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Sterling Heights, MI
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133,573 people (2024) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Sterling Heights, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
106 /100k
May 2026
▼ 44%
relative change
188 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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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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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 /100k
May 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
1 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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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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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
210 /100k
May 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
238 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.6%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
5.1% 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
5.7%
May 2026
▲ 10%
relative change
5.2% 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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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
11.0%
2020-24
flat
relative change
10.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
16.1%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
16.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing 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 shifts 5 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Home value
Typical home value
$315,750
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$308,300 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
133,573
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
132,476 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
17.1%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
17.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.4%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
20.2% 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
▲ 2%
relative change
55.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 210 in May 2026, down from 238 a year earlier.
210 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Carrollton, TX 96 (May 26) 2nd -53.8% 1st 67% below peers
Pearland, TX 70 (May 26) 1st -31.9% 2nd 76% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 138 (May 26) 4th -23.6% 3rd 52% below peers
New Haven, CT 391 (Apr 26) 17th -19.8% 4th 35% above peers
West Valley City, UT 358 (May 26) 13th -12.1% 5th 23% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 210 (May 26) 8th -11.9% 6th 28% below peers
Fargo, ND 370 (May 26) 16th -11.4% 7th 28% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 344 (May 26) 12th -10.4% 8th 18% above peers
Pasadena, CA 406 (May 26) 18th -7.0% 9th 40% above peers
Hampton, VA 242 (Apr 26) 9th -6.4% 10th 17% below peers
Lewisville, TX 196 (May 26) 7th -5.6% 11th 33% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 250 (May 26) 10th -2.5% 12th 14% below peers
Dayton, OH 1,337 (May 26) 21st -0.9% 13th 361% above peers
Columbia, MO 359 (May 26) 14th +0.0% 14th 24% above peers
Norman, OK 290 (Dec 25) 11th +2.4% 15th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 151 (May 26) 6th +3.9% 16th 48% below peers
Meridian, ID 137 (May 26) 3rd +4.7% 17th 53% below peers
Warren, MI 498 (May 26) 20th +5.6% 18th 72% above peers
Round Rock, TX 139 (May 26) 5th +10.0% 19th 52% below peers
Abilene, TX 476 (May 26) 19th +11.6% 20th 64% above peers
Midland, TX 369 (May 26) 15th +20.8% 21st 27% above peers
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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. 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 →
  • Centennial, CO down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,038 in May 2026, down from 1,141 a year earlier.
1,038 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Carrollton, TX 954 (May 26) 2nd -48.1% 1st 44% below peers
Round Rock, TX 1,275 (May 26) 7th -31.6% 2nd 25% below peers
Pearland, TX 1,033 (May 26) 4th -30.6% 3rd 40% below peers
Meridian, ID 398 (May 26) 1st -21.0% 4th 77% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1,974 (May 26) 13th -20.6% 5th 15% above peers
Warren, MI 1,270 (May 26) 6th -17.0% 6th 26% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 2,165 (May 26) 15th -16.3% 7th 26% above peers
Columbia, MO 1,878 (May 26) 12th -13.7% 8th 10% above peers
Hampton, VA 2,569 (Apr 26) 17th -11.5% 9th 50% above peers
Norman, OK 2,095 (Dec 25) 14th -11.4% 10th 22% above peers
Fargo, ND 3,012 (May 26) 19th -10.5% 11th 76% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 1,038 (May 26) 5th -9.0% 12th 39% below peers
New Haven, CT 3,154 (Apr 26) 20th -7.4% 13th 84% above peers
West Valley City, UT 1,627 (May 26) 10th -7.4% 14th 5% below peers
Stamford, CT 1,003 (May 26) 3rd -5.5% 15th 41% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2,279 (May 26) 16th -4.2% 16th 33% above peers
Dayton, OH 4,087 (May 26) 21st -3.9% 17th 139% above peers
Abilene, TX 1,712 (May 26) 11th +1.0% 18th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 1,405 (May 26) 8th +1.6% 19th 18% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2,628 (May 26) 18th +2.7% 20th 54% above peers
Midland, TX 1,507 (May 26) 9th +46.6% 21st 12% below peers
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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 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 30% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • College Station, TX down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 33% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 1 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Sterling Heights, MI 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 (May 26) 4th -75.0% 2nd 75% below peers
Warren, MI 2 (May 26) 9th -62.6% 3rd 25% below peers
New Haven, CT 8 (Apr 26) 19th -35.3% 4th 172% above peers
Lewisville, TX 3 (May 26) 11th -34.0% 5th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 19 (May 26) 21st -29.7% 6th 561% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 2 (May 26) 8th -25.1% 7th 27% below peers
Hampton, VA 12 (Apr 26) 20th -15.0% 8th 326% above peers
Pearland, TX 1 (May 26) 7th -11.0% 9th 73% below peers
Fargo, ND 4 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 10th 25% above peers
Pasadena, CA 1 (May 26) 5th +0.0% 11th 75% below peers
Meridian, ID 1 (May 26) 2nd +0.0% 12th 76% below peers
Stamford, CT 1 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 13th 75% below peers
Columbia, MO 3 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 14th 5% above peers
Abilene, TX 7 (May 26) 17th +7.6% 15th 136% above peers
West Valley City, UT 7 (May 26) 18th +11.0% 16th 151% above peers
Midland, TX 3 (May 26) 14th +66.3% 17th 18% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3 (May 26) 10th +96.6% 18th 1% below peers
Norman, OK 3 (Dec 25) 13th +300.5% 19th 5% above peers
Carrollton, TX 4 (May 26) 16th 27% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 1 (May 26) 6th 74% below peers
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 21% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 106 in May 2026, down from 188 a year earlier.
106 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Carrollton, TX 114 (May 26) 5th -53.1% 1st 35% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 106 (May 26) 4th -43.7% 2nd 40% below peers
Columbia, MO 176 (May 26) 11th -42.3% 3rd on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 171 (May 26) 10th -36.8% 4th 3% below peers
Warren, MI 217 (May 26) 15th -35.4% 5th 23% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 145 (May 26) 7th -32.4% 6th 18% below peers
Pasadena, CA 164 (May 26) 9th -32.1% 7th 7% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 405 (May 26) 19th -28.8% 8th 130% above peers
Stamford, CT 115 (May 26) 6th -27.5% 9th 35% below peers
New Haven, CT 573 (Apr 26) 20th -24.2% 10th 225% above peers
Norman, OK 188 (Dec 25) 13th -21.8% 11th 7% above peers
Round Rock, TX 93 (May 26) 3rd -21.0% 12th 48% below peers
Dayton, OH 1,082 (May 26) 21st -16.5% 13th 513% above peers
Meridian, ID 23 (May 26) 1st -12.8% 14th 87% below peers
Fargo, ND 302 (May 26) 16th -10.4% 15th 71% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 311 (May 26) 17th -9.9% 16th 76% above peers
West Valley City, UT 216 (May 26) 14th -5.1% 17th 23% above peers
Pearland, TX 84 (May 26) 2nd -1.0% 18th 53% below peers
Hampton, VA 325 (Apr 26) 18th +21.4% 19th 84% above peers
Abilene, TX 156 (May 26) 8th +23.8% 20th 11% below peers
Midland, TX 185 (May 26) 12th +29.0% 21st 5% above peers
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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 43% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Carlsbad, CA down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, MN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 36% from 2014 to 2024 ($58,800 to $79,909).
$79,909
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 141% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 18th +41% 2nd 2% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 7th +41% 3rd 35% above peers
Dayton, OH $45,247 30th +39% 4th 39% below peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 11th +39% 5th 24% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 13th +38% 6th 20% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 23rd +38% 7th 10% below peers
Victorville, CA $74,410 16th +38% 8th on par with peers
Elizabeth, NJ $66,555 24th +37% 9th 11% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 28th +35% 10th 24% below peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 25th +30% 11th 11% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 6th +29% 12th 36% above peers
Warren, MI $64,016 26th +29% 13th 14% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 14th 49% below peers
Kent, WA $92,302 10th +28% 15th 24% above peers
Orange, CA $117,113 3rd +28% 16th 57% above peers
Pasadena, CA $105,192 5th +27% 17th 41% above peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 14th +26% 18th 20% above peers
Hampton, VA $69,621 20th +24% 19th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 27th +24% 20th 16% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 15th +23% 21st 7% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 17th +23% 22nd 2% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $93,602 9th +21% 23rd 26% above peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 22nd +21% 24th 10% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $70,424 19th +20% 25th 5% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 8th +20% 26th 33% above peers
Stamford, CT $111,586 4th +20% 27th 50% above peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 29th +17% 28th 25% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 21st +16% 29th 9% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 2nd +14% 30th 60% above peers
Midland, TX $89,585 12th +13% 31st 20% 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.
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

3
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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 63% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.7% in May 2026, up from 5.2% a year earlier.
5.7%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 5.1% (May 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Dayton, OH 3.7% (May 26) 12th -2.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 5.2% (May 26) 24th -1.3pp 2nd 27% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.7% (May 26) 21st -0.6pp 3rd 15% above peers
Fargo, ND 1.9% (May 26) 1st -0.5pp 4th 54% below peers
Victorville, CA 6.0% (May 26) 26th -0.5pp 5th 46% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 6th 22% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 8th 22% below peers
Columbia, SC 4.5% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 9th 10% above peers
Orange, CA 3.4% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 10th 17% below peers
West Valley City, UT 3.5% (May 26) 9th +0.0pp 11th 15% below peers
Hampton, VA 4.1% (May 26) 15th +0.1pp 12th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 3.4% (May 26) 8th +0.2pp 13th 17% below peers
Lewisville, TX 3.6% (May 26) 10th +0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Midland, TX 3.2% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 15th 22% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (May 26) 2nd +0.2pp 16th 27% below peers
Abilene, TX 3.6% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 17th 12% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% (May 26) 13th +0.3pp 18th 10% below peers
Kent, WA 5.1% (May 26) 23rd +0.4pp 19th 24% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% (May 26) 25th +0.5pp 20th 39% above peers
Warren, MI 6.8% (May 26) 28th +0.6pp 21st 66% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.4% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 22nd 7% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.2% (May 26) 16th +1.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.9% (May 26) 22nd +1.0pp 24th 20% above peers
Norman, OK 4.0% (May 26) 14th +1.1pp 25th 2% below peers
Stamford, CT 4.4% (May 26) 18th +1.1pp 26th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.6% (May 26) 20th +1.2pp 27th 12% above peers
New Haven, CT 6.2% (May 26) 27th +1.5pp 28th 51% 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 →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.9% then, 11.0% 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.9% to 11.0%).
11.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 12.9% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 2nd -2.6pp 1st 51% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 6th -2.6pp 2nd 36% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.5% 4th -2.3pp 3rd 39% below peers
Orange, CA 9.1% 9th -2.4pp 4th 26% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.8% 10th -2.5pp 5th 20% below peers
Kent, WA 10.7% 13th -2.5pp 6th 13% below peers
Hampton, VA 12.4% 18th -2.3pp 7th 1% above peers
Warren, MI 14.7% 21st -2.7pp 8th 19% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.0% 25th -2.9pp 9th 39% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 8th -1.5pp 10th 31% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.6% 12th -1.6pp 11th 14% below peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 27th -2.4pp 12th 45% above peers
Dayton, OH 24.6% 30th -3.2pp 13th 101% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.3% 31st -3.4pp 14th 123% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 3rd -0.9pp 15th 42% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.6% 23rd -1.8pp 16th 27% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.6% 15th -1.3pp 17th 5% below peers
New Haven, CT 22.4% 29th -2.4pp 18th 83% above peers
Victorville, CA 17.6% 26th -1.7pp 19th 43% above peers
Pasadena, CA 13.1% 20th -1.1pp 20th 7% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 24th -0.8pp 21st 28% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.3% 16th -0.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 22nd -0.1pp 23rd 20% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.0% 14th +0.0pp 24th 10% below peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 19th +0.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Stamford, CT 10.0% 11th +0.9pp 26th 18% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 5th +0.8pp 27th 37% below peers
Columbia, SC 19.8% 28th +2.6pp 28th 61% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 29th 67% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 7th +1.7pp 30th 33% below peers
Midland, TX 12.3% 17th +3.2pp 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 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 2.6pp 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 17.6% -2.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 65% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 4th -7.1pp 2nd 37% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 12.0% 10th -5.0pp 3rd 21% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 7th -4.5pp 4th 28% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 12th -4.9pp 5th 16% below peers
Warren, MI 21.5% 25th -7.6pp 6th 41% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.6% 6th -3.7pp 7th 31% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 26th -7.3pp 8th 47% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 19.8% 23rd -5.2pp 9th 30% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 11th -2.8pp 10th 19% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 22nd -3.1pp 11th 15% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 17th -2.7pp 12th on par with peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 21st -3.0pp 13th 12% above peers
Hampton, VA 19.8% 24th -3.4pp 14th 31% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 15th 83% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 5th -1.7pp 16th 32% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 29th -5.0pp 17th 105% above peers
Pasadena, CA 15.2% 16th -2.0pp 18th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 20th -1.9pp 19th 7% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.5% 30th -4.0pp 20th 167% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 8th -1.1pp 21st 27% below peers
Victorville, CA 24.8% 27th -1.6pp 22nd 63% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 31st -1.9pp 23rd 188% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 19th -0.3pp 24th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 14th +0.4pp 25th 2% below peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 28th +3.0pp 26th 96% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 9th +1.5pp 27th 26% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 15th +2.3pp 28th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 3rd +1.5pp 29th 46% below peers
Midland, TX 14.8% 13th +3.3pp 30th 2% below peers
Stamford, CT 15.7% 18th +4.2pp 31st 3% 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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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 →
  • 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
  • Oceanside, CA down 6.2pp 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 →

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). 28 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 9.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.4% to 94.0%).
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%
Abilene, TX 92.0% 21st +14.5pp 1st 1% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 89.3% 28th +13.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 26th +13.4pp 3rd 2% below peers
Warren, MI 92.0% 22nd +11.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Hampton, VA 93.2% 14th +11.0pp 5th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 15th +10.7pp 6th on par with peers
Dayton, OH 85.6% 31st +9.3pp 7th 8% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 25th +9.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Pasadena, CA 94.0% 13th +8.2pp 10th 1% above peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 29th +7.8pp 11th 5% below peers
Midland, TX 92.9% 17th +7.6pp 12th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 27th +7.2pp 13th 3% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 24th +7.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 91.3% 23rd +6.8pp 15th 2% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 7th +6.8pp 16th 3% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 19th +6.2pp 17th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 12th +5.9pp 18th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 10th +5.9pp 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 18th +5.6pp 20th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 30th +4.9pp 22nd 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 20th +5.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Stamford, CT 94.3% 11th +5.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 92.9% 16th +4.6pp 25th on par with peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 6th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 8th +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 96.2% 3rd +2.9pp 28th 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 29th 5% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 30th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 9th +0.7pp 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: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 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
  • Lehigh Acres, FL up 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 74% 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 →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.42).
0.42
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 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 22nd -0.020 1st 5% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 21st -0.016 2nd 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 20th -0.012 3rd 4% above peers
Stamford, CT 0.51 29th -0.007 4th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 9th -0.006 5th 5% below peers
Dayton, OH 0.48 24th -0.005 6th 7% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 0.42 4th -0.004 7th 7% below peers
Hampton, VA 0.43 12th -0.003 8th 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 0.50 28th -0.002 9th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 15th -0.002 10th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 11th 18% below peers
Warren, MI 0.43 11th +0.001 12th 4% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 2nd +0.002 13th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 8th +0.003 14th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 26th +0.003 15th 11% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 16th 24% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 5th +0.005 17th 6% below peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 30th +0.007 18th 18% above peers
Orange, CA 0.45 18th +0.009 19th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 25th +0.011 20th 8% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 0.44 14th +0.010 21st 2% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 6th +0.014 22nd 6% below peers
Midland, TX 0.50 27th +0.017 23rd 11% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 0.45 16th +0.019 24th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 10th +0.019 25th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 3rd +0.027 26th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 19th +0.034 27th 1% above peers
Victorville, CA 0.47 23rd +0.042 28th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 7th +0.038 29th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 13th +0.047 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 17th +0.049 31st on par with 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 →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.3 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (12.8% to 13.2%).
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
Columbia, MO 6.8% 6th -2.4pp 1st 28% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 4th -1.8pp 2nd 47% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 3rd 60% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 59% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 13th -3.0pp 5th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 26th -4.9pp 6th 92% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 18th -2.7pp 7th 31% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 19th -2.7pp 8th 39% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 8th -1.4pp 9th 25% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 9th -1.3pp 10th 25% below peers
Dayton, OH 25.8% 28th -2.4pp 11th 173% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 15.9% 24th -1.4pp 12th 69% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 12th -0.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 10.8% 17th -0.7pp 14th 15% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 9.3% 15th -0.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 25th -0.6pp 16th 87% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 29th +0.1pp 17th 180% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 11th +0.2pp 18th 8% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 16th +0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Warren, MI 19.8% 27th +1.2pp 20th 110% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 20th +0.8pp 21st 40% above peers
Victorville, CA 27.1% 30th +2.3pp 22nd 187% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 22nd +1.7pp 23rd 50% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 21st +1.9pp 24th 46% above peers
Midland, TX 7.8% 10th +1.3pp 25th 17% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 31st +5.6pp 26th 245% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 7th +1.2pp 27th 28% below peers
Hampton, VA 15.1% 23rd +2.9pp 28th 60% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 60% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 5th +1.4pp 30th 46% below peers
Pasadena, CA 9.2% 14th +4.5pp 31st 2% below 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 98% 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
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $315,750 in June 2026, up from $308,300 a year earlier.
$315,750
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $269,972 (Jun 26) +4.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Metairie, LA $334,224 (Jun 26) 17th +8.4% 1st 13% below peers
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 27th +7.6% 2nd 42% below peers
Stamford, CT $730,252 (Jun 26) 4th +6.8% 3rd 89% above peers
New Haven, CT $340,803 (Jun 26) 16th +5.6% 4th 12% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,918 (Jun 26) 20th +4.0% 5th 16% below peers
Columbia, MO $330,373 (Jun 26) 19th +2.7% 6th 14% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $215,210 (Jun 26) 28th +2.4% 7th 44% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $315,750 (Jun 26) 21st +2.4% 8th 18% below peers
Midland, TX $331,824 (Jun 26) 18th +2.1% 9th 14% below peers
Warren, MI $204,491 (Jun 26) 29th +1.7% 10th 47% below peers
Orange, CA $1,141,755 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 11th 196% above peers
Columbia, SC $232,810 (Jun 26) 26th +1.3% 12th 40% below peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 25th +1.3% 13th 31% below peers
Dayton, OH $141,446 (Jun 26) 30th +1.3% 14th 63% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $547,806 (Jun 26) 6th +1.2% 15th 42% above peers
West Valley City, UT $472,447 (Jun 26) 10th +0.7% 16th 23% above peers
Hampton, VA $283,362 (Jun 26) 23rd +0.7% 17th 27% below peers
Victorville, CA $437,583 (Jun 26) 11th +0.2% 18th 13% above peers
Meridian, ID $538,033 (Jun 26) 7th -0.1% 19th 40% above peers
Pasadena, CA $1,213,522 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.4% 20th 215% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,710,119 (Jun 26) 1st -0.8% 21st 344% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 15th -0.8% 22nd on par with peers
Kent, WA $651,566 (Jun 26) 5th -1.6% 23rd 69% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $305,330 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.6% 24th 21% below peers
Miramar, FL $520,975 (Jun 26) 9th -2.6% 25th 35% above peers
Carrollton, TX $409,845 (Jun 26) 12th -3.2% 26th 6% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $524,239 (Jun 26) 8th -3.5% 27th 36% above peers
Lewisville, TX $395,461 (Jun 26) 14th -4.1% 28th 3% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 13th -6.2% 29th 6% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $281,935 (Jun 26) 24th -7.1% 30th 27% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $249,711 in June 2026, up from $243,380 a year earlier.
$249,711
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $145,661 (Jun 26) +4.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Metairie, LA $237,310 (Jun 26) 18th +13.6% 1st 5% below peers
New Haven, CT $240,389 (Jun 26) 17th +7.3% 2nd 4% below peers
Abilene, TX $132,930 (Jun 26) 28th +6.6% 3rd 47% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 19th +4.6% 4th 7% below peers
Stamford, CT $392,879 (Jun 26) 8th +4.5% 5th 57% above peers
Fargo, ND $229,082 (Jun 26) 21st +4.4% 6th 8% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $146,112 (Jun 26) 26th +3.9% 7th 41% below peers
Midland, TX $225,599 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.7% 8th 10% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $249,711 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 9th on par with peers
Warren, MI $126,201 (Jun 26) 29th +2.0% 10th 49% below peers
Dayton, OH $72,552 (Jun 26) 30th +1.6% 11th 71% below peers
Orange, CA $850,078 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.6% 12th 240% above peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 25th +1.6% 13th 27% below peers
Columbia, SC $142,816 (Jun 26) 27th +1.3% 14th 43% below peers
Hampton, VA $214,320 (Jun 26) 24th +1.1% 15th 14% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ $427,901 (Jun 26) 6th +0.9% 16th 71% above peers
West Valley City, UT $408,896 (Jun 26) 7th +0.8% 17th 64% above peers
Victorville, CA $385,386 (Jun 26) 9th +0.6% 18th 54% above peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 19th 24% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,946 (Jun 26) 5th +0.0% 20th 74% above peers
Pasadena, CA $814,213 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.5% 21st 226% above peers
Kent, WA $482,714 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 22nd 93% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,097,008 (Jun 26) 1st -2.4% 23rd 339% above peers
Carrollton, TX $324,658 (Jun 26) 11th -3.2% 24th 30% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $241,602 (Jun 26) 16th -3.5% 25th 3% below peers
Miramar, FL $366,124 (Jun 26) 10th -3.6% 26th 47% above peers
Lewisville, TX $316,037 (Jun 26) 12th -4.2% 27th 27% above peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 13th -6.4% 28th 26% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $230,341 (Jun 26) 20th -7.6% 29th 8% below peers
Coral Springs, FL $220,094 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.8% 30th 12% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 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). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (73.1% to 75.8%).
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%
Victorville, CA 60.6% 13th +6.5pp 1st 6% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 7th +7.5pp 2nd 22% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 25th +4.2pp 3rd 19% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 4th 39% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 31st +1.3pp 5th 55% below peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 5th +3.5pp 6th 26% above peers
Dayton, OH 48.4% 24th +1.8pp 7th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 3rd +2.8pp 8th 33% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 19th +2.1pp 9th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 16th +2.1pp 10th on par with peers
Warren, MI 71.1% 6th +2.0pp 11th 24% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 23rd +1.3pp 12th 15% below peers
Hampton, VA 56.9% 17th +1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 12th +1.1pp 14th 9% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 15th 50% below peers
Pasadena, CA 42.5% 28th +0.5pp 16th 26% below peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 21st +0.5pp 17th 7% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 33% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 27th +0.0pp 19th 24% below peers
Midland, TX 65.1% 11th +0.1pp 20th 14% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 60.3% 14th -0.2pp 21st 5% above peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 8th -0.6pp 22nd 20% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 26th -0.5pp 23rd 20% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 68.5% 9th -0.7pp 24th 20% above peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 15th -0.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 18th -1.2pp 26th 1% below peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 4th -1.6pp 27th 31% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 10th -1.6pp 28th 18% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 29th -2.0pp 29th 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 48.8% 22nd -2.8pp 30th 15% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 20th -4.8pp 31st 3% 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 recently
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Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 55% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,591 in June 2026, up from $1,558 a year earlier.
$1,591
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Abilene, TX $1,947 (Jun 26) 12th +41.4% 1st 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA $1,288 (Jun 26) 28th +13.0% 2nd 29% below peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,890 (Jun 26) 1st +7.2% 3rd 116% above peers
Hampton, VA $1,693 (Jun 26) 17th +5.3% 4th 6% below peers
Meridian, ID $2,065 (Jun 26) 10th +4.1% 5th 14% above peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 6th 21% below peers
Dayton, OH $1,207 (Jun 26) 29th +3.4% 7th 33% below peers
Fargo, ND $1,088 (Jun 26) 30th +3.2% 8th 40% below peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 23% below peers
Warren, MI $1,337 (Jun 26) 27th +3.0% 10th 26% below peers
Victorville, CA $2,227 (Jun 26) 9th +3.0% 11th 23% above peers
Orange, CA $3,181 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.8% 12th 76% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,591 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.1% 13th 12% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,242 (Jun 26) 8th +2.1% 14th 24% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,478 (Jun 26) 24th +1.6% 15th 18% below peers
Carrollton, TX $1,618 (Jun 26) 19th +1.3% 16th 10% below peers
Stamford, CT $2,954 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 17th 64% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ $2,255 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 18th 25% above peers
Kent, WA $1,978 (Jun 26) 11th +0.8% 19th 10% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 20th on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,881 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 21st 4% above peers
Coral Springs, FL $2,357 (Jun 26) 6th -0.0% 22nd 31% above peers
Miramar, FL $2,710 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 23rd 50% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 16th -0.7% 24th 5% below peers
West Valley City, UT $1,504 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.9% 25th 17% below peers
Lewisville, TX $1,593 (Jun 26) 21st -1.1% 26th 12% below peers
Pasadena, CA $2,939 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 27th 63% above peers
Metairie, LA $1,605 (Jun 26) 20th -1.4% 28th 11% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,856 (Jun 26) 14th -2.8% 29th 3% above peers
Midland, TX $1,634 (Jun 26) 18th -3.8% 30th 9% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.6% then, 31.2% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.1% to 31.2%).
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% 6th -5.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 6% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.7% 31st -3.2pp 3rd 51% above peers
Victorville, CA 43.0% 25th -2.3pp 4th 28% above peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 30th -2.7pp 5th 50% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 15th -1.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Dayton, OH 36.6% 18th -1.3pp 7th 9% above peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 8th 22% below peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 23rd -0.3pp 9th 21% above peers
Warren, MI 31.8% 10th -0.1pp 10th 5% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 3rd -0.0pp 11th 13% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 11th +0.1pp 12th 4% below peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 21st +0.2pp 13th 17% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 8th +0.2pp 14th 6% below peers
Stamford, CT 43.6% 26th +0.5pp 15th 30% above peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 5th +0.8pp 16th 11% below peers
Pasadena, CA 45.6% 29th +1.6pp 17th 36% above peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 24th +1.4pp 18th 21% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 20th +1.6pp 19th 12% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 7th +1.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 12th +1.9pp 21st 4% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 43.8% 28th +2.8pp 22nd 31% above peers
Hampton, VA 40.6% 22nd +2.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 16th +2.3pp 24th on par with peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 13th +2.6pp 25th 3% below peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 27th +3.4pp 26th 30% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 27.5% 2nd +2.6pp 27th 18% below peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 19th +3.9pp 28th 11% above peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 14th +3.7pp 29th 2% below peers
Midland, TX 34.1% 17th +7.4pp 30th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 4th +6.5pp 31st 13% 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 →

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). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 7.1%).
7.1%
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 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Victorville, CA 4.7% 13th -2.1pp 1st 18% below peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 8th -1.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 25th -3.8pp 3rd 61% above peers
Dayton, OH 15.9% 29th -3.9pp 4th 177% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 6th -0.8pp 5th 34% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 20.6% 30th -3.6pp 6th 258% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 15th -0.9pp 7th 8% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.4% 27th -1.4pp 8th 63% above peers
Warren, MI 7.0% 19th -0.9pp 9th 23% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.7% 16th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 31st -1.4pp 11th 368% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 22nd -0.3pp 12th 25% above peers
Hampton, VA 7.6% 23rd -0.3pp 13th 32% above peers
Pasadena, CA 9.3% 26th -0.3pp 14th 63% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 20th -0.2pp 15th 24% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 2nd -0.0pp 16th 58% below peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 28th -0.0pp 17th 100% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 7th +0.0pp 18th 33% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 17th +0.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 11th +0.2pp 20th 19% below peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 12th +0.3pp 21st 18% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 4.5% 9th +0.5pp 22nd 22% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 18th +0.7pp 23rd 2% above peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 10th +0.5pp 24th 20% below peers
Midland, TX 5.0% 14th +0.7pp 25th 13% below peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 3rd +0.5pp 26th 40% below peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 24th +1.3pp 27th 44% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 21st +2.2pp 28th 24% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 29th 39% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 4th +1.1pp 30th 40% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 60% 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 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 →
  • Visalia, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Victorville, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Abilene, TX down 1.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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

People without health insurance

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

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). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 5.7%).
5.7%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Miramar, FL 10.3% 21st -3.1pp 1st 29% above peers
Pasadena, CA 5.6% 3rd -1.7pp 2nd 30% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 10th -2.0pp 3rd 16% below peers
Orange, CA 5.8% 6th -1.7pp 4th 27% below peers
New Haven, CT 7.3% 13th -1.5pp 5th 9% below peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 20th -1.9pp 6th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.8% 11th -1.2pp 7th 15% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 4th -1.0pp 8th 29% below peers
Stamford, CT 9.2% 18th -1.6pp 9th 16% above peers
Columbia, MO 5.8% 5th -1.0pp 10th 28% below peers
Hampton, VA 6.6% 9th -1.1pp 11th 17% below peers
Midland, TX 14.2% 26th -2.3pp 12th 78% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 10.8% 22nd -1.6pp 13th 35% above peers
Dayton, OH 8.0% 16th -1.1pp 14th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 6.9% 12th -0.6pp 15th 14% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 1st -0.3pp 16th 64% below peers
Fargo, ND 5.9% 7th -0.5pp 17th 26% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 27th -1.2pp 18th 91% above peers
Warren, MI 6.0% 8th -0.4pp 19th 24% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.6% 29th -0.7pp 20th 120% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 30th -0.3pp 21st 136% above peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 19th -0.1pp 22nd 19% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 14th -0.0pp 23rd 7% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 28th +0.1pp 24th 94% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 4.7% 2nd +0.2pp 25th 41% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.7% 24th +0.7pp 26th 58% above peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 17th +0.5pp 27th 9% above peers
Victorville, CA 7.6% 15th +0.4pp 28th 5% below peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 25th +1.2pp 29th 70% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 24.0% 31st +3.5pp 30th 200% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.8% 23rd +2.5pp 31st 48% 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 1.5pp 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 →

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 41% below peers
Pasadena, CA 24.4% 2nd 30% below peers
Stamford, CT 26.0% 3rd 26% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 4th 25% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 5th 23% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 6th 19% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 29.8% 7th 15% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 8th 15% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 9th 10% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 10th 9% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 11th 6% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 33.3% 12th 5% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 13th 2% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 14th 1% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 15th on par with peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 16th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 17th 1% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 18th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 19th 3% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 20th 4% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 21st 5% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 22nd 6% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 23rd 6% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 24th 6% above peers
Warren, MI 37.7% 25th 8% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 38.9% 26th 11% above peers
Midland, TX 39.1% 27th 12% above peers
Victorville, CA 39.2% 28th 12% above peers
Hampton, VA 43.0% 29th 23% above peers
Dayton, OH 47.7% 30th 36% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

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

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.3% to 3.0%).
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% 2nd -2.3pp 1st 54% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 1.6% 1st -1.1pp 2nd 69% below peers
Midland, TX 11.6% 27th -3.0pp 3rd 127% above peers
Warren, MI 2.7% 4th -0.4pp 4th 48% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.8% 18th -0.6pp 5th 12% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 7th -0.3pp 6th 42% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 17th -0.4pp 7th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 8th 172% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 11th -0.1pp 9th 32% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 7.8% 23rd -0.2pp 10th 51% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 21st -0.1pp 11th 33% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 6th -0.0pp 12th 45% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 25th -0.0pp 13th 63% above peers
Hampton, VA 3.4% 9th +0.1pp 14th 34% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 16th +0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Stamford, CT 4.0% 13th +0.1pp 16th 22% below peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 15th +0.3pp 17th 14% below peers
Pasadena, CA 2.7% 5th +0.3pp 18th 47% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 20th +1.0pp 19th 31% above peers
Victorville, CA 4.0% 12th +0.7pp 20th 23% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 8th +0.6pp 21st 36% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 3rd +0.5pp 22nd 53% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 24th +1.7pp 23rd 62% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 10th +0.7pp 24th 34% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 26th +2.4pp 25th 74% above peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 26th 197% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 27th 175% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 14th +1.4pp 28th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 22nd +2.4pp 29th 43% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 19th +2.4pp 30th 17% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 13.0% 28th +5.5pp 31st 153% 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
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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). 19 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.7% to 31.1%).
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
Miramar, FL 37.4% 17th +10.1pp 1st 6% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 24th +4.7pp 2nd 40% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 13th +6.6pp 3rd 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 10th +6.9pp 4th 11% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.6% 25th +3.2pp 5th 46% below peers
Midland, TX 33.7% 18th +4.8pp 6th 15% below peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 23rd +3.8pp 7th 31% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 21st +4.1pp 8th 25% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 8th +6.0pp 9th 14% above peers
Warren, MI 21.0% 26th +2.5pp 10th 47% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 9th +4.8pp 11th 13% above peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 12th +4.2pp 12th 4% above peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 16th +4.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 1st +6.1pp 14th 66% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 20th +2.7pp 15th 22% below peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 2nd +4.5pp 16th 43% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 14.6% 28th +1.1pp 17th 63% below peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 11th +3.0pp 18th 8% above peers
Pasadena, CA 56.1% 3rd +3.8pp 19th 41% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 6th +2.9pp 20th 16% above peers
Hampton, VA 28.5% 22nd +1.6pp 21st 28% below peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 27th +0.9pp 22nd 60% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 15th +2.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 7th +2.1pp 24th 16% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 39.9% 14th +1.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 33.1% 19th +1.1pp 26th 17% below peers
Stamford, CT 51.7% 4th +1.6pp 27th 30% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 5th -0.0pp 28th 19% above peers
Victorville, CA 12.8% 30th -0.2pp 29th 68% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 29th -0.3pp 30th 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.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.3% to 45.3%).
45.3%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 20th +14.2pp 1st 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 18th +9.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 7th +11.1pp 3rd 29% above peers
Midland, TX 41.0% 23rd +5.4pp 4th 12% below peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 22nd +4.9pp 5th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 4th +6.0pp 6th 37% above peers
Dayton, OH 40.3% 24th +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 45% above peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 6th +1.6pp 10th 29% above peers
Warren, MI 30.9% 26th +0.3pp 11th 33% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 47.9% 15th +0.4pp 12th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 8th +0.4pp 13th 24% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 16th +0.3pp 14th on par with peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 28th +0.0pp 15th 37% below peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 14th -1.3pp 16th 8% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 25th -1.8pp 17th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 13th -3.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Hampton, VA 45.2% 21st -3.3pp 19th 3% below peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 9th -4.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 19th -3.5pp 21st 2% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 61.2% 5th -5.5pp 22nd 32% above peers
Pasadena, CA 63.9% 3rd -7.9pp 23rd 38% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 17th -7.1pp 24th on par with peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 12th -13.8pp 25th 12% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 54.1% 10th -17.7pp 26th 17% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 27th -11.0pp 27th 36% below peers
Stamford, CT 53.1% 11th -24.8pp 28th 15% above peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 30th -12.6pp 29th 52% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 29th -19.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Victorville, CA 17.7% 31st -12.9pp 31st 62% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 78% below peers
Midland, TX 5.5% 14th -3.2pp 2nd 4% below peers
Victorville, CA 11.6% 29th -6.5pp 3rd 103% above peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 46% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 19th -3.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 7th -1.1pp 6th 32% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 12.3% 30th -2.4pp 7th 115% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 20th -1.2pp 8th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 8th -0.7pp 9th 29% below peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 2nd -0.2pp 10th 71% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 11th -0.5pp 11th 19% below peers
Dayton, OH 5.7% 16th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 21st +0.0pp 13th 43% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 17th +0.2pp 14th 4% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 15th +0.4pp 15th 1% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 6.6% 18th +0.6pp 16th 15% above peers
Warren, MI 9.5% 24th +1.2pp 17th 67% above peers
Pasadena, CA 4.6% 10th +0.6pp 18th 20% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 25th +1.6pp 19th 77% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 5th +0.6pp 20th 35% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 27th +2.4pp 21st 88% above peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 9th +1.2pp 22nd 21% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 6th +1.2pp 23rd 33% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 31st +5.4pp 24th 122% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 22nd +3.6pp 25th 47% above peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 28th +5.1pp 26th 102% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 4th +1.6pp 27th 42% below peers
Hampton, VA 9.5% 23rd +4.8pp 28th 67% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 5.4% 13th +2.9pp 29th 6% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 12th +2.7pp 30th 14% below peers
Stamford, CT 10.6% 26th +6.1pp 31st 86% 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
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

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). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (130,604 to 133,573).
133,573
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 25th +28% 1st 4% below peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 23rd +23% 2nd 4% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 26th +16% 3rd 4% below peers
Victorville, CA 137,627 8th +13% 4th 1% above peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 22nd +8% 5th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 21st +7% 6th 3% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 137,302 10th +7% 7th 1% above peers
Stamford, CT 137,144 12th +6% 8th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 28th +6% 9th 6% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 27th +6% 10th 5% below peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 2nd +5% 11th 3% above peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 31st +4% 12th 6% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 137,264 11th +4% 13th 1% above peers
Kent, WA 135,603 17th +3% 14th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 29th +3% 15th 6% below peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 18th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 30th +3% 17th 6% below peers
Coral Springs, FL 136,103 16th +3% 18th on par with peers
Warren, MI 137,928 7th +2% 19th 1% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 24th +2% 20th 4% below peers
Hampton, VA 137,557 9th +2% 21st 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 5th +2% 22nd 2% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 3rd +1% 23rd 2% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 20th +1% 24th 2% below peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 4th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Orange, CA 138,266 6th -1% 26th 2% above peers
Midland, TX 136,640 14th -1% 27th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 19th -2% 28th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 1st -2% 29th 3% above peers
Dayton, OH 136,579 15th -3% 30th on par with peers
Pasadena, CA 136,969 13th -3% 31st 1% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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 21.6% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 19th +1.6pp 1st 3% below peers
Midland, TX 29.8% 2nd +2.2pp 2nd 38% above peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 29th +0.9pp 3rd 21% below peers
Warren, MI 21.9% 15th +0.6pp 4th 2% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 25th +0.4pp 5th 13% below peers
Hampton, VA 21.5% 16th +0.4pp 6th on par with peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 4th +0.1pp 7th 27% above peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 22nd -0.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 12th -0.1pp 9th 7% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 14th -0.3pp 10th 3% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 9th -0.5pp 11th 10% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 25.8% 6th -0.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Dayton, OH 21.4% 17th -0.5pp 13th 1% below peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 14th 39% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 5th -1.0pp 15th 24% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 13th -0.9pp 16th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 24th -0.8pp 17th 10% below peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 21st -1.0pp 18th 5% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 25.6% 7th -1.2pp 19th 19% above peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 18th -1.2pp 20th 1% below peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 11th -1.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Victorville, CA 29.6% 3rd -2.1pp 22nd 38% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 20.8% 20th -1.8pp 23rd 3% below peers
Pasadena, CA 16.7% 30th -1.5pp 24th 22% below peers
Stamford, CT 18.4% 26th -2.1pp 25th 15% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 8th -3.0pp 26th 16% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 27th -2.1pp 27th 21% below peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 10th -3.3pp 28th 9% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 23rd -3.0pp 29th 9% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 28th -2.8pp 30th 21% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 31st -3.1pp 31st 29% 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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7 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 →
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
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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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 17.1%).
17.1%
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 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 28th +7.3pp 1st 44% below peers
Pasadena, CA 33.0% 13th +8.1pp 2nd 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 25th +2.6pp 3rd 23% below peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 26th +2.4pp 4th 25% below peers
Stamford, CT 32.8% 14th +3.1pp 5th 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 23rd +2.0pp 6th 17% below peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 22nd +1.2pp 7th 14% below peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 7th +1.3pp 8th 17% above peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 36.0% 10th +1.0pp 9th 11% above peers
Dayton, OH 62.8% 2nd +1.8pp 10th 94% above peers
Elizabeth, NJ 50.0% 4th +1.3pp 11th 55% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 3rd +1.3pp 12th 77% above peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 20th +0.2pp 13th 13% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 14th 98% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 5th -0.6pp 15th 44% above peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 17th -0.4pp 16th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 15th -0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 24th -0.6pp 18th 20% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 29th -0.4pp 19th 47% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 8th -1.8pp 20th 14% above peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 19th -1.4pp 21st 11% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 16th -2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Warren, MI 34.4% 12th -3.0pp 23rd 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 18th -3.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 30th -1.9pp 25th 55% below peers
Hampton, VA 39.9% 6th -6.1pp 26th 23% above peers
Victorville, CA 36.0% 11th -6.1pp 27th 11% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 28.0% 21st -5.3pp 28th 13% below peers
Midland, TX 21.7% 27th -5.0pp 29th 33% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 57% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 9th -9.5pp 31st 14% 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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7 of 31 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 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 →
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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.6% to 56.1%).
56.1%
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 67.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 5th +9.0pp 1st 6% above peers
Stamford, CT 72.2% 9th +7.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Warren, MI 69.8% 18th +6.8pp 3rd 1% below peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 22nd +6.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 13th +6.0pp 5th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 27th +5.0pp 6th 14% below peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 7th +5.8pp 7th 5% above peers
Victorville, CA 61.3% 26th +4.6pp 8th 13% below peers
Cedar Rapids, IA 78.0% 3rd +4.7pp 9th 11% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 2nd +4.0pp 10th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 6th +3.7pp 11th 5% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 24th +3.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Pasadena, CA 69.2% 19th +3.1pp 13th 2% below peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 8th +2.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 15th 17% above peers
Hampton, VA 70.2% 17th +1.3pp 16th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 17th 20% below peers
Elizabeth, NJ 67.4% 21st +0.2pp 18th 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 15th +0.2pp 19th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 23rd -0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 28th -0.4pp 21st 15% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 12th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 14th -0.9pp 23rd 1% above peers
Midland, TX 56.6% 30th -1.7pp 24th 19% below peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 10th -2.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Coral Springs, FL 71.9% 11th -2.5pp 26th 2% above peers
Dayton, OH 68.1% 20th -2.5pp 27th 3% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 29th -5.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 4th -7.0pp 29th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 25th -7.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 16th -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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