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107,514 people (2025) 100k-250k Midwest

Bright spots 11 indicators

Where Lee's Summit, 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
189 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 29%
relative change
264 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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Household income
Median household income
$102,531
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
$89,969 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.1%
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
3.5% a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,954 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
2,204 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
95.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
90.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.40
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.41 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.0%
2019-23
▲ 13%
relative change
3.6% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
112 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
133 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.5%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.9%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
4.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
48.8%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
48.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where Lee's Summit, MO shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
4.4%
2020-24
▲ 66%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
7.5%
2020-24
▲ 44%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
35.4%
2020-24
▼ 31%
relative change
51.3% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
26.7%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
21.5% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
73.4%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
77.2% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.7%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 2 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
103,656
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
97,275 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
25.5%
2020-24
high
vs peers
26.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime is about 22% lower than in 2022 (143 then, 112 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 171 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 112 in July 2026, down from 133 a year earlier.
Bright spot 112 per 100k
2018July 2026
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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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Carmel, IN 51 (Jul 26) -22.9% 1st
Pueblo, CO 1,114 (Dec 25) -22.7% 2nd
Yuma, AZ 333 (Jun 26) -19.4% 3rd
Centennial, CO 152 (Apr 26) -19.3% 4th
Lee's Summit, MO 112 (Jul 26) -16.1% 5th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 319 (Jul 26) -11.8% 6th
Sugar Land, TX 71 (Jul 26) -10.5% 7th
Chico, CA 607 (Jul 26) -9.5% 8th
Fishers, IN 75 (Jul 26) -7.1% 9th
Suffolk, VA 363 (Jun 26) -3.1% 10th
Brockton, MA 554 (Jun 26) -1.8% 11th
El Monte, CA 417 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Fayetteville, AR 448 (Jul 26) +1.9% 13th
West Covina, CA 250 (Jul 26) +2.3% 14th
Dearborn, MI 283 (Jul 26) +2.7% 15th
Boulder, CO 346 (Jul 26) +3.7% 16th
Bend, OR 175 (Jul 26) +3.9% 17th
Spokane Valley, WA 257 (Jun 26) +14.3% 18th
St. George, UT 206 (Jun 26) +17.2% 19th
Georgetown, TX 163 (Jul 26) +20.0% 20th
Green Bay, WI 544 (Jul 26) +27.2% 21st
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Peers worth a call

3
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. 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 →
  • Pearland, TX down about 30% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Clara, CA down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Alexandria, VA down about 17% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 5% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 11% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime rose about 2% a year from 2022 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,954 in July 2026, down from 2,204 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,954 per 100k
2018July 2026
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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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 1,579 (Jul 26) -23.0% 1st
Georgetown, TX 759 (Jul 26) -23.0% 2nd
Centennial, CO 1,340 (Jul 26) -22.1% 3rd
Fishers, IN 439 (Jul 26) -17.6% 4th
Carmel, IN 633 (Jul 26) -17.1% 5th
Boulder, CO 2,417 (Jul 26) -16.9% 6th
Pueblo, CO 4,253 (Dec 25) -16.8% 7th
Lee's Summit, MO 1,954 (Jul 26) -11.4% 8th
West Covina, CA 1,706 (Jul 26) -10.4% 9th
Bend, OR 1,298 (Jul 26) -10.4% 10th
Suffolk, VA 1,265 (Jun 26) -10.3% 11th
Spokane Valley, WA 3,080 (Jun 26) -9.8% 12th
Fayetteville, AR 1,882 (Jul 26) -7.7% 13th
Dearborn, MI 1,716 (Jul 26) -7.3% 14th
Sugar Land, TX 1,233 (Jul 26) -6.1% 15th
St. George, UT 866 (Jun 26) -1.4% 16th
Yuma, AZ 1,174 (Jun 26) -1.2% 17th
El Monte, CA 1,984 (Jul 26) +3.6% 18th
Chico, CA 1,845 (Jul 26) +4.5% 19th
Green Bay, WI 1,262 (Jul 26) +5.2% 20th
Brockton, MA 1,491 (Jun 26) +20.8% 21st
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Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Clarksville, TN down about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 17% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 60% 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 held steady from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 2 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 4 in the prior 12 months. That is 2 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
2 homicides
2018July 2026
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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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Bend, OR 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Fayetteville, AR 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Spokane Valley, WA 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 3rd
West Covina, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
St. George, UT 1 (Jun 26) -80.0% 5th
Boulder, CO 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 6th
Suffolk, VA 3 (Jun 26) -62.5% 7th
Pueblo, CO 10 (Dec 25) -57.5% 8th
El Monte, CA 2 (Jul 26) -50.1% 9th
Lee's Summit, MO 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 10th
Green Bay, WI 2 (Jul 26) -33.5% 11th
Dearborn, MI 2 (Jul 26) -33.5% 12th
Yuma, AZ 5 (Jun 26) -28.7% 13th
Brockton, MA 6 (Jun 26) -25.1% 14th
Centennial, CO 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 2 (Jul 26) +100.0% 16th
Chico, CA 4 (Jul 26) +300.4% 17th
Georgetown, TX 8 (Jul 26) +800.1% 18th
Sugar Land, TX 1 (Jul 26)
Carmel, IN 0 (Jul 26)
Fishers, IN 1 (Jul 26)
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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 →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, NY down about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 55% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2022 to 2026, slower than 55% 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.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 189 in July 2026, down from 264 a year earlier.
Bright spot 189 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 21 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Boulder, CO 77 (Jul 26) -60.7% 1st
Fishers, IN 29 (Jul 26) -50.8% 2nd
Dearborn, MI 213 (Jul 26) -39.2% 3rd
Sugar Land, TX 45 (Jul 26) -38.0% 4th
Yuma, AZ 85 (Jun 26) -36.5% 5th
Centennial, CO 135 (Jul 26) -32.6% 6th
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 117 (Jul 26) -31.4% 7th
Georgetown, TX 61 (Jul 26) -30.1% 8th
Pueblo, CO 899 (Dec 25) -28.9% 9th
Lee's Summit, MO 189 (Jul 26) -28.5% 10th
Green Bay, WI 156 (Jul 26) -25.2% 11th
Suffolk, VA 84 (Jun 26) -20.8% 12th
West Covina, CA 222 (Jul 26) -19.9% 13th
El Monte, CA 313 (Jul 26) -19.4% 14th
Spokane Valley, WA 253 (Jun 26) -13.3% 15th
Fayetteville, AR 175 (Jul 26) -3.6% 16th
Carmel, IN 83 (Jul 26) +12.8% 17th
Chico, CA 212 (Jul 26) +14.4% 18th
St. George, UT 47 (Jun 26) +15.8% 19th
Brockton, MA 354 (Jun 26) +18.2% 20th
Bend, OR 105 (Jul 26) +28.4% 21st
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Peers worth a call

3
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 July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yuma, AZ down about 36% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 14% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $89,969 to $102,531 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,640).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lee's Summit started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 31% from 2014 to 2024 ($78,186 to $102,531).
Bright spot $102,531
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 $70,702 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Bend, OR $96,394 14th +47% 1st 4% above peers
Rialto, CA $88,857 18th +44% 2nd 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 29th +43% 3rd 32% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA $74,042 23rd +42% 4th 20% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ $96,713 13th +42% 5th 4% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 21st +42% 6th 17% below peers
Pueblo, CO $56,664 30th +40% 7th 39% below peers
El Monte, CA $68,030 24th +39% 8th 27% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA $97,550 12th +38% 9th 5% above peers
Brockton, MA $80,115 20th +37% 10th 14% below peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 27th +36% 11th 29% below peers
Green Bay, WI $66,206 26th +34% 12th 29% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA $104,340 7th +33% 13th 13% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA $111,505 6th +33% 14th 20% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 22nd +31% 15th 17% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA $103,069 8th +31% 16th 11% above peers
Renton, WA $100,432 11th +29% 17th 8% above peers
Georgetown, TX $95,062 15th +29% 18th 3% above peers
Boulder, CO $87,493 19th +26% 19th 6% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 25th +26% 20th 28% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 1st +25% 21st 53% above peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 16th +24% 22nd on par with peers
West Covina, CA $101,065 10th +22% 23rd 9% above peers
Dearborn, MI $65,324 28th +22% 24th 30% below peers
Columbia, MD $131,490 4th +21% 25th 42% above peers
Centennial, CO $131,928 3rd +21% 26th 42% above peers
Downey, CA $90,699 17th +20% 27th 2% below peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 5th +19% 28th 41% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO $102,531 9th +14% 29th 11% above peers
Sugar Land, TX $136,217 2nd +12% 30th 47% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR $19,470 31st +12% 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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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13 of 26 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA up about 41% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,833 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Economy

Unemployment rate

▼ Lower is better Improving recently, leading peers ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 0.4 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3.1% in July 2026, down from 3.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 3.1%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 3.6% (Jul 26) -0.4pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Downey, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.9pp 1st 7% above peers
El Monte, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.8pp 2nd 11% above peers
West Covina, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th -0.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 3.3% (Jul 26) 5th -0.7pp 4th 28% below peers
Rialto, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 24th -0.7pp 5th 24% above peers
Chico, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.7pp 6th 17% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.6pp 7th 7% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.1% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 8th 33% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 9th 35% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 10th 35% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 3.8% (Jul 26) 7th -0.2pp 11th 17% below peers
Boulder, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.2pp 12th 13% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th -0.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 2.4% (Jul 26) 1st -0.2pp 14th 48% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.9% (Jul 26) 10th -0.2pp 15th 15% below peers
Brockton, MA 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th -0.1pp 16th 33% above peers
Bend, OR 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 17th 4% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th +0.1pp 18th 17% below peers
St. George, UT 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th +0.1pp 19th 17% below peers
Green Bay, WI 3.3% (Jul 26) 6th +0.2pp 20th 28% below peers
Renton, WA 4.8% (Jul 26) 16th +0.2pp 21st 4% above peers
Dearborn, MI 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th +0.3pp 22nd 24% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th +0.3pp 23rd 13% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th +0.4pp 24th on par with peers
Georgetown, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.4pp 25th 4% above peers
Pueblo, CO 6.7% (Jul 26) 27th +0.4pp 26th 46% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.6pp 27th 20% above peers
Yuma, AZ 13.1% (Jul 26) 28th +1.3pp 28th 185% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.6% then, 5.7% now; margin ±1.3pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 5.7%).
Needs attention 5.7%
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 12.6% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Pueblo, CO 17.5% 26th -6.0pp 1st 68% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.1% 13th -2.7pp 2nd 12% below peers
Rialto, CA 12.7% 20th -3.4pp 3rd 22% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.0% 18th -2.9pp 4th 6% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.5% 24th -2.7pp 5th 49% above peers
Bend, OR 8.8% 11th -1.5pp 6th 16% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.6% 17th -1.7pp 7th 2% above peers
Dearborn, MI 24.3% 30th -3.8pp 8th 133% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 19th -1.7pp 9th 9% above peers
Renton, WA 8.1% 9th -1.1pp 10th 22% below peers
El Monte, CA 17.4% 25th -2.0pp 11th 67% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.6% 27th -2.3pp 12th 98% above peers
Suffolk, VA 9.4% 14th -1.0pp 13th 10% below peers
Brockton, MA 13.5% 22nd -1.3pp 14th 29% above peers
Chico, CA 22.7% 29th -0.5pp 15th 117% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 49.6% 31st -0.6pp 16th 375% above peers
Green Bay, WI 14.7% 23rd -0.1pp 17th 41% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.0% 8th +0.0pp 18th 23% below peers
Downey, CA 9.0% 12th +0.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Centennial, CO 3.3% 1st +0.1pp 20th 68% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.5% 6th +0.3pp 21st 28% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.9% 21st +0.6pp 22nd 24% above peers
Boulder, CO 21.4% 28th +1.1pp 23rd 105% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 24th 62% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.5% 10th +0.9pp 25th 18% below peers
Georgetown, TX 8.0% 7th +1.1pp 26th 23% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 10.4% 16th +1.5pp 27th on par with peers
West Covina, CA 10.0% 15th +1.7pp 28th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 5.7% 5th +1.1pp 29th 45% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.5% 4th +1.3pp 30th 47% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 3rd +1.1pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Worsening ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.2% to 7.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 7.5%).
Needs attention 7.5%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 15.8% -2.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Pueblo, CO 22.1% 27th -11.5pp 1st 80% above peers
Brockton, MA 15.2% 20th -4.9pp 2nd 24% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.1% 23rd -5.8pp 3rd 48% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 15.1% 19th -4.3pp 4th 23% above peers
Renton, WA 8.6% 7th -2.3pp 5th 30% below peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 17th -3.3pp 6th 4% above peers
Georgetown, TX 6.2% 5th -1.5pp 7th 49% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 10.1% 10th -2.3pp 8th 18% below peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 26th -4.8pp 9th 78% above peers
Bend, OR 10.4% 11th -2.1pp 10th 15% below peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 18th -2.4pp 11th 7% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.5% 30th -5.3pp 12th 181% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 12.2% 15th -1.9pp 13th 1% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.6% 29th -3.7pp 14th 117% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 21st -2.2pp 15th 38% above peers
Columbia, MD 9.8% 9th -0.8pp 16th 20% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.9% 31st -4.2pp 17th 437% above peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 13th -0.4pp 18th 9% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 16.9% 22nd +0.2pp 19th 38% above peers
Green Bay, WI 20.1% 24th +0.4pp 20th 64% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 76% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 1st +0.2pp 22nd 76% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 67% below peers
West Covina, CA 12.3% 16th +1.9pp 24th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 25th +3.2pp 25th 70% above peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 28th +3.9pp 26th 81% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 10.9% 12th +2.7pp 27th 11% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 6.0% 4th +1.6pp 28th 51% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 12.0% 14th +3.6pp 29th 2% below peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 8th +2.7pp 30th 26% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 7.5% 6th +2.3pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Real improvement ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Broadband rose 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.6% to 95.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
93% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lee's Summit started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 6.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.4% to 95.8%).
Bright spot 95.8%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 89.5% +8.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Ponce zona urbana, PR 85.9% 31st +25.5pp 1st 8% below peers
Pueblo, CO 88.2% 30th +14.5pp 2nd 6% below peers
Rialto, CA 92.3% 20th +14.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
El Monte, CA 90.0% 27th +12.2pp 4th 4% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 29th +11.4pp 5th 5% below peers
Dearborn, MI 93.4% 17th +11.8pp 6th on par with peers
Brockton, MA 89.9% 28th +9.1pp 7th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 25th +9.1pp 8th 3% below peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 26th +8.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 90.6% 23rd +8.9pp 10th 3% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 21st +7.7pp 11th 2% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 93.5% 16th +6.3pp 12th on par with peers
Downey, CA 93.1% 19th +6.2pp 13th on par with peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 94.7% 12th +6.0pp 14th 1% above peers
West Covina, CA 94.2% 14th +5.9pp 15th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 22nd +5.7pp 16th 2% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 90.5% 24th +5.0pp 17th 3% below peers
Georgetown, TX 95.1% 11th +5.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 95.8% 8th +5.2pp 19th 2% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 15th +5.1pp 20th on par with peers
Costa Mesa, CA 96.1% 6th +4.7pp 21st 3% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 97.0% 3rd +4.0pp 22nd 4% above peers
Boulder, CO 95.6% 9th +3.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 95.2% 10th +3.4pp 24th 2% above peers
Renton, WA 94.4% 13th +2.8pp 25th 1% above peers
Bend, OR 93.1% 18th +2.5pp 26th on par with peers
Columbia, MD 95.8% 7th +2.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 97.6% 1st +2.5pp 28th 4% above peers
Centennial, CO 96.9% 4th +2.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 2nd +1.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 5th -0.5pp 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Income inequality (Gini index)

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.40 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.40).
Bright spot 0.40
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 0.47 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 28th -0.028 1st 13% above peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 3rd -0.019 2nd 9% below peers
Chico, CA 0.48 27th -0.017 3rd 10% above peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 19th -0.012 4th 2% above peers
Pueblo, CO 0.46 24th -0.011 5th 5% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 0.40 4th -0.007 6th 8% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 16th -0.007 7th on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 0.52 29th -0.006 8th 19% above peers
Rialto, CA 0.40 2nd -0.000 9th 9% below peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 13th -0.000 10th 1% below peers
Brockton, MA 0.46 23rd +0.001 11th 5% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 0.42 8th +0.002 12th 5% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 0.43 14th +0.003 13th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 0.44 17th +0.003 14th 1% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 0.58 31st +0.005 15th 31% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 0.36 1st +0.004 16th 18% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 0.44 18th +0.005 17th 1% above peers
Georgetown, TX 0.43 10th +0.007 18th 3% below peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 21st +0.008 19th 3% above peers
Dearborn, MI 0.48 26th +0.010 20th 10% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 0.41 7th +0.009 21st 6% below peers
Renton, WA 0.43 11th +0.012 22nd 2% below peers
El Monte, CA 0.44 15th +0.012 23rd on par with peers
Bend, OR 0.47 25th +0.014 24th 7% above peers
Centennial, CO 0.41 6th +0.014 25th 7% below peers
Columbia, MD 0.41 5th +0.014 26th 8% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 0.46 22nd +0.016 27th 4% above peers
West Covina, CA 0.43 9th +0.019 28th 3% below peers
Boulder, CO 0.56 30th +0.029 29th 28% above peers
Downey, CA 0.43 12th +0.028 30th 2% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 20th +0.050 31st 2% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households receiving SNAP

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (3.6% then, 4.0% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 2.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.1% to 4.0%).
Bright spot 4.0%
20102023
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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 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
Bend, OR 7.7% 12th -4.9pp 1st 12% below peers
St. George, UT 5.6% 9th -3.1pp 2nd 36% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 3.6% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 59% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 1st -0.5pp 4th 83% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 10.9% 17th -2.8pp 5th 26% above peers
Rialto, CA 18.8% 26th -4.0pp 6th 116% above peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 18th -1.7pp 7th 29% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 11th -1.2pp 8th 12% below peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 23rd -1.2pp 9th 81% above peers
Dearborn, MI 21.6% 27th -1.3pp 10th 149% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 82% below peers
Renton, WA 11.6% 21st +0.3pp 12th 34% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 17.3% 25th +0.4pp 13th 100% above peers
Columbia, MD 8.1% 14th +0.2pp 14th 7% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 10th +0.2pp 15th 22% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 8.6% 15th +0.3pp 16th 1% below peers
Pueblo, CO 24.6% 29th +1.0pp 17th 183% above peers
Brockton, MA 31.4% 30th +2.2pp 18th 262% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 8.7% 16th +0.6pp 19th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 17.1% 24th +1.5pp 20th 97% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.0% 6th +0.4pp 21st 54% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 54.5% 31st +8.5pp 22nd 528% above peers
Boulder, CO 5.1% 7th +1.0pp 23rd 41% below peers
Georgetown, TX 5.3% 8th +1.1pp 24th 38% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 7.7% 13th +2.0pp 25th 11% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 22nd +3.9pp 26th 70% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.1% 28th +6.6pp 27th 154% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.5% 3rd +0.9pp 28th 71% below peers
Downey, CA 11.2% 19th +4.1pp 29th 29% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 3.7% 5th +1.8pp 30th 57% below peers
West Covina, CA 11.4% 20th +6.1pp 31st 32% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Worsening ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership fell 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 77.2% to 73.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (76.0% to 73.4%).
Needs attention 73.4%
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%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 29th +5.2pp 1st 35% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 2nd +7.6pp 2nd 26% above peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 12th +5.5pp 3rd 3% above peers
Pueblo, CO 61.4% 18th +4.8pp 4th 5% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 82.2% 1st +3.9pp 5th 27% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 50.2% 26th +2.2pp 6th 23% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 70.1% 9th +3.1pp 7th 8% above peers
Rialto, CA 66.2% 14th +2.7pp 8th 2% above peers
Brockton, MA 57.4% 22nd +2.3pp 9th 11% below peers
Green Bay, WI 57.9% 21st +2.3pp 10th 11% below peers
Renton, WA 54.4% 24th +2.2pp 11th 16% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 55.9% 23rd +1.8pp 12th 14% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 39.5% 31st +1.2pp 13th 39% below peers
Dearborn, MI 68.4% 11th +2.0pp 14th 6% above peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 8th +2.0pp 15th 9% above peers
Bend, OR 61.7% 17th +1.7pp 16th 5% below peers
Downey, CA 51.1% 25th +1.2pp 17th 21% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 13th +1.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 58.2% 20th +0.9pp 19th 10% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 65.4% 15th +0.9pp 20th 1% above peers
El Monte, CA 40.2% 30th +0.2pp 21st 38% below peers
Columbia, MD 64.8% 16th -0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 80.3% 4th -1.1pp 23rd 24% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 6th -1.3pp 24th 15% above peers
Centennial, CO 80.6% 3rd -1.6pp 25th 24% above peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 5th -1.5pp 26th 18% above peers
Boulder, CO 47.2% 27th -1.1pp 27th 27% below peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 28th -1.3pp 28th 33% below peers
West Covina, CA 60.3% 19th -2.3pp 29th 7% below peers
Georgetown, TX 69.5% 10th -2.8pp 30th 7% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 73.4% 7th -3.8pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better Worsening ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Cost burden rose 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 21.5% to 26.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.3% to 26.7%).
Needs attention 26.7%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 26.3% -0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Bend, OR 34.1% 15th -2.8pp 1st on par with peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 27.2% 6th -2.2pp 2nd 20% below peers
El Monte, CA 48.1% 31st -3.9pp 3rd 41% above peers
Rialto, CA 40.6% 24th -2.6pp 4th 19% above peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 10th -1.8pp 5th 9% below peers
Green Bay, WI 27.4% 7th -1.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Columbia, MD 27.7% 8th -0.7pp 7th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 18th -0.9pp 8th 4% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 43.3% 26th -0.9pp 9th 27% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 40.3% 23rd -0.7pp 10th 18% above peers
Pueblo, CO 37.0% 19th -0.6pp 11th 9% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 32.3% 12th -0.2pp 12th 5% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 38.9% 21st -0.2pp 13th 14% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.8% 17th -0.1pp 14th 2% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 11th -0.0pp 15th 6% below peers
Downey, CA 44.9% 29th +0.1pp 16th 32% above peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 16th +0.2pp 17th on par with peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 13th +0.5pp 18th 3% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 28th +1.1pp 19th 31% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 29.3% 9th +0.8pp 20th 14% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.7% 25th +1.1pp 21st 19% above peers
Renton, WA 38.7% 20th +1.1pp 22nd 14% above peers
Brockton, MA 43.4% 27th +1.3pp 23rd 27% above peers
Boulder, CO 46.0% 30th +2.3pp 24th 35% above peers
Dearborn, MI 39.2% 22nd +2.8pp 25th 15% above peers
Georgetown, TX 33.4% 14th +3.8pp 26th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 39% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 41% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 26.9% 5th +4.3pp 29th 21% below peers
Centennial, CO 26.9% 4th +4.6pp 30th 21% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 26.7% 3rd +5.2pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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 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 →
  • Rio Rancho, NM down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Joliet, IL down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.4% then, 3.5% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.4% to 3.5%).
Bright spot 3.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 12th -2.5pp 1st 10% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.3% 17th -1.5pp 2nd 1% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 16.1% 30th -4.5pp 3rd 206% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 2.1% 1st -0.5pp 4th 60% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 2.1% 2nd -0.4pp 5th 60% below peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 19th -1.1pp 6th 10% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 3rd -0.4pp 7th 52% below peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 15th -0.8pp 8th 4% below peers
Pueblo, CO 8.6% 27th -1.2pp 9th 64% above peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 10th -0.6pp 10th 21% below peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 22nd -0.8pp 11th 34% above peers
Georgetown, TX 3.5% 6th -0.3pp 12th 34% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.9% 21st -0.5pp 13th 31% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.5% 11th -0.3pp 14th 14% below peers
El Monte, CA 9.3% 29th -0.2pp 15th 76% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 7.2% 23rd -0.1pp 16th 38% above peers
Bend, OR 4.8% 14th -0.1pp 17th 8% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 3.9% 8th -0.0pp 18th 27% below peers
Columbia, MD 5.8% 20th +0.1pp 19th 11% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 20th 33% below peers
Green Bay, WI 8.2% 24th +0.4pp 21st 56% above peers
Brockton, MA 16.3% 31st +1.0pp 22nd 210% above peers
Dearborn, MI 8.3% 25th +0.5pp 23rd 58% above peers
Boulder, CO 9.1% 28th +0.9pp 24th 74% above peers
West Covina, CA 5.4% 18th +0.7pp 25th 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 4.8% 13th +0.7pp 26th 8% below peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 26th +1.6pp 27th 60% above peers
Centennial, CO 2.9% 5th +0.7pp 28th 45% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 29th 25% below peers
Downey, CA 5.3% 16th +1.5pp 30th on par with peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 4th +0.9pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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 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 →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.2% then, 4.9% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 8.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Downey, CA 7.1% 16th -3.2pp 1st on par with peers
Rialto, CA 9.0% 23rd -3.3pp 2nd 27% above peers
Pueblo, CO 5.8% 12th -1.8pp 3rd 18% below peers
Bend, OR 6.2% 13th -1.9pp 4th 13% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 4.0% 5th -1.2pp 5th 43% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 27th -3.1pp 6th 53% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 5.2% 9th -1.4pp 7th 27% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 9.5% 24th -2.3pp 8th 35% above peers
Boulder, CO 3.5% 3rd -0.7pp 9th 51% below peers
West Covina, CA 5.7% 11th -0.9pp 10th 20% below peers
Dearborn, MI 5.3% 10th -0.8pp 11th 25% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 6.2% 14th -0.8pp 12th 12% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 8.6% 22nd -1.0pp 13th 22% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.8% 30th -1.2pp 14th 67% above peers
St. George, UT 11.5% 29th -0.9pp 15th 62% above peers
El Monte, CA 12.9% 31st -0.7pp 16th 83% above peers
Green Bay, WI 7.8% 19th -0.1pp 17th 10% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.3% 20th -0.0pp 18th 17% above peers
Yuma, AZ 11.3% 28th +0.0pp 19th 59% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.4% 15th +0.1pp 20th 9% below peers
Renton, WA 7.6% 18th +0.4pp 21st 8% above peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 17th +0.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.3% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 54% below peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 1st +0.3pp 24th 55% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.6% 25th +0.9pp 25th 35% above peers
Centennial, CO 3.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 46% below peers
Brockton, MA 4.6% 7th +0.6pp 27th 34% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.9% 8th +0.7pp 28th 31% below peers
Columbia, MD 4.6% 6th +0.7pp 29th 35% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.3% 21st +1.4pp 30th 18% above peers
Georgetown, TX 9.8% 26th +2.7pp 31st 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% 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 →
What changed

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

34.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 37.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Boulder, CO 18.9% 1st 40% below peers
Centennial, CO 22.2% 2nd 29% below peers
West Covina, CA 23.7% 3rd 24% below peers
Renton, WA 24.4% 4th 22% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 26.1% 5th 17% below peers
El Monte, CA 26.4% 6th 16% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 7th 15% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 27.2% 8th 13% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 27.3% 9th 13% below peers
Bend, OR 27.5% 10th 12% below peers
Downey, CA 28.2% 11th 10% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 12th 9% below peers
Columbia, MD 29.1% 13th 7% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 29.2% 14th 7% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 15th 4% below peers
Georgetown, TX 31.3% 16th on par with peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 17th 1% above peers
Pueblo, CO 33.1% 18th 6% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 19th 8% above peers
Dearborn, MI 33.9% 20th 8% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 34.0% 21st 9% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 22nd 9% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 34.9% 23rd 12% above peers
Brockton, MA 35.2% 24th 12% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 36.3% 25th 16% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 36.5% 26th 17% above peers
Rialto, CA 38.3% 27th 22% above peers
Green Bay, WI 38.9% 28th 24% above peers
Yuma, AZ 41.5% 29th 33% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.6% to 4.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.3% to 4.4%).
Needs attention 4.4%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.2% +0.6pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Costa Mesa, CA 2.7% 8th -4.3pp 1st 27% below peers
Downey, CA 3.0% 12th -3.9pp 2nd 17% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 1.7% 2nd -1.0pp 3rd 52% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.2% 18th -1.8pp 4th 13% above peers
Pueblo, CO 2.0% 3rd -0.8pp 5th 46% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 4th -0.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 30th -3.8pp 7th 211% above peers
Rialto, CA 4.4% 19th -0.8pp 8th 19% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 31st -2.0pp 9th 213% above peers
West Covina, CA 3.0% 11th -0.5pp 10th 17% below peers
Bend, OR 3.6% 15th -0.4pp 11th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 26th -0.7pp 12th 110% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 6.3% 24th +0.4pp 13th 72% above peers
Renton, WA 2.4% 5th +0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.0% 29th +1.5pp 15th 145% above peers
El Monte, CA 4.0% 17th +0.6pp 16th 9% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 3.4% 14th +0.7pp 17th 6% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.4% 6th +0.5pp 18th 34% below peers
Boulder, CO 1.6% 1st +0.4pp 19th 56% below peers
Dearborn, MI 3.7% 16th +0.9pp 20th on par with peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 21st +1.2pp 21st 27% above peers
Columbia, MD 3.4% 13th +0.9pp 22nd 8% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 2.6% 7th +0.8pp 23rd 29% below peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 22nd +1.7pp 24th 34% above peers
Green Bay, WI 5.7% 23rd +2.0pp 25th 55% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 8.1% 28th +2.9pp 26th 121% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 10th +1.1pp 27th 20% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 4.4% 20th +1.7pp 28th 19% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 25th +3.8pp 29th 104% above peers
Brockton, MA 2.8% 9th +1.6pp 30th 22% below peers
Georgetown, TX 7.9% 27th +5.5pp 31st 116% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

▲ Higher is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (48.0% then, 48.8% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
76% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.6% to 48.8%).
Bright spot 48.8%
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 32.4% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 20th +6.8pp 1st 25% below peers
Pueblo, CO 23.7% 25th +4.8pp 2nd 40% below peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 16th +7.3pp 3rd 7% below peers
El Monte, CA 15.2% 28th +2.9pp 4th 62% below peers
Bend, OR 52.9% 8th +8.9pp 5th 34% above peers
Brockton, MA 22.3% 26th +3.7pp 6th 43% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 41.5% 14th +5.7pp 7th 5% above peers
Dearborn, MI 34.6% 17th +4.8pp 8th 12% below peers
Georgetown, TX 47.8% 11th +6.2pp 9th 21% above peers
Rialto, CA 12.6% 30th +1.6pp 10th 68% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 26.5% 22nd +3.1pp 11th 33% below peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 18th +3.9pp 12th 15% below peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 13th +4.8pp 13th 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 20.9% 27th +2.4pp 14th 47% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 14.9% 29th +1.7pp 15th 62% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 23.9% 24th +2.6pp 16th 39% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 45.0% 12th +4.6pp 17th 14% above peers
Downey, CA 26.1% 23rd +2.7pp 18th 34% below peers
Centennial, CO 62.6% 7th +5.2pp 19th 59% above peers
Renton, WA 39.5% 15th +3.0pp 20th on par with peers
Green Bay, WI 26.7% 21st +1.9pp 21st 32% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 69.2% 3rd +4.1pp 22nd 75% above peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 2nd +3.8pp 23rd 89% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.0% 6th +2.9pp 24th 60% above peers
West Covina, CA 30.1% 19th +1.1pp 25th 24% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 48.8% 10th +0.9pp 26th 24% above peers
Columbia, MD 63.6% 5th +0.9pp 27th 61% above peers
Boulder, CO 76.8% 1st +0.8pp 28th 95% above peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 4th +0.0pp 29th 68% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 9th -1.2pp 30th 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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 88% 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 ±1.7pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment fell 15.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 51.3% to 35.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.4pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 16.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (51.8% to 35.4%).
Needs attention 35.4%
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 43.6% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Dearborn, MI 51.3% 10th +14.5pp 1st 14% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 68.2% 2nd +18.3pp 2nd 52% above peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 1st +12.2pp 3rd 61% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 5th +7.0pp 4th 37% above peers
El Monte, CA 48.2% 12th +4.4pp 5th 8% above peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 16th +3.0pp 6th on par with peers
Bend, OR 50.9% 11th +2.3pp 7th 14% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 64.8% 4th +2.7pp 8th 45% above peers
Georgetown, TX 45.6% 14th +0.1pp 9th 2% above peers
Green Bay, WI 30.1% 28th -2.1pp 10th 33% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 33.0% 25th -2.4pp 11th 27% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 58.2% 7th -4.4pp 12th 30% above peers
Columbia, MD 56.2% 8th -4.3pp 13th 25% above peers
Downey, CA 45.0% 15th -6.3pp 14th on par with peers
Spokane Valley, WA 40.0% 19th -5.6pp 15th 11% below peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 13th -7.9pp 16th 2% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 29.2% 29th -5.1pp 17th 35% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 56.0% 9th -12.8pp 18th 25% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 23rd -8.3pp 19th 22% below peers
Centennial, CO 59.5% 6th -14.5pp 20th 33% above peers
Brockton, MA 41.3% 17th -11.2pp 21st 8% below peers
West Covina, CA 40.9% 18th -12.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
Boulder, CO 64.9% 3rd -21.3pp 23rd 45% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 35.4% 22nd -15.9pp 24th 21% below peers
Pueblo, CO 32.5% 26th -14.8pp 25th 28% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 39.1% 21st -18.1pp 26th 13% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 27th -15.7pp 27th 28% below peers
Renton, WA 34.6% 24th -17.8pp 28th 23% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 30th -15.4pp 29th 36% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 20th -29.2pp 30th 12% below peers
Rialto, CA 25.1% 31st -18.5pp 31st 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
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EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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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 →
  • Sandy Springs, GA up 18.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carrollton, TX up 11.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.8pp 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 →
What changed

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.3% then, 6.0% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.9% to 6.0%).
6.0%
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 7.0% +0.6pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Georgetown, TX 5.0% 8th -6.8pp 1st 24% below peers
Centennial, CO 2.2% 2nd -1.9pp 2nd 66% below peers
Rialto, CA 6.8% 18th -4.4pp 3rd 4% above peers
Pueblo, CO 11.8% 28th -4.8pp 4th 80% above peers
El Monte, CA 7.0% 19th -2.5pp 5th 6% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 4.3% 5th -1.3pp 6th 34% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 4.8% 6th -1.2pp 7th 27% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 5.6% 11th -1.0pp 8th 15% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 9.7% 23rd -1.6pp 9th 47% above peers
Brockton, MA 4.9% 7th -0.5pp 10th 25% below peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 11.7% 27th -0.2pp 11th 78% above peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 4th +0.0pp 12th 44% below peers
Downey, CA 6.6% 16th +0.7pp 13th on par with peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 14th 50% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 30th +1.7pp 15th 88% above peers
Spokane Valley, WA 12.0% 29th +1.9pp 16th 83% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 17th +1.1pp 17th 2% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 11.2% 26th +1.9pp 18th 70% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 6.0% 14th +1.7pp 19th 8% below peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 12th +1.9pp 20th 14% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 5.1% 9th +1.9pp 21st 22% below peers
Dearborn, MI 7.3% 20th +2.7pp 22nd 11% above peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 13th +2.2pp 23rd 12% below peers
West Covina, CA 6.5% 15th +2.7pp 24th 2% below peers
Boulder, CO 2.0% 1st +1.0pp 25th 69% below peers
Columbia, MD 7.4% 21st +3.5pp 26th 12% above peers
Green Bay, WI 11.1% 25th +5.7pp 27th 69% above peers
Renton, WA 8.4% 22nd +4.8pp 28th 28% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 24th +5.8pp 29th 50% above peers
Bend, OR 13.0% 31st +7.8pp 30th 98% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 10th +3.7pp 31st 21% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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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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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 7% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 97,275 to 103,656 - more than the combined survey margin (±279).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 12% from 2014 to 2024 (92,813 to 103,656).
Big move 103,656
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Georgetown, TX 85,999 31st +21% 1st 19% below peers
St. George, UT 101,995 25th +21% 2nd 4% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 28th +17% 3rd 6% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 30th +14% 4th 7% below peers
Dearborn, MI 107,423 9th +13% 5th 1% above peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 23rd +13% 6th 4% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 109,189 6th +13% 7th 3% above peers
Brockton, MA 105,386 17th +10% 8th 1% below peers
Bend, OR 103,390 22nd +10% 9th 3% below peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 29th +10% 10th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 106,365 14th +9% 11th on par with peers
Chico, CA 102,188 24th +8% 12th 4% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 103,656 21st +7% 13th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 26th +4% 14th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 27th +4% 15th 6% below peers
Renton, WA 105,317 18th +4% 16th 1% below peers
Green Bay, WI 106,253 15th +1% 17th on par with peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 107,011 12th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Rialto, CA 104,143 20th +1% 19th 2% below peers
Pueblo, CO 111,561 1st +1% 20th 5% above peers
West Covina, CA 107,037 11th +0% 21st 1% above peers
Columbia, MD 104,338 19th +0% 22nd 2% below peers
Boulder, CO 106,433 13th +0% 23rd on par with peers
Sandy Springs, GA 107,087 10th +0% 24th 1% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 109,857 5th -0% 25th 4% above peers
Downey, CA 110,939 2nd -1% 26th 5% above peers
Centennial, CO 108,201 7th -2% 27th 2% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 110,330 3rd -3% 28th 4% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 107,805 8th -5% 29th 2% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 110,016 4th -7% 30th 4% above peers
El Monte, CA 106,109 16th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.5% then, 25.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.1% to 25.6%).
Big move 25.5%
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 22.3% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Georgetown, TX 19.8% 22nd +1.2pp 1st 9% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 28th +0.3pp 2nd 17% below peers
Brockton, MA 25.3% 7th +0.3pp 3rd 17% above peers
Sugar Land, TX 22.9% 13th +0.2pp 4th 6% above peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 8th -0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
El Monte, CA 22.8% 14th -0.2pp 6th 5% above peers
Dearborn, MI 28.7% 1st -0.6pp 7th 33% above peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 12th -0.7pp 8th 9% above peers
Pueblo, CO 21.6% 16th -0.8pp 9th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 6th -0.9pp 10th 18% above peers
Lee's Summit, MO 25.6% 5th -0.9pp 11th 18% above peers
West Covina, CA 20.2% 21st -0.8pp 12th 7% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 26th -0.8pp 13th 15% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 21.2% 18th -0.9pp 14th 2% below peers
Green Bay, WI 23.7% 11th -1.1pp 15th 9% above peers
Rialto, CA 26.7% 3rd -1.3pp 16th 24% above peers
Columbia, MD 21.0% 19th -1.1pp 17th 3% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 30th -1.0pp 18th 21% below peers
Centennial, CO 21.9% 15th -1.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Renton, WA 20.8% 20th -1.3pp 20th 4% below peers
Boulder, CO 11.8% 31st -0.7pp 21st 46% below peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 9th -1.8pp 22nd 13% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 18.4% 27th -1.4pp 23rd 15% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 19.7% 23rd -1.6pp 24th 9% below peers
Costa Mesa, CA 18.5% 25th -1.8pp 25th 14% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 4th -2.9pp 26th 23% above peers
Downey, CA 21.3% 17th -2.4pp 27th 1% below peers
Bend, OR 19.3% 24th -2.8pp 28th 11% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 24.4% 10th -3.6pp 29th 13% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 17.2% 29th -2.7pp 30th 20% below peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 26.8% 2nd -4.4pp 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.6% then, 23.2% now; margin ±4.3pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.3% to 23.2%).
23.2%
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 29.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Boulder, CO 27.9% 19th +7.7pp 1st 5% below peers
West Covina, CA 34.0% 10th +8.6pp 2nd 16% above peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 28.8% 17th +6.0pp 3rd 2% below peers
Bend, OR 33.4% 11th +6.7pp 4th 14% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 21.6% 25th +3.5pp 5th 26% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 32.4% 12th +4.8pp 6th 10% above peers
El Monte, CA 46.4% 2nd +6.1pp 7th 58% above peers
Green Bay, WI 41.2% 5th +5.3pp 8th 40% above peers
Sandy Springs, GA 27.1% 20th +3.2pp 9th 8% below peers
Sugar Land, TX 10.7% 31st +1.3pp 10th 64% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 23.2% 23rd +2.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 7th +3.6pp 12th 23% above peers
Downey, CA 36.3% 6th +2.1pp 13th 24% above peers
Renton, WA 30.8% 15th +1.0pp 14th 5% above peers
Columbia, MD 28.1% 18th +0.2pp 15th 4% below peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 28th +0.1pp 16th 54% below peers
Pueblo, CO 46.0% 3rd +0.1pp 17th 56% above peers
Ponce zona urbana, PR 68.5% 1st -0.4pp 18th 133% above peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 13th -0.2pp 19th 9% above peers
Rialto, CA 34.2% 9th -0.4pp 20th 16% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 14th -2.5pp 21st 6% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 24.6% 22nd -2.0pp 22nd 16% below peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 26.9% 21st -2.3pp 23rd 8% below peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 8th -3.6pp 24th 22% above peers
Centennial, CO 15.7% 27th -1.6pp 25th 47% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 16th -4.5pp 26th on par with peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 26th -2.9pp 27th 41% below peers
Georgetown, TX 22.0% 24th -4.2pp 28th 25% below peers
Brockton, MA 42.8% 4th -9.3pp 29th 45% above peers
Dearborn, MI 13.4% 29th -3.4pp 30th 55% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 30th -3.8pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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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Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (74.8% then, 69.7% now; margin ±8.7pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.2% to 69.7%).
69.7%
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
Ponce zona urbana, PR 57.4% 28th +11.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Sandy Springs, GA 72.2% 6th +10.4pp 2nd 6% above peers
Dearborn, MI 37.9% 31st +5.3pp 3rd 45% below peers
Renton, WA 68.5% 15th +9.2pp 4th on par with peers
Sugar Land, TX 63.6% 21st +8.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Spokane Valley, WA 61.8% 23rd +7.2pp 6th 9% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 12th +7.6pp 7th 2% above peers
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 76.7% 4th +8.0pp 8th 12% above peers
San Tan Valley, AZ 56.6% 29th +4.0pp 9th 17% below peers
Bend, OR 64.7% 20th +4.4pp 10th 5% below peers
Jurupa Valley, CA 60.0% 26th +3.8pp 11th 12% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 3rd +4.8pp 12th 13% above peers
Costa Mesa, CA 71.0% 8th +4.4pp 13th 4% above peers
Pueblo, CO 67.7% 17th +4.0pp 14th 1% below peers
Georgetown, TX 72.2% 5th +3.3pp 15th 6% above peers
Columbia, MD 78.2% 2nd +2.9pp 16th 15% above peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 14th +2.5pp 17th 1% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 19th +2.3pp 18th 3% below peers
Downey, CA 70.6% 10th +2.3pp 19th 3% above peers
El Monte, CA 63.5% 22nd +1.8pp 20th 7% below peers
Rialto, CA 61.0% 25th +1.5pp 21st 11% below peers
Centennial, CO 71.5% 7th +1.2pp 22nd 5% above peers
Brockton, MA 80.7% 1st +0.4pp 23rd 18% above peers
West Covina, CA 70.0% 11th -1.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 16th -1.4pp 25th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 27th -3.2pp 26th 13% below peers
Lee's Summit, MO 69.7% 13th -5.1pp 27th 2% above peers
Boulder, CO 66.5% 18th -4.9pp 28th 3% below peers
Green Bay, WI 70.9% 9th -5.6pp 29th 4% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 24th -6.0pp 30th 10% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 30th -7.2pp 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 26 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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