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128,548 people (2024) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 14 indicators

Where Columbia, MO shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
176 /100k
May 2026
▼ 42%
relative change
306 a year earlier
Dropping fast Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$66,498
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$51,276 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
6.8%
2019-23
▼ 26%
relative change
9.2% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.8%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
6.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
17.8%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
20.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.2%
May 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
3.6% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.7%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
83.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
56.7%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
52.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
57.7%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
57.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.3%
2020-24
▲ 98%
relative change
1.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
12.3%
2020-24
▼ 19%
relative change
15.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.2%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
34.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
359 /100k
May 2026
flat
relative change
359 a year earlier
Real progress, still behind peers Trailing peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Columbia, MO shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.50
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.49 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
48.7%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
47.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.1%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
7.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 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
128,548
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
121,230 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$233,249
Jun 2026
▲ 5%
relative change
$222,982 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,424
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,369 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
78.2%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
74.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
18.7%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
18.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% 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 rose less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 359 in May 2026, unchanged from 359 a year earlier.
359 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Carrollton, TX 96 (May 26) 2nd -53.8% 1st 62% below peers
Pearland, TX 70 (May 26) 1st -31.9% 2nd 72% below peers
College Station, TX 115 (May 26) 4th -29.2% 3rd 54% below peers
Concord, CA 382 (May 26) 19th -23.9% 4th 51% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 138 (May 26) 7th -23.6% 5th 46% below peers
New Haven, CT 391 (Apr 26) 20th -19.8% 6th 54% above peers
Allentown, PA 234 (May 26) 12th -17.9% 7th 8% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 210 (May 26) 11th -11.9% 8th 17% below peers
Hartford, CT 437 (May 26) 21st -11.9% 9th 72% above peers
Fargo, ND 370 (May 26) 18th -11.4% 10th 46% above peers
Arvada, CO 296 (Apr 26) 15th -5.9% 11th 17% above peers
Lewisville, TX 196 (May 26) 10th -5.6% 12th 23% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 110 (May 26) 3rd -4.9% 13th 57% below peers
Independence, MO 557 (May 26) 23rd -4.5% 14th 120% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 127 (May 26) 5th -1.2% 15th 50% below peers
Columbia, MO 359 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 16th 42% above peers
Clovis, CA 253 (May 26) 13th +1.2% 17th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 1,091 (May 26) 25th +1.8% 18th 331% above peers
Norman, OK 290 (Dec 25) 14th +2.4% 19th 14% above peers
Vallejo, CA 746 (Apr 26) 24th +3.7% 20th 195% above peers
Meridian, ID 137 (May 26) 6th +4.7% 21st 46% below peers
Round Rock, TX 139 (May 26) 8th +10.0% 22nd 45% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 299 (May 26) 16th +10.5% 23rd 18% above peers
Abilene, TX 476 (May 26) 22nd +11.6% 24th 88% above peers
Rochester, MN 174 (May 26) 9th +23.4% 25th 31% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • North Charleston, SC down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% 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: 1,878 in May 2026, down from 2,177 a year earlier.
1,878 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Carrollton, TX 954 (May 26) 4th -48.1% 1st 44% below peers
Round Rock, TX 1,275 (May 26) 8th -31.6% 2nd 25% below peers
Pearland, TX 1,033 (May 26) 6th -30.6% 3rd 39% below peers
College Station, TX 808 (May 26) 3rd -24.6% 4th 53% below peers
Vallejo, CA 2,778 (Apr 26) 21st -23.6% 5th 63% above peers
Hartford, CT 2,069 (May 26) 16th -21.4% 6th 22% above peers
Meridian, ID 398 (May 26) 1st -21.0% 7th 77% below peers
Concord, CA 2,380 (May 26) 19th -20.2% 8th 40% above peers
Clovis, CA 1,291 (May 26) 9th -15.9% 9th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 758 (May 26) 2nd -13.8% 10th 55% below peers
Columbia, MO 1,878 (May 26) 15th -13.7% 11th 10% above peers
Lafayette, LA 3,364 (May 26) 25th -12.3% 12th 98% above peers
Norman, OK 2,095 (Dec 25) 17th -11.4% 13th 23% above peers
Fargo, ND 3,012 (May 26) 23rd -10.5% 14th 77% above peers
Independence, MO 2,989 (May 26) 22nd -10.3% 15th 76% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 1,038 (May 26) 7th -9.0% 16th 39% below peers
Arvada, CO 2,321 (Apr 26) 18th -8.4% 17th 36% above peers
New Haven, CT 3,154 (Apr 26) 24th -7.4% 18th 85% above peers
Allentown, PA 1,394 (May 26) 11th -3.3% 19th 18% below peers
Rochester, MN 1,307 (May 26) 10th +0.3% 20th 23% below peers
Abilene, TX 1,712 (May 26) 14th +1.0% 21st 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 1,405 (May 26) 12th +1.6% 22nd 17% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2,628 (May 26) 20th +2.7% 23rd 54% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 994 (May 26) 5th +3.3% 24th 42% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1,701 (May 26) 13th +8.5% 25th on par with peers
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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. 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 →
  • Carrollton, TX down about 48% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Maria, CA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

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

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, unchanged from 3 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Concord, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Clovis, CA 1 (May 26) 7th -80.0% 3rd 73% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 1 (May 26) 8th -75.0% 4th 72% below peers
New Haven, CT 8 (Apr 26) 23rd -35.3% 5th 174% above peers
Lewisville, TX 3 (May 26) 14th -34.0% 6th 1% above peers
Hartford, CT 11 (May 26) 24th -30.0% 7th 298% above peers
Independence, MO 6 (May 26) 21st -30.0% 8th 101% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12 (Apr 26) 25th -28.6% 9th 325% above peers
Rochester, MN 2 (May 26) 12th -24.8% 10th 16% below peers
Pearland, TX 1 (May 26) 5th -11.0% 11th 73% below peers
Columbia, MO 3 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 12th 6% above peers
Meridian, ID 1 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 13th 76% below peers
Fargo, ND 4 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 14th 25% above peers
Abilene, TX 7 (May 26) 22nd +7.6% 15th 138% above peers
Lafayette, LA 4 (May 26) 20th +24.8% 16th 42% above peers
Allentown, PA 4 (May 26) 19th +24.8% 17th 37% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2 (May 26) 11th +50.3% 18th 17% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3 (May 26) 13th +96.6% 19th on par with peers
Norman, OK 3 (Dec 25) 16th +300.5% 20th 6% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 1 (May 26) 4th 74% below peers
College Station, TX 1 (May 26) 6th 73% below peers
Carrollton, TX 4 (May 26) 18th 28% above peers
Arvada, CO 1 (Apr 26) 9th 71% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (May 26) 10th 43% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Richmond, VA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 88% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 176 in May 2026, down from 306 a year earlier.
176 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 25 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%
Carrollton, TX 114 (May 26) 10th -53.1% 1st 30% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 106 (May 26) 9th -43.7% 2nd 36% below peers
College Station, TX 52 (May 26) 3rd -43.2% 3rd 69% below peers
Columbia, MO 176 (May 26) 15th -42.3% 4th 8% above peers
Lewisville, TX 171 (May 26) 14th -36.8% 5th 4% above peers
Arvada, CO 258 (Apr 26) 18th -32.9% 6th 58% above peers
Lafayette, LA 235 (May 26) 17th -32.4% 7th 43% above peers
Independence, MO 497 (May 26) 22nd -29.8% 8th 203% above peers
Concord, CA 322 (May 26) 21st -29.7% 9th 96% above peers
Hartford, CT 551 (May 26) 23rd -26.6% 10th 236% above peers
New Haven, CT 573 (Apr 26) 24th -24.2% 11th 249% above peers
Rochester, MN 59 (May 26) 4th -24.0% 12th 64% below peers
Norman, OK 188 (Dec 25) 16th -21.8% 13th 15% above peers
Round Rock, TX 93 (May 26) 8th -21.0% 14th 44% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (May 26) 2nd -20.3% 15th 73% below peers
Vallejo, CA 580 (Apr 26) 25th -14.9% 16th 254% above peers
Meridian, ID 23 (May 26) 1st -12.8% 17th 86% below peers
Clovis, CA 129 (May 26) 11th -11.6% 18th 21% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 71 (May 26) 5th -11.2% 19th 57% below peers
Fargo, ND 302 (May 26) 19th -10.4% 20th 84% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 311 (May 26) 20th -9.9% 21st 90% above peers
Pearland, TX 84 (May 26) 6th -1.0% 22nd 49% below peers
Allentown, PA 164 (May 26) 13th +2.0% 23rd on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 92 (May 26) 7th +3.6% 24th 44% below peers
Abilene, TX 156 (May 26) 12th +23.8% 25th 5% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $51,276 to $66,498 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,713). 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 52% from 2014 to 2024 ($43,776 to $66,498).
$66,498
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
Missouri ref $70,702 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Clara, CA $178,958 1st +42% 1st 124% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $72,614 18th +41% 2nd 9% below peers
Meridian, ID $100,795 8th +41% 3rd 26% above peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 5th +39% 4th 47% above peers
Lewisville, TX $89,233 14th +38% 5th 12% above peers
Athens, GA $52,974 29th +38% 6th 34% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $66,890 21st +38% 7th 16% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $73,446 17th +35% 8th 8% below peers
Allentown, PA $55,494 28th +35% 9th 31% below peers
New Haven, CT $56,851 27th +35% 10th 29% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 12th +30% 11th 13% above peers
Columbia, MO $66,498 22nd +30% 12th 17% below peers
Carrollton, TX $101,396 7th +29% 13th 27% above peers
Kent, WA $92,302 11th +28% 14th 16% above peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 15th 42% below peers
Clovis, CA $99,241 10th +27% 16th 24% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 15th +25% 17th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 18th 70% above peers
Abilene, TX $62,648 23rd +24% 19th 22% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 16th +23% 20th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 3rd +23% 21st 53% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 13th +22% 22nd 12% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 6th +21% 23rd 36% above peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 24th +21% 24th 23% below peers
Fargo, ND $66,998 20th +21% 25th 16% below peers
Round Rock, TX $99,287 9th +20% 26th 24% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 25th +19% 27th 24% below peers
Topeka, KS $56,956 26th +19% 28th 29% below peers
Norman, OK $67,704 19th +16% 29th 15% below peers
Pearland, TX $118,842 4th +14% 30th 49% above peers
College Station, TX $50,900 30th +11% 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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16 of 28 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±$1,794 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 held steady from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.2% in May 2026, down from 3.6% a year earlier.
3.2%
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
Missouri ref 3.8% (May 26) -0.2pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Independence, MO 3.7% (May 26) 13th -0.8pp 1st on par with peers
Fargo, ND 1.9% (May 26) 1st -0.5pp 2nd 49% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.6% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% (May 26) 16th -0.4pp 4th 3% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 5th 14% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 6th 16% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% (May 26) 8th -0.3pp 7th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 4.7% (May 26) 23rd -0.3pp 8th 27% above peers
Concord, CA 3.7% (May 26) 14th -0.2pp 9th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 3.6% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 10th 3% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 11th 3% below peers
Round Rock, TX 3.4% (May 26) 5th +0.2pp 12th 8% below peers
Topeka, KS 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.2pp 13th 11% above peers
Abilene, TX 3.6% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.0% (May 26) 2nd +0.2pp 15th 19% below peers
Lewisville, TX 3.6% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (May 26) 18th +0.2pp 17th 8% above peers
College Station, TX 3.9% (May 26) 17th +0.3pp 18th 5% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.4% (May 26) 6th +0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% (May 26) 15th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Kent, WA 5.1% (May 26) 25th +0.4pp 21st 38% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% (May 26) 26th +0.5pp 22nd 54% above peers
Pearland, TX 4.4% (May 26) 22nd +0.6pp 23rd 19% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 4.1% (May 26) 21st +0.7pp 24th 11% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.9% (May 26) 24th +1.0pp 25th 32% above peers
Norman, OK 4.0% (May 26) 19th +1.1pp 26th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.1% (May 26) 27th +1.4pp 27th 65% above peers
New Haven, CT 6.2% (May 26) 28th +1.5pp 28th 68% above peers
Hartford, CT 7.9% (May 26) 29th +2.2pp 29th 114% 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty fell 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.2% to 17.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 9 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; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.9% to 17.8%).
17.8%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 12.1% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Meridian, ID 6.0% 3rd -2.6pp 1st 50% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.8% 7th -2.6pp 2nd 35% below peers
Clovis, CA 7.9% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 34% below peers
Kent, WA 10.7% 13th -2.5pp 4th 11% below peers
Allentown, PA 20.1% 26th -4.4pp 5th 67% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 10th -1.5pp 6th 32% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 11th -1.6pp 7th 31% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.7% 18th -2.4pp 8th 14% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 17.0% 23rd -2.9pp 9th 41% above peers
Columbia, MO 17.8% 24th -2.4pp 10th 48% above peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 29th -2.9pp 11th 102% above peers
Carrollton, TX 7.1% 5th -0.9pp 12th 41% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 11.6% 15th -1.3pp 13th 3% below peers
New Haven, CT 22.4% 28th -2.4pp 14th 86% above peers
Hartford, CT 24.7% 30th -1.9pp 15th 105% above peers
Lafayette, LA 18.0% 25th -1.0pp 16th 49% above peers
Norman, OK 15.7% 22nd -0.8pp 17th 30% above peers
Fargo, ND 12.3% 17th -0.5pp 18th 2% above peers
College Station, TX 25.7% 31st -0.9pp 19th 113% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.1% 16th -0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Abilene, TX 14.7% 19th -0.1pp 21st 22% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.3% 4th +0.0pp 22nd 47% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 2nd +0.0pp 23rd 52% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 11.0% 14th +0.0pp 24th 9% below peers
Independence, MO 15.6% 21st +0.7pp 25th 30% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 21.7% 27th +1.6pp 26th 80% above peers
Topeka, KS 15.2% 20th +1.2pp 27th 26% above peers
Round Rock, TX 7.7% 6th +0.8pp 28th 36% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.1% 1st +0.6pp 29th 66% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 9th +1.7pp 30th 32% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.8% 12th +3.7pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 →
  • 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 ±1.3pp 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 (15.1% then, 12.3% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.5% to 12.3%).
12.3%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 15.8% -2.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Meridian, ID 5.4% 2nd -4.1pp 1st 64% below peers
Lewisville, TX 9.6% 9th -7.1pp 2nd 36% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 6th -5.0pp 3rd 47% below peers
Clovis, CA 8.1% 7th -4.7pp 4th 45% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 5th -4.1pp 5th 50% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 15th -5.4pp 6th 7% below peers
Athens, GA 24.4% 27th -9.3pp 7th 64% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 22.3% 24th -7.3pp 8th 50% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 22.4% 25th -6.5pp 9th 51% above peers
Allentown, PA 30.4% 29th -7.0pp 10th 104% above peers
Columbia, MO 12.3% 13th -2.8pp 11th 17% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 12th 59% below peers
Abilene, TX 17.5% 22nd -3.1pp 13th 18% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 15.2% 18th -2.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 17.1% 21st -3.0pp 15th 15% above peers
Pearland, TX 2.6% 1st -0.4pp 16th 82% below peers
New Haven, CT 31.2% 30th -5.0pp 17th 110% above peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 28th -3.1pp 18th 66% above peers
Carrollton, TX 11.1% 11th -1.1pp 19th 25% below peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 26th -1.3pp 20th 60% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 140% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 4th -0.2pp 22nd 52% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 16.1% 19th -0.3pp 23rd 9% above peers
Topeka, KS 17.6% 23rd -0.2pp 24th 19% above peers
Norman, OK 14.9% 16th +0.4pp 25th on par with peers
Round Rock, TX 11.2% 12th +1.5pp 26th 25% below peers
Fargo, ND 15.2% 17th +2.3pp 27th 2% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 8.2% 8th +1.5pp 28th 45% below peers
College Station, TX 16.5% 20th +4.2pp 29th 11% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 14th +3.4pp 30th 11% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 10th +5.8pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 11.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lewisville, TX down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oceanside, CA down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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 7.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83.4% to 90.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 26 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; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 8.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (81.9% to 90.7%).
90.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 89.5% +8.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Topeka, KS 88.2% 28th +18.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Hartford, CT 86.7% 29th +14.7pp 2nd 7% below peers
Abilene, TX 92.0% 21st +14.5pp 3rd 1% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 93.0% 16th +10.7pp 4th on par with peers
Athens, GA 92.6% 18th +10.2pp 5th 1% below peers
Allentown, PA 86.7% 30th +9.2pp 6th 7% below peers
Meridian, ID 95.9% 5th +9.8pp 7th 3% above peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 24th +9.0pp 8th 4% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 89.4% 26th +8.3pp 9th 4% below peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 22nd +7.8pp 10th 1% below peers
New Haven, CT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Columbia, MO 90.7% 23rd +7.2pp 12th 3% below peers
Carrollton, TX 95.6% 8th +6.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 95.7% 6th +6.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 3rd +6.3pp 15th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 94.0% 14th +5.9pp 16th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 12th +5.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 92.9% 17th +5.6pp 18th on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 96.5% 2nd +5.5pp 19th 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 88.4% 27th +4.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Norman, OK 92.0% 20th +5.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 19th +4.5pp 22nd 1% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 9th +4.5pp 23rd 2% above peers
Kent, WA 95.6% 7th +4.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 15th +3.7pp 25th 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 11th +3.6pp 26th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 97.2% 1st +2.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 96.1% 4th +2.8pp 28th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 13th +1.2pp 29th 1% above peers
Round Rock, TX 95.2% 10th +0.7pp 30th 2% above peers
College Station, TX 84.6% 31st +0.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (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 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 (0.49 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.51 to 0.50).
0.50
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 0.47 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Allentown, PA 0.43 12th -0.033 1st 3% below peers
Athens, GA 0.50 25th -0.020 2nd 13% above peers
Norman, OK 0.47 23rd -0.016 3rd 4% above peers
Fargo, ND 0.46 22nd -0.012 4th 4% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 27th -0.012 5th 15% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 14th -0.007 6th 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 0.43 7th -0.006 7th 5% below peers
College Station, TX 0.54 31st -0.005 8th 21% above peers
Abilene, TX 0.45 16th -0.002 9th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 3rd +0.002 10th 9% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 0.51 26th +0.002 11th 13% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 0.40 1st +0.002 12th 11% below peers
Kent, WA 0.42 6th +0.003 13th 5% below peers
Columbia, MO 0.50 24th +0.003 14th 11% above peers
New Haven, CT 0.53 30th +0.007 15th 18% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 20th +0.009 16th 3% above peers
Clovis, CA 0.43 11th +0.009 17th 3% below peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 28th +0.011 18th 16% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 15th +0.011 19th 2% below peers
Topeka, KS 0.45 19th +0.011 20th 1% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 9th +0.011 21st 4% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 29th +0.014 22nd 17% above peers
Concord, CA 0.43 10th +0.014 23rd 4% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 0.42 4th +0.014 24th 6% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 21st +0.016 25th 3% above peers
Carrollton, TX 0.43 8th +0.019 26th 5% below peers
Pearland, TX 0.40 2nd +0.027 27th 11% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 0.45 18th +0.034 28th 1% above peers
Lewisville, TX 0.42 5th +0.038 29th 6% below peers
Round Rock, TX 0.44 13th +0.047 30th 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 0.45 17th +0.049 31st on par with 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 2.4 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 9.2% to 6.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 8 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, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 4.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.9% to 6.8%).
6.8%
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
Missouri ref 9.9% -1.7pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Athens, GA 9.2% 17th -5.1pp 1st 1% above peers
Columbia, MO 6.8% 10th -2.4pp 2nd 26% below peers
Round Rock, TX 5.0% 7th -1.8pp 3rd 45% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.7% 1st -1.3pp 4th 59% below peers
Meridian, ID 3.8% 3rd -1.3pp 5th 58% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.1% 28th -4.9pp 6th 99% above peers
Abilene, TX 12.3% 22nd -2.7pp 7th 35% above peers
Fargo, ND 7.1% 12th -1.4pp 8th 22% below peers
Lewisville, TX 7.1% 13th -1.3pp 9th 22% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 14th -1.3pp 10th 17% below peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 11th 300% above peers
Norman, OK 9.1% 16th -0.7pp 12th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 13th 46% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 19th -0.6pp 14th 27% above peers
Kent, WA 17.6% 27th -0.6pp 15th 93% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 14.5% 26th -0.5pp 16th 59% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 20th -0.3pp 17th 30% above peers
Topeka, KS 11.0% 18th -0.0pp 18th 20% above peers
New Haven, CT 26.4% 29th +0.1pp 19th 190% above peers
Allentown, PA 31.4% 30th +1.6pp 20th 244% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 13.2% 23rd +0.8pp 21st 44% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 24th +0.9pp 22nd 46% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 9th +0.5pp 23rd 42% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 5th +0.6pp 24th 47% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 14.2% 25th +1.7pp 25th 55% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 15th +1.4pp 26th 6% below peers
Clovis, CA 12.1% 21st +2.1pp 27th 33% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.8% 2nd +0.8pp 28th 58% below peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 8th +1.4pp 29th 44% below peers
College Station, TX 6.8% 11th +2.0pp 30th 26% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 4th +1.5pp 31st 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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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 →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $330,373 in June 2026, up from $321,676 a year earlier.
$330,373
2006June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref $271,597 (Jun 26) +3.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Abilene, TX $222,043 (Jun 26) 27th +7.6% 1st 42% below peers
New Haven, CT $340,803 (Jun 26) 18th +5.6% 2nd 12% below peers
Rochester, MN $348,286 (Jun 26) 17th +4.0% 3rd 10% below peers
Fargo, ND $324,918 (Jun 26) 20th +4.0% 4th 16% below peers
Allentown, PA $320,863 (Jun 26) 21st +3.7% 5th 17% below peers
Independence, MO $214,195 (Jun 26) 28th +3.5% 6th 44% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $540,694 (Jun 26) 7th +3.0% 7th 40% above peers
Hartford, CT $205,552 (Jun 26) 29th +2.8% 8th 47% below peers
Columbia, MO $330,373 (Jun 26) 19th +2.7% 9th 14% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $315,750 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.4% 10th 18% below peers
Lafayette, LA $228,144 (Jun 26) 26th +2.0% 11th 41% below peers
Norman, OK $265,751 (Jun 26) 25th +1.3% 12th 31% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,052,875 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.5% 13th 173% above peers
Clovis, CA $522,797 (Jun 26) 10th +0.4% 14th 36% above peers
College Station, TX $349,845 (Jun 26) 16th +0.2% 15th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID $538,033 (Jun 26) 8th -0.1% 16th 40% above peers
Topeka, KS $199,788 (Jun 26) 30th -0.1% 17th 48% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $403,887 (Jun 26) 13th -0.7% 18th 5% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,710,119 (Jun 26) 1st -0.8% 19th 344% above peers
Pearland, TX $385,581 (Jun 26) 15th -0.8% 20th on par with peers
Kent, WA $651,566 (Jun 26) 5th -1.6% 21st 69% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $842,921 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.7% 22nd 119% above peers
Concord, CA $737,771 (Jun 26) 4th -1.9% 23rd 91% above peers
Arvada, CO $614,627 (Jun 26) 6th -2.5% 24th 59% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $305,330 (Jun 26) 23rd -2.6% 25th 21% below peers
Carrollton, TX $409,845 (Jun 26) 11th -3.2% 26th 6% above peers
Lewisville, TX $395,461 (Jun 26) 14th -4.1% 27th 3% above peers
Vallejo, CA $526,808 (Jun 26) 9th -4.3% 28th 37% above peers
Round Rock, TX $407,038 (Jun 26) 12th -6.2% 29th 6% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $281,935 (Jun 26) 24th -7.1% 30th 27% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $233,249 in June 2026, up from $222,982 a year earlier.
$233,249
2006June 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
Missouri ref $154,328 (Jun 26) +4.1%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
New Haven, CT $240,389 (Jun 26) 19th +7.3% 1st 9% below peers
Abilene, TX $132,930 (Jun 26) 28th +6.6% 2nd 50% below peers
Allentown, PA $236,899 (Jun 26) 20th +5.0% 3rd 10% below peers
Columbia, MO $233,249 (Jun 26) 21st +4.6% 4th 12% below peers
Rochester, MN $255,234 (Jun 26) 16th +4.6% 5th 3% below peers
Independence, MO $157,158 (Jun 26) 26th +4.6% 6th 40% below peers
Fargo, ND $229,082 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.4% 7th 13% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $249,711 (Jun 26) 17th +2.6% 8th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $356,154 (Jun 26) 10th +2.0% 9th 35% above peers
Norman, OK $183,406 (Jun 26) 25th +1.6% 10th 30% below peers
Clovis, CA $405,000 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 11th 54% above peers
Hartford, CT $109,220 (Jun 26) 29th +1.0% 12th 59% below peers
Lafayette, LA $137,808 (Jun 26) 27th +1.0% 13th 48% below peers
College Station, TX $263,669 (Jun 26) 15th +0.9% 14th on par with peers
Pearland, TX $310,883 (Jun 26) 14th +0.1% 15th 18% above peers
Meridian, ID $434,946 (Jun 26) 7th +0.0% 16th 65% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $788,586 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.1% 17th 199% above peers
Kent, WA $482,714 (Jun 26) 6th -1.4% 18th 83% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $709,651 (Jun 26) 3rd -1.5% 19th 169% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $1,097,008 (Jun 26) 1st -2.4% 20th 316% above peers
Arvada, CO $484,930 (Jun 26) 5th -3.1% 21st 84% above peers
Carrollton, TX $324,658 (Jun 26) 11th -3.2% 22nd 23% above peers
Vallejo, CA $425,896 (Jun 26) 8th -3.4% 23rd 62% above peers
Concord, CA $499,233 (Jun 26) 4th -3.5% 24th 89% above peers
Palm Bay, FL $241,602 (Jun 26) 18th -3.5% 25th 8% below peers
Lewisville, TX $316,037 (Jun 26) 12th -4.2% 26th 20% above peers
Topeka, KS $106,786 (Jun 26) 30th -4.2% 27th 59% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL $212,464 (Jun 26) 24th -5.9% 28th 19% below peers
Round Rock, TX $315,024 (Jun 26) 13th -6.4% 29th 19% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $230,341 (Jun 26) 22nd -7.6% 30th 13% 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 (47.4% then, 48.7% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.3% to 48.7%).
48.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 68.1% +1.3pp
United States ref 65.2%
Lehigh Acres, FL 70.0% 8th +7.5pp 1st 22% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.3% 23rd +4.2pp 2nd 19% below peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 3rd 55% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 79.7% 1st +5.2pp 4th 39% above peers
Allentown, PA 43.2% 26th +2.4pp 5th 24% below peers
Athens, GA 40.7% 28th +2.2pp 6th 29% below peers
Topeka, KS 59.0% 13th +2.7pp 7th 3% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 75.8% 3rd +2.8pp 8th 33% above peers
Abilene, TX 56.1% 17th +2.1pp 9th 2% below peers
Kent, WA 57.2% 16th +2.1pp 10th on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 50.5% 21st +1.7pp 11th 12% below peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 15th +1.9pp 12th on par with peers
Clovis, CA 65.3% 9th +1.9pp 13th 14% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 11th +1.7pp 14th 8% above peers
Columbia, MO 48.7% 22nd +1.3pp 15th 15% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 4th +1.2pp 16th 32% above peers
New Haven, CT 28.4% 30th +0.4pp 17th 50% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 7th +0.7pp 18th 24% above peers
Norman, OK 53.3% 19th +0.5pp 19th 7% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 6th +0.7pp 20th 28% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 24th +0.3pp 21st 20% below peers
Pearland, TX 76.2% 2nd +0.3pp 22nd 33% above peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 12th +0.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.7% 25th +0.0pp 24th 24% below peers
Carrollton, TX 58.5% 14th -0.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Meridian, ID 74.6% 5th -1.6pp 26th 31% above peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 10th -2.7pp 27th 14% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 40.8% 27th -2.0pp 28th 29% below peers
College Station, TX 35.4% 29th -2.3pp 29th 38% below peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 20th -3.5pp 30th 7% below peers
Round Rock, TX 55.5% 18th -4.8pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±1.8pp 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 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,424 in June 2026, up from $1,369 a year earlier.
$1,424
2015June 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%
Abilene, TX $1,947 (Jun 26) 13th +41.4% 1st 5% above peers
Santa Clara, CA $3,890 (Jun 26) 1st +7.2% 2nd 110% above peers
Topeka, KS $1,283 (Jun 26) 29th +5.7% 3rd 31% below peers
Meridian, ID $2,065 (Jun 26) 11th +4.1% 4th 11% above peers
Columbia, MO $1,424 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 5th 23% below peers
Clovis, CA $2,341 (Jun 26) 6th +4.0% 6th 26% above peers
Allentown, PA $1,732 (Jun 26) 17th +3.4% 7th 7% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,274 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.4% 8th 76% above peers
Fargo, ND $1,088 (Jun 26) 30th +3.2% 9th 41% below peers
Norman, OK $1,383 (Jun 26) 26th +3.1% 10th 25% below peers
Concord, CA $2,584 (Jun 26) 4th +2.9% 11th 39% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL $2,392 (Jun 26) 5th +2.8% 12th 29% above peers
Independence, MO $1,378 (Jun 26) 27th +2.7% 13th 26% below peers
Rochester, MN $1,702 (Jun 26) 19th +2.2% 14th 8% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI $1,591 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.1% 15th 14% below peers
New Haven, CT $2,242 (Jun 26) 7th +2.1% 16th 21% above peers
College Station, TX $1,446 (Jun 26) 24th +2.0% 17th 22% below peers
Hartford, CT $1,672 (Jun 26) 20th +1.5% 18th 10% below peers
Carrollton, TX $1,618 (Jun 26) 21st +1.3% 19th 13% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,158 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 20th 16% above peers
Kent, WA $1,978 (Jun 26) 12th +0.8% 21st 7% above peers
Pearland, TX $1,804 (Jun 26) 16th +0.6% 22nd 3% below peers
Palm Bay, FL $1,881 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 23rd 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA $2,181 (Jun 26) 8th +0.3% 24th 18% above peers
Lafayette, LA $1,324 (Jun 26) 28th +0.2% 25th 29% below peers
Arvada, CO $2,094 (Jun 26) 10th +0.0% 26th 13% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,718 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 27th 46% above peers
Round Rock, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 18th -0.7% 28th 8% below peers
Lewisville, TX $1,593 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.1% 29th 14% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL $1,856 (Jun 26) 15th -2.8% 30th on par with peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit 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 (34.8% then, 33.2% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.1% to 33.2%).
33.2%
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
Missouri ref 26.3% -0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Clara, CA 30.1% 7th -5.6pp 1st 12% below peers
New Haven, CT 50.3% 30th -2.7pp 2nd 48% above peers
Columbia, MO 33.2% 13th -1.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Meridian, ID 26.1% 1st -0.9pp 4th 23% below peers
Topeka, KS 28.9% 4th -0.4pp 5th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 22nd -0.5pp 6th 18% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 20th -0.1pp 7th 13% above peers
Athens, GA 44.0% 25th +0.2pp 8th 29% above peers
Kent, WA 39.3% 21st +0.2pp 9th 15% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 31.5% 9th +0.2pp 10th 8% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 16th +0.4pp 11th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 3rd +0.6pp 12th 18% below peers
Fargo, ND 29.9% 6th +0.8pp 13th 12% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 46.1% 27th +1.3pp 14th 35% above peers
Allentown, PA 46.7% 28th +1.5pp 15th 37% above peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 24th +1.7pp 16th 22% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.5% 19th +1.6pp 17th 10% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.2% 8th +1.5pp 18th 8% below peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 19th 60% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 26th +2.7pp 20th 34% above peers
Carrollton, TX 32.3% 10th +1.9pp 21st 5% below peers
Abilene, TX 33.6% 15th +2.3pp 22nd 1% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 14th +2.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Norman, OK 32.6% 11th +2.6pp 24th 4% below peers
College Station, TX 49.8% 29th +3.9pp 25th 46% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 23rd +4.0pp 26th 21% above peers
Lewisville, TX 37.4% 18th +3.9pp 27th 10% above peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 28th 21% below peers
Round Rock, TX 32.9% 12th +3.7pp 29th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 17th +4.5pp 30th on par with peers
Pearland, TX 29.1% 5th +6.5pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 →
  • 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 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.2% then, 7.1% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 7.1%).
7.1%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Athens, GA 6.4% 16th -3.3pp 1st on par with peers
Abilene, TX 4.4% 8th -1.9pp 2nd 32% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.6pp 3rd 56% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 3.8% 7th -0.8pp 4th 41% below peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 22nd -1.2pp 5th 25% above peers
Allentown, PA 16.5% 29th -1.7pp 6th 159% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.3% 26th -0.6pp 7th 46% above peers
Clovis, CA 4.4% 9th -0.3pp 8th 32% below peers
New Haven, CT 26.9% 30th -1.4pp 9th 321% above peers
Kent, WA 7.2% 21st -0.3pp 10th 12% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 18th -0.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Columbia, MO 7.1% 19th -0.2pp 12th 11% above peers
Meridian, ID 2.4% 2nd -0.0pp 13th 62% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 15th -0.0pp 14th 5% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 28th -0.1pp 15th 100% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 31st +0.9pp 16th 379% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 4th +0.1pp 17th 48% below peers
Norman, OK 5.8% 13th +0.2pp 18th 9% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 4.7% 12th +0.2pp 19th 27% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 9.5% 27th +0.8pp 20th 49% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 25th +0.8pp 21st 31% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 5.8% 14th +0.7pp 22nd 9% below peers
Lewisville, TX 4.6% 11th +0.5pp 23rd 28% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 23rd +1.2pp 24th 27% above peers
Fargo, ND 8.3% 24th +1.3pp 25th 30% above peers
College Station, TX 6.6% 17th +1.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 10th +0.9pp 27th 29% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 7.1% 20th +2.2pp 28th 12% above peers
Round Rock, TX 3.5% 6th +1.1pp 29th 46% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.5% 5th +1.1pp 30th 46% below peers
Pearland, TX 2.3% 1st +1.0pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 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 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.8% to 5.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 3 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 5.8%).
5.8%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 8.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
New Haven, CT 7.3% 14th -1.5pp 1st 14% below peers
Athens, GA 11.2% 22nd -2.2pp 2nd 32% above peers
Meridian, ID 6.8% 13th -1.2pp 3rd 20% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 5.7% 8th -1.0pp 4th 33% below peers
Columbia, MO 5.8% 9th -1.0pp 5th 32% below peers
Clovis, CA 3.8% 3rd -0.6pp 6th 55% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 5th -0.6pp 7th 48% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 4th -0.4pp 8th 54% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.9% 2nd -0.3pp 9th 66% below peers
Fargo, ND 5.9% 10th -0.5pp 10th 30% below peers
Lewisville, TX 15.3% 29th -1.2pp 11th 80% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 15.0% 28th -1.0pp 12th 76% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.5% 6th -0.3pp 13th 47% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 11th -0.3pp 14th 28% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 1st -0.1pp 15th 69% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 18.9% 31st -0.3pp 16th 122% above peers
Norman, OK 9.5% 18th -0.1pp 17th 12% above peers
Pearland, TX 7.4% 15th -0.0pp 18th 13% below peers
Carrollton, TX 15.6% 30th +0.1pp 19th 83% above peers
Allentown, PA 11.2% 23rd +0.2pp 20th 32% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 7th +0.1pp 21st 43% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 12.7% 26th +0.7pp 22nd 49% above peers
Kent, WA 8.8% 17th +0.5pp 23rd 3% above peers
College Station, TX 8.5% 16th +0.5pp 24th on par with peers
Independence, MO 12.4% 25th +1.0pp 25th 46% above peers
Abilene, TX 13.6% 27th +1.2pp 26th 60% above peers
Hartford, CT 10.4% 21st +1.5pp 27th 23% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.1% 20th +1.5pp 28th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 9.9% 19th +1.9pp 29th 17% above peers
Round Rock, TX 11.8% 24th +2.5pp 30th 39% above peers
Vallejo, CA 6.6% 12th +1.5pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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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 (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 →
  • Downey, CA down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Charleston, SC down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Richmond, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% 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
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.6%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 37.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Santa Clara, CA 20.5% 1st 41% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 2nd 29% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 3rd 24% below peers
Kent, WA 26.2% 4th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 5th 21% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 6th 18% below peers
Meridian, ID 28.4% 7th 18% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 15% below peers
Carrollton, TX 29.9% 9th 14% below peers
Round Rock, TX 31.5% 10th 9% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 11th 7% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 32.7% 12th 5% below peers
Lewisville, TX 32.9% 13th 5% below peers
Clovis, CA 34.0% 14th 2% below peers
Fargo, ND 34.3% 15th 1% below peers
Columbia, MO 34.6% 16th on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 34.9% 17th 1% above peers
College Station, TX 35.1% 18th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 19th 2% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 35.5% 20th 3% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 35.5% 21st 3% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 22nd 3% above peers
Athens, GA 36.3% 23rd 5% above peers
Pearland, TX 36.8% 24th 6% above peers
Norman, OK 37.1% 25th 7% above peers
Abilene, TX 37.2% 26th 8% above peers
New Haven, CT 37.2% 27th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 39.5% 28th 14% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 29th 16% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 30th 19% above peers
Topeka, KS 42.0% 31st 21% 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 (3.6% then, 3.5% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.9% to 3.5%).
3.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.2% +0.6pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Clovis, CA 2.0% 1st -0.6pp 1st 62% below peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 5th -0.6pp 2nd 48% below peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 23rd -1.1pp 3rd 23% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 3.0% 7th -0.3pp 4th 43% below peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 6th -0.2pp 5th 45% below peers
Meridian, ID 5.2% 16th -0.4pp 6th on par with peers
Columbia, MO 3.5% 9th -0.1pp 7th 33% below peers
College Station, TX 4.8% 14th -0.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 8.4% 27th -0.0pp 9th 61% above peers
Pearland, TX 5.1% 15th +0.1pp 10th 1% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 10.1% 29th +0.5pp 11th 95% above peers
Fargo, ND 4.4% 13th +0.3pp 12th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 56% below peers
Athens, GA 8.2% 25th +0.9pp 14th 58% above peers
Topeka, KS 5.6% 19th +0.8pp 15th 8% above peers
Allentown, PA 6.2% 22nd +1.2pp 16th 18% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 2.4% 3rd +0.5pp 17th 54% below peers
Abilene, TX 8.3% 26th +1.7pp 18th 60% above peers
Kent, WA 3.4% 8th +0.7pp 19th 34% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 8.9% 28th +2.4pp 20th 72% above peers
Carrollton, TX 15.3% 31st +4.3pp 21st 193% above peers
Lewisville, TX 14.1% 30th +4.4pp 22nd 172% above peers
New Haven, CT 4.2% 12th +1.4pp 23rd 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 7.3% 24th +2.4pp 24th 41% above peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 17th +1.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Norman, OK 6.0% 21st +2.4pp 26th 15% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 27th 21% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 20th +2.6pp 28th 8% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 10th +1.8pp 29th 30% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 18th +2.8pp 30th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 4th +1.4pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 →
  • 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 ±1.0pp 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 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 52.2% to 56.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.9% to 56.7%).
56.7%
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
Missouri ref 32.4% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Arvada, CO 51.5% 5th +10.4pp 1st 27% above peers
Allentown, PA 19.1% 30th +3.9pp 2nd 53% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 24.0% 27th +4.7pp 3rd 41% below peers
Lewisville, TX 40.7% 16th +6.6pp 4th on par with peers
Meridian, ID 44.1% 13th +6.9pp 5th 8% above peers
Abilene, TX 27.3% 26th +3.8pp 6th 33% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 18th +5.5pp 7th 4% below peers
Kent, WA 29.8% 23rd +4.1pp 8th 27% below peers
Carrollton, TX 45.2% 11th +6.0pp 9th 11% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 29th +2.5pp 10th 52% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 39.2% 17th +4.8pp 11th 4% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.6% 21st +4.0pp 12th 10% below peers
Round Rock, TX 44.8% 12th +4.8pp 13th 10% above peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 14th 46% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 25th +3.0pp 15th 29% below peers
New Haven, CT 38.9% 19th +4.0pp 16th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 65.9% 2nd +6.1pp 17th 62% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 31.1% 22nd +2.7pp 18th 24% below peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 7th +4.2pp 19th 25% above peers
Columbia, MO 56.7% 3rd +4.5pp 20th 39% above peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 15th +2.9pp 21st 1% above peers
Athens, GA 47.3% 8th +3.3pp 22nd 16% above peers
Fargo, ND 43.0% 14th +3.0pp 23rd 6% above peers
Norman, OK 45.9% 10th +2.9pp 24th 13% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 20th +1.1pp 25th 8% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 1st +1.9pp 26th 91% above peers
Topeka, KS 29.0% 24th +0.4pp 27th 29% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 6th +0.6pp 28th 26% above peers
Pearland, TX 47.1% 9th -0.0pp 29th 16% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 14.3% 31st -0.3pp 30th 65% below peers
College Station, TX 56.5% 4th -2.1pp 31st 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp 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 (57.2% then, 57.7% now; margin ±10.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.9% to 57.6%).
57.7%
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
Missouri ref 43.6% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Norman, OK 45.3% 17th +14.2pp 1st on par with peers
Meridian, ID 46.2% 14th +9.5pp 2nd 2% above peers
Carrollton, TX 59.8% 4th +11.1pp 3rd 32% above peers
Allentown, PA 26.5% 30th +4.2pp 4th 41% below peers
Topeka, KS 43.3% 18th +4.6pp 5th 5% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 63.3% 2nd +6.0pp 6th 40% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 51.0% 10th +2.0pp 7th 13% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 3rd +2.0pp 8th 37% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 23rd +0.4pp 9th 16% below peers
Columbia, MO 57.6% 5th +0.4pp 10th 27% above peers
Pearland, TX 46.4% 12th +0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
Kent, WA 29.2% 28th +0.0pp 12th 36% below peers
Clovis, CA 36.9% 25th +0.0pp 13th 19% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 6th -1.4pp 14th 22% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 37.1% 24th -1.8pp 15th 18% below peers
Round Rock, TX 50.7% 11th -3.2pp 16th 12% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 45.3% 16th -3.5pp 17th on par with peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 7th -4.7pp 18th 18% above peers
Athens, GA 45.7% 15th -4.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 1st -8.2pp 20th 42% above peers
Lewisville, TX 46.4% 13th -7.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 22nd -6.6pp 22nd 14% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 27th -5.4pp 23rd 35% below peers
College Station, TX 41.6% 21st -8.1pp 24th 8% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 19th -8.8pp 25th 6% below peers
New Haven, CT 51.9% 8th -13.8pp 26th 14% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 9th -18.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Abilene, TX 29.9% 26th -11.0pp 28th 34% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 20th -16.1pp 29th 6% below peers
Fargo, ND 22.3% 31st -12.6pp 30th 51% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 27.9% 29th -19.0pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±8.5pp 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 (1.7% then, 3.3% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.8% to 3.3%).
3.3%
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
Missouri ref 7.0% +0.6pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Lewisville, TX 1.3% 1st -4.7pp 1st 75% below peers
Carrollton, TX 3.1% 6th -1.6pp 2nd 40% below peers
Topeka, KS 6.3% 19th -2.4pp 3rd 23% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 3rd -0.6pp 4th 69% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 18th -2.0pp 5th 20% above peers
Abilene, TX 7.0% 20th -1.2pp 6th 36% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 10th -0.7pp 7th 27% below peers
Meridian, ID 4.0% 11th -0.7pp 8th 21% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 25th -1.5pp 9th 79% above peers
Fargo, ND 1.7% 4th -0.2pp 10th 68% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 4.6% 14th -0.5pp 11th 10% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 5th -0.2pp 12th 52% below peers
Clovis, CA 4.6% 13th -0.1pp 13th 11% below peers
Round Rock, TX 8.2% 23rd +0.0pp 14th 59% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 26th +0.4pp 15th 79% above peers
New Haven, CT 5.7% 17th +0.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 10.1% 28th +1.6pp 17th 97% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 3.7% 9th +0.6pp 18th 28% below peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 24th +1.6pp 19th 76% above peers
Athens, GA 3.2% 7th +0.6pp 20th 38% below peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 16th +1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Palm Bay, FL 10.7% 29th +2.4pp 22nd 109% above peers
Norman, OK 4.5% 12th +1.2pp 23rd 12% below peers
Allentown, PA 9.9% 27th +2.9pp 24th 92% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 21st +2.0pp 25th 36% above peers
College Station, TX 1.3% 2nd +0.6pp 26th 75% below peers
Kent, WA 11.5% 30th +5.1pp 27th 124% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 22nd +3.4pp 28th 44% above peers
Columbia, MO 3.3% 8th +1.6pp 29th 35% below peers
Pearland, TX 4.9% 15th +2.7pp 30th 4% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 13.6% 31st +8.4pp 31st 165% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 121,230 to 128,548 - more than the combined survey margin (±88). 23 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 14% from 2014 to 2024 (113,155 to 128,548).
128,548
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Meridian, ID 130,138 9th +28% 1st 2% above peers
Lewisville, TX 131,080 7th +23% 2nd 3% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 130,132 10th +16% 3rd 2% above peers
Clovis, CA 124,725 21st +14% 4th 2% below peers
West Palm Beach, FL 122,290 27th +11% 5th 4% below peers
College Station, TX 124,570 22nd +10% 6th 2% below peers
Fargo, ND 131,627 6th +8% 7th 3% above peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 132,353 5th +7% 8th 4% above peers
Columbia, MO 128,548 12th +6% 9th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 26th +6% 10th 4% below peers
Norman, OK 129,672 11th +6% 11th 2% above peers
Pearland, TX 127,514 15th +4% 12th on par with peers
Allentown, PA 125,976 17th +4% 13th 1% below peers
Independence, MO 121,740 29th +4% 14th 4% below peers
Kent, WA 135,603 1st +3% 15th 6% above peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 25th +3% 16th 4% below peers
Abilene, TX 128,053 13th +3% 17th 1% above peers
New Haven, CT 134,349 2nd +3% 18th 6% above peers
Round Rock, TX 127,786 14th +3% 19th on par with peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 23rd +2% 20th 2% below peers
Athens, GA 127,345 16th +2% 21st on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 130,256 8th +2% 22nd 2% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 28th +1% 23rd 4% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 133,573 4th +1% 24th 5% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 19th -0% 25th 1% below peers
Topeka, KS 125,786 18th -0% 26th 1% below peers
Carrollton, TX 133,740 3rd -2% 27th 5% above peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 31st -2% 28th 5% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 20th -2% 29th 2% below peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 30th -4% 30th 4% below peers
Concord, CA 124,035 24th -4% 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±62 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.3% then, 18.7% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 0.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.1% to 18.7%).
18.7%
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
Missouri ref 22.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
College Station, TX 16.9% 29th +0.6pp 1st 21% below peers
Concord, CA 21.3% 15th +0.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Clovis, CA 28.6% 1st +0.9pp 3rd 34% above peers
Columbia, MO 18.7% 25th +0.4pp 4th 12% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 27.4% 2nd +0.1pp 5th 29% above peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 17th -0.0pp 6th 2% below peers
Fargo, ND 20.0% 19th -0.1pp 7th 6% below peers
Abilene, TX 23.0% 10th -0.1pp 8th 8% above peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 11th -0.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 22.1% 14th -0.3pp 10th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 23.7% 6th -0.5pp 11th 11% above peers
Topeka, KS 22.4% 13th -0.5pp 12th 5% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 31st -0.3pp 13th 42% below peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 8th -0.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 18th -0.7pp 15th 6% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 12th -0.8pp 16th 7% above peers
Pearland, TX 26.7% 3rd -1.0pp 17th 25% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 17.7% 26th -0.7pp 18th 17% below peers
Sterling Heights, MI 19.4% 24th -0.8pp 19th 9% below peers
Athens, GA 16.6% 30th -0.7pp 20th 22% below peers
New Haven, CT 21.3% 16th -1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Lewisville, TX 23.1% 9th -1.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 21st -1.3pp 23rd 8% below peers
Allentown, PA 24.4% 5th -2.0pp 24th 14% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 22nd -2.1pp 25th 8% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 23rd -2.1pp 26th 9% below peers
Meridian, ID 25.0% 4th -3.0pp 27th 17% above peers
Norman, OK 17.0% 27th -2.1pp 28th 20% below peers
Round Rock, TX 23.6% 7th -3.3pp 29th 10% above peers
Carrollton, TX 19.6% 20th -3.0pp 30th 8% below peers
Santa Clara, CA 17.0% 28th -2.8pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.7% then, 26.8% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.7% to 26.8%).
26.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 29.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Pearland, TX 18.2% 27th +7.3pp 1st 36% below peers
College Station, TX 28.5% 16th +6.8pp 2nd on par with peers
West Palm Beach, FL 55.1% 4th +11.6pp 3rd 93% above peers
Topeka, KS 41.0% 7th +6.3pp 4th 44% above peers
Carrollton, TX 24.9% 21st +2.6pp 5th 13% below peers
Athens, GA 47.8% 5th +4.6pp 6th 67% above peers
Columbia, MO 26.8% 19th +2.0pp 7th 6% below peers
Allentown, PA 59.1% 2nd +1.6pp 8th 107% above peers
New Haven, CT 57.4% 3rd +1.3pp 9th 101% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 25th +0.4pp 10th 30% below peers
Norman, OK 28.3% 18th +0.2pp 11th 1% below peers
Fargo, ND 31.7% 13th -0.4pp 12th 11% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 24th -0.4pp 13th 29% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 26th -0.4pp 14th 33% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 6th -0.9pp 15th 50% above peers
Round Rock, TX 25.7% 20th -0.6pp 16th 10% below peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 8th -1.0pp 17th 42% above peers
Sterling Heights, MI 17.1% 28th -0.4pp 18th 40% below peers
Palm Bay, FL 37.0% 9th -1.8pp 19th 30% above peers
Kent, WA 28.7% 15th -1.4pp 20th on par with peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 22nd -1.3pp 21st 22% below peers
Abilene, TX 32.3% 12th -2.2pp 22nd 13% above peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 23rd 117% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 23rd -2.4pp 24th 24% below peers
Lewisville, TX 30.3% 14th -3.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 30th -1.8pp 26th 51% below peers
Clovis, CA 28.3% 17th -3.7pp 27th 1% below peers
Meridian, ID 14.6% 29th -1.9pp 28th 49% below peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 10th -5.5pp 29th 30% above peers
Santa Clara, CA 14.1% 31st -3.4pp 30th 51% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 36.8% 11th -9.5pp 31st 29% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.2% then, 78.2% now; margin ±10.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 16.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.2% to 78.2%).
78.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 70.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
College Station, TX 72.8% 12th +18.0pp 1st 3% above peers
West Palm Beach, FL 74.8% 7th +9.8pp 2nd 5% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 4th +9.7pp 3rd 8% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 18th +9.0pp 4th on par with peers
Carrollton, TX 74.5% 9th +9.0pp 5th 5% above peers
Round Rock, TX 66.5% 22nd +6.1pp 6th 6% below peers
Lewisville, TX 71.3% 14th +6.0pp 7th on par with peers
Santa Clara, CA 60.7% 28th +5.0pp 8th 15% below peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 3rd +4.8pp 9th 8% above peers
Columbia, MO 78.2% 1st +4.0pp 10th 10% above peers
Palm Bay, FL 74.0% 11th +3.7pp 11th 4% above peers
Kent, WA 63.6% 25th +3.1pp 12th 11% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 10th +3.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 20th +3.0pp 14th 5% below peers
Allentown, PA 76.0% 5th +3.3pp 15th 7% above peers
New Haven, CT 72.8% 13th +2.9pp 16th 2% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 21st +1.9pp 17th 6% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 24th +1.6pp 18th 9% below peers
Topeka, KS 77.2% 2nd +1.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Clovis, CA 69.0% 19th +1.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 16th +1.2pp 21st on par with peers
Sterling Heights, MI 56.1% 31st +1.0pp 22nd 21% below peers
Abilene, TX 70.8% 17th +0.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 6th +0.2pp 24th 6% above peers
Athens, GA 62.7% 26th -0.2pp 25th 12% below peers
Meridian, ID 59.4% 29th -0.4pp 26th 16% below peers
Pearland, TX 71.1% 15th -0.9pp 27th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 23rd -2.2pp 28th 8% below peers
Lehigh Acres, FL 58.8% 30th -5.5pp 29th 17% below peers
Fargo, ND 74.8% 8th -7.0pp 30th 5% above peers
Norman, OK 61.6% 27th -7.3pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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