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Saint Paul, MN
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307,284 people (2024) 250k-1m Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

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

What needs attention 5 indicators

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

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 →

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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% 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: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 501 in May 2026, down from 551 a year earlier.
501 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 26 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%
Toledo, OH 849 (Mar 26) 24th -20.9% 1st 70% above peers
Greensboro, NC 724 (Oct 25) 21st -19.6% 2nd 45% above peers
Newark, NJ 454 (May 26) 12th -18.6% 3rd 9% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 466 (May 26) 13th -15.2% 4th 7% below peers
Madison, WI 222 (May 26) 5th -11.6% 5th 56% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 266 (May 26) 7th -10.8% 6th 47% below peers
Stockton, CA 970 (May 26) 25th -10.3% 7th 94% above peers
Lexington, KY 306 (May 26) 8th -9.9% 8th 39% below peers
Durham, NC 517 (May 26) 16th -9.9% 9th 3% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 501 (May 26) 14th -9.1% 10th on par with peers
Gilbert, AZ 116 (May 26) 2nd -8.6% 11th 77% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 348 (May 26) 9th -8.6% 12th 30% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 786 (Feb 26) 22nd -6.5% 13th 57% above peers
St. Louis, MO 1,231 (May 26) 26th -5.9% 14th 146% above peers
Henderson, NV 223 (May 26) 6th -5.8% 15th 56% below peers
Riverside, CA 543 (May 26) 19th -5.5% 16th 8% above peers
Anaheim, CA 540 (May 26) 18th -3.3% 17th 8% above peers
Plano, TX 144 (May 26) 4th -2.6% 18th 71% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 509 (May 26) 15th -2.1% 19th 2% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 835 (May 26) 23rd +0.0% 20th 67% above peers
Irvine, CA 77 (May 26) 1st +0.8% 21st 85% below peers
Chandler, AZ 124 (May 26) 3rd +2.4% 22nd 75% below peers
Lincoln, NE 410 (May 26) 11th +8.1% 23rd 18% below peers
Buffalo, NY 697 (May 26) 20th +8.9% 24th 39% above peers
Reno, NV 534 (Mar 26) 17th +9.4% 25th 7% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 360 (Apr 26) 10th +12.6% 26th 28% below peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 5% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: property crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,832 in May 2026, up from 2,703 a year earlier.
2,832 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 26 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%
Irvine, CA 996 (May 26) 2nd -26.2% 1st 51% below peers
Riverside, CA 2,019 (May 26) 14th -21.9% 2nd on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 1,694 (May 26) 11th -18.4% 3rd 16% below peers
Greensboro, NC 2,832 (Oct 25) 20th -18.1% 4th 40% above peers
Anaheim, CA 1,679 (May 26) 10th -17.6% 5th 17% below peers
Newark, NJ 1,608 (May 26) 8th -17.3% 6th 20% below peers
Plano, TX 1,133 (May 26) 4th -17.2% 7th 44% below peers
Chandler, AZ 1,165 (May 26) 5th -16.7% 8th 42% below peers
Lincoln, NE 1,815 (May 26) 12th -15.9% 9th 10% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 1,663 (May 26) 9th -14.6% 10th 18% below peers
Reno, NV 2,073 (Mar 26) 15th -13.7% 11th 3% above peers
Stockton, CA 2,190 (May 26) 16th -11.4% 12th 8% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 1,576 (Apr 26) 7th -9.2% 13th 22% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 844 (May 26) 1st -9.0% 14th 58% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 2,717 (Feb 26) 19th -8.4% 15th 35% above peers
St. Louis, MO 5,018 (May 26) 26th -7.8% 16th 149% above peers
Henderson, NV 1,435 (May 26) 6th -7.6% 17th 29% below peers
Toledo, OH 2,628 (Mar 26) 18th -6.9% 18th 30% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 2,861 (May 26) 22nd -6.8% 19th 42% above peers
Madison, WI 1,900 (May 26) 13th -5.8% 20th 6% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 3,695 (May 26) 25th -5.7% 21st 83% above peers
Durham, NC 3,580 (May 26) 24th -4.7% 22nd 77% above peers
Lexington, KY 2,299 (May 26) 17th -3.3% 23rd 14% above peers
Buffalo, NY 3,423 (May 26) 23rd +1.3% 24th 70% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 1,089 (May 26) 3rd +1.9% 25th 46% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 2,832 (May 26) 21st +4.8% 26th 40% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Aurora, CO down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tucson, AZ down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oklahoma City, OK down about 29% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: homicide fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 5 in May 2026, down from 7 a year earlier.
5 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 26 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%
Irvine, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Reno, NV 1 (Mar 26) 5th -85.0% 2nd 69% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 2 (Apr 26) 7th -77.8% 3rd 42% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 3 (Feb 26) 10th -71.5% 4th 26% below peers
Henderson, NV 1 (May 26) 3rd -71.4% 5th 84% below peers
Plano, TX 0 (May 26) 2nd -51.0% 6th 90% below peers
Lincoln, NE 1 (May 26) 4th -50.0% 7th 71% below peers
Buffalo, NY 8 (May 26) 18th -41.7% 8th 124% above peers
Stockton, CA 9 (May 26) 20th -40.4% 9th 153% above peers
Lexington, KY 5 (May 26) 15th -37.0% 10th 51% above peers
Greensboro, NC 10 (Oct 25) 22nd -34.7% 11th 203% above peers
Newark, NJ 8 (May 26) 17th -25.0% 12th 121% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 5 (May 26) 16th -23.9% 13th 53% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 17 (May 26) 25th -15.7% 14th 402% above peers
Toledo, OH 8 (Mar 26) 19th -12.5% 15th 134% above peers
Durham, NC 10 (May 26) 21st -9.0% 16th 197% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11 (May 26) 23rd -6.1% 17th 231% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 3 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 18th 13% below peers
Madison, WI 2 (May 26) 9th +0.0% 19th 29% below peers
St. Louis, MO 51 (May 26) 26th +2.9% 20th 1409% above peers
Anaheim, CA 3 (May 26) 11th +11.1% 21st 14% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 2 (May 26) 8th +20.1% 22nd 37% below peers
Riverside, CA 3 (May 26) 13th +22.5% 23rd 1% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 12 (May 26) 24th +37.0% 24th 255% above peers
Chandler, AZ 1 (May 26) 6th +100.4% 25th 58% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 3 (May 26) 14th +899.1% 26th on par with peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Glendale, AZ down about 56% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Las Vegas, NV down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% 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 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 424 in May 2026, down from 428 a year earlier.
424 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 26 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%
Plano, TX 67 (May 26) 3rd -45.2% 1st 76% below peers
Riverside, CA 269 (May 26) 12th -36.1% 2nd 3% below peers
Stockton, CA 365 (May 26) 16th -30.7% 3rd 32% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 660 (May 26) 25th -28.2% 4th 138% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 465 (Apr 26) 21st -27.5% 5th 68% above peers
Henderson, NV 228 (May 26) 9th -27.2% 6th 18% below peers
Newark, NJ 607 (May 26) 24th -27.0% 7th 119% above peers
Reno, NV 260 (Mar 26) 11th -23.7% 8th 6% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 206 (May 26) 7th -23.2% 9th 26% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 166 (May 26) 6th -22.9% 10th 40% below peers
Durham, NC 465 (May 26) 22nd -22.3% 11th 68% above peers
Lincoln, NE 207 (May 26) 8th -21.7% 12th 25% below peers
Chandler, AZ 72 (May 26) 4th -20.2% 13th 74% below peers
Buffalo, NY 410 (May 26) 18th -17.9% 14th 48% above peers
Irvine, CA 51 (May 26) 1st -17.6% 15th 82% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 295 (Feb 26) 15th -17.5% 16th 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 253 (May 26) 10th -16.3% 17th 9% below peers
Greensboro, NC 477 (Oct 25) 23rd -14.8% 18th 72% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 51 (May 26) 2nd -10.7% 19th 82% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 385 (May 26) 17th -7.1% 20th 39% above peers
St. Louis, MO 1,186 (May 26) 26th -6.9% 21st 328% above peers
Madison, WI 108 (May 26) 5th -5.8% 22nd 61% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 424 (May 26) 19th -1.1% 23rd 53% above peers
Toledo, OH 432 (Mar 26) 20th -0.7% 24th 56% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 277 (May 26) 14th +2.3% 25th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 270 (May 26) 13th +3.0% 26th 2% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Aurora, CO down about 54% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 21% a year · 2021-2026
  • San Francisco, CA down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Oklahoma City, OK down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $57,876 to $73,394 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,061). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 52% from 2014 to 2024 ($48,258 to $73,394).
$73,394
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref $89,062 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Newark, NJ $52,060 28th +48% 1st 35% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 15th +46% 2nd on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 9th +42% 3rd 18% above peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 19th +40% 4th 9% below peers
Durham, NC $81,619 13th +39% 5th 3% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 7th +38% 6th 23% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 14th +37% 7th 2% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 23rd +35% 8th 17% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 29th +34% 9th 37% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 16th +33% 10th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 5th +33% 11th 36% above peers
Anaheim, CA $95,227 8th +33% 12th 20% above peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 10th +32% 13th 14% above peers
Toledo, OH $49,724 30th +32% 14th 37% below peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 4th +30% 15th 36% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 27th +30% 16th 33% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 17th 72% above peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 26th +28% 18th 29% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 18th +27% 19th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 20th 64% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 2nd +27% 21st 54% above peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 24th +26% 22nd 23% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 20th +24% 23rd 10% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 25th +24% 24th 23% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $103,284 6th +22% 25th 30% above peers
Henderson, NV $90,138 11th +22% 26th 13% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 21st +21% 27th 13% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI $86,504 12th +21% 28th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 22nd +20% 29th 15% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 17th +19% 30th 2% below peers
Plano, TX $112,253 3rd +17% 31st 41% above peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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6 of 85 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Stockton, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Atlanta, GA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,673 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 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 100% 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: 4.2% in May 2026, up from 3.6% a year earlier.
4.2%
1990May 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
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
Toledo, OH 4.4% (May 26) 24th -1.8pp 1st 10% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -1.7pp 2nd 25% below peers
Newark, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 29th -1.2pp 3rd 57% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.9pp 4th on par with peers
Stockton, CA 6.1% (May 26) 28th -0.6pp 5th 52% above peers
St. Louis, MO 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Greensboro, NC 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.3pp 8th on par with peers
Irvine, CA 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 9th 12% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.2% (May 26) 20th -0.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 12th 12% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.2% (May 26) 21st -0.2pp 13th 5% above peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Lincoln, NE 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 15th 35% below peers
Reno, NV 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 17th 38% below peers
Durham, NC 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 18th 20% below peers
Henderson, NV 5.3% (May 26) 25th +0.0pp 19th 32% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.7% (May 26) 27th +0.0pp 20th 43% above peers
Plano, TX 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 21st 3% below peers
Lexington, KY 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 4.2% (May 26) 22nd +0.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 24th 7% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.6% (May 26) 10th +0.4pp 25th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.2% (May 26) 23rd +0.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 5.3% (May 26) 26th +0.8pp 28th 32% above peers
Orlando, FL 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.9pp 29th 2% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.4% to 15.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 14 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 7.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.3% to 15.2%).
15.2%
20112024
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%
Santa Ana, CA 10.7% 8th -4.8pp 1st 26% below peers
Durham, NC 11.3% 9th -4.0pp 2nd 22% below peers
Irvine, CA 10.3% 7th -2.6pp 3rd 28% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.2% 18th -3.2pp 4th 6% above peers
Anaheim, CA 12.3% 14th -2.3pp 5th 14% below peers
Orlando, FL 14.5% 17th -2.6pp 6th 1% above peers
Newark, NJ 22.6% 27th -3.7pp 7th 57% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.3% 19th -2.3pp 8th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 25.3% 30th -3.8pp 9th 76% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.7% 11th -1.6pp 10th 19% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.0% 12th -1.6pp 11th 16% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.4% 16th -1.8pp 12th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.7% 4th -0.9pp 13th 39% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.5% 20th -1.5pp 14th 8% above peers
Greensboro, NC 16.1% 23rd -1.5pp 15th 12% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 37.8% 31st -2.8pp 16th 163% above peers
Reno, NV 12.4% 15th -0.9pp 17th 14% below peers
Lincoln, NE 12.2% 13th -0.7pp 18th 15% below peers
St. Louis, MO 20.0% 26th -1.2pp 19th 39% above peers
Toledo, OH 23.8% 28th -1.0pp 20th 66% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 24.5% 29th -0.8pp 21st 70% above peers
Madison, WI 15.7% 21st -0.4pp 22nd 9% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 18.5% 25th -0.5pp 23rd 29% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.2% 1st -0.1pp 24th 64% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 5th -0.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Plano, TX 6.7% 2nd -0.0pp 26th 53% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 15.7% 22nd +0.1pp 27th 9% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 3rd +0.3pp 28th 45% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 24th +1.0pp 29th 17% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 11.6% 10th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Henderson, NV 8.9% 6th +1.0pp 31st 38% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Laredo, TX down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 5.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.6% to 22.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 13 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; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.1% to 22.0%).
22.0%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 10.3% -1.8pp
United States ref 16.1%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 10th -8.8pp 1st 12% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 16th -7.9pp 2nd on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 15.3% 14th -6.9pp 3rd 8% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 15th -5.2pp 4th 7% below peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 28th -10.4pp 5th 114% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 20th -5.6pp 6th 33% above peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 11th -3.2pp 7th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 10.8% 7th -2.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 27th -6.6pp 9th 88% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 18th -3.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 19th -3.3pp 11th 26% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 17th -2.6pp 12th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 25th -4.2pp 13th 79% above peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 22nd -3.2pp 14th 42% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 5th -1.2pp 15th 40% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 1st -0.4pp 16th 70% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 21st -1.9pp 17th 38% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 30th -2.7pp 18th 119% above peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 2nd -0.5pp 19th 52% below peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 13th -0.8pp 20th 10% below peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 8th -0.6pp 21st 18% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 22nd 254% above peers
Toledo, OH 36.0% 29th -0.8pp 23rd 117% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 23rd -0.3pp 24th 44% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 4th +0.4pp 25th 40% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 24th +2.0pp 26th 50% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 3rd +0.7pp 27th 48% below peers
Henderson, NV 10.7% 6th +1.1pp 28th 36% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 26th +3.7pp 29th 86% above peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 9th +2.1pp 30th 16% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 14.9% 12th +2.8pp 31st 10% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Atlanta, GA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% 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

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.6% to 91.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 10.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.3% to 91.8%).
91.8%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 91.8% +6.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 20th +17.9pp 2nd 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 30th +16.7pp 3rd 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 27th +13.7pp 4th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 29th +12.5pp 5th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 17th +12.5pp 6th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 26th +9.6pp 7th 3% below peers
Toledo, OH 87.2% 28th +9.0pp 8th 5% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 22nd +8.8pp 9th 2% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 10th +8.6pp 10th 1% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 16th +7.9pp 11th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 24th +7.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 21st +6.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 14th +6.8pp 14th on par with peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 9th +6.7pp 15th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 8th +6.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 11th +6.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 18th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 89.3% 25th +5.9pp 19th 3% below peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 23rd +5.8pp 20th 3% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 5th +6.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 15th +5.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Henderson, NV 94.8% 6th +5.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 13th +5.1pp 24th 1% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 94.6% 7th +4.5pp 25th 3% above peers
Anaheim, CA 93.1% 12th +3.7pp 26th 1% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 4th +3.5pp 27th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 19th +2.8pp 28th 1% below peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 2nd +2.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Oklahoma City, OK up 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 68% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA up 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 65% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.48 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
0.48
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 0.45 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Stockton, CA 0.44 8th -0.031 1st 5% below peers
Toledo, OH 0.45 12th -0.015 2nd 3% below peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 14th -0.011 3rd on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 28th -0.010 4th 10% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 22nd -0.008 5th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 4th -0.007 6th 9% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 7th 32% above peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 25th -0.007 8th 7% above peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 26th -0.007 9th 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 23rd -0.005 10th 6% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 15th -0.003 11th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 3rd -0.001 12th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 27th -0.001 13th 9% above peers
Plano, TX 0.45 10th -0.001 14th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 5th -0.001 15th 9% below peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 24th -0.001 16th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 20th -0.000 17th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 9th +0.001 18th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 29th +0.001 19th 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 0.43 7th +0.001 20th 7% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 30th +0.003 21st 17% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 6th +0.003 22nd 8% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 16th +0.003 23rd on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 13th +0.003 24th 3% below peers
Henderson, NV 0.46 17th +0.006 25th on par with peers
Madison, WI 0.47 18th +0.007 26th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 27th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 19th +0.011 28th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 0.48 21st +0.011 29th 5% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 30th 15% below peers
Anaheim, CA 0.45 11th +0.015 31st 4% below 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

SNAP fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 17.9% to 15.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 11 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, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 2.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.0% to 15.0%).
15.0%
20102023
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 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
Santa Ana, CA 11.3% 14th -4.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Durham, NC 9.3% 10th -2.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.4% 15th -2.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 6th -1.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.0% 18th -2.9pp 5th 14% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.0% 20th -2.9pp 6th 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 1st -0.6pp 7th 72% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.0% 25th -3.3pp 8th 47% above peers
Orlando, FL 15.0% 19th -2.3pp 9th 23% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.3% 26th -2.6pp 10th 50% above peers
Newark, NJ 23.7% 29th -3.3pp 11th 93% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.9% 30th -3.9pp 12th 145% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.3% 28th -2.7pp 13th 82% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 21st -1.2pp 14th 23% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.5% 22nd -0.7pp 15th 35% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 16th 57% below peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 8th -0.0pp 17th 27% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 7th +0.1pp 18th 28% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 23rd +0.3pp 19th 37% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 27th +0.8pp 20th 70% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.1% 13th +0.5pp 21st 9% below peers
Reno, NV 12.2% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 10.8% 12th +1.0pp 23rd 12% below peers
Greensboro, NC 17.4% 24th +1.8pp 24th 42% above peers
Madison, WI 9.2% 9th +1.0pp 25th 24% below peers
Plano, TX 3.4% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 72% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 34.6% 31st +5.9pp 27th 183% above peers
Henderson, NV 7.7% 5th +1.4pp 28th 37% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.6% 11th +2.0pp 29th 14% below peers
Anaheim, CA 14.0% 17th +2.7pp 30th 14% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.9% 3rd +2.3pp 31st 60% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Tampa, FL down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Miami, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.3% to 52.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.4% to 52.9%).
52.9%
20112024
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 72.2% +0.6pp
United States ref 65.2%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 29th +4.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 12th +5.2pp 2nd 3% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 54% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 5th +5.5pp 4th 21% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 48.9% 20th +4.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 27th +2.3pp 6th 18% below peers
Toledo, OH 53.3% 14th +2.9pp 7th 1% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 28th +2.1pp 8th 24% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 10th +2.8pp 9th 8% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 15th +2.5pp 10th 1% above peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 17th +2.1pp 11th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 63.9% 4th +2.6pp 12th 22% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 19th +1.9pp 13th 5% below peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 24th +1.6pp 14th 14% below peers
Henderson, NV 66.1% 2nd +2.0pp 15th 26% above peers
Anaheim, CA 46.2% 22nd +1.4pp 16th 12% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 8th +1.2pp 17th 10% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 7th +0.7pp 18th 14% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 21st +0.5pp 19th 9% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 18th +0.2pp 20th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 3rd +0.1pp 21st 24% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 6th -0.1pp 22nd 18% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 1st -0.7pp 23rd 39% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 13th -0.7pp 24th 2% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 16th -0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 11th -0.9pp 26th 7% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 23rd -1.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 25th -1.5pp 28th 15% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 9th -2.2pp 29th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 30th -1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 26th -2.4pp 31st 15% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

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 (34.2% then, 35.7% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.4% to 35.7%).
35.7%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 27.1% +1.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 26th -4.5pp 1st 16% above peers
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 11th -3.2pp 2nd 6% below peers
Newark, NJ 53.8% 31st -4.6pp 3rd 47% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 16th -2.9pp 4th on par with peers
Toledo, OH 31.9% 7th -2.2pp 5th 13% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 22nd -2.2pp 6th 12% above peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 8th -1.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.1% 6th -0.7pp 8th 15% below peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 19th -0.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 23rd -0.8pp 10th 14% above peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 24th -0.4pp 11th 16% above peers
Anaheim, CA 47.3% 30th -0.3pp 12th 29% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 43.6% 27th +0.4pp 13th 19% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 20th +0.4pp 14th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 10th +0.4pp 15th 8% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 28th +1.0pp 16th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 17th 26% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 18th 31% below peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 25th +1.5pp 19th 16% above peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 15th +1.4pp 20th 1% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 14th +1.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 29th +2.0pp 22nd 26% above peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 9th +1.6pp 23rd 12% below peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 18th +1.8pp 24th 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 17th +2.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 4th +1.9pp 26th 17% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 21st +2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 13th +2.6pp 28th 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 25% below peers
Henderson, NV 34.9% 12th +3.6pp 30th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 5th +3.4pp 31st 17% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Louis, MO down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toledo, OH down 2.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (13.4% then, 13.0% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.0% to 13.0%).
13.0%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 6.7% -0.0pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 14th -2.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 5th -1.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 29th -5.3pp 3rd 213% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 27th -4.8pp 4th 183% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 16th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
Toledo, OH 11.7% 21st -2.0pp 6th 62% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 25th -2.8pp 7th 136% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 28th -2.7pp 8th 185% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 54% below peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 30th -4.1pp 10th 375% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 15th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 20th -0.7pp 12th 16% above peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 17th -0.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 13th -0.5pp 14th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 26th -1.2pp 15th 156% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 7th -0.2pp 16th 28% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 5.8% 10th -0.2pp 17th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 6th -0.1pp 18th 37% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 23rd -0.3pp 19th 81% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.6% 24th +0.0pp 20th 130% above peers
Anaheim, CA 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 458% above peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 22nd +0.8pp 23rd 69% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 19th +0.6pp 24th 13% above peers
Henderson, NV 4.3% 4th +0.3pp 25th 41% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 11th +0.5pp 26th 17% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 8th +0.5pp 27th 27% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 12th +0.8pp 28th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 3rd +0.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 18th +1.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 31st 68% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Buffalo, NY down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
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 (6.5% then, 6.6% now; margin ±0.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.5% to 6.6%).
6.6%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 4.6% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 18th -2.8pp 1st 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.1% 27th -3.4pp 2nd 46% above peers
Toledo, OH 5.7% 6th -1.5pp 3rd 32% below peers
Greensboro, NC 8.3% 16th -1.8pp 4th on par with peers
Anaheim, CA 9.9% 23rd -2.1pp 5th 19% above peers
Lincoln, NE 6.2% 8th -1.3pp 6th 25% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.2% 7th -1.1pp 7th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 26th -1.8pp 8th 28% above peers
St. Louis, MO 9.2% 20th -1.5pp 9th 11% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 9.4% 22nd -1.4pp 10th 13% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 2nd -0.6pp 11th 52% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.4% 17th -1.1pp 12th 1% above peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 3rd -0.5pp 13th 51% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 10th -0.7pp 14th 21% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 3.4% 1st -0.4pp 15th 59% below peers
Orlando, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 16th 65% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 5th -0.4pp 17th 43% below peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 19th -0.5pp 18th 6% above peers
Plano, TX 10.6% 25th -0.5pp 19th 28% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.1% 28th -0.1pp 20th 58% above peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 13th +0.1pp 21st 17% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.6% 11th +0.1pp 22nd 21% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.7% 12th +0.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.5% 30th +0.5pp 24th 110% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.3% 21st +0.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.1% 14th +0.4pp 26th 14% below peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 4th +0.3pp 27th 49% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.7% 15th +0.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Reno, NV 10.5% 24th +0.8pp 29th 26% above peers
Newark, NJ 19.2% 31st +2.4pp 30th 131% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 9th +1.0pp 31st 25% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Toledo, OH down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Portland, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chesapeake, VA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.2%
20202022
Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 33.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Irvine, CA 20.3% 1st 40% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 24.4% 2nd 28% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.9% 3rd 20% below peers
Plano, TX 28.2% 4th 17% below peers
Anaheim, CA 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 29.1% 6th 14% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 29.8% 7th 12% below peers
Henderson, NV 30.1% 8th 11% below peers
Reno, NV 30.1% 9th 11% below peers
Chandler, AZ 30.2% 10th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 30.4% 11th 10% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 30.8% 12th 9% below peers
Madison, WI 32.1% 13th 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 33.2% 14th 2% below peers
Orlando, FL 33.6% 15th 1% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.8% 16th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 33.8% 17th on par with peers
Durham, NC 33.9% 18th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 34.5% 19th 2% above peers
Newark, NJ 35.1% 20th 4% above peers
Greensboro, NC 35.1% 21st 4% above peers
Riverside, CA 35.1% 22nd 4% above peers
Stockton, CA 35.3% 23rd 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 35.5% 24th 5% above peers
St. Louis, MO 37.4% 25th 11% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 26th 14% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.4% 27th 17% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 28th 24% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 42.7% 29th 26% above peers
Toledo, OH 45.0% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.4% then, 4.4% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 4.4%).
4.4%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 3.4% -0.0pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Toledo, OH 2.1% 2nd -1.2pp 1st 56% below peers
Lexington, KY 3.0% 7th -1.3pp 2nd 38% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 13th -1.6pp 3rd 20% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 12th -1.4pp 4th 23% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 3rd -0.7pp 5th 54% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 10th -1.0pp 6th 28% below peers
Anaheim, CA 3.5% 9th -0.8pp 7th 28% below peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 23rd -1.2pp 8th 41% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 20th -0.9pp 9th 10% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 28th -1.1pp 10th 66% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 7.3% 25th -0.8pp 11th 51% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 2.2% 4th -0.2pp 12th 54% below peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 16th -0.2pp 13th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 26th -0.1pp 14th 61% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 15th -0.0pp 15th 10% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 11th -0.0pp 16th 25% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 8th +0.2pp 17th 29% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 14th +0.3pp 18th 20% below peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 27th +0.6pp 19th 64% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 29th +0.8pp 20th 87% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 17th +0.4pp 21st 6% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 19th +0.5pp 22nd 7% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 6th +0.3pp 23rd 40% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.5% 22nd +1.0pp 24th 33% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 18th +0.8pp 25th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 26th 60% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 5th +0.5pp 27th 43% below peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 30th +2.1pp 28th 99% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 24th +1.7pp 29th 50% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 21st +1.4pp 30th 20% above peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 31st +3.2pp 31st 133% above peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.8% to 43.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 27 of the 29 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; 27 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.6% to 43.8%).
43.8%
20102024
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 39.4% +3.3pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Newark, NJ 19.7% 28th +4.5pp 1st 52% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 18.3% 30th +3.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Toledo, OH 21.9% 26th +3.6pp 3rd 47% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +4.2pp 4th 28% below peers
Durham, NC 57.3% 4th +7.7pp 5th 39% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 54.8% 5th +7.2pp 6th 33% above peers
St. Louis, MO 41.1% 15th +4.8pp 7th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 20th +3.8pp 8th 19% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 21st +3.5pp 9th 24% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 12th +4.7pp 10th 2% above peers
Henderson, NV 37.4% 18th +4.0pp 11th 9% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 29th +2.0pp 12th 54% below peers
Riverside, CA 25.7% 24th +2.7pp 13th 37% below peers
Orlando, FL 42.5% 11th +4.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 41.5% 14th +4.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Lexington, KY 48.3% 7th +4.6pp 16th 17% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 24.4% 25th +2.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 49.1% 6th +4.5pp 18th 19% above peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 19th +3.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Stockton, CA 20.0% 27th +1.7pp 20th 51% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 48.2% 8th +3.8pp 21st 17% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 43.8% 10th +3.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
Greensboro, NC 41.0% 16th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 38.6% 17th +2.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 9th +3.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Plano, TX 60.5% 2nd +3.3pp 26th 47% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.8% 13th +2.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 23rd +1.2pp 28th 30% below peers
Madison, WI 59.9% 3rd +2.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Irvine, CA 70.6% 1st +1.8pp 30th 72% above peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.0% then, 36.2% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.8% to 36.2%).
36.2%
20112024
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 44.8% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 12th +8.0pp 1st 7% above peers
Anaheim, CA 51.3% 8th +7.1pp 2nd 14% above peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 21st +4.8pp 3rd 8% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 9th +4.3pp 4th 14% above peers
Henderson, NV 43.8% 18th +3.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 7th +2.1pp 6th 15% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 23rd +1.1pp 7th 11% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 6th +1.0pp 8th 20% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 15th +0.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 17th -0.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 14th -0.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 10th -0.4pp 12th 14% above peers
Toledo, OH 37.1% 26th -1.2pp 13th 17% below peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 13th -2.1pp 14th 6% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 15th 63% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 29th -1.8pp 16th 19% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 19th -2.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 34.2% 30th -2.4pp 18th 24% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 25th -2.8pp 19th 12% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 2nd -5.8pp 20th 51% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 20th -3.9pp 21st 8% below peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 5th -6.2pp 22nd 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 11th -6.6pp 23rd 12% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 27th -4.9pp 24th 18% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 22nd -7.3pp 25th 9% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 24th -7.2pp 26th 11% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 28th -7.2pp 27th 18% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 3rd -12.5pp 28th 33% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 31st -6.6pp 29th 41% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 4th -15.5pp 30th 31% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 44.8% 16th -14.2pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Corpus Christi, TX up 8.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • El Paso, TX up 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Aurora, CO up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.9% then, 6.8% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 4.7% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Orlando, FL 4.3% 7th -4.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 6th -3.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 15th -3.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 4th 80% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 20th -2.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 8th -1.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 10th -1.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 25th -1.8pp 8th 47% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 21st -0.7pp 9th 13% above peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 2nd -0.1pp 10th 67% below peers
Henderson, NV 6.4% 12th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 22nd -0.2pp 12th 19% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 9th -0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.4% 24th +0.1pp 14th 26% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 16th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 4th +0.2pp 16th 44% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 11th +0.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 27th +1.0pp 18th 51% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 5th +0.5pp 19th 37% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 20th 81% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 18th +0.9pp 21st 2% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 6.5% 14th +1.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 3rd +0.7pp 23rd 48% below peers
Toledo, OH 12.0% 28th +2.6pp 24th 79% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 25th 97% above peers
Anaheim, CA 8.2% 23rd +2.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 17th +1.9pp 27th on par with peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 19th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 26th +3.1pp 29th 49% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 13th +2.1pp 30th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 31st 111% above peers
Where is this changing? 85 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 304,547 to 307,284 - more than the combined survey margin (±89). 20 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (291,728 to 307,284).
307,284
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 25th +15% 1st 8% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 23rd +15% 2nd 7% below peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 11th +14% 3rd 3% above peers
Orlando, FL 319,758 6th +14% 4th 6% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 18th +12% 5th 2% below peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 24th +11% 6th 7% below peers
Reno, NV 273,212 29th +11% 7th 9% below peers
Henderson, NV 332,141 3rd +11% 8th 10% above peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 13th +10% 9th 3% above peers
Madison, WI 278,001 26th +9% 10th 8% below peers
Durham, NC 291,467 19th +8% 11th 3% below peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 27th +8% 12th 8% below peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 5th +4% 13th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 17th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 16th +3% 15th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 12th +3% 16th 3% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 28th +3% 17th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 290,594 20th +1% 18th 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 30th +1% 19th 11% below peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 4th +1% 20th 7% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 14th +1% 21st 2% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 15th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 345,482 1st -1% 23rd 15% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 288,976 21st -2% 24th 4% below peers
Anaheim, CA 344,521 2nd -2% 25th 14% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 8th -2% 26th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 7th -2% 27th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 9th -3% 28th 5% above peers
Toledo, OH 267,463 31st -3% 29th 11% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 10th -6% 30th 4% above peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 22nd -6% 31st 4% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±47 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.0% to 23.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.3% to 23.5%).
23.5%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 22.6% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Orlando, FL 21.4% 19th +0.3pp 1st 2% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 4th +0.2pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 20th +0.1pp 3rd 4% below peers
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 17th -0.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 29th -0.2pp 5th 26% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 14th -0.3pp 6th 2% above peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 18th -0.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Henderson, NV 20.8% 22nd -0.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Toledo, OH 22.9% 12th -0.6pp 9th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 16th -0.7pp 10th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 11th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 10th -0.8pp 12th 5% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 5th -0.8pp 13th 12% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 2nd -1.0pp 14th 22% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 6th -1.0pp 15th 11% above peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 16.5% 28th -0.7pp 16th 25% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 23.5% 7th -1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.9pp 18th 10% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 9th -1.2pp 19th 7% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 27th -1.1pp 20th 16% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 8th -1.5pp 22nd 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 1st -1.8pp 23rd 29% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 25th -1.4pp 24th 9% below peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 21st -1.6pp 25th 4% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 24th -1.6pp 26th 8% below peers
Anaheim, CA 22.2% 15th -1.8pp 27th 2% above peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 13th -2.4pp 28th 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 3rd -3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 11th -4.0pp 30th 5% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 30% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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6 of 85 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.4% then, 39.6% now; margin ±3.4pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.7% to 39.6%).
39.6%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 26.1% +0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 25th +5.1pp 1st 24% below peers
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 2nd 52% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 46% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 27.7% 26th +3.9pp 4th 25% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.6% 19th +4.2pp 5th 15% below peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 20th +3.5pp 6th 16% below peers
Henderson, NV 28.8% 24th +2.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Anaheim, CA 29.7% 22nd +2.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 9th +3.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 13th +2.6pp 10th 3% above peers
Toledo, OH 61.7% 2nd +3.8pp 11th 67% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 1st +3.3pp 12th 84% above peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 13th 47% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 23rd +0.9pp 14th 20% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 11th +1.2pp 15th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 27th +0.8pp 16th 28% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 10th +0.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 15th +0.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 3rd -0.2pp 20th 57% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 21st -0.6pp 21st 19% below peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 7th -1.1pp 22nd 16% above peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 17th -1.2pp 23rd 14% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 8th -2.1pp 24th 15% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 5th -3.6pp 25th 41% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 6th -4.0pp 26th 41% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 4th -6.5pp 27th 52% above peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 12th -5.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 28th -3.3pp 29th 36% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 18th -4.9pp 30th 15% below peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 14th -5.9pp 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 85 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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6 of 85 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents fell 6.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 71.8% to 64.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.0pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.8% to 64.9%).
64.9%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Minnesota ref 76.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 10th +15.2pp 1st 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 20th +7.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 12th +8.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 28th +6.5pp 4th 10% below peers
Urban Honolulu, HI 68.2% 16th +6.0pp 5th on par with peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 19th +5.6pp 6th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 9th +5.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Anaheim, CA 68.2% 17th +4.6pp 8th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 22nd +4.2pp 9th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 18th +4.2pp 10th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 25th +3.8pp 11th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 31st +3.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 68.5% 15th +3.2pp 13th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 26th +2.4pp 14th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 21st +1.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 7th +1.5pp 16th 6% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 5th +1.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 4th -0.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 20th 11% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 14th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 11th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 30th -0.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 8th -1.8pp 24th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 6th -1.9pp 25th 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 26th 9% above peers
Henderson, NV 61.3% 29th -3.4pp 27th 10% below peers
Toledo, OH 69.3% 13th -4.5pp 28th 2% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 23rd -6.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 24th -7.3pp 30th 5% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 31st 9% below peers
Where is this changing? 85 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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