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St. Clair Shores, MI
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58,140 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 13 indicators

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

What needs attention 2 indicators

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

Big shifts 2 indicators

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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 10% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 195 in May 2026, down from 218 a year earlier.
195 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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%
Kannapolis, NC 154 (May 26) 2nd -36.6% 1st 39% below peers
Lancaster, PA 314 (Apr 26) 12th -32.4% 2nd 25% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 118 (May 26) 1st -26.6% 3rd 53% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 482 (Apr 26) 15th -23.0% 4th 91% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 303 (Jan 26) 11th -17.1% 5th 20% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 252 (Apr 26) 9th -17.0% 6th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 368 (Apr 26) 14th -16.4% 7th 46% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 195 (May 26) 4th -10.3% 8th 22% below peers
Springfield, OH 1,291 (Dec 25) 17th -9.3% 9th 413% above peers
Bentonville, AR 198 (May 26) 5th -6.7% 10th 21% below peers
Midwest City, OK 299 (May 26) 10th -5.9% 11th 19% above peers
Bowie, MD 169 (May 26) 3rd -3.9% 12th 33% below peers
Pocatello, ID 351 (Apr 26) 13th +4.0% 13th 40% above peers
National City, CA 748 (May 26) 16th +15.5% 14th 197% above peers
Lenexa, KS 214 (May 26) 6th +16.4% 15th 15% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 241 (Apr 26) 8th +23.7% 16th 4% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 217 (May 26) 7th +30.6% 17th 14% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 815 in May 2026, down from 1,069 a year earlier.
815 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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%
Kannapolis, NC 1,346 (May 26) 10th -35.2% 1st 3% above peers
Lenexa, KS 893 (May 26) 6th -34.9% 2nd 32% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 1,021 (Jan 26) 7th -28.1% 3rd 22% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 815 (May 26) 5th -23.7% 4th 38% below peers
Bowie, MD 1,763 (May 26) 14th -23.6% 5th 35% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 539 (Apr 26) 1st -23.4% 6th 59% below peers
Hempstead, NY 810 (Apr 26) 4th -21.2% 7th 38% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 1,739 (Apr 26) 13th -20.4% 8th 33% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 2,959 (Apr 26) 16th -19.5% 9th 127% above peers
Pocatello, ID 1,351 (Apr 26) 11th -18.9% 10th 4% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 1,235 (May 26) 8th -18.8% 11th 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 1,304 (May 26) 9th -13.7% 12th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 664 (May 26) 2nd -10.0% 13th 49% below peers
Springfield, OH 4,171 (Dec 25) 17th -9.6% 14th 220% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 710 (May 26) 3rd -8.0% 15th 46% below peers
National City, CA 1,694 (May 26) 12th -7.5% 16th 30% above peers
Midwest City, OK 2,304 (May 26) 15th +8.5% 17th 77% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 3 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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%
St. Clair Shores, MI 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Bentonville, AR 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Lenexa, KS 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Midwest City, OK 2 (May 26) 8th -80.0% 5th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 5 (May 26) 11th -69.5% 6th 184% above peers
Bowie, MD 2 (May 26) 9th +0.0% 7th on par with peers
National City, CA 7 (May 26) 15th +33.3% 8th 305% above peers
Hempstead, NY 5 (Apr 26) 12th +49.9% 9th 194% above peers
Springfield, OH 16 (Dec 25) 17th +79.9% 10th 807% above peers
Lancaster, PA 3 (May 26) 10th +99.4% 11th 99% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 8 (Apr 26) 16th +150.2% 12th 387% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 5 (Apr 26) 13th +199.4% 13th 199% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 5 (May 26) 14th 201% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0 (Jan 26) 5th 100% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Apr 26) 6th 100% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0 (Apr 26) 7th 100% below peers

Peers worth a call

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

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 81% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 121 in May 2026, down from 136 a year earlier.
121 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 17 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%
Lenexa, KS 77 (May 26) 5th -61.3% 1st 36% below peers
Bentonville, AR 25 (May 26) 1st -55.6% 2nd 79% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 131 (May 26) 11th -49.3% 3rd 10% above peers
Hempstead, NY 105 (Apr 26) 8th -46.6% 4th 12% below peers
Lancaster, PA 87 (Apr 26) 7th -40.0% 5th 27% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 72 (May 26) 4th -39.1% 6th 40% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 54 (Jan 26) 2nd -34.7% 7th 55% below peers
National City, CA 345 (May 26) 16th -34.3% 8th 189% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 297 (Apr 26) 15th -32.6% 9th 149% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 133 (Apr 26) 12th -27.9% 10th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 262 (May 26) 14th -27.5% 11th 119% above peers
Springfield, OH 676 (Dec 25) 17th -19.2% 12th 466% above peers
Pocatello, ID 119 (Apr 26) 9th -18.6% 13th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 121 (May 26) 10th -11.4% 14th 1% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 65 (May 26) 3rd -7.3% 15th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 222 (May 26) 13th -6.5% 16th 86% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 81 (Apr 26) 6th +0.0% 17th 32% below peers

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 →
  • 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
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $60,805 to $73,500 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,910). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($53,252 to $73,500).
$73,500
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Apopka, FL $96,884 13th +47% 1st 12% above peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 15th +45% 2nd 5% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 24th +42% 3rd 23% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 7th +40% 4th 31% above peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 25th +40% 5th 26% below peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 19th +38% 6th 15% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 7th 172% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 8th 43% above peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 14th +34% 9th 5% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 10th 80% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 23rd +31% 11th 19% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 16th +30% 12th on par with peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 21st +30% 13th 16% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 27th +30% 14th 30% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 26th +27% 15th 29% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 6th +27% 16th 36% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 4th +25% 17th 56% above peers
Bowie, MD $141,995 3rd +25% 18th 64% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 11th +24% 19th 17% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 20th 109% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 17th +22% 21st 1% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 9th +21% 22nd 19% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 20th +21% 23rd 15% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 29th +20% 24th 45% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 18th +19% 25th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 8th +19% 26th 19% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 30th +18% 27th 50% below peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 28th +15% 28th 33% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 10th +14% 29th 17% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 22nd +13% 30th 19% below peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 12th +9% 31st 14% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,293 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

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

Worsening faster than 56% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in May 2026, up from 3.8% a year earlier.
4.2%
1990May 2026
Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Springfield, OH 3.5% (May 26) 8th -1.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 1st -0.6pp 2nd 40% below peers
Casper, WY 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 3rd 35% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 4th 5% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 15th -0.3pp 5th 2% above peers
National City, CA 4.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 6th 15% above peers
Bentonville, AR 2.6% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 7th 35% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 8th 12% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.5% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 10th 12% below peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 11th 18% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 2.4% (May 26) 2nd +0.1pp 13th 40% below peers
Lacey, WA 4.7% (May 26) 24th +0.3pp 14th 18% above peers
Lancaster, PA 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.4pp 15th 7% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 17th 3% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.0% (May 26) 5th +0.5pp 18th 25% below peers
Bowie, MD 4.2% (May 26) 19th +0.5pp 19th 5% above peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.5% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 21st 12% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 22nd 30% above peers
Pocatello, ID 4.3% (May 26) 21st +0.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.0% (May 26) 6th +0.7pp 24th 25% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.2% (May 26) 26th +1.7pp 26th 30% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.5% then, 8.3% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.8% to 8.3%).
8.3%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 12.9% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 3rd -1.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 52% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 64% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.8% 22nd -4.4pp 4th 21% above peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 25th -4.5pp 5th 33% above peers
Pocatello, ID 14.2% 26th -3.7pp 6th 34% above peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 7th 28% above peers
Lancaster, PA 18.9% 28th -3.8pp 8th 78% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.5% 21st -1.8pp 9th 18% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.2% 14th -1.3pp 10th 4% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 9th -0.9pp 11th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 13th -1.0pp 12th 7% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 12th -0.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 7th -0.3pp 14th 42% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 29th -1.2pp 15th 106% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 16th 405% above peers
Springfield, OH 22.1% 30th +0.0pp 17th 108% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 5th +0.2pp 18th 49% below peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 16th +0.8pp 19th on par with peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 17th +0.9pp 20th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 15th +0.9pp 21st 4% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.3% 11th +0.8pp 22nd 21% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 27th +1.6pp 23rd 53% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 20th +1.2pp 24th 13% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 6th +0.6pp 25th 46% below peers
Lacey, WA 11.4% 19th +1.5pp 26th 7% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.7% 1st +0.6pp 27th 65% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 10th +1.7pp 28th 28% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 18th +2.5pp 29th 3% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 24th +3.7pp 30th 32% above peers
Orland Park, IL 7.2% 8th +3.0pp 31st 32% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.1% then, 12.4% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.2% to 12.3%).
12.4%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 3rd -2.7pp 1st 76% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 5th -3.5pp 2nd 64% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 21st -8.3pp 3rd 28% above peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 22nd -8.3pp 4th 28% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 4th -1.6pp 5th 71% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 6th -2.4pp 6th 57% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 7th -2.2pp 7th 57% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 13th -3.6pp 8th 7% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 9th 80% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 10th 97% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 18th -4.0pp 11th 12% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 12th 56% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 24th -3.7pp 13th 41% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 9th -1.3pp 14th 48% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 15th 104% above peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 20th -1.9pp 16th 27% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 14th -1.2pp 17th 5% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 15th -1.0pp 18th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 30th -0.1pp 19th 130% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 20th 425% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 21st 67% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 8th +0.6pp 22nd 51% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 12th +1.2pp 23rd 13% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.8% 1st +0.4pp 24th 80% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 16th +2.3pp 25th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 19th +4.4pp 26th 19% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 17th +5.0pp 27th 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 23rd +6.5pp 28th 31% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 10th +3.1pp 29th 48% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 11th +3.9pp 30th 38% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 31st 58% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.5% to 92.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; 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 10.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.6% to 92.3%).
92.3%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 90.7% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 5th +24.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +18.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 25th +14.7pp 3rd 2% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 29th +12.6pp 4th 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 28th +11.8pp 5th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 23rd +11.4pp 6th 1% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 7th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 22nd +10.8pp 8th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 12th +9.8pp 9th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 20th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 26th +8.7pp 11th 4% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 17th +8.0pp 12th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 11th +7.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 21st +7.3pp 14th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 7th +7.6pp 15th 4% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 18th +6.8pp 16th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 24th +6.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 15th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 14th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 19th +4.7pp 20th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 4th +4.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 22nd 3% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 13th +4.2pp 23rd 2% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 24th 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 10th +4.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 27th +3.1pp 26th 4% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 31st +2.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 6th +3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Bowie, MD 97.3% 3rd +2.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 16th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 8th +2.0pp 31st 4% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

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 (0.42 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.40
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
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 5th -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 20th -0.025 2nd 2% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 12th -0.023 3rd 1% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 7th -0.019 4th 10% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 5th 38% above peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 10th -0.012 6th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 28th -0.013 7th 11% above peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 6th -0.010 8th 10% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 18th -0.010 9th 1% above peers
National City, CA 0.44 15th -0.007 10th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 4th -0.005 11th 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 12th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 22nd -0.001 13th 2% above peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 13th +0.003 14th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 25th +0.003 15th 5% above peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 21st +0.006 16th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 27th +0.006 17th 9% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 9th +0.006 18th 2% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 8th +0.007 19th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 20th 15% above peers
Bowie, MD 0.37 2nd +0.010 21st 16% below peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 22nd 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 17th +0.017 23rd on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 24th 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 23rd +0.021 25th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 26th +0.028 26th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 11th +0.027 27th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 24th +0.030 28th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 14th +0.031 29th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 16th +0.044 30th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 8.9% to 6.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.3% to 6.4%).
6.4%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.1% -1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 20th -6.0pp 1st 32% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 9th -2.5pp 2nd 22% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 15th -2.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 4th 43% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 18th -2.3pp 5th 22% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 23rd -3.0pp 6th 64% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 2nd -0.5pp 7th 74% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 3rd -0.8pp 8th 52% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 11th -1.2pp 9th 19% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 19th -1.7pp 10th 30% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 14th -1.1pp 11th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 8th -0.6pp 12th 28% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 22nd -1.2pp 13th 51% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 25th -1.3pp 14th 106% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 10th -0.3pp 15th 20% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.1% 29th -0.1pp 16th 229% above peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 4th +0.0pp 17th 45% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 7th +0.1pp 18th 41% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 28th +0.5pp 19th 154% above peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 30th +0.9pp 20th 248% above peers
Pocatello, ID 17.2% 26th +0.7pp 21st 109% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 18% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 17th +0.8pp 23rd 13% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 24th +1.4pp 24th 86% above peers
Lacey, WA 12.1% 21st +1.2pp 25th 47% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 27th +3.0pp 26th 135% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 27th 538% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 5th +1.0pp 28th 43% below peers
Bowie, MD 6.7% 12th +2.7pp 29th 19% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 8.2% 16th +3.6pp 30th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 79% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.9% to 83.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 8 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 4.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.4% to 83.1%).
83.1%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 28th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 27th +5.1pp 2nd 23% below peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 17th +5.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 12th +5.4pp 4th 5% above peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 9th +5.5pp 5th 11% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 5th +5.8pp 6th 24% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 24th +3.7pp 7th 16% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 16th +4.0pp 8th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 4th +4.1pp 9th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 6th +2.8pp 10th 17% above peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 14th +1.9pp 11th 3% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 23rd +1.6pp 12th 16% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 13th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 19th +1.6pp 14th 7% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 3rd +2.2pp 15th 33% above peers
Bowie, MD 83.9% 2nd +1.3pp 16th 34% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 7th +1.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 21st +0.6pp 18th 11% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 10th +0.6pp 19th 8% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 18th +0.4pp 20th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 11th +0.4pp 21st 8% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 8th +0.3pp 22nd 13% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 13th -0.3pp 23rd 3% above peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 15th -0.4pp 24th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 25th -0.5pp 25th 17% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 26th 37% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 27th 45% below peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 22nd -1.8pp 28th 11% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 20th -4.1pp 29th 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 26th -3.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 28% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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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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
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 (22.6% then, 25.0% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.1% to 25.0%).
25.0%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 2nd 54% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 2nd -2.0pp 3rd 33% below peers
Bowie, MD 26.8% 7th -2.1pp 4th 15% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 12th -1.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 9th -1.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 28% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 19th -1.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 18th -0.7pp 9th 1% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 24th -0.4pp 10th 13% above peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 6th -0.2pp 11th 16% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 5th +0.0pp 12th 19% below peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 13th 60% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 22nd +0.3pp 14th 11% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 23rd +0.5pp 15th 12% above peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 25th +0.5pp 16th 14% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 14th +0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 16th +0.8pp 18th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 13th +0.8pp 19th 7% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 20th 53% above peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 10th +1.3pp 21st 12% below peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 26th +2.5pp 22nd 24% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 11th +1.9pp 23rd 9% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 17th +2.3pp 24th 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 15th +2.6pp 25th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 8th +2.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 27th +3.7pp 27th 25% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 21st +3.6pp 29th 10% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 20th +4.3pp 30th 5% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 28th +6.8pp 31st 51% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.9% then, 5.2% now; margin ±1.0pp).

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 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 5.2%).
5.2%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 59% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 10th -2.2pp 2nd 26% below peers
Bowie, MD 2.5% 2nd -1.2pp 3rd 58% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 28th -5.8pp 4th 157% above peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 5th 35% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 6th 227% above peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 18th -1.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 25th -1.2pp 8th 84% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 6th -0.4pp 9th 34% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 12th -0.3pp 10th 20% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 8th -0.2pp 11th 28% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 12th 485% above peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 20th -0.3pp 13th 4% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 15th -0.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 16th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 19th -0.2pp 16th 1% above peers
National City, CA 10.9% 26th -0.3pp 17th 88% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 27th -0.3pp 18th 116% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 7th -0.0pp 19th 31% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 20th 308% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 9th +0.0pp 21st 27% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 22nd +0.3pp 22nd 21% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 24th +0.6pp 23rd 54% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 14th +0.4pp 24th 9% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 25th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 26th 10% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 21st +1.1pp 27th 18% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 23rd +1.5pp 28th 33% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 11th +1.2pp 30th 23% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 39% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 (3.9% then, 4.2% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 4.2%).
4.2%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 8th -3.1pp 1st 56% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 7th -2.0pp 2nd 57% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 19th -5.1pp 3rd 12% above peers
Pocatello, ID 6.8% 14th -2.4pp 4th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 4th -0.9pp 5th 68% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 3rd -0.7pp 6th 70% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 23rd -2.8pp 7th 31% above peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 9th -1.0pp 8th 52% below peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 27th -2.8pp 9th 38% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 71% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 26th -2.5pp 11th 38% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 12th 77% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 20th -1.7pp 13th 13% above peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 22nd -1.9pp 14th 30% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 25th -1.6pp 15th 37% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 31st -1.6pp 16th 71% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.2% 15th -0.7pp 17th 8% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 18th -0.8pp 18th 9% above peers
National City, CA 11.2% 28th -0.3pp 19th 43% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 5th -0.0pp 20th 68% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 24th +0.4pp 21st 35% above peers
Bowie, MD 3.9% 10th +0.2pp 22nd 51% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 51% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 21st +0.7pp 24th 16% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.1% 17th +0.6pp 25th 3% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 11th +0.3pp 26th 47% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.0% 30th +2.4pp 27th 66% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.9% 16th +2.3pp 28th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 5.5% 12th +1.6pp 29th 30% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 30th 59% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 13th +2.9pp 31st 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 somewhat above the peer median.

35.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 54% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 2nd 23% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 3rd 20% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 4th 17% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 5th 16% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 6th 15% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 7th 15% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 8th 13% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 9th 12% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 10th 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 11th 7% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 12th 5% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.5% 13th 4% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 14th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 15th 1% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 17th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 18th 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 3% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 20th 4% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 4% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 22nd 9% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 23rd 9% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 24th 11% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 11% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 26th 20% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 27th 20% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 28th 20% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 29th 26% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 30th 34% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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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 (1.7% then, 2.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 2.8%).
2.8%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 2nd -3.2pp 1st 82% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 85% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 3rd 63% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 6th -1.6pp 4th 55% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 22nd -3.0pp 5th 90% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 18th -2.1pp 6th 53% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 29th -3.1pp 7th 176% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 7th -0.7pp 8th 36% below peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 9th -0.5pp 9th 29% below peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 15th -0.7pp 10th 1% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 20th -1.2pp 11th 83% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 25th -1.1pp 12th 129% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 26th -0.7pp 13th 136% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 21st +0.0pp 14th 85% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 11th +0.0pp 15th 17% below peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 19th +0.4pp 16th 66% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 14th +0.3pp 17th 11% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 8th +0.3pp 18th 33% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 30th +2.3pp 19th 215% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 31st +3.0pp 20th 284% above peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 23rd +1.9pp 21st 116% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 24th +2.2pp 22nd 128% above peers
Bowie, MD 2.7% 12th +0.8pp 23rd 16% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 17th +1.6pp 24th 51% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 13th +1.0pp 25th 15% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 28th +3.1pp 26th 149% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 28th 69% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 10th +1.4pp 29th 20% below peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 27th +5.6pp 30th 147% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 3rd 71% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.3% to 29.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 14 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.7% to 29.7%).
29.7%
20102024
Compare all 30 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
Apopka, FL 38.8% 14th +11.3pp 1st 3% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 20th +7.9pp 2nd 22% below peers
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 21st +6.5pp 3rd 22% below peers
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 4th 52% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 5th 20% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 28th +2.8pp 6th 51% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 27th +3.2pp 7th 43% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 19th +4.4pp 8th 22% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 9th +6.0pp 9th 30% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 13th +4.3pp 10th 3% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 30th +1.8pp 11th 56% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 12th 37% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 5th +6.2pp 13th 69% above peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 7th +5.1pp 14th 46% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 12th +3.6pp 15th 13% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 35% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 17th +2.3pp 17th 14% below peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 18th 37% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 4th +4.2pp 19th 83% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 10th +2.6pp 20th 22% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 3rd +3.4pp 21st 87% above peers
Bowie, MD 50.4% 8th +2.2pp 22nd 33% above peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 23rd 117% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 15th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 6th +2.2pp 25th 52% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 118% above peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 11th +1.0pp 27th 20% above peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 16th +0.3pp 28th 10% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 23rd -0.3pp 29th 36% below peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 26th -2.3pp 30th 41% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 (56.8% then, 50.7% now; margin ±13.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.3% to 50.7%).
50.7%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 7th +33.2pp 1st 31% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 9th +26.4pp 2nd 17% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 13th +16.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 2nd +18.3pp 4th 67% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 4th +14.8pp 5th 43% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 3rd +15.4pp 6th 56% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 18th +7.7pp 7th 16% below peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 23rd +6.6pp 8th 24% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 11th +9.5pp 9th 12% above peers
Bowie, MD 51.4% 15th +8.1pp 10th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 20th +6.0pp 11th 19% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 21st +5.7pp 12th 23% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 12th +6.6pp 13th 11% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 6th +7.0pp 14th 34% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 15th 78% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 8th +3.4pp 16th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 5th -0.4pp 17th 37% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 24th -2.1pp 18th 25% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 10th -5.8pp 19th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 16th -6.1pp 20th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 19th -5.0pp 21st 19% below peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 25th -4.8pp 22nd 25% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 22nd -5.2pp 23rd 23% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 30th -7.1pp 24th 38% below peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 14th -14.5pp 25th 2% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 28th -10.5pp 26th 33% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 26th -12.7pp 27th 27% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 17th -19.7pp 28th 6% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 27th -15.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 29th -14.5pp 30th 37% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 46% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.5pp 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 (8.6% then, 7.6% now; margin ±5.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 0 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.6% to 7.6%).
7.6%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 5th -3.5pp 2nd 62% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 7th -3.7pp 3rd 51% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 4th 41% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 10th -1.8pp 5th 33% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 6th 44% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 22nd -2.5pp 7th 26% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 6th -0.8pp 8th 57% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 18th -1.8pp 9th 11% above peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 12th -0.8pp 10th 22% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 19th -1.1pp 11th 13% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 4th -0.1pp 12th 63% below peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 64% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 13th -0.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 17th +0.3pp 16th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 17th 144% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 26th +1.3pp 18th 70% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 15th +1.2pp 19th 10% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 28th +3.0pp 20th 83% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 20th +2.8pp 21st 14% above peers
Bowie, MD 4.7% 11th +1.8pp 22nd 30% below peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 23rd +3.5pp 23rd 35% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 27th +4.6pp 24th 77% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 25th +4.4pp 25th 66% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 14th +2.4pp 26th 15% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 29th +5.9pp 27th 83% above peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 21st +4.3pp 28th 20% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 30th +7.2pp 29th 96% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 24th +7.0pp 30th 40% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 65% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 ±4.3pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59,528 to 58,140 - more than the combined survey margin (±88). 11 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (59,865 to 58,140).
58,140
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 22nd +20% 1st on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 26th +19% 2nd 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 18th +18% 3rd on par with peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 28th +17% 4th 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 12th +16% 5th on par with peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 19th +12% 6th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 8th +10% 7th 1% above peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 13th +8% 8th on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 27th +7% 9th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 15th +7% 10th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 14th +7% 11th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 5th +6% 12th 1% above peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 31st +5% 13th 2% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 30th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 10th +3% 15th on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 17th +2% 16th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 6th +1% 17th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 58,839 3rd +1% 18th 1% above peers
Bowie, MD 57,926 24th -1% 19th 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 25th -1% 20th 1% below peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 20th -2% 21st on par with peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 23rd -2% 22nd 1% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 21st -2% 23rd on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 7th -2% 24th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 9th -3% 25th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 29th -3% 26th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 16th -4% 27th on par with peers
National City, CA 58,893 2nd -4% 28th 1% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 11th -4% 29th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 1st -4% 30th 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 4th -4% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 ±81 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.5% then, 17.6% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.6% to 17.6%).
17.6%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 1st 32% below peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 3rd +1.2pp 2nd 18% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 17th +1.0pp 3rd 1% below peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 7th +0.8pp 4th 9% above peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 14th +0.7pp 5th 3% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 10th +0.7pp 6th 6% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 16th +0.6pp 7th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 20th +0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 4th +0.5pp 9th 16% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 24th +0.3pp 10th 10% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 25th +0.1pp 11th 18% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 26th +0.1pp 12th 19% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 2nd +0.1pp 13th 20% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 6th +0.0pp 14th 11% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 5th -0.1pp 15th 12% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 9th -0.3pp 16th 8% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 11th -0.4pp 17th 6% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 8th -0.4pp 18th 9% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 22nd -0.5pp 19th 5% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 23rd -0.6pp 20th 8% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 1st -0.8pp 21st 26% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 31st -0.4pp 22nd 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 23rd 32% below peers
Bowie, MD 21.1% 18th -0.8pp 24th 3% below peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 19th -1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 27th -1.5pp 26th 25% below peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 21st -2.5pp 27th 5% below peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 13th -3.1pp 28th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 12th -3.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 28th -3.1pp 30th 29% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 15th -5.5pp 31st 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.2% then, 26.4% now; margin ±6.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.9% to 26.4%).
26.4%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 22nd +12.0pp 1st 21% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 21st +12.4pp 2nd 15% below peers
Bowie, MD 32.0% 15th +11.9pp 3rd 4% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 4th 4% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 17th +7.4pp 5th 4% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 12th +8.6pp 6th 18% above peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 9th +8.2pp 7th 22% above peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 8th 47% below peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 23rd +3.6pp 9th 23% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 10th +4.6pp 10th 20% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 11th 47% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 6th +4.8pp 12th 48% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 13th 66% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 8th +3.7pp 14th 41% above peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 18th +2.4pp 15th 6% below peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 16th 74% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 17th 138% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 11th -0.6pp 18th 18% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 16th -1.0pp 19th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 2nd -4.8pp 20th 81% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 27th -1.8pp 21st 34% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 19th -2.8pp 22nd 8% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 20th -2.8pp 23rd 14% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 26th -2.7pp 24th 31% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 13th -4.6pp 25th 5% above peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 5th -8.6pp 26th 49% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 28th -3.6pp 27th 40% below peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 24th -5.0pp 28th 24% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 80% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 30th 46% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 25th -7.5pp 31st 27% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 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 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 (66.0% then, 65.6% now; margin ±10.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.9% to 65.6%).
65.6%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 3rd +22.1pp 1st 21% above peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 27th +13.9pp 2nd 11% below peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 17th +15.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 14th +13.0pp 4th 1% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 5th +11.4pp 5th 20% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 9th +10.7pp 6th 14% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 4th +10.3pp 7th 20% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 6th +9.0pp 8th 18% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 1st +8.2pp 9th 25% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 10th +5.3pp 10th 9% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 15th +4.0pp 11th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 8th +3.3pp 12th 16% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 26th +2.3pp 13th 10% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 16th +1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Bowie, MD 80.8% 7th +0.8pp 15th 17% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 28th +0.5pp 16th 15% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 2nd +0.3pp 17th 23% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 12th -1.1pp 19th 4% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 11th -1.7pp 20th 6% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 22nd -1.7pp 21st 3% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 20th -2.4pp 22nd 3% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 19th -3.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 18th -3.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 21st -4.9pp 25th 3% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 30th -6.1pp 26th 16% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 27th 21% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 29th -8.7pp 28th 16% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 24th -9.7pp 29th 8% below peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 13th -14.6pp 30th 2% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 25th -16.9pp 31st 8% below peers
Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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