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61,279 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Taylor, MI shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
16.4%
2020-24
▲ 41%
relative change
11.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
196 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 39%
relative change
320 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Household income
Median household income
$61,081
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
$50,053 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,627 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 18%
relative change
1,996 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
88.5%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
77.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
713 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 12%
relative change
806 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
66.7%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
64.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.3%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
5.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Taylor, MI shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.8%
Jul 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
5.5% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
33.2%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
29.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
18.4%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
16.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
26.3%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
30.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
17.9%
2019-23
▼ 5%
relative change
18.8% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.7%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
11.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
26.9%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
27.9% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$137,818
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$132,996 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$180,018
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$177,139 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
62,081
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
61,379 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,528
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$1,518 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
55.7%
2020-24
high
vs peers
49.3% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 12% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 713 in July 2026, down from 806 a year earlier.
Bright spot 713 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Saratoga Springs, UT 65 (Jul 26) -25.9% 1st
Spring Hill, TN 124 (Jul 26) -24.8% 2nd
Grand Forks, ND 255 (Jul 26) -20.6% 3rd
Great Falls, MT 510 (Jul 26) -19.8% 4th
St. Peters, MO 171 (Jul 26) -17.3% 5th
Taylor, MI 713 (Jul 26) -11.5% 6th
Owensboro, KY 391 (Jul 26) -8.8% 7th
Springfield, OR 278 (Mar 26) -7.2% 8th
Burlington, NC 673 (Jul 26) -6.8% 9th
Pontiac, MI 854 (Apr 26) -6.3% 10th
Meriden, CT 135 (Jun 26) -4.6% 11th
Dearborn Heights, MI 387 (Jul 26) -4.1% 12th
Kannapolis, NC 170 (Jul 26) -1.9% 13th
Gilroy, CA 387 (Jul 26) -1.7% 14th
Blue Springs, MO 229 (Jul 26) +0.7% 15th
Santa Cruz, CA 584 (Jul 26) +0.8% 16th
Corvallis, OR 180 (Feb 26) +4.6% 17th
Beaumont, CA 212 (Jul 26) +4.9% 18th
Lenexa, KS 193 (Jul 26) +7.3% 19th
Bristol, CT 61 (Jul 26) +40.8% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower 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
Property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,627 in July 2026, down from 1,996 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,627 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lenexa, KS 866 (Jul 26) -34.4% 1st
Saratoga Springs, UT 397 (Jul 26) -25.4% 2nd
Springfield, OR 2,116 (Mar 26) -25.2% 3rd
Corvallis, OR 1,833 (Jul 26) -22.8% 4th
Blue Springs, MO 1,720 (Jul 26) -21.5% 5th
Taylor, MI 1,627 (Jul 26) -18.5% 6th
Kannapolis, NC 1,360 (Jul 26) -17.5% 7th
Bristol, CT 585 (Jul 26) -16.1% 8th
Santa Cruz, CA 2,270 (Jul 26) -12.0% 9th
St. Peters, MO 769 (Jul 26) -11.9% 10th
Grand Forks, ND 1,831 (Jul 26) -10.9% 11th
Beaumont, CA 814 (Jul 26) -10.3% 12th
Pontiac, MI 1,401 (Apr 26) -8.2% 13th
Owensboro, KY 2,332 (Jul 26) -7.9% 14th
Gilroy, CA 1,823 (Jul 26) -5.6% 15th
Dearborn Heights, MI 1,187 (Jul 26) +0.3% 16th
Spring Hill, TN 461 (Jul 26) +4.8% 17th
Great Falls, MT 3,588 (Jul 26) +8.1% 18th
Meriden, CT 1,704 (Jun 26) +9.1% 19th
Burlington, NC 2,914 (Jul 26) +9.3% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Caldwell, ID down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Burleson, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Roswell, GA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 25% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide rose about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Homicide rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 3 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 4 in the prior 12 months. That is 5 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
3 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Burlington, NC 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Lenexa, KS 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Grand Forks, ND 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Great Falls, MT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Kannapolis, NC 3 (Jul 26) -60.0% 5th
Taylor, MI 5 (Jul 26) -25.0% 6th
Pontiac, MI 13 (Apr 26) -0.1% 7th
Spring Hill, TN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 8th
Beaumont, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Dearborn Heights, MI 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Owensboro, KY 8 (Jul 26) +66.5% 11th
Saratoga Springs, UT 0 (Jul 26)
Springfield, OR 3 (Mar 26)
St. Peters, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Corvallis, OR 2 (Jul 26)
Blue Springs, MO 0 (Jul 26)
Meriden, CT 3 (Jun 26)
Gilroy, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Bristol, CT 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 39% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities. Taylor started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 196 in July 2026, down from 320 a year earlier.
Bright spot 196 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 20 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lenexa, KS 73 (Jul 26) -59.6% 1st
Pontiac, MI 182 (Apr 26) -40.6% 2nd
Taylor, MI 196 (Jul 26) -38.8% 3rd
Beaumont, CA 64 (Jul 26) -38.1% 4th
Corvallis, OR 59 (Jul 26) -37.9% 5th
Saratoga Springs, UT 20 (Jul 26) -36.9% 6th
Blue Springs, MO 162 (Jul 26) -36.7% 7th
Bristol, CT 109 (Jul 26) -33.3% 8th
Springfield, OR 143 (Mar 26) -30.8% 9th
Kannapolis, NC 130 (Jul 26) -27.9% 10th
Santa Cruz, CA 125 (Jul 26) -24.5% 11th
Burlington, NC 229 (Jul 26) -18.0% 12th
Dearborn Heights, MI 234 (Jul 26) -17.4% 13th
Meriden, CT 169 (Jun 26) -16.9% 14th
Grand Forks, ND 134 (Jul 26) -10.0% 15th
Owensboro, KY 240 (Jul 26) -9.9% 16th
St. Peters, MO 70 (Jul 26) -6.5% 17th
Gilroy, CA 311 (Jul 26) -2.6% 18th
Great Falls, MT 191 (Jul 26) -0.9% 19th
Spring Hill, TN 26 (Jul 26) +0.0% 20th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
See all Public Safety data →
Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $50,053 to $61,081 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,270).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Taylor started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,742 to $61,081).
Bright spot $61,081
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $72,875 +28%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 5th +48% 1st 51% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $65,132 20th +47% 2nd 15% below peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 19th +44% 3rd 10% below peers
Montebello, CA $79,971 13th +42% 4th 5% above peers
Encinitas, CA $162,229 1st +40% 5th 112% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $73,836 17th +38% 6th 3% below peers
North Miami, FL $57,188 28th +37% 7th 25% below peers
Great Falls, MT $63,373 24th +35% 8th 17% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 15th +33% 9th 3% above peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 10th 42% below peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 29th +32% 11th 26% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 3rd +31% 12th 74% above peers
Owensboro, KY $56,357 30th +30% 13th 26% below peers
Stonecrest, GA $64,591 22nd +30% 14th 16% below peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 7th +28% 15th 44% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $59,648 27th +28% 16th 22% below peers
Beaumont, CA $107,118 8th +27% 17th 40% above peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 23rd +27% 18th 17% below peers
San Clemente, CA $140,062 2nd +27% 19th 83% above peers
La Habra, CA $100,106 10th +26% 20th 31% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $128,802 4th +26% 21st 68% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $112,013 6th +23% 22nd 46% above peers
Corvallis, OR $65,012 21st +23% 23rd 15% below peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 16th +23% 24th on par with peers
Taylor, MI $61,081 25th +22% 25th 20% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 26th +21% 26th 21% below peers
Meriden, CT $71,253 18th +21% 27th 7% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 9th +19% 28th 35% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $88,920 12th +17% 29th 16% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 14th +17% 30th 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 11th +16% 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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5 of 23 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,820 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.3 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 79% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.8% in July 2026, up from 5.5% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.8%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Blue Springs, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 1st 21% below peers
Burlington, NC 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th -0.7pp 2nd 2% below peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.7pp 3rd 5% above peers
Montebello, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 20th -0.6pp 4th 26% above peers
North Miami, FL 2.9% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.5pp 5th 33% below peers
Beaumont, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 18th -0.5pp 6th 9% above peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.5pp 7th 7% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th -0.5pp 8th 16% below peers
Corvallis, OR 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 21st -0.4pp 10th 28% above peers
Hanford, CA 8.1% (Jul 26) 28th -0.3pp 11th 88% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 12th 35% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 13th 21% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -0.3pp 14th 12% below peers
La Habra, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.3pp 15th on par with peers
Owensboro, KY 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.3pp 16th 9% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 17th 56% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 18th 30% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Lenexa, KS 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th +0.0pp 20th 12% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.1pp 21st on par with peers
Springfield, OR 5.5% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.1pp 22nd 28% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.8% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.3pp 23rd 35% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.2% (Jul 26) 26th +0.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Pontiac, MI 10.6% (Jul 26) 29th +0.6pp 25th 147% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th +0.6pp 26th 40% above peers
Jupiter, FL 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.6pp 27th 2% below peers
Bristol, CT 5.8% (Jul 26) 24th +1.4pp 28th 35% above peers
Meriden, CT 7.0% (Jul 26) 27th +1.8pp 29th 63% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.6% then, 18.4% now; margin ±2.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.7% to 18.4%).
Needs attention 18.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 13.2% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Springfield, OR 14.9% 19th -4.4pp 1st 13% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 6th -1.9pp 2nd 49% below peers
Pontiac, MI 24.4% 31st -6.4pp 3rd 85% above peers
Burlington, NC 16.4% 21st -4.0pp 4th 24% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 20.1% 28th -4.9pp 5th 52% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 17.0% 24th -3.9pp 6th 29% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 15.5% 20th -3.0pp 7th 18% above peers
Montebello, CA 12.1% 14th -1.8pp 8th 8% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.6% 15th -1.9pp 9th 5% below peers
Owensboro, KY 18.9% 27th -2.7pp 10th 43% above peers
La Habra, CA 10.9% 13th -0.9pp 11th 17% below peers
North Miami, FL 18.9% 26th -1.5pp 12th 43% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.4% 22nd -1.1pp 13th 24% above peers
Corvallis, OR 24.3% 30th -1.3pp 14th 84% above peers
Beaumont, CA 10.0% 10th -0.5pp 15th 24% below peers
Hanford, CA 14.5% 17th -0.7pp 16th 10% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.0% 7th -0.2pp 17th 47% below peers
Great Falls, MT 14.5% 18th -0.2pp 18th 10% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 3rd +0.2pp 19th 59% below peers
Bristol, CT 10.7% 12th +0.6pp 20th 19% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 16.7% 23rd +1.2pp 21st 27% above peers
San Clemente, CA 5.8% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 56% below peers
Taylor, MI 18.4% 25th +1.8pp 23rd 39% above peers
Encinitas, CA 7.4% 8th +0.9pp 24th 44% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.5% 9th +1.4pp 25th 28% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.9% 29th +3.3pp 26th 66% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.3% 11th +3.1pp 28th 22% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.3% 1st +1.5pp 29th 68% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.7% 4th +2.5pp 30th 57% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 5.0% 2nd +2.7pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.6% then, 33.2% now; margin ±5.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.1% to 33.2%).
Needs attention 33.2%
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%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 4th -6.7pp 1st 66% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 24th -14.7pp 2nd 21% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 7th -5.1pp 3rd 43% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 12th -4.4pp 4th 32% below peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 18th -6.1pp 5th 9% above peers
Owensboro, KY 25.4% 26th -6.6pp 6th 51% above peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 31st -7.5pp 7th 111% above peers
Montebello, CA 18.7% 19th -3.8pp 8th 11% above peers
North Miami, FL 27.7% 27th -5.5pp 9th 65% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 19.9% 23rd -3.7pp 10th 18% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 30.1% 28th -4.2pp 11th 79% above peers
La Habra, CA 16.7% 15th -1.9pp 12th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 17th -2.1pp 13th 8% above peers
Corvallis, OR 16.8% 16th -1.8pp 14th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 3.2% 1st -0.3pp 15th 81% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 23.3% 25th -1.7pp 16th 39% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 19.4% 22nd -0.9pp 17th 15% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 10.2% 8th -0.4pp 18th 40% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 9th +0.6pp 19th 37% below peers
Great Falls, MT 19.3% 20th +1.2pp 20th 14% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 6th +0.6pp 21st 59% below peers
Beaumont, CA 12.1% 13th +1.1pp 22nd 28% below peers
Taylor, MI 33.2% 30th +3.6pp 23rd 98% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 29th +4.0pp 24th 91% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 14th +2.5pp 25th 3% below peers
Meriden, CT 19.4% 21st +3.0pp 26th 15% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 10th +2.9pp 27th 36% below peers
Encinitas, CA 11.0% 11th +4.5pp 28th 35% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 3.7% 2nd +1.7pp 29th 78% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 3rd +2.8pp 30th 67% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 6.2% 5th +3.8pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.2pp 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 with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 11.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.2% to 88.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Taylor started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 16.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (72.1% to 88.5%).
Bright spot 88.5%
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%
Winter Haven, FL 89.2% 24th +21.9pp 1st 3% below peers
North Miami, FL 84.2% 31st +14.4pp 2nd 8% below peers
Great Falls, MT 90.3% 20th +12.9pp 3rd 2% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 25th +12.6pp 4th 3% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 30th +12.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 86.9% 29th +12.2pp 6th 5% below peers
Montebello, CA 89.6% 22nd +12.2pp 7th 2% below peers
Meriden, CT 90.1% 21st +12.1pp 8th 2% below peers
Taylor, MI 88.5% 27th +11.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 18th +11.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 13th +9.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 91.5% 17th +9.3pp 12th on par with peers
Owensboro, KY 89.5% 23rd +7.9pp 13th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 14th +7.7pp 14th 1% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 91.8% 16th +7.3pp 15th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 28th +6.8pp 16th 5% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 94.5% 9th +6.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 8th +6.1pp 18th 4% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 19th +5.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 26th +4.9pp 20th 3% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 5th +5.0pp 21st 4% above peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 22nd 6% above peers
La Habra, CA 94.1% 11th +4.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
Beaumont, CA 93.2% 12th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 96.4% 4th +3.9pp 25th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 10th +3.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 98.9% 1st +3.6pp 27th 8% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 6th +3.2pp 28th 4% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 98.4% 2nd +2.4pp 29th 7% above peers
San Clemente, CA 95.1% 7th +2.2pp 30th 4% above peers
Corvallis, OR 92.3% 15th +1.6pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.03). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.43).
Needs attention 0.43
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 0.47 -0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
North Miami, FL 0.44 16th -0.058 1st on par with peers
Encinitas, CA 0.46 23rd -0.034 2nd 5% above peers
Burlington, NC 0.45 19th -0.030 3rd 3% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 8th -0.025 4th 7% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 0.44 17th -0.023 5th on par with peers
Great Falls, MT 0.46 21st -0.022 6th 4% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 29th -0.020 7th 12% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 25th -0.018 8th 7% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 22nd -0.017 9th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 5th -0.013 10th 9% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 0.46 20th -0.014 11th 4% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 0.41 7th -0.010 12th 8% below peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 11th -0.004 13th 3% below peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 31st -0.002 14th 18% above peers
Montebello, CA 0.44 14th +0.002 15th 1% below peers
Beaumont, CA 0.38 2nd +0.002 16th 13% below peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 3rd +0.003 17th 13% below peers
Owensboro, KY 0.49 28th +0.007 18th 11% above peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 9th +0.007 19th 5% below peers
Corvallis, OR 0.51 30th +0.009 20th 17% above peers
San Clemente, CA 0.49 27th +0.015 21st 11% above peers
Taylor, MI 0.43 13th +0.017 22nd 1% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 24th +0.020 23rd 5% above peers
La Habra, CA 0.43 10th +0.021 24th 3% below peers
Meriden, CT 0.43 12th +0.021 25th 2% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 26th +0.024 26th 7% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 0.40 6th +0.022 27th 8% below peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 15th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 0.44 18th +0.028 29th 1% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 0.32 1st +0.022 30th 27% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.39 4th +0.050 31st 13% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (18.8% then, 17.9% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 5.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (23.9% to 17.9%).
Needs attention 17.9%
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
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.5% 1st -1.8pp 1st 88% below peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 4th -1.3pp 2nd 81% below peers
Meriden, CT 20.3% 27th -8.3pp 3rd 62% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 10th -2.6pp 4th 42% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.4% 8th -1.2pp 5th 57% below peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 11th -2.0pp 6th 30% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 3rd -0.5pp 7th 83% below peers
Encinitas, CA 2.0% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 84% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 9th -0.8pp 9th 56% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 21.5% 28th -3.0pp 10th 72% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 12.4% 15th -1.2pp 11th 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 18.5% 25th -1.8pp 12th 48% above peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 18th -1.5pp 13th 21% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 22nd -1.6pp 14th 38% above peers
North Miami, FL 25.4% 29th -2.2pp 15th 103% above peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 30th -1.5pp 16th 113% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 16.6% 21st -0.8pp 17th 33% above peers
Taylor, MI 17.9% 24th -0.9pp 18th 43% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 19th 144% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 20th -0.3pp 20th 23% above peers
Corvallis, OR 13.6% 17th +0.4pp 21st 9% above peers
Owensboro, KY 15.3% 19th +0.8pp 22nd 22% above peers
Great Falls, MT 12.5% 16th +0.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 26th +1.8pp 24th 54% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 6th +0.3pp 25th 73% below peers
San Clemente, CA 4.0% 7th +0.5pp 26th 68% below peers
La Habra, CA 9.7% 12th +1.3pp 27th 22% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 13th +2.1pp 28th 17% below peers
Beaumont, CA 11.1% 14th +2.4pp 29th 12% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.9% 5th +0.9pp 30th 77% below peers
Montebello, CA 17.4% 23rd +5.7pp 31st 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $180,018 in August 2026, up from $177,139 a year earlier.
Big move $180,018
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $266,292 (Aug 26) +4.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Grand Forks, ND $304,143 (Aug 26) 22nd +7.6% 1st 27% below peers
Bristol, CT $350,637 (Aug 26) 18th +5.8% 2nd 16% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,348,968 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.7% 3rd 224% above peers
Encinitas, CA $1,919,733 (Aug 26) 1st +5.6% 4th 361% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,743,951 (Aug 26) 2nd +5.1% 5th 319% above peers
Meriden, CT $328,086 (Aug 26) 20th +4.5% 6th 21% below peers
Owensboro, KY $214,021 (Aug 26) 27th +4.1% 7th 49% below peers
Lenexa, KS $480,411 (Aug 26) 13th +3.9% 8th 15% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $216,580 (Aug 26) 26th +3.1% 9th 48% below peers
Great Falls, MT $340,160 (Aug 26) 19th +3.0% 10th 18% below peers
Hanford, CA $383,336 (Aug 26) 17th +2.7% 11th 8% below peers
Blue Springs, MO $311,297 (Aug 26) 21st +2.1% 12th 25% below peers
La Habra, CA $901,495 (Aug 26) 5th +2.0% 13th 116% above peers
Jupiter, FL $704,677 (Aug 26) 7th +1.8% 14th 69% above peers
Taylor, MI $180,018 (Aug 26) 28th +1.6% 15th 57% below peers
Montebello, CA $817,744 (Aug 26) 6th +1.5% 16th 96% above peers
Pontiac, MI $139,885 (Aug 26) 29th +1.5% 17th 66% below peers
Burlington, NC $254,509 (Aug 26) 25th +1.2% 18th 39% below peers
North Miami, FL $421,749 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 19th 1% above peers
Springfield, OR $416,581 (Aug 26) 15th +1.0% 20th on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA $590,256 (Aug 26) 8th +0.7% 21st 42% above peers
Gilroy, CA $1,049,221 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 22nd 152% above peers
Beaumont, CA $534,963 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 23rd 28% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $552,914 (Aug 26) 10th +0.4% 24th 33% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $279,713 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.3% 25th 33% below peers
Corvallis, OR $560,117 (Aug 26) 9th +0.3% 26th 34% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $520,958 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 27th 25% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $404,931 (Aug 26) 16th -1.3% 28th 3% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $272,484 (Aug 26) 24th -2.7% 29th 35% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 19% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $137,818 in August 2026, up from $132,996 a year earlier.
Big move $137,818
2000August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref $144,183 (Aug 26) +4.3%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Grand Forks, ND $209,627 (Aug 26) 21st +8.5% 1st 30% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $956,795 (Aug 26) 3rd +7.1% 2nd 221% above peers
Bristol, CT $271,159 (Aug 26) 16th +6.3% 3rd 9% below peers
Meriden, CT $253,169 (Aug 26) 18th +5.3% 4th 15% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,217,923 (Aug 26) 1st +5.3% 5th 309% above peers
San Clemente, CA $1,201,516 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.9% 6th 303% above peers
Lenexa, KS $365,846 (Aug 26) 13th +4.7% 7th 23% above peers
Owensboro, KY $137,036 (Aug 26) 28th +4.2% 8th 54% below peers
Great Falls, MT $257,309 (Aug 26) 17th +3.9% 9th 14% below peers
Taylor, MI $137,818 (Aug 26) 27th +3.6% 10th 54% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $156,507 (Aug 26) 26th +3.4% 11th 47% below peers
Pontiac, MI $106,058 (Aug 26) 29th +3.2% 12th 64% below peers
Burlington, NC $170,522 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 13th 43% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA $517,550 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 14th 74% above peers
Hanford, CA $297,783 (Aug 26) 15th +2.5% 15th on par with peers
Blue Springs, MO $248,317 (Aug 26) 19th +2.2% 16th 17% below peers
La Habra, CA $673,912 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 17th 126% above peers
Montebello, CA $665,649 (Aug 26) 6th +1.3% 18th 124% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,982 (Aug 26) 10th +1.1% 19th 45% above peers
Beaumont, CA $454,444 (Aug 26) 8th +0.9% 20th 53% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $395,987 (Aug 26) 12th +0.9% 21st 33% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $202,090 (Aug 26) 22nd +0.8% 22nd 32% below peers
Springfield, OR $342,563 (Aug 26) 14th +0.7% 23rd 15% above peers
Gilroy, CA $842,944 (Aug 26) 4th +0.2% 24th 183% above peers
Corvallis, OR $436,350 (Aug 26) 9th -0.2% 25th 47% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $407,949 (Aug 26) 11th -1.4% 26th 37% above peers
Winter Haven, FL $191,731 (Aug 26) 24th -3.2% 27th 36% below peers
North Miami, FL $197,040 (Aug 26) 23rd -3.9% 28th 34% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $227,351 (Aug 26) 20th -4.3% 29th 24% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (64.1% then, 66.7% now; margin ±3.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.5% to 66.7%).
Bright spot 66.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 73.2% +2.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Stonecrest, GA 56.2% 22nd +11.6pp 1st 10% below peers
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 26th +6.1pp 2nd 25% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 65.7% 13th +5.4pp 3rd 5% above peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 17th +5.0pp 4th on par with peers
Winter Haven, FL 63.7% 15th +4.3pp 5th 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 5th +5.1pp 6th 25% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 27th +2.8pp 7th 26% below peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 28th +2.7pp 8th 26% below peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 4th +4.5pp 9th 26% above peers
Great Falls, MT 66.1% 12th +3.5pp 10th 6% above peers
Encinitas, CA 66.5% 11th +3.2pp 11th 7% above peers
Beaumont, CA 80.8% 2nd +3.7pp 12th 30% above peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 23rd +2.4pp 13th 12% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 24th +2.3pp 14th 14% below peers
Taylor, MI 66.7% 9th +2.6pp 15th 7% above peers
Meriden, CT 60.1% 18th +2.1pp 16th 4% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 25th +1.4pp 17th 22% below peers
North Miami, FL 43.5% 29th +1.2pp 18th 30% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 84.5% 1st +1.7pp 19th 35% above peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 14th +1.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 16th +0.9pp 21st on par with peers
Owensboro, KY 57.4% 20th +0.5pp 22nd 8% below peers
La Habra, CA 58.3% 19th +0.4pp 23rd 7% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 36.6% 31st -0.5pp 24th 41% below peers
Corvallis, OR 41.8% 30th -0.9pp 25th 33% below peers
San Clemente, CA 66.5% 10th -1.5pp 26th 7% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 7th -1.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 68.9% 8th -2.4pp 28th 10% above peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 3rd -2.7pp 29th 27% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 73.4% 6th -2.8pp 30th 18% above peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 21st -4.1pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.6pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,528 in August 2026, up from $1,518 a year earlier.
Big move $1,528
2022August 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Aug 26) 29th +6.0% 1st 38% below peers
Meriden, CT $1,903 (Aug 26) 15th +6.0% 2nd on par with peers
Bristol, CT $1,709 (Aug 26) 18th +6.0% 3rd 10% below peers
Encinitas, CA $4,324 (Aug 26) 1st +5.8% 4th 127% above peers
Beaumont, CA $2,782 (Aug 26) 7th +5.5% 5th 46% above peers
San Clemente, CA $3,426 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.5% 6th 80% above peers
Great Falls, MT $1,374 (Aug 26) 25th +4.9% 7th 28% below peers
Owensboro, KY $1,212 (Aug 26) 28th +4.7% 8th 36% below peers
Gilroy, CA $3,024 (Aug 26) 5th +4.3% 9th 59% above peers
Hanford, CA $2,003 (Aug 26) 13th +4.2% 10th 5% above peers
Montebello, CA $2,819 (Aug 26) 6th +3.5% 11th 48% above peers
Lenexa, KS $1,694 (Aug 26) 20th +3.0% 12th 11% below peers
North Miami, FL $2,255 (Aug 26) 10th +3.0% 13th 19% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,532 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.8% 14th 86% above peers
Jupiter, FL $3,066 (Aug 26) 4th +2.7% 15th 61% above peers
Kannapolis, NC $1,613 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.6% 16th 15% below peers
Springfield, OR $1,687 (Aug 26) 21st +2.6% 17th 11% below peers
Burlington, NC $1,284 (Aug 26) 27th +2.3% 18th 32% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT $2,248 (Aug 26) 11th +2.2% 19th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO $1,713 (Aug 26) 17th +2.0% 20th 10% below peers
Corvallis, OR $1,718 (Aug 26) 16th +2.0% 21st 10% below peers
Winter Haven, FL $1,698 (Aug 26) 19th +1.9% 22nd 11% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $1,458 (Aug 26) 24th +1.6% 23rd 23% below peers
La Habra, CA $2,759 (Aug 26) 8th +1.5% 24th 45% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $2,019 (Aug 26) 12th +0.8% 25th 6% above peers
Taylor, MI $1,528 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 26th 20% below peers
Pontiac, MI $1,319 (Aug 26) 26th -0.5% 27th 31% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,952 (Aug 26) 14th -1.2% 28th 3% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9th 41% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.9% then, 26.9% now; margin ±3.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 9.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.4% to 26.9%).
Needs attention 26.9%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 27.4% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 23rd -7.0pp 1st 11% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 50.0% 30th -6.7pp 2nd 38% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 10th -2.0pp 3rd 11% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 42.1% 25th -2.6pp 4th 16% above peers
Encinitas, CA 35.5% 12th -2.1pp 5th 2% below peers
San Clemente, CA 39.5% 21st -2.0pp 6th 9% above peers
Owensboro, KY 30.2% 8th -1.4pp 7th 17% below peers
Great Falls, MT 28.0% 7th -1.2pp 8th 23% below peers
Taylor, MI 26.9% 5th -0.9pp 9th 26% below peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 18th -1.1pp 10th 2% above peers
Montebello, CA 46.3% 29th -1.4pp 11th 28% above peers
North Miami, FL 56.8% 31st -0.2pp 12th 56% above peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 4th +0.0pp 13th 29% below peers
Corvallis, OR 43.0% 28th +0.2pp 14th 18% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 22.4% 1st +0.2pp 15th 38% below peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 11th +0.6pp 16th 9% below peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 20th +0.9pp 17th 8% above peers
La Habra, CA 42.9% 27th +1.9pp 18th 18% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 27.9% 6th +1.2pp 19th 23% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 24th +2.6pp 20th 15% above peers
Beaumont, CA 36.5% 17th +2.3pp 21st on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 32.0% 9th +2.3pp 22nd 12% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 19th +2.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 14th +3.1pp 24th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 13th +3.2pp 25th 2% below peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 2nd +2.3pp 26th 36% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 16th +3.7pp 27th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 15th +5.0pp 28th on par with peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 25.5% 3rd +4.7pp 29th 30% below peers
Meriden, CT 39.6% 22nd +7.6pp 30th 9% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.5% 26th +8.6pp 31st 17% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 7.5% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.0% to 7.5%).
7.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 7.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Encinitas, CA 3.0% 3rd -2.4pp 1st 60% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 88% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 3.1% 5th -0.9pp 3rd 59% below peers
Meriden, CT 10.1% 29th -1.6pp 4th 34% above peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 18th -1.1pp 5th 1% above peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 14th -1.0pp 6th 6% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 8.0% 22nd -0.9pp 7th 6% above peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 31st -1.5pp 8th 106% above peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 24th -0.8pp 9th 10% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 15th -0.6pp 10th 6% below peers
Montebello, CA 7.5% 16th -0.6pp 11th on par with peers
San Clemente, CA 3.1% 6th -0.2pp 12th 59% below peers
North Miami, FL 11.9% 30th -0.8pp 13th 58% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 10th -0.3pp 14th 40% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 5.9% 11th -0.2pp 15th 22% below peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 9th +0.0pp 16th 44% below peers
Corvallis, OR 9.7% 26th +0.1pp 17th 28% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.8% 27th +0.1pp 18th 30% above peers
Owensboro, KY 9.8% 28th +0.3pp 19th 30% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 12th +0.3pp 20th 20% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 21st +0.5pp 21st 6% above peers
Taylor, MI 7.5% 17th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 8.6% 25th +1.1pp 23rd 14% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 4th +0.5pp 24th 60% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 23rd +1.5pp 25th 9% above peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 20th +1.9pp 26th 3% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 7th +1.0pp 27th 49% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 13th +2.2pp 28th 17% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 19th +3.1pp 29th 2% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.9% 8th +2.1pp 30th 48% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 1.6% 2nd +0.9pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 5.3% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.4% to 5.3%).
Bright spot 5.3%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 4.9% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.5% 1st -3.2pp 1st 43% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 17th -3.5pp 2nd 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.6% 19th -2.8pp 3rd 8% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.7% 31st -7.5pp 4th 209% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 5.0% 9th -1.7pp 5th 18% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 4th -1.3pp 6th 37% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.8% 5th -1.2pp 7th 37% below peers
Beaumont, CA 4.5% 7th -1.1pp 8th 26% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 12.4% 27th -3.2pp 9th 104% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 3rd -0.9pp 10th 38% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 8.9% 23rd -1.8pp 11th 47% above peers
Burlington, NC 11.3% 26th -2.1pp 12th 86% above peers
Great Falls, MT 7.0% 20th -1.3pp 13th 16% above peers
Hanford, CA 5.8% 14th -0.8pp 14th 5% below peers
San Clemente, CA 3.6% 2nd -0.4pp 15th 41% below peers
Corvallis, OR 5.2% 10th -0.6pp 16th 14% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 12.4% 28th -1.0pp 17th 105% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 15.4% 30th -1.2pp 18th 154% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.3% 11th -0.3pp 19th 13% below peers
Montebello, CA 10.8% 25th -0.3pp 20th 79% above peers
Springfield, OR 7.2% 21st -0.2pp 21st 18% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.1% 16th -0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.5% 18th -0.1pp 23rd 7% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.5% 29th +0.2pp 24th 107% above peers
Jupiter, FL 10.0% 24th +0.7pp 25th 64% above peers
Owensboro, KY 6.0% 15th +0.4pp 26th 1% below peers
Bristol, CT 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 27th 25% below peers
Meriden, CT 5.7% 13th +0.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 5.5% 12th +1.4pp 29th 9% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 4.5% 6th +1.2pp 30th 26% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.5% 22nd +2.1pp 31st 23% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

35.6%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 36.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Encinitas, CA 23.2% 1st 31% below peers
San Clemente, CA 25.7% 2nd 24% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 3rd 21% below peers
Corvallis, OR 27.5% 4th 19% below peers
Montebello, CA 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
La Habra, CA 28.6% 6th 15% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 7th 14% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 8th 14% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 29.7% 9th 12% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 10th 10% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 11th 9% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 12th 5% below peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 13th 4% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 32.9% 14th 3% below peers
Beaumont, CA 33.1% 15th 2% below peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 16th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 34.1% 17th 1% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 34.4% 18th 2% above peers
Meriden, CT 35.1% 19th 4% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 20th 4% above peers
Taylor, MI 35.6% 21st 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 22nd 7% above peers
Great Falls, MT 36.2% 23rd 7% above peers
Owensboro, KY 36.5% 24th 8% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 36.7% 25th 9% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 26th 11% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 37.5% 27th 11% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 28th 16% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 39.7% 29th 17% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 30th 24% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 42.8% 31st 27% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.5% then, 4.1% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.4% to 4.1%).
4.1%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 3.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 4th -5.3pp 1st 68% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 2.6% 10th -6.0pp 2nd 37% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 2nd -2.2pp 3rd 73% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 3rd -2.3pp 4th 70% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 5th -1.9pp 5th 67% below peers
North Miami, FL 6.6% 30th -5.9pp 6th 63% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 21st -3.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 8th 77% below peers
Meriden, CT 1.7% 6th -0.9pp 9th 59% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 23rd -1.6pp 10th 24% above peers
Encinitas, CA 1.8% 7th -0.4pp 11th 55% below peers
San Clemente, CA 1.9% 8th -0.4pp 12th 52% below peers
Great Falls, MT 3.5% 14th -0.1pp 13th 13% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 7.7% 31st -0.3pp 14th 90% above peers
La Habra, CA 3.3% 12th +0.1pp 15th 18% below peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 9th +0.1pp 16th 37% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 5.6% 26th +0.5pp 17th 37% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.1% 11th +0.4pp 18th 24% below peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 28th +1.2pp 19th 52% above peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 15th +0.8pp 20th 11% below peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 25th +1.2pp 21st 35% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 6.4% 29th +1.5pp 22nd 57% above peers
Montebello, CA 4.6% 20th +1.4pp 23rd 13% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 4.9% 22nd +1.6pp 24th 20% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.4% 13th +1.2pp 25th 16% below peers
Taylor, MI 4.1% 16th +1.5pp 26th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 27th +2.5pp 27th 37% above peers
Owensboro, KY 4.5% 19th +2.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Corvallis, OR 5.3% 24th +2.5pp 29th 30% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 18th +2.6pp 30th 7% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.2% 17th +2.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.6% to 16.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.7pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Taylor started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 16.4%).
Bright spot 16.4%
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 32.5% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Taylor, MI 16.4% 29th +4.8pp 1st 45% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 7.4% 31st +2.0pp 2nd 75% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 29.7% 16th +7.9pp 3rd on par with peers
North Miami, FL 25.1% 22nd +6.1pp 4th 15% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 25th +4.6pp 5th 24% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 30th +2.9pp 6th 46% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 9th +6.5pp 7th 37% above peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 17th +4.1pp 8th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 22.9% 24th +3.2pp 9th 23% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 15th +3.8pp 10th 2% above peers
Owensboro, KY 26.1% 21st +3.1pp 11th 12% below peers
La Habra, CA 32.3% 13th +3.8pp 12th 9% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 22.0% 27th +2.4pp 13th 26% below peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 6th +5.7pp 14th 80% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 23rd +2.3pp 15th 20% below peers
Great Falls, MT 27.8% 19th +2.4pp 16th 6% below peers
Encinitas, CA 67.7% 1st +5.7pp 17th 128% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 10th +2.9pp 18th 35% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.3% 8th +3.5pp 19th 69% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 51.8% 7th +3.5pp 20th 74% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 4th +3.8pp 21st 94% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 18th +1.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
San Clemente, CA 53.8% 5th +2.9pp 23rd 81% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 31.0% 14th +1.6pp 24th 4% above peers
Beaumont, CA 27.4% 20th +1.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 3rd +2.2pp 26th 95% above peers
Corvallis, OR 61.4% 2nd +2.3pp 27th 107% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 35.0% 12th +0.4pp 28th 18% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 29th 32% above peers
Meriden, CT 22.2% 26th -0.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 28th -1.0pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.7% then, 26.3% now; margin ±11.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 14.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.9% to 26.3%).
Needs attention 26.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 44.4% -3.1pp
United States ref 45.5%
Florence-Graham, CA 49.2% 11th +12.6pp 1st 17% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 7th +11.2pp 2nd 29% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 1st +14.8pp 3rd 73% above peers
Montebello, CA 42.2% 15th +6.1pp 4th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 27th +4.1pp 5th 26% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 56.4% 5th +6.6pp 6th 34% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 18th +4.0pp 7th 2% below peers
San Clemente, CA 58.7% 4th +5.5pp 8th 40% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 43.8% 14th +1.0pp 9th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 25th -1.0pp 10th 17% below peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 23rd -2.7pp 11th 14% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 37.8% 22nd -4.4pp 12th 10% below peers
La Habra, CA 41.1% 19th -5.0pp 13th 2% below peers
Taylor, MI 26.3% 30th -4.4pp 14th 37% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 28.1% 28th -4.9pp 15th 33% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 2nd -11.2pp 16th 49% above peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 16th -8.3pp 17th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 51.2% 9th -10.2pp 18th 22% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 13th -10.1pp 19th 9% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 46.2% 12th -10.3pp 20th 10% above peers
Encinitas, CA 55.3% 6th -12.6pp 21st 32% above peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 3rd -14.2pp 22nd 48% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.4% 10th -12.4pp 23rd 20% above peers
Corvallis, OR 40.8% 20th -10.4pp 24th 3% below peers
Meriden, CT 52.6% 8th -13.9pp 25th 25% above peers
Great Falls, MT 35.1% 24th -10.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 17th -15.0pp 27th 2% below peers
Owensboro, KY 33.1% 26th -16.4pp 28th 21% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 21st -25.1pp 29th 8% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 30th 56% below peers
Beaumont, CA 26.4% 29th -22.3pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.5% then, 9.7% now; margin ±6.7pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.9% to 9.7%).
Needs attention 9.7%
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
San Clemente, CA 0.9% 1st -4.5pp 1st 87% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 2.6% 5th -3.5pp 2nd 60% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 20th -9.9pp 3rd 34% above peers
Montebello, CA 5.7% 13th -2.2pp 4th 11% below peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 15th -2.3pp 5th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 7th -1.1pp 6th 50% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.7% 3rd -0.5pp 7th 74% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 6th -0.8pp 8th 55% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.1% 22nd -1.9pp 9th 42% above peers
Taylor, MI 9.7% 24th -1.9pp 10th 51% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 8th -0.5pp 11th 50% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 9th -0.1pp 12th 48% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 16th -0.0pp 13th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 7.3% 17th +0.2pp 14th 14% above peers
Great Falls, MT 8.4% 19th +0.8pp 15th 30% above peers
Owensboro, KY 6.2% 14th +0.8pp 16th 4% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 3.8% 10th +0.5pp 17th 41% below peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 30th +2.5pp 18th 133% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 25th +2.0pp 19th 69% above peers
La Habra, CA 8.9% 21st +2.2pp 20th 39% above peers
North Miami, FL 12.9% 27th +3.5pp 21st 102% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 2nd +0.3pp 22nd 84% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.8% 12th +1.9pp 23rd 25% below peers
Corvallis, OR 2.1% 4th +0.9pp 24th 67% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 29th +6.4pp 25th 129% above peers
Winter Haven, FL 17.0% 31st +7.9pp 26th 165% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 26th +6.2pp 28th 74% above peers
Beaumont, CA 9.3% 23rd +6.4pp 29th 46% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 7.4% 18th +5.3pp 30th 15% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 28th +10.1pp 31st 105% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 61,379 to 62,081 - more than the combined survey margin (±79). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Big move 62,081
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 48,425 31st +66% 1st 20% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 55,765 29th +40% 2nd 8% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 55,200 30th +34% 3rd 9% below peers
Beaumont, CA 56,266 28th +19% 4th 7% below peers
Kannapolis, NC 57,890 27th +19% 5th 4% below peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 22nd +12% 6th 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 60,501 15th +12% 7th on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 6th +11% 8th 2% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 59,965 19th +9% 9th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 26th +8% 10th 3% below peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 21st +6% 11th 1% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 24th +4% 12th 2% below peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 25th +4% 13th 2% below peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 2nd +4% 14th 3% above peers
Corvallis, OR 59,960 20th +3% 15th 1% below peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 23rd +3% 16th 2% below peers
Great Falls, MT 60,329 17th +3% 17th on par with peers
La Habra, CA 61,970 4th +2% 18th 3% above peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 11th +2% 19th 2% above peers
Meriden, CT 60,545 14th +1% 20th on par with peers
Owensboro, KY 60,302 18th +1% 21st on par with peers
Taylor, MI 62,081 3rd +1% 22nd 3% above peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 9th -1% 23rd 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 8th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 61,480 10th -2% 25th 2% above peers
San Clemente, CA 63,273 1st -2% 26th 5% above peers
Montebello, CA 61,045 12th -3% 27th 1% above peers
North Miami, FL 60,344 16th -3% 28th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 5th -4% 29th 3% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 7th -5% 30th 2% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 60,690 13th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±66 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.8% then, 22.9% now; margin ±1.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.4% to 22.9%).
22.9%
20172024
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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 21.2% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Meriden, CT 21.9% 17th +2.5pp 1st 1% below peers
Taylor, MI 22.9% 13th +1.0pp 2nd 3% above peers
North Miami, FL 23.3% 12th +1.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Corvallis, OR 14.1% 30th +0.6pp 4th 36% below peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 11th +0.9pp 5th 6% above peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 14th +0.7pp 6th 1% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 8th +0.7pp 7th 13% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 29th +0.3pp 8th 23% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 4th +0.4pp 9th 29% above peers
Encinitas, CA 20.6% 24th +0.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 21.4% 19th +0.0pp 11th 3% below peers
Beaumont, CA 29.5% 2nd -0.0pp 12th 33% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 27th -0.2pp 13th 13% below peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 26th -0.2pp 14th 9% below peers
Owensboro, KY 23.8% 10th -0.5pp 15th 7% above peers
Great Falls, MT 21.4% 20th -0.4pp 16th 4% below peers
San Clemente, CA 20.8% 23rd -0.6pp 17th 6% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 21st -0.9pp 18th 5% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 28th -0.8pp 19th 17% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 27.4% 6th -1.3pp 20th 24% above peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 22nd -1.2pp 21st 6% below peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 41.8% 1st -3.2pp 22nd 89% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 7th -2.5pp 23rd 21% above peers
Montebello, CA 20.4% 25th -2.0pp 24th 8% below peers
La Habra, CA 21.5% 18th -2.1pp 25th 3% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 24.2% 9th -2.6pp 26th 9% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 28.9% 3rd -3.1pp 27th 30% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 28.0% 5th -3.8pp 28th 26% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 29th 49% below peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 16th -4.5pp 30th on par with peers
Kannapolis, NC 22.3% 15th -5.5pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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6 of 23 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.3% then, 55.7% now; margin ±8.2pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (50.0% to 55.7%).
Big move 55.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Michigan ref 30.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Spring Hill, TN 17.2% 26th +5.8pp 1st 44% below peers
Meriden, CT 59.0% 2nd +17.6pp 2nd 93% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 7.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 76% below peers
La Habra, CA 30.4% 17th +5.9pp 4th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 7th +7.6pp 5th 51% above peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 8th +5.5pp 6th 42% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 48.5% 5th +5.9pp 7th 59% above peers
Taylor, MI 55.7% 3rd +6.4pp 8th 83% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 15th +3.4pp 9th 7% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 24th +1.8pp 10th 36% below peers
Blue Springs, MO 30.5% 16th +2.3pp 11th on par with peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 12th 123% above peers
Beaumont, CA 28.3% 20th +1.3pp 13th 7% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 13th +1.3pp 14th 17% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 36.3% 11th -0.6pp 15th 19% above peers
Corvallis, OR 29.3% 18th -1.0pp 16th 4% below peers
San Clemente, CA 15.1% 29th -0.6pp 17th 50% below peers
Great Falls, MT 34.7% 14th -1.3pp 18th 14% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 22nd -1.1pp 19th 13% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 6th -4.4pp 20th 52% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 23rd -2.9pp 21st 24% below peers
North Miami, FL 41.1% 10th -5.1pp 22nd 35% above peers
Owensboro, KY 41.8% 9th -5.8pp 23rd 37% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 19th -4.8pp 24th 7% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 54.2% 4th -11.7pp 25th 78% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 21st -6.2pp 26th 13% below peers
Winter Haven, FL 36.0% 12th -8.9pp 27th 18% above peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 27th -4.7pp 28th 46% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 25th -6.6pp 29th 38% below peers
Encinitas, CA 13.2% 30th -6.7pp 30th 57% below peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 28th -11.2pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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5 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (78.2% then, 71.8% now; margin ±13.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.5% to 71.8%).
71.8%
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
Winter Haven, FL 70.4% 19th +21.6pp 1st 2% below peers
Corvallis, OR 65.5% 24th +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Meriden, CT 81.3% 3rd +11.9pp 3rd 14% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 29th +7.7pp 4th 25% below peers
Beaumont, CA 75.7% 7th +10.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Montebello, CA 75.4% 8th +9.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 10th +7.0pp 7th 4% above peers
San Clemente, CA 71.4% 17th +5.9pp 8th on par with peers
Encinitas, CA 78.4% 6th +6.4pp 9th 9% above peers
Blue Springs, MO 73.6% 13th +5.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 11th 14% above peers
Kannapolis, NC 75.2% 9th +5.3pp 12th 5% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 61.8% 27th +4.0pp 13th 14% below peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 14th +3.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 15th 16% above peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 5th +3.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Great Falls, MT 70.5% 18th +2.8pp 17th 2% below peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 4th +3.0pp 18th 13% above peers
La Habra, CA 69.0% 21st +1.0pp 19th 4% below peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 23rd -0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 20th -2.8pp 21st 3% below peers
Owensboro, KY 65.0% 25th -2.7pp 22nd 9% below peers
North Miami, FL 67.4% 22nd -5.4pp 23rd 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 71.8% 15th -6.4pp 24th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 26th -5.9pp 25th 10% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 11th -7.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 73.6% 12th -8.6pp 27th 3% above peers
Saratoga Springs, UT 36.7% 31st -5.2pp 28th 49% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 16th -12.7pp 29th on par with peers
Spring Hill, TN 58.0% 28th -10.5pp 30th 19% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 30th -16.8pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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5 of 23 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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