novi, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Janesville, WI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Alpharetta, GA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Oshkosh, WI 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 4th
Pflugerville, TX 3 (Jul 26) -33.3% 5th
Victoria, TX 8 (Jul 26) -28.6% 6th
Waterloo, IA 6 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Albany, GA 30 (Jul 26) +33.3% 8th
Ames, IA 3 (Jul 26) +99.3% 9th
Decatur, IL 16 (Jul 26) +266.5% 10th
Redondo Beach, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Eagan, MN 0 (Jul 26)
Palo Alto, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Rowlett, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Brentwood, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Skokie, IL 2 (Jul 26)
Cheyenne, WY 5 (Jul 26)
Malden, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Haverhill, MA 0 (Jul 26)
Westfield, IN 3 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 40% lower than in 2021 (62 then, 37 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 112 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 21% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 37 in July 2026, down from 53 a year earlier.
37 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Malden, MA 84 (Jul 26) -59.1% 1st
Ames, IA 53 (Jul 26) -55.0% 2nd
Janesville, WI 37 (Jul 26) -51.9% 3rd
Eagan, MN 30 (Jul 26) -48.7% 4th
Palo Alto, CA 70 (Jul 26) -47.8% 5th
Brentwood, CA 123 (Jul 26) -43.1% 6th
Rowlett, TX 56 (Jul 26) -38.7% 7th
Alpharetta, GA 33 (Jul 26) -31.3% 8th
Novi, MI 37 (Jul 26) -30.6% 9th
Skokie, IL 149 (Jul 26) -28.8% 10th
Redondo Beach, CA 195 (Jul 26) -27.2% 11th
Cheyenne, WY 158 (Jul 26) -18.6% 12th
Pflugerville, TX 113 (Jul 26) -14.4% 13th
Decatur, IL 298 (Jul 26) -6.9% 14th
Oshkosh, WI 58 (Jul 26) -4.9% 15th
Haverhill, MA 51 (Jul 26) -2.8% 16th
Albany, GA 326 (Jul 26) +0.0% 17th
Victoria, TX 108 (Jul 26) +7.5% 18th
Waterloo, IA 303 (Jul 26) +16.7% 19th
Westfield, IN 29 (Jul 26) +18.8% 20th
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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 →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Novi started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($80,299 to $110,723).
Bright spot $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 16th +52% 1st on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA $231,101 1st +46% 2nd 130% above peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 20th +43% 3rd 26% below peers
Sanford, FL $66,891 23rd +42% 4th 34% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 25th +37% 5th 37% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $113,648 10th +36% 6th 13% above peers
Madison, AL $134,655 5th +36% 7th 34% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $150,245 2nd +32% 8th 49% above peers
Union City, NJ $64,310 24th +31% 9th 36% below peers
Brentwood, CA $142,494 4th +31% 10th 42% above peers
South Hill, WA $113,130 11th +31% 11th 12% above peers
Skokie, IL $95,337 17th +31% 12th 5% below peers
Janesville, WI $73,446 21st +30% 13th 27% below peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 12th +30% 14th 12% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $147,612 3rd +30% 15th 47% above peers
Horizon West, FL $127,335 7th +30% 16th 27% above peers
Albany, GA $47,240 30th +29% 17th 53% below peers
Haverhill, MA $88,326 18th +27% 18th 12% below peers
Ames, IA $60,991 27th +27% 19th 39% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $117,799 9th +26% 20th 17% above peers
Westfield, IN $122,789 8th +25% 21st 22% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 22nd +24% 22nd 33% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $62,188 26th +22% 23rd 38% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $78,839 19th +22% 24th 22% below peers
Waterloo, IA $57,480 28th +21% 25th 43% below peers
Gary, IN $38,731 31st +21% 26th 62% below peers
Decatur, IL $51,592 29th +21% 27th 49% below peers
Rockville, MD $128,649 6th +21% 28th 28% above peers
Eagan, MN $108,690 15th +20% 29th 8% above peers
Novi, MI $110,723 14th +13% 30th 10% above peers
Rowlett, TX $112,081 13th +11% 31st 11% 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

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. 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 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA 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 recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment rose 0.2 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.8% in July 2026, up from 3.6% a year earlier.
Needs attention 3.8%
1990July 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 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Gary, IN 7.6% (Jul 26) 28th -1.6pp 1st 69% above peers
Union City, NJ 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -1.3pp 2nd 2% above peers
Decatur, IL 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th -1.2pp 3rd 27% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.8pp 4th on par with peers
Redondo Beach, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.7pp 5th 4% above peers
Albany, GA 4.8% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.6pp 6th 7% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 7th 16% below peers
Brentwood, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 24th -0.4pp 8th 11% above peers
Westfield, IN 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 9th 36% below peers
Malden, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.2pp 10th on par with peers
Palo Alto, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 11th 13% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 2.6% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 12th 42% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 2.6% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.2pp 13th 42% below peers
Ames, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 14th 18% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA 5.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.0pp 16th 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th +0.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Novi, MI 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th +0.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Janesville, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 20th 22% below peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Skokie, IL 4.9% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 22nd 9% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 4.3% (Jul 26) 13th +0.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Port Orange, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.4pp 24th 4% above peers
Eagan, MN 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 25th 9% below peers
Sanford, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.5pp 26th 4% above peers
Madison, AL 2.9% (Jul 26) 4th +0.6pp 27th 36% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.0% (Jul 26) 26th +0.7pp 28th 11% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

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).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 5.4%).
Bright spot 5.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 1st -3.8pp 1st 60% below peers
Westfield, IN 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 2nd 59% below peers
Sanford, FL 11.9% 23rd -7.2pp 3rd 35% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 9.6% 18th -4.2pp 4th 9% above peers
Malden, MA 11.4% 22nd -4.1pp 5th 29% above peers
Port Orange, FL 11.0% 20th -3.9pp 6th 24% above peers
Madison, AL 4.3% 3rd -1.3pp 7th 52% below peers
Janesville, WI 9.0% 17th -2.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 8.7% 15th -1.6pp 9th 1% below peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 12th -1.1pp 10th 18% below peers
Decatur, IL 19.4% 27th -2.7pp 11th 119% above peers
Albany, GA 27.5% 30th -3.3pp 12th 211% above peers
Haverhill, MA 11.3% 21st -1.2pp 13th 28% above peers
Ames, IA 25.4% 29th -2.6pp 14th 188% above peers
Waterloo, IA 16.6% 24th -0.9pp 15th 87% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.1% 10th -0.2pp 16th 31% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 6.0% 8th -0.1pp 17th 32% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.5% 25th +0.4pp 18th 98% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.6% 6th +0.2pp 19th 37% below peers
Skokie, IL 9.7% 19th +0.3pp 20th 10% above peers
Victoria, TX 18.4% 26th +0.9pp 21st 108% above peers
Eagan, MN 5.9% 7th +0.3pp 22nd 33% below peers
Gary, IN 33.1% 31st +2.5pp 23rd 275% above peers
South Hill, WA 7.2% 11th +0.7pp 24th 19% below peers
Shoreline, WA 8.8% 16th +1.2pp 25th on par with peers
Union City, NJ 23.1% 28th +3.5pp 26th 161% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.1% 9th +1.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.6% 13th +1.3pp 28th 14% below peers
Novi, MI 5.4% 4th +1.4pp 29th 39% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 5.4% 5th +1.5pp 30th 39% below peers
Brentwood, CA 8.3% 14th +2.5pp 31st 6% 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 7.6%).
Needs attention 7.6%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Westfield, IN 2.2% 1st -6.7pp 1st 78% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 3.6% 4th -6.2pp 2nd 63% below peers
Madison, AL 3.4% 3rd -4.6pp 3rd 65% below peers
Sanford, FL 14.8% 23rd -15.1pp 4th 52% above peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 19th -6.8pp 5th 31% above peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 20th -5.7pp 6th 36% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.0% 14th -3.7pp 7th 8% below peers
Haverhill, MA 14.9% 24th -5.9pp 8th 53% above peers
Janesville, WI 11.7% 18th -4.6pp 9th 21% above peers
Horizon West, FL 7.3% 9th -2.8pp 10th 25% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 22nd -5.5pp 11th 48% above peers
Decatur, IL 28.1% 28th -5.7pp 12th 190% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 6.2% 7th -1.2pp 13th 36% below peers
Eagan, MN 6.0% 6th -1.0pp 14th 38% below peers
Waterloo, IA 22.6% 26th -3.2pp 15th 132% above peers
Albany, GA 38.8% 30th -5.1pp 16th 300% above peers
Rowlett, TX 8.0% 13th -0.9pp 17th 17% below peers
South Hill, WA 9.3% 15th -0.8pp 18th 5% below peers
Skokie, IL 11.4% 17th -0.8pp 19th 17% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 27th +0.2pp 20th 146% above peers
Gary, IN 53.1% 31st +3.6pp 21st 447% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 7.4% 10th +0.5pp 22nd 24% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.8% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 71% below peers
Union City, NJ 30.5% 29th +2.9pp 24th 214% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 20.9% 25th +2.9pp 25th 115% above peers
Brentwood, CA 9.7% 16th +1.5pp 26th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 11th +1.3pp 27th 24% below peers
Rockville, MD 5.8% 5th +1.3pp 28th 40% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 7.2% 8th +2.1pp 29th 26% below peers
Ames, IA 13.3% 21st +4.7pp 30th 37% above peers
Novi, MI 7.6% 12th +4.7pp 31st 22% 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

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).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Novi started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 7.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.5% to 96.8%).
Bright spot 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%
Gary, IN 82.3% 28th +17.4pp 1st 13% below peers
Decatur, IL 88.5% 25th +12.8pp 2nd 6% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 29th +9.5pp 3rd 13% below peers
Haverhill, MA 93.4% 18th +10.0pp 4th 1% below peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 19th +9.9pp 5th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 92.2% 20th +9.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Waterloo, IA 87.5% 26th +8.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Albany, GA 80.6% 30th +7.9pp 8th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 91.3% 24th +8.6pp 9th 3% below peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 15th +8.6pp 10th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 22nd +8.3pp 11th 3% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 91.6% 21st +8.2pp 12th 3% below peers
Skokie, IL 94.2% 16th +7.1pp 13th on par with peers
Cheyenne, WY 91.5% 23rd +6.0pp 14th 3% below peers
Union City, NJ 85.2% 27th +4.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Novi, MI 96.8% 9th +4.5pp 16th 3% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 98.4% 1st +4.5pp 17th 4% above peers
South Hill, WA 97.3% 4th +4.3pp 18th 3% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 17th +3.8pp 19th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 97.0% 8th +3.8pp 20th 3% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 96.7% 10th +3.4pp 21st 3% above peers
Madison, AL 95.7% 12th +2.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Eagan, MN 95.0% 14th +2.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Rowlett, TX 98.1% 2nd +2.9pp 24th 4% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 96.2% 11th +2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Westfield, IN 97.3% 5th +2.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 97.1% 6th +2.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Rockville, MD 95.3% 13th +2.3pp 28th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 97.4% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Horizon West, FL 97.1% 7th +1.6pp 30th 3% 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 0.45
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Sanford, FL 0.40 7th -0.062 1st 6% below peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 19th -0.044 2nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 15th -0.040 3rd on par with peers
Madison, AL 0.38 5th -0.030 4th 11% below peers
Waterloo, IA 0.44 20th -0.024 5th 3% above peers
Janesville, WI 0.39 6th -0.019 6th 9% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 11th -0.019 7th 3% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 0.35 2nd -0.016 8th 19% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 0.49 30th -0.020 9th 15% above peers
Skokie, IL 0.45 22nd -0.018 10th 4% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 0.42 13th -0.016 11th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 0.48 28th -0.013 12th 13% above peers
Decatur, IL 0.47 27th -0.011 13th 10% above peers
Albany, GA 0.47 26th -0.010 14th 9% above peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 12th -0.008 15th 2% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.41 10th -0.007 16th 3% below peers
Novi, MI 0.45 24th +0.007 17th 6% above peers
South Hill, WA 0.38 3rd +0.006 18th 12% below peers
Haverhill, MA 0.43 18th +0.007 19th 1% above peers
Rockville, MD 0.43 17th +0.007 20th on par with peers
Horizon West, FL 0.42 14th +0.010 21st 1% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 0.41 9th +0.010 22nd 4% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 0.46 25th +0.015 23rd 8% above peers
Union City, NJ 0.48 29th +0.017 24th 13% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 0.45 21st +0.016 25th 4% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.41 8th +0.016 26th 4% below peers
Gary, IN 0.51 31st +0.024 27th 19% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 23rd +0.022 28th 5% above peers
Rowlett, TX 0.38 4th +0.022 29th 12% below peers
Westfield, IN 0.43 16th +0.032 30th on par with peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.33 1st +0.046 31st 24% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

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.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.9% to 5.2%).
Needs attention 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 72% below peers
Westfield, IN 2.4% 2nd -1.1pp 2nd 69% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 4.8% 9th -2.2pp 3rd 38% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.3% 4th -1.4pp 4th 57% below peers
Ames, IA 4.3% 7th -1.2pp 5th 45% below peers
Janesville, WI 12.8% 22nd -2.4pp 6th 66% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 16th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 16.0% 25th -2.1pp 8th 108% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 20th -1.0pp 9th 52% above peers
South Hill, WA 8.7% 17th -0.7pp 10th 12% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 10.8% 19th -0.7pp 11th 40% above peers
Gary, IN 29.1% 30th -1.4pp 12th 277% above peers
Madison, AL 4.6% 8th -0.2pp 13th 40% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.8% 28th -0.9pp 14th 195% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 18th -0.2pp 15th 19% above peers
Sanford, FL 16.9% 26th -0.1pp 16th 119% above peers
Rowlett, TX 6.4% 13th +0.1pp 17th 17% below peers
Albany, GA 32.0% 31st +2.4pp 18th 314% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 23rd +1.1pp 19th 90% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 5.9% 12th +0.6pp 20th 23% below peers
Rockville, MD 7.0% 15th +0.7pp 21st 9% below peers
Decatur, IL 24.6% 29th +2.8pp 22nd 219% above peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 24th +2.3pp 23rd 106% above peers
Haverhill, MA 20.9% 27th +3.6pp 24th 171% above peers
Skokie, IL 12.6% 21st +2.6pp 25th 63% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.8% 11th +1.2pp 26th 25% below peers
Novi, MI 5.2% 10th +1.5pp 27th 33% below peers
Brentwood, CA 6.6% 14th +2.1pp 28th 14% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 4.1% 6th +1.4pp 29th 47% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.6% 3rd +1.1pp 30th 66% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.6% 5th +2.0pp 31st 53% 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±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 →
What changed

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $470,805 in August 2026, up from $457,271 a year earlier.
$470,805
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $266,292 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Skokie, IL $433,130 (Aug 26) 13th +7.7% 1st 10% above peers
Janesville, WI $298,166 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.6% 2nd 24% below peers
Oshkosh, WI $260,641 (Aug 26) 24th +5.6% 3rd 34% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $3,563,763 (Aug 26) 1st +5.5% 4th 809% above peers
Union City, NJ $563,754 (Aug 26) 8th +5.3% 5th 44% above peers
Decatur, IL $107,246 (Aug 26) 28th +4.9% 6th 73% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $392,134 (Aug 26) 15th +3.5% 7th on par with peers
Westfield, IN $473,286 (Aug 26) 11th +3.2% 8th 21% above peers
Novi, MI $470,805 (Aug 26) 12th +3.0% 9th 20% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,473,182 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 10th 276% above peers
Ames, IA $303,902 (Aug 26) 21st +2.8% 11th 23% below peers
Haverhill, MA $548,436 (Aug 26) 9th +2.2% 12th 40% above peers
Albany, GA $133,518 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 13th 66% below peers
Malden, MA $674,568 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 14th 72% above peers
Eagan, MN $401,493 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 15th 2% above peers
Victoria, TX $218,636 (Aug 26) 25th +0.9% 16th 44% below peers
Madison, AL $376,375 (Aug 26) 16th +0.9% 17th 4% below peers
Waterloo, IA $147,780 (Aug 26) 26th +0.2% 18th 62% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $504,093 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 19th 29% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $716,629 (Aug 26) 5th -0.2% 20th 83% above peers
Rockville, MD $608,002 (Aug 26) 7th -0.4% 21st 55% above peers
Brentwood, CA $785,641 (Aug 26) 3rd -1.3% 22nd 100% above peers
Gary, IN $92,352 (Aug 26) 29th -1.3% 23rd 76% below peers
Sanford, FL $340,196 (Aug 26) 19th -2.1% 24th 13% below peers
Port Orange, FL $337,510 (Aug 26) 20th -2.4% 25th 14% below peers
Shoreline, WA $785,498 (Aug 26) 4th -2.4% 26th 100% above peers
Rowlett, TX $364,063 (Aug 26) 18th -2.8% 27th 7% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $267,275 (Aug 26) 23rd -4.6% 28th 32% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $366,482 (Aug 26) 17th -4.9% 29th 7% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $295,476 in August 2026, up from $289,762 a year earlier.
$295,476
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Gary, IN $59,218 (Aug 26) 28th +10.2% 1st 80% below peers
Skokie, IL $308,412 (Aug 26) 12th +7.3% 2nd 4% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $191,451 (Aug 26) 23rd +7.3% 3rd 35% below peers
Janesville, WI $222,300 (Aug 26) 21st +6.4% 4th 25% below peers
Cheyenne, WY $303,416 (Aug 26) 14th +5.3% 5th 3% above peers
Albany, GA $61,850 (Aug 26) 27th +4.8% 6th 79% below peers
Palo Alto, CA $2,182,270 (Aug 26) 1st +4.7% 7th 639% above peers
Decatur, IL $45,966 (Aug 26) 29th +4.1% 8th 84% below peers
Ames, IA $205,525 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.3% 9th 30% below peers
Westfield, IN $347,187 (Aug 26) 11th +3.0% 10th 18% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA $1,075,662 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 11th 264% above peers
Union City, NJ $360,334 (Aug 26) 10th +2.4% 12th 22% above peers
Haverhill, MA $417,611 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 13th 41% above peers
Novi, MI $295,476 (Aug 26) 15th +2.0% 14th on par with peers
Malden, MA $499,623 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 15th 69% above peers
Madison, AL $271,231 (Aug 26) 17th +1.5% 16th 8% below peers
Victoria, TX $122,022 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 17th 59% below peers
Eagan, MN $265,753 (Aug 26) 18th +0.5% 18th 10% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $413,350 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 19th 40% above peers
Waterloo, IA $82,150 (Aug 26) 26th -0.5% 20th 72% below peers
Alpharetta, GA $474,353 (Aug 26) 6th -1.2% 21st 61% above peers
Shoreline, WA $600,193 (Aug 26) 4th -1.7% 22nd 103% above peers
Brentwood, CA $632,015 (Aug 26) 3rd -2.0% 23rd 114% above peers
Port Orange, FL $246,084 (Aug 26) 19th -2.1% 24th 17% below peers
Sanford, FL $237,760 (Aug 26) 20th -2.6% 25th 20% below peers
Rockville, MD $361,472 (Aug 26) 9th -2.6% 26th 22% above peers
Rowlett, TX $293,617 (Aug 26) 16th -3.5% 27th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $304,395 (Aug 26) 13th -5.1% 28th 3% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $179,507 (Aug 26) 24th -5.7% 29th 39% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
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%
Haverhill, MA 62.8% 19th +5.7pp 1st 4% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 2nd +7.4pp 2nd 27% above peers
Brentwood, CA 82.2% 3rd +5.1pp 3rd 25% above peers
Skokie, IL 74.7% 7th +4.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 5th +3.2pp 5th 15% above peers
Madison, AL 74.0% 8th +3.1pp 6th 13% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.0% 26th +2.1pp 7th 21% below peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 14th +2.6pp 8th 1% above peers
Ames, IA 42.1% 28th +1.4pp 9th 36% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 53.4% 24th +1.4pp 10th 19% below peers
Decatur, IL 62.9% 18th +1.5pp 11th 4% below peers
Janesville, WI 67.3% 12th +1.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Waterloo, IA 62.1% 20th +1.2pp 13th 6% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 67.1% 13th +1.2pp 14th 2% above peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 29th +0.3pp 15th 37% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 54.6% 23rd +0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 55.0% 22nd -0.0pp 17th 16% below peers
Novi, MI 66.3% 15th -0.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 65.1% 17th -1.3pp 19th 1% below peers
Horizon West, FL 65.7% 16th -1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Westfield, IN 79.5% 4th -1.8pp 21st 21% above peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 21st -1.6pp 22nd 12% below peers
Eagan, MN 67.7% 11th -2.0pp 23rd 3% above peers
Gary, IN 49.0% 27th -1.5pp 24th 25% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 84.7% 1st -2.8pp 25th 29% above peers
South Hill, WA 70.5% 9th -3.6pp 26th 7% above peers
Rockville, MD 52.6% 25th -2.8pp 27th 20% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 69.9% 10th -4.6pp 28th 6% above peers
Albany, GA 37.7% 30th -2.6pp 29th 43% below peers
Union City, NJ 19.1% 31st -1.7pp 30th 71% below peers
Rowlett, TX 75.2% 6th -10.7pp 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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▸ 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 →
What changed

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 75% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,931 in August 2026, up from $1,891 a year earlier.
$1,931
2021August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Palo Alto, CA $4,678 (Aug 26) 1st +8.3% 1st 164% above peers
Janesville, WI $1,211 (Aug 26) 24th +6.4% 2nd 32% below peers
Skokie, IL $2,361 (Aug 26) 7th +6.0% 3rd 33% above peers
Cheyenne, WY $1,532 (Aug 26) 20th +5.8% 4th 13% below peers
Gary, IN $1,363 (Aug 26) 22nd +5.5% 5th 23% below peers
Waterloo, IA $945 (Aug 26) 29th +5.1% 6th 47% below peers
Victoria, TX $1,193 (Aug 26) 25th +4.8% 7th 33% below peers
Westfield, IN $1,928 (Aug 26) 13th +4.3% 8th 9% above peers
Union City, NJ $2,396 (Aug 26) 6th +4.2% 9th 35% above peers
Brentwood, CA $3,406 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 10th 92% above peers
Oshkosh, WI $1,246 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.2% 11th 30% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT $2,236 (Aug 26) 9th +2.9% 12th 26% above peers
Albany, GA $1,008 (Aug 26) 28th +2.5% 13th 43% below peers
Decatur, IL $1,067 (Aug 26) 27th +2.4% 14th 40% below peers
Ames, IA $1,193 (Aug 26) 26th +2.3% 15th 33% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA $3,521 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.1% 16th 99% above peers
Novi, MI $1,931 (Aug 26) 12th +2.1% 17th 9% above peers
Eagan, MN $1,702 (Aug 26) 17th +2.1% 18th 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA $2,003 (Aug 26) 11th +1.8% 19th 13% above peers
Sanford, FL $1,836 (Aug 26) 14th +1.8% 20th 4% above peers
Malden, MA $2,895 (Aug 26) 4th +1.8% 21st 64% above peers
Madison, AL $1,411 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 22nd 20% below peers
Port Orange, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 23rd 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX $1,639 (Aug 26) 18th -0.1% 24th 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA $2,305 (Aug 26) 8th -0.1% 25th 30% above peers
Alpharetta, GA $2,137 (Aug 26) 10th -0.1% 26th 21% above peers
Rockville, MD $2,405 (Aug 26) 5th -0.4% 27th 36% above peers
Rowlett, TX $1,586 (Aug 26) 19th -1.9% 28th 10% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,770 (Aug 26) 15th -2.0% 29th on par with peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

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

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.1% to 25.2%).
Bright spot 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 53% above peers
Ames, IA 35.5% 22nd -4.2pp 2nd 7% above peers
Decatur, IL 26.2% 7th -3.0pp 3rd 21% below peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 28th -3.6pp 4th 23% above peers
Skokie, IL 34.8% 21st -3.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Brentwood, CA 38.1% 25th -2.6pp 6th 15% above peers
Janesville, WI 25.6% 5th -1.5pp 7th 22% below peers
Waterloo, IA 28.1% 8th -0.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 31.4% 13th -0.7pp 9th 5% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 28.5% 11th -0.5pp 10th 14% below peers
Albany, GA 39.8% 26th -0.6pp 11th 21% above peers
Rockville, MD 34.6% 20th -0.5pp 12th 5% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 18th +0.7pp 13th 3% above peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 24th +0.9pp 14th 12% above peers
Haverhill, MA 40.1% 27th +1.2pp 15th 21% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 32.6% 14th +1.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 16th +1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Redondo Beach, CA 36.8% 23rd +1.6pp 18th 11% above peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 19th +1.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 25.9% 6th +1.1pp 20th 22% below peers
Sanford, FL 41.1% 29th +1.8pp 21st 25% above peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 4th +1.2pp 22nd 24% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 28.1% 10th +1.3pp 23rd 15% below peers
Westfield, IN 24.4% 2nd +1.2pp 24th 26% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 28.1% 9th +1.5pp 25th 15% below peers
Eagan, MN 24.8% 3rd +2.1pp 26th 25% below peers
Gary, IN 42.8% 30th +3.7pp 27th 30% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 31.3% 12th +3.0pp 28th 5% below peers
South Hill, WA 33.6% 17th +3.5pp 29th 2% above peers
Madison, AL 18.9% 1st +2.9pp 30th 43% below peers
Rowlett, TX 33.0% 15th +8.6pp 31st on par with 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 →
  • 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 5.1%).
Bright spot 5.1%
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 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 7th -2.1pp 1st 56% below peers
Waterloo, IA 7.8% 23rd -3.1pp 2nd 15% above peers
Westfield, IN 1.9% 3rd -0.7pp 3rd 71% below peers
Gary, IN 13.6% 29th -4.0pp 4th 102% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 12th -1.4pp 5th 26% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.7% 16th -1.5pp 6th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 8.6% 25th -1.8pp 7th 27% above peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 30th -2.4pp 8th 160% above peers
Albany, GA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 9th 84% above peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 20th -0.9pp 10th 8% above peers
Madison, AL 2.0% 4th -0.2pp 11th 70% below peers
Skokie, IL 7.0% 17th -0.7pp 12th 4% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 5.8% 14th -0.4pp 13th 14% below peers
Janesville, WI 5.9% 15th -0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Union City, NJ 41.3% 31st -0.3pp 15th 516% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 7.7% 22nd -0.0pp 16th 14% above peers
Ames, IA 7.2% 19th +0.0pp 17th 7% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 0.7% 1st +0.0pp 18th 90% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 3.2% 8th +0.0pp 19th 53% below peers
Decatur, IL 12.1% 27th +0.2pp 20th 81% above peers
Novi, MI 5.1% 13th +0.2pp 21st 24% below peers
Brentwood, CA 3.5% 10th +0.1pp 22nd 47% below peers
South Hill, WA 2.8% 6th +0.2pp 23rd 59% below peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 18th +0.4pp 24th 5% above peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 11th +0.3pp 25th 45% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 8.5% 24th +1.5pp 26th 26% above peers
Rockville, MD 11.1% 26th +2.1pp 27th 65% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.4% 9th +0.8pp 28th 50% below peers
Horizon West, FL 1.6% 2nd +0.5pp 29th 76% below peers
Rowlett, TX 2.4% 5th +1.1pp 30th 64% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 7.6% 21st +4.1pp 31st 14% 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 3.4%).
Bright spot 3.4%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Horizon West, FL 6.3% 19th -4.9pp 1st 17% above peers
Skokie, IL 5.1% 14th -3.1pp 2nd 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 3.8% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 30% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.8% 11th -1.7pp 4th 10% below peers
Gary, IN 8.2% 22nd -2.7pp 5th 52% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.7% 20th -2.0pp 6th 25% above peers
Novi, MI 3.4% 4th -0.9pp 7th 36% below peers
Albany, GA 13.6% 29th -3.2pp 8th 154% above peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 23rd -1.9pp 9th 55% above peers
Rockville, MD 5.3% 16th -1.2pp 10th on par with peers
Sanford, FL 12.4% 27th -2.6pp 11th 132% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 5.4% 17th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Ames, IA 4.4% 9th -0.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Decatur, IL 4.7% 10th -0.7pp 14th 12% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.2pp 15th 64% below peers
Madison, AL 3.9% 8th -0.4pp 16th 27% below peers
Brentwood, CA 2.1% 2nd -0.2pp 17th 60% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 9.4% 24th -0.5pp 18th 77% above peers
Victoria, TX 17.6% 30th -1.0pp 19th 229% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 5.1% 15th -0.1pp 20th 4% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.6% 28th -0.3pp 21st 136% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 38% below peers
Eagan, MN 3.7% 6th +0.1pp 23rd 30% below peers
Union City, NJ 24.0% 31st +0.6pp 24th 348% above peers
Rowlett, TX 12.4% 26th +0.6pp 25th 131% above peers
Janesville, WI 5.6% 18th +0.4pp 26th 5% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.0% 21st +0.6pp 27th 32% above peers
Haverhill, MA 3.6% 5th +0.4pp 28th 32% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 12th +0.6pp 29th 9% below peers
South Hill, WA 5.1% 13th +1.0pp 30th 4% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 9.5% 25th +2.8pp 31st 77% 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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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

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

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%
Palo Alto, CA 19.8% 1st 38% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 21.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Rockville, MD 22.5% 3rd 30% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.4% 4th 27% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 5th 26% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 6th 25% below peers
Novi, MI 25.2% 7th 21% below peers
Skokie, IL 26.6% 8th 17% below peers
Horizon West, FL 28.2% 9th 12% below peers
Brentwood, CA 29.1% 10th 9% below peers
Westfield, IN 29.3% 11th 9% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 29.6% 12th 8% below peers
Madison, AL 31.6% 13th 2% below peers
Rowlett, TX 31.7% 14th 1% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 31.8% 15th 1% below peers
Eagan, MN 32.1% 16th on par with peers
Haverhill, MA 32.4% 17th 1% above peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 18th 1% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 19th 4% above peers
Sanford, FL 34.5% 20th 7% above peers
South Hill, WA 35.6% 21st 11% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 22nd 11% above peers
Ames, IA 35.7% 23rd 11% above peers
Union City, NJ 36.6% 24th 14% above peers
Janesville, WI 36.9% 25th 15% above peers
Decatur, IL 38.6% 26th 20% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 27th 26% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 41.0% 28th 28% above peers
Waterloo, IA 41.1% 29th 28% above peers
Albany, GA 45.1% 30th 40% above peers
Gary, IN 49.8% 31st 55% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

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

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.9% to 1.7%).
Bright spot 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% 14th -7.3pp 1st 16% below peers
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 11th -4.3pp 2nd 21% below peers
Decatur, IL 1.7% 7th -1.7pp 3rd 42% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 3.0% 17th -2.3pp 4th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 5th -0.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 52% below peers
Sanford, FL 6.0% 25th -3.2pp 7th 99% above peers
Rockville, MD 3.0% 15th -1.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 5.6% 24th -2.1pp 9th 87% above peers
Brentwood, CA 0.9% 1st -0.3pp 10th 70% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.2% 21st -1.5pp 11th 41% above peers
Waterloo, IA 4.6% 22nd -1.4pp 12th 51% above peers
Novi, MI 1.7% 6th -0.5pp 13th 45% below peers
Rowlett, TX 9.8% 29th -2.6pp 14th 225% above peers
Haverhill, MA 1.0% 2nd -0.2pp 15th 68% below peers
Ames, IA 1.5% 4th -0.3pp 16th 51% below peers
Albany, GA 5.0% 23rd -0.8pp 17th 65% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 26th -1.1pp 18th 144% above peers
South Hill, WA 2.5% 13th -0.4pp 19th 18% below peers
Gary, IN 3.8% 19th -0.1pp 20th 27% above peers
Skokie, IL 3.0% 16th -0.1pp 21st on par with peers
Eagan, MN 2.4% 12th -0.0pp 22nd 21% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 8.4% 27th -0.0pp 23rd 180% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 3.5% 18th +0.0pp 24th 15% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.0% 9th +0.1pp 25th 35% below peers
Madison, AL 1.8% 8th +0.1pp 26th 41% below peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 27th 381% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 2.3% 10th +0.4pp 28th 24% below peers
Union City, NJ 9.2% 28th +2.5pp 29th 204% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.1% 20th +2.3pp 30th 37% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.7% 30th +8.1pp 31st 254% 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 3 indicators
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.9% to 64.1%).
Bright spot 64.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Union City, NJ 28.4% 23rd +6.8pp 1st 25% below peers
Sanford, FL 29.5% 22nd +6.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 21st +5.6pp 3rd 17% below peers
Brentwood, CA 39.3% 15th +6.2pp 4th 4% above peers
South Hill, WA 32.9% 19th +5.0pp 5th 13% below peers
Janesville, WI 27.3% 25th +3.7pp 6th 28% below peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 13th +6.1pp 7th 19% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 37.8% 17th +4.9pp 8th on par with peers
Skokie, IL 53.8% 11th +6.2pp 9th 42% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 29th +2.0pp 10th 45% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 33.5% 18th +3.2pp 11th 12% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 43.0% 14th +4.0pp 12th 13% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 67.0% 3rd +6.1pp 13th 77% above peers
Haverhill, MA 32.6% 20th +2.8pp 14th 14% below peers
Madison, AL 64.5% 6th +5.1pp 15th 70% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 12th +3.9pp 16th 39% above peers
Decatur, IL 21.6% 27th +1.5pp 17th 43% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 27.4% 24th +1.8pp 18th 28% below peers
Gary, IN 14.8% 31st +0.9pp 19th 61% below peers
Rowlett, TX 37.9% 16th +2.4pp 20th on par with peers
Albany, GA 21.4% 28th +1.3pp 21st 44% below peers
Novi, MI 64.1% 7th +3.5pp 22nd 69% above peers
Eagan, MN 54.7% 10th +2.9pp 23rd 44% above peers
Ames, IA 65.8% 4th +3.1pp 24th 73% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 70.7% 2nd +1.5pp 25th 87% above peers
Westfield, IN 59.8% 8th +1.2pp 26th 58% above peers
Horizon West, FL 57.6% 9th +1.2pp 27th 52% above peers
Rockville, MD 65.6% 5th +0.7pp 28th 73% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 82.3% 1st -0.5pp 29th 117% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 30th -0.4pp 30th 47% below peers
Waterloo, IA 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 31st 42% 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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 →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 13.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.0% to 46.9%).
Needs attention 46.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Eagan, MN 55.1% 14th +18.6pp 1st 5% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 15th +16.8pp 2nd 1% above peers
South Hill, WA 45.0% 18th +13.1pp 3rd 14% below peers
Skokie, IL 72.7% 2nd +20.2pp 4th 39% above peers
Madison, AL 62.4% 8th +13.5pp 5th 19% above peers
Rowlett, TX 41.8% 23rd +9.0pp 6th 20% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 19th +7.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Westfield, IN 65.8% 5th +9.9pp 8th 26% above peers
Horizon West, FL 65.3% 6th +9.8pp 9th 25% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 4th +9.5pp 10th 29% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 42.6% 22nd +4.7pp 11th 19% below peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 13th +5.2pp 12th 8% above peers
Haverhill, MA 57.6% 11th +3.7pp 13th 10% above peers
Albany, GA 61.5% 9th +3.6pp 14th 18% above peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 29th +0.7pp 15th 45% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 44.2% 21st +0.8pp 16th 15% below peers
Ames, IA 36.8% 26th -0.7pp 17th 30% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 79.4% 1st -2.3pp 18th 52% above peers
Union City, NJ 69.5% 3rd -3.4pp 19th 33% above peers
Sanford, FL 52.3% 16th -3.4pp 20th on par with peers
Rockville, MD 56.4% 12th -4.7pp 21st 8% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 31.3% 28th -4.4pp 22nd 40% below peers
Waterloo, IA 32.0% 27th -4.9pp 23rd 39% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 65.3% 7th -15.5pp 24th 25% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 58.4% 10th -18.6pp 25th 12% above peers
Novi, MI 46.9% 17th -15.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Decatur, IL 39.2% 24th -17.6pp 27th 25% below peers
Brentwood, CA 44.5% 20th -21.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Janesville, WI 20.2% 31st -9.9pp 29th 61% below peers
Gary, IN 37.0% 25th -19.5pp 30th 29% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.8% 30th -19.3pp 31st 60% 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 92% 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
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Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

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

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.5% to 2.9%).
Bright spot 2.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Alpharetta, GA 0.4% 2nd -6.6pp 1st 90% below peers
Eagan, MN 0.3% 1st -4.8pp 2nd 93% below peers
Skokie, IL 1.9% 6th -6.2pp 3rd 58% below peers
Sanford, FL 3.7% 12th -6.2pp 4th 18% below peers
Madison, AL 1.0% 4th -1.3pp 5th 79% below peers
Ames, IA 0.7% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 85% below peers
Rockville, MD 2.9% 11th -3.0pp 7th 35% below peers
Union City, NJ 6.0% 19th -5.2pp 8th 34% above peers
Horizon West, FL 2.6% 9th -2.1pp 9th 41% below peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 18th -3.1pp 10th 31% above peers
Novi, MI 2.9% 10th -0.8pp 11th 35% below peers
Decatur, IL 9.1% 24th -2.3pp 12th 102% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 1.2% 5th -0.2pp 13th 73% below peers
Haverhill, MA 6.5% 21st -0.7pp 14th 45% above peers
Gary, IN 12.5% 30th -1.1pp 15th 178% above peers
Waterloo, IA 7.4% 23rd -0.6pp 16th 64% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 4.1% 13th -0.2pp 17th 8% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 17th -0.2pp 18th 27% above peers
Janesville, WI 4.4% 15th +0.1pp 19th 1% below peers
South Hill, WA 10.6% 28th +0.3pp 20th 136% above peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 26th +1.2pp 21st 116% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 7.3% 22nd +1.2pp 22nd 63% above peers
Pflugerville, TX 6.4% 20th +1.6pp 23rd 42% above peers
Albany, GA 16.5% 31st +4.1pp 24th 267% above peers
Westfield, IN 2.5% 8th +0.9pp 25th 43% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 10.3% 27th +3.8pp 26th 129% above peers
Brentwood, CA 4.3% 14th +2.0pp 27th 3% below peers
Palo Alto, CA 2.5% 7th +1.4pp 28th 44% below peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 25th +5.4pp 29th 113% above peers
Rowlett, TX 4.5% 16th +3.3pp 30th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 29th +9.8pp 31st 163% 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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 17% from 2014 to 2024 (56,887 to 66,717).
Big move 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 9th +73% 1st 1% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 53,290 31st +64% 2nd 20% below peers
Westfield, IN 54,677 30th +38% 3rd 18% below peers
Madison, AL 60,106 29th +22% 4th 10% below peers
South Hill, WA 68,025 4th +13% 5th 2% above peers
Novi, MI 66,717 15th +11% 6th on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 28th +9% 7th 8% below peers
Malden, MA 65,906 21st +8% 8th 1% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 65,971 20th +7% 9th 1% below peers
Sanford, FL 63,730 27th +7% 10th 4% below peers
Haverhill, MA 67,698 6th +7% 11th 2% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 18th +6% 12th on par with peers
Brentwood, CA 65,208 25th +5% 13th 2% below peers
Skokie, IL 66,219 17th +4% 14th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 26th +3% 15th 3% below peers
Janesville, WI 66,030 19th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Redondo Beach, CA 69,291 2nd +3% 17th 4% above peers
Rowlett, TX 65,463 23rd +3% 18th 2% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 65,239 24th +3% 19th 2% below peers
Ames, IA 67,669 8th +2% 20th 2% above peers
Eagan, MN 68,000 5th +2% 21st 2% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 66,855 13th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 67,237 10th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Rockville, MD 67,671 7th +0% 24th 2% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 66,729 14th -0% 25th on par with peers
Waterloo, IA 67,008 12th -1% 26th 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 22nd -2% 27th 1% below peers
Union City, NJ 66,463 16th -3% 28th on par with peers
Decatur, IL 69,815 1st -4% 29th 5% above peers
Albany, GA 67,224 11th -9% 30th 1% above peers
Gary, IN 68,113 3rd -10% 31st 2% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.8% to 23.4%).
23.4%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Gary, IN 28.6% 3rd +4.7pp 1st 28% above peers
Madison, AL 27.9% 5th +2.7pp 2nd 25% above peers
Waterloo, IA 24.5% 11th +1.6pp 3rd 10% above peers
Skokie, IL 22.3% 16th +0.6pp 4th on par with peers
Redondo Beach, CA 22.6% 14th +0.6pp 5th 1% above peers
Albany, GA 24.8% 10th +0.6pp 6th 11% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 8th +0.1pp 7th 16% above peers
Horizon West, FL 29.0% 2nd +0.1pp 8th 30% above peers
South Hill, WA 28.2% 4th +0.1pp 9th 27% above peers
Brentwood, CA 26.3% 6th -0.2pp 10th 18% above peers
Decatur, IL 21.0% 22nd -0.2pp 11th 6% below peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 26th -0.2pp 12th 16% below peers
Union City, NJ 22.0% 19th -0.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Oshkosh, WI 17.3% 28th -0.4pp 14th 22% below peers
Eagan, MN 22.3% 17th -0.6pp 15th on par with peers
Novi, MI 23.4% 13th -0.7pp 16th 5% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 22.2% 18th -0.8pp 17th on par with peers
Pflugerville, TX 25.0% 9th -0.9pp 18th 12% above peers
Rockville, MD 20.2% 25th -0.8pp 19th 9% below peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 27th -1.2pp 20th 18% below peers
Janesville, WI 21.2% 21st -1.5pp 21st 5% below peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 43.4% 1st -3.4pp 22nd 95% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 20.7% 23rd -1.7pp 23rd 7% below peers
Haverhill, MA 21.3% 20th -1.8pp 24th 4% below peers
Ames, IA 11.2% 31st -1.0pp 25th 50% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 30th -1.4pp 26th 38% below peers
Rowlett, TX 22.4% 15th -2.5pp 27th 1% above peers
Alpharetta, GA 23.9% 12th -2.7pp 28th 7% above peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 29th -2.1pp 29th 26% below peers
Westfield, IN 25.9% 7th -4.0pp 30th 16% above peers
Sanford, FL 20.4% 24th -4.1pp 31st 8% 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'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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.1% then, 16.8% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.0% to 16.8%).
Big move 16.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pflugerville, TX 25.8% 16th +11.3pp 1st on par with peers
Rockville, MD 26.5% 15th +6.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
South Hill, WA 29.7% 13th +5.8pp 3rd 15% above peers
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 9th +6.0pp 4th 32% above peers
Novi, MI 16.8% 25th +2.8pp 5th 35% below peers
Union City, NJ 50.1% 4th +8.0pp 6th 94% above peers
Rowlett, TX 23.1% 17th +3.6pp 7th 11% below peers
Madison, AL 20.4% 21st +3.1pp 8th 21% below peers
Waterloo, IA 50.0% 5th +7.5pp 9th 93% above peers
Gary, IN 81.1% 1st +4.6pp 10th 214% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 12th +1.0pp 11th 22% above peers
Albany, GA 71.5% 2nd +1.8pp 12th 177% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 36.7% 7th +0.5pp 13th 42% above peers
Janesville, WI 33.9% 10th +0.1pp 14th 31% above peers
Ames, IA 22.1% 18th -0.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Horizon West, FL 12.7% 30th -0.2pp 16th 51% below peers
Decatur, IL 51.1% 3rd -1.0pp 17th 98% above peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 22nd -0.4pp 18th 25% below peers
Brentwood, CA 17.9% 24th -0.7pp 19th 31% below peers
Haverhill, MA 39.9% 6th -2.7pp 20th 55% above peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 8th -3.6pp 21st 37% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 13.8% 28th -1.5pp 22nd 47% below peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 20th -2.4pp 23rd 20% below peers
Cheyenne, WY 29.5% 14th -3.4pp 24th 14% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 14.2% 27th -1.9pp 25th 45% below peers
Skokie, IL 18.2% 23rd -3.4pp 26th 30% below peers
Eagan, MN 21.6% 19th -5.2pp 27th 16% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 16.6% 26th -4.5pp 28th 36% below peers
Westfield, IN 13.6% 29th -6.2pp 29th 48% below peers
Sanford, FL 32.4% 11th -15.1pp 30th 25% above peers
Eagle Mountain, UT 6.5% 31st -4.0pp 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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What changed

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).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.2% to 64.9%).
64.9%
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Eagle Mountain, UT 49.8% 31st +8.6pp 1st 26% below peers
Pflugerville, TX 70.2% 13th +9.2pp 2nd 4% above peers
South Hill, WA 60.6% 23rd +7.7pp 3rd 10% below peers
Alpharetta, GA 62.5% 22nd +7.9pp 4th 8% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 17th +7.8pp 5th on par with peers
Skokie, IL 68.9% 15th +6.5pp 6th 2% above peers
Rowlett, TX 69.9% 14th +6.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 20th +5.1pp 8th 2% below peers
Horizon West, FL 59.8% 27th +4.5pp 9th 12% below peers
Union City, NJ 72.6% 9th +5.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Janesville, WI 74.0% 3rd +5.3pp 11th 9% above peers
Palo Alto, CA 73.5% 5th +4.8pp 12th 9% above peers
Eagan, MN 80.5% 2nd +4.5pp 13th 19% above peers
Cheyenne, WY 73.8% 4th +1.3pp 14th 9% above peers
Madison, AL 59.3% 28th +1.0pp 15th 12% below peers
Novi, MI 64.9% 21st +0.6pp 16th 4% below peers
Haverhill, MA 82.0% 1st +0.5pp 17th 21% above peers
Redondo Beach, CA 72.8% 8th +0.4pp 18th 8% above peers
Sanford, FL 66.4% 19th +0.3pp 19th 2% below peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 16th -1.5pp 20th on par with peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 12th -1.8pp 21st 5% above peers
Rockville, MD 71.0% 11th -2.2pp 22nd 5% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 30th -1.8pp 23rd 17% below peers
Waterloo, IA 72.0% 10th -3.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Brentwood, CA 60.2% 26th -3.3pp 25th 11% below peers
Gary, IN 60.6% 24th -4.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Albany, GA 72.9% 7th -6.4pp 27th 8% above peers
Oshkosh, WI 73.3% 6th -7.2pp 28th 8% above peers
Decatur, IL 66.6% 18th -10.2pp 29th 2% below peers
Westfield, IN 60.2% 25th -11.2pp 30th 11% below peers
Ames, IA 58.9% 29th -11.7pp 31st 13% 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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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 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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