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Sterling Heights, MI
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Sterling Heights, MI

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133,931 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

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Where Sterling Heights, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
101 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 39%
relative change
164 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$79,909
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
$64,833 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.7%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
6.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,016 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
1,151 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
31.1%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
28.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
88.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
75.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
73.0% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
0 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
1 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
31.2%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
29.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.0%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
3.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 7 indicators

Where Sterling Heights, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.1%
2020-24
▲ 46%
relative change
4.9% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.4%
Jul 2026
▲ 7%
relative change
6.0% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
13.2%
2019-23
▲ 7%
relative change
12.3% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
228 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 6%
relative change
243 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
11.1%
2020-24
flat
relative change
11.0% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
45.3%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
48.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 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 →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$244,832
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$241,415 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Home value
Typical home value
$308,784
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$304,505 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,526
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$1,522 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
17.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
17.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
56.1%
2020-24
low
vs peers
55.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 6% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 228 in July 2026, down from 243 a year earlier.
Needs attention 228 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 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Pearland, TX 65 (Jul 26) -30.3% 1st
Santa Clara, CA 144 (Jul 26) -21.0% 2nd
Fullerton, CA 347 (Jul 26) -19.6% 3rd
Hampton, VA 235 (Jul 26) -16.8% 4th
Torrance, CA 273 (Jul 26) -16.6% 5th
New Haven, CT 403 (Jun 26) -15.8% 6th
Wilmington, NC 385 (Jul 26) -14.5% 7th
Carrollton, TX 98 (Jul 26) -14.3% 8th
North Charleston, SC 631 (Jul 26) -12.5% 9th
West Valley City, UT 346 (Jul 26) -11.0% 10th
Norman, OK 260 (May 26) -10.3% 11th
College Station, TX 137 (Jul 26) -9.3% 12th
Lewisville, TX 195 (Jul 26) -8.8% 13th
Pasadena, CA 406 (Jul 26) -8.0% 14th
Fargo, ND 375 (Jul 26) -6.4% 15th
Sterling Heights, MI 228 (Jul 26) -5.8% 16th
Dayton, OH 1,331 (Jul 26) +1.2% 17th
Columbia, MO 362 (Jul 26) +1.3% 18th
Clovis, CA 264 (Jun 26) +1.5% 19th
Cedar Rapids, IA 258 (Jul 26) +1.7% 20th
Stamford, CT 153 (Jul 26) +11.5% 21st
Abilene, TX 480 (Jul 26) +12.3% 22nd
Warren, MI 535 (Jul 26) +22.7% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pearland, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Clara, CA down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Alexandria, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 24% higher than in 2021 (845 then, 1,050 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,244 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,016 in July 2026, down from 1,151 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,016 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%
Pearland, TX 985 (Jul 26) -25.1% 1st
College Station, TX 783 (Jul 26) -24.0% 2nd
Cedar Rapids, IA 1,918 (Jul 26) -22.6% 3rd
Norman, OK 1,895 (May 26) -18.6% 4th
Fullerton, CA 1,536 (Jul 26) -18.0% 5th
Torrance, CA 2,356 (Jul 26) -16.6% 6th
North Charleston, SC 2,987 (Jul 26) -15.7% 7th
Fargo, ND 2,902 (Jul 26) -15.5% 8th
Hampton, VA 2,534 (Jul 26) -14.9% 9th
Clovis, CA 1,293 (Jun 26) -14.1% 10th
Sterling Heights, MI 1,016 (Jul 26) -11.7% 11th
Columbia, MO 1,898 (Jul 26) -11.1% 12th
Wilmington, NC 2,922 (Jul 26) -9.5% 13th
West Valley City, UT 1,620 (Jul 26) -6.6% 14th
New Haven, CT 3,181 (Jun 26) -5.6% 15th
Carrollton, TX 1,019 (Jul 26) -5.3% 16th
Pasadena, CA 2,265 (Jul 26) -4.7% 17th
Stamford, CT 1,005 (Jul 26) -3.0% 18th
Warren, MI 1,385 (Jul 26) -1.5% 19th
Dayton, OH 4,130 (Jul 26) +0.4% 20th
Lewisville, TX 1,396 (Jul 26) +3.6% 21st
Abilene, TX 1,727 (Jul 26) +4.5% 22nd
Santa Clara, CA 2,703 (Jul 26) +5.4% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murrieta, CA down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 24% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Georgetown, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about where it was in 2021 (0 then, 0 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 2 in 2022 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 0 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 0 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 0 homicides
2018July 2026
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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%
Sterling Heights, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Clovis, CA 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 2nd
Warren, MI 2 (Jul 26) -57.1% 3rd
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 4th
North Charleston, SC 9 (Jul 26) -36.9% 5th
Columbia, MO 3 (Jul 26) -33.3% 6th
New Haven, CT 8 (Jun 26) -31.2% 7th
Hampton, VA 12 (Jul 26) -30.4% 8th
Dayton, OH 19 (Jul 26) -23.5% 9th
Lewisville, TX 3 (Jul 26) -20.0% 10th
West Valley City, UT 6 (Jul 26) -19.9% 11th
Pasadena, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Norman, OK 2 (May 26) +0.0% 13th
Pearland, TX 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Torrance, CA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Stamford, CT 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 16th
Wilmington, NC 10 (Jul 26) +18.2% 17th
Abilene, TX 8 (Jul 26) +25.0% 18th
Fargo, ND 4 (Jul 26) +66.8% 19th
Santa Clara, CA 1 (Jul 26)
Carrollton, TX 4 (Jul 26)
Fullerton, CA 1 (Jul 26)
College Station, TX 1 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Daly City, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Boise, ID down about 75% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Conroe, TX down about 28% a year · faster than 99% of this group · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 39% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 24% lower than in 2021 (140 then, 106 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 238 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 16% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 101 in July 2026, down from 164 a year earlier.
Bright spot 101 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 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
College Station, TX 45 (Jul 26) -49.1% 1st
Pasadena, CA 146 (Jul 26) -41.4% 2nd
Columbia, MO 178 (Jul 26) -39.0% 3rd
Sterling Heights, MI 101 (Jul 26) -38.6% 4th
Cedar Rapids, IA 133 (Jul 26) -38.2% 5th
Torrance, CA 299 (Jul 26) -37.4% 6th
Lewisville, TX 159 (Jul 26) -35.6% 7th
Fullerton, CA 133 (Jul 26) -23.7% 8th
North Charleston, SC 284 (Jul 26) -22.4% 9th
Norman, OK 165 (May 26) -22.3% 10th
Carrollton, TX 113 (Jul 26) -22.0% 11th
Stamford, CT 115 (Jul 26) -21.2% 12th
Wilmington, NC 239 (Jul 26) -20.3% 13th
New Haven, CT 575 (Jun 26) -19.4% 14th
Warren, MI 249 (Jul 26) -18.8% 15th
Fargo, ND 300 (Jul 26) -13.9% 16th
Pearland, TX 77 (Jul 26) -13.0% 17th
Santa Clara, CA 300 (Jul 26) -13.0% 18th
West Valley City, UT 215 (Jul 26) -8.6% 19th
Clovis, CA 135 (Jun 26) -6.0% 20th
Dayton, OH 1,108 (Jul 26) -5.5% 21st
Hampton, VA 293 (Jul 26) +3.9% 22nd
Abilene, TX 150 (Jul 26) +19.3% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • College Station, TX down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tyler, TX down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Provo, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% 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 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $64,833 to $79,909 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,435).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Sterling Heights started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($58,800 to $79,909).
Bright spot $79,909
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 145% above peers
Wilmington, NC $66,738 22nd +40% 2nd 9% below peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 30th +39% 3rd 38% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 12th +39% 4th 26% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 13th +38% 5th 22% above peers
North Charleston, SC $62,956 25th +38% 6th 14% below peers
Athens, GA $52,974 28th +38% 7th 27% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 21st +38% 8th 8% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 15th +35% 9th 1% above peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 27th +35% 10th 22% below peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 7th +30% 11th 43% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 23rd +30% 12th 9% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 8th +29% 13th 39% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 24th +29% 14th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 15th 48% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 11th +28% 16th 26% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 3rd +28% 17th 60% above peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 9th +27% 18th 36% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 6th +27% 19th 44% above peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 4th +24% 20th 59% above peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 18th +24% 21st 5% below peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 26th +24% 22nd 14% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 14th +23% 23rd 9% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 16th +23% 24th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 10th +21% 25th 28% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 20th +21% 26th 8% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 17th +20% 27th 4% below peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 5th +20% 28th 53% above peers
Norman, OK $67,704 19th +16% 29th 7% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 2nd +14% 30th 63% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 29th +11% 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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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6 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,056 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 73% 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: 6.4% in July 2026, up from 6.0% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.4%
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
Dayton, OH 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -1.9pp 1st on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -1.0pp 2nd 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 16th -0.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Orange, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 8th -0.5pp 4th 9% below peers
North Charleston, SC 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 5th 18% below peers
Wilmington, NC 3.5% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 6th 22% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.4pp 7th 18% below peers
Clovis, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th -0.4pp 8th 20% above peers
Fargo, ND 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.3pp 9th 51% below peers
West Valley City, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 10th 20% below peers
Columbia, MO 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 12th 11% below peers
Fullerton, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 13th 2% above peers
Hampton, VA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th +0.1pp 14th on par with peers
College Station, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th +0.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Abilene, TX 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 16th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.1pp 17th 16% above peers
Lewisville, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th +0.3pp 18th 9% below peers
Carrollton, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.4pp 19th 9% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 6.4% (Jul 26) 25th +0.4pp 20th 42% above peers
Warren, MI 7.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.5pp 21st 71% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 22nd 2% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st +0.6pp 23rd 9% above peers
Norman, OK 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.8pp 24th 9% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th +0.8pp 25th 7% above peers
Stamford, CT 5.0% (Jul 26) 22nd +1.3pp 26th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 7.0% (Jul 26) 26th +1.5pp 27th 56% 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.0% then, 11.1% now; margin ±1.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.0% to 11.1%).
Needs attention 11.1%
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%
North Charleston, SC 14.4% 20th -6.5pp 1st 14% above peers
Wilmington, NC 16.0% 22nd -6.2pp 2nd 26% above peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 5th -2.6pp 3rd 38% below peers
Clovis, CA 8.0% 6th -2.5pp 4th 37% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.6% 3rd -2.3pp 5th 40% below peers
Orange, CA 9.5% 8th -2.6pp 6th 25% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.9% 9th -2.5pp 7th 22% below peers
Kent, WA 10.8% 11th -2.6pp 8th 15% below peers
Hampton, VA 12.7% 16th -2.5pp 9th on par with peers
Warren, MI 14.8% 21st -2.7pp 10th 16% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.1% 25th -3.0pp 11th 34% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.2% 19th -2.4pp 12th 11% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 12th -1.7pp 13th 15% below peers
Dayton, OH 26.9% 29th -3.6pp 14th 112% above peers
Columbia, MO 19.2% 26th -2.5pp 15th 51% above peers
Athens, GA 26.5% 28th -3.4pp 16th 108% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.4% 30th -3.4pp 17th 116% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 2nd -0.9pp 18th 44% below peers
New Haven, CT 23.9% 27th -2.6pp 19th 88% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.3% 18th -1.2pp 20th 5% above peers
Norman, OK 16.8% 24th -0.8pp 21st 32% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.9% 17th -0.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
Abilene, TX 16.1% 23rd -0.4pp 23rd 27% above peers
College Station, TX 29.2% 31st -0.4pp 24th 130% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.3% 14th +0.0pp 25th 3% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.1% 13th +0.0pp 26th 13% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 15th +0.7pp 27th 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.1% 10th +1.0pp 28th 20% below peers
Torrance, CA 7.8% 4th +0.9pp 29th 39% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 30th 68% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.4% 7th +1.7pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.4% then, 16.1% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.8% to 16.1%).
16.1%
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%
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 5th -7.1pp 1st 39% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.2% 24th -13.7pp 2nd 36% above peers
Wilmington, NC 18.9% 22nd -11.1pp 3rd 21% above peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 3rd -4.7pp 4th 48% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 9th -5.0pp 5th 24% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 7th -4.5pp 6th 30% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 11th -4.9pp 7th 18% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 28th -9.3pp 8th 56% above peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 25th -7.6pp 9th 37% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 6th -3.7pp 10th 33% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 26th -7.3pp 11th 42% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 27th -6.5pp 12th 43% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 10th -2.8pp 13th 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 21st -3.1pp 14th 12% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 20th -3.0pp 15th 9% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 23rd -3.4pp 16th 26% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 17th 83% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 29th -5.0pp 18th 99% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 14th -2.0pp 19th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 18th -1.9pp 20th 4% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 30th -4.0pp 21st 159% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 8th -1.1pp 22nd 29% below peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 15th -1.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 31st -1.9pp 24th 179% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 17th -0.3pp 25th 3% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 12th +0.4pp 26th 5% below peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 2nd +1.1pp 27th 49% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 13th +2.3pp 28th 3% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 4th +1.5pp 29th 48% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 19th +4.2pp 30th 5% above peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 16th +4.2pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Angelo, TX down 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 88.1% to 94.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Sterling Heights started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 9.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.4% to 94.0%).
Bright spot 94.0%
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%
North Charleston, SC 89.3% 28th +17.8pp 1st 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 19th +14.5pp 2nd 1% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 25th +13.4pp 3rd 3% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 20th +11.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 15th +11.0pp 5th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 16th +10.7pp 6th on par with peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 17th +10.2pp 7th 1% below peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 30th +9.3pp 8th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 24th +9.7pp 9th 3% below peers
Wilmington, NC 91.4% 21st +9.0pp 10th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 27th +8.3pp 11th 4% below peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 14th +8.2pp 12th 1% above peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 26th +7.2pp 13th 4% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 23rd +7.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 22nd +6.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 7th +6.8pp 16th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 5th +6.5pp 17th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 13th +5.9pp 18th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 11th +5.9pp 19th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 20th 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 29th +4.9pp 21st 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 18th +5.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 12th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 8th +4.4pp 24th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 6th +4.0pp 25th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 9th +3.4pp 26th 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 10th +3.0pp 27th 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 3rd +2.9pp 28th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 29th 4% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02). 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
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.42).
Needs attention 0.42
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 20th -0.020 1st 5% above peers
North Charleston, SC 0.44 13th -0.018 2nd 1% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 25th -0.020 3rd 12% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 19th -0.016 4th 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 18th -0.012 5th 3% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 28th -0.007 6th 13% above peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 22nd -0.005 7th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 4th -0.004 8th 7% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 9th 21% above peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 11th -0.003 10th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 26th -0.002 11th 12% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 14th -0.002 12th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 13th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 9th +0.001 14th 4% below peers
Wilmington, NC 0.52 29th +0.002 15th 16% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 27th +0.002 16th 13% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 2nd +0.002 17th 12% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 7th +0.003 18th 6% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 24th +0.003 19th 10% above peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 12th +0.004 20th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 30th +0.007 21st 17% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 16th +0.009 22nd on par with peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 10th +0.009 23rd 4% below peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 23rd +0.011 24th 8% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 5th +0.014 25th 6% below peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 21st +0.020 26th 6% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 15th +0.019 27th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 8th +0.019 28th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 3rd +0.027 29th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 17th +0.034 30th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 6th +0.038 31st 6% below 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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping 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, 13.2% now; margin ±1.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.8% to 13.2%).
Needs attention 13.2%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.1% -1.0pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Athens, GA 9.2% 13th -5.1pp 1st 1% below peers
North Charleston, SC 10.9% 19th -5.4pp 2nd 18% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 5th -2.4pp 3rd 27% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 4th 60% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 12th -3.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 27th -4.9pp 6th 96% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 22nd -2.7pp 7th 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 8th 23% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 9th -1.3pp 9th 23% below peers
Wilmington, NC 12.0% 20th -1.3pp 10th 29% above peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 29th -2.4pp 11th 178% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 11th -0.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 18th -0.7pp 13th 17% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 16th -0.6pp 14th on par with peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 26th -0.6pp 15th 90% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 24th -0.5pp 16th 57% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 30th +0.1pp 17th 186% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 10th +0.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 17th +0.6pp 19th 2% above peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 28th +1.2pp 20th 113% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 23rd +0.8pp 21st 42% above peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 15th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 23rd 251% above peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 21st +2.1pp 24th 31% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 6th +1.2pp 25th 27% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 25th +2.9pp 26th 63% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 27th 59% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 3rd +1.4pp 28th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 7th +2.0pp 29th 27% below peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 4th +2.5pp 30th 44% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 14th +4.5pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp 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 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $308,784 in August 2026, up from $304,505 a year earlier.
Big move $308,784
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%
Abilene, TX $224,585 (Aug 26) 26th +9.2% 1st 41% below peers
Stamford, CT $724,387 (Aug 26) 6th +7.7% 2nd 90% above peers
Metairie, LA $328,021 (Aug 26) 18th +6.4% 3rd 14% below peers
New Haven, CT $339,182 (Aug 26) 17th +6.1% 4th 11% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,126 (Aug 26) 20th +4.2% 5th 15% below peers
Columbia, MO $324,526 (Aug 26) 19th +2.7% 6th 15% below peers
Orange, CA $1,125,988 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.6% 7th 196% above peers
Fullerton, CA $1,039,798 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 8th 173% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $212,086 (Aug 26) 27th +2.3% 9th 44% below peers
Hampton, VA $282,439 (Aug 26) 23rd +2.0% 10th 26% below peers
Torrance, CA $1,104,855 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 11th 190% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $404,294 (Aug 26) 12th +1.4% 12th 6% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $308,784 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 13th 19% below peers
Dayton, OH $140,625 (Aug 26) 29th +1.1% 14th 63% below peers
Clovis, CA $516,830 (Aug 26) 9th +1.0% 15th 36% above peers
Norman, OK $263,046 (Aug 26) 25th +0.9% 16th 31% below peers
Pasadena, CA $1,187,354 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.5% 17th 212% above peers
West Valley City, UT $465,915 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 18th 22% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,646,715 (Aug 26) 1st +0.4% 19th 332% above peers
Warren, MI $200,537 (Aug 26) 28th +0.4% 20th 47% below peers
Wilmington, NC $419,038 (Aug 26) 11th -0.1% 21st 10% above peers
College Station, TX $345,836 (Aug 26) 16th -0.2% 22nd 9% below peers
Pearland, TX $380,787 (Aug 26) 15th -0.6% 23rd on par with peers
Kent, WA $635,965 (Aug 26) 7th -1.1% 24th 67% above peers
North Charleston, SC $310,134 (Aug 26) 21st -1.4% 25th 19% below peers
Carrollton, TX $400,642 (Aug 26) 13th -1.8% 26th 5% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $523,439 (Aug 26) 8th -1.9% 27th 37% above peers
Lewisville, TX $387,166 (Aug 26) 14th -2.8% 28th 2% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $279,720 (Aug 26) 24th -5.8% 29th 27% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $244,832 in August 2026, up from $241,415 a year earlier.
Big move $244,832
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Metairie, LA $231,140 (Aug 26) 17th +12.5% 1st 6% below peers
Abilene, TX $135,845 (Aug 26) 27th +9.4% 2nd 45% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,089 (Aug 26) 16th +7.8% 3rd 2% below peers
Stamford, CT $393,405 (Aug 26) 9th +5.5% 4th 61% above peers
Fargo, ND $228,384 (Aug 26) 19th +4.6% 5th 7% below peers
Columbia, MO $229,248 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 6th 6% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $143,370 (Aug 26) 26th +3.3% 7th 41% below peers
Hampton, VA $212,258 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.0% 8th 13% below peers
Fullerton, CA $786,679 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 9th 221% above peers
Orange, CA $838,273 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.5% 10th 242% above peers
Dayton, OH $74,399 (Aug 26) 29th +2.0% 11th 70% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $244,832 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 12th on par with peers
Clovis, CA $400,701 (Aug 26) 8th +1.4% 13th 64% above peers
Norman, OK $181,291 (Aug 26) 25th +1.3% 14th 26% below peers
Torrance, CA $804,774 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 15th 229% above peers
College Station, TX $260,687 (Aug 26) 14th +0.6% 16th 6% above peers
West Valley City, UT $401,966 (Aug 26) 7th +0.5% 17th 64% above peers
Warren, MI $123,766 (Aug 26) 28th +0.1% 18th 49% below peers
Pasadena, CA $797,584 (Aug 26) 4th +0.0% 19th 226% above peers
Pearland, TX $305,575 (Aug 26) 12th -0.2% 20th 25% above peers
Wilmington, NC $294,307 (Aug 26) 13th -0.4% 21st 20% above peers
North Charleston, SC $222,009 (Aug 26) 21st -0.7% 22nd 9% below peers
Kent, WA $476,715 (Aug 26) 6th -1.1% 23rd 95% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,057,112 (Aug 26) 1st -1.6% 24th 332% above peers
Carrollton, TX $317,180 (Aug 26) 10th -1.8% 25th 30% above peers
Lewisville, TX $308,593 (Aug 26) 11th -2.8% 26th 26% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $211,301 (Aug 26) 24th -3.6% 27th 14% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $226,445 (Aug 26) 20th -6.2% 28th 8% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $217,912 (Aug 26) 22nd -6.4% 29th 11% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 73.0% to 75.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 75.8%).
Bright spot 75.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 5th +7.5pp 1st 27% above peers
North Charleston, SC 49.8% 20th +5.0pp 2nd 10% below peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 25th +4.2pp 3rd 16% below peers
Wilmington, NC 47.6% 24th +3.1pp 4th 13% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 29th +2.2pp 5th 26% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 3rd +3.5pp 6th 31% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 23rd +1.8pp 7th 12% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 2nd +2.8pp 8th 38% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 15th +2.1pp 9th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 12th +2.1pp 10th 4% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 19th +1.7pp 11th 8% below peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 8th +1.9pp 12th 19% above peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 4th +2.0pp 13th 29% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 22nd +1.3pp 14th 11% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 13th +1.2pp 15th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 9th +1.1pp 16th 13% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 31st +0.4pp 17th 48% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 27th +0.5pp 18th 23% below peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 17th +0.5pp 19th 3% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 1st +0.3pp 20th 39% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 26th +0.0pp 21st 21% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 10th -0.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 18th -0.4pp 23rd 6% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 6th -0.7pp 24th 25% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 11th -0.7pp 25th 6% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 16th -0.9pp 26th on par with peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 14th -1.2pp 27th 3% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 7th -1.6pp 28th 22% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 28th -2.0pp 29th 26% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 21st -2.8pp 30th 11% below peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 30th -2.3pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,526 in August 2026, up from $1,522 a year earlier.
Big move $1,526
2016August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Abilene, TX $2,016 (Aug 26) 10th +34.4% 1st 15% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,291 (Aug 26) 27th +14.6% 2nd 27% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,957 (Aug 26) 1st +7.3% 3rd 125% above peers
Hampton, VA $1,698 (Aug 26) 17th +5.9% 4th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO $1,444 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.6% 5th 18% below peers
Wilmington, NC $1,706 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 6th 3% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,952 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 7th 68% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,377 (Aug 26) 7th +3.9% 8th 35% above peers
Dayton, OH $1,251 (Aug 26) 28th +3.5% 9th 29% below peers
Fullerton, CA $2,917 (Aug 26) 6th +3.4% 10th 66% above peers
Warren, MI $1,366 (Aug 26) 25th +3.3% 11th 22% below peers
Orange, CA $3,116 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 12th 77% above peers
Clovis, CA $2,349 (Aug 26) 8th +2.7% 13th 34% above peers
North Charleston, SC $1,757 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 14th on par with peers
Fargo, ND $1,079 (Aug 26) 29th +2.5% 15th 39% below peers
Norman, OK $1,357 (Aug 26) 26th +2.2% 16th 23% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,015 (Aug 26) 11th +2.2% 17th 15% above peers
Stamford, CT $2,966 (Aug 26) 4th +2.1% 18th 69% above peers
Carrollton, TX $1,655 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 19th 6% below peers
Kent, WA $1,973 (Aug 26) 12th +1.1% 20th 12% above peers
Pasadena, CA $3,022 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.9% 21st 72% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,330 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 22nd 33% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,898 (Aug 26) 13th +0.8% 23rd 8% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,545 (Aug 26) 21st +0.7% 24th 12% below peers
College Station, TX $1,419 (Aug 26) 24th +0.6% 25th 19% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,526 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.2% 26th 13% below peers
Lewisville, TX $1,557 (Aug 26) 20th +0.1% 27th 11% below peers
West Valley City, UT $1,586 (Aug 26) 19th -0.2% 28th 10% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,831 (Aug 26) 14th -1.8% 29th 4% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (29.6% then, 31.2% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.1% to 31.2%).
Bright spot 31.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 5th -5.6pp 1st 19% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 7th -4.0pp 2nd 16% below peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 31st -2.7pp 3rd 35% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 12th -1.6pp 4th 11% below peers
Wilmington, NC 40.3% 19th -1.7pp 5th 8% above peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 15th -1.3pp 6th 2% below peers
North Charleston, SC 41.8% 23rd -0.9pp 7th 12% above peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 27th -0.7pp 8th 19% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 22nd -0.3pp 9th 9% above peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 8th -0.1pp 10th 15% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 2nd -0.0pp 11th 22% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 9th +0.1pp 12th 14% below peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 26th +0.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 18th +0.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 14th +0.4pp 15th 9% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 24th +0.5pp 16th 17% above peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 4th +0.8pp 17th 20% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 29th +1.3pp 18th 23% above peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 28th +1.6pp 19th 22% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 17th +1.6pp 20th 1% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 6th +1.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 10th +1.9pp 22nd 14% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 25th +2.8pp 23rd 17% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 20th +2.7pp 24th 9% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 13th +2.3pp 25th 10% below peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 21st +2.8pp 26th 9% above peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 11th +2.6pp 27th 13% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 30th +3.9pp 28th 33% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 1st +2.6pp 29th 26% below peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 16th +3.9pp 30th on par with peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 3rd +6.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 2.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.9% to 7.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 7.1%).
Needs attention 7.1%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 16th -3.3pp 1st on par with peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 5th -1.9pp 2nd 32% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 26th -3.8pp 3rd 45% above peers
North Charleston, SC 7.2% 22nd -2.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 30th -3.9pp 5th 149% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 3rd -0.8pp 6th 41% below peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 12th -0.9pp 7th 17% below peers
Wilmington, NC 8.2% 24th -1.3pp 8th 28% above peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 28th -1.4pp 9th 47% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 18th -0.9pp 10th 10% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 13th -0.7pp 11th 10% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 6th -0.3pp 12th 32% below peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 13th 321% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 21st -0.3pp 14th 12% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 23rd -0.3pp 15th 19% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 27th -0.3pp 16th 46% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 19th -0.2pp 17th 11% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 4th +0.0pp 18th 40% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 10th +0.0pp 19th 24% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 11th +0.1pp 20th 18% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 14th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 9th +0.3pp 22nd 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 29th +0.8pp 23rd 49% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 7th +0.5pp 24th 30% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 15th +0.7pp 25th 9% below peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 26th 28% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 25th +1.3pp 27th 30% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 17th +1.1pp 28th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 20th +2.2pp 29th 12% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 46% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.7% to 5.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Sterling Heights started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 5.7%).
Bright spot 5.7%
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
Pasadena, CA 5.7% 5th -1.7pp 1st 30% below peers
Orange, CA 6.0% 8th -1.8pp 2nd 27% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 12th -2.0pp 3rd 18% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.4% 14th -1.5pp 4th 10% below peers
Athens, GA 11.3% 24th -2.2pp 5th 38% above peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 21st -1.9pp 6th 20% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 6th -1.0pp 7th 30% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.3% 19th -1.6pp 8th 14% above peers
North Charleston, SC 15.4% 28th -2.6pp 9th 88% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.9% 7th -1.0pp 10th 28% below peers
Hampton, VA 7.0% 13th -1.1pp 11th 15% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 2nd -0.6pp 12th 53% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 22nd -1.6pp 13th 32% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.2% 16th -1.2pp 14th on par with peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 3rd -0.5pp 15th 49% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 16th 64% below peers
Fargo, ND 6.0% 9th -0.5pp 17th 26% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 27th -1.2pp 18th 88% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.2% 26th -1.0pp 19th 86% above peers
Warren, MI 6.1% 10th -0.4pp 20th 26% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.7% 30th -0.6pp 21st 116% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 31st -0.3pp 22nd 131% above peers
Norman, OK 9.6% 20th -0.1pp 23rd 18% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.5% 15th -0.0pp 24th 9% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 29th +0.1pp 25th 91% above peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 26th 18% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.8% 4th +0.2pp 27th 42% below peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 18th +0.5pp 28th 8% above peers
Wilmington, NC 10.9% 23rd +0.6pp 29th 34% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 17th +0.5pp 30th 4% above peers
Abilene, TX 15.0% 25th +1.2pp 31st 83% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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 roughly in line with the peer median.

34.9%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Torrance, CA 20.0% 1st 43% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 2nd 41% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 3rd 30% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 4th 27% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 5th 26% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 6th 25% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 7th 23% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 8th 15% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 9th 14% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 10th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 11th 6% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 12th 3% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 13th 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 14th 1% below peers
Wilmington, NC 34.6% 15th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 16th on par with peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 17th 1% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 18th 2% above peers
North Charleston, SC 35.9% 19th 3% above peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 20th 3% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 21st 4% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 22nd 5% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 23rd 5% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 24th 6% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 25th 7% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 26th 7% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 27th 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 28th 11% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 29th 23% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 30th 37% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.2% then, 3.0% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 3.0%).
Bright spot 3.0%
20122024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 4th -2.3pp 1st 51% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 67% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 57% below peers
Clovis, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.6pp 4th 59% below peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 6th -0.4pp 5th 44% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 19th -0.6pp 6th 19% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 9th -0.3pp 7th 39% below peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 8th 189% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 12th -0.1pp 9th 28% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 22nd -0.2pp 10th 60% above peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 16th -0.1pp 11th on par with peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 8th -0.0pp 12th 42% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 26th -0.0pp 13th 73% above peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 10th +0.1pp 14th 30% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 17th +0.1pp 15th 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 13th +0.1pp 16th 17% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 27th +0.5pp 17th 110% above peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 15th +0.3pp 18th 8% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 7th +0.3pp 19th 43% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 24th +0.9pp 20th 70% above peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 21st +1.0pp 21st 40% above peers
North Charleston, SC 12.1% 28th +2.1pp 22nd 151% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 50% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 25th +1.7pp 24th 72% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 11th +0.7pp 25th 29% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 26th 216% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 27th 192% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 14th +1.4pp 28th 14% below peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 20th +2.4pp 29th 24% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 18th +2.3pp 30th 12% above peers
Wilmington, NC 7.8% 23rd +3.8pp 31st 61% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.4% to 31.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
69% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Sterling Heights started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.7% to 31.1%).
Bright spot 31.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
North Charleston, SC 28.6% 24th +5.8pp 1st 30% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 15th +6.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 27th +3.2pp 3rd 47% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 26th +3.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 23rd +4.1pp 5th 27% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 11th +6.0pp 6th 11% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 18th +4.8pp 7th 4% below peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 28th +2.5pp 8th 48% below peers
Wilmington, NC 46.8% 9th +5.3pp 9th 15% above peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 20th +4.0pp 10th 10% below peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 14th +4.2pp 11th 1% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 19th +4.0pp 12th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 13th 62% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 22nd +2.7pp 14th 24% below peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 15th 39% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 7th +3.3pp 16th 16% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 13th +3.0pp 17th 6% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 4th +3.8pp 18th 38% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 10th +2.9pp 19th 13% above peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 5th +3.3pp 20th 33% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 25th +1.6pp 21st 30% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 29th +0.9pp 22nd 61% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 17th +2.0pp 23rd 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 16th +1.4pp 24th 2% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 21st +1.1pp 25th 19% below peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 6th +1.6pp 26th 27% above peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 12th +1.0pp 27th 7% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 8th -0.0pp 28th 16% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 30th -0.3pp 29th 65% below peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 3rd -2.1pp 30th 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.8% then, 45.3% now; margin ±9.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.3% to 45.3%).
Needs attention 45.3%
20112024
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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%
Norman, OK 45.3% 20th +14.2pp 1st 2% below peers
North Charleston, SC 45.4% 18th +8.8pp 2nd 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 6th +11.1pp 3rd 29% above peers
Wilmington, NC 50.7% 13th +7.6pp 4th 9% above peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 22nd +4.9pp 5th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 5th +6.0pp 6th 37% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 25th +3.4pp 7th 13% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 1st +3.4pp 8th 53% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 2nd +3.2pp 9th 46% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 12th +2.0pp 10th 10% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 28th +0.3pp 11th 33% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 14th +0.4pp 12th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 7th +0.4pp 13th 24% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 15th +0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 30th +0.0pp 15th 37% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 27th +0.0pp 16th 20% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 26th -1.8pp 17th 20% below peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 21st -3.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 8th -4.1pp 19th 19% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 19th -3.5pp 20th 2% below peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 17th -4.5pp 21st 1% below peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 4th -7.9pp 22nd 38% above peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 3rd -9.7pp 23rd 42% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 16th -7.1pp 24th on par with peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 24th -8.1pp 25th 10% below peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 11th -13.8pp 26th 12% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 23rd -13.1pp 27th 10% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 9th -17.7pp 28th 17% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 29th -11.0pp 29th 36% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 10th -24.8pp 30th 15% above peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 31st -12.6pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.7pp 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 (5.1% then, 4.6% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 4.6%).
4.6%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 76% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 4th -3.1pp 2nd 63% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 5th -1.6pp 3rd 43% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 22nd -3.1pp 4th 30% above peers
North Charleston, SC 6.3% 20th -2.6pp 5th 18% above peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 10th -1.1pp 6th 28% below peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 23rd -1.2pp 7th 30% above peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 3rd -0.2pp 8th 69% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 14th -0.5pp 9th 14% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 18th -0.3pp 10th 6% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 13th -0.1pp 11th 15% below peers
Wilmington, NC 6.2% 19th +0.3pp 12th 16% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 17th +0.4pp 13th 5% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 21st +0.6pp 14th 23% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 26th +1.2pp 15th 78% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 12th +0.6pp 16th 15% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 9th +0.5pp 17th 29% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 27th +1.6pp 18th 88% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 8th +0.6pp 19th 31% below peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 6th +0.6pp 20th 41% below peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 11th +1.2pp 21st 16% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 30th +5.4pp 22nd 135% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 24th +3.6pp 23rd 56% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 24th 76% below peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 29th +5.1pp 25th 114% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 7th +1.6pp 26th 38% below peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 25th +4.8pp 27th 77% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 16th +2.9pp 28th on par with peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 15th +2.7pp 29th 8% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 28th +6.1pp 30th 98% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 31st 154% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 132,476 to 133,573 - more than the combined survey margin (±55).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (130,604 to 133,573).
133,573
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 20th +23% 1st 2% below peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 27th +14% 2nd 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 29th +11% 3rd 9% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 28th +10% 4th 7% below peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 19th +8% 5th 2% below peers
North Charleston, SC 119,913 31st +8% 6th 10% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 18th +7% 7th 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 10th +6% 8th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 23rd +6% 9th 4% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 22nd +6% 10th 3% below peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 25th +4% 11th 5% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 9th +4% 12th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 135,603 14th +3% 13th 1% above peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 24th +3% 14th 4% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 15th +3% 15th on par with peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 13th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Warren, MI 137,928 7th +2% 17th 3% above peers
Athens, GA 127,345 26th +2% 18th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 21st +2% 19th 3% below peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 8th +2% 20th 3% above peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 5th +2% 21st 4% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 4th +1% 22nd 4% above peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 2nd +1% 23rd 5% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 17th +1% 24th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 120,805 30th +1% 25th 10% below peers
Orange, CA 138,266 6th -1% 26th 3% above peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 16th -2% 27th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 3rd -2% 28th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 1st -2% 29th 6% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 12th -3% 30th 2% above peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 11th -3% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 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 ±37 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.2% then, 19.4% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.0% to 19.4%).
19.4%
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
Metairie, LA 20.8% 15th +1.6pp 1st on par with peers
College Station, TX 16.9% 27th +0.6pp 2nd 19% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.9pp 3rd 37% above peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 10th +0.6pp 4th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 22nd +0.4pp 5th 10% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 12th +0.4pp 6th 3% above peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 9th +0.3pp 7th 6% above peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 17th +0.2pp 8th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 3rd +0.1pp 9th 32% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 19th -0.1pp 10th 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 8th -0.1pp 11th 11% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 6th -0.5pp 12th 14% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 5th -0.6pp 13th 24% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 13th -0.5pp 14th 2% above peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 15th 44% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 4th -1.0pp 16th 28% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 24th -0.7pp 17th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 21st -0.8pp 18th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 29th -0.7pp 19th 20% below peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 18th -1.0pp 20th 2% below peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 14th -1.2pp 21st 2% above peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 7th -1.4pp 22nd 11% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 16th -1.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 16.4% 30th -1.4pp 24th 21% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 28th -1.5pp 25th 20% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 23rd -2.1pp 26th 12% below peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 25th -2.1pp 27th 18% below peers
North Charleston, SC 21.9% 11th -2.7pp 28th 5% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 20th -3.0pp 29th 6% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 26th -2.8pp 30th 18% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 31st -3.1pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.6% then, 17.1% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 17.1%).
Big move 17.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 28th +7.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 12th +8.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 19th +6.8pp 3rd 10% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 4th +11.6pp 4th 74% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 26th +2.6pp 5th 21% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 27th +2.4pp 6th 24% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 5th +4.6pp 7th 51% above peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 13th +3.1pp 8th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 24th +2.0pp 9th 16% below peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 25th +1.3pp 10th 18% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 23rd +1.2pp 11th 12% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 9th +1.0pp 12th 14% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 2nd +1.8pp 13th 98% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 3rd +1.3pp 14th 81% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 21st +0.2pp 15th 11% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 16th 102% above peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 16th -0.4pp 17th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 14th -0.5pp 18th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 29th -0.4pp 19th 46% below peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 18th -1.4pp 20th 9% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 15th -2.2pp 21st 2% above peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 11th -3.0pp 22nd 8% above peers
North Charleston, SC 42.5% 6th -4.7pp 23rd 34% above peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 30th -1.7pp 24th 54% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 17th -3.5pp 25th 4% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 20th -3.7pp 26th 11% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 7th -6.1pp 27th 26% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 22nd -5.3pp 28th 12% below peers
Wilmington, NC 35.3% 10th -7.4pp 29th 12% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 56% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 8th -9.5pp 31st 16% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.1% then, 56.1% now; margin ±8.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.6% to 56.1%).
Big move 56.1%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 7th +18.0pp 1st 4% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 3rd +9.8pp 2nd 7% above peers
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 5th +9.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 9th +7.2pp 4th 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 18th +6.8pp 5th 1% below peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 22nd +5.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 12th +6.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 29th +5.0pp 8th 14% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 6th +5.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 2nd +4.7pp 10th 11% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 11th 11% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 24th +3.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 19th +3.1pp 13th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 8th +2.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 26th +2.4pp 15th 10% below peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 16th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 20th +1.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 18th 20% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 14th +0.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 27th -0.2pp 20th 11% below peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 23rd -0.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 11th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 13th -0.9pp 23rd 1% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 10th -2.5pp 24th 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 21st -2.5pp 25th 3% below peers
North Charleston, SC 69.9% 17th -3.4pp 26th on par with peers
Wilmington, NC 63.5% 25th -5.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 30th -5.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 4th -7.0pp 29th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 28th -7.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 15th -8.9pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 31 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±6.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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