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Pontiac, MI
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62,104 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Pontiac, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
183 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 41%
relative change
307 a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$44,329
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
$33,568 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
16.1%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
13.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
23.7%
2020-24
▼ 20%
relative change
29.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
35.5%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
43.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
86.6%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
74.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
46.6%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
40.5% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
857 /100k
Apr 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
913 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Pontiac, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
10.4%
May 2026
▲ 20%
relative change
8.7% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
30.6%
2019-23
▼ 4%
relative change
31.8% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
15.6%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
17.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.3%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
12.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
14.9%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
12.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.3%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
39.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
39.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
38.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.0%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
6.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
13 /100k
Apr 2026
flat
relative change
13 a year earlier
Behind peers, dropping too slowly Trailing peers
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Big shifts 7 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
22.2%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
26.7% in 2019
Falling  
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$108,653
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$104,684 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
62,104
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
59,955 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,296
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,265 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$143,118
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$139,704 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
68.1%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
63.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
81.4%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
75.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 6% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 857 in April 2026, down from 913 a year earlier.
857 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Hendersonville, TN 99 (May 26) 4th -28.1% 1st 69% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 91 (May 26) 3rd -27.5% 2nd 71% below peers
Richland, WA 211 (May 26) 6th -23.8% 3rd 33% below peers
Bossier City, LA 725 (May 26) 17th -20.2% 4th 128% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 53 (May 26) 1st -19.5% 5th 83% below peers
Springfield, OR 280 (Mar 26) 9th -7.1% 6th 12% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 565 (May 26) 16th -6.9% 7th 78% above peers
Pontiac, MI 857 (Apr 26) 19th -6.2% 8th 170% above peers
Taylor, MI 742 (May 26) 18th -5.6% 9th 134% above peers
Porterville, CA 317 (May 26) 10th -2.9% 10th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 501 (May 26) 15th -1.9% 11th 58% above peers
La Mesa, CA 409 (May 26) 13th +0.8% 12th 29% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 400 (May 26) 12th +0.8% 13th 26% above peers
Moore, OK 230 (May 26) 8th +7.3% 14th 28% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 426 (May 26) 14th +8.0% 15th 34% above peers
Parker, CO 217 (May 26) 7th +10.6% 16th 32% below peers
Marietta, GA 322 (Apr 26) 11th +14.5% 17th 1% above peers
Brookline, MA 122 (Apr 25) 5th +20.0% 18th 62% below peers
Bristol, CT 59 (May 26) 2nd +37.0% 19th 81% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 8% over the 12 months ending April 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,406 in April 2026, down from 1,531 a year earlier.
1,406 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Parker, CO 1,026 (May 26) 5th -27.4% 1st 27% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 1,749 (May 26) 13th -25.5% 2nd 24% above peers
Springfield, OR 2,131 (Mar 26) 17th -25.1% 3rd 52% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 1,011 (May 26) 4th -23.7% 4th 28% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 567 (May 26) 1st -18.3% 5th 60% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 2,065 (May 26) 16th -17.9% 6th 47% above peers
Bristol, CT 604 (May 26) 2nd -14.3% 7th 57% below peers
Bossier City, LA 3,179 (May 26) 19th -12.1% 8th 126% above peers
Taylor, MI 1,773 (May 26) 14th -10.7% 9th 26% above peers
Moore, OK 1,333 (May 26) 9th -10.1% 10th 5% below peers
Porterville, CA 1,218 (May 26) 8th -8.7% 11th 13% below peers
Pontiac, MI 1,406 (Apr 26) 10th -8.1% 12th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 1,160 (May 26) 6th -2.7% 13th 18% below peers
Marietta, GA 1,579 (Apr 26) 12th -2.0% 14th 12% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 1,178 (May 26) 7th +2.6% 15th 16% below peers
Richland, WA 1,881 (May 26) 15th +5.1% 16th 34% above peers
Brookline, MA 860 (Apr 25) 3rd +9.1% 17th 39% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2,561 (May 26) 18th +10.1% 18th 82% above peers
La Mesa, CA 1,486 (May 26) 11th +18.4% 19th 6% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat over the 12 months ending April 2026.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 13 in April 2026, unchanged from 13 a year earlier.
13 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Chapel Hill, NC 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Richland, WA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
La Mesa, CA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th 100% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 1 (May 26) 9th -49.8% 6th 13% below peers
Marietta, GA 5 (Apr 26) 16th -40.0% 7th 200% above peers
Bossier City, LA 3 (May 26) 14th -33.3% 8th 101% above peers
Pontiac, MI 13 (Apr 26) 19th +0.0% 9th 724% above peers
Taylor, MI 5 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 10th 213% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 2 (May 26) 13th +0.0% 11th 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2 (May 26) 11th +0.0% 12th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 13th 2% above peers
Parker, CO 6 (May 26) 18th 279% above peers
Springfield, OR 3 (Mar 26) 15th 109% above peers
Bristol, CT 0 (May 26) 6th 100% below peers
Porterville, CA 2 (May 26) 10th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 0 (Apr 25) 7th 100% below peers
Moore, OK 0 (May 26) 8th 100% below peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 41% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 183 in April 2026, down from 307 a year earlier.
183 per 100k
2018April 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Casa Grande, AZ 98 (May 26) 6th -52.6% 1st 27% below peers
Parker, CO 45 (May 26) 4th -50.8% 2nd 67% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 26 (May 26) 2nd -40.8% 3rd 81% below peers
Pontiac, MI 183 (Apr 26) 14th -40.5% 4th 35% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 33 (May 26) 3rd -38.2% 5th 76% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 105 (May 26) 7th -37.8% 6th 23% below peers
Moore, OK 91 (May 26) 5th -37.0% 7th 33% below peers
Porterville, CA 217 (May 26) 15th -36.1% 8th 60% above peers
Brookline, MA 20 (Apr 25) 1st -35.0% 9th 85% below peers
Bossier City, LA 238 (May 26) 17th -33.8% 10th 76% above peers
Taylor, MI 224 (May 26) 16th -33.2% 11th 66% above peers
Bristol, CT 117 (May 26) 8th -31.8% 12th 14% below peers
Springfield, OR 144 (Mar 26) 11th -30.7% 13th 7% above peers
Richland, WA 153 (May 26) 12th -25.4% 14th 13% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 130 (May 26) 9th -19.8% 15th 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 180 (May 26) 13th -16.8% 16th 33% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 256 (May 26) 18th -5.5% 17th 89% above peers
Marietta, GA 135 (Apr 26) 10th -3.4% 18th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 324 (May 26) 19th +3.6% 19th 140% above peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Eagan, MN down about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 37% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Davis, CA down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 32% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $33,568 to $44,329 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,941). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 60% from 2014 to 2024 ($27,632 to $44,329).
$44,329
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 7th +48% 1st 34% above peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 24th +44% 2nd 20% below peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 14th +44% 3rd 11% above peers
Lakewood, WA $74,720 21st +44% 4th 13% below peers
Montebello, CA $79,971 18th +42% 5th 7% below peers
Encinitas, CA $162,229 1st +40% 6th 89% above peers
Porterville, CA $60,461 28th +38% 7th 30% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $97,200 12th +34% 8th 13% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 20th +33% 9th 8% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $69,983 23rd +32% 10th 19% below peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 11th 48% below peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 8th +30% 12th 31% above peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 15th +30% 13th 5% above peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 9th +28% 14th 28% above peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 3rd +27% 15th 63% above peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 22nd +27% 16th 15% below peers
La Habra, CA $100,106 11th +26% 17th 16% above peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 6th +25% 18th 34% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 25th +25% 19th 21% below peers
Richland, WA $95,813 13th +23% 20th 11% above peers
Taylor, MI $61,081 27th +22% 21st 29% below peers
Moore, OK $80,420 17th +22% 22nd 6% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 10th +22% 23rd 24% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 29th +21% 24th 30% below peers
Brookline, MA $142,101 2nd +21% 25th 65% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 26th +21% 26th 25% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 4th +20% 27th 55% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 19th +17% 28th 8% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 16th +17% 29th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN $130,489 5th +17% 30th 52% above peers
Bossier City, LA $55,819 30th +11% 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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2 of 18 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,375 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.7 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 68% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 10.4% in May 2026, up from 8.7% a year earlier.
10.4%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Vineland, NJ 6.1% (May 26) 27th -1.2pp 1st 42% above peers
Porterville, CA 13.4% (May 26) 29th -0.6pp 2nd 212% above peers
Woodland, CA 5.6% (May 26) 25th -0.5pp 3rd 30% above peers
Parker, CO 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 4th 26% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.4pp 5th 26% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 6th 28% below peers
La Habra, CA 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 7th 19% below peers
La Mesa, CA 3.8% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.1pp 9th 26% below peers
Springfield, OR 4.9% (May 26) 19th +0.0pp 10th 14% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% (May 26) 1st +0.0pp 11th 37% below peers
Bossier City, LA 4.3% (May 26) 15th +0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 3.1% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 13th 28% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.1pp 14th 9% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 3.6% (May 26) 8th +0.1pp 15th 16% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.3% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 16th 23% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.7% (May 26) 9th +0.4pp 17th 14% below peers
Taylor, MI 5.1% (May 26) 20th +0.5pp 18th 19% above peers
Richland, WA 4.5% (May 26) 16th +0.5pp 19th 5% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.5% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 20th 28% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 21st 21% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.9pp 22nd 7% below peers
Lakewood, WA 5.7% (May 26) 26th +0.9pp 23rd 33% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.0% (May 26) 13th +1.0pp 24th 7% below peers
Shoreline, WA 4.8% (May 26) 18th +1.1pp 25th 12% above peers
Wellington, FL 4.5% (May 26) 17th +1.1pp 26th 5% above peers
Bristol, CT 5.1% (May 26) 21st +1.2pp 27th 19% above peers
Moore, OK 4.0% (May 26) 14th +1.2pp 28th 7% below peers
Pontiac, MI 10.4% (May 26) 28th +1.7pp 29th 142% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.9% to 23.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.0pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 13.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.9% to 23.7%).
23.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 12.9% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Porterville, CA 17.1% 27th -10.0pp 1st 51% above peers
Brookline, MA 8.6% 9th -3.3pp 2nd 24% below peers
Woodland, CA 8.1% 8th -2.8pp 3rd 28% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.8% 25th -4.3pp 4th 31% above peers
Lakewood, WA 12.9% 20th -3.4pp 5th 14% above peers
Pontiac, MI 23.7% 31st -6.1pp 6th 110% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 14.4% 22nd -3.3pp 7th 27% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.6% 2nd -0.8pp 8th 60% below peers
Montebello, CA 11.9% 18th -1.9pp 9th 6% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.4% 21st -2.1pp 10th 18% above peers
La Mesa, CA 11.4% 17th -1.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Marietta, GA 12.2% 19th -1.1pp 12th 8% above peers
La Habra, CA 10.8% 15th -0.9pp 13th 4% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 15.3% 26th -0.8pp 14th 35% above peers
Richland, WA 8.9% 11th +0.1pp 15th 21% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.3% 4th +0.1pp 16th 45% below peers
Bristol, CT 10.6% 14th +0.6pp 17th 6% below peers
Bossier City, LA 20.3% 29th +1.4pp 18th 79% above peers
Vineland, NJ 14.4% 23rd +1.1pp 19th 28% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.5pp 20th 49% below peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 7th +0.7pp 21st 31% below peers
Taylor, MI 18.2% 28th +1.8pp 22nd 61% above peers
Encinitas, CA 7.3% 6th +0.9pp 23rd 35% below peers
Shoreline, WA 8.7% 10th +1.1pp 24th 23% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 5th +1.0pp 25th 37% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.4% 12th +1.3pp 26th 17% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.7% 30th +3.3pp 27th 92% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 14.6% 24th +2.2pp 28th 29% above peers
Moore, OK 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 29th on par with peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 1st +1.1pp 30th 61% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.1% 13th +3.0pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 7.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.0% to 35.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.3pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 19.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.1% to 35.5%).
35.5%
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%
Woodland, CA 7.6% 9th -7.9pp 1st 46% below peers
Lakewood, WA 14.2% 16th -10.0pp 2nd on par with peers
Brookline, MA 4.7% 3rd -2.8pp 3rd 67% below peers
Porterville, CA 22.2% 26th -13.0pp 4th 56% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 10th -5.1pp 5th 33% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 6.4% 5th -2.5pp 6th 55% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 16.8% 21st -5.8pp 7th 18% above peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 24th -6.1pp 8th 29% above peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 18th -4.8pp 9th 8% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 14th -3.0pp 10th 19% below peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 31st -7.5pp 11th 149% above peers
Montebello, CA 18.7% 25th -3.8pp 12th 32% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 6th -1.2pp 13th 51% below peers
La Habra, CA 16.7% 20th -1.9pp 14th 17% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 15th 77% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 7.2% 7th -0.6pp 16th 49% below peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 17th +0.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 11th +0.6pp 18th 25% below peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 2nd +0.2pp 19th 76% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 22nd +1.2pp 20th 21% above peers
Taylor, MI 33.2% 29th +3.6pp 21st 134% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 28th +4.0pp 22nd 126% above peers
Bossier City, LA 34.2% 30th +4.5pp 23rd 141% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 19th +2.5pp 24th 14% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 8th +1.3pp 25th 48% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 27th +5.6pp 26th 57% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 12th +2.9pp 27th 24% below peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 15th +3.8pp 28th 16% below peers
Encinitas, CA 11.0% 13th +4.5pp 29th 23% below peers
Moore, OK 17.5% 23rd +7.9pp 30th 23% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 4th +3.5pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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Broadband rose 12.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.4% to 86.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 17.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (69.2% to 86.6%).
86.6%
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%
Bossier City, LA 85.2% 30th +21.7pp 1st 9% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Montebello, CA 89.6% 26th +12.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Taylor, MI 88.5% 28th +11.3pp 4th 5% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 23rd +11.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 22nd +11.1pp 6th 2% below peers
Porterville, CA 89.6% 27th +10.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 19th +9.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 31st +8.6pp 9th 9% below peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 12th +9.1pp 10th 1% above peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 20th +7.7pp 11th 1% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 92.9% 18th +7.4pp 12th on par with peers
Lakewood, WA 92.2% 21st +7.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 95.4% 8th +6.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 11th +6.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 24th +5.6pp 16th 3% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 25th +5.5pp 17th 3% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 5th +5.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Moore, OK 95.1% 10th +5.0pp 19th 2% above peers
La Habra, CA 94.1% 13th +4.4pp 20th 1% above peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 17th +4.0pp 21st on par with peers
Encinitas, CA 96.4% 2nd +3.9pp 22nd 3% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 14th +3.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 16th +3.5pp 24th on par with peers
Eden Prairie, MN 95.5% 7th +2.7pp 25th 2% above peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 15th +2.4pp 26th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 96.2% 3rd +2.3pp 27th 3% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 6th +2.3pp 28th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 9th +2.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 1st +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 4th +1.6pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.46).
0.46
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
Porterville, CA 0.42 6th -0.061 1st 8% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0.41 4th -0.033 2nd 10% below peers
Encinitas, CA 0.46 19th -0.034 3rd 2% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 5th -0.025 4th 9% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 27th -0.020 5th 9% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 18th -0.017 6th 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 3rd -0.013 7th 11% below peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 7th -0.013 8th 7% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 15th -0.011 9th on par with peers
Brookline, MA 0.52 28th -0.013 10th 14% above peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 9th -0.006 11th 5% below peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 25th -0.006 12th 6% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 0.45 14th -0.005 13th 1% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 29th -0.002 14th 15% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 30th +0.000 15th 22% above peers
Montebello, CA 0.44 12th +0.002 16th 3% below peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 17th +0.005 17th 1% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 10th +0.012 18th 5% below peers
Bossier City, LA 0.46 21st +0.014 19th 3% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 26th +0.015 20th 8% above peers
Taylor, MI 0.43 11th +0.017 21st 4% below peers
Lakewood, WA 0.47 23rd +0.019 22nd 5% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 20th +0.020 23rd 3% above peers
La Habra, CA 0.43 8th +0.021 24th 5% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 25th 22% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 16th +0.022 26th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 22nd +0.024 27th 5% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 13th +0.023 28th 3% below peers
Moore, OK 0.40 2nd +0.024 29th 12% below peers
Parker, CO 0.38 1st +0.026 30th 16% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 0.48 24th +0.045 31st 5% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (31.8% then, 30.6% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 7.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (37.6% to 30.6%).
30.6%
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
Hendersonville, TN 4.5% 8th -2.6pp 1st 57% below peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 9th -1.9pp 2nd 53% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 19th -3.5pp 3rd 19% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 7th -1.2pp 4th 59% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 14th -2.6pp 5th 10% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.1% 20th -3.1pp 6th 26% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 12th -1.4pp 7th 26% below peers
Lakewood, WA 16.1% 25th -2.8pp 8th 55% above peers
Encinitas, CA 2.0% 1st -0.3pp 9th 81% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 10th -0.8pp 10th 47% below peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 13th -0.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 30th -1.5pp 12th 155% above peers
Taylor, MI 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 13th 72% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 14th 193% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 23rd -0.3pp 15th 47% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 24th -0.0pp 16th 48% above peers
Porterville, CA 26.6% 29th +0.3pp 17th 155% above peers
Bossier City, LA 13.2% 21st +0.7pp 18th 26% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.2pp 19th 74% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 28th +1.8pp 20th 85% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 3rd +0.3pp 21st 68% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 22nd +1.4pp 22nd 34% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 61% below peers
La Habra, CA 9.7% 15th +1.3pp 24th 7% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 17th +1.7pp 25th 10% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.1% 6th +0.8pp 26th 61% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 16th +2.1pp 27th on par with peers
Moore, OK 12.1% 18th +2.7pp 28th 16% above peers
Brookline, MA 6.0% 11th +1.4pp 29th 43% below peers
Montebello, CA 17.4% 26th +5.7pp 30th 67% above peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 4th +1.3pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 20% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $143,118 in June 2026, up from $139,704 a year earlier.
$143,118
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $269,972 (Jun 26) +4.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Bristol, CT $353,528 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.7% 1st 33% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,365,773 (Jun 26) 3rd +4.3% 2nd 160% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $221,126 (Jun 26) 29th +4.1% 3rd 58% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,937,012 (Jun 26) 1st +4.0% 4th 268% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $512,269 (Jun 26) 17th +2.9% 5th 3% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,750,993 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.8% 6th 233% above peers
Vineland, NJ $314,721 (Jun 26) 25th +2.6% 7th 40% below peers
Pontiac, MI $143,118 (Jun 26) 31st +2.4% 8th 73% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $231,391 (Jun 26) 26th +2.4% 9th 56% below peers
Taylor, MI $182,227 (Jun 26) 30th +2.2% 10th 65% below peers
Montebello, CA $831,401 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 11th 58% above peers
Bossier City, LA $229,841 (Jun 26) 27th +1.0% 12th 56% below peers
La Habra, CA $915,226 (Jun 26) 5th +1.0% 13th 74% above peers
Moore, OK $224,317 (Jun 26) 28th +0.6% 14th 57% below peers
Springfield, OR $423,728 (Jun 26) 20th +0.5% 15th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $696,721 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 16th 32% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $526,106 (Jun 26) 16th +0.4% 17th on par with peers
Porterville, CA $332,606 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.2% 18th 37% below peers
Richland, WA $470,359 (Jun 26) 19th +0.1% 19th 11% below peers
Lakewood, WA $526,659 (Jun 26) 15th -0.2% 20th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA $900,788 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 21st 71% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,112 (Jun 26) 12th -0.6% 22nd 25% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $642,319 (Jun 26) 13th -1.1% 23rd 22% above peers
Woodland, CA $556,780 (Jun 26) 14th -1.3% 24th 6% above peers
Jupiter, FL $702,538 (Jun 26) 9th -1.3% 25th 34% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $319,278 (Jun 26) 24th -1.6% 26th 39% below peers
Marietta, GA $480,648 (Jun 26) 18th -1.6% 27th 9% below peers
Parker, CO $687,773 (Jun 26) 11th -2.5% 28th 31% above peers
Shoreline, WA $812,220 (Jun 26) 8th -2.8% 29th 54% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $402,681 (Jun 26) 21st -3.5% 30th 23% below peers
Brookline, MA $1,111,679 (Jun 26) 4th -4.9% 31st 111% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 32% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $108,653 in June 2026, up from $104,684 a year earlier.
$108,653
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $145,661 (Jun 26) +4.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Bristol, CT $273,177 (Jun 26) 21st +6.3% 1st 27% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $969,823 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.8% 2nd 158% above peers
Vineland, NJ $249,107 (Jun 26) 24th +5.0% 3rd 34% below peers
Taylor, MI $139,683 (Jun 26) 29th +4.5% 4th 63% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $158,956 (Jun 26) 28th +4.4% 5th 58% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,257,106 (Jun 26) 1st +3.9% 6th 234% above peers
Pontiac, MI $108,653 (Jun 26) 31st +3.8% 7th 71% below peers
San Clemente, CA $1,204,443 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.1% 8th 220% above peers
Porterville, CA $267,524 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.1% 9th 29% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $158,956 (Jun 26) 27th +1.9% 10th 58% below peers
Brookline, MA $722,138 (Jun 26) 4th +1.8% 11th 92% above peers
Montebello, CA $677,771 (Jun 26) 6th +1.4% 12th 80% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $324,679 (Jun 26) 20th +1.3% 13th 14% below peers
La Habra, CA $684,493 (Jun 26) 5th +1.0% 14th 82% above peers
Bossier City, LA $124,326 (Jun 26) 30th +0.9% 15th 67% below peers
Richland, WA $354,205 (Jun 26) 17th +0.7% 16th 6% below peers
Moore, OK $177,056 (Jun 26) 26th +0.1% 17th 53% below peers
Springfield, OR $348,584 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 18th 7% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $376,561 (Jun 26) 16th +0.0% 19th on par with peers
Lakewood, WA $412,118 (Jun 26) 13th +0.0% 20th 9% above peers
La Mesa, CA $663,940 (Jun 26) 7th -0.2% 21st 76% above peers
Woodland, CA $460,541 (Jun 26) 10th -1.0% 22nd 22% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $377,442 (Jun 26) 15th -1.5% 23rd on par with peers
Marietta, GA $329,906 (Jun 26) 19th -1.8% 24th 12% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $250,624 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.9% 25th 33% below peers
Shoreline, WA $614,110 (Jun 26) 8th -2.0% 26th 63% above peers
Parker, CO $552,311 (Jun 26) 9th -2.2% 27th 47% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,361 (Jun 26) 12th -2.2% 28th 15% above peers
Wellington, FL $455,951 (Jun 26) 11th -2.2% 29th 21% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $380,362 (Jun 26) 14th -2.4% 30th 1% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $224,256 (Jun 26) 25th -6.4% 31st 40% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership rose 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.5% to 46.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.4% to 46.6%).
46.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 30th +6.1pp 1st 28% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 25th +6.1pp 2nd 27% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 28th +5.2pp 3rd 27% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 72.8% 6th +7.2pp 4th 12% above peers
Lakewood, WA 47.5% 26th +4.1pp 5th 27% below peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 19th +4.4pp 6th 10% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 2nd +5.1pp 7th 20% above peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 31st +2.7pp 8th 29% below peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 1st +4.5pp 9th 21% above peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 10th +4.0pp 10th 8% above peers
Porterville, CA 54.3% 22nd +2.7pp 11th 16% below peers
Encinitas, CA 66.5% 14th +3.2pp 12th 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 21st +2.4pp 13th 15% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.1% 3rd +3.1pp 14th 17% above peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 15th +2.6pp 15th 2% above peers
Taylor, MI 66.7% 12th +2.6pp 16th 3% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 18th +1.9pp 17th 3% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 24th +1.4pp 18th 25% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 71.7% 8th +1.7pp 19th 10% above peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 16th +1.3pp 20th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 53.2% 23rd +0.4pp 21st 18% below peers
La Habra, CA 58.3% 20th +0.4pp 22nd 10% below peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 4th -0.3pp 23rd 17% above peers
Moore, OK 67.9% 11th -0.4pp 24th 5% above peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 17th -0.7pp 25th 1% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 5th -0.9pp 26th 12% above peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 13th -1.5pp 27th 2% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 9th -1.7pp 28th 8% above peers
Brookline, MA 46.9% 29th -2.1pp 29th 28% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 27th -2.9pp 30th 27% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 7th -4.7pp 31st 11% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,296 in June 2026, up from $1,265 a year earlier.
$1,296
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Porterville, CA $1,377 (Jun 26) 29th +5.6% 1st 23% below peers
San Clemente, CA $3,442 (Jun 26) 4th +4.7% 2nd 91% above peers
Bossier City, LA $1,514 (Jun 26) 26th +4.4% 3rd 16% below peers
Bristol, CT $1,679 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.0% 4th 7% below peers
Encinitas, CA $4,498 (Jun 26) 1st +3.9% 5th 150% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $2,725 (Jun 26) 8th +3.7% 6th 51% above peers
Taylor, MI $1,482 (Jun 26) 27th +3.7% 7th 18% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,649 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.6% 8th 103% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN $1,772 (Jun 26) 17th +3.0% 9th 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $1,459 (Jun 26) 28th +2.9% 10th 19% below peers
Shoreline, WA $2,042 (Jun 26) 13th +2.8% 11th 13% above peers
Moore, OK $1,536 (Jun 26) 25th +2.7% 12th 15% below peers
Lakewood, WA $1,708 (Jun 26) 21st +2.7% 13th 5% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,348 (Jun 26) 30th +2.6% 14th 25% below peers
Pontiac, MI $1,296 (Jun 26) 31st +2.5% 15th 28% below peers
Wellington, FL $3,195 (Jun 26) 5th +2.2% 16th 78% above peers
Brookline, MA $3,523 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.1% 17th 96% above peers
La Mesa, CA $2,662 (Jun 26) 9th +1.7% 18th 48% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $1,678 (Jun 26) 24th +1.7% 19th 7% below peers
La Habra, CA $2,745 (Jun 26) 7th +1.6% 20th 52% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $1,711 (Jun 26) 20th +1.6% 21st 5% below peers
Marietta, GA $1,717 (Jun 26) 19th +1.5% 22nd 5% below peers
Jupiter, FL $3,003 (Jun 26) 6th +1.4% 23rd 67% above peers
Springfield, OR $1,693 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.3% 24th 6% below peers
Montebello, CA $2,289 (Jun 26) 12th +1.2% 25th 27% above peers
Richland, WA $1,800 (Jun 26) 16th +0.9% 26th on par with peers
Woodland, CA $2,467 (Jun 26) 10th +0.7% 27th 37% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,763 (Jun 26) 18th -0.1% 28th 2% below peers
Parker, CO $2,332 (Jun 26) 11th -2.5% 29th 30% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,845 (Jun 26) 15th -3.2% 30th 3% above peers
Vineland, NJ 14th 12% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.2% then, 39.1% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.6% to 39.1%).
39.1%
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 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 27th -7.0pp 1st 9% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.9% 21st -5.1pp 2nd 5% above peers
Lakewood, WA 39.7% 25th -3.3pp 3rd 7% above peers
Encinitas, CA 35.5% 9th -2.1pp 4th 4% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 24th -2.0pp 5th 7% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 23rd -1.7pp 6th 6% above peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 30th -1.9pp 7th 22% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.9% 3rd -0.9pp 8th 27% below peers
Brookline, MA 37.1% 18th -1.1pp 9th on par with peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 17th -1.1pp 10th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 46.3% 31st -1.4pp 11th 26% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 22.3% 1st +0.2pp 12th 40% below peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 15th +0.8pp 13th 1% below peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 22nd +0.9pp 14th 6% above peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 16th +0.9pp 15th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 35.5% 11th +0.9pp 16th 4% below peers
Moore, OK 27.4% 4th +1.1pp 17th 26% below peers
La Habra, CA 42.9% 29th +1.9pp 18th 16% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 29.5% 5th +1.8pp 19th 20% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 32.7% 8th +2.2pp 20th 11% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 19th +2.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 6th +2.5pp 22nd 19% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 12th +3.1pp 23rd 3% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 10th +3.2pp 24th 4% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 20th +3.6pp 25th 4% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 26th +4.0pp 26th 9% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 14th +3.7pp 27th 2% below peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 28th +5.1pp 28th 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 13th +5.0pp 29th 2% below peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 7th +5.3pp 30th 16% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 2nd +4.8pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.0% then, 15.6% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.1% to 15.6%).
15.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Encinitas, CA 3.0% 3rd -2.4pp 1st 51% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 4.1% 9th -1.7pp 2nd 35% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.0% 13th -2.0pp 3rd 4% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 15th -1.9pp 4th 2% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 12th -1.0pp 5th 6% below peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 22nd -1.1pp 6th 22% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 17th -0.7pp 7th 12% above peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 30th -1.5pp 8th 150% above peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 26th -0.8pp 9th 33% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 21st -0.7pp 10th 21% above peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 25th -0.7pp 11th 31% above peers
Montebello, CA 7.5% 19th -0.6pp 12th 21% above peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 4th -0.2pp 13th 50% below peers
Brookline, MA 26.9% 31st -1.8pp 14th 331% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% 2nd -0.1pp 15th 57% below peers
Lakewood, WA 8.8% 28th -0.1pp 16th 42% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 10th -0.0pp 17th 32% below peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 27th +0.1pp 18th 41% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 14th +0.3pp 19th 4% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 24th +0.5pp 20th 28% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 18th +0.4pp 21st 13% above peers
Taylor, MI 7.5% 20th +0.7pp 22nd 21% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.2% 5th +0.3pp 23rd 49% below peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 1st +0.2pp 24th 73% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 11th +1.0pp 25th 23% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 8th +1.0pp 26th 39% below peers
Moore, OK 3.5% 7th +1.1pp 27th 44% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 6th +1.1pp 28th 47% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 16th +2.2pp 29th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 10.1% 29th +3.7pp 30th 62% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 23rd +3.1pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.0% then, 12.3% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.3% to 12.3%).
12.3%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Brookline, MA 1.0% 1st -1.1pp 1st 83% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 16th -3.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Shoreline, WA 3.7% 4th -1.8pp 3rd 40% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.5% 19th -2.8pp 4th 5% above peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 12th -2.1pp 5th 17% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.1% 15th -2.2pp 6th 2% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.8% 6th -1.2pp 7th 39% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.8% 9th -1.3pp 8th 23% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 5th -0.9pp 9th 39% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.5% 18th -0.9pp 10th 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 14th -0.7pp 11th 7% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 3rd -0.4pp 12th 42% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 10th -0.5pp 13th 20% below peers
Taylor, MI 5.2% 13th -0.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Montebello, CA 10.8% 27th -0.3pp 15th 74% above peers
Springfield, OR 7.1% 21st -0.2pp 16th 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 17th -0.1pp 17th 4% above peers
Marietta, GA 17.6% 31st -0.2pp 18th 185% above peers
Moore, OK 9.7% 25th -0.1pp 19th 57% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 22nd +0.1pp 20th 39% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.3% 30th +0.2pp 21st 98% above peers
Lakewood, WA 9.5% 24th +0.6pp 22nd 54% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.0% 11th +0.3pp 23rd 18% below peers
Vineland, NJ 9.5% 23rd +0.6pp 24th 53% above peers
Jupiter, FL 9.9% 26th +0.7pp 25th 60% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.9% 20th +0.6pp 26th 12% above peers
Bristol, CT 4.5% 8th +0.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 11.2% 28th +2.0pp 28th 81% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 7th +0.8pp 29th 29% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 52% below peers
Bossier City, LA 11.4% 29th +2.8pp 31st 84% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.

41.9%
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%
Parker, CO 21.9% 1st 28% below peers
Encinitas, CA 23.2% 2nd 23% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 3rd 21% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.8% 4th 21% below peers
Brookline, MA 24.4% 5th 19% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 6th 16% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 7th 15% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 8th 14% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 9th 12% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 10th 12% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 11th 10% below peers
Montebello, CA 28.2% 12th 7% below peers
La Habra, CA 28.6% 13th 6% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 14th 4% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 15th 4% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 16th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 17th 6% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 18th 7% above peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 19th 12% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 20th 16% above peers
Taylor, MI 35.6% 21st 17% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 22nd 18% above peers
Moore, OK 36.6% 23rd 21% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 36.8% 24th 21% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 25th 23% above peers
Porterville, CA 38.0% 26th 25% above peers
Lakewood, WA 38.6% 27th 27% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 39.6% 28th 31% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 29th 38% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 30th 43% above peers
Bossier City, LA 46.2% 31st 52% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.7% then, 5.0% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 5.0%).
5.0%
20122024
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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
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 3rd -2.2pp 1st 70% below peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 64% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 20th -3.3pp 3rd 28% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 74% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 11th -2.0pp 5th 21% below peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 5th -0.9pp 6th 56% below peers
Porterville, CA 2.0% 9th -0.8pp 7th 44% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 7th -0.6pp 8th 48% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 22nd -1.6pp 9th 39% above peers
Encinitas, CA 1.8% 6th -0.4pp 10th 49% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 13th -0.6pp 11th 19% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 8th -0.4pp 12th 47% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 10th -0.2pp 13th 42% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.8% 21st -0.5pp 14th 31% above peers
La Habra, CA 3.3% 15th +0.1pp 15th 9% below peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 30th +1.0pp 16th 204% above peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 12th +0.3pp 17th 19% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 27th +1.3pp 18th 115% above peers
Brookline, MA 0.4% 1st +0.1pp 19th 89% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 25th +1.2pp 20th 70% above peers
Lakewood, WA 4.2% 18th +0.9pp 21st 16% above peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 23rd +1.1pp 22nd 44% above peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 16th +0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Montebello, CA 4.6% 19th +1.4pp 24th 26% above peers
Moore, OK 7.8% 26th +2.8pp 25th 114% above peers
Taylor, MI 4.1% 17th +1.5pp 26th 12% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 3.1% 14th +1.2pp 27th 15% below peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 28th +3.5pp 28th 143% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 24th +2.5pp 29th 54% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 10.5% 29th +4.7pp 30th 190% above peers
Bossier City, LA 11.6% 31st +7.8pp 31st 219% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.2% to 16.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 20 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.9% to 16.1%).
16.1%
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Taylor, MI 16.4% 29th +4.8pp 1st 59% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 21.7% 27th +5.4pp 2nd 47% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 22nd +5.3pp 3rd 41% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 26th +4.6pp 4th 45% below peers
Porterville, CA 14.5% 31st +3.0pp 5th 64% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 30th +2.9pp 6th 60% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 15th +6.5pp 7th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 22.9% 25th +3.2pp 8th 43% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.9% 14th +6.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 19th +3.8pp 10th 25% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 28th +2.6pp 11th 47% below peers
La Habra, CA 32.3% 17th +3.8pp 12th 20% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 12th +5.4pp 13th 17% above peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 9th +5.7pp 14th 32% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 18th +3.1pp 15th 25% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 23rd +2.3pp 16th 41% below peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 11th +4.7pp 17th 23% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 6th +5.0pp 18th 41% above peers
Moore, OK 29.1% 20th +2.5pp 19th 28% below peers
Encinitas, CA 67.7% 3rd +5.7pp 20th 67% above peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 13th +3.6pp 21st 15% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 10th +3.9pp 22nd 30% above peers
Bossier City, LA 24.7% 21st +1.7pp 23rd 39% below peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 16th +2.8pp 24th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 5th +3.8pp 25th 42% above peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 8th +2.9pp 26th 33% above peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 7th +2.8pp 27th 38% above peers
Lakewood, WA 23.2% 24th +0.7pp 28th 43% below peers
Brookline, MA 85.4% 1st +1.9pp 29th 111% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 64.9% 4th +1.2pp 30th 60% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 2nd -0.3pp 31st 89% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.0% then, 36.3% now; margin ±19.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.6% to 36.3%).
36.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lakewood, WA 33.8% 26th +13.5pp 1st 21% below peers
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 2nd 81% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 12th +11.2pp 3rd 27% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 18th +6.9pp 4th 2% below peers
Montebello, CA 42.2% 17th +6.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 4th +9.5pp 6th 58% above peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 8th +5.5pp 7th 38% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 13th +4.5pp 8th 21% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.5% 15th +2.2pp 9th 2% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 23rd +1.4pp 10th 14% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 73.0% 3rd +2.4pp 11th 71% above peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 14th -0.2pp 12th 20% above peers
Porterville, CA 27.6% 29th -0.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 25th -1.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.4% 2nd -2.6pp 15th 74% above peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 10th -3.1pp 16th 31% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 24th -2.7pp 17th 15% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 26.7% 30th -2.2pp 18th 37% below peers
La Habra, CA 41.1% 20th -5.0pp 19th 4% below peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 9th -9.2pp 20th 36% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.3% 31st -4.4pp 21st 39% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 5th -11.2pp 22nd 46% above peers
Encinitas, CA 55.3% 11th -12.6pp 23rd 30% above peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 6th -14.2pp 24th 45% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 7th -16.1pp 25th 40% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 19th -15.0pp 26th 4% below peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 28th -12.3pp 27th 29% below peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 22nd -16.3pp 28th 10% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 16th -25.1pp 29th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 31.9% 27th -19.8pp 30th 25% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 21st -25.1pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±16.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (12.4% then, 14.9% now; margin ±7.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.9% to 14.9%).
14.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 97% below peers
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 4th -4.5pp 2nd 86% below peers
Parker, CO 0.6% 3rd -3.1pp 3rd 90% below peers
Brookline, MA 0.2% 2nd -0.7pp 4th 96% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 17th -5.1pp 5th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 6th -1.2pp 6th 74% below peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 16th -4.2pp 7th on par with peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 9th -1.5pp 8th 54% below peers
Porterville, CA 6.8% 20th -3.2pp 9th 13% above peers
Montebello, CA 5.7% 14th -2.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 18th -2.3pp 11th 6% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 10th -1.1pp 12th 47% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.7% 7th -0.5pp 13th 72% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 30th -4.7pp 14th 228% above peers
Taylor, MI 9.7% 24th -1.9pp 15th 60% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 11th -0.1pp 16th 44% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 15th -0.2pp 17th 5% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 19th -0.0pp 18th 6% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.4% 8th +0.1pp 19th 60% below peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 28th +2.5pp 20th 148% above peers
La Habra, CA 8.9% 23rd +2.2pp 21st 48% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 5th +0.3pp 22nd 83% below peers
Bossier City, LA 17.6% 29th +6.8pp 23rd 192% above peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 22nd +3.1pp 24th 31% above peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 27th +6.4pp 25th 143% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 12th +2.1pp 26th 25% below peers
Lakewood, WA 10.4% 26th +4.9pp 27th 73% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 20.8% 31st +10.2pp 28th 245% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 4.7% 13th +2.6pp 29th 23% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 21st +4.6pp 30th 16% above peers
Moore, OK 9.8% 25th +7.7pp 31st 63% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59,955 to 62,104 - more than the combined survey margin (±62). 20 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (59,658 to 62,104).
62,104
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Parker, CO 61,783 18th +14% 1st on par with peers
Richland, WA 62,753 9th +11% 2nd 1% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 19th +11% 3rd on par with peers
Hendersonville, TN 63,091 5th +11% 4th 2% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 60,905 30th +9% 5th 2% below peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 26th +9% 6th 1% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 29th +8% 7th 1% below peers
Brookline, MA 63,266 3rd +7% 8th 2% above peers
Porterville, CA 63,157 4th +6% 9th 2% above peers
Lakewood, WA 62,937 7th +5% 10th 2% above peers
Moore, OK 63,420 1st +4% 11th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 17th +4% 12th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 13th +4% 13th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 11th +3% 14th 1% above peers
La Habra, CA 61,970 15th +2% 15th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 31st +2% 16th 2% below peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 25th +2% 17th 1% below peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 28th +2% 18th 1% below peers
Taylor, MI 62,081 14th +1% 19th on par with peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 20th +1% 20th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 10th +0% 21st 1% above peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 23rd -1% 22nd 1% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 22nd -1% 23rd 1% below peers
Eden Prairie, MN 63,051 6th -2% 24th 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 61,480 24th -2% 25th 1% below peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 2nd -2% 26th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 61,045 27th -3% 27th 1% below peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 12th -3% 28th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 16th -4% 29th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 21st -5% 30th on par with peers
Bossier City, LA 62,901 8th -8% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±48 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 26.7% to 22.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (26.2% to 22.2%).
22.2%
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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 21.6% -0.7pp
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 16th +1.5pp 1st on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 29th +1.1pp 2nd 24% below peers
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 4th +1.6pp 3rd 17% above peers
Moore, OK 25.7% 3rd +1.3pp 4th 18% above peers
Taylor, MI 22.9% 11th +1.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 5th +0.7pp 6th 16% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 28th +0.3pp 7th 22% below peers
Encinitas, CA 20.6% 21st +0.3pp 8th 5% below peers
Brookline, MA 18.7% 26th +0.1pp 9th 14% below peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 6th -0.1pp 10th 11% above peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 23rd -0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 25th -0.2pp 12th 13% below peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 9th -0.4pp 13th 8% above peers
Bossier City, LA 23.7% 7th -0.5pp 14th 9% above peers
Porterville, CA 30.5% 1st -0.7pp 15th 40% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 14th -0.6pp 16th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 20th -0.6pp 17th 4% below peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 18th -0.8pp 18th 1% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 19th -0.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 27th -0.8pp 20th 15% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 22.5% 12th -1.6pp 21st 4% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 23.0% 10th -1.7pp 22nd 6% above peers
Lakewood, WA 19.6% 24th -1.6pp 23rd 10% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 30th -1.3pp 24th 32% below peers
Montebello, CA 20.4% 22nd -2.0pp 25th 6% below peers
La Habra, CA 21.5% 17th -2.1pp 26th 1% below peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 8th -2.4pp 27th 9% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 22.5% 13th -3.1pp 28th 4% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 29th 48% below peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 2nd -4.4pp 30th 18% above peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 15th -4.5pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 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 ±1.4pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (63.7% then, 68.1% now; margin ±7.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (60.5% to 68.1%).
68.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Woodland, CA 31.6% 13th +6.8pp 1st 6% above peers
La Habra, CA 30.4% 14th +5.9pp 2nd 2% above peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 20th +4.3pp 3rd 23% below peers
Lakewood, WA 45.9% 3rd +7.9pp 4th 54% above peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 4th +7.6pp 5th 54% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 17.3% 26th +2.7pp 6th 42% below peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 5th +5.5pp 7th 45% above peers
Taylor, MI 55.7% 2nd +6.4pp 8th 87% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 12th +3.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 27th +1.2pp 10th 44% below peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 11th 129% above peers
Porterville, CA 37.5% 9th +1.6pp 12th 26% above peers
Moore, OK 30.3% 15th +1.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 16th +0.5pp 14th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 17th +0.1pp 15th 4% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 6th -0.0pp 16th 36% above peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 22nd -0.4pp 17th 35% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 29th -0.6pp 18th 49% below peers
Brookline, MA 14.9% 30th -0.8pp 19th 50% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 21st -1.3pp 20th 35% below peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 7th -3.2pp 21st 30% above peers
Bossier City, LA 38.5% 8th -4.0pp 22nd 30% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 36.9% 10th -3.9pp 23rd 24% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 19th -2.9pp 24th 22% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 24th -3.0pp 25th 37% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 18th -4.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 11th -6.8pp 27th 17% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 18.0% 25th -5.4pp 28th 40% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 23rd -6.6pp 29th 36% below peers
Encinitas, CA 13.2% 31st -6.7pp 30th 55% below peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 28th -11.2pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.3pp 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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.3% then, 81.4% now; margin ±11.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.5% to 81.4%).
81.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marietta, GA 74.4% 9th +17.6pp 1st 4% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 29th +7.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Montebello, CA 75.4% 6th +9.9pp 3rd 6% above peers
Lakewood, WA 72.0% 14th +9.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Eden Prairie, MN 76.7% 4th +8.0pp 5th 7% above peers
Bossier City, LA 68.2% 19th +6.9pp 6th 4% below peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 21st +6.2pp 7th 6% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 12th +6.6pp 8th 1% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 16th +5.9pp 9th on par with peers
Encinitas, CA 78.4% 3rd +6.4pp 10th 10% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 5th +6.1pp 11th 6% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 12th 14% above peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 10th +4.0pp 13th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 11th +3.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 15th 16% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 25th +2.1pp 16th 10% below peers
La Habra, CA 69.0% 17th +1.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Brookline, MA 74.5% 8th +0.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 20th -1.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 64.2% 24th -2.3pp 20th 10% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 13th -3.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 68.7% 18th -5.2pp 22nd 4% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 23rd -4.9pp 23rd 10% below peers
Taylor, MI 71.8% 15th -6.4pp 24th 1% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 22nd -5.9pp 25th 10% below peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 27th -5.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Porterville, CA 56.3% 28th -5.4pp 27th 21% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 7th -7.8pp 28th 5% above peers
Moore, OK 61.3% 26th -9.4pp 29th 14% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 31st -16.8pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 18 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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2 of 18 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 ±9.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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