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146,631 people (2024) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 4 indicators

Where Jackson, MS shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
18.3%
2019-23
▼ 18%
relative change
22.4% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.0%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
77.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$42,071
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
$38,888 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
71.2%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
61.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Jackson, MS shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
6.3%
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
4.3% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
41.7%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
37.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
26.8%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
24.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.50
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
9.6%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
8.7% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
40.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
39.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
48.6%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
50.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
14.7%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
13.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.2%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
8.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
28.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
27.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 7 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
146,631
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
166,383 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$37,837
Jun 2026
▲ 8%
relative change
$35,150 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
23.9%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
25.1% in 2019
Falling Among the highest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,270
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,218 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$85,739
Jun 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$84,692 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
80.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
77.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
63.3%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
61.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $38,888 to $42,071 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,257). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 27% from 2014 to 2024 ($33,080 to $42,071).
$42,071
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref $56,447 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Escondido, CA $91,967 13th +44% 1st 16% above peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 9th +40% 2nd 22% above peers
West Valley City, UT $92,209 11th +39% 3rd 16% above peers
Bellevue, WA $165,576 2nd +37% 4th 108% above peers
Waco, TX $54,365 26th +35% 5th 32% below peers
Charleston, SC $92,414 10th +35% 6th 16% above peers
Springfield, MA $52,656 27th +34% 7th 34% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $186,170 1st +32% 8th 134% above peers
Savannah, GA $57,137 23rd +32% 9th 28% below peers
Visalia, CA $81,989 15th +32% 10th 3% above peers
McAllen, TX $61,579 21st +32% 11th 23% below peers
Pomona, CA $79,479 16th +31% 12th on par with peers
Joliet, IL $92,201 12th +31% 13th 16% above peers
Fullerton, CA $104,286 7th +30% 14th 31% above peers
Thornton, CO $103,088 8th +30% 15th 30% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR $37,726 31st +29% 16th 53% below peers
Orange, CA $117,113 4th +28% 17th 47% above peers
Denton, TX $76,019 17th +27% 18th 4% below peers
Miramar, FL $89,125 14th +26% 19th 12% above peers
Olathe, KS $114,009 6th +26% 20th 43% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $58,685 22nd +26% 21st 26% below peers
Mesquite, TX $72,537 19th +25% 22nd 9% below peers
Syracuse, NY $47,819 28th +25% 23rd 40% below peers
Torrance, CA $116,217 5th +24% 24th 46% above peers
Gainesville, FL $46,195 29th +24% 25th 42% below peers
Rockford, IL $54,752 25th +24% 26th 31% below peers
Naperville, IL $155,105 3rd +23% 27th 95% above peers
Metairie, LA $73,042 18th +23% 28th 8% below peers
Pasadena, TX $64,927 20th +18% 29th 18% below peers
Columbia, SC $55,529 24th +17% 30th 30% below peers
Jackson, MS $42,071 30th +8% 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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5 of 50 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,821 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.1 percentage points higher than in 2022 (4.0% then, 4.1% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3.2% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in May 2026, unchanged from 4.0% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 3.8% (May 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Visalia, CA 4.8% (May 26) 21st -0.6pp 1st 12% above peers
Thornton, CO 3.7% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 2nd 14% below peers
Pomona, CA 5.3% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 3rd 23% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.2pp 4th 5% above peers
Columbia, SC 4.5% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 5th 5% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 6th 30% below peers
Escondido, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 7th 16% below peers
Springfield, MA 6.4% (May 26) 28th -0.2pp 8th 49% above peers
Savannah, GA 2.9% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 9th 33% below peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 10th 12% below peers
Charleston, SC 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 11th 30% below peers
Orange, CA 3.4% (May 26) 4th -0.1pp 12th 21% below peers
Jackson, MS 4.0% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 13th 7% below peers
West Valley City, UT 3.5% (May 26) 5th +0.0pp 14th 19% below peers
Pasadena, TX 5.0% (May 26) 22nd +0.1pp 15th 16% above peers
Olathe, KS 3.5% (May 26) 6th +0.1pp 16th 19% below peers
Waco, TX 4.1% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 17th 5% below peers
McAllen, TX 4.7% (May 26) 20th +0.2pp 18th 9% above peers
Denton, TX 4.0% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 19th 7% below peers
Mesquite, TX 4.2% (May 26) 13th +0.3pp 20th 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 5.7% (May 26) 26th +0.4pp 21st 33% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.3% (May 26) 15th +0.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 4.4% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Joliet, IL 5.3% (May 26) 25th +0.8pp 24th 23% above peers
Bellevue, WA 4.4% (May 26) 17th +0.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Syracuse, NY 5.1% (May 26) 23rd +0.9pp 26th 19% above peers
Miramar, FL 4.2% (May 26) 14th +1.0pp 27th 2% below peers
Gainesville, FL 6.2% (May 26) 27th +1.4pp 28th 44% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.6% (May 26) 29th +1.5pp 29th 53% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.4% to 26.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.9% to 26.8%).
26.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 18.3% -1.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Visalia, CA 11.4% 12th -4.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Orange, CA 9.1% 9th -2.4pp 2nd 27% below peers
Thornton, CO 7.0% 4th -1.8pp 3rd 44% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.8% 10th -2.5pp 4th 22% below peers
Pomona, CA 14.1% 18th -3.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Miramar, FL 8.5% 7th -1.5pp 6th 32% below peers
Escondido, CA 12.1% 14th -1.9pp 7th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 19.8% 22nd -3.1pp 8th 59% above peers
Waco, TX 21.8% 26th -2.7pp 9th 75% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 27.3% 30th -3.4pp 10th 119% above peers
Savannah, GA 18.3% 20th -2.0pp 11th 46% above peers
Syracuse, NY 25.5% 28th -2.5pp 12th 104% above peers
Charleston, SC 11.8% 13th -0.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 24.9% 27th -1.1pp 14th 100% above peers
Rockford, IL 20.8% 25th -0.9pp 15th 67% above peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 2nd -0.2pp 16th 56% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.5% 24th -0.7pp 17th 64% above peers
Gainesville, FL 27.3% 31st -0.2pp 18th 119% above peers
Fullerton, CA 12.1% 15th +0.0pp 19th 3% below peers
Joliet, IL 10.8% 11th +0.2pp 20th 13% below peers
Denton, TX 14.9% 19th +0.4pp 21st 19% above peers
Naperville, IL 4.4% 1st +0.2pp 22nd 65% below peers
Mesquite, TX 13.3% 17th +0.6pp 23rd 6% above peers
Metairie, LA 12.5% 16th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.8% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 54% below peers
Bellevue, WA 7.2% 5th +0.6pp 26th 42% below peers
Jackson, MS 26.8% 29th +2.4pp 27th 115% above peers
Pasadena, TX 18.8% 21st +1.9pp 28th 50% above peers
Torrance, CA 7.7% 6th +0.9pp 29th 38% below peers
Columbia, SC 19.8% 23rd +2.6pp 30th 59% above peers
Surprise, AZ 8.5% 8th +1.2pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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4 of 50 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (39.9% then, 40.9% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.7% to 40.9%).
40.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 26.0% -2.7pp
United States ref 16.1%
Naperville, IL 3.5% 1st -1.9pp 1st 78% below peers
Pomona, CA 17.3% 18th -8.8pp 2nd 6% above peers
Visalia, CA 14.2% 11th -6.8pp 3rd 13% below peers
Olathe, KS 5.5% 2nd -2.5pp 4th 67% below peers
Orange, CA 11.0% 9th -4.5pp 5th 33% below peers
Escondido, CA 14.3% 12th -5.5pp 6th 12% below peers
West Valley City, UT 12.8% 10th -4.9pp 7th 21% below peers
Thornton, CO 8.7% 5th -2.8pp 8th 47% below peers
McAllen, TX 27.1% 21st -6.4pp 9th 66% above peers
Miramar, FL 10.4% 7th -1.7pp 10th 37% below peers
Waco, TX 28.2% 23rd -3.4pp 11th 73% above peers
Metairie, LA 16.3% 16th -1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 30.6% 26th -3.4pp 13th 87% above peers
Joliet, IL 15.6% 15th -1.7pp 14th 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.1% 28th -3.3pp 15th 121% above peers
Fullerton, CA 15.5% 14th -1.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 43.7% 30th -1.9pp 17th 168% above peers
Syracuse, NY 44.0% 31st -1.9pp 18th 169% above peers
Gainesville, FL 23.2% 20th -0.7pp 19th 42% above peers
Savannah, GA 30.1% 25th -0.8pp 20th 84% above peers
Denton, TX 14.5% 13th +0.1pp 21st 11% below peers
Jackson, MS 40.9% 29th +1.0pp 22nd 151% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 33.5% 27th +2.1pp 23rd 105% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.1% 22nd +2.6pp 24th 72% above peers
Columbia, SC 29.8% 24th +3.0pp 25th 83% above peers
Charleston, SC 16.9% 17th +2.2pp 26th 4% above peers
Torrance, CA 8.0% 4th +1.1pp 27th 51% below peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 8th +1.9pp 28th 33% below peers
Mesquite, TX 21.1% 19th +3.9pp 29th 29% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 5.6% 3rd +1.5pp 30th 65% below peers
Bellevue, WA 9.7% 6th +3.6pp 31st 41% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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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4 of 50 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 12.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.4% to 90.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 29 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 22.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (67.1% to 90.0%).
90.0%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 84.2% +12.3pp
United States ref 91.1%
Syracuse, NY 88.2% 27th +19.0pp 1st 5% below peers
Springfield, MA 86.1% 30th +14.0pp 2nd 7% below peers
Waco, TX 89.0% 25th +13.4pp 3rd 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 90.6% 22nd +13.4pp 4th 2% below peers
Charleston, SC 92.9% 14th +13.6pp 5th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 90.0% 24th +12.6pp 6th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 92.2% 18th +10.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Metairie, LA 90.7% 21st +9.7pp 8th 2% below peers
Savannah, GA 90.6% 23rd +9.6pp 9th 2% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 88.1% 28th +9.2pp 10th 5% below peers
Rockford, IL 86.6% 29th +8.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Columbia, SC 88.6% 26th +7.8pp 12th 4% below peers
Joliet, IL 93.5% 13th +7.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Pomona, CA 92.8% 15th +7.8pp 14th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 94.0% 12th +7.5pp 15th 1% above peers
Escondido, CA 94.5% 9th +7.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Thornton, CO 96.5% 4th +6.5pp 17th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 92.5% 17th +6.2pp 18th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 92.7% 16th +6.0pp 19th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 94.4% 11th +5.9pp 20th 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 91.6% 20th +4.7pp 21st 1% below peers
Torrance, CA 95.5% 7th +4.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Denton, TX 92.2% 19th +4.1pp 23rd 1% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 96.6% 3rd +3.7pp 24th 4% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 6th +3.6pp 25th 3% above peers
Orange, CA 95.3% 8th +3.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Fullerton, CA 94.4% 10th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Olathe, KS 95.8% 5th +2.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Bellevue, WA 97.0% 2nd +2.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Naperville, IL 97.5% 1st +2.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Gainesville, FL 85.7% 31st +0.8pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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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4 of 50 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.49 to 0.50 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.02). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.52 to 0.50).
0.50
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 0.48 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Visalia, CA 0.41 7th -0.037 1st 12% below peers
Savannah, GA 0.48 23rd -0.026 2nd 5% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 0.47 17th -0.020 3rd 2% above peers
Rockford, IL 0.47 19th -0.011 4th 3% above peers
Syracuse, NY 0.50 25th -0.011 5th 8% above peers
Charleston, SC 0.49 24th -0.008 6th 6% above peers
Springfield, MA 0.48 20th -0.006 7th 3% above peers
Pomona, CA 0.42 9th -0.000 8th 9% below peers
West Valley City, UT 0.37 1st +0.000 9th 21% below peers
Waco, TX 0.51 29th +0.002 10th 10% above peers
Denton, TX 0.46 15th +0.003 11th 1% below peers
Joliet, IL 0.40 5th +0.003 12th 12% below peers
Torrance, CA 0.44 10th +0.004 13th 4% below peers
Gainesville, FL 0.53 30th +0.006 14th 15% above peers
Columbia, SC 0.55 31st +0.006 15th 20% above peers
Miramar, FL 0.42 8th +0.005 16th 10% below peers
Escondido, CA 0.45 13th +0.008 17th 3% below peers
Orange, CA 0.45 12th +0.009 18th 3% below peers
McAllen, TX 0.51 28th +0.010 19th 9% above peers
Metairie, LA 0.48 22nd +0.011 20th 4% above peers
Thornton, CO 0.39 2nd +0.010 21st 16% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 0.50 26th +0.018 22nd 8% above peers
Jackson, MS 0.50 27th +0.018 23rd 9% above peers
Fullerton, CA 0.47 18th +0.020 24th 3% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 0.46 16th +0.020 25th on par with peers
Mesquite, TX 0.40 4th +0.017 26th 13% below peers
Bellevue, WA 0.48 21st +0.022 27th 4% above peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 3rd +0.018 28th 16% below peers
Pasadena, TX 0.46 14th +0.023 29th 1% below peers
Olathe, KS 0.41 6th +0.021 30th 12% below peers
Naperville, IL 0.44 11th +0.031 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 4.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 22.4% to 18.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 5.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (23.9% to 18.3%).
18.3%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 13.6% -2.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Olathe, KS 2.4% 1st -2.6pp 1st 82% below peers
Charleston, SC 5.2% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 60% below peers
West Valley City, UT 9.2% 13th -3.0pp 3rd 30% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 5th -1.5pp 4th 62% below peers
Gainesville, FL 8.9% 12th -2.5pp 5th 32% below peers
Denton, TX 6.7% 8th -1.7pp 6th 49% below peers
Jackson, MS 18.3% 23rd -4.1pp 7th 40% above peers
Columbia, SC 13.1% 16th -2.7pp 8th on par with peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 3rd -0.8pp 9th 68% below peers
Savannah, GA 17.4% 21st -2.4pp 10th 33% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 24.1% 27th -3.1pp 11th 84% above peers
McAllen, TX 19.6% 26th -2.4pp 12th 49% above peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 19th -1.7pp 13th 14% above peers
Syracuse, NY 28.3% 29th -1.8pp 14th 116% above peers
Thornton, CO 8.3% 10th -0.4pp 15th 36% below peers
Springfield, MA 36.3% 31st -1.2pp 16th 177% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 18th -0.3pp 17th 5% above peers
Joliet, IL 16.3% 20th -0.2pp 18th 25% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.7% 11th +0.2pp 19th 34% below peers
Visalia, CA 18.7% 25th +1.1pp 20th 43% above peers
Escondido, CA 11.2% 15th +0.8pp 21st 15% below peers
Pasadena, TX 18.6% 24th +1.6pp 22nd 42% above peers
Pomona, CA 17.8% 22nd +2.0pp 23rd 36% above peers
Rockford, IL 28.1% 28th +3.6pp 24th 115% above peers
Miramar, FL 13.8% 17th +1.9pp 25th 5% above peers
Fullerton, CA 9.2% 14th +1.4pp 26th 29% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 32.5% 30th +5.6pp 27th 148% above peers
Orange, CA 6.8% 9th +1.2pp 28th 48% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 3.0% 2nd +0.7pp 29th 77% below peers
Naperville, IL 4.8% 4th +1.8pp 30th 63% below peers
Torrance, CA 5.2% 7th +2.5pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 66% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $85,739 in June 2026, up from $84,692 a year earlier.
$85,739
2009June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref $198,428 (Jun 26) +1.8%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Rockford, IL $187,245 (Jun 26) 29th +9.9% 1st 53% below peers
Metairie, LA $334,224 (Jun 26) 18th +8.4% 2nd 17% below peers
Syracuse, NY $225,918 (Jun 26) 26th +5.3% 3rd 44% below peers
Olathe, KS $441,698 (Jun 26) 13th +5.0% 4th 10% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $368,276 (Jun 26) 16th +4.7% 5th 8% below peers
Naperville, IL $636,281 (Jun 26) 8th +4.4% 6th 58% above peers
Springfield, MA $308,418 (Jun 26) 20th +3.7% 7th 23% below peers
Orange, CA $1,141,755 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.7% 8th 184% above peers
Torrance, CA $1,123,531 (Jun 26) 4th +1.5% 9th 180% above peers
Columbia, SC $232,810 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 10th 42% below peers
Jackson, MS $85,739 (Jun 26) 30th +1.2% 11th 79% below peers
Joliet, IL $270,919 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.1% 12th 33% below peers
Fullerton, CA $1,053,680 (Jun 26) 5th +1.1% 13th 162% above peers
Charleston, SC $598,419 (Jun 26) 9th +0.8% 14th 49% above peers
West Valley City, UT $472,447 (Jun 26) 12th +0.7% 15th 18% above peers
Visalia, CA $401,692 (Jun 26) 15th +0.7% 16th on par with peers
McAllen, TX $231,417 (Jun 26) 25th +0.5% 17th 42% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $2,077,157 (Jun 26) 1st +0.5% 18th 417% above peers
Pomona, CA $687,948 (Jun 26) 7th -0.0% 19th 71% above peers
Escondido, CA $798,611 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 20th 99% above peers
Gainesville, FL $299,992 (Jun 26) 21st -1.3% 21st 25% below peers
Waco, TX $200,115 (Jun 26) 28th -2.1% 22nd 50% below peers
Surprise, AZ $420,221 (Jun 26) 14th -2.2% 23rd 5% above peers
Miramar, FL $520,975 (Jun 26) 10th -2.6% 24th 30% above peers
Savannah, GA $326,616 (Jun 26) 19th -2.9% 25th 19% below peers
Thornton, CO $503,275 (Jun 26) 11th -3.0% 26th 25% above peers
Pasadena, TX $219,864 (Jun 26) 27th -3.0% 27th 45% below peers
Mesquite, TX $262,798 (Jun 26) 23rd -3.3% 28th 35% below peers
Denton, TX $353,757 (Jun 26) 17th -3.8% 29th 12% below peers
Bellevue, WA $1,470,486 (Jun 26) 2nd -3.9% 30th 266% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 8% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $37,837 in June 2026, up from $35,150 a year earlier.
$37,837
2009June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref $98,634 (Jun 26) +3.2%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Metairie, LA $237,310 (Jun 26) 18th +13.6% 1st 26% below peers
Rockford, IL $118,324 (Jun 26) 29th +13.1% 2nd 63% below peers
Jackson, MS $37,837 (Jun 26) 30th +7.6% 3rd 88% below peers
Bridgeport, CT $231,698 (Jun 26) 19th +6.3% 4th 28% below peers
Olathe, KS $338,266 (Jun 26) 14th +6.3% 5th 6% above peers
Syracuse, NY $156,060 (Jun 26) 26th +6.2% 6th 51% below peers
Springfield, MA $261,744 (Jun 26) 17th +4.9% 7th 18% below peers
Naperville, IL $401,276 (Jun 26) 10th +3.2% 8th 25% above peers
Fullerton, CA $798,210 (Jun 26) 4th +1.6% 9th 149% above peers
Orange, CA $850,078 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.6% 10th 165% above peers
Columbia, SC $142,816 (Jun 26) 27th +1.3% 11th 55% below peers
Joliet, IL $201,630 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.2% 12th 37% below peers
Pomona, CA $576,836 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 13th 80% above peers
McAllen, TX $162,158 (Jun 26) 25th +0.9% 14th 49% below peers
West Valley City, UT $408,896 (Jun 26) 8th +0.8% 15th 28% above peers
Torrance, CA $822,837 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.7% 16th 157% above peers
Visalia, CA $320,428 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 17th on par with peers
Charleston, SC $401,346 (Jun 26) 9th +0.5% 18th 25% above peers
Escondido, CA $617,762 (Jun 26) 6th -0.9% 19th 93% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA $1,264,284 (Jun 26) 1st -1.3% 20th 295% above peers
Waco, TX $127,137 (Jun 26) 28th -2.1% 21st 60% below peers
Surprise, AZ $355,108 (Jun 26) 13th -2.2% 22nd 11% above peers
Gainesville, FL $185,459 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.2% 23rd 42% below peers
Thornton, CO $393,280 (Jun 26) 11th -3.5% 24th 23% above peers
Miramar, FL $366,124 (Jun 26) 12th -3.6% 25th 14% above peers
Bellevue, WA $772,400 (Jun 26) 5th -3.8% 26th 141% above peers
Denton, TX $274,740 (Jun 26) 16th -3.8% 27th 14% below peers
Mesquite, TX $211,677 (Jun 26) 21st -4.0% 28th 34% below peers
Pasadena, TX $168,991 (Jun 26) 24th -4.1% 29th 47% below peers
Savannah, GA $217,206 (Jun 26) 20th -4.1% 30th 32% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.0% then, 48.6% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.4% to 48.6%).
48.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 70.0% +1.8pp
United States ref 65.2%
Waco, TX 49.4% 24th +3.3pp 1st 10% below peers
Syracuse, NY 41.6% 30th +2.7pp 2nd 24% below peers
Springfield, MA 49.6% 23rd +3.0pp 3rd 10% below peers
Mesquite, TX 62.8% 9th +3.7pp 4th 14% above peers
West Valley City, UT 72.1% 5th +3.5pp 5th 31% above peers
Escondido, CA 53.4% 19th +2.2pp 6th 3% below peers
Joliet, IL 73.7% 4th +3.0pp 7th 34% above peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 8th 44% above peers
Savannah, GA 45.4% 27th +1.6pp 9th 17% below peers
Olathe, KS 74.8% 2nd +2.6pp 10th 36% above peers
Denton, TX 50.0% 22nd +1.3pp 11th 9% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 42.8% 29th +1.0pp 12th 22% below peers
Visalia, CA 61.1% 11th +1.4pp 13th 11% above peers
Pomona, CA 54.0% 18th +1.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Metairie, LA 62.1% 10th +1.1pp 15th 13% above peers
Pasadena, TX 54.5% 17th +0.9pp 16th 1% below peers
Rockford, IL 55.0% 16th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Charleston, SC 55.6% 14th +0.0pp 18th 1% above peers
Fullerton, CA 51.9% 21st -0.4pp 19th 6% below peers
Miramar, FL 68.8% 7th -0.6pp 20th 25% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.5% 26th -0.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Naperville, IL 74.8% 3rd -0.8pp 22nd 36% above peers
Torrance, CA 55.0% 15th -0.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Thornton, CO 71.4% 6th -1.4pp 24th 30% above peers
Orange, CA 56.7% 13th -1.2pp 25th 3% above peers
McAllen, TX 59.5% 12th -1.4pp 26th 8% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 67.3% 8th -1.6pp 27th 23% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.6% 25th -1.3pp 28th 11% below peers
Gainesville, FL 37.7% 31st -1.2pp 29th 31% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 43.8% 28th -1.6pp 30th 20% below peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 20th -2.1pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,270 in June 2026, up from $1,218 a year earlier.
$1,270
2016June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Rockford, IL $1,208 (Jun 26) 30th +8.8% 1st 36% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA $3,821 (Jun 26) 1st +6.4% 2nd 101% above peers
Olathe, KS $1,900 (Jun 26) 15th +4.5% 3rd on par with peers
Springfield, MA $1,786 (Jun 26) 17th +4.4% 4th 6% below peers
Jackson, MS $1,270 (Jun 26) 29th +4.3% 5th 33% below peers
Joliet, IL $1,614 (Jun 26) 19th +3.8% 6th 15% below peers
Charleston, SC $2,245 (Jun 26) 10th +3.7% 7th 18% above peers
Syracuse, NY $1,546 (Jun 26) 21st +3.5% 8th 19% below peers
Pasadena, TX $1,372 (Jun 26) 26th +3.4% 9th 28% below peers
Torrance, CA $2,997 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.3% 10th 58% above peers
Visalia, CA $1,909 (Jun 26) 14th +3.2% 11th on par with peers
Naperville, IL $2,310 (Jun 26) 9th +3.1% 12th 22% above peers
Bridgeport, CT $2,105 (Jun 26) 11th +2.9% 13th 11% above peers
Orange, CA $3,181 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.8% 14th 67% above peers
Fullerton, CA $2,872 (Jun 26) 4th +2.6% 15th 51% above peers
Columbia, SC $1,478 (Jun 26) 24th +1.6% 16th 22% below peers
Gainesville, FL $1,657 (Jun 26) 18th +1.6% 17th 13% below peers
Escondido, CA $2,504 (Jun 26) 7th +1.2% 18th 32% above peers
Bellevue, WA $2,796 (Jun 26) 5th +0.7% 19th 47% above peers
McAllen, TX $1,283 (Jun 26) 28th +0.7% 20th 32% below peers
Pomona, CA $2,385 (Jun 26) 8th +0.7% 21st 26% above peers
Waco, TX $1,369 (Jun 26) 27th +0.4% 22nd 28% below peers
Miramar, FL $2,710 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 23rd 43% above peers
Surprise, AZ $1,927 (Jun 26) 12th -0.5% 24th 1% above peers
West Valley City, UT $1,504 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.9% 25th 21% below peers
Thornton, CO $1,910 (Jun 26) 13th -1.1% 26th 1% above peers
Savannah, GA $1,807 (Jun 26) 16th -1.3% 27th 5% below peers
Mesquite, TX $1,437 (Jun 26) 25th -1.3% 28th 24% below peers
Metairie, LA $1,605 (Jun 26) 20th -1.4% 29th 16% below peers
Denton, TX $1,480 (Jun 26) 23rd -4.1% 30th 22% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.6% to 41.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.5% to 41.7%).
41.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 28.1% +0.4pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Joliet, IL 28.5% 3rd -3.9pp 1st 28% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 31.5% 8th -4.0pp 2nd 21% below peers
Pomona, CA 43.7% 26th -4.0pp 3rd 10% above peers
Escondido, CA 46.3% 29th -3.0pp 4th 16% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 51.1% 30th -1.8pp 5th 28% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 29.5% 7th -0.7pp 6th 26% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.5% 2nd -0.6pp 7th 38% below peers
Springfield, MA 46.2% 28th -0.8pp 8th 16% above peers
McAllen, TX 33.6% 10th -0.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Fullerton, CA 44.4% 27th -0.7pp 10th 12% above peers
Savannah, GA 41.8% 24th -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
Orange, CA 40.6% 19th -0.3pp 12th 2% above peers
Bellevue, WA 29.5% 6th -0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
West Valley City, UT 29.0% 5th -0.0pp 14th 27% below peers
Waco, TX 41.7% 23rd +0.1pp 15th 5% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.0% 9th +0.1pp 16th 19% below peers
Visalia, CA 36.1% 14th +0.6pp 17th 9% below peers
Rockford, IL 34.4% 11th +0.7pp 18th 13% below peers
Syracuse, NY 40.6% 17th +1.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Charleston, SC 36.6% 15th +1.2pp 20th 8% below peers
Columbia, SC 40.7% 20th +1.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 4th +1.7pp 22nd 28% below peers
Torrance, CA 40.6% 18th +2.8pp 23rd 2% above peers
Denton, TX 41.3% 21st +3.1pp 24th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 43.6% 25th +3.4pp 25th 10% above peers
Olathe, KS 23.7% 1st +2.1pp 26th 40% below peers
Thornton, CO 35.8% 12th +3.2pp 27th 10% below peers
Jackson, MS 41.7% 22nd +4.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Mesquite, TX 39.8% 16th +4.6pp 29th on par with peers
Gainesville, FL 51.3% 31st +6.4pp 30th 29% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.0% 13th +5.5pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.7% then, 9.6% now; margin ±1.3pp). 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.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 9.6%).
9.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 6.3% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Visalia, CA 3.5% 5th -1.6pp 1st 43% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 9.2% 23rd -3.8pp 2nd 52% above peers
Savannah, GA 10.5% 25th -3.2pp 3rd 73% above peers
Waco, TX 6.8% 18th -1.9pp 4th 12% above peers
Springfield, MA 18.2% 29th -3.7pp 5th 199% above peers
Metairie, LA 5.3% 12th -0.9pp 6th 13% below peers
Escondido, CA 6.1% 16th -0.9pp 7th on par with peers
Olathe, KS 3.2% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 47% below peers
Joliet, IL 5.9% 14th -0.5pp 9th 4% below peers
Thornton, CO 3.0% 1st -0.2pp 10th 51% below peers
Syracuse, NY 25.7% 31st -1.4pp 11th 323% above peers
Naperville, IL 3.8% 6th -0.1pp 12th 38% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 19.5% 30th -0.6pp 13th 220% above peers
Pomona, CA 6.5% 17th -0.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Columbia, SC 11.5% 27th -0.0pp 15th 89% above peers
Rockford, IL 12.7% 28th +0.1pp 16th 110% above peers
Orange, CA 3.8% 7th +0.0pp 17th 37% below peers
Torrance, CA 4.9% 10th +0.0pp 18th 20% below peers
Fullerton, CA 5.3% 11th +0.1pp 19th 13% below peers
Charleston, SC 7.2% 21st +0.3pp 20th 19% above peers
McAllen, TX 7.0% 19th +0.3pp 21st 15% above peers
Mesquite, TX 4.9% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 20% below peers
West Valley City, UT 4.7% 8th +0.3pp 23rd 23% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.0% 15th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Jackson, MS 9.6% 24th +0.9pp 25th 58% above peers
Miramar, FL 3.5% 4th +0.5pp 26th 43% below peers
Gainesville, FL 10.8% 26th +1.7pp 27th 77% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 7.0% 20th +1.1pp 28th 15% above peers
Bellevue, WA 9.2% 22nd +1.7pp 29th 50% above peers
Denton, TX 5.4% 13th +1.4pp 30th 11% below peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.6% then, 14.7% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 14.7%).
14.7%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 10.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Charleston, SC 5.9% 8th -2.1pp 1st 19% below peers
Miramar, FL 10.3% 20th -3.1pp 2nd 41% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 6.7% 12th -2.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Orange, CA 5.8% 7th -1.7pp 4th 20% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.7pp 5th 60% below peers
Savannah, GA 13.3% 23rd -3.1pp 6th 82% above peers
Metairie, LA 9.8% 18th -1.9pp 7th 34% above peers
Gainesville, FL 7.3% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Escondido, CA 10.7% 21st -1.5pp 9th 47% above peers
Pomona, CA 10.9% 22nd -1.4pp 10th 49% above peers
Torrance, CA 4.2% 4th -0.5pp 11th 43% below peers
Naperville, IL 2.4% 1st -0.3pp 12th 67% below peers
Columbia, SC 6.9% 13th -0.6pp 13th 6% below peers
Bellevue, WA 4.2% 5th -0.4pp 14th 42% below peers
McAllen, TX 23.9% 30th -1.2pp 15th 227% above peers
Springfield, MA 3.8% 3rd -0.2pp 16th 48% below peers
West Valley City, UT 17.6% 28th -0.7pp 17th 141% above peers
Surprise, AZ 6.0% 10th -0.2pp 18th 17% below peers
Waco, TX 14.9% 26th -0.2pp 19th 105% above peers
Olathe, KS 7.1% 15th -0.0pp 20th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 4.9% 6th +0.0pp 21st 32% below peers
Joliet, IL 8.0% 17th +0.2pp 22nd 10% above peers
Fullerton, CA 6.7% 11th +0.2pp 23rd 9% below peers
Denton, TX 15.3% 27th +0.5pp 24th 109% above peers
Mesquite, TX 21.4% 29th +0.7pp 25th 193% above peers
Rockford, IL 7.1% 14th +0.4pp 26th 3% below peers
Pasadena, TX 28.3% 31st +2.1pp 27th 288% above peers
Jackson, MS 14.7% 25th +1.1pp 28th 102% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.0% 9th +0.5pp 29th 18% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 14.7% 24th +1.2pp 30th 102% above peers
Thornton, CO 9.9% 19th +1.5pp 31st 35% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.

48.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 41.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Bellevue, WA 19.1% 1st 44% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.4% 2nd 43% below peers
Torrance, CA 20.0% 3rd 42% below peers
Fullerton, CA 25.5% 4th 26% below peers
Orange, CA 27.0% 5th 21% below peers
Naperville, IL 27.3% 6th 20% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.5% 7th 17% below peers
Charleston, SC 29.1% 8th 15% below peers
Pomona, CA 29.5% 9th 14% below peers
Miramar, FL 31.8% 10th 7% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.0% 11th 7% below peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 12th 5% below peers
Olathe, KS 33.2% 13th 3% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 34.0% 14th 1% below peers
Gainesville, FL 34.2% 15th on par with peers
Denton, TX 34.3% 16th on par with peers
Visalia, CA 34.7% 17th 1% above peers
Columbia, SC 35.0% 18th 2% above peers
West Valley City, UT 36.0% 19th 5% above peers
Pasadena, TX 36.5% 20th 6% above peers
Metairie, LA 36.5% 21st 6% above peers
Mesquite, TX 36.8% 22nd 7% above peers
Savannah, GA 38.7% 23rd 13% above peers
Springfield, MA 39.9% 24th 16% above peers
Joliet, IL 40.5% 25th 18% above peers
Syracuse, NY 40.7% 26th 19% above peers
Rockford, IL 41.2% 27th 20% above peers
Waco, TX 41.3% 28th 20% above peers
McAllen, TX 44.6% 29th 30% above peers
Jackson, MS 48.0% 30th 40% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.3% to 6.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 6.3%).
6.3%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 5.9% +0.9pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Carolina zona urbana, PR 2.4% 9th -2.3pp 1st 49% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 2nd 55% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 7th -1.0pp 3rd 51% below peers
Visalia, CA 1.4% 1st -0.4pp 4th 70% below peers
Pomona, CA 3.8% 14th -1.1pp 5th 17% below peers
Savannah, GA 6.7% 22nd -1.0pp 6th 44% above peers
Naperville, IL 1.7% 2nd -0.1pp 7th 62% below peers
West Valley City, UT 14.0% 29th -0.6pp 8th 203% above peers
Miramar, FL 6.8% 25th -0.1pp 9th 48% above peers
Orange, CA 2.8% 10th -0.0pp 10th 39% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.6% 16th +0.1pp 11th on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 5.3% 17th +0.2pp 12th 15% above peers
McAllen, TX 14.6% 30th +0.8pp 13th 217% above peers
Pasadena, TX 17.6% 31st +1.0pp 14th 281% above peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 21st +0.5pp 15th 42% above peers
Waco, TX 8.7% 26th +0.8pp 16th 90% above peers
Mesquite, TX 13.8% 28th +1.4pp 17th 200% above peers
Rockford, IL 2.9% 11th +0.4pp 18th 38% below peers
Metairie, LA 6.7% 23rd +1.0pp 19th 46% above peers
Escondido, CA 5.5% 19th +0.8pp 20th 19% above peers
Joliet, IL 3.7% 13th +0.6pp 21st 20% below peers
Columbia, SC 3.3% 12th +0.6pp 22nd 29% below peers
Denton, TX 11.7% 27th +2.2pp 23rd 154% above peers
Syracuse, NY 2.3% 8th +0.6pp 24th 49% below peers
Gainesville, FL 4.1% 15th +1.1pp 25th 12% below peers
Springfield, MA 2.1% 5th +0.6pp 26th 55% below peers
Bellevue, WA 2.1% 6th +0.6pp 27th 54% below peers
Jackson, MS 6.3% 20th +1.9pp 28th 36% above peers
Thornton, CO 6.8% 24th +2.7pp 29th 47% above peers
Fullerton, CA 5.4% 18th +2.3pp 30th 18% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 1.9% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.2% then, 28.8% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (26.0% to 28.8%).
28.8%
20102024
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▸ 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
Mississippi ref 25.1% +3.1pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miramar, FL 37.4% 13th +10.1pp 1st 14% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 23.4% 25th +4.6pp 2nd 29% below peers
Escondido, CA 28.9% 19th +5.1pp 3rd 12% below peers
Gainesville, FL 53.7% 6th +8.6pp 4th 64% above peers
Savannah, GA 33.3% 14th +5.1pp 5th 2% above peers
Joliet, IL 25.5% 22nd +3.4pp 6th 22% below peers
Waco, TX 28.7% 21st +3.8pp 7th 12% below peers
Thornton, CO 32.8% 15th +3.7pp 8th on par with peers
Pasadena, TX 16.2% 29th +1.8pp 9th 51% below peers
Pomona, CA 20.3% 27th +2.2pp 10th 38% below peers
Metairie, LA 41.2% 11th +4.2pp 11th 26% above peers
Springfield, MA 20.5% 26th +1.9pp 12th 38% below peers
Syracuse, NY 31.2% 17th +2.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Mesquite, TX 19.6% 28th +1.8pp 14th 40% below peers
Charleston, SC 58.3% 4th +5.2pp 15th 78% above peers
Denton, TX 41.8% 10th +2.9pp 16th 27% above peers
McAllen, TX 32.5% 16th +2.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 18th +2.0pp 18th 7% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 69.3% 3rd +4.3pp 19th 112% above peers
Torrance, CA 54.0% 5th +3.3pp 20th 65% above peers
Naperville, IL 72.5% 1st +4.3pp 21st 121% above peers
West Valley City, UT 16.1% 30th +0.9pp 22nd 51% below peers
Jackson, MS 28.8% 20th +1.6pp 23rd 12% below peers
Orange, CA 39.7% 12th +2.0pp 24th 21% above peers
Rockford, IL 23.5% 24th +1.1pp 25th 28% below peers
Bellevue, WA 72.1% 2nd +3.4pp 26th 120% above peers
Columbia, SC 45.9% 8th +2.1pp 27th 40% above peers
Visalia, CA 24.1% 23rd +0.9pp 28th 27% below peers
Fullerton, CA 43.5% 9th +1.0pp 29th 33% above peers
Olathe, KS 50.5% 7th +0.8pp 30th 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.6% then, 71.2% now; margin ±9.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 17.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.2% to 71.2%).
71.2%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 49.3% -3.9pp
United States ref 45.5%
Mesquite, TX 45.9% 22nd +11.8pp 1st 10% below peers
Jackson, MS 71.2% 1st +9.6pp 2nd 40% above peers
Charleston, SC 64.9% 6th +8.3pp 3rd 27% above peers
Springfield, MA 62.5% 8th +7.7pp 4th 23% above peers
Olathe, KS 51.0% 16th +5.9pp 5th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 42.7% 23rd +4.9pp 6th 16% below peers
Waco, TX 51.2% 15th +5.8pp 7th on par with peers
McAllen, TX 48.4% 18th +4.3pp 8th 5% below peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 26th +3.3pp 9th 25% below peers
Joliet, IL 46.3% 21st +3.8pp 10th 9% below peers
Visalia, CA 33.4% 29th +1.7pp 11th 34% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 71.0% 2nd +3.4pp 12th 39% above peers
Orange, CA 67.5% 3rd +3.2pp 13th 32% above peers
Pasadena, TX 30.3% 31st +1.0pp 14th 40% below peers
Miramar, FL 59.9% 9th +1.6pp 15th 18% above peers
Columbia, SC 50.1% 17th -1.3pp 16th 2% below peers
Syracuse, NY 47.9% 20th -1.5pp 17th 6% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 66.5% 4th -2.2pp 18th 30% above peers
Metairie, LA 55.1% 11th -4.1pp 19th 8% above peers
Denton, TX 51.9% 14th -4.8pp 20th 2% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 59.9% 10th -5.9pp 21st 17% above peers
Naperville, IL 64.2% 7th -6.5pp 22nd 26% above peers
Rockford, IL 48.1% 19th -4.9pp 23rd 6% below peers
Escondido, CA 36.7% 27th -3.8pp 24th 28% below peers
Pomona, CA 39.6% 25th -4.5pp 25th 22% below peers
Torrance, CA 65.9% 5th -9.7pp 26th 29% above peers
Gainesville, FL 53.0% 12th -9.6pp 27th 4% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.9% 13th -12.0pp 28th 4% above peers
Fullerton, CA 41.8% 24th -13.1pp 29th 18% below peers
Thornton, CO 34.0% 28th -12.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Savannah, GA 31.9% 30th -23.1pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±8.3pp 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 (8.9% then, 7.2% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.5% to 7.2%).
7.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 8.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Sunnyvale, CA 0.3% 1st -2.6pp 1st 95% below peers
Gainesville, FL 1.6% 2nd -2.5pp 2nd 73% below peers
Torrance, CA 2.0% 3rd -3.1pp 3rd 66% below peers
Escondido, CA 5.2% 13th -2.4pp 4th 11% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 7.0% 23rd -3.1pp 5th 18% above peers
McAllen, TX 5.8% 15th -2.4pp 6th 1% below peers
Pasadena, TX 6.3% 18th -2.2pp 7th 7% above peers
Orange, CA 3.9% 9th -1.1pp 8th 35% below peers
Charleston, SC 2.3% 4th -0.6pp 9th 61% below peers
Jackson, MS 7.2% 24th -1.6pp 10th 22% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 6.4% 19th -1.4pp 11th 9% above peers
Savannah, GA 5.8% 14th -0.8pp 12th 2% below peers
Pomona, CA 6.0% 17th -0.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Visalia, CA 6.7% 22nd -0.9pp 14th 13% above peers
Mesquite, TX 6.4% 20th -0.8pp 15th 9% above peers
Syracuse, NY 4.5% 11th -0.4pp 16th 24% below peers
Olathe, KS 4.1% 10th -0.1pp 17th 31% below peers
Joliet, IL 9.2% 26th +0.1pp 18th 56% above peers
Miramar, FL 5.9% 16th +0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Rockford, IL 12.4% 29th +0.7pp 20th 111% above peers
Fullerton, CA 3.8% 6th +0.5pp 21st 36% below peers
Springfield, MA 12.9% 31st +2.3pp 22nd 118% above peers
Denton, TX 4.8% 12th +1.1pp 23rd 18% below peers
Thornton, CO 10.9% 28th +2.6pp 24th 84% above peers
Columbia, SC 3.8% 8th +1.2pp 25th 35% below peers
Waco, TX 6.6% 21st +2.1pp 26th 11% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 27th +4.0pp 27th 81% above peers
West Valley City, UT 12.6% 30th +5.4pp 28th 114% above peers
Metairie, LA 8.4% 25th +3.6pp 29th 42% above peers
Bellevue, WA 3.8% 7th +1.9pp 30th 35% below peers
Naperville, IL 3.2% 5th +1.7pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Manchester, NH down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 12% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 166,383 to 146,631 - more than the combined survey margin (±224). 6 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population fell about 16% from 2014 to 2024 (173,631 to 146,631).
146,631
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 1st +14% 1st 6% above peers
Charleston, SC 154,338 3rd +14% 2nd 5% above peers
Denton, TX 152,866 5th +12% 3rd 4% above peers
Gainesville, FL 145,702 18th +10% 4th 1% below peers
Visalia, CA 143,939 22nd +9% 5th 2% below peers
Waco, TX 143,570 23rd +6% 6th 2% below peers
Olathe, KS 145,057 20th +5% 7th 1% below peers
Thornton, CO 144,187 21st +5% 8th 2% below peers
Bellevue, WA 151,847 6th +5% 9th 4% above peers
Columbia, SC 139,643 27th +5% 10th 5% below peers
Mesquite, TX 149,299 11th +4% 11th 2% above peers
Syracuse, NY 146,384 17th +2% 12th on par with peers
Bridgeport, CT 149,153 12th +2% 13th 2% above peers
McAllen, TX 145,385 19th +2% 14th 1% below peers
Naperville, IL 150,692 7th +2% 15th 3% above peers
West Valley City, UT 138,437 30th +2% 16th 6% below peers
Joliet, IL 150,445 8th +2% 17th 3% above peers
Savannah, GA 147,898 14th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 138,633 28th +1% 19th 5% below peers
Fullerton, CA 140,968 25th +1% 20th 4% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 154,236 4th +1% 21st 5% above peers
Springfield, MA 154,749 2nd +0% 22nd 6% above peers
Rockford, IL 147,521 15th +0% 23rd 1% above peers
Miramar, FL 138,600 29th -1% 24th 5% below peers
Escondido, CA 149,668 9th -1% 25th 2% above peers
Orange, CA 138,266 31st -1% 26th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 139,729 26th -2% 27th 5% below peers
Torrance, CA 142,130 24th -2% 28th 3% below peers
Pasadena, TX 149,433 10th -3% 29th 2% above peers
Pomona, CA 147,943 13th -3% 30th 1% above peers
Jackson, MS 146,631 16th -12% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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 ±64 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 1.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.1% to 23.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp). 15 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (25.8% to 23.9%).
23.9%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 23.3% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Metairie, LA 20.8% 20th +1.6pp 1st 8% below peers
Columbia, SC 17.0% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 25% below peers
Charleston, SC 17.3% 28th +0.6pp 3rd 24% below peers
Fullerton, CA 22.1% 18th +0.3pp 4th 2% below peers
Torrance, CA 20.8% 21st +0.2pp 5th 8% below peers
Savannah, GA 20.4% 23rd -0.0pp 6th 10% below peers
McAllen, TX 28.2% 2nd -0.1pp 7th 24% above peers
Gainesville, FL 13.1% 31st -0.1pp 8th 42% below peers
Naperville, IL 24.8% 8th -0.6pp 9th 9% above peers
Springfield, MA 24.2% 10th -0.6pp 10th 7% above peers
West Valley City, UT 30.0% 1st -0.8pp 11th 32% above peers
Rockford, IL 24.2% 11th -0.8pp 12th 7% above peers
Miramar, FL 22.2% 17th -0.9pp 13th 2% below peers
Waco, TX 22.8% 15th -1.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Mesquite, TX 27.9% 4th -1.3pp 15th 23% above peers
Orange, CA 20.4% 24th -1.0pp 16th 10% below peers
Syracuse, NY 20.5% 22nd -1.0pp 17th 10% below peers
Jackson, MS 23.9% 12th -1.2pp 18th 5% above peers
Bellevue, WA 19.5% 25th -1.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Visalia, CA 27.9% 5th -1.6pp 20th 23% above peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 13th -1.3pp 21st 2% above peers
Pasadena, TX 28.0% 3rd -1.8pp 22nd 23% above peers
Denton, TX 18.2% 27th -1.3pp 23rd 20% below peers
Sunnyvale, CA 19.5% 26th -1.5pp 24th 14% below peers
Escondido, CA 22.7% 16th -1.8pp 25th on par with peers
Pomona, CA 22.9% 14th -2.2pp 26th 1% above peers
Olathe, KS 26.0% 6th -2.4pp 27th 15% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 20.9% 19th -2.3pp 28th 8% below peers
Thornton, CO 24.9% 7th -3.1pp 29th 10% above peers
Joliet, IL 24.4% 9th -3.3pp 30th 7% above peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 15.4% 30th -3.1pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.6% then, 63.3% now; margin ±4.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.7% to 63.3%).
63.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 39.4% -0.8pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sunnyvale, CA 15.9% 27th +3.8pp 1st 51% below peers
Pasadena, TX 40.7% 11th +7.2pp 2nd 25% above peers
Orange, CA 24.1% 26th +2.4pp 3rd 26% below peers
Thornton, CO 26.1% 22nd +2.3pp 4th 20% below peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 24th +2.1pp 5th 21% below peers
Gainesville, FL 43.9% 10th +3.3pp 6th 35% above peers
Pomona, CA 38.3% 13th +2.8pp 7th 18% above peers
Denton, TX 26.2% 21st +1.4pp 8th 19% below peers
Fullerton, CA 26.1% 23rd +1.3pp 9th 20% below peers
Mesquite, TX 46.3% 9th +2.1pp 10th 43% above peers
Bridgeport, CT 54.1% 6th +2.4pp 11th 67% above peers
West Valley City, UT 27.8% 20th +1.2pp 12th 14% below peers
Visalia, CA 34.3% 15th +1.5pp 13th 6% above peers
Miramar, FL 37.7% 14th +1.3pp 14th 16% above peers
Jackson, MS 63.3% 3rd +1.7pp 15th 95% above peers
Bellevue, WA 13.9% 30th +0.2pp 16th 57% below peers
Joliet, IL 31.6% 17th +0.2pp 17th 3% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 64.0% 1st +0.1pp 18th 97% above peers
Rockford, IL 51.5% 7th -0.1pp 19th 59% above peers
Columbia, SC 46.6% 8th -0.6pp 20th 44% above peers
Metairie, LA 32.5% 16th -0.5pp 21st on par with peers
Savannah, GA 55.6% 5th -1.0pp 22nd 71% above peers
Springfield, MA 63.5% 2nd -1.2pp 23rd 96% above peers
Naperville, IL 13.2% 31st -0.6pp 24th 59% below peers
Syracuse, NY 56.9% 4th -3.0pp 25th 75% above peers
Waco, TX 39.1% 12th -3.3pp 26th 20% above peers
McAllen, TX 29.8% 18th -2.7pp 27th 8% below peers
Escondido, CA 29.2% 19th -3.3pp 28th 10% below peers
Torrance, CA 14.7% 29th -1.7pp 29th 55% below peers
Charleston, SC 24.8% 25th -6.3pp 30th 24% below peers
Olathe, KS 15.7% 28th -5.8pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (77.2% then, 80.5% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.7% to 80.5%).
80.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mississippi ref 69.5% +0.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Pasadena, TX 63.1% 26th +10.0pp 1st 9% below peers
Pomona, CA 69.1% 17th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Visalia, CA 66.5% 21st +7.6pp 3rd 4% below peers
Olathe, KS 77.6% 4th +7.8pp 4th 12% above peers
Mesquite, TX 77.0% 5th +7.3pp 5th 11% above peers
Syracuse, NY 69.6% 15th +6.0pp 6th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 13th +6.0pp 7th 2% above peers
Fullerton, CA 65.6% 22nd +5.6pp 8th 5% below peers
Charleston, SC 79.5% 3rd +6.5pp 9th 15% above peers
Orange, CA 73.7% 8th +5.8pp 10th 7% above peers
Thornton, CO 74.0% 7th +4.7pp 11th 7% above peers
Sunnyvale, CA 62.8% 29th +3.5pp 12th 9% below peers
Jackson, MS 80.5% 2nd +3.3pp 13th 16% above peers
Torrance, CA 63.0% 27th +2.4pp 14th 9% below peers
Gainesville, FL 71.7% 12th +2.5pp 15th 4% above peers
Miramar, FL 82.1% 1st +2.8pp 16th 19% above peers
Escondido, CA 68.8% 18th +2.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Denton, TX 69.2% 16th +1.7pp 18th on par with peers
West Valley City, UT 65.0% 23rd -0.2pp 19th 6% below peers
Metairie, LA 71.8% 11th -0.8pp 20th 4% above peers
Bellevue, WA 52.0% 31st -1.0pp 21st 25% below peers
Joliet, IL 67.6% 19th -1.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Rockford, IL 72.6% 9th -1.7pp 23rd 5% above peers
Waco, TX 64.7% 24th -1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
Savannah, GA 75.5% 6th -2.0pp 25th 9% above peers
Columbia, SC 72.0% 10th -2.2pp 26th 4% above peers
Naperville, IL 62.9% 28th -3.2pp 27th 9% below peers
Springfield, MA 63.3% 25th -3.9pp 28th 9% below peers
McAllen, TX 56.4% 30th -4.7pp 29th 18% below peers
Bridgeport, CT 66.6% 20th -7.7pp 30th 4% below peers
Carolina zona urbana, PR 70.2% 14th -8.9pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 50 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 ±8.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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