This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Violent crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 69% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||
| Aurora, CO | 729 (May 26) | -20.0% | 1st | ||
| Miami, FL | 314 (May 26) | -19.9% | 2nd | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 682 (May 26) | -17.2% | 3rd | ||
| Arlington, TX | 373 (May 26) | -16.9% | 4th | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 394 (May 26) | -16.1% | 5th | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 1,417 (Mar 26) | -15.0% | 6th | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 671 (May 26) | -9.3% | 7th | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 834 (Apr 26) | -8.2% | 8th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 1,380 (May 26) | -7.7% | 9th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 631 (May 26) | -7.2% | 10th | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 193 (May 26) | -5.2% | 11th | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 1,046 (May 26) | -4.4% | 12th | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 539 (May 26) | -3.3% | 13th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 430 (May 26) | -2.9% | 14th | ||
| Omaha, NE | 348 (May 26) | -1.9% | 15th | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 96 (May 26) | +5.3% | 16th | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 514 (May 26) | +6.4% | 17th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Property crime fell about 4% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 94% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||
| Long Beach, CA | 2,314 (May 26) | -23.7% | 1st | ||
| Miami, FL | 2,210 (May 26) | -21.5% | 2nd | ||
| Arlington, TX | 1,839 (May 26) | -19.6% | 3rd | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 1,386 (May 26) | -18.9% | 4th | ||
| Aurora, CO | 2,392 (May 26) | -18.0% | 5th | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 2,210 (May 26) | -17.9% | 6th | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 1,676 (May 26) | -17.6% | 7th | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 1,346 (May 26) | -17.2% | 8th | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 3,032 (May 26) | -15.8% | 9th | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 3,110 (May 26) | -15.0% | 10th | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 4,247 (Mar 26) | -14.4% | 11th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 1,206 (May 26) | -13.7% | 12th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 3,987 (May 26) | -13.3% | 13th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 2,075 (May 26) | -12.8% | 14th | ||
| Omaha, NE | 2,689 (May 26) | -10.7% | 15th | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 3,291 (Apr 26) | -6.8% | 16th | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 4,766 (May 26) | -3.6% | 17th | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 2,277 (May 26) | +10.4% | 18th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Homicide fell about 13% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 2 (May 26) | -52.9% | 1st | ||
| Arlington, TX | 2 (May 26) | -44.4% | 2nd | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 4 (May 26) | -40.0% | 3rd | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 3 (May 26) | -33.3% | 4th | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 6 (May 26) | -25.6% | 5th | ||
| Aurora, CO | 7 (May 26) | -25.0% | 6th | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 6 (Apr 26) | -18.8% | 7th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 7 (May 26) | -17.5% | 8th | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 14 (May 26) | -13.0% | 9th | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 2 (May 26) | -11.0% | 10th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 26 (May 26) | -10.0% | 11th | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 19 (May 26) | -9.3% | 12th | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 28 (Mar 26) | -1.0% | 13th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 3 (May 26) | +0.0% | 14th | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 31 (May 26) | +1.8% | 15th | ||
| Miami, FL | 5 (May 26) | +10.0% | 16th | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 3 (May 26) | +11.1% | 17th | ||
| Omaha, NE | 4 (May 26) | +37.6% | 18th | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 7 (May 26) | +58.0% | 19th |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Vehicle theft fell about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 100% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 328 (May 26) | -53.7% | 1st | ||
| Aurora, CO | 415 (May 26) | -45.0% | 2nd | ||
| Arlington, TX | 184 (May 26) | -44.8% | 3rd | ||
| Miami, FL | 210 (May 26) | -40.0% | 4th | ||
| Omaha, NE | 373 (May 26) | -34.4% | 5th | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 296 (May 26) | -31.8% | 6th | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 464 (May 26) | -29.9% | 7th | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 1,199 (May 26) | -24.8% | 8th | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 80 (May 26) | -24.7% | 9th | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 141 (May 26) | -20.8% | 10th | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 927 (Mar 26) | -20.3% | 11th | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 633 (May 26) | -18.7% | 12th | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 378 (May 26) | -18.2% | 13th | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 252 (May 26) | -16.3% | 14th | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 237 (May 26) | -11.7% | 15th | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 386 (Apr 26) | -11.1% | 16th | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 476 (May 26) | -10.2% | 17th | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 1,278 (May 26) | -8.7% | 18th |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $62,583 to $80,846 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,009). 21 of the 21 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Miami, FL | $62,462 | 19th | +60% | 1st | 25% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | $85,652 | 8th | +43% | 2nd | 4% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | $82,752 | 11th | +42% | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | $75,475 | 14th | +40% | 4th | 9% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | $87,321 | 6th | +40% | 5th | 6% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | $87,430 | 5th | +39% | 6th | 6% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | $101,600 | 1st | +38% | 7th | 23% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | $56,631 | 21st | +36% | 8th | 32% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | $88,368 | 4th | +36% | 9th | 7% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | $95,227 | 2nd | +33% | 10th | 15% above peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | $40,801 | 22nd | +32% | 11th | 51% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | $84,818 | 10th | +31% | 12th | 2% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | $80,846 | 12th | +29% | 13th | 2% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | $69,166 | 17th | +28% | 14th | 16% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | $80,540 | 13th | +28% | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | $85,395 | 9th | +27% | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | $59,838 | 20th | +26% | 17th | 28% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | $75,171 | 15th | +24% | 18th | 9% below peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | $64,620 | 18th | +23% | 19th | 22% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | $73,201 | 16th | +22% | 20th | 12% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | $92,968 | 3rd | +21% | 21st | 12% above peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $86,504 | 7th | +21% | 22nd | 5% above peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| 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 | ||||
| Cleveland, OH | 3.8% (May 26) | 9th | -1.4pp | 1st | 5% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | 3.5% (May 26) | 5th | -0.5pp | 2nd | 12% below peers | |
| Bakersfield, CA | 5.4% (May 26) | 21st | -0.4pp | 3rd | 35% above peers | |
| Oakland, CA | 4.1% (May 26) | 12th | -0.3pp | 4th | 2% above peers | |
| Omaha, NE | 2.9% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.3pp | 5th | 28% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | 4.3% (May 26) | 16th | -0.3pp | 6th | 7% above peers | |
| Anaheim, CA | 3.5% (May 26) | 6th | -0.2pp | 7th | 12% below peers | |
| Aurora, CO | 3.9% (May 26) | 10th | -0.2pp | 8th | 3% below peers | |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 3.7% (May 26) | 8th | -0.2pp | 9th | 7% below peers | |
| Long Beach, CA | 5.1% (May 26) | 20th | -0.1pp | 10th | 27% above peers | |
| Raleigh, NC | 3.1% (May 26) | 3rd | -0.1pp | 11th | 22% below peers | |
| Miami, FL | 2.3% (May 26) | 1st | +0.0pp | 12th | 43% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | 3.5% (May 26) | 7th | +0.0pp | 13th | 12% below peers | |
| Wichita, KS | 4.1% (May 26) | 13th | +0.1pp | 14th | 2% above peers | |
| New Orleans, LA | 4.8% (May 26) | 19th | +0.1pp | 15th | 20% above peers | |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 3.3% (May 26) | 4th | +0.2pp | 16th | 18% below peers | |
| Arlington, TX | 4.1% (May 26) | 14th | +0.3pp | 17th | 2% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | 4.0% (May 26) | 11th | +0.4pp | 18th | on par with peers | |
| Minneapolis, MN | 4.1% (May 26) | 15th | +0.5pp | 19th | 2% above peers | |
| Tampa, FL | 4.6% (May 26) | 17th | +0.9pp | 20th | 15% above peers | |
| Tulsa, OK | 4.7% (May 26) | 18th | +1.5pp | 21st | 18% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Poverty fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.5% to 15.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 12 of the 21 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.2% | 3rd | -4.5pp | 1st | 29% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 8.9% | 2nd | -2.6pp | 2nd | 38% below peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 13.3% | 10th | -3.3pp | 3rd | 8% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 14.8% | 14th | -3.2pp | 4th | 3% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 15.9% | 17th | -3.5pp | 5th | 10% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 19.1% | 20th | -3.9pp | 6th | 33% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 15.4% | 15th | -3.1pp | 7th | 7% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 12.3% | 7th | -2.3pp | 8th | 15% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 13.7% | 11th | -2.6pp | 9th | 5% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 12.6% | 8th | -1.8pp | 10th | 12% below peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 14.6% | 13th | -2.0pp | 11th | 1% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 14.4% | 12th | -1.4pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 29.7% | 22nd | -2.0pp | 13th | 106% above peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 16.2% | 18th | -1.0pp | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 11.4% | 4th | -0.6pp | 15th | 21% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 21.8% | 21st | -1.1pp | 16th | 51% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 18.3% | 19th | -0.8pp | 17th | 27% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 15.6% | 16th | -0.1pp | 18th | 8% above peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 13.2% | 9th | +0.1pp | 19th | 8% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 11.8% | 6th | +1.2pp | 20th | 18% below peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 11.6% | 5th | +1.4pp | 21st | 19% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 8.4% | 1st | +1.3pp | 22nd | 41% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 7.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.5% to 17.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). 15 of the 21 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Mesa, AZ | 13.4% | 3rd | -8.8pp | 1st | 26% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 10.2% | 1st | -5.6pp | 2nd | 44% below peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 16.6% | 7th | -8.2pp | 3rd | 8% below peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 15.3% | 5th | -6.9pp | 4th | 15% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 23.3% | 18th | -10.2pp | 5th | 29% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 17.9% | 11th | -7.6pp | 6th | 1% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 19.2% | 14th | -7.3pp | 7th | 6% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 18.6% | 13th | -5.7pp | 8th | 3% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 17.0% | 8th | -4.9pp | 9th | 6% below peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 25.2% | 19th | -6.6pp | 10th | 40% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 17.7% | 10th | -4.4pp | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 20.3% | 15th | -3.9pp | 12th | 13% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 16.0% | 6th | -1.8pp | 13th | 12% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 17.2% | 9th | -1.5pp | 14th | 5% below peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 27.4% | 20th | -2.4pp | 15th | 51% above peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 44.9% | 22nd | -3.3pp | 16th | 149% above peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 22.0% | 17th | -1.2pp | 17th | 22% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 32.5% | 21st | -1.7pp | 18th | 80% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 21.8% | 16th | -0.2pp | 19th | 21% above peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 11.4% | 2nd | +1.3pp | 20th | 37% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 18.1% | 12th | +3.1pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 14.9% | 4th | +2.8pp | 22nd | 17% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.9% to 90.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 21 of the 21 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| Miami, FL | 83.7% | 22nd | +17.5pp | 1st | 9% below peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 84.8% | 21st | +16.1pp | 2nd | 8% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 86.6% | 20th | +13.1pp | 3rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 91.7% | 12th | +10.5pp | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 91.6% | 14th | +10.2pp | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 90.5% | 17th | +8.9pp | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 91.7% | 13th | +8.7pp | 7th | 1% below peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 93.4% | 8th | +8.8pp | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 89.8% | 18th | +8.2pp | 9th | 3% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 93.6% | 7th | +8.3pp | 10th | 1% above peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 91.6% | 15th | +7.1pp | 11th | 1% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 90.9% | 16th | +7.0pp | 12th | 2% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 93.7% | 6th | +6.8pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 94.1% | 4th | +6.8pp | 14th | 2% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 92.4% | 11th | +6.6pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 93.3% | 9th | +6.4pp | 16th | 1% above peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 89.3% | 19th | +5.9pp | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 93.7% | 5th | +6.1pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 94.7% | 1st | +4.6pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 94.5% | 3rd | +4.5pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 94.6% | 2nd | +4.0pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 93.1% | 10th | +3.7pp | 22nd | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.50 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.01).
| 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 | |||||
| Atlanta, GA | 0.56 | 22nd | -0.024 | 1st | 15% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 0.43 | 2nd | -0.017 | 2nd | 11% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 0.45 | 7th | -0.016 | 3rd | 8% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 0.55 | 20th | -0.017 | 4th | 14% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 0.51 | 16th | -0.012 | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 0.43 | 3rd | -0.009 | 6th | 10% below peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 0.56 | 21st | -0.009 | 7th | 15% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 0.46 | 9th | -0.005 | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 0.45 | 8th | -0.005 | 9th | 7% below peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 0.51 | 17th | -0.005 | 10th | 5% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 0.47 | 10th | -0.003 | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 0.50 | 15th | -0.003 | 12th | 2% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 0.51 | 18th | -0.000 | 13th | 6% above peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 0.54 | 19th | +0.001 | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 0.44 | 5th | +0.005 | 15th | 9% below peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 0.47 | 11th | +0.009 | 16th | 2% below peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 0.48 | 12th | +0.011 | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 0.49 | 14th | +0.015 | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 0.45 | 6th | +0.015 | 19th | 8% below peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 0.48 | 13th | +0.018 | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 0.44 | 4th | +0.019 | 21st | 10% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 0.43 | 1st | +0.020 | 22nd | 11% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
SNAP fell 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 14.7% to 12.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). 10 of the 21 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.1% | 2nd | -1.9pp | 1st | 41% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 15.7% | 18th | -3.6pp | 2nd | 15% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 25.4% | 21st | -5.6pp | 3rd | 86% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 10.5% | 7th | -2.2pp | 4th | 23% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 12.4% | 11th | -2.3pp | 5th | 9% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 9.4% | 4th | -1.4pp | 6th | 31% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 10.4% | 6th | -1.4pp | 7th | 24% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 10.2% | 5th | -1.3pp | 8th | 26% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 14.3% | 15th | -1.6pp | 9th | 5% above peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 31.5% | 22nd | -3.1pp | 10th | 130% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 11.1% | 10th | -1.0pp | 11th | 19% below peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 8.3% | 3rd | -0.3pp | 12th | 40% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 18.5% | 20th | +0.0pp | 13th | 35% above peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 6.5% | 1st | +0.1pp | 14th | 53% below peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 15.6% | 17th | +0.5pp | 15th | 14% above peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 16.8% | 19th | +1.1pp | 16th | 23% above peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 10.8% | 8th | +1.0pp | 17th | 21% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 10.8% | 9th | +1.0pp | 18th | 21% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 14.7% | 16th | +2.2pp | 19th | 7% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 14.0% | 14th | +2.7pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 13.8% | 13th | +2.7pp | 21st | 1% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 13.7% | 12th | +3.5pp | 22nd | on par with peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Virginia Beach, VA | $432,734 (Jun 26) | 11th | +3.2% | 1st | on par with peers | |
| Wichita, KS | $208,245 (Jun 26) | 21st | +3.2% | 2nd | 52% below peers | |
| Tulsa, OK | $222,868 (Jun 26) | 20th | +2.9% | 3rd | 48% below peers | |
| Long Beach, CA | $862,989 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +2.0% | 4th | 99% above peers | |
| Anaheim, CA | $954,662 (Jun 26) | 1st | +1.5% | 5th | 121% above peers | |
| Omaha, NE | $300,783 (Jun 26) | 17th | +1.5% | 6th | 30% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $257,356 (Jun 26) | 18th | +1.2% | 7th | 41% below peers | |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $858,250 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.0% | 8th | 98% above peers | |
| Minneapolis, MN | $336,624 (Jun 26) | 15th | +0.9% | 9th | 22% below peers | |
| Bakersfield, CA | $392,105 (Jun 26) | 12th | -0.4% | 10th | 9% below peers | |
| Miami, FL | $582,621 (Jun 26) | 5th | -0.7% | 11th | 35% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $434,616 (Jun 26) | 10th | -1.4% | 12th | on par with peers | |
| Arlington, TX | $314,440 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.5% | 13th | 27% below peers | |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $450,254 (Jun 26) | 8th | -1.8% | 14th | 4% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $482,968 (Jun 26) | 6th | -1.9% | 15th | 12% above peers | |
| New Orleans, LA | $247,590 (Jun 26) | 19th | -2.0% | 16th | 43% below peers | |
| Cleveland, OH | $121,435 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -2.0% | 17th | 72% below peers | |
| Tampa, FL | $380,283 (Jun 26) | 14th | -2.1% | 18th | 12% below peers | |
| Raleigh, NC | $436,056 (Jun 26) | 9th | -2.1% | 19th | 1% above peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $387,146 (Jun 26) | 13th | -2.9% | 20th | 11% below peers | |
| Aurora, CO | $462,424 (Jun 26) | 7th | -3.5% | 21st | 7% above peers | |
| Oakland, CA | $721,966 (Jun 26) | 4th | -4.6% | 22nd | 67% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Wichita, KS | $127,061 (Jun 26) | 21st | +4.1% | 1st | 58% below peers | |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $310,153 (Jun 26) | 10th | +3.7% | 2nd | 3% above peers | |
| Tulsa, OK | $132,642 (Jun 26) | 20th | +3.2% | 3rd | 56% below peers | |
| New Orleans, LA | $147,027 (Jun 26) | 18th | +1.7% | 4th | 51% below peers | |
| Omaha, NE | $205,406 (Jun 26) | 17th | +1.4% | 5th | 32% below peers | |
| Anaheim, CA | $768,083 (Jun 26) | 1st | +1.3% | 6th | 156% above peers | |
| Minneapolis, MN | $223,628 (Jun 26) | 15th | +1.2% | 7th | 26% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $139,666 (Jun 26) | 19th | +1.0% | 8th | 53% below peers | |
| Long Beach, CA | $587,973 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.3% | 9th | 96% above peers | |
| Bakersfield, CA | $294,150 (Jun 26) | 12th | -0.7% | 10th | 2% below peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $381,254 (Jun 26) | 5th | -1.0% | 11th | 27% above peers | |
| Arlington, TX | $252,240 (Jun 26) | 13th | -1.1% | 12th | 16% below peers | |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $464,048 (Jun 26) | 4th | -1.3% | 13th | 55% above peers | |
| Cleveland, OH | $74,389 (Jun 26) | 22nd | -1.7% | 14th | 75% below peers | |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $339,179 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.9% | 15th | 13% above peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $327,568 (Jun 26) | 9th | -2.0% | 16th | 9% above peers | |
| Tampa, FL | $246,066 (Jun 26) | 14th | -2.3% | 17th | 18% below peers | |
| Miami, FL | $352,438 (Jun 26) | 6th | -3.0% | 18th | 17% above peers | |
| Raleigh, NC | $300,340 (Jun 26) | 11th | -3.7% | 19th | on par with peers | |
| Aurora, CO | $332,504 (Jun 26) | 8th | -5.1% | 20th | 11% above peers | |
| Oakland, CA | $476,713 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -6.1% | 21st | 59% above peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $218,341 (Jun 26) | 16th | -6.2% | 22nd | 27% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (47.2% then, 47.7% now; margin ±0.8pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 48.9% | 15th | +4.2pp | 1st | 5% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 46.4% | 17th | +2.9pp | 2nd | 10% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 51.7% | 11th | +3.2pp | 3rd | on par with peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 51.2% | 12th | +2.9pp | 4th | 1% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 64.4% | 2nd | +3.3pp | 5th | 25% above peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 62.4% | 3rd | +2.5pp | 6th | 21% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 30.8% | 22nd | +1.2pp | 7th | 40% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 55.4% | 8th | +2.1pp | 8th | 7% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 42.3% | 19th | +1.6pp | 9th | 18% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 50.3% | 14th | +1.8pp | 10th | 3% below peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 41.2% | 21st | +1.3pp | 11th | 20% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 60.9% | 4th | +1.8pp | 12th | 18% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 46.2% | 18th | +1.4pp | 13th | 11% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 60.6% | 5th | +1.5pp | 14th | 17% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 51.9% | 10th | +1.2pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 65.2% | 1st | +1.4pp | 16th | 26% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 47.7% | 16th | +0.5pp | 17th | 8% below peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 41.7% | 20th | +0.2pp | 18th | 19% below peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 58.9% | 6th | +0.1pp | 19th | 14% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 50.8% | 13th | -0.8pp | 20th | 2% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 54.3% | 9th | -0.9pp | 21st | 5% above peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 57.4% | 7th | -1.3pp | 22nd | 11% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Oakland, CA | $2,614 (Jun 26) | 4th | +7.8% | 1st | 49% above peers | |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $3,038 (Jun 26) | 1st | +5.4% | 2nd | 73% above peers | |
| Wichita, KS | $1,146 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +5.3% | 3rd | 35% below peers | |
| Virginia Beach, VA | $2,065 (Jun 26) | 7th | +4.6% | 4th | 17% above peers | |
| Cleveland, OH | $1,430 (Jun 26) | 20th | +4.2% | 5th | 19% below peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | $1,444 (Jun 26) | 19th | +3.9% | 6th | 18% below peers | |
| Minneapolis, MN | $1,686 (Jun 26) | 13th | +3.5% | 7th | 4% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | $1,911 (Jun 26) | 9th | +3.2% | 8th | 9% above peers | |
| Tulsa, OK | $1,272 (Jun 26) | 21st | +3.1% | 9th | 28% below peers | |
| Omaha, NE | $1,453 (Jun 26) | 18th | +3.0% | 10th | 17% below peers | |
| Bakersfield, CA | $1,865 (Jun 26) | 10th | +1.8% | 11th | 6% above peers | |
| Long Beach, CA | $2,364 (Jun 26) | 5th | +1.7% | 12th | 34% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | $2,071 (Jun 26) | 6th | +1.3% | 13th | 18% above peers | |
| New Orleans, LA | $1,664 (Jun 26) | 14th | +1.3% | 14th | 5% below peers | |
| Arlington, TX | $1,546 (Jun 26) | 17th | +1.0% | 15th | 12% below peers | |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $1,739 (Jun 26) | 12th | +1.0% | 16th | 1% below peers | |
| Anaheim, CA | $2,674 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +0.7% | 17th | 52% above peers | |
| Miami, FL | $3,004 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +0.3% | 18th | 71% above peers | |
| Raleigh, NC | $1,579 (Jun 26) | 15th | +0.1% | 19th | 10% below peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | $1,549 (Jun 26) | 16th | -0.3% | 20th | 12% below peers | |
| Tampa, FL | $1,999 (Jun 26) | 8th | -0.9% | 21st | 14% above peers | |
| Aurora, CO | $1,759 (Jun 26) | 11th | -1.9% | 22nd | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 4 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.7% then, 35.1% now; margin ±1.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Miami, FL | 54.7% | 22nd | -1.6pp | 1st | 38% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 28.1% | 1st | -0.7pp | 2nd | 29% below peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 45.7% | 20th | -0.8pp | 3rd | 15% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 45.3% | 19th | -0.8pp | 4th | 14% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 43.1% | 17th | -0.6pp | 5th | 9% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 47.3% | 21st | -0.3pp | 6th | 19% above peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 40.7% | 14th | +0.2pp | 7th | 3% above peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 43.6% | 18th | +0.4pp | 8th | 10% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 35.1% | 6th | +0.4pp | 9th | 12% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 33.2% | 3rd | +0.4pp | 10th | 16% below peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 33.2% | 4th | +0.5pp | 11th | 16% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 35.2% | 7th | +0.6pp | 12th | 11% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 38.5% | 10th | +0.8pp | 13th | 3% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 39.7% | 12th | +1.0pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 41.4% | 16th | +1.4pp | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 40.9% | 15th | +1.7pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 39.7% | 13th | +1.7pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 35.8% | 9th | +1.6pp | 18th | 10% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 32.8% | 2nd | +1.9pp | 19th | 17% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 33.9% | 5th | +2.1pp | 20th | 14% below peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 35.6% | 8th | +4.7pp | 21st | 10% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 39.6% | 11th | +5.5pp | 22nd | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
No vehicle fell 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.8% to 15.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 7 of the 21 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Mesa, AZ | 5.2% | 4th | -1.2pp | 1st | 38% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 4.4% | 1st | -0.8pp | 2nd | 48% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 8.5% | 13th | -1.4pp | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 6.4% | 7th | -1.0pp | 4th | 24% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 9.0% | 15th | -1.3pp | 5th | 7% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 14.2% | 16th | -1.6pp | 6th | 69% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 8.9% | 14th | -0.7pp | 7th | 6% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 15.6% | 17th | -1.2pp | 8th | 85% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 17.4% | 20th | -1.1pp | 9th | 107% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 17.9% | 21st | -0.9pp | 10th | 112% above peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 7.5% | 10th | -0.4pp | 11th | 11% below peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 22.1% | 22nd | -1.0pp | 12th | 162% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 8.3% | 11th | -0.3pp | 13th | 1% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 8.4% | 12th | -0.2pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 16.6% | 19th | +0.0pp | 15th | 98% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 16.2% | 18th | +0.1pp | 16th | 92% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 5.6% | 5th | +0.2pp | 17th | 34% below peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 6.0% | 6th | +0.3pp | 18th | 28% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 6.6% | 8th | +0.5pp | 19th | 22% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 4.6% | 2nd | +0.4pp | 20th | 45% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 7.4% | 9th | +1.3pp | 21st | 12% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 5.0% | 3rd | +0.9pp | 22nd | 40% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.5% to 5.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.4pp). 13 of the 21 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Oakland, CA | 5.6% | 3rd | -2.3pp | 1st | 39% below peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 9.9% | 13th | -2.1pp | 2nd | 7% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 16.1% | 21st | -3.3pp | 3rd | 75% above peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 6.0% | 5th | -1.2pp | 4th | 35% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 5.6% | 4th | -0.9pp | 5th | 39% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 10.5% | 16th | -1.7pp | 6th | 14% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 8.0% | 9th | -1.1pp | 7th | 13% below peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 3.4% | 1st | -0.4pp | 8th | 63% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 9.1% | 11th | -0.9pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 10.5% | 15th | -1.1pp | 10th | 14% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 9.2% | 12th | -0.9pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 5.3% | 2nd | -0.5pp | 12th | 42% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 10.9% | 17th | -0.8pp | 13th | 19% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 15.9% | 20th | -0.5pp | 14th | 73% above peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 7.4% | 7th | -0.1pp | 15th | 19% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 9.9% | 14th | -0.2pp | 16th | 8% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 8.3% | 10th | -0.1pp | 17th | 10% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 7.4% | 6th | -0.0pp | 18th | 20% below peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 12.2% | 18th | +0.2pp | 19th | 33% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 18.9% | 22nd | +0.7pp | 20th | 105% above peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 8.0% | 8th | +0.4pp | 21st | 14% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 13.6% | 19th | +2.3pp | 22nd | 48% above peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota ref | 33.9% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Oakland, CA | 23.7% | 1st | 30% below peers | |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 24.4% | 2nd | 28% below peers | |
| Long Beach, CA | 27.6% | 3rd | 18% below peers | |
| Raleigh, NC | 28.2% | 4th | 17% below peers | |
| Anaheim, CA | 28.2% | 5th | 17% below peers | |
| Aurora, CO | 28.3% | 6th | 16% below peers | |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 28.3% | 7th | 16% below peers | |
| Minneapolis, MN | 29.6% | 8th | 12% below peers | |
| Miami, FL | 30.3% | 9th | 10% below peers | |
| Tampa, FL | 32.3% | 10th | 4% below peers | |
| Atlanta, GA | 32.5% | 11th | 4% below peers | |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 33.8% | 12th | on par with peers | |
| Mesa, AZ | 33.9% | 13th | on par with peers | |
| Bakersfield, CA | 34.7% | 14th | 3% above peers | |
| Wichita, KS | 34.7% | 15th | 3% above peers | |
| Sacramento, CA | 34.7% | 16th | 3% above peers | |
| Omaha, NE | 36.3% | 17th | 7% above peers | |
| New Orleans, LA | 37.2% | 18th | 10% above peers | |
| Arlington, TX | 39.2% | 19th | 16% above peers | |
| Tulsa, OK | 39.4% | 20th | 17% above peers | |
| Kansas City, MO | 40.0% | 21st | 18% above peers | |
| Cleveland, OH | 44.9% | 22nd | 33% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.4% then, 3.0% now; margin ±0.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Anaheim, CA | 3.5% | 5th | -0.8pp | 1st | 35% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.3% | 19th | -1.7pp | 2nd | 54% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 3.5% | 4th | -0.7pp | 3rd | 36% below peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 7.3% | 17th | -1.3pp | 4th | 36% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 3.0% | 2nd | -0.5pp | 5th | 45% below peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 2.2% | 1st | -0.2pp | 6th | 58% below peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 6.5% | 16th | -0.1pp | 7th | 21% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 5.4% | 12th | -0.1pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 3.7% | 6th | +0.1pp | 9th | 32% below peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 8.4% | 20th | +0.2pp | 10th | 57% above peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 4.0% | 8th | +0.2pp | 11th | 25% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 6.4% | 15th | +0.6pp | 12th | 19% above peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 6.2% | 14th | +0.8pp | 13th | 15% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 13.1% | 22nd | +1.8pp | 14th | 143% above peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 5.8% | 13th | +0.9pp | 15th | 8% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 8.1% | 18th | +1.5pp | 16th | 51% above peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 8.9% | 21st | +1.8pp | 17th | 66% above peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 5.3% | 10th | +1.1pp | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 3.8% | 7th | +1.0pp | 19th | 29% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 3.1% | 3rd | +0.9pp | 20th | 43% below peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 4.4% | 9th | +1.3pp | 21st | 18% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 5.4% | 11th | +1.9pp | 22nd | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 5.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.4% to 55.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 20 of the 21 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Cleveland, OH | 22.4% | 22nd | +4.9pp | 1st | 42% below peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 37.4% | 12th | +7.8pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.5% | 18th | +5.1pp | 3rd | 15% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 45.7% | 5th | +7.1pp | 4th | 19% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 29.7% | 20th | +4.2pp | 5th | 23% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 59.2% | 1st | +7.4pp | 6th | 54% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 35.6% | 14th | +4.5pp | 7th | 7% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 40.9% | 9th | +4.9pp | 8th | 7% above peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 33.6% | 15th | +3.9pp | 9th | 12% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 42.4% | 7th | +4.8pp | 10th | 10% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 37.1% | 13th | +4.0pp | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 41.5% | 8th | +4.3pp | 12th | 8% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 48.8% | 4th | +4.7pp | 13th | 27% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 55.5% | 2nd | +5.1pp | 14th | 45% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.4% | 11th | +3.1pp | 15th | on par with peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 23.6% | 21st | +1.7pp | 16th | 39% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 32.6% | 17th | +2.3pp | 17th | 15% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 42.7% | 6th | +2.9pp | 18th | 11% above peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 33.6% | 16th | +2.1pp | 19th | 12% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 40.1% | 10th | +2.4pp | 20th | 4% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 54.0% | 3rd | +3.1pp | 21st | 41% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 31.1% | 19th | +1.0pp | 22nd | 19% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Preschool enrollment fell 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55.4% to 50.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 9 of the 21 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota ref | 44.8% | -2.2pp | |||||
| United States ref | 45.5% | ||||||
| Anaheim, CA | 51.3% | 5th | +7.1pp | 1st | 16% above peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 44.2% | 11th | +6.0pp | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 58.2% | 4th | +4.6pp | 3rd | 32% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 67.7% | 1st | +4.3pp | 4th | 53% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 39.7% | 16th | +2.0pp | 5th | 10% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 62.2% | 2nd | -0.9pp | 6th | 41% above peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 43.4% | 13th | -1.6pp | 7th | 2% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 32.1% | 21st | -1.2pp | 8th | 27% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 61.5% | 3rd | -2.4pp | 9th | 39% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 36.5% | 18th | -1.5pp | 10th | 17% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 42.2% | 15th | -2.4pp | 11th | 4% below peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 42.5% | 14th | -4.3pp | 12th | 4% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 50.2% | 7th | -5.2pp | 13th | 14% above peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 47.6% | 8th | -6.1pp | 14th | 8% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 51.0% | 6th | -6.9pp | 15th | 16% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 44.0% | 12th | -7.0pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 36.3% | 19th | -6.0pp | 17th | 18% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 29.3% | 22nd | -5.1pp | 18th | 34% below peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 45.6% | 9th | -9.7pp | 19th | 3% above peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 38.0% | 17th | -8.4pp | 20th | 14% below peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 33.7% | 20th | -8.7pp | 21st | 24% below peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 44.8% | 10th | -14.2pp | 22nd | 2% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.9% then, 4.9% now; margin ±1.6pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Kansas City, MO | 5.7% | 6th | -3.3pp | 1st | 20% below peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 5.8% | 7th | -3.4pp | 2nd | 19% below peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 8.5% | 18th | -4.1pp | 3rd | 18% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 6.3% | 8th | -1.0pp | 4th | 13% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 7.2% | 12th | -0.7pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 4.5% | 1st | -0.4pp | 6th | 37% below peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 7.9% | 14th | -0.6pp | 7th | 10% above peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 5.6% | 5th | -0.3pp | 8th | 22% below peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 8.1% | 15th | -0.4pp | 9th | 12% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 7.3% | 13th | -0.3pp | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 10.4% | 22nd | -0.2pp | 11th | 44% above peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 8.1% | 16th | -0.1pp | 12th | 13% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 4.7% | 2nd | -0.0pp | 13th | 35% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 5.2% | 4th | +0.0pp | 14th | 27% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 8.5% | 19th | +0.3pp | 15th | 18% above peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 6.7% | 10th | +0.5pp | 16th | 8% below peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 9.0% | 20th | +1.7pp | 17th | 25% above peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 6.5% | 9th | +1.3pp | 18th | 9% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 4.9% | 3rd | +1.0pp | 19th | 32% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 10.0% | 21st | +2.0pp | 20th | 39% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 8.2% | 17th | +2.1pp | 21st | 14% above peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 6.8% | 11th | +1.9pp | 22nd | 5% below peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 420,324 to 427,246 - more than the combined survey margin (±116). 15 of the 21 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield, CA | 411,986 | 14th | +9% | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 394,432 | 18th | +7% | 2nd | 10% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 528,706 | 1st | +6% | 3rd | 20% above peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 510,612 | 3rd | +5% | 4th | 16% above peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 487,887 | 6th | +5% | 5th | 11% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 481,031 | 7th | +4% | 6th | 9% above peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 401,618 | 15th | +4% | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 505,268 | 4th | +3% | 8th | 15% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 439,418 | 11th | +3% | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 413,794 | 13th | +3% | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 488,837 | 5th | +3% | 11th | 11% above peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 511,764 | 2nd | +2% | 12th | 16% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 397,945 | 16th | +2% | 13th | 9% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 427,246 | 12th | +2% | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 456,349 | 9th | +1% | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 459,745 | 8th | +1% | 16th | 5% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 397,742 | 17th | +1% | 17th | 9% below peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 345,482 | 21st | -1% | 18th | 21% below peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 344,521 | 22nd | -2% | 19th | 22% below peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 455,548 | 10th | -2% | 20th | 4% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 371,853 | 19th | -5% | 21st | 15% below peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 366,097 | 20th | -5% | 22nd | 17% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.2% then, 35.9% now; margin ±3.1pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 27.7% | 21st | +3.9pp | 1st | 23% below peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 34.0% | 15th | +4.7pp | 2nd | 5% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 30.6% | 18th | +2.5pp | 3rd | 15% below peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 29.7% | 20th | +2.3pp | 4th | 17% below peers | ||
| Sacramento, CA | 36.9% | 9th | +2.8pp | 5th | 3% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 40.2% | 5th | +2.8pp | 6th | 12% above peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 33.3% | 16th | +1.9pp | 7th | 7% below peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 35.5% | 12th | +1.4pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 35.8% | 11th | +1.3pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 71.9% | 1st | +1.9pp | 10th | 101% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 34.8% | 13th | -0.5pp | 11th | 3% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 30.4% | 19th | -0.5pp | 12th | 15% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 38.8% | 8th | -1.3pp | 13th | 9% above peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 34.6% | 14th | -1.6pp | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 40.1% | 6th | -2.4pp | 15th | 12% above peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 35.9% | 10th | -2.3pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 39.2% | 7th | -2.7pp | 17th | 10% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 53.7% | 2nd | -4.0pp | 18th | 50% above peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 42.6% | 4th | -3.5pp | 19th | 19% above peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 32.6% | 17th | -3.0pp | 20th | 9% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 26.4% | 22nd | -2.6pp | 21st | 26% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 46.5% | 3rd | -6.6pp | 22nd | 30% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 5 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (78.5% then, 74.6% now; margin ±4.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Sacramento, CA | 71.9% | 4th | +7.6pp | 1st | 2% above peers | ||
| Oakland, CA | 71.6% | 7th | +7.0pp | 2nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 68.2% | 14th | +6.0pp | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Tampa, FL | 74.3% | 3rd | +6.3pp | 4th | 6% above peers | ||
| Long Beach, CA | 71.3% | 8th | +5.9pp | 5th | 1% above peers | ||
| Anaheim, CA | 68.2% | 15th | +4.6pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Virginia Beach, VA | 68.8% | 13th | +3.6pp | 7th | 2% below peers | ||
| Arlington, TX | 67.2% | 17th | +1.8pp | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Colorado Springs, CO | 62.0% | 22nd | +1.6pp | 9th | 12% below peers | ||
| Mesa, AZ | 63.5% | 19th | +1.6pp | 10th | 10% below peers | ||
| Atlanta, GA | 75.7% | 1st | +1.7pp | 11th | 8% above peers | ||
| Raleigh, NC | 70.5% | 10th | +1.4pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Wichita, KS | 70.3% | 11th | +1.2pp | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Tulsa, OK | 63.8% | 18th | +0.9pp | 14th | 9% below peers | ||
| Miami, FL | 67.6% | 16th | +0.3pp | 15th | 4% below peers | ||
| Kansas City, MO | 71.9% | 6th | -0.3pp | 16th | 2% above peers | ||
| New Orleans, LA | 70.2% | 12th | -1.0pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Cleveland, OH | 71.9% | 5th | -1.7pp | 18th | 2% above peers | ||
| Aurora, CO | 63.5% | 20th | -1.9pp | 19th | 10% below peers | ||
| Omaha, NE | 70.8% | 9th | -2.1pp | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Bakersfield, CA | 62.4% | 21st | -1.9pp | 21st | 11% below peers | ||
| Minneapolis, MN | 74.6% | 2nd | -3.9pp | 22nd | 6% above peers |