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88,665 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Bloomington, MN shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
59.5%
2020-24
▲ 63%
relative change
36.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$93,211
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$75,130 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
110 /100k
May 2026
▼ 23%
relative change
143 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
226 /100k
May 2026
▼ 21%
relative change
286 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
46.2%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
41.9% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
87.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
May 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
1 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
2.7%
2020-24
▼ 41%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
28.9%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
27.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.9%
2019-23
▲ 5%
relative change
5.6% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.42 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
9.1%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
7.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.5%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.8%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 4 indicators

Where Bloomington, MN shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
13.1%
2020-24
▲ 32%
relative change
9.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.0%
May 2026
▲ 11%
relative change
3.6% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,896 /100k
May 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
2,960 a year earlier
Behind peers, dropping too slowly Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
65.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
67.3% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 3 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
88,665
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
85,332 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
76.0%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
80.9% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
24.9%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
25.1% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 12% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 226 in May 2026, down from 286 a year earlier.
226 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Danbury, CT 93 (May 26) 3rd -68.2% 1st 69% below peers
Clifton, NJ 127 (May 26) 6th -32.0% 2nd 58% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 70 (May 26) 1st -22.9% 3rd 77% below peers
Bloomington, MN 226 (May 26) 8th -21.0% 4th 25% below peers
Medford, OR 308 (May 26) 11th -18.7% 5th 2% above peers
Mission, TX 124 (May 26) 5th -18.4% 6th 59% below peers
Champaign, IL 382 (May 26) 14th -18.0% 7th 27% above peers
Troy, MI 94 (May 26) 4th -15.2% 8th 69% below peers
Temple, TX 301 (Jan 25) 10th -13.3% 9th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 357 (May 26) 13th -9.1% 10th 19% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 646 (May 26) 18th -3.2% 11th 115% above peers
Lawrence, MA 402 (May 26) 15th -0.8% 12th 34% above peers
Ogden, UT 470 (May 26) 17th +1.5% 13th 56% above peers
Westminster, CA 412 (May 26) 16th +4.2% 14th 37% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 846 (May 26) 19th +5.3% 15th 181% above peers
Manteca, CA 318 (May 26) 12th +12.8% 16th 6% above peers
Duluth, MN 256 (May 26) 9th +14.7% 17th 15% below peers
Franklin, TN 188 (May 26) 7th +25.0% 18th 38% below peers
Newton, MA 78 (Dec 25) 2nd +61.4% 19th 74% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 2% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 83% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 3% 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: property crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,896 in May 2026, down from 2,960 a year earlier.
2,896 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Danbury, CT 885 (May 26) 4th -30.7% 1st 51% below peers
Franklin, TN 677 (May 26) 2nd -25.0% 2nd 63% below peers
Clifton, NJ 1,700 (May 26) 9th -23.2% 3rd 6% below peers
Lawrence, MA 803 (May 26) 3rd -21.9% 4th 56% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 3,809 (May 26) 18th -19.9% 5th 110% above peers
Westminster, CA 2,047 (May 26) 11th -19.4% 6th 13% above peers
Troy, MI 930 (May 26) 5th -17.9% 7th 49% below peers
Mission, TX 1,083 (May 26) 6th -16.6% 8th 40% below peers
Newton, MA 504 (Dec 25) 1st -15.0% 9th 72% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 3,848 (May 26) 19th -14.5% 10th 113% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 3,123 (May 26) 16th -12.7% 11th 73% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 1,810 (May 26) 10th -8.8% 12th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 1,685 (May 26) 8th -5.2% 13th 7% below peers
Champaign, IL 2,092 (May 26) 12th -3.8% 14th 16% above peers
Duluth, MN 2,872 (May 26) 14th -3.5% 15th 59% above peers
Bloomington, MN 2,896 (May 26) 15th -2.2% 16th 60% above peers
Medford, OR 3,520 (May 26) 17th +0.2% 17th 95% above peers
Manteca, CA 1,415 (May 26) 7th +11.0% 18th 22% below peers
Temple, TX 2,203 (Jan 25) 13th +17.0% 19th 22% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2022-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 20% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 1 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Bloomington, MN 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Clifton, NJ 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Troy, MI 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Danbury, CT 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Franklin, TN 1 (May 26) 7th -66.6% 5th 4% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 1 (May 26) 9th -50.2% 6th 1% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 4 (May 26) 13th -50.1% 7th 282% above peers
Mission, TX 1 (May 26) 8th -50.0% 8th 3% below peers
Medford, OR 1 (May 26) 10th -50.0% 9th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 2 (May 26) 11th -33.3% 10th 93% above peers
Lawrence, MA 4 (May 26) 14th -20.1% 11th 286% above peers
Duluth, MN 6 (May 26) 15th -16.6% 12th 388% above peers
Manteca, CA 1 (May 26) 6th +0.0% 13th 11% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 4 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 14th 279% above peers
Champaign, IL 6 (May 26) 16th +0.0% 15th 457% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 9 (May 26) 18th +14.3% 16th 656% above peers
Temple, TX 11 (Jan 25) 19th +83.3% 17th 848% above peers
Ogden, UT 8 (May 26) 17th +133.5% 18th 578% above peers
Newton, MA 0 (Dec 25) 5th 100% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arcadia, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Vehicle theft fell about 23% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 110 in May 2026, down from 143 a year earlier.
110 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Santa Fe, NM 320 (May 26) 17th -49.9% 1st 114% above peers
Mission, TX 26 (May 26) 2nd -42.5% 2nd 83% below peers
Danbury, CT 74 (May 26) 5th -33.3% 3rd 51% below peers
Newton, MA 23 (Dec 25) 1st -32.3% 4th 85% below peers
Clifton, NJ 163 (May 26) 12th -30.0% 5th 9% above peers
Champaign, IL 152 (May 26) 11th -29.5% 6th 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 375 (May 26) 19th -29.3% 7th 151% above peers
Lawrence, MA 76 (May 26) 6th -27.7% 8th 49% below peers
Medford, OR 136 (May 26) 9th -26.4% 9th 9% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 227 (May 26) 14th -24.3% 10th 52% above peers
Bloomington, MN 110 (May 26) 8th -23.0% 11th 26% below peers
Duluth, MN 102 (May 26) 7th -22.4% 12th 32% below peers
Franklin, TN 54 (May 26) 3rd -15.5% 13th 64% below peers
Troy, MI 62 (May 26) 4th -12.5% 14th 58% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 176 (May 26) 13th -11.0% 15th 18% above peers
Ogden, UT 149 (May 26) 10th -8.3% 16th on par with peers
Temple, TX 321 (Jan 25) 18th -1.2% 17th 115% above peers
Westminster, CA 250 (May 26) 16th +0.0% 18th 67% above peers
Manteca, CA 239 (May 26) 15th +6.9% 19th 60% above peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Bellingham, WA down about 58% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 28% a year · 2021-2026
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $75,130 to $93,211 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,839). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 48% from 2014 to 2024 ($63,053 to $93,211).
$93,211
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref $89,062 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 31st +48% 1st 29% below peers
Medford, OR $73,230 17th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 18th +45% 3rd 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 19th +44% 4th 2% below peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 20th +39% 5th 5% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 7th +39% 6th 45% above peers
Melbourne, FL $66,991 23rd +38% 7th 9% below peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 13th +37% 8th 16% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 25th +35% 9th 18% below peers
Manteca, CA $97,055 11th +33% 10th 32% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $82,314 15th +32% 11th 12% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 29th +31% 12th 25% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 21st +31% 13th 6% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 8th +30% 14th 38% above peers
Bryan, TX $59,289 27th +30% 15th 19% below peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 9th +28% 16th 34% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 16th +27% 17th on par with peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 18th 159% above peers
Whittier, CA $97,201 10th +26% 19th 32% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 24th +24% 20th 17% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 5th +24% 21st 60% above peers
Temple, TX $68,204 22nd +24% 22nd 7% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 26th +24% 23rd 19% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 12th +24% 24th 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $135,175 2nd +23% 25th 84% above peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 4th +22% 26th 63% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 6th +19% 27th 56% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 3rd +18% 28th 63% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 28th +16% 29th 24% below peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 30th +14% 30th 26% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 14th +14% 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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4 of 23 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

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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 →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,400 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 97% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in May 2026, up from 3.6% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990May 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 4.4% (May 26) +0.7pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Trenton, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 30th -1.5pp 1st 57% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 12th -0.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Westminster, CA 3.8% (May 26) 8th -0.7pp 3rd 5% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.6pp 4th on par with peers
Newton, MA 3.7% (May 26) 6th -0.5pp 5th 7% below peers
San Leandro, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 5.9% (May 26) 29th -0.4pp 7th 48% above peers
Manteca, CA 5.1% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 8th 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.3% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 9th 18% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 10th 32% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.4% (May 26) 28th -0.2pp 11th 35% above peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 12th 38% below peers
Whittier, CA 5.2% (May 26) 24th -0.1pp 13th 30% above peers
Mission, TX 5.3% (May 26) 26th +0.0pp 14th 32% above peers
Medford, OR 5.3% (May 26) 27th +0.0pp 15th 32% above peers
Ogden, UT 3.8% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.0% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 17th 25% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 3.7% (May 26) 7th +0.1pp 18th 7% below peers
Bryan, TX 3.5% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 19th 12% below peers
Bloomington, MN 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Temple, TX 4.3% (May 26) 18th +0.4pp 21st 7% above peers
Waukegan, IL 4.4% (May 26) 20th +0.4pp 22nd 10% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 3.8% (May 26) 10th +0.6pp 23rd 5% below peers
Champaign, IL 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 24th on par with peers
Troy, MI 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.7pp 25th 3% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.2% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 26th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.3% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 27th 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 4.5% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 28th 12% above peers
Melbourne, FL 4.7% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 29th 18% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.2% (May 26) 25th +1.6pp 30th 30% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.3% then, 9.1% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.9% to 9.1%).
9.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 9.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.0%
Franklin, TN 4.6% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 65% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 8.5% 7th -2.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
Trenton, NJ 20.9% 29th -6.8pp 3rd 58% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.2% 16th -4.2pp 4th on par with peers
Medford, OR 13.0% 15th -4.0pp 5th 2% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.3% 17th -3.5pp 6th 1% above peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 4th -1.8pp 7th 40% below peers
Lawrence, MA 17.4% 25th -3.6pp 8th 32% above peers
Manteca, CA 9.5% 11th -1.9pp 9th 28% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.2% 5th -1.3pp 10th 38% below peers
Mission, TX 19.3% 28th -3.1pp 11th 46% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.0% 26th -2.7pp 12th 36% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.0% 21st -2.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Whittier, CA 8.9% 9th -0.8pp 14th 32% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.3% 19th -1.1pp 15th 8% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.8% 20th -1.1pp 16th 12% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.9% 24th -1.1pp 17th 21% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.7% 14th -0.6pp 18th 4% below peers
Melbourne, FL 15.1% 22nd -0.4pp 19th 15% above peers
Temple, TX 15.8% 23rd -0.1pp 20th 19% above peers
Bryan, TX 22.1% 30th +0.4pp 21st 68% above peers
Champaign, IL 23.4% 31st +0.7pp 22nd 78% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.4% 13th +0.4pp 23rd 14% below peers
Newton, MA 4.2% 1st +0.2pp 24th 68% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 59% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 13.9% 18th +1.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.1% 12th +1.2pp 27th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.9% 27th +2.4pp 28th 43% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 8.5% 6th +1.5pp 29th 36% below peers
Bloomington, MN 9.1% 10th +1.7pp 30th 31% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 8th +2.2pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 ±1.7pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.9% to 13.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.9% to 13.1%).
13.1%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 10.3% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 78% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 5th -7.8pp 2nd 54% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 7.4% 6th -6.5pp 3rd 53% below peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 4th -5.7pp 4th 56% below peers
Manteca, CA 9.1% 8th -5.7pp 5th 43% below peers
Medford, OR 13.8% 12th -8.1pp 6th 13% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 7th 88% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 20th -8.7pp 8th 14% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 29th -12.2pp 9th 65% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 10th 77% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 17th -6.5pp 11th 5% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 24th -7.5pp 12th 42% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 27th -7.2pp 13th 55% above peers
Temple, TX 20.9% 23rd -3.3pp 14th 32% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 19th -2.4pp 15th 7% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 25th -2.7pp 16th 52% above peers
Bryan, TX 29.6% 31st -3.3pp 17th 86% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 22nd -1.9pp 18th 22% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 15th -1.2pp 19th 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 26th -1.5pp 20th 54% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 21st -1.0pp 21st 19% above peers
Whittier, CA 11.3% 10th -0.4pp 22nd 29% below peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 18th -0.4pp 23rd 5% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 10.3% 9th +0.7pp 24th 35% below peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 30th +2.3pp 25th 80% above peers
Melbourne, FL 25.9% 28th +3.3pp 26th 63% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 14th +2.2pp 27th 2% below peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 11th +3.2pp 28th 18% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 16th +4.4pp 29th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 7th +2.4pp 30th 52% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 13th +5.2pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.7% to 92.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 9.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (83.6% to 92.8%).
92.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 91.8% +6.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 1st 11% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 20th +18.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 3rd 7% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 22nd +12.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 8th +12.4pp 5th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Whittier, CA 92.3% 14th +9.8pp 7th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 15th +9.7pp 8th on par with peers
Temple, TX 90.6% 21st +8.9pp 9th 1% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 24th +8.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Bryan, TX 87.1% 28th +8.4pp 11th 5% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 18th +8.4pp 12th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 17th +7.2pp 13th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 93.7% 9th +7.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 25th +6.5pp 15th 1% below peers
Melbourne, FL 90.4% 23rd +6.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 10th +6.6pp 17th 2% above peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 12th +6.4pp 18th 2% above peers
Medford, OR 91.6% 16th +6.2pp 19th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 26th +6.1pp 20th 2% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 7th +5.8pp 21st 3% above peers
Manteca, CA 93.6% 11th +5.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 13th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 19th +4.5pp 24th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 27th +4.2pp 25th 5% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 4th +3.9pp 26th 5% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 97.1% 1st +3.2pp 27th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 6th +3.0pp 28th 3% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 2nd +3.1pp 29th 6% above peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 5% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 5th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% 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 →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.43).
0.43
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 0.45 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Citrus Heights, CA 0.38 1st -0.022 1st 16% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 7th -0.024 2nd 5% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 24th -0.021 3rd 6% above peers
Medford, OR 0.43 6th -0.018 4th 5% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 19th -0.019 5th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 11th -0.013 6th 4% below peers
Melbourne, FL 0.44 13th -0.013 7th 2% below peers
Temple, TX 0.45 15th -0.010 8th on par with peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 2nd -0.009 9th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 18th -0.010 10th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 11th 20% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.42 4th -0.002 12th 8% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 22nd +0.000 13th 5% above peers
Bryan, TX 0.47 21st +0.002 14th 4% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 23rd +0.002 15th 5% above peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 12th +0.005 16th 3% below peers
Whittier, CA 0.43 8th +0.006 17th 5% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 18th 16% above peers
Manteca, CA 0.41 3rd +0.008 19th 9% below peers
Troy, MI 0.42 5th +0.009 20th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 10th +0.009 21st 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 9th +0.011 22nd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 25th +0.012 23rd 8% above peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 17th +0.012 24th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 25th 24% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 27th +0.019 26th 10% above peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 14th +0.020 27th 1% below peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 16th +0.027 28th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 20th +0.029 29th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 26th +0.031 30th 9% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 31st 15% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (5.6% then, 5.9% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.0% to 5.9%).
5.9%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 7.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Springdale, AR 6.0% 6th -5.2pp 1st 47% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 1st -1.4pp 2nd 78% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 17th -4.4pp 3rd 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 22nd -3.6pp 4th 16% above peers
Manteca, CA 8.8% 10th -2.0pp 5th 22% below peers
Temple, TX 14.2% 23rd -2.3pp 6th 25% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 14th -1.5pp 7th 3% below peers
Medford, OR 21.1% 29th -2.8pp 8th 87% above peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 26th -2.0pp 9th 63% above peers
Melbourne, FL 11.8% 18th -1.3pp 10th 4% above peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 28th -1.2pp 12th 79% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 30th -0.1pp 13th 131% above peers
Bryan, TX 13.1% 21st +0.1pp 14th 16% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 24th +0.4pp 15th 28% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 12th +0.3pp 16th 15% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 2nd +0.2pp 17th 61% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 5th +0.2pp 18th 48% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 11th +0.4pp 19th 21% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 27th +1.0pp 20th 66% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 21st 289% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 20th +1.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 12.0% 19th +1.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 3rd +0.9pp 25th 54% below peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 25th +2.8pp 26th 29% above peers
San Leandro, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 27th on par with peers
Whittier, CA 6.8% 8th +1.8pp 28th 40% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 5.3% 4th +1.6pp 29th 53% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 9th +2.5pp 30th 35% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 7th +3.2pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 63% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 77% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $370,580 in June 2026, up from $362,147 a year earlier.
$370,580
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref $356,887 (Jun 26) +2.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukegan, IL $247,565 (Jun 26) 27th +7.0% 1st 42% below peers
Duluth, MN $303,635 (Jun 26) 23rd +6.2% 2nd 29% below peers
Lawton, OK $142,204 (Jun 26) 31st +5.6% 3rd 67% below peers
Champaign, IL $241,516 (Jun 26) 28th +4.9% 4th 43% below peers
Springdale, AR $342,727 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.9% 5th 19% below peers
Danbury, CT $496,969 (Jun 26) 13th +3.8% 6th 17% above peers
Clifton, NJ $616,096 (Jun 26) 9th +3.6% 7th 45% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $197,471 (Jun 26) 30th +3.5% 8th 54% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,104,016 (Jun 26) 5th +3.3% 9th 159% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,834,551 (Jun 26) 1st +3.0% 10th 331% above peers
Troy, MI $472,471 (Jun 26) 15th +2.6% 11th 11% above peers
Bloomington, MN $370,580 (Jun 26) 19th +2.3% 12th 13% below peers
Lawrence, MA $521,895 (Jun 26) 12th +2.2% 13th 23% above peers
Newton, MA $1,564,706 (Jun 26) 3rd +2.0% 14th 268% above peers
Whittier, CA $827,319 (Jun 26) 7th +1.5% 15th 94% above peers
Franklin, TN $928,567 (Jun 26) 6th +1.4% 16th 118% above peers
Medford, OR $412,749 (Jun 26) 17th +1.0% 17th 3% below peers
Bryan, TX $277,011 (Jun 26) 24th +0.9% 18th 35% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,698,037 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.8% 19th 299% above peers
Ogden, UT $401,774 (Jun 26) 18th +0.6% 20th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $589,611 (Jun 26) 10th +0.3% 21st 39% above peers
Mission, TX $221,111 (Jun 26) 29th -0.2% 22nd 48% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $1,199,098 (Jun 26) 4th -0.7% 23rd 182% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $478,999 (Jun 26) 14th -1.4% 24th 13% above peers
Trenton, NJ $356,470 (Jun 26) 21st -1.9% 25th 16% below peers
Melbourne, FL $359,920 (Jun 26) 20th -2.2% 26th 15% below peers
Temple, TX $249,750 (Jun 26) 26th -2.8% 27th 41% below peers
Germantown, MD $425,701 (Jun 26) 16th -2.8% 28th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA $815,011 (Jun 26) 8th -3.1% 29th 91% above peers
Manteca, CA $585,227 (Jun 26) 11th -4.2% 30th 37% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,664 (Jun 26) 25th -5.0% 31st 36% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 73% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $272,110 in June 2026, up from $266,277 a year earlier.
$272,110
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref $225,262 (Jun 26) +3.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Waukegan, IL $199,539 (Jun 26) 24th +9.9% 1st 39% below peers
Duluth, MN $204,230 (Jun 26) 23rd +8.0% 2nd 37% below peers
Champaign, IL $157,490 (Jun 26) 27th +6.8% 3rd 51% below peers
Lawton, OK $74,294 (Jun 26) 31st +5.6% 4th 77% below peers
Clifton, NJ $523,401 (Jun 26) 9th +5.2% 5th 61% above peers
Springdale, AR $263,332 (Jun 26) 20th +5.0% 6th 19% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $114,649 (Jun 26) 30th +4.5% 7th 65% below peers
Westminster, CA $934,008 (Jun 26) 4th +3.7% 8th 188% above peers
Newton, MA $990,781 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 9th 205% above peers
Danbury, CT $340,302 (Jun 26) 15th +3.5% 10th 5% above peers
Troy, MI $342,306 (Jun 26) 14th +3.3% 11th 5% above peers
Lawrence, MA $379,426 (Jun 26) 13th +3.2% 12th 17% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,225,066 (Jun 26) 1st +2.9% 13th 277% above peers
Whittier, CA $732,050 (Jun 26) 6th +2.6% 14th 126% above peers
Mission, TX $147,222 (Jun 26) 28th +2.5% 15th 55% below peers
Bloomington, MN $272,110 (Jun 26) 19th +2.2% 16th 16% below peers
Franklin, TN $609,863 (Jun 26) 8th +2.1% 17th 88% above peers
Bryan, TX $189,999 (Jun 26) 25th +1.1% 18th 41% below peers
Ogden, UT $322,385 (Jun 26) 17th +1.0% 19th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM $409,850 (Jun 26) 11th +0.9% 20th 26% above peers
Medford, OR $324,532 (Jun 26) 16th +0.9% 21st on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA $956,112 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.2% 22nd 195% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $752,330 (Jun 26) 5th -1.5% 23rd 132% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $400,283 (Jun 26) 12th -1.8% 24th 23% above peers
Trenton, NJ $208,402 (Jun 26) 22nd -2.5% 25th 36% below peers
Melbourne, FL $232,849 (Jun 26) 21st -2.5% 26th 28% below peers
San Leandro, CA $654,632 (Jun 26) 7th -2.9% 27th 102% above peers
Temple, TX $168,706 (Jun 26) 26th -3.5% 28th 48% below peers
Germantown, MD $311,886 (Jun 26) 18th -3.7% 29th 4% below peers
Manteca, CA $481,476 (Jun 26) 10th -4.0% 30th 48% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $124,254 (Jun 26) 29th -11.2% 31st 62% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (67.3% then, 65.7% now; margin ±1.9pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 3.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.9% to 65.8%).
65.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 72.2% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manteca, CA 72.4% 2nd +10.6pp 1st 25% above peers
Medford, OR 56.3% 18th +4.9pp 2nd 3% below peers
Springdale, AR 53.4% 21st +4.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 25th +3.7pp 4th 14% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 8th +4.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 60.7% 12th +3.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 6th +4.1pp 7th 16% above peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 11th +3.5pp 8th 5% above peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 3rd +3.7pp 9th 23% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 22nd +2.7pp 10th 8% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 11th 35% below peers
Bryan, TX 50.9% 24th +2.5pp 12th 12% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 16th +2.2pp 13th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 27th +1.2pp 14th 25% below peers
Melbourne, FL 59.7% 13th +1.6pp 15th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 20th +1.4pp 16th 8% below peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 14th +1.6pp 17th 3% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 70.5% 4th +1.2pp 18th 21% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 10th +0.9pp 19th 9% above peers
Whittier, CA 57.9% 17th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 26th -0.1pp 21st 23% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 1st -0.5pp 22nd 26% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 15th -1.0pp 23rd 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 28th -0.8pp 24th 31% below peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 7th -1.5pp 25th 13% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 5th -2.0pp 26th 20% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 52% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 9th -2.6pp 28th 10% above peers
Temple, TX 52.3% 23rd -2.3pp 29th 10% below peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 19th -4.3pp 30th 7% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 60% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 63% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,684 in June 2026, up from $1,647 a year earlier.
$1,684
2016June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Champaign, IL $1,410 (Jun 26) 27th +5.7% 1st 27% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,071 (Jun 26) 31st +5.2% 2nd 45% below peers
Lawton, OK $1,086 (Jun 26) 30th +5.1% 3rd 44% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,458 (Jun 26) 24th +3.9% 4th 25% below peers
San Leandro, CA $2,468 (Jun 26) 8th +3.6% 5th 28% above peers
Newton, MA $3,685 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.5% 6th 91% above peers
Medford, OR $1,721 (Jun 26) 20th +3.5% 7th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,347 (Jun 26) 12th +3.1% 8th 21% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,967 (Jun 26) 1st +3.1% 9th 105% above peers
Whittier, CA $2,388 (Jun 26) 11th +3.0% 10th 24% above peers
Clifton, NJ $2,668 (Jun 26) 5th +2.7% 11th 38% above peers
Waukegan, IL $1,648 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.3% 12th 15% below peers
Bloomington, MN $1,684 (Jun 26) 21st +2.2% 13th 13% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,132 (Jun 26) 15th +2.2% 14th 10% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $1,931 (Jun 26) 17th +1.8% 15th on par with peers
Westminster, CA $2,629 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 16th 36% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,139 (Jun 26) 13th +1.5% 17th 11% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,517 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.5% 18th 82% above peers
Springdale, AR $1,513 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.4% 19th 22% below peers
Troy, MI $1,861 (Jun 26) 19th +1.3% 20th 4% below peers
Danbury, CT $2,439 (Jun 26) 10th +1.1% 21st 26% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,932 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 22nd on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,440 (Jun 26) 9th +0.7% 23rd 26% above peers
Bryan, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 26th +0.5% 24th 26% below peers
Manteca, CA $2,624 (Jun 26) 7th +0.5% 25th 36% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $3,299 (Jun 26) 4th +0.3% 26th 71% above peers
Ogden, UT $1,310 (Jun 26) 29th +0.1% 27th 32% below peers
Germantown, MD $2,137 (Jun 26) 14th +0.0% 28th 11% above peers
Melbourne, FL $1,862 (Jun 26) 18th -0.3% 29th 4% below peers
Temple, TX $1,428 (Jun 26) 25th -0.4% 30th 26% below peers
Mission, TX $1,341 (Jun 26) 28th -1.6% 31st 31% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.3% then, 28.9% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.7% to 28.9%).
28.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 27.1% +1.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 12th -5.4pp 1st 11% below peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 7th -4.0pp 2nd 22% below peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 5th -3.5pp 3rd 24% below peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 28th -4.2pp 4th 19% above peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 24th -2.0pp 5th 11% above peers
Medford, OR 39.9% 19th -1.2pp 6th 4% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 26% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 27th -0.6pp 8th 18% above peers
Whittier, CA 43.1% 26th -0.3pp 9th 12% above peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 2nd +0.2pp 10th 35% below peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 23rd +0.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 9th +0.4pp 12th 17% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 40.5% 20th +0.6pp 13th 5% above peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 22nd +0.8pp 14th 8% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 25th +1.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 16th 41% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 29th +1.4pp 17th 23% above peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 15th +1.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 8th +1.0pp 19th 21% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.5% 18th +1.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 10th +1.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Manteca, CA 40.8% 21st +1.7pp 22nd 6% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 38.6% 17th +1.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 14th +1.7pp 24th 7% below peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 4th +1.6pp 25th 25% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 26th 25% above peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 27th 46% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.5% 16th +3.4pp 28th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 11th +3.4pp 29th 13% below peers
Temple, TX 34.3% 13th +3.9pp 30th 11% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 6th +5.4pp 31st 23% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.8% then, 6.8% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
6.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 6.7% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Springdale, AR 3.9% 4th -1.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Medford, OR 6.8% 14th -2.0pp 2nd 10% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.1% 5th -1.1pp 3rd 46% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 2.4% 1st -0.6pp 4th 68% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 20th -1.9pp 5th 11% above peers
Manteca, CA 3.2% 3rd -0.7pp 6th 58% below peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 7th 169% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 17th -1.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 9th 253% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 27th -1.2pp 10th 35% above peers
Temple, TX 6.7% 12th -0.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 6th -0.5pp 12th 41% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 24th -0.6pp 13th 25% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 26th -0.5pp 14th 32% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 18th -0.3pp 15th 5% above peers
Melbourne, FL 8.7% 21st -0.3pp 16th 15% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 23rd +0.0pp 17th 18% above peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 2nd +0.0pp 18th 59% below peers
Bryan, TX 6.5% 11th +0.2pp 19th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 25th +0.4pp 20th 31% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 10th +0.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 19th +0.5pp 22nd 11% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.2% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 18% below peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 8th +0.3pp 24th 27% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 28th +0.9pp 25th 51% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 16th +0.8pp 26th on par with peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 7th +0.6pp 27th 40% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 13th +0.9pp 28th 11% below peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 29th +3.6pp 29th 121% above peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 22nd +1.9pp 30th 17% above peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 15th +2.0pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • 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
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.1% then, 5.5% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 4.6% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Medford, OR 5.6% 12th -3.4pp 1st 15% below peers
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 17th -3.7pp 2nd 2% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% 4th -1.9pp 3rd 38% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.6% 7th -1.5pp 4th 30% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.9% 20th -3.1pp 5th 49% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 47% below peers
Melbourne, FL 9.7% 19th -2.4pp 7th 46% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 18th -1.8pp 8th 23% above peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 10th -1.2pp 9th 17% below peers
Lawton, OK 10.9% 21st -1.3pp 10th 65% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 28th -1.8pp 11th 152% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.6% 25th -1.4pp 12th 120% above peers
Bryan, TX 16.4% 27th -1.4pp 13th 147% above peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 14th -0.5pp 14th 6% below peers
Manteca, CA 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 15th 37% below peers
Whittier, CA 6.0% 13th -0.3pp 16th 10% below peers
Mission, TX 26.4% 31st -1.3pp 17th 298% above peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 15th -0.3pp 18th 5% below peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 8th -0.2pp 19th 23% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.4% 23rd -0.0pp 20th 102% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.7% 26th -0.0pp 21st 136% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 2nd +0.0pp 22nd 58% below peers
Trenton, NJ 17.2% 29th +0.2pp 23rd 159% above peers
Newton, MA 1.2% 1st +0.0pp 24th 81% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.6% 22nd +0.5pp 25th 90% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.5% 11th +0.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 6.6% 16th +0.8pp 27th on par with peers
Temple, TX 13.6% 24th +1.8pp 28th 106% above peers
Champaign, IL 5.3% 9th +0.8pp 29th 20% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.8% 30th +3.3pp 30th 213% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.5% 6th +0.9pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

27.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 33.9%
United States ref 33.4%
San Leandro, CA 20.3% 1st 40% below peers
Newton, MA 20.4% 2nd 40% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 3rd 32% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 4th 32% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 5th 29% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 24.5% 6th 28% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 7th 27% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 8th 26% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 9th 20% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 10th 19% below peers
Whittier, CA 27.8% 11th 18% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 12th 16% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 13th 15% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 14th 7% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 15th 4% below peers
Manteca, CA 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 34.2% 17th 1% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 18th 4% above peers
Medford, OR 35.5% 19th 5% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 35.6% 20th 5% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 21st 9% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 22nd 10% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 23rd 10% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 24th 11% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 25th 12% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 26th 13% above peers
Temple, TX 38.7% 27th 14% above peers
Bryan, TX 39.6% 28th 17% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 29th 26% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 30th 31% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 32% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.5% then, 5.4% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.5% to 5.4%).
5.4%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 3.4% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Lake Forest, CA 0.8% 1st -3.5pp 1st 78% below peers
Franklin, TN 1.6% 4th -2.0pp 2nd 58% below peers
Whittier, CA 2.0% 6th -2.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 19th -5.2pp 4th 45% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 8th -2.0pp 5th 41% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 5th -1.4pp 6th 54% below peers
Medford, OR 2.9% 14th -1.6pp 7th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 18th -1.2pp 9th 43% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 17th -0.9pp 10th 38% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 11th -0.4pp 11th 32% below peers
Bryan, TX 10.0% 27th -1.2pp 12th 167% above peers
Manteca, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 63% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 20th -0.3pp 14th 54% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 24th -0.2pp 15th 140% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 29th -0.3pp 16th 250% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 2.0% 7th +0.0pp 17th 46% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 18th 202% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 15th +0.3pp 19th 17% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 10th +0.3pp 20th 39% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 30th +2.4pp 21st 262% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 413% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 9th +0.4pp 23rd 40% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 12th +0.5pp 24th 26% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 22nd +1.9pp 25th 110% above peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 13th +0.9pp 26th 25% below peers
Melbourne, FL 7.0% 21st +2.7pp 27th 86% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 26th +4.0pp 28th 165% above peers
Temple, TX 8.4% 23rd +3.7pp 29th 125% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 2nd +0.4pp 30th 77% below peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 25th +5.5pp 31st 162% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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College attainment rose 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.9% to 46.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.7% to 46.2%).
46.2%
20102024
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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
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 30th +6.0pp 1st 45% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 31st +4.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
Manteca, CA 21.7% 28th +5.0pp 3rd 29% below peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 22nd +5.1pp 4th 15% below peers
Melbourne, FL 34.7% 13th +6.2pp 5th 14% above peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 29th +3.5pp 6th 31% below peers
Medford, OR 30.1% 18th +4.9pp 7th 2% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 24th +3.9pp 8th 21% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 23.9% 25th +3.6pp 9th 22% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 11th +6.1pp 10th 44% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 9th +6.1pp 11th 56% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 20th +3.5pp 12th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 30.1% 17th +3.5pp 13th 1% below peers
Whittier, CA 29.5% 19th +3.1pp 14th 3% below peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 10th +4.2pp 15th 51% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 26th +2.0pp 16th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 12th +2.9pp 17th 16% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 21st +2.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 14th +2.2pp 19th 11% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 3rd +4.0pp 20th 112% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 5th +3.2pp 21st 73% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 27th +1.3pp 22nd 26% below peers
Temple, TX 30.6% 16th +1.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 6th +2.7pp 24th 70% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 15th +1.6pp 25th 9% above peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 4th +3.0pp 26th 111% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 50.8% 7th +2.1pp 27th 66% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 28th 131% above peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 29th 166% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 8th +0.3pp 30th 65% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 23rd -1.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • 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
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Real improvement
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Preschool enrollment rose 23.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.5% to 59.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.9pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 13.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.1% to 59.5%).
59.5%
20112024
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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%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 6th +23.0pp 1st 18% above peers
Medford, OR 53.8% 13th +14.6pp 2nd 6% above peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 11th +14.2pp 3rd 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 4th +17.0pp 4th 29% above peers
Bryan, TX 36.9% 25th +6.9pp 5th 27% below peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 18th +7.1pp 6th 12% below peers
Temple, TX 40.2% 23rd +5.7pp 7th 21% below peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 12th +4.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 5th +4.5pp 9th 21% above peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 20th +1.7pp 10th 16% below peers
Whittier, CA 50.4% 17th +1.3pp 11th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 21st +0.9pp 12th 16% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 7th +1.0pp 13th 15% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 14th -0.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Melbourne, FL 57.9% 8th -1.7pp 15th 14% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 19th -1.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 3rd -4.4pp 17th 33% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 18th 42% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 29th -5.2pp 19th 42% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 16th -10.0pp 20th on par with peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 2nd -13.5pp 21st 33% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 9th -13.3pp 22nd 11% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 15th -13.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 10th -14.6pp 24th 9% above peers
Manteca, CA 31.2% 28th -12.5pp 25th 38% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 27th -13.1pp 26th 37% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 26.5% 31st -12.1pp 27th 48% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 24th -19.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 30th -15.0pp 29th 43% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 40.3% 22nd -24.6pp 30th 20% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 26th -29.0pp 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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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 ±9.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 2.7% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.1% to 2.7%).
2.7%
20102024
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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
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 4th -3.1pp 1st 60% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 91% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 3rd -1.9pp 3rd 63% below peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 11th -2.3pp 4th 22% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 26th -4.0pp 5th 57% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 6th 52% below peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 19th -1.0pp 7th 21% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 9.0% 20th -0.3pp 8th 24% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 6th +0.2pp 9th 43% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 16th +0.4pp 10th on par with peers
Manteca, CA 8.0% 17th +0.4pp 11th 10% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 2nd +0.1pp 12th 65% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 30th +2.1pp 13th 88% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 29th +3.0pp 14th 87% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 18th +2.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 8th +1.4pp 16th 33% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 21st +2.9pp 17th 26% above peers
Melbourne, FL 5.7% 10th +2.1pp 18th 22% below peers
Temple, TX 6.5% 15th +2.6pp 19th 11% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 9th +2.1pp 20th 30% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 25th +4.9pp 21st 52% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 7th +2.0pp 22nd 40% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 23rd 18% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 27th +5.7pp 24th 67% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 23rd +5.0pp 25th 42% above peers
Whittier, CA 9.6% 22nd +4.7pp 26th 32% above peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 24th +5.9pp 27th 51% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 28th 21% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 14th +3.7pp 29th 12% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 30th 75% above peers
Bryan, TX 15.6% 31st +10.5pp 31st 114% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85,332 to 88,665 - more than the combined survey margin (±77). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (85,136 to 88,665).
88,665
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Temple, TX 89,602 8th +20% 1st 2% above peers
Manteca, CA 89,043 12th +13% 2nd 1% above peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 24th +12% 3rd 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 14th +11% 4th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 16th +11% 5th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 17th +10% 6th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 4th +8% 7th 2% above peers
Medford, OR 86,315 29th +6% 8th 2% below peers
Melbourne, FL 86,576 28th +6% 9th 2% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 13th +6% 10th 1% above peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 9th +5% 11th 1% above peers
Troy, MI 87,898 19th +5% 12th on par with peers
Bryan, TX 87,939 18th +5% 13th on par with peers
Mission, TX 87,038 26th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 15th +4% 15th 1% above peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 23rd +3% 16th 1% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 86,281 30th +3% 17th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 5th +3% 18th 2% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 7th +2% 19th 2% above peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 10th +2% 20th 1% above peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 25th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 22nd +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Newton, MA 89,044 11th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 2nd +0% 24th 3% above peers
Whittier, CA 86,165 31st +0% 25th 2% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 86,995 27th -0% 26th 1% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 1st -0% 27th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 6th -1% 28th 2% above peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 20th -2% 29th on par with peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 3rd -4% 30th 3% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 21st -4% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.0% then, 20.0% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.4% to 20.0%).
20.0%
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 22.6% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 3rd +1.3pp 1st 30% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 26th +0.8pp 2nd 17% below peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 19th +0.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Melbourne, FL 17.6% 27th +0.2pp 4th 17% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 21st +0.1pp 5th 6% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 5th +0.0pp 6th 24% above peers
Temple, TX 26.6% 4th -0.2pp 7th 25% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 20.4% 20th -0.2pp 8th 4% below peers
Whittier, CA 22.7% 14th -0.3pp 9th 7% above peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 28th -0.2pp 10th 17% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 22nd -0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 7th -0.4pp 12th 12% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 25th -0.3pp 13th 16% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 21.3% 16th -0.5pp 14th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 23rd -0.5pp 15th 8% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 10th -0.7pp 16th 8% above peers
Medford, OR 22.9% 12th -0.7pp 17th 8% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 1st -0.9pp 18th 40% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 30th -0.6pp 19th 25% below peers
Manteca, CA 25.2% 6th -1.0pp 20th 19% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 17th -0.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 8th -1.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 24th -1.0pp 23rd 15% below peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 18th -1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Bryan, TX 23.3% 9th -1.5pp 25th 9% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 26th 35% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 11th -2.8pp 27th 8% above peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 2nd -4.3pp 28th 34% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 15th -3.6pp 29th 6% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 29th -2.9pp 30th 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 13th -5.4pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.1% then, 24.9% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.3% to 24.9%).
24.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 26.1% +0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 8th +6.8pp 1st 22% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 23rd +4.4pp 2nd 18% below peers
Whittier, CA 28.0% 21st +4.7pp 3rd 11% below peers
Manteca, CA 30.9% 18th +4.9pp 4th 2% below peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 3rd +6.7pp 5th 50% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 4th +5.1pp 6th 47% above peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 1st +3.8pp 7th 104% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 2nd +3.5pp 8th 97% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 30th +0.6pp 9th 64% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 10th +1.7pp 10th 18% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 15th +0.9pp 11th 1% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 13th +0.5pp 12th 4% above peers
Temple, TX 34.6% 11th +0.5pp 13th 10% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 12th +0.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 26th -0.1pp 15th 26% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 24th -0.2pp 16th 21% below peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 19th -1.5pp 17th 3% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.9% 6th -2.2pp 18th 24% above peers
Medford, OR 31.3% 17th -2.1pp 19th 1% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 7th -2.8pp 20th 23% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 27.6% 22nd -2.8pp 21st 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 9th -4.0pp 22nd 18% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 16th -4.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 14th -4.7pp 24th 3% above peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 25th -3.9pp 25th 25% below peers
Bryan, TX 39.3% 5th -7.2pp 26th 25% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 20th -6.8pp 27th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 29th -2.9pp 28th 61% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 29th 67% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 27th -7.6pp 30th 36% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 13.2% 28th -6.6pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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4 of 23 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 B09002) through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (80.9% then, 76.0% now; margin ±9.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.9% to 76.0%).
76.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 76.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 26% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 21% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 8th +14.0pp 3rd 8% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 13th +10.8pp 4th 1% above peers
Manteca, CA 59.7% 27th +5.8pp 5th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 26th +5.0pp 6th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 7th 16% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 15th +4.4pp 8th 1% above peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 30th +3.6pp 9th 15% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 69.4% 14th +3.8pp 10th 1% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 23rd +3.4pp 11th 9% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 7th +3.5pp 12th 9% above peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 21st +2.9pp 13th 4% below peers
Temple, TX 61.5% 25th +2.4pp 14th 11% below peers
Bryan, TX 66.0% 20th +2.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 6th +2.7pp 16th 10% above peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 22nd +1.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 10th +1.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 17th +0.7pp 19th 3% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 20th 13% above peers
Melbourne, FL 66.1% 19th -1.0pp 21st 4% below peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 11th -1.6pp 22nd 4% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 24th -1.8pp 23rd 9% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 12th -3.5pp 24th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 16th -3.4pp 25th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 9th -4.4pp 26th 7% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 66.3% 18th -4.2pp 27th 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 5th -5.0pp 28th 10% above peers
Medford, OR 58.6% 28th -7.0pp 29th 15% below peers
Whittier, CA 56.4% 31st -12.6pp 30th 18% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 29th -14.5pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 23 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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4 of 23 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 ±7.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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