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Apple Valley, MN
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55,248 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Apple Valley, MN shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Apple Valley, MN shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big moves & big gaps 2 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 →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 61% 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 13% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 183 in July 2026, down from 217 a year earlier.
183 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Bartlett, TN 197 (Jul 26) -31.5% 1st
Tinley Park, IL 85 (Jul 26) -23.0% 2nd
Chicopee, MA 427 (Jul 26) -22.6% 3rd
Mooresville, NC 192 (Jul 26) -21.9% 4th
Mount Prospect, IL 60 (Jul 26) -21.4% 5th
Elkhart, IN 662 (Apr 26) -20.4% 6th
Port Arthur, TX 520 (Jul 26) -16.7% 7th
Apple Valley, MN 183 (Jul 26) -15.8% 8th
Logan, UT 166 (Jul 26) -6.1% 9th
Rocky Mount, NC 706 (Jun 26) -2.3% 10th
Anderson, IN 399 (Jun 26) +0.4% 11th
Fountain Valley, CA 195 (Jul 26) +4.9% 12th
Arcadia, CA 209 (Jul 26) +8.7% 13th
Twin Falls, ID 390 (Jul 26) +10.1% 14th
Jeffersonville, IN 288 (Mar 25) +14.7% 15th
Kentwood, MI 475 (Jul 26) +23.8% 16th
Peabody, MA 302 (Apr 26) +25.2% 17th
West Haven, CT 78 (Jul 26) +34.4% 18th
Edina, MN 79 (Jul 26) +38.7% 19th
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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 →
  • Saratoga Springs, UT down about 26% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • East Hartford, CT down about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 2% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% 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 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,510 in July 2026, up from 1,475 a year earlier.
Needs attention 1,510 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Elkhart, IN 1,374 (Apr 26) -42.4% 1st
Bartlett, TN 769 (Jul 26) -39.8% 2nd
Peabody, MA 570 (Apr 26) -28.9% 3rd
West Haven, CT 851 (Mar 26) -25.1% 4th
Rocky Mount, NC 2,990 (Jun 26) -21.2% 5th
Mooresville, NC 1,644 (Jul 26) -20.5% 6th
Arcadia, CA 2,223 (Jul 26) -16.7% 7th
Anderson, IN 1,893 (Jun 26) -14.6% 8th
Port Arthur, TX 1,283 (Jul 26) -12.7% 9th
Mount Prospect, IL 751 (Jul 26) -10.5% 10th
Kentwood, MI 1,513 (Jul 26) -9.7% 11th
Fountain Valley, CA 1,564 (Jul 26) -9.1% 12th
Tinley Park, IL 1,050 (Jul 26) -7.9% 13th
Twin Falls, ID 1,060 (Jul 26) -7.3% 14th
Logan, UT 1,036 (Jul 26) -3.5% 15th
Jeffersonville, IN 1,667 (Mar 25) -0.8% 16th
Apple Valley, MN 1,510 (Jul 26) +2.3% 17th
Edina, MN 1,446 (Jul 26) +3.4% 18th
Chicopee, MA 1,566 (Jul 26) +5.5% 19th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 0 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 1 in the prior 12 months. That is 0 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 0 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Apple Valley, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Mount Prospect, IL 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Port Arthur, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Arcadia, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Anderson, IN 2 (Jun 26) -66.7% 5th
Chicopee, MA 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 6th
Twin Falls, ID 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 7th
Elkhart, IN 4 (Apr 26) -33.3% 8th
Mooresville, NC 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Edina, MN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Rocky Mount, NC 25 (Jun 26) +27.3% 11th
Jeffersonville, IN 6 (Mar 25) +193.7% 12th
West Haven, CT 7 (Jul 26) +299.4% 13th
Tinley Park, IL 0 (Jul 26)
Fountain Valley, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Logan, UT 2 (Jul 26)
Kentwood, MI 0 (Jul 26)
Peabody, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Bartlett, TN 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bloomington, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
  • Woodbury, MN down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 81 in July 2026, up from 58 a year earlier.
Needs attention 81 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 19 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%
Bartlett, TN 62 (Jul 26) -69.3% 1st
Elkhart, IN 128 (Apr 26) -55.5% 2nd
Rocky Mount, NC 218 (Jun 26) -45.2% 3rd
Arcadia, CA 155 (Jul 26) -40.4% 4th
West Haven, CT 145 (Jul 26) -30.4% 5th
Chicopee, MA 107 (Jul 26) -28.9% 6th
Anderson, IN 276 (Jun 26) -22.9% 7th
Fountain Valley, CA 110 (Jul 26) -20.8% 8th
Jeffersonville, IN 299 (Mar 25) -19.8% 9th
Mount Prospect, IL 47 (Jul 26) -18.7% 10th
Port Arthur, TX 116 (Jul 26) -14.5% 11th
Kentwood, MI 186 (Jul 26) -14.3% 12th
Mooresville, NC 95 (Jul 26) -10.2% 13th
Tinley Park, IL 131 (Jul 26) -5.3% 14th
Logan, UT 59 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Peabody, MA 54 (Apr 26) +3.5% 16th
Edina, MN 149 (Jul 26) +39.7% 17th
Apple Valley, MN 81 (Jul 26) +40.6% 18th
Twin Falls, ID 91 (Jul 26) +41.7% 19th
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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 →
  • Janesville, WI down about 52% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 24% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 32% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $89,251 to $97,673 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,621).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Apple Valley started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 21% from 2014 to 2024 ($80,609 to $97,673).
Bright spot $97,673
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref $89,062 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 16th +55% 1st on par with peers
Logan, UT $60,687 25th +45% 2nd 25% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 10th +41% 3rd 25% above peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 4th 43% below peers
Kentwood, MI $74,373 20th +37% 5th 8% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $55,534 27th +37% 6th 31% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $105,189 7th +34% 7th 30% above peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 12th +32% 8th 20% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 13th +32% 9th 16% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $90,794 14th +31% 10th 13% above peers
Gallatin, TN $77,518 18th +30% 11th 4% below peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 15th +30% 12th 11% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL $101,720 9th +28% 13th 26% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 22nd +27% 14th 20% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 6th +27% 15th 35% above peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 30th +27% 16th 43% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 29th +27% 17th 42% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN $70,930 21st +26% 18th 12% below peers
Elkhart, IN $51,028 28th +25% 19th 37% below peers
Berwyn, IL $78,408 17th +25% 20th 3% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 3rd +24% 21st 43% above peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 22nd 60% above peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 4th +21% 23rd 41% above peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 2nd +21% 24th 44% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 24th +21% 25th 24% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 8th +21% 26th 27% above peers
Manhattan, KS $60,172 26th +19% 27th 25% below peers
West Haven, CT $74,382 19th +18% 28th 8% below peers
Chicopee, MA $62,615 23rd +18% 29th 22% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $97,673 11th +9% 30th 21% above peers
Methuen, MA $113,310 5th 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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4 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bothell, WA up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,987 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 0.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.7% in July 2026, up from 4.0% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.7%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 4.3% (Jul 26) +0.5pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Elkhart, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th -1.1pp 1st 7% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th -0.9pp 2nd 33% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th -0.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 4th 37% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 5th 24% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th -0.7pp 6th 7% above peers
Valdosta, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th -0.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Mooresville, NC 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.5pp 9th 20% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.5pp 10th 11% below peers
Gallatin, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 11th 33% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 12th 26% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Methuen, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st -0.2pp 14th 13% above peers
Bartlett, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 6th -0.2pp 15th 17% below peers
Placentia, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.2pp 16th 4% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.1pp 17th 17% above peers
Manhattan, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.0pp 18th 13% below peers
Logan, UT 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 19th 33% below peers
Peabody, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 20th 7% above peers
Chicopee, MA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.2pp 21st 28% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.4pp 23rd 13% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Edina, MN 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 25th 13% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 9.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 26th 109% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 27th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 6.8% (Jul 26) 27th +1.5pp 28th 48% above peers
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.4% then, 6.0% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.8% to 6.0%).
Bright spot 6.0%
20112024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 9.3% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tinley Park, IL 5.0% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 56% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.3% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 36% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 17th -3.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 29th -6.1pp 4th 131% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.1% 3rd -1.1pp 5th 55% below peers
Elkhart, IN 18.2% 24th -3.7pp 6th 61% above peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 27th -4.5pp 7th 97% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 19th -2.4pp 8th 13% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.9% 14th -1.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Arcadia, CA 8.6% 10th -1.2pp 10th 24% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 26th -2.8pp 11th 85% above peers
Manhattan, KS 23.3% 28th -3.0pp 12th 106% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 11th -1.2pp 13th 20% below peers
Peabody, MA 7.7% 7th -1.0pp 14th 32% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 22nd -1.0pp 15th 43% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.4% 12th -0.6pp 16th 8% below peers
Edina, MN 4.7% 1st -0.2pp 17th 59% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.6% 5th -0.1pp 18th 42% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 8th -0.1pp 19th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 9th +0.2pp 20th 29% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 19.7% 25th +0.5pp 21st 74% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 18th +0.3pp 22nd 12% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.0% 30th +1.7pp 23rd 156% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 11.2% 15th +0.9pp 24th 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 13th +1.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.0% 20th +1.3pp 26th 15% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 6.0% 4th +0.6pp 27th 47% below peers
West Haven, CT 14.1% 21st +2.3pp 28th 25% above peers
Chicopee, MA 17.3% 23rd +3.5pp 29th 53% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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4 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 8.0% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 8.0%).
Bright spot 8.0%
20132024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 10.3% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 1st -5.3pp 1st 71% below peers
Peabody, MA 6.2% 5th -6.7pp 2nd 58% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 3rd -5.3pp 3rd 66% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 6th -6.1pp 4th 57% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 8th -4.3pp 5th 48% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 15th -8.1pp 6th 3% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.5% 7th -3.2pp 7th 56% below peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 24th -7.1pp 8th 48% above peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 11th -2.8pp 9th 38% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 16th -4.1pp 10th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.1% 4th -1.6pp 11th 59% below peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 29th -8.9pp 12th 123% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 14th -3.4pp 13th 8% below peers
Berwyn, IL 15.4% 17th -3.3pp 14th 3% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 13.5% 13th -2.6pp 15th 10% below peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 27th -5.2pp 16th 108% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 12th -1.3pp 17th 30% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 10th -1.1pp 18th 40% below peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 2nd -0.4pp 19th 70% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 20th 156% above peers
Elkhart, IN 31.0% 26th -1.4pp 21st 107% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 8.0% 9th -0.2pp 22nd 46% below peers
West Haven, CT 16.7% 20th -0.3pp 23rd 11% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 22nd +0.2pp 24th 44% above peers
Chicopee, MA 24.2% 25th +2.3pp 25th 61% above peers
Kentwood, MI 16.2% 19th +1.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.3% 28th +4.2pp 27th 122% above peers
Manhattan, KS 16.8% 21st +2.3pp 28th 12% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 18th +5.2pp 29th 3% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 23rd +8.4pp 30th 44% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.7% to 94.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Apple Valley started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (88.9% to 95.0%).
Bright spot 94.9%
20172024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 91.8% +6.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 27th +26.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 29th +19.7pp 2nd 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 9th +14.3pp 3rd 1% above peers
Elkhart, IN 90.2% 23rd +12.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 28th +11.9pp 5th 5% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 92.0% 20th +11.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 92.2% 18th +10.5pp 7th 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 14th +10.2pp 8th 1% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 15th +9.7pp 9th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 80.7% 30th +8.3pp 10th 13% below peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 21st +9.2pp 11th 1% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 94.0% 10th +8.5pp 12th 1% above peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 1st +8.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 92.3% 17th +8.1pp 14th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA 92.4% 16th +7.8pp 15th on par with peers
Logan, UT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Chicopee, MA 88.4% 26th +6.5pp 17th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 7th +6.8pp 18th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 93.3% 13th +6.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 24th +6.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 2nd +5.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 8th +4.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Kentwood, MI 91.2% 22nd +4.3pp 23rd 2% below peers
Manhattan, KS 92.1% 19th +4.2pp 24th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 95.0% 5th +4.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 12th +4.0pp 26th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 4th +4.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 93.7% 11th +3.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 6th +3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 3rd +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.40 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 8% from 2014 to 2024 (0.39 to 0.42).
Bright spot 0.42
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 0.45 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Valdosta, GA 0.51 29th -0.050 1st 19% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 2nd -0.026 2nd 8% below peers
Logan, UT 0.41 6th -0.025 3rd 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 18th -0.018 4th 2% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 0.47 25th -0.015 5th 8% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 14th -0.013 6th 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 0.43 16th -0.010 7th on par with peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 8th 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 9th -0.005 9th 3% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 17th -0.004 10th 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 15th -0.002 11th 1% below peers
Kentwood, MI 0.41 4th -0.002 12th 6% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 21st +0.000 13th 3% above peers
Berwyn, IL 0.41 8th +0.002 14th 5% below peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 22nd +0.003 15th 6% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 1st +0.003 16th 13% below peers
Gallatin, TN 0.47 26th +0.004 17th 10% above peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 27th +0.007 18th 13% above peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 3rd +0.007 19th 8% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 0.44 20th +0.008 20th 3% above peers
Manhattan, KS 0.49 28th +0.015 21st 15% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 0.42 11th +0.016 22nd 2% below peers
West Haven, CT 0.44 19th +0.019 23rd 3% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 0.41 5th +0.020 24th 5% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 7th +0.021 25th 5% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 0.42 12th +0.022 26th 2% below peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 13th +0.023 27th 2% below peers
Chicopee, MA 0.46 23rd +0.028 28th 6% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 30th +0.035 29th 20% above peers
Elkhart, IN 0.46 24th +0.031 30th 6% above peers
Methuen, MA 0.42 10th 3% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 1.8 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 3.6% to 5.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.3% to 5.4%).
Needs attention 5.4%
20102023
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 7.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Logan, UT 5.6% 4th -5.6pp 1st 46% below peers
Gallatin, TN 9.6% 14th -6.6pp 2nd 8% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 2nd -1.8pp 3rd 62% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.8% 20th -5.8pp 4th 23% above peers
Peabody, MA 10.3% 15th -1.6pp 5th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 23.8% 27th -3.0pp 6th 130% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.6% 17th -0.9pp 7th 3% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 7.1% 10th -0.4pp 8th 32% below peers
Berwyn, IL 16.2% 22nd -0.8pp 9th 56% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 25th -0.9pp 10th 99% above peers
West Haven, CT 17.5% 23rd +0.0pp 11th 69% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 26th +0.1pp 12th 130% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 25.4% 29th +0.2pp 13th 145% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 19th +0.6pp 14th 22% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.5% 13th +0.5pp 15th 18% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 6th +0.8pp 16th 36% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 19.8% 24th +2.6pp 17th 91% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 25.8% 30th +3.5pp 18th 149% above peers
Chicopee, MA 25.0% 28th +3.5pp 19th 142% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.8% 21st +2.5pp 20th 43% above peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 1st +0.6pp 21st 74% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 11th +1.6pp 22nd 26% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 11.9% 18th +2.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.8% 8th +1.6pp 24th 34% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.0% 9th +1.7pp 25th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.4% 3rd +1.8pp 26th 48% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.4% 16th +3.6pp 27th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 6.7% 7th +2.9pp 28th 35% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.2% 12th +4.3pp 29th 21% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.8% 5th +4.2pp 30th 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 74% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $376,085 in August 2026, up from $370,460 a year earlier.
$376,085
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref $350,752 (Aug 26) +2.5%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
West Haven, CT $366,562 (Aug 26) 16th +7.8% 1st 3% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $453,639 (Aug 26) 11th +7.4% 2nd 21% above peers
Berwyn, IL $321,149 (Aug 26) 20th +6.2% 3rd 15% below peers
Elkhart, IN $233,030 (Aug 26) 24th +6.1% 4th 38% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,382,591 (Aug 26) 1st +5.7% 5th 268% above peers
Manhattan, KS $298,350 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.9% 6th 21% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $337,869 (Aug 26) 17th +4.8% 7th 10% below peers
Edina, MN $626,258 (Aug 26) 6th +4.1% 8th 67% above peers
Valdosta, GA $214,117 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 9th 43% below peers
Kentwood, MI $334,412 (Aug 26) 18th +4.0% 10th 11% below peers
Chicopee, MA $322,260 (Aug 26) 19th +3.4% 11th 14% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $372,848 (Aug 26) 15th +3.3% 12th 1% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $127,534 (Aug 26) 28th +2.8% 13th 66% below peers
Logan, UT $389,638 (Aug 26) 13th +2.7% 14th 4% above peers
Placentia, CA $1,101,906 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 15th 193% above peers
Anderson, IN $135,767 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 16th 64% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $943,821 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 17th 151% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $573,373 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 18th 52% above peers
Arcadia, CA $1,381,933 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.8% 19th 267% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $253,784 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 20th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $376,085 (Aug 26) 14th +1.5% 21st on par with peers
Peabody, MA $696,552 (Aug 26) 5th +1.1% 22nd 85% above peers
Gallatin, TN $434,846 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 23rd 16% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $483,140 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 24th 28% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $188,603 (Aug 26) 26th +0.1% 25th 50% below peers
Mooresville, NC $478,099 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 26th 27% above peers
Bartlett, TN $320,892 (Aug 26) 21st -0.9% 27th 15% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $524,205 (Aug 26) 8th -2.1% 28th 39% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose less than 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $270,889 in August 2026, down from $273,059 a year earlier.
$270,889
2000August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref $221,287 (Aug 26) +2.8%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Port Arthur, TX $89,052 (Aug 26) 27th +13.0% 1st 67% below peers
Berwyn, IL $261,280 (Aug 26) 17th +9.9% 2nd 5% below peers
West Haven, CT $273,808 (Aug 26) 14th +7.5% 3rd on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL $305,449 (Aug 26) 11th +6.7% 4th 12% above peers
Manhattan, KS $215,910 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.6% 5th 21% below peers
Elkhart, IN $156,982 (Aug 26) 24th +6.0% 6th 43% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,051,471 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 7th 284% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $253,005 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 8th 8% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $289,674 (Aug 26) 13th +4.4% 9th 6% above peers
Valdosta, GA $113,771 (Aug 26) 25th +4.4% 10th 58% below peers
Kentwood, MI $256,464 (Aug 26) 18th +4.3% 11th 6% below peers
Chicopee, MA $268,633 (Aug 26) 16th +4.0% 12th 2% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $463,771 (Aug 26) 6th +3.0% 13th 69% above peers
Anderson, IN $80,917 (Aug 26) 28th +2.7% 14th 70% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $721,092 (Aug 26) 4th +1.9% 15th 163% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $194,409 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 16th 29% below peers
Placentia, CA $806,415 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.4% 17th 195% above peers
Peabody, MA $554,211 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 18th 102% above peers
Bartlett, TN $253,907 (Aug 26) 19th +0.7% 19th 7% below peers
Logan, UT $301,582 (Aug 26) 12th +0.5% 20th 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN $309,188 (Aug 26) 10th +0.5% 21st 13% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $395,812 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 22nd 45% above peers
Arcadia, CA $929,293 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.4% 23rd 239% above peers
Mooresville, NC $322,437 (Aug 26) 9th +0.2% 24th 18% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $403,850 (Aug 26) 7th -0.6% 25th 47% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $270,889 (Aug 26) 15th -0.8% 26th 1% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $95,036 (Aug 26) 26th -2.0% 27th 65% below peers
Edina, MN $243,048 (Aug 26) 21st -3.3% 28th 11% below peers
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership fell 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.8% to 73.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (79.5% to 73.4%).
Needs attention 73.4%
20112024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 72.2% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 4th +10.6pp 1st 22% above peers
Manhattan, KS 43.5% 28th +4.5pp 2nd 29% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 29th +4.1pp 3rd 32% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.0% 8th +5.1pp 4th 17% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 17th +3.4pp 5th 2% below peers
Kentwood, MI 61.4% 15th +3.2pp 6th on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 61.1% 16th +3.0pp 7th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 53.2% 24th +2.5pp 8th 13% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 86.9% 1st +2.5pp 9th 42% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 7th +1.6pp 10th 18% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 13th +1.2pp 11th 4% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 73.4% 5th +0.8pp 12th 20% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 20th +0.3pp 13th 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 2nd +0.4pp 14th 40% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 3rd +0.3pp 15th 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 18th +0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 10th -0.2pp 17th 7% above peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 12th -0.5pp 18th 6% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 68.7% 9th -0.7pp 19th 12% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 19th -1.3pp 20th 5% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 23rd -1.4pp 21st 10% below peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 14th -1.7pp 22nd 4% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 49.0% 26th -1.6pp 23rd 20% below peers
Chicopee, MA 55.7% 22nd -2.9pp 24th 9% below peers
Logan, UT 37.2% 30th -2.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 27th -2.5pp 26th 28% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 73.4% 6th -4.3pp 27th 20% above peers
West Haven, CT 50.6% 25th -4.1pp 28th 18% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 11th -5.3pp 29th 6% above peers
Gallatin, TN 57.1% 21st -5.4pp 30th 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,956 in August 2026, down from $1,963 a year earlier.
$1,956
2018August 2026
▸ Compare all 28 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%
Chicopee, MA $1,631 (Aug 26) 17th +8.8% 1st 8% below peers
Elkhart, IN $1,170 (Aug 26) 27th +7.8% 2nd 34% below peers
Berwyn, IL $1,427 (Aug 26) 20th +5.6% 3rd 19% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $1,288 (Aug 26) 25th +5.5% 4th 27% below peers
Kentwood, MI $1,592 (Aug 26) 18th +5.4% 5th 10% below peers
Manhattan, KS $1,338 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.4% 6th 24% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $2,191 (Aug 26) 9th +4.4% 7th 24% above peers
Logan, UT $1,415 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 8th 20% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $2,932 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.2% 9th 66% above peers
Valdosta, GA $1,349 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.0% 10th 24% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $2,459 (Aug 26) 6th +3.9% 11th 39% above peers
Anderson, IN $1,079 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 12th 39% below peers
Edina, MN $2,015 (Aug 26) 10th +3.3% 13th 14% above peers
Placentia, CA $2,853 (Aug 26) 5th +3.2% 14th 61% above peers
West Haven, CT $1,978 (Aug 26) 11th +3.1% 15th 12% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,557 (Aug 26) 19th +2.9% 16th 12% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $1,272 (Aug 26) 26th +2.8% 17th 28% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,524 (Aug 26) 1st +2.4% 18th 99% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $2,263 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 19th 28% above peers
Gallatin, TN $1,660 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 20th 6% below peers
Arcadia, CA $3,414 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 21st 93% above peers
Peabody, MA $2,857 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 22nd 62% above peers
Mooresville, NC $1,655 (Aug 26) 16th +0.7% 23rd 6% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $1,768 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 24th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 24th +0.3% 25th 27% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $1,956 (Aug 26) 12th -0.4% 26th 11% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,844 (Aug 26) 13th -0.9% 27th 4% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $2,331 (Aug 26) 7th -2.5% 28th 32% above peers
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 5.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.6% to 27.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.1% to 27.6%).
Needs attention 27.6%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 27.1% +1.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Rocky Mount, NC 32.0% 9th -6.2pp 1st 11% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 26.2% 3rd -4.4pp 2nd 27% below peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 5th -2.6pp 3rd 22% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 14th -3.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 10th -2.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Manhattan, KS 36.7% 18th -2.3pp 6th 2% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 26th -2.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 8th 20% below peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 24th -1.2pp 9th 12% above peers
West Haven, CT 40.9% 25th -1.1pp 10th 13% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 31.9% 8th -0.6pp 11th 12% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 24.2% 2nd -0.3pp 12th 33% below peers
Kentwood, MI 28.6% 6th -0.2pp 13th 21% below peers
Elkhart, IN 33.5% 13th +0.1pp 14th 7% below peers
Logan, UT 38.6% 21st +0.5pp 15th 7% above peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 28th +0.7pp 16th 15% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 19th +1.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 27th +1.1pp 18th 14% above peers
Berwyn, IL 39.3% 22nd +1.4pp 19th 9% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 31st +2.1pp 20th 44% above peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 20th +2.0pp 21st 6% above peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 30th +4.3pp 22nd 27% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 11th +3.3pp 23rd 9% below peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 29th +4.5pp 24th 19% above peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 1st +2.5pp 25th 39% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 16th +4.2pp 26th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 40.3% 23rd +6.9pp 27th 12% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 27.6% 4th +5.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 36.4% 17th +6.8pp 29th 1% above peers
Gallatin, TN 34.9% 15th +6.9pp 30th 3% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.3% 12th 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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

2
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
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.2% to 5.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 28% moved the other way.
Longer view
No vehicle rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.4% to 5.3%).
Needs attention 5.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 6.7% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 5th -3.4pp 1st 42% below peers
Manhattan, KS 4.3% 8th -4.1pp 2nd 28% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 1st -1.6pp 3rd 53% below peers
Elkhart, IN 8.1% 23rd -3.7pp 4th 36% above peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 24th -3.6pp 5th 43% above peers
Logan, UT 4.1% 7th -1.7pp 6th 31% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 27th -3.3pp 7th 60% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 25th -2.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 6th -0.8pp 9th 39% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.2% 4th -0.6pp 10th 46% below peers
West Haven, CT 10.8% 29th -1.8pp 11th 82% above peers
Chicopee, MA 10.0% 28th -1.4pp 12th 68% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 2nd -0.4pp 13th 52% below peers
Gallatin, TN 5.0% 13th -0.4pp 14th 17% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 22nd -0.2pp 15th 30% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 30th -0.0pp 16th 82% above peers
Berwyn, IL 9.0% 26th +0.1pp 17th 50% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 12.0% 31st +0.7pp 18th 100% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 17th +0.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 3rd +0.2pp 20th 52% below peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 20th +0.4pp 21st 9% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 22nd 23% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 6.1% 18th +0.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 6.4% 19th +0.9pp 24th 8% above peers
Kentwood, MI 7.6% 21st +1.1pp 25th 27% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 5.9% 15th +1.5pp 26th 2% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 11th +1.3pp 27th 17% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 12th +1.6pp 28th 17% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 10th +1.6pp 29th 23% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.3% 14th +2.2pp 30th 11% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.0% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 (4.5% then, 4.8% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 4.8%).
Bright spot 4.8%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 4.7% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 3rd -1.9pp 1st 58% below peers
Kentwood, MI 3.9% 8th -2.1pp 2nd 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 21st -3.9pp 3rd 15% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 9th -1.8pp 4th 39% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 6th -1.1pp 5th 55% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 1st -0.5pp 6th 78% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.2% 29th -3.1pp 7th 57% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.2% 19th -2.0pp 8th 5% above peers
Elkhart, IN 12.0% 28th -2.0pp 9th 55% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.2% 25th -1.5pp 10th 32% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 23rd -1.3pp 11th 18% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.7% 7th -0.3pp 12th 52% below peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 13th 69% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 30th -0.2pp 14th 117% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.5% 31st +0.1pp 15th 280% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.8% 16th +0.0pp 16th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 8.6% 20th +0.1pp 17th 11% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 5.7% 12th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 14th +0.2pp 19th 17% below peers
West Haven, CT 7.9% 17th +0.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.8% 10th +0.3pp 21st 38% below peers
Chicopee, MA 3.4% 5th +0.2pp 22nd 57% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.0% 18th +0.8pp 23rd 4% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 26th +1.2pp 24th 41% above peers
Logan, UT 9.4% 24th +1.1pp 25th 21% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 9.1% 22nd +1.4pp 26th 17% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 11th +1.1pp 27th 29% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 11.3% 27th +2.3pp 28th 46% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.8% 13th +1.2pp 29th 26% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 15th +2.0pp 30th 1% below peers
Methuen, MA 3.4% 4th 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.4%
20202022
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 33.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Arcadia, CA 16.3% 1st 52% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 21.7% 2nd 37% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.8% 3rd 36% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 4th 31% below peers
Placentia, CA 26.0% 5th 24% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 28.2% 6th 18% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.8% 7th 16% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 8th 15% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 29.4% 9th 14% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 10th 13% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 30.5% 11th 11% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 12th 8% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 33.1% 13th 3% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 33.4% 14th 3% below peers
Manhattan, KS 33.5% 15th 2% below peers
West Haven, CT 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Kentwood, MI 34.3% 17th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 34.9% 18th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 35.4% 19th 3% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 20th 5% above peers
Logan, UT 36.4% 21st 6% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 22nd 9% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 23rd 10% above peers
Gallatin, TN 40.6% 24th 18% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 25th 20% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 41.6% 26th 21% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 27th 24% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 28th 25% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 44.0% 29th 28% above peers
Elkhart, IN 45.9% 30th 34% 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 (4.7% then, 3.6% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
28% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.4% to 3.6%).
3.6%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 3.4% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 3rd -3.2pp 1st 59% below peers
Kentwood, MI 1.2% 2nd -2.7pp 2nd 62% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 1st -1.5pp 3rd 70% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 10th -3.9pp 4th 19% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 24th -5.5pp 5th 48% above peers
Gallatin, TN 2.6% 11th -2.4pp 6th 15% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 7th -1.3pp 7th 37% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 22nd -2.2pp 8th 39% above peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 23rd -2.0pp 9th 44% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.6% 19th -1.1pp 10th 19% above peers
Berwyn, IL 2.3% 8th -0.7pp 11th 26% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.8% 14th -0.7pp 12th 10% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 12th -0.5pp 13th 14% below peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 6th -0.2pp 14th 38% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 9th -0.3pp 15th 25% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 20th +0.0pp 16th 29% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 25th +0.1pp 17th 56% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 15th +0.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Elkhart, IN 9.7% 29th +0.6pp 19th 214% above peers
West Haven, CT 5.8% 27th +0.4pp 20th 90% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 5th +0.2pp 21st 45% below peers
Logan, UT 7.1% 28th +1.4pp 22nd 132% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 23rd 556% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 5.4% 26th +2.1pp 24th 76% above peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 30th +5.1pp 25th 271% above peers
Manhattan, KS 3.2% 17th +1.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.4% 18th +1.6pp 27th 10% above peers
Chicopee, MA 3.1% 16th +1.6pp 28th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.2% 21st +2.4pp 29th 36% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 13th +2.6pp 30th 11% below peers
Methuen, MA 1.5% 4th 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (45.0% then, 45.9% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
48% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.4% to 45.9%).
Bright spot 45.9%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 39.4% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
West Haven, CT 30.5% 19th +6.2pp 1st 12% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 28.2% 21st +5.4pp 2nd 18% below peers
Gallatin, TN 33.5% 17th +5.7pp 3rd 3% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 23rd +4.0pp 4th 29% below peers
Elkhart, IN 17.7% 28th +2.7pp 5th 49% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 16th +5.1pp 6th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 27th +2.6pp 7th 48% below peers
Kentwood, MI 36.7% 11th +4.8pp 8th 6% above peers
Chicopee, MA 22.9% 26th +2.8pp 9th 34% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.9% 25th +2.6pp 10th 34% below peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 7th +5.3pp 11th 32% above peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 8th +4.9pp 12th 28% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 30th +1.5pp 13th 59% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 48.5% 4th +4.8pp 14th 41% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.9% 22nd +2.5pp 15th 22% below peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 20th +2.6pp 16th 18% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 13th +3.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Logan, UT 40.3% 9th +3.4pp 18th 17% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 19th 63% below peers
Berwyn, IL 24.2% 24th +1.6pp 20th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 5th +2.9pp 21st 35% above peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 2nd +2.6pp 22nd 66% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 23rd 111% above peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 15th +1.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 14th +1.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 53.3% 3rd +1.4pp 26th 55% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 45.9% 6th +0.9pp 27th 33% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 37.0% 10th +0.4pp 28th 7% above peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 29th -0.3pp 29th 55% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 12th -0.6pp 30th 4% above peers
Methuen, MA 31.0% 18th 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% 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 (33.3% then, 42.7% now; margin ±12.5pp).

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.3% to 42.7%).
Needs attention 42.7%
20112024
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 44.8% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
West Haven, CT 79.0% 1st +35.0pp 1st 70% above peers
Placentia, CA 60.8% 5th +21.8pp 2nd 31% above peers
Kentwood, MI 59.0% 6th +15.1pp 3rd 27% above peers
Chicopee, MA 45.8% 16th +10.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 42.7% 19th +9.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Anderson, IN 26.6% 26th +5.2pp 6th 43% below peers
Manhattan, KS 60.8% 4th +11.1pp 7th 31% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.4% 23rd +5.2pp 8th 28% below peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 15th +6.8pp 9th on par with peers
Logan, UT 46.8% 14th +6.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 7th +7.0pp 11th 25% above peers
Berwyn, IL 50.8% 9th +4.0pp 12th 10% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 11th +3.6pp 13th 6% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 49.4% 10th -1.2pp 14th 7% above peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 13th -1.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Elkhart, IN 25.1% 28th -0.9pp 16th 46% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 3rd -3.3pp 17th 34% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 8th -3.3pp 18th 13% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 20th -3.0pp 19th 12% below peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 2nd -7.9pp 20th 44% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 18th -5.4pp 21st 7% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 22nd -5.3pp 22nd 23% below peers
Gallatin, TN 32.8% 24th -6.8pp 23rd 29% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 21st -8.6pp 24th 17% below peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 12th -19.3pp 25th 5% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 29th -11.6pp 26th 48% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 25th -15.5pp 27th 31% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 43.5% 17th -23.6pp 28th 6% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 26.4% 27th -14.5pp 29th 43% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.0% 30th -23.3pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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▸

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 ±9.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 3.3% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.6% to 3.3%).
Bright spot 3.3%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 4.7% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Yucaipa, CA 2.8% 5th -6.9pp 1st 54% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 2nd -3.8pp 2nd 74% below peers
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 6th -5.3pp 3rd 48% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 3.5% 9th -4.7pp 4th 43% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 12th -3.1pp 5th 35% below peers
Chicopee, MA 6.9% 21st -4.3pp 6th 13% above peers
Manhattan, KS 1.8% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 71% below peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 25th -3.7pp 8th 40% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.5% 15th -2.2pp 9th 10% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 16th -2.1pp 10th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 11.1% 27th -3.6pp 11th 81% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 12th 157% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.5% 10th -0.7pp 13th 43% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.3% 8th -0.0pp 14th 46% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 23rd -0.1pp 15th 22% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 14th +0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 11th +0.1pp 17th 35% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 22nd +0.5pp 18th 16% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 26th +1.5pp 19th 42% above peers
Berwyn, IL 7.6% 24th +1.3pp 20th 24% above peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 19th +1.8pp 21st 9% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 28th +4.8pp 22nd 101% above peers
Logan, UT 6.4% 18th +2.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 7th +1.5pp 24th 47% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 1st +0.8pp 25th 74% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.9% 30th +7.0pp 26th 126% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 29th +6.8pp 27th 114% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 20th +3.9pp 28th 10% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.7% 4th +1.6pp 29th 56% below peers
West Haven, CT 4.5% 13th +3.8pp 30th 26% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.3% 17th 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.6pp 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 5% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52,889 to 55,679 - more than the combined survey margin (±61).

Broader trend
66% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 31% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (49,911 to 55,679).
Big move 55,679
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mooresville, NC 52,381 29th +38% 1st 5% below peers
Gallatin, TN 48,532 31st +27% 2nd 12% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 13th +15% 3rd on par with peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 24th +11% 4th 1% below peers
Logan, UT 54,907 16th +8% 5th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 30th +7% 6th 7% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 55,679 4th +5% 7th 1% above peers
Kentwood, MI 54,296 21st +5% 8th 1% below peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 18th +3% 9th on par with peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 15th +3% 10th on par with peers
Edina, MN 53,262 27th +3% 11th 3% below peers
Elkhart, IN 53,733 25th +3% 12th 2% below peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 28th +2% 13th 4% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 54,421 19th +2% 14th 1% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 55,472 8th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 9th +2% 16th 1% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 3rd +1% 17th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 55,351 10th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 2nd +0% 19th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 55,595 7th +0% 20th 1% above peers
Chicopee, MA 55,295 11th -0% 21st 1% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 54,297 20th -0% 22nd 1% below peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 12th -2% 23rd 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 22nd -2% 24th 1% below peers
Manhattan, KS 54,239 23rd -2% 25th 1% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 54,842 17th -3% 26th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 1st -4% 27th 4% above peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 14th -5% 28th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 6th -8% 29th 1% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 5th -8% 30th 1% above peers
Methuen, MA 53,475 26th 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±41 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.6% then, 24.9% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.2% to 24.9%).
Big move 24.9%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 22.9% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Peabody, MA 18.7% 28th +1.6pp 1st 16% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.2% 4th +1.5pp 2nd 17% above peers
West Haven, CT 20.2% 25th +0.5pp 3rd 10% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 2nd +0.4pp 4th 23% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 24.9% 7th +0.3pp 5th 11% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 9th +0.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 21st +0.2pp 7th 7% below peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 14th -0.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 11th -0.2pp 9th 4% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 19th -0.5pp 10th 4% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 22.9% 12th -0.7pp 11th 2% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 5th -0.8pp 12th 13% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 27th -0.7pp 13th 15% below peers
Chicopee, MA 19.2% 26th -0.8pp 14th 14% below peers
Kentwood, MI 23.3% 10th -1.1pp 15th 4% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 16th -1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 26.3% 3rd -1.3pp 17th 17% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.0% 17th -1.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Manhattan, KS 14.6% 31st -0.8pp 19th 35% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 20th 19% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 7% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 1st -1.7pp 22nd 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 8th -1.9pp 23rd 8% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 24th 9% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 20.9% 22nd -1.9pp 25th 7% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 6th -2.3pp 26th 12% above peers
Logan, UT 21.7% 18th -2.1pp 27th 3% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 30th -1.7pp 28th 31% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 13th -2.8pp 29th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 22.4% 15th -4.8pp 30th on par with peers
Methuen, MA 21.3% 20th 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.6% then, 30.0% now; margin ±7.8pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.0% to 30.0%).
30.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 26.1% +0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 25th +7.5pp 1st 28% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 21st +6.9pp 2nd 20% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 31st +3.5pp 3rd 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 14th +7.0pp 4th 6% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 20.9% 26th +4.5pp 5th 31% below peers
Gallatin, TN 37.8% 8th +7.6pp 6th 25% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 6th +8.7pp 7th 59% above peers
Chicopee, MA 56.4% 2nd +9.4pp 8th 87% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 30.0% 17th +4.3pp 9th 1% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.0% 3rd +7.9pp 10th 85% above peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 24th +2.5pp 11th 28% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.2% 20th +2.6pp 12th 20% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.4% 1st +6.2pp 13th 116% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 10th +3.4pp 14th 23% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 16th +2.6pp 15th on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 37.5% 9th +1.5pp 16th 24% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 23rd +0.6pp 17th 21% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 15.8% 29th +0.2pp 18th 48% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 35.0% 11th -0.2pp 19th 16% above peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 4th -0.3pp 20th 72% above peers
West Haven, CT 41.1% 7th -1.0pp 21st 36% above peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 5th -2.0pp 22nd 61% above peers
Logan, UT 24.1% 22nd -1.1pp 23rd 20% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 19th -1.5pp 24th 19% below peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 27th -1.3pp 25th 31% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 13th -3.0pp 26th 8% above peers
Kentwood, MI 31.2% 15th -5.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 28th -3.2pp 28th 39% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.6% 18th -6.2pp 29th 9% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 30th -5.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.9% 12th 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (72.5% then, 64.7% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Broader trend
21% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 11.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (76.2% to 64.7%).
64.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 76.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Mount Prospect, IL 74.1% 7th +18.5pp 1st 9% above peers
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 12th +17.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 29th +13.6pp 3rd 18% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Chicopee, MA 82.7% 1st +14.5pp 5th 22% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 5th +11.2pp 6th 11% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.9% 10th +10.3pp 7th 8% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 11th +7.7pp 8th 7% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 3rd +7.5pp 9th 14% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 4th +6.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Logan, UT 54.3% 30th +2.8pp 11th 20% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 67.9% 15th +3.3pp 12th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 23rd +1.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 13th +1.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 73.5% 9th +1.5pp 15th 8% above peers
Berwyn, IL 74.5% 6th +1.2pp 16th 10% above peers
Kentwood, MI 67.8% 16th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 14th +0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 65.0% 21st +0.5pp 19th 4% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 25th +0.2pp 20th 6% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 20th -0.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 2nd -3.5pp 22nd 16% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 24th -4.5pp 23rd 6% below peers
West Haven, CT 66.7% 18th -5.7pp 24th 2% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 57.8% 27th -5.4pp 25th 15% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 64.7% 22nd -7.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 17th -8.8pp 27th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.6% 19th -10.1pp 28th 3% below peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 26th -10.5pp 29th 7% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.7% 28th -12.9pp 30th 16% below peers
Methuen, MA 73.8% 8th 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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4 of 13 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 ±6.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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