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76,111 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Southfield, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
0.3%
2020-24
▼ 89%
relative change
3.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
5.9%
2020-24
▼ 58%
relative change
14.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.8%
2020-24
▼ 28%
relative change
5.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$68,166
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
$55,705 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
426 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
510 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
53.4%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
47.8% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,247 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
2,508 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.9%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
83.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
40.7%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
37.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.3%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
11.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Southfield, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
41.9%
2020-24
▼ 35%
relative change
64.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.9%
Jul 2026
▲ 6%
relative change
6.5% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.7%
2019-23
▲ 12%
relative change
12.3% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
6 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 200%
relative change
2 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
10.0%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
9.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.2%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
501 /100k
Jul 2025
▼ 5%
relative change
525 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.0%
2020-24
flat
relative change
40.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
76,236
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
73,174 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,584
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,538 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Home value
Typical home value
$253,902
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$249,332 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$170,307
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$170,837 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
18.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
18.4% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
74.2%
2020-24
high
vs peers
72.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 5% over the 12 months ending July 2025, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 8% a year from 2020 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 19% a year from 2018 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 501 in July 2025, down from 525 a year earlier.
Needs attention 501 per 100k
2018July 2025
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Arlington Heights, IL 38 (Jul 26) -23.7% 1st
Caldwell, ID 368 (Jul 26) -23.2% 2nd
Noblesville, IN 59 (Jul 26) -22.4% 3rd
Johnson City, TN 334 (Jul 26) -21.1% 4th
Appleton, WI 168 (Jul 26) -19.1% 5th
Rock Hill, SC 378 (Jun 26) -17.8% 6th
Blaine, MN 74 (Jul 26) -16.2% 7th
Greenville, SC 521 (Jul 26) -15.3% 8th
Hammond, IN 585 (Feb 26) -13.0% 9th
New Britain, CT 366 (Jul 26) -12.5% 10th
Pawtucket, RI 218 (Jul 26) -12.5% 11th
Napa, CA 212 (Jul 26) -11.0% 12th
Iowa City, IA 272 (Jul 26) -7.2% 13th
Alameda, CA 329 (Jul 26) -5.2% 14th
Southfield, MI 501 (Jul 25) -4.6% 15th
Rocklin, CA 120 (Jul 26) -4.2% 16th
Evanston, IL 131 (Jun 26) +5.3% 17th
Flagstaff, AZ 505 (Jan 26) +7.2% 18th
Scranton, PA 332 (Jul 26) +11.1% 19th
Schaumburg, IL 69 (Jul 26) +12.8% 20th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burnsville, MN down about 47% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2023-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 10% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 20% higher than in 2021 (1,881 then, 2,266 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 2,785 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,247 in July 2026, down from 2,508 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,247 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Caldwell, ID 483 (Jul 26) -40.6% 1st
Napa, CA 1,044 (Jul 26) -24.1% 2nd
Evanston, IL 1,969 (Jun 26) -23.3% 3rd
Johnson City, TN 1,736 (Jul 26) -22.9% 4th
Appleton, WI 901 (Jul 26) -21.1% 5th
Noblesville, IN 430 (Jul 26) -19.7% 6th
Greenville, SC 2,527 (Jul 26) -17.9% 7th
Hammond, IN 2,400 (Feb 26) -17.9% 8th
Schaumburg, IL 1,644 (Jul 26) -15.9% 9th
Pawtucket, RI 1,222 (Jul 26) -12.1% 10th
Iowa City, IA 1,520 (Jul 26) -11.9% 11th
Southfield, MI 2,247 (Jul 26) -10.4% 12th
Blaine, MN 1,029 (Jul 26) -8.3% 13th
New Britain, CT 1,772 (Jul 26) -5.7% 14th
Scranton, PA 1,221 (Jul 26) -5.4% 15th
Flagstaff, AZ 2,134 (Jan 26) -3.5% 16th
Alameda, CA 3,616 (Jul 26) -3.5% 17th
Rock Hill, SC 2,295 (Jun 26) -0.2% 18th
Rocklin, CA 844 (Jul 26) +6.1% 19th
Arlington Heights, IL 880 (Jul 26) +11.6% 20th
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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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 200% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is less than 1% lower than in 2021 (8 then, 8 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 1 in 2024 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 14% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 6 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 8 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 6 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Iowa City, IA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Blaine, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Appleton, WI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Napa, CA 1 (Jul 26) -74.9% 4th
Johnson City, TN 1 (Jul 26) -66.8% 5th
Flagstaff, AZ 3 (Jan 26) -50.0% 6th
Rock Hill, SC 8 (Jun 26) -14.3% 7th
New Britain, CT 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Greenville, SC 4 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Pawtucket, RI 4 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Hammond, IN 15 (Feb 26) +10.2% 11th
Scranton, PA 4 (Jul 26) +49.8% 12th
Southfield, MI 8 (Jul 26) +199.6% 13th
Schaumburg, IL 4 (Jul 26) +200.8% 14th
Noblesville, IN 0 (Jul 26)
Arlington Heights, IL 1 (Jul 26)
Evanston, IL 0 (Jun 26)
Caldwell, ID 1 (Jul 26)
Rocklin, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Alameda, CA 0 (Jul 26)
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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 July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 17% lower than in 2021 (507 then, 423 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 823 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 12% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 426 in July 2026, down from 510 a year earlier.
Bright spot 426 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Caldwell, ID 52 (Jul 26) -52.9% 1st
Schaumburg, IL 49 (Jul 26) -47.9% 2nd
Noblesville, IN 38 (Jul 26) -43.1% 3rd
Arlington Heights, IL 34 (Jul 26) -40.9% 4th
Napa, CA 88 (Jul 26) -29.5% 5th
Flagstaff, AZ 102 (Jan 26) -28.8% 6th
Iowa City, IA 109 (Jul 26) -20.2% 7th
Evanston, IL 140 (Jun 26) -20.1% 8th
Johnson City, TN 115 (Jul 26) -19.6% 9th
Southfield, MI 426 (Jul 26) -16.5% 10th
Rock Hill, SC 209 (Jun 26) -13.6% 11th
Greenville, SC 223 (Jul 26) -10.6% 12th
Pawtucket, RI 193 (Jul 26) -9.7% 13th
Alameda, CA 643 (Jul 26) -6.1% 14th
Scranton, PA 128 (Jul 26) -4.9% 15th
Appleton, WI 45 (Jul 26) -2.9% 16th
Rocklin, CA 46 (Jul 26) -2.8% 17th
Blaine, MN 69 (Jul 26) +10.4% 18th
New Britain, CT 501 (Jul 26) +16.5% 19th
Hammond, IN 417 (Feb 26) +20.8% 20th
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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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $55,705 to $68,166 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,532).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Southfield started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($49,548 to $68,166).
Bright spot $68,166
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%
St. Cloud, FL $83,174 14th +50% 1st 14% above peers
Caldwell, ID $73,058 16th +49% 2nd on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $101,888 9th +43% 3rd 39% above peers
Rogers, AR $86,728 12th +41% 4th 19% above peers
Appleton, WI $80,483 15th +38% 5th 10% above peers
Johnson City, TN $57,254 27th +37% 6th 22% below peers
Poinciana, FL $68,015 24th +36% 7th 7% below peers
Rock Hill, SC $68,771 20th +36% 8th 6% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $68,310 22nd +35% 9th 6% below peers
Carmichael, CA $85,914 13th +33% 10th 18% above peers
Alameda, CA $137,697 2nd +31% 11th 88% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $69,882 19th +28% 12th 4% below peers
Gulfport, MS $49,919 31st +27% 13th 32% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY $68,613 21st +27% 14th 6% below peers
Noblesville, IN $104,047 8th +27% 15th 42% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $107,504 5th +27% 16th 47% above peers
Greenville, SC $71,472 18th +26% 17th 2% below peers
Napa, CA $105,963 7th +26% 18th 45% above peers
New Britain, CT $58,613 25th +26% 19th 20% below peers
Rocklin, CA $124,168 3rd +26% 20th 70% above peers
Blaine, MN $106,801 6th +26% 21st 46% above peers
Scranton, PA $50,739 30th +25% 22nd 31% below peers
Lauderhill, FL $51,165 29th +23% 23rd 30% below peers
Southfield, MI $68,166 23rd +22% 24th 7% below peers
Evanston, IL $96,434 11th +22% 25th 32% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $71,512 17th +22% 26th 2% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $116,723 4th +21% 27th 60% above peers
Hammond, IN $55,504 28th +20% 28th 24% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $156,964 1st +19% 29th 115% above peers
Iowa City, IA $58,546 26th +19% 30th 20% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $97,514 10th +17% 31st 33% 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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,471 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.9% in July 2026, up from 6.5% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.9%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Pawtucket, RI 4.2% (Jul 26) 10th -1.0pp 1st 9% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 5.1% (Jul 26) 18th -0.8pp 2nd 11% above peers
Hammond, IN 4.6% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 4th 26% below peers
Greenville, SC 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Gulfport, MS 3.5% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 6th 24% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 19th -0.5pp 7th 11% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 8th 17% below peers
Napa, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 9th 11% below peers
Alameda, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 16th -0.3pp 10th 7% above peers
Rocklin, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 11th 2% below peers
Noblesville, IN 3.2% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.2pp 12th 30% below peers
Iowa City, IA 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.2pp 13th 30% below peers
Rogers, AR 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st -0.1pp 14th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 7.2% (Jul 26) 25th +0.0pp 15th 57% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th +0.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Appleton, WI 3.5% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 17th 24% below peers
Evanston, IL 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th +0.2pp 18th 7% above peers
Southfield, MI 6.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.4pp 19th 50% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 11th +0.4pp 20th 4% below peers
Scranton, PA 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st +0.5pp 21st 13% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 22nd 11% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.7pp 23rd 20% above peers
Blaine, MN 4.7% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 24th 2% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.8pp 25th 15% above peers
New Britain, CT 8.3% (Jul 26) 26th +2.1pp 26th 80% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.3% then, 10.3% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.2% to 10.2%).
Bright spot 10.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4% 11th -5.1pp 1st 20% below peers
Caldwell, ID 11.9% 17th -4.6pp 2nd 2% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 10.1% 12th -3.2pp 3rd 14% below peers
Appleton, WI 8.3% 9th -2.6pp 4th 30% below peers
Noblesville, IN 5.3% 2nd -1.3pp 5th 55% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 12.6% 18th -3.0pp 6th 7% above peers
New Britain, CT 18.1% 24th -3.6pp 7th 54% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 13.3% 20th -2.3pp 8th 13% above peers
Hammond, IN 19.1% 26th -3.0pp 9th 63% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.8% 29th -3.5pp 10th 94% above peers
Evanston, IL 11.8% 16th -1.6pp 11th on par with peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.7% 4th -0.7pp 12th 52% below peers
Poinciana, FL 14.9% 22nd -1.5pp 13th 27% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.2% 13th -1.0pp 14th 13% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.8% 1st -0.3pp 15th 68% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 19.4% 27th -1.5pp 16th 65% above peers
Carmichael, CA 12.6% 19th -0.7pp 17th 7% above peers
Iowa City, IA 26.3% 31st -1.3pp 18th 124% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 16.6% 23rd -0.7pp 19th 41% above peers
Johnson City, TN 20.3% 28th -0.6pp 20th 72% above peers
Alameda, CA 7.2% 7th -0.1pp 21st 39% below peers
Scranton, PA 23.0% 30th -0.2pp 22nd 95% above peers
Rocklin, CA 5.6% 3rd -0.0pp 23rd 52% below peers
Rogers, AR 10.5% 14th +0.0pp 24th 11% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 10.7% 15th +0.1pp 25th 9% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.4% 6th +0.0pp 26th 45% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 18.2% 25th +0.7pp 27th 55% above peers
Greenville, SC 14.0% 21st +0.6pp 28th 19% above peers
Napa, CA 8.5% 10th +0.5pp 29th 28% below peers
Blaine, MN 7.2% 8th +1.4pp 30th 38% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 6.0% 5th +2.1pp 31st 49% 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 14.2% to 5.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.4pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Southfield started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 14.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.9% to 5.9%).
Bright spot 5.9%
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%
Southfield, MI 5.9% 6th -8.2pp 1st 62% below peers
Alameda, CA 3.8% 2nd -4.6pp 2nd 76% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 2.1% 1st -1.8pp 3rd 87% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 4.4% 5th -3.4pp 4th 72% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.2% 13th -8.5pp 5th 22% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 13.1% 14th -6.6pp 6th 16% below peers
Appleton, WI 11.0% 11th -5.0pp 7th 30% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 17.3% 20th -7.1pp 8th 11% above peers
New Britain, CT 24.0% 26th -9.4pp 9th 54% above peers
Caldwell, ID 15.6% 16th -5.1pp 10th on par with peers
Hammond, IN 26.2% 28th -8.6pp 11th 68% above peers
Rocklin, CA 3.9% 3rd -1.2pp 12th 75% below peers
Johnson City, TN 21.1% 24th -6.6pp 13th 35% above peers
Iowa City, IA 14.2% 15th -3.6pp 14th 9% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 17.5% 22nd -4.3pp 15th 12% above peers
Gulfport, MS 31.6% 30th -7.5pp 16th 102% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 29.0% 29th -6.4pp 17th 86% above peers
Noblesville, IN 6.1% 7th -1.3pp 18th 61% below peers
Carmichael, CA 17.1% 19th -2.9pp 19th 9% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 25.5% 27th -1.7pp 20th 63% above peers
Poinciana, FL 21.6% 25th +0.3pp 21st 38% above peers
Scranton, PA 34.4% 31st +1.4pp 22nd 120% above peers
Greenville, SC 18.3% 23rd +0.9pp 23rd 17% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 17.5% 21st +1.0pp 24th 12% above peers
Rogers, AR 16.4% 17th +1.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 8.3% 8th +0.9pp 26th 47% below peers
Evanston, IL 10.0% 10th +1.3pp 27th 36% below peers
Napa, CA 11.4% 12th +1.6pp 28th 27% below peers
Blaine, MN 9.9% 9th +2.9pp 29th 37% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 16.6% 18th +7.3pp 30th 7% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.3% 4th +2.9pp 31st 73% 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 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
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.7% to 91.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Southfield started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 13.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.5% to 91.9%).
Bright spot 91.9%
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%
Rogers, AR 93.8% 14th +26.5pp 1st on par with peers
Lauderhill, FL 91.7% 20th +23.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
Hammond, IN 87.3% 27th +13.3pp 3rd 7% below peers
Poinciana, FL 92.9% 17th +13.8pp 4th 1% below peers
New Britain, CT 85.1% 30th +12.4pp 5th 9% below peers
Gulfport, MS 86.0% 29th +10.1pp 6th 8% below peers
Caldwell, ID 92.4% 18th +10.1pp 7th 1% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 88.4% 25th +8.7pp 8th 5% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 89.6% 23rd +8.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Southfield, MI 91.9% 19th +8.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Greenville, SC 90.5% 22nd +7.9pp 11th 3% below peers
Appleton, WI 94.3% 10th +7.7pp 12th 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 95.2% 8th +7.7pp 13th 2% above peers
Scranton, PA 84.2% 31st +6.2pp 14th 10% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 95.2% 7th +6.2pp 15th 2% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 94.1% 12th +6.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 91.3% 21st +5.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Johnson City, TN 87.9% 26th +4.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Carmichael, CA 94.2% 11th +5.0pp 19th 1% above peers
Evanston, IL 93.9% 13th +4.7pp 20th on par with peers
Napa, CA 93.4% 16th +4.6pp 21st on par with peers
Alameda, CA 95.0% 9th +4.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 93.6% 15th +4.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Rocklin, CA 96.6% 1st +3.9pp 24th 3% above peers
Blaine, MN 95.3% 6th +3.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 95.4% 5th +3.7pp 26th 2% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 96.5% 2nd +3.3pp 27th 3% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 88.7% 24th +3.0pp 28th 5% below peers
Noblesville, IN 95.9% 4th +2.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 96.3% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 3% above peers
Iowa City, IA 86.5% 28th -0.6pp 31st 7% 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.44 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 to 0.44).
0.44
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
Rogers, AR 0.46 21st -0.041 1st 3% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 0.43 11th -0.034 2nd 4% below peers
Caldwell, ID 0.37 1st -0.023 3rd 16% below peers
Johnson City, TN 0.51 28th -0.030 4th 15% above peers
Carmichael, CA 0.46 22nd -0.018 5th 4% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 0.43 12th -0.014 6th 3% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 12% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 0.40 5th -0.010 8th 11% below peers
Evanston, IL 0.54 30th -0.013 9th 22% above peers
Scranton, PA 0.46 23rd -0.010 10th 4% above peers
Blaine, MN 0.39 3rd -0.006 11th 12% below peers
New Britain, CT 0.45 19th -0.004 12th 2% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 0.39 4th +0.000 13th 11% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 0.44 15th +0.001 14th 1% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 0.44 14th +0.002 15th 1% below peers
Hammond, IN 0.44 16th +0.002 16th on par with peers
Ellicott City, MD 0.41 8th +0.003 17th 7% below peers
Noblesville, IN 0.41 7th +0.003 18th 8% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 0.45 18th +0.005 19th 1% above peers
Gulfport, MS 0.49 26th +0.006 20th 11% above peers
Southfield, MI 0.44 17th +0.009 21st on par with peers
Iowa City, IA 0.53 29th +0.015 22nd 19% above peers
Greenville, SC 0.56 31st +0.016 23rd 25% above peers
Poinciana, FL 0.41 6th +0.015 24th 8% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 0.49 25th +0.023 25th 10% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 0.41 9th +0.022 26th 7% below peers
Napa, CA 0.46 20th +0.027 27th 3% above peers
Alameda, CA 0.47 24th +0.029 28th 6% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 0.42 10th +0.032 29th 5% below peers
Rocklin, CA 0.44 13th +0.038 30th 1% below peers
Appleton, WI 0.50 27th +0.062 31st 13% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (12.3% then, 13.7% now; margin ±2.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (15.9% to 13.7%).
Needs attention 13.7%
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
Caldwell, ID 12.5% 19th -8.3pp 1st 31% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 8.5% 13th -5.2pp 2nd 10% below peers
Johnson City, TN 9.9% 17th -5.0pp 3rd 4% above peers
Rogers, AR 5.2% 4th -1.8pp 4th 46% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 6.7% 10th -1.9pp 5th 29% below peers
Greenville, SC 8.8% 14th -2.4pp 6th 8% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 28th -5.9pp 7th 140% above peers
Iowa City, IA 6.6% 8th -1.6pp 8th 31% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 20.4% 26th -3.9pp 9th 114% above peers
New Britain, CT 28.1% 31st -3.8pp 10th 195% above peers
Hammond, IN 18.6% 24th -1.7pp 11th 95% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 12th 66% below peers
Appleton, WI 9.5% 16th -0.8pp 13th on par with peers
St. Cloud, FL 15.1% 23rd -0.7pp 14th 58% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.5% 27th -0.6pp 15th 136% above peers
Noblesville, IN 4.3% 2nd -0.1pp 16th 54% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 26.3% 29th -0.3pp 17th 176% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 9.3% 15th -0.1pp 18th 3% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.9% 7th +0.2pp 19th 38% below peers
Scranton, PA 26.9% 30th +1.1pp 20th 182% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 13.4% 21st +1.0pp 21st 41% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.8% 25th +1.8pp 22nd 97% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.6% 20th +1.2pp 23rd 32% above peers
Southfield, MI 13.7% 22nd +1.4pp 24th 44% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.4% 3rd +0.5pp 25th 54% below peers
Napa, CA 5.8% 6th +0.7pp 26th 39% below peers
Blaine, MN 6.6% 9th +1.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Carmichael, CA 12.2% 18th +2.3pp 28th 28% above peers
Evanston, IL 7.5% 11th +2.0pp 29th 21% below peers
Alameda, CA 7.7% 12th +2.9pp 30th 19% below peers
Rocklin, CA 5.7% 5th +2.1pp 31st 40% 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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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 →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • 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 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $253,902 in August 2026, up from $249,332 a year earlier.
Big move $253,902
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $266,292 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Arlington Heights, IL $495,520 (Aug 26) 8th +8.9% 1st 29% above peers
Evanston, IL $493,385 (Aug 26) 9th +8.5% 2nd 28% above peers
New Britain, CT $312,170 (Aug 26) 20th +8.0% 3rd 19% below peers
Appleton, WI $305,667 (Aug 26) 21st +5.6% 4th 21% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $360,740 (Aug 26) 17th +4.9% 5th 6% below peers
Iowa City, IA $303,890 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.4% 6th 21% below peers
Rogers, AR $385,478 (Aug 26) 15th +3.0% 7th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN $392,593 (Aug 26) 14th +2.0% 8th 2% above peers
Gulfport, MS $206,071 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 9th 47% below peers
Greenville, SC $331,641 (Aug 26) 18th +1.9% 10th 14% below peers
Southfield, MI $253,902 (Aug 26) 25th +1.8% 11th 34% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $400,687 (Aug 26) 11th +1.5% 12th 4% above peers
Hammond, IN $179,704 (Aug 26) 29th +1.5% 13th 53% below peers
Johnson City, TN $295,339 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.3% 14th 23% below peers
Blaine, MN $381,495 (Aug 26) 16th +1.2% 15th 1% below peers
Caldwell, ID $399,412 (Aug 26) 13th +1.2% 16th 4% above peers
Alameda, CA $1,137,620 (Aug 26) 1st +1.2% 17th 195% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $433,365 (Aug 26) 10th +1.2% 18th 12% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $735,463 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 19th 91% above peers
Rocklin, CA $690,121 (Aug 26) 4th +0.3% 20th 79% above peers
Carmichael, CA $552,774 (Aug 26) 7th +0.1% 21st 43% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $656,451 (Aug 26) 5th +0.1% 22nd 70% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $583,715 (Aug 26) 6th -0.1% 23rd 51% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $323,886 (Aug 26) 19th -1.7% 24th 16% below peers
Napa, CA $862,725 (Aug 26) 2nd -2.0% 25th 124% above peers
Scranton, PA $201,486 (Aug 26) 28th -2.5% 26th 48% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $400,424 (Aug 26) 12th -2.8% 27th 4% above peers
Poinciana, FL $279,614 (Aug 26) 24th -4.2% 28th 27% below peers
Lauderhill, FL $208,707 (Aug 26) 26th -5.4% 29th 46% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $170,307 in August 2026, down from $170,837 a year earlier.
Big move $170,307
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
New Britain, CT $251,266 (Aug 26) 18th +10.1% 1st 15% below peers
Evanston, IL $295,656 (Aug 26) 14th +8.4% 2nd on par with peers
Appleton, WI $239,277 (Aug 26) 20th +6.4% 3rd 19% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $294,956 (Aug 26) 15th +6.1% 4th on par with peers
Greenville, SC $209,016 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.4% 5th 29% below peers
Gulfport, MS $128,674 (Aug 26) 28th +4.1% 6th 56% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $266,017 (Aug 26) 17th +4.1% 7th 10% below peers
Iowa City, IA $198,732 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.0% 8th 33% below peers
Scranton, PA $148,126 (Aug 26) 26th +3.7% 9th 50% below peers
Rogers, AR $274,329 (Aug 26) 16th +2.8% 10th 7% below peers
Hammond, IN $142,571 (Aug 26) 27th +2.7% 11th 52% below peers
Noblesville, IN $298,391 (Aug 26) 13th +2.3% 12th 1% above peers
Caldwell, ID $336,822 (Aug 26) 10th +2.0% 13th 14% above peers
Johnson City, TN $192,230 (Aug 26) 24th +2.0% 14th 35% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $348,268 (Aug 26) 9th +2.0% 15th 18% above peers
Blaine, MN $302,157 (Aug 26) 12th +1.7% 16th 2% above peers
Apple Valley, CA $359,766 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 17th 22% above peers
Alameda, CA $812,803 (Aug 26) 1st +0.8% 18th 176% above peers
Rocklin, CA $557,680 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.5% 19th 89% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $469,108 (Aug 26) 6th +0.4% 20th 59% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $476,163 (Aug 26) 5th +0.4% 21st 61% above peers
Ellicott City, MD $509,785 (Aug 26) 4th +0.3% 22nd 73% above peers
Southfield, MI $170,307 (Aug 26) 25th -0.3% 23rd 42% below peers
Carmichael, CA $417,873 (Aug 26) 7th -0.3% 24th 42% above peers
Napa, CA $644,528 (Aug 26) 2nd -2.3% 25th 119% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $309,038 (Aug 26) 11th -2.6% 26th 5% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $211,869 (Aug 26) 21st -3.2% 27th 28% below peers
Poinciana, FL $243,383 (Aug 26) 19th -3.6% 28th 17% below peers
Lauderhill, FL $103,759 (Aug 26) 29th -6.8% 29th 65% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.8% to 53.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.8% to 53.4%).
Bright spot 53.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Caldwell, ID 73.0% 5th +9.7pp 1st 24% above peers
Poinciana, FL 77.2% 2nd +8.7pp 2nd 32% above peers
New Britain, CT 45.0% 29th +5.0pp 3rd 23% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 55.8% 19th +6.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Southfield, MI 53.4% 22nd +5.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 50.1% 26th +5.0pp 6th 15% below peers
Gulfport, MS 55.1% 20th +5.1pp 7th 6% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 69.9% 11th +4.3pp 8th 19% above peers
Alameda, CA 50.7% 25th +2.7pp 9th 14% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 70.9% 10th +3.1pp 10th 21% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 77.1% 3rd +3.1pp 11th 31% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 71.1% 9th +2.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 54.2% 21st +1.7pp 13th 8% below peers
Hammond, IN 62.4% 15th +1.8pp 14th 6% above peers
Scranton, PA 49.9% 27th +1.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Johnson City, TN 51.3% 24th +1.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Appleton, WI 67.0% 13th +1.4pp 17th 14% above peers
Rocklin, CA 68.3% 12th +1.2pp 18th 16% above peers
Evanston, IL 56.2% 18th +0.4pp 19th 4% below peers
Napa, CA 58.7% 16th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 71.2% 8th -0.0pp 21st 21% above peers
Rogers, AR 57.2% 17th -0.4pp 22nd 2% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 74.0% 4th -0.6pp 23rd 26% above peers
Iowa City, IA 47.2% 28th -0.5pp 24th 20% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 63.0% 14th -0.8pp 25th 7% above peers
Blaine, MN 85.3% 1st -1.1pp 26th 45% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 72.5% 6th -1.2pp 27th 24% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.0% 7th -2.1pp 28th 23% above peers
Carmichael, CA 52.2% 23rd -1.9pp 29th 11% below peers
Greenville, SC 41.1% 31st -3.0pp 30th 30% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 42.3% 30th -5.1pp 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,584 in August 2026, up from $1,538 a year earlier.
Big move $1,584
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Iowa City, IA $1,270 (Aug 26) 28th +8.8% 1st 29% below peers
Appleton, WI $1,215 (Aug 26) 29th +8.2% 2nd 32% below peers
Alameda, CA $2,953 (Aug 26) 1st +6.2% 3rd 66% above peers
Hammond, IN $1,498 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.5% 4th 16% below peers
New Britain, CT $1,623 (Aug 26) 19th +5.2% 5th 9% below peers
Pawtucket, RI $1,876 (Aug 26) 14th +5.1% 6th 5% above peers
Noblesville, IN $1,741 (Aug 26) 17th +4.6% 7th 2% below peers
Evanston, IL $2,438 (Aug 26) 6th +4.3% 8th 37% above peers
Caldwell, ID $1,695 (Aug 26) 18th +4.1% 9th 5% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $2,438 (Aug 26) 5th +3.9% 10th 37% above peers
Scranton, PA $1,354 (Aug 26) 27th +3.2% 11th 24% below peers
Rocklin, CA $2,478 (Aug 26) 4th +3.1% 12th 39% above peers
Southfield, MI $1,584 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 13th 11% below peers
Schaumburg, IL $2,147 (Aug 26) 9th +2.9% 14th 20% above peers
Poinciana, FL $1,909 (Aug 26) 12th +2.6% 15th 7% above peers
Johnson City, TN $1,449 (Aug 26) 26th +2.6% 16th 19% below peers
Ellicott City, MD $2,660 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.5% 17th 49% above peers
Carmichael, CA $1,741 (Aug 26) 16th +2.1% 18th 2% below peers
Apple Valley, CA $1,784 (Aug 26) 15th +1.9% 19th on par with peers
Blaine, MN $2,078 (Aug 26) 10th +1.9% 20th 16% above peers
Greenville, SC $1,572 (Aug 26) 21st +1.9% 21st 12% below peers
Gulfport, MS $1,483 (Aug 26) 25th +1.6% 22nd 17% below peers
Rogers, AR $1,513 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 23rd 15% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL $1,985 (Aug 26) 11th +1.3% 24th 11% above peers
Rock Hill, SC $1,488 (Aug 26) 24th +1.2% 25th 17% below peers
Napa, CA $2,863 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 26th 61% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL $2,220 (Aug 26) 7th -0.1% 27th 24% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ $2,166 (Aug 26) 8th -0.8% 28th 21% above peers
Lauderhill, FL $1,878 (Aug 26) 13th -3.0% 29th 5% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.0% then, 40.0% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.8% to 40.0%).
Needs attention 40.0%
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 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Appleton, WI 21.8% 1st -3.5pp 1st 40% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 25.8% 5th -2.4pp 2nd 29% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 37.9% 20th -3.3pp 3rd 4% above peers
Rogers, AR 23.5% 4th -1.3pp 4th 36% below peers
Gulfport, MS 38.5% 21st -1.5pp 5th 6% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 42.9% 29th -1.6pp 6th 18% above peers
Scranton, PA 37.2% 19th -1.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Evanston, IL 37.2% 18th -0.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Southfield, MI 40.0% 23rd +0.0pp 9th 10% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 36.0% 14th +0.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Alameda, CA 37.1% 17th +0.8pp 11th 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 32.0% 10th +0.7pp 12th 12% below peers
Rocklin, CA 35.6% 13th +0.9pp 13th 2% below peers
New Britain, CT 44.4% 30th +1.1pp 14th 22% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 41.1% 25th +1.2pp 15th 13% above peers
Noblesville, IN 23.1% 2nd +0.7pp 16th 36% below peers
Poinciana, FL 41.1% 24th +1.7pp 17th 13% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 29.2% 7th +1.3pp 18th 20% below peers
Iowa City, IA 42.2% 27th +1.9pp 19th 16% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 28.7% 6th +1.4pp 20th 21% below peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 3rd +1.2pp 21st 36% below peers
Johnson City, TN 33.8% 12th +1.8pp 22nd 7% below peers
Carmichael, CA 39.5% 22nd +2.1pp 23rd 9% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 36.4% 15th +2.3pp 24th on par with peers
Hammond, IN 32.2% 11th +2.2pp 25th 12% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 42.7% 28th +3.1pp 26th 17% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 58.1% 31st +4.4pp 27th 60% above peers
Napa, CA 41.8% 26th +3.3pp 28th 15% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 30.1% 9th +3.0pp 29th 17% below peers
Greenville, SC 36.4% 16th +3.9pp 30th on par with peers
Ellicott City, MD 29.6% 8th +3.9pp 31st 19% 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 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 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 10.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 10.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Ellicott City, MD 3.0% 4th -1.7pp 1st 53% below peers
Blaine, MN 2.4% 2nd -1.1pp 2nd 63% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 10th -1.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Greenville, SC 7.9% 20th -3.0pp 4th 23% above peers
Caldwell, ID 3.6% 8th -1.3pp 5th 44% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 10.2% 26th -2.9pp 6th 60% above peers
Rogers, AR 3.3% 7th -0.9pp 7th 48% below peers
Hammond, IN 8.3% 22nd -2.1pp 8th 30% above peers
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 19th -1.4pp 9th 14% above peers
Cheektowaga, NY 8.4% 23rd -1.6pp 10th 32% above peers
Poinciana, FL 3.1% 6th -0.6pp 11th 51% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 5.3% 13th -0.8pp 12th 16% below peers
Scranton, PA 14.2% 29th -2.0pp 13th 123% above peers
Gulfport, MS 8.6% 24th -1.1pp 14th 34% above peers
Rocklin, CA 3.7% 9th -0.4pp 15th 42% below peers
New Britain, CT 15.3% 30th -1.2pp 16th 139% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 12.7% 28th -0.8pp 17th 98% above peers
Napa, CA 5.4% 14th -0.1pp 18th 16% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.1% 12th -0.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Alameda, CA 8.1% 21st -0.0pp 20th 26% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 3.0% 5th -0.0pp 21st 52% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 6.9% 17th -0.0pp 22nd 8% above peers
Southfield, MI 10.0% 25th +0.2pp 23rd 56% above peers
Noblesville, IN 2.0% 1st +0.0pp 24th 69% below peers
Iowa City, IA 11.0% 27th +0.3pp 25th 72% above peers
Appleton, WI 5.5% 15th +0.2pp 26th 14% below peers
Carmichael, CA 7.1% 18th +0.2pp 27th 12% above peers
Evanston, IL 17.3% 31st +0.8pp 28th 170% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 4.9% 11th +1.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 2.5% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 62% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 6.4% 16th +2.5pp 31st on par with 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 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 ±1.5pp 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 Real improvement ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.3% to 3.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. Southfield started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 3.9%).
Bright spot 3.8%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Rocklin, CA 2.6% 2nd -1.6pp 1st 59% below peers
Carmichael, CA 4.1% 7th -2.3pp 2nd 34% below peers
Alameda, CA 2.0% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 68% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 2.7% 3rd -1.4pp 4th 57% below peers
Southfield, MI 3.9% 5th -1.5pp 5th 39% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.3% 17th -2.1pp 6th 1% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 4.7% 11th -1.5pp 7th 24% below peers
Iowa City, IA 4.5% 10th -1.3pp 8th 29% below peers
Poinciana, FL 13.0% 27th -3.3pp 9th 107% above peers
Appleton, WI 4.3% 9th -0.9pp 10th 31% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 8.9% 21st -1.6pp 11th 42% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.2% 13th -0.9pp 12th 17% below peers
Gulfport, MS 15.6% 31st -2.5pp 13th 148% above peers
Napa, CA 6.2% 15th -0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 7.1% 19th -0.8pp 15th 14% above peers
Evanston, IL 4.3% 8th -0.5pp 16th 32% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 9.1% 22nd -0.9pp 17th 44% above peers
Hammond, IN 10.3% 24th -1.0pp 18th 64% above peers
Greenville, SC 9.6% 23rd -0.5pp 19th 54% above peers
Blaine, MN 3.6% 4th -0.1pp 20th 42% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 14.9% 30th -0.3pp 21st 138% above peers
Rogers, AR 13.0% 28th +0.2pp 22nd 107% above peers
Caldwell, ID 14.8% 29th +0.7pp 23rd 136% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 10.5% 25th +0.9pp 24th 67% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 4.8% 12th +0.5pp 25th 23% below peers
Johnson City, TN 10.6% 26th +1.2pp 26th 70% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 6.3% 16th +0.9pp 27th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 28th 2% below peers
New Britain, CT 7.1% 18th +1.7pp 29th 13% above peers
Scranton, PA 7.7% 20th +1.9pp 30th 23% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 6th +1.2pp 31st 35% 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 1.2pp 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 →
What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

38.8%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Alameda, CA 18.2% 1st 48% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 23.4% 2nd 33% below peers
Rocklin, CA 24.1% 3rd 31% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 26.3% 4th 24% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 26.5% 5th 24% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 27.2% 6th 22% below peers
Napa, CA 29.5% 7th 15% below peers
Evanston, IL 29.8% 8th 14% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 30.5% 9th 12% below peers
Noblesville, IN 30.8% 10th 11% below peers
Greenville, SC 30.8% 11th 11% below peers
Iowa City, IA 32.4% 12th 7% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.6% 13th 6% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 32.8% 14th 6% below peers
Carmichael, CA 34.4% 15th 1% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 34.8% 16th on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 35.0% 17th 1% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.3% 18th 1% above peers
Scranton, PA 35.6% 19th 2% above peers
Blaine, MN 35.9% 20th 3% above peers
Rogers, AR 36.8% 21st 6% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 36.9% 22nd 6% above peers
Gulfport, MS 37.4% 23rd 7% above peers
Poinciana, FL 38.1% 24th 9% above peers
New Britain, CT 38.3% 25th 10% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 38.5% 26th 11% above peers
Johnson City, TN 38.5% 27th 11% above peers
Southfield, MI 38.8% 28th 11% above peers
Caldwell, ID 39.0% 29th 12% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.5% 30th 14% above peers
Hammond, IN 41.8% 31st 20% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.2% to 0.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Southfield started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 0.3%).
Bright spot 0.3%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Southfield, MI 0.3% 1st -2.9pp 1st 90% below peers
Rocklin, CA 1.2% 3rd -2.7pp 2nd 64% below peers
Carmichael, CA 1.8% 8th -3.2pp 3rd 49% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 1.4% 5th -2.5pp 4th 59% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 1.5% 6th -1.6pp 5th 56% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 1.1% 2nd -1.0pp 6th 70% below peers
Iowa City, IA 1.6% 7th -1.2pp 7th 53% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 5.3% 24th -2.8pp 8th 52% above peers
Blaine, MN 1.9% 9th -0.9pp 9th 46% below peers
Alameda, CA 1.4% 4th -0.5pp 10th 60% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 2.9% 12th -0.9pp 11th 16% below peers
Poinciana, FL 8.8% 30th -2.2pp 12th 153% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 4.0% 18th -1.0pp 13th 17% above peers
Appleton, WI 2.0% 10th -0.5pp 14th 41% below peers
Hammond, IN 4.3% 21st -0.7pp 15th 25% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 4.2% 20th -0.6pp 16th 21% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 3.1% 14th +0.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Evanston, IL 2.7% 11th +0.2pp 18th 21% below peers
Gulfport, MS 8.0% 28th +0.6pp 19th 131% above peers
Johnson City, TN 4.6% 23rd +0.5pp 20th 34% above peers
Napa, CA 4.5% 22nd +0.5pp 21st 29% above peers
Rogers, AR 8.3% 29th +1.2pp 22nd 139% above peers
Noblesville, IN 3.4% 15th +0.6pp 23rd 1% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 7.5% 27th +1.9pp 24th 116% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 3.5% 16th +0.9pp 25th on par with peers
Greenville, SC 6.5% 26th +2.3pp 26th 87% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 3.1% 13th +1.3pp 27th 11% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 4.1% 19th +2.0pp 28th 19% above peers
New Britain, CT 3.5% 17th +2.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Caldwell, ID 13.3% 31st +9.3pp 30th 285% above peers
Scranton, PA 6.2% 25th +4.6pp 31st 78% 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lake Forest, CA down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.7% to 40.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Southfield started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.5% to 40.7%).
Bright spot 40.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
St. Cloud, FL 31.6% 20th +13.3pp 1st 14% below peers
Caldwell, ID 19.5% 28th +5.9pp 2nd 47% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 29.6% 21st +6.0pp 3rd 20% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 24.3% 22nd +4.6pp 4th 34% below peers
Hammond, IN 17.4% 31st +3.1pp 5th 53% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.1% 26th +3.4pp 6th 40% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 35.1% 18th +4.8pp 7th 5% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 47.8% 11th +6.2pp 8th 30% above peers
Appleton, WI 38.2% 15th +4.8pp 9th 4% above peers
Rogers, AR 34.4% 19th +4.0pp 10th 7% below peers
Alameda, CA 61.5% 3rd +6.9pp 11th 67% above peers
Napa, CA 38.2% 14th +4.0pp 12th 4% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 52.3% 7th +5.2pp 13th 42% above peers
Greenville, SC 55.5% 6th +5.2pp 14th 51% above peers
Carmichael, CA 36.7% 17th +3.2pp 15th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 51.6% 8th +4.2pp 16th 40% above peers
Southfield, MI 40.7% 13th +2.9pp 17th 10% above peers
Johnson City, TN 42.5% 12th +2.6pp 18th 15% above peers
Gulfport, MS 23.6% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 36% below peers
Blaine, MN 36.9% 16th +2.0pp 20th on par with peers
Apple Valley, CA 18.9% 29th +0.9pp 21st 49% below peers
Scranton, PA 23.1% 24th +1.0pp 22nd 37% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 60.4% 5th +2.5pp 23rd 64% above peers
Evanston, IL 69.5% 1st +2.4pp 24th 89% above peers
Rocklin, CA 48.0% 10th +1.6pp 25th 30% above peers
Iowa City, IA 60.5% 4th +1.4pp 26th 64% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 68.8% 2nd +1.4pp 27th 87% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 50.4% 9th +1.0pp 28th 37% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 22.2% 25th +0.4pp 29th 40% below peers
New Britain, CT 19.6% 27th -0.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 18.6% 30th -1.6pp 31st 50% 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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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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 22.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64.6% to 41.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±13.6pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 17.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.9% to 41.9%).
Needs attention 41.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Flagstaff, AZ 49.3% 8th +7.0pp 1st 24% above peers
Appleton, WI 39.7% 17th +3.9pp 2nd on par with peers
St. Cloud, FL 34.5% 24th +3.0pp 3rd 13% below peers
Alameda, CA 69.8% 1st +4.1pp 4th 75% above peers
Iowa City, IA 46.5% 11th +2.2pp 5th 17% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 66.4% 2nd +0.9pp 6th 67% above peers
Napa, CA 39.6% 18th -0.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Noblesville, IN 46.3% 12th -0.6pp 8th 16% above peers
Gulfport, MS 48.4% 9th -1.9pp 9th 22% above peers
New Britain, CT 47.5% 10th -2.0pp 10th 19% above peers
Caldwell, ID 26.2% 30th -2.5pp 11th 34% below peers
Greenville, SC 55.4% 4th -7.5pp 12th 39% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 61.7% 3rd -8.5pp 13th 55% above peers
Poinciana, FL 28.6% 28th -4.2pp 14th 28% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.8% 6th -8.1pp 15th 38% above peers
Blaine, MN 45.6% 13th -7.6pp 16th 15% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 34.6% 23rd -5.9pp 17th 13% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 38.2% 20th -6.8pp 18th 4% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 39.8% 16th -7.2pp 19th on par with peers
Rocklin, CA 43.9% 14th -8.0pp 20th 10% above peers
Johnson City, TN 29.1% 26th -6.6pp 21st 27% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 51.5% 7th -12.5pp 22nd 29% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 38.5% 19th -9.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
Carmichael, CA 37.2% 21st -10.9pp 24th 7% below peers
Hammond, IN 29.5% 25th -8.9pp 25th 26% below peers
Evanston, IL 55.2% 5th -17.1pp 26th 39% above peers
Rogers, AR 28.6% 27th -11.7pp 27th 28% below peers
Southfield, MI 41.9% 15th -22.6pp 28th 5% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 27.9% 29th -16.7pp 29th 30% below peers
Scranton, PA 35.4% 22nd -21.9pp 30th 11% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.4% 31st -18.9pp 31st 44% 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.4% then, 8.2% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.0% to 8.2%).
Needs attention 8.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
St. Cloud, FL 0.9% 2nd -12.3pp 1st 82% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 1.3% 4th -2.9pp 2nd 76% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 1.1% 3rd -2.4pp 3rd 79% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 3.8% 10th -3.5pp 4th 30% below peers
Blaine, MN 4.2% 12th -3.9pp 5th 21% below peers
Carmichael, CA 6.0% 17th -4.9pp 6th 12% above peers
New Britain, CT 7.3% 20th -5.8pp 7th 37% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 8.5% 25th -6.0pp 8th 60% above peers
Poinciana, FL 7.8% 23rd -4.6pp 9th 47% above peers
Rogers, AR 4.4% 14th -1.8pp 10th 17% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 3.4% 8th -1.1pp 11th 37% below peers
Gulfport, MS 10.5% 31st -2.4pp 12th 97% above peers
Southfield, MI 8.2% 24th -1.3pp 13th 53% above peers
Appleton, WI 3.3% 7th -0.5pp 14th 38% below peers
Scranton, PA 7.3% 21st -1.0pp 15th 38% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.5% 19th -0.6pp 16th 22% above peers
Napa, CA 3.6% 9th -0.2pp 17th 32% below peers
Flagstaff, AZ 0.9% 1st -0.0pp 18th 83% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 9.1% 28th -0.1pp 19th 71% above peers
Evanston, IL 3.9% 11th +0.6pp 20th 27% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 7.5% 22nd +1.2pp 21st 42% above peers
Hammond, IN 9.6% 29th +2.9pp 22nd 81% above peers
Greenville, SC 6.1% 18th +2.1pp 23rd 15% above peers
Rocklin, CA 4.5% 15th +2.0pp 24th 16% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.4% 13th +2.3pp 25th 18% below peers
Alameda, CA 3.2% 6th +1.9pp 26th 40% below peers
Iowa City, IA 2.0% 5th +1.2pp 27th 63% below peers
Caldwell, ID 10.2% 30th +6.1pp 28th 93% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 8.9% 26th +5.7pp 29th 67% above peers
Noblesville, IN 9.0% 27th +7.1pp 30th 69% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 5.3% 16th +4.4pp 31st on par with 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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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
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 73,174 to 76,236 - more than the combined survey margin (±57).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (72,480 to 76,236).
Big move 76,236
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 76,011 11th +31% 1st 1% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65,130 31st +27% 2nd 13% below peers
Caldwell, ID 66,516 30th +21% 3rd 12% below peers
Carmichael, CA 76,948 3rd +19% 4th 2% above peers
Noblesville, IN 73,362 22nd +16% 5th 3% below peers
Rocklin, CA 73,327 23rd +13% 6th 3% below peers
Blaine, MN 72,488 27th +13% 7th 4% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 72,461 28th +10% 8th 4% below peers
Rogers, AR 72,981 25th +10% 9th 3% below peers
Johnson City, TN 72,222 29th +9% 10th 4% below peers
Greenville, SC 72,935 26th +8% 11th 3% below peers
Poinciana, FL 75,068 18th +7% 12th on par with peers
Pawtucket, RI 75,893 13th +6% 13th 1% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 76,445 6th +6% 14th 2% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 74,896 20th +5% 15th on par with peers
Southfield, MI 76,236 8th +4% 16th 1% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 75,473 15th +4% 17th on par with peers
Schaumburg, IL 76,868 4th +4% 18th 2% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 75,257 17th +4% 19th on par with peers
Cheektowaga, NY 76,056 9th +3% 20th 1% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 75,259 16th +3% 21st on par with peers
Evanston, IL 76,340 7th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
New Britain, CT 74,223 21st +2% 23rd 1% below peers
Gulfport, MS 73,003 24th +2% 24th 3% below peers
Appleton, WI 75,023 19th +1% 25th on par with peers
Iowa City, IA 75,752 14th +1% 26th 1% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 76,005 12th +1% 27th 1% above peers
Hammond, IN 76,768 5th +0% 28th 2% above peers
Napa, CA 78,239 1st -1% 29th 4% above peers
Scranton, PA 76,033 10th -1% 30th 1% above peers
Alameda, CA 77,238 2nd -2% 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.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±38 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.4% then, 18.4% now; margin ±1.5pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.4% to 18.4%).
Big move 18.4%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Alameda, CA 22.0% 19th +1.7pp 1st 3% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 22.4% 17th +1.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 18.5% 25th +1.2pp 3rd 18% below peers
Arlington Heights, IL 22.6% 16th +1.2pp 4th on par with peers
Schaumburg, IL 23.2% 13th +1.2pp 5th 2% above peers
Scranton, PA 21.2% 22nd +0.6pp 6th 7% below peers
Carmichael, CA 20.6% 23rd +0.5pp 7th 9% below peers
Southfield, MI 18.4% 26th -0.0pp 8th 19% below peers
Ellicott City, MD 24.7% 9th -0.3pp 9th 9% above peers
Apple Valley, CA 27.6% 2nd -0.4pp 10th 22% above peers
Johnson City, TN 18.4% 27th -0.5pp 11th 19% below peers
Blaine, MN 25.9% 7th -0.8pp 12th 14% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 17.3% 29th -0.6pp 13th 24% below peers
Rock Hill, SC 21.7% 21st -0.9pp 14th 4% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 26.5% 4th -1.3pp 15th 17% above peers
Noblesville, IN 26.0% 6th -1.3pp 16th 15% above peers
Rocklin, CA 24.6% 10th -1.2pp 17th 9% above peers
New Britain, CT 22.0% 20th -1.4pp 18th 3% below peers
Rogers, AR 26.3% 5th -1.6pp 19th 16% above peers
Iowa City, IA 14.3% 31st -0.9pp 20th 37% below peers
Hammond, IN 23.5% 12th -1.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 24.9% 8th -1.8pp 22nd 10% above peers
Appleton, WI 22.8% 15th -1.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Caldwell, ID 30.3% 1st -2.3pp 24th 34% above peers
Lauderhill, FL 24.0% 11th -1.9pp 25th 6% above peers
Gulfport, MS 22.3% 18th -2.2pp 26th 2% below peers
Greenville, SC 17.1% 30th -1.9pp 27th 24% below peers
Evanston, IL 17.9% 28th -2.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Napa, CA 20.0% 24th -2.7pp 29th 12% below peers
Poinciana, FL 22.9% 14th -3.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 27.3% 3rd -4.5pp 31st 21% 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (41.1% then, 34.5% now; margin ±7.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 9.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.1% to 34.5%).
34.5%
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
Arlington Heights, IL 15.3% 29th +4.7pp 1st 51% below peers
St. Cloud, FL 32.5% 12th +9.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 36.5% 8th +9.6pp 3rd 17% above peers
Noblesville, IN 21.7% 27th +5.0pp 4th 30% below peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 22.6% 23rd +3.5pp 5th 27% below peers
Alameda, CA 22.4% 24th +3.2pp 6th 28% below peers
Carmichael, CA 34.8% 10th +4.9pp 7th 12% above peers
Scranton, PA 50.3% 5th +6.9pp 8th 61% above peers
Napa, CA 26.4% 19th +2.9pp 9th 15% below peers
Appleton, WI 31.4% 14th +3.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Iowa City, IA 28.5% 17th +2.6pp 11th 9% below peers
Poinciana, FL 35.3% 9th +3.0pp 12th 13% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 14.0% 30th +1.1pp 13th 55% below peers
Hammond, IN 51.2% 4th +3.5pp 14th 64% above peers
Evanston, IL 25.6% 21st +1.6pp 15th 18% below peers
Rogers, AR 25.9% 20th +1.4pp 16th 17% below peers
Schaumburg, IL 20.2% 28th +1.0pp 17th 35% below peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 22nd +0.3pp 18th 25% below peers
Rocklin, CA 13.7% 31st +0.1pp 19th 56% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 54.7% 2nd -0.6pp 20th 76% above peers
Greenville, SC 31.4% 15th -0.9pp 21st 1% above peers
Pawtucket, RI 46.3% 6th -3.5pp 22nd 49% above peers
New Britain, CT 56.3% 1st -4.4pp 23rd 81% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 40.2% 7th -3.3pp 24th 29% above peers
Caldwell, ID 22.3% 25th -2.0pp 25th 28% below peers
Apple Valley, CA 31.2% 16th -3.0pp 26th on par with peers
Gulfport, MS 53.1% 3rd -5.6pp 27th 71% above peers
Southfield, MI 34.5% 11th -6.6pp 28th 11% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.3% 26th -5.0pp 29th 28% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 32.4% 13th -7.6pp 30th 4% above peers
Johnson City, TN 26.8% 18th -11.4pp 31st 14% 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±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

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.0% then, 74.2% now; margin ±10.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.0% to 74.2%).
Big move 74.2%
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 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lake Elsinore, CA 65.3% 23rd +14.8pp 1st 7% below peers
Poinciana, FL 73.5% 9th +13.7pp 2nd 4% above peers
Schaumburg, IL 66.0% 21st +10.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Lauderhill, FL 77.4% 4th +11.4pp 4th 10% above peers
Arlington Heights, IL 77.5% 2nd +10.1pp 5th 10% above peers
Johnson City, TN 59.4% 29th +7.3pp 6th 16% below peers
Greenville, SC 72.9% 10th +8.7pp 7th 4% above peers
Hammond, IN 62.3% 27th +6.4pp 8th 12% below peers
Caldwell, ID 64.8% 25th +6.1pp 9th 8% below peers
Alameda, CA 80.9% 1st +7.0pp 10th 15% above peers
Wesley Chapel, FL 72.3% 12th +6.0pp 11th 3% above peers
New Britain, CT 72.6% 11th +5.2pp 12th 3% above peers
Flagstaff, AZ 71.5% 15th +5.1pp 13th 2% above peers
Appleton, WI 74.8% 7th +3.5pp 14th 6% above peers
Napa, CA 75.8% 5th +3.2pp 15th 8% above peers
Iowa City, IA 68.9% 20th +2.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Blaine, MN 75.5% 6th +2.2pp 17th 7% above peers
Southfield, MI 74.2% 8th +2.1pp 18th 5% above peers
St. Cloud, FL 65.0% 24th +1.5pp 19th 8% below peers
Rogers, AR 65.8% 22nd +1.3pp 20th 6% below peers
Pawtucket, RI 77.4% 3rd +0.7pp 21st 10% above peers
Ellicott City, MD 72.2% 13th +0.5pp 22nd 3% above peers
Rocklin, CA 63.2% 26th +0.3pp 23rd 10% below peers
Evanston, IL 70.4% 16th -0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Noblesville, IN 69.5% 19th -1.6pp 25th 1% below peers
Gulfport, MS 71.6% 14th -1.9pp 26th 2% above peers
Rock Hill, SC 70.3% 17th -3.8pp 27th on par with peers
Scranton, PA 61.8% 28th -3.6pp 28th 12% below peers
Carmichael, CA 59.4% 30th -6.3pp 29th 16% below peers
Cheektowaga, NY 70.3% 18th -8.4pp 30th on par with peers
Apple Valley, CA 46.1% 31st -11.2pp 31st 34% 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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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 ±7.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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