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St. Charles, MO
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71,508 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 16 indicators

Where St. Charles, MO shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 2 indicators

Where St. Charles, MO shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 2 indicators

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Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 3% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 185 in May 2026, up from 179 a year earlier.
185 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 16 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 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Blaine, MN 61 (May 26) -41.8% 1st
North Richland Hills, TX 151 (May 26) -29.0% 2nd
St. Joseph, MO 496 (May 26) -24.6% 3rd
Framingham, MA 281 (Dec 25) -21.0% 4th
St. Cloud, MN 306 (May 26) -17.2% 5th
Waukesha, WI 106 (May 26) -14.6% 6th
Mount Vernon, NY 478 (Mar 26) -12.7% 7th
Tulare, CA 483 (May 26) -10.7% 8th
Harlingen, TX 212 (May 26) -8.9% 9th
Johnson City, TN 380 (May 26) -4.4% 10th
Maple Grove, MN 110 (May 26) +0.0% 11th
San Marcos, TX 398 (May 26) +2.4% 12th
St. Charles, MO 185 (May 26) +3.1% 13th
West Des Moines, IA 186 (May 26) +23.4% 14th
Apex, NC 57 (May 26) +115.0% 15th
Jacksonville, NC

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down about 21% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2023-2026
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view: property crime fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 820 in May 2026, up from 814 a year earlier.
820 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 16 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Tulare, CA 1,292 (May 26) -26.3% 1st
Framingham, MA 865 (Dec 25) -25.0% 2nd
St. Cloud, MN 2,288 (May 26) -19.7% 3rd
West Des Moines, IA 1,385 (May 26) -19.2% 4th
Maple Grove, MN 1,325 (May 26) -19.0% 5th
Johnson City, TN 1,855 (May 26) -18.0% 6th
North Richland Hills, TX 1,657 (May 26) -15.2% 7th
Blaine, MN 1,076 (May 26) -7.8% 8th
San Marcos, TX 1,970 (May 26) -4.7% 9th
Harlingen, TX 2,298 (May 26) -3.2% 10th
St. Charles, MO 820 (May 26) +0.7% 11th
St. Joseph, MO 3,581 (May 26) +0.8% 12th
Mount Vernon, NY 1,400 (Mar 26) +9.0% 13th
Waukesha, WI 971 (May 26) +26.2% 14th
Apex, NC 752 (May 26) +91.0% 15th
Jacksonville, NC

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide is about 2% lower than in 2021 (4 then, 4 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 0 in 2022 it has risen mostly since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: homicide rose about 18% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 4 in May 2026, up from 3 a year earlier.
4 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 16 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 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Waukesha, WI 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Apex, NC 0 (May 26) -100.0% 2nd
Blaine, MN 0 (May 26) -100.0% 3rd
Tulare, CA 1 (May 26) -85.7% 4th
St. Joseph, MO 1 (May 26) -66.6% 5th
Johnson City, TN 1 (May 26) -66.6% 6th
North Richland Hills, TX 6 (May 26) +0.0% 7th
St. Cloud, MN 4 (May 26) +0.0% 8th
Mount Vernon, NY 3 (Mar 26) +0.0% 9th
St. Charles, MO 4 (May 26) +50.0% 10th
San Marcos, TX 4 (May 26) +199.3% 11th
Jacksonville, NC
Maple Grove, MN 0 (May 26)
West Des Moines, IA 0 (May 26)
Harlingen, TX 1 (May 26)
Framingham, MA 0 (Dec 25)

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Taunton, MA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Arcadia, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bozeman, MT essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 2% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 92 in May 2026, down from 110 a year earlier.
92 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 16 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%
Framingham, MA 70 (Dec 25) -42.0% 1st
West Des Moines, IA 81 (May 26) -38.1% 2nd
Harlingen, TX 163 (May 26) -33.0% 3rd
San Marcos, TX 237 (May 26) -26.7% 4th
St. Joseph, MO 332 (May 26) -23.6% 5th
North Richland Hills, TX 129 (May 26) -23.3% 6th
Tulare, CA 244 (May 26) -19.2% 7th
Johnson City, TN 122 (May 26) -18.9% 8th
St. Charles, MO 92 (May 26) -16.2% 9th
Mount Vernon, NY 174 (Mar 26) -13.2% 10th
St. Cloud, MN 201 (May 26) -10.5% 11th
Blaine, MN 85 (May 26) +18.5% 12th
Maple Grove, MN 44 (May 26) +23.1% 13th
Waukesha, WI 70 (May 26) +42.9% 14th
Apex, NC 42 (May 26) +113.4% 15th
Jacksonville, NC

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Elkhart, IN down about 55% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yakima, WA down about 35% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $68,486 to $85,937 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,836). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 52% from 2014 to 2024 ($56,622 to $85,937).
$85,937
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref $70,702 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Camden, NJ $40,546 31st +50% 1st 52% below peers
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 2nd 156% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $101,888 10th +43% 3rd 22% above peers
Turlock, CA $82,995 18th +39% 4th 1% below peers
Johnson City, TN $57,254 26th +37% 5th 32% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $97,305 11th +37% 6th 16% above peers
Harlingen, TX $53,645 29th +35% 7th 36% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 4th +34% 8th 69% above peers
Eastvale, CA $160,069 2nd +34% 9th 91% above peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 20th +34% 10th 14% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR $57,272 25th +33% 11th 32% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $78,779 19th +32% 12th 6% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $83,887 15th +31% 13th on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ $83,683 17th +30% 14th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE $58,671 22nd +30% 15th 30% below peers
Framingham, MA $107,419 8th +30% 16th 28% above peers
Apex, NC $144,135 3rd +29% 17th 72% above peers
Waukesha, WI $83,837 16th +28% 18th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $57,697 24th +28% 19th 31% below peers
San Marcos, TX $51,281 30th +27% 20th 39% below peers
Blaine, MN $106,801 9th +26% 21st 27% above peers
St. Charles, MO $85,937 14th +25% 22nd 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN $61,374 21st +25% 23rd 27% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD $88,280 12th +25% 24th 5% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $132,731 6th +21% 25th 58% above peers
St. Joseph, MO $57,956 23rd +20% 26th 31% below peers
Dothan, AL $55,792 27th +19% 27th 33% below peers
Centreville, VA $139,510 5th +18% 28th 66% above peers
Dale City, VA $111,994 7th +18% 29th 34% above peers
Lafayette, IN $53,716 28th +16% 30th 36% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $86,594 13th +13% 31st 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,974 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 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 84% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.3% in May 2026, down from 3.8% a year earlier.
3.3%
1990May 2026
Compare all 26 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
Camden, NJ 7.7% (May 26) 26th -2.1pp 1st 97% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 5.0% (May 26) 21st -1.0pp 2nd 28% above peers
Lafayette, IN 2.9% (May 26) 4th -0.7pp 3rd 26% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.9% (May 26) 20th -0.7pp 4th 26% above peers
Tulare, CA 5.9% (May 26) 25th -0.6pp 5th 51% above peers
St. Charles, MO 3.3% (May 26) 6th -0.5pp 6th 15% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.5pp 7th 3% below peers
Dublin, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.4pp 8th 3% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 9th 36% below peers
Wilmington, DE 5.6% (May 26) 23rd -0.2pp 10th 44% above peers
Johnson City, TN 2.9% (May 26) 5th -0.2pp 11th 26% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 4.5% (May 26) 17th -0.2pp 12th 15% above peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 13th 33% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.7% (May 26) 9th -0.2pp 14th 5% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 15th 10% below peers
Apex, NC 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -0.1pp 16th 28% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 5.0% (May 26) 22nd +0.0pp 17th 28% above peers
San Marcos, TX 3.7% (May 26) 10th +0.3pp 18th 5% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.0% (May 26) 15th +0.4pp 19th 3% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.9% (May 26) 14th +0.6pp 20th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 21st 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 4.7% (May 26) 19th +0.6pp 22nd 21% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 3.8% (May 26) 13th +0.7pp 23rd 3% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% (May 26) 18th +0.7pp 24th 15% above peers
Harlingen, TX 5.6% (May 26) 24th +0.8pp 25th 44% above peers
Dothan, AL 3.4% (May 26) 7th +1.0pp 26th 13% below peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.4% then, 6.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.6% to 6.8%).
6.8%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 12.1% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Apex, NC 2.2% 1st -2.9pp 1st 77% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4% 15th -5.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Turlock, CA 11.1% 18th -4.3pp 3rd 16% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.5% 6th -2.1pp 4th 33% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.9% 8th -1.9pp 5th 28% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.7% 2nd -1.0pp 6th 61% below peers
Eastvale, CA 4.8% 5th -1.1pp 7th 50% below peers
Wilmington, DE 20.7% 27th -4.3pp 8th 116% above peers
Camden, NJ 29.3% 31st -6.0pp 9th 205% above peers
San Marcos, TX 24.3% 29th -4.6pp 10th 153% above peers
Harlingen, TX 24.8% 30th -3.8pp 11th 158% above peers
Tulare, CA 17.8% 23rd -2.1pp 12th 86% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 19.0% 24th -2.0pp 13th 98% above peers
St. Charles, MO 6.8% 7th -0.6pp 14th 29% below peers
Waukesha, WI 9.6% 16th -0.6pp 15th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 7.1% 9th -0.4pp 16th 26% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 9.3% 14th -0.5pp 17th 3% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 16.9% 21st -0.8pp 18th 76% above peers
Johnson City, TN 19.3% 26th -0.5pp 19th 101% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 20.9% 28th +0.0pp 20th 118% above peers
Dothan, AL 19.0% 25th +0.5pp 21st 98% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 14.6% 20th +0.9pp 22nd 52% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 14.4% 19th +0.8pp 23rd 50% above peers
Lafayette, IN 17.4% 22nd +1.1pp 24th 82% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.4% 4th +0.4pp 25th 54% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 9.2% 13th +1.0pp 26th 4% below peers
Framingham, MA 10.0% 17th +1.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Blaine, MN 7.2% 10th +1.4pp 28th 25% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.0% 3rd +1.0pp 29th 58% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 11th +2.1pp 30th 25% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 8.3% 12th +2.4pp 31st 13% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better 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 (10.8% then, 8.5% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 10.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.7% to 8.5%).
8.5%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 15.8% -2.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Apex, NC 2.1% 1st -3.9pp 1st 83% below peers
San Marcos, TX 18.1% 19th -15.9pp 2nd 40% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 6th -4.8pp 3rd 54% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.2% 15th -8.5pp 4th 6% below peers
Turlock, CA 12.0% 14th -7.9pp 5th 7% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.6% 8th -5.4pp 6th 33% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.6% 20th -9.8pp 7th 59% above peers
Johnson City, TN 21.1% 23rd -6.6pp 8th 63% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.4% 4th -1.2pp 9th 66% below peers
St. Charles, MO 8.5% 7th -2.3pp 10th 34% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 2nd -1.0pp 11th 72% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.7% 24th -5.1pp 12th 75% above peers
Camden, NJ 38.9% 30th -8.5pp 13th 200% above peers
Waukesha, WI 12.9% 16th -2.0pp 14th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC 16.9% 18th -1.5pp 15th 30% above peers
Harlingen, TX 39.9% 31st -3.3pp 16th 208% above peers
Wilmington, DE 37.2% 29th -2.7pp 17th 188% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 11.7% 13th -0.6pp 18th 10% below peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 25th -1.1pp 19th 89% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 31.3% 28th -0.4pp 20th 142% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.5% 5th +0.1pp 21st 66% below peers
Lafayette, IN 25.8% 26th +1.4pp 22nd 99% above peers
Dothan, AL 31.1% 27th +1.8pp 23rd 140% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 67% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 20.9% 21st +1.7pp 25th 62% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.0% 22nd +1.9pp 26th 62% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 10.6% 12th +1.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Centreville, VA 9.4% 9th +2.5pp 28th 27% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 10.0% 11th +2.7pp 29th 23% below peers
Blaine, MN 9.9% 10th +2.9pp 30th 23% below peers
Framingham, MA 15.2% 17th +4.5pp 31st 18% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 7.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.9% to 94.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 27 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 11.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (83.2% to 94.6%).
94.6%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 89.5% +8.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Camden, NJ 86.5% 27th +22.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Harlingen, TX 84.8% 30th +15.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Wilmington, DE 87.2% 26th +14.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 83.8% 31st +13.2pp 4th 10% below peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 21st +11.6pp 5th 2% below peers
San Marcos, TX 85.3% 29th +10.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Lafayette, IN 91.4% 22nd +11.0pp 7th 2% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 85.9% 28th +10.1pp 8th 8% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 88.8% 23rd +9.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 92.4% 19th +9.7pp 10th 1% below peers
Turlock, CA 93.1% 18th +9.3pp 11th 1% below peers
Dothan, AL 87.5% 25th +8.6pp 12th 7% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 93.8% 15th +8.6pp 13th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 92.1% 20th +7.9pp 14th 2% below peers
St. Charles, MO 94.6% 12th +7.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Waukesha, WI 94.4% 13th +7.4pp 16th 1% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 94.2% 14th +6.8pp 17th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 96.5% 8th +5.9pp 18th 3% above peers
Framingham, MA 95.7% 9th +5.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Johnson City, TN 87.9% 24th +4.9pp 20th 6% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 94.8% 11th +4.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 93.6% 16th +4.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Blaine, MN 95.3% 10th +3.9pp 23rd 2% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 93.4% 17th +3.5pp 24th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Dale City, VA 97.2% 6th +2.9pp 26th 4% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 97.5% 5th +2.5pp 27th 4% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 4th +2.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Centreville, VA 98.3% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Apex, NC 97.0% 7th +1.7pp 30th 4% above peers
Eastvale, CA 98.4% 2nd +0.5pp 31st 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (0.43 then, 0.44 now; margin ±0.04).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.44).
0.44
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 0.47 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Eastvale, CA 0.33 1st -0.040 1st 22% below peers
Wilmington, DE 0.51 30th -0.032 2nd 20% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 2nd -0.022 3rd 15% below peers
Johnson City, TN 0.51 29th -0.030 4th 19% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 0.40 9th -0.022 5th 6% below peers
San Marcos, TX 0.46 21st -0.023 6th 8% above peers
Turlock, CA 0.44 17th -0.021 7th 2% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 0.44 19th -0.021 8th 3% above peers
Harlingen, TX 0.46 22nd -0.021 9th 8% above peers
Apex, NC 0.37 3rd -0.014 10th 14% below peers
Lafayette, IN 0.41 10th -0.015 11th 4% below peers
Camden, NJ 0.48 26th -0.015 12th 13% above peers
Dothan, AL 0.49 28th -0.010 13th 15% above peers
Blaine, MN 0.39 5th -0.006 14th 9% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.55 31st -0.005 15th 30% above peers
Waukesha, WI 0.42 12th -0.002 16th 2% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 0.46 20th -0.001 17th 7% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 0.39 7th +0.000 18th 8% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 0.42 14th +0.001 19th 2% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 0.42 13th +0.006 20th 2% below peers
Dale City, VA 0.38 4th +0.006 21st 11% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 0.49 27th +0.010 22nd 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 0.44 18th +0.009 23rd 2% above peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 16th +0.010 24th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 8th +0.010 25th 8% below peers
Framingham, MA 0.46 23rd +0.015 26th 8% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 0.41 11th +0.019 27th 4% below peers
Centreville, VA 0.39 6th +0.023 28th 8% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 0.48 25th +0.028 29th 12% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 0.47 24th +0.030 30th 10% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 0.42 15th +0.037 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.04 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 2.0 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 6.0% to 4.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 9 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, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 4.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.0% to 4.0%).
4.0%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 9.9% -1.7pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 89% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.6% 6th -3.2pp 2nd 67% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.5% 9th -3.1pp 3rd 50% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.6% 8th -2.5pp 4th 59% below peers
Johnson City, TN 9.9% 15th -5.0pp 5th 10% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.0% 7th -2.0pp 6th 63% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.3% 4th -1.6pp 7th 70% below peers
Apex, NC 1.9% 2nd -0.8pp 8th 83% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 16th -3.6pp 9th on par with peers
San Marcos, TX 7.5% 12th -1.8pp 10th 32% below peers
Harlingen, TX 20.5% 28th -4.1pp 11th 87% above peers
Waukesha, WI 9.2% 14th -1.7pp 12th 16% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.3% 17th -1.7pp 13th 11% above peers
Wilmington, DE 22.8% 29th -0.7pp 14th 107% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 15.6% 23rd +0.3pp 15th 41% above peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 30th +0.7pp 16th 109% above peers
Dothan, AL 16.8% 25th +0.8pp 17th 53% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 15.3% 22nd +1.0pp 18th 39% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.4% 31st +3.4pp 19th 294% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.6% 18th +1.2pp 20th 14% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 13.4% 20th +1.3pp 21st 22% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 15.7% 24th +1.7pp 22nd 42% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 19.8% 27th +2.2pp 23rd 80% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 6.8% 11th +0.8pp 24th 38% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.7% 3rd +0.4pp 25th 76% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 19.8% 26th +2.8pp 26th 80% above peers
Dale City, VA 8.3% 13th +1.3pp 27th 25% below peers
Blaine, MN 6.6% 10th +1.0pp 28th 40% below peers
Turlock, CA 14.7% 21st +3.0pp 29th 33% above peers
Framingham, MA 12.8% 19th +2.9pp 30th 16% above peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 5th +1.9pp 31st 69% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 64.7% to 68.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.3% to 68.0%).
68.0%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 68.1% +1.3pp
United States ref 65.2%
Jacksonville, NC 38.7% 28th +6.8pp 1st 34% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 42.9% 27th +5.2pp 2nd 27% below peers
Wilmington, DE 48.0% 25th +4.7pp 3rd 18% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 62.8% 15th +4.0pp 4th 7% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 67.5% 11th +3.5pp 5th 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 68.0% 10th +3.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 64.1% 13th +2.9pp 7th 9% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 70.9% 9th +3.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Centreville, VA 73.2% 7th +3.2pp 9th 25% above peers
Turlock, CA 56.0% 21st +2.4pp 10th 5% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 11th 53% above peers
San Marcos, TX 30.8% 31st +1.1pp 12th 48% below peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 17th +1.8pp 13th 1% below peers
Dale City, VA 79.3% 4th +2.4pp 14th 35% above peers
Apex, NC 76.5% 6th +2.0pp 15th 30% above peers
Johnson City, TN 51.3% 23rd +1.1pp 16th 13% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 63.5% 14th +1.3pp 17th 8% above peers
Framingham, MA 54.8% 22nd +0.9pp 18th 7% below peers
Waukesha, WI 58.8% 16th +0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 56.1% 20th +0.6pp 20th 5% below peers
Eastvale, CA 78.0% 5th +0.7pp 21st 33% above peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 12th +0.2pp 22nd 12% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 72.2% 8th -0.3pp 23rd 23% above peers
Blaine, MN 85.3% 2nd -1.1pp 24th 45% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 48.6% 24th -1.4pp 25th 17% below peers
Dothan, AL 57.1% 19th -2.1pp 26th 3% below peers
Lafayette, IN 46.7% 26th -1.9pp 27th 21% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 82.3% 3rd -3.8pp 28th 40% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 36.2% 29th -2.3pp 29th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 57.4% 18th -3.7pp 30th 2% below peers
Camden, NJ 34.4% 30th -4.9pp 31st 41% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.7% then, 23.2% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.3% to 23.2%).
23.2%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 26.3% -0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 26.0% 6th -5.2pp 1st 21% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.5% 8th -5.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 3rd -3.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Eastvale, CA 33.8% 18th -4.3pp 4th 3% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 47.4% 29th -4.8pp 5th 44% above peers
Turlock, CA 37.9% 23rd -3.8pp 6th 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 23.2% 4th -1.5pp 7th 29% below peers
Wilmington, DE 38.8% 24th -2.5pp 8th 18% above peers
Dale City, VA 30.4% 10th -1.8pp 9th 8% below peers
Camden, NJ 50.5% 30th -2.9pp 10th 54% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.9% 20th -1.7pp 11th 3% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 42.9% 26th -1.6pp 12th 30% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 44.1% 27th -1.4pp 13th 34% above peers
Framingham, MA 35.4% 22nd -0.9pp 14th 8% above peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 25th -0.8pp 15th 24% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 44.5% 28th +0.0pp 16th 35% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 31.3% 15th +1.0pp 17th 5% below peers
Apex, NC 20.0% 1st +0.8pp 18th 39% below peers
Centreville, VA 29.1% 9th +1.1pp 19th 11% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 16th +1.3pp 20th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 32.9% 17th +1.5pp 21st on par with peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 5th +1.2pp 22nd 29% below peers
Johnson City, TN 33.8% 19th +1.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 30.6% 12th +1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
San Marcos, TX 52.7% 31st +2.9pp 25th 60% above peers
Waukesha, WI 30.9% 14th +2.1pp 26th 6% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 20.9% 2nd +1.6pp 27th 36% below peers
Dothan, AL 30.9% 13th +2.7pp 28th 6% below peers
Lafayette, IN 35.4% 21st +3.7pp 29th 8% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 26.5% 7th +3.3pp 30th 19% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 30.6% 11th +5.3pp 31st 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 4.7% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.7% to 4.7%).
4.7%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Tulare, CA 3.9% 11th -2.6pp 1st 39% below peers
Blaine, MN 2.4% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 63% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.4% 4th -1.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.3% 15th -1.4pp 4th 16% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 8.4% 23rd -2.2pp 5th 33% above peers
Harlingen, TX 6.4% 16th -1.5pp 6th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 19th -1.4pp 7th 15% above peers
Framingham, MA 8.6% 24th -1.6pp 8th 36% above peers
Dale City, VA 2.7% 6th -0.3pp 9th 57% below peers
Camden, NJ 30.8% 30th -3.6pp 10th 384% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 3.7% 10th -0.2pp 11th 42% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.1% 14th -0.3pp 12th 19% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 9.5% 26th -0.4pp 13th 49% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 3.0% 8th -0.0pp 14th 52% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.2% 29th -0.0pp 15th 264% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 9.4% 25th +0.1pp 16th 47% above peers
Turlock, CA 6.7% 17th +0.1pp 17th 5% above peers
St. Charles, MO 4.7% 13th +0.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Wilmington, DE 22.5% 28th +1.0pp 19th 253% above peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 27th +0.9pp 20th 74% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.9% 12th +0.3pp 21st 39% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.7% 18th +0.6pp 22nd 6% above peers
Dothan, AL 8.0% 20th +0.9pp 23rd 26% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 8.1% 21st +1.3pp 24th 28% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.0% 31st +5.4pp 25th 419% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.1% 22nd +1.8pp 26th 28% above peers
Apex, NC 2.7% 5th +0.7pp 27th 58% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.4% 9th +1.3pp 28th 46% below peers
Eastvale, CA 2.1% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 67% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.8% 7th +1.6pp 30th 56% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 75% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.7% then, 4.9% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 4.9%).
4.9%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 8.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 3.8% 5th -2.5pp 1st 41% below peers
Dublin, CA 1.5% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 76% below peers
Lafayette, IN 7.3% 19th -3.8pp 3rd 16% above peers
Dale City, VA 10.7% 25th -3.7pp 4th 69% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.3% 16th -2.1pp 5th on par with peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.5% 21st -2.2pp 6th 19% above peers
Apex, NC 3.5% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 45% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.9% 9th -0.8pp 8th 22% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.9% 13th -0.7pp 9th 6% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 18th -0.8pp 10th 13% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 11th 62% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.9% 6th -0.3pp 12th 39% below peers
Blaine, MN 3.6% 4th -0.1pp 13th 43% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.7% 7th -0.2pp 14th 25% below peers
Framingham, MA 5.5% 10th -0.2pp 15th 13% below peers
San Marcos, TX 16.2% 30th +0.4pp 16th 157% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.7% 28th +0.9pp 17th 102% above peers
Dothan, AL 10.9% 26th +1.0pp 18th 74% above peers
Harlingen, TX 22.5% 31st +2.4pp 19th 256% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 7.7% 22nd +0.9pp 20th 21% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 11.9% 27th +1.4pp 21st 88% above peers
Johnson City, TN 10.5% 24th +1.2pp 22nd 67% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 7.1% 17th +0.9pp 23rd 12% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 11th +0.8pp 24th 8% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.8% 12th +0.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 23rd +1.9pp 26th 63% above peers
Wilmington, DE 7.5% 20th +1.5pp 27th 19% above peers
Camden, NJ 14.4% 29th +3.2pp 28th 129% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.0% 14th +1.8pp 29th 5% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.2% 15th +1.9pp 30th 1% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 4.8% 8th +1.8pp 31st 24% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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.

36.3%
20202022
Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 37.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 56% below peers
Apex, NC 23.1% 2nd 34% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 25.2% 3rd 28% below peers
Framingham, MA 25.2% 4th 28% below peers
Centreville, VA 26.1% 5th 25% below peers
Eastvale, CA 27.6% 6th 21% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.9% 7th 15% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 8th 11% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 31.5% 9th 10% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 33.8% 10th 3% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.9% 11th 3% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 34.1% 12th 3% below peers
Turlock, CA 34.3% 13th 2% below peers
Dale City, VA 34.7% 14th 1% below peers
Waukesha, WI 34.8% 15th 1% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 35.0% 16th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 35.8% 17th 2% above peers
Blaine, MN 35.9% 18th 3% above peers
St. Charles, MO 36.3% 19th 4% above peers
Lafayette, IN 36.7% 20th 5% above peers
Dothan, AL 37.5% 21st 7% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 37.5% 22nd 7% above peers
San Marcos, TX 37.6% 23rd 7% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 24th 8% above peers
Johnson City, TN 38.5% 25th 10% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 40.8% 26th 17% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.8% 27th 17% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.6% 28th 25% above peers
Wilmington, DE 44.7% 29th 28% above peers
Harlingen, TX 46.6% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 3.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.7% to 3.1%).
3.1%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.2% +0.6pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.5% 1st -0.8pp 1st 86% below peers
Turlock, CA 1.2% 2nd -0.9pp 2nd 67% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.8% 7th -1.2pp 3rd 54% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 2.3% 9th -1.5pp 4th 41% below peers
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 14th -2.0pp 5th 12% below peers
Blaine, MN 1.9% 8th -0.9pp 6th 51% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.2% 25th -2.2pp 7th 63% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 2.9% 12th -0.9pp 8th 24% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 4.3% 19th -0.1pp 9th 14% above peers
St. Charles, MO 3.1% 13th +0.0pp 10th 19% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 1.7% 6th +0.1pp 11th 55% below peers
Centreville, VA 5.8% 24th +0.4pp 12th 53% above peers
Harlingen, TX 12.8% 31st +0.9pp 13th 237% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 5.2% 22nd +0.5pp 14th 36% above peers
Johnson City, TN 4.6% 21st +0.5pp 15th 22% above peers
Apex, NC 2.4% 10th +0.3pp 16th 37% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.8% 16th +0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 4.2% 18th +0.6pp 18th 10% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.8% 29th +1.5pp 19th 131% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.3% 23rd +1.0pp 20th 41% above peers
Eastvale, CA 1.3% 3rd +0.3pp 21st 65% below peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% 11th +0.7pp 22nd 32% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 1.7% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 56% below peers
Dothan, AL 3.6% 15th +1.1pp 24th 6% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.0% 30th +4.7pp 25th 216% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% 20th +1.8pp 26th 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 26th +3.2pp 27th 73% above peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 17th +2.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Camden, NJ 8.0% 28th +4.1pp 29th 109% above peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 4th +1.1pp 30th 57% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.6% 27th +5.2pp 31st 74% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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 (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% 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 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.2% to 43.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 14 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.9% to 43.3%).
43.3%
20102024
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 32.4% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 28th +4.9pp 1st 39% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 24.3% 26th +4.6pp 2nd 35% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 35.9% 17th +6.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 42.5% 10th +7.5pp 4th 14% above peers
Wilmington, DE 33.1% 19th +5.1pp 5th 11% below peers
Dale City, VA 33.5% 18th +5.0pp 6th 10% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 7th +6.8pp 7th 21% above peers
Eastvale, CA 43.4% 8th +6.3pp 8th 16% above peers
St. Charles, MO 43.3% 9th +6.0pp 9th 16% above peers
San Marcos, TX 38.3% 14th +4.9pp 10th 3% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 23.0% 27th +2.5pp 11th 38% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 37.3% 15th +3.7pp 12th on par with peers
Waukesha, WI 41.7% 12th +3.7pp 13th 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 27.4% 23rd +2.4pp 14th 26% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.9% 21st +2.4pp 15th 25% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 26.3% 25th +2.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 29th +0.9pp 17th 68% below peers
Dothan, AL 27.6% 22nd +2.1pp 18th 26% below peers
Apex, NC 69.5% 2nd +5.2pp 19th 87% above peers
Johnson City, TN 42.5% 11th +2.6pp 20th 14% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 39.6% 13th +2.4pp 21st 6% above peers
Blaine, MN 36.9% 16th +2.0pp 22nd 1% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 57.1% 4th +3.1pp 23rd 53% above peers
Turlock, CA 26.5% 24th +1.4pp 24th 29% below peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 1st +3.4pp 25th 87% above peers
Camden, NJ 10.1% 30th +0.3pp 26th 73% below peers
Framingham, MA 48.7% 6th +1.2pp 27th 31% above peers
Centreville, VA 58.2% 3rd +0.0pp 28th 56% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 54.9% 5th -0.5pp 29th 47% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 30.4% 20th -0.4pp 30th 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment rose 19.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 42.0% to 61.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±16.1pp). 1 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 7.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.3% to 61.1%).
61.1%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 43.6% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
St. Charles, MO 61.1% 5th +19.2pp 1st 40% above peers
Centreville, VA 68.9% 2nd +17.9pp 2nd 57% above peers
Eastvale, CA 53.4% 7th +9.7pp 3rd 22% above peers
Dale City, VA 29.3% 26th +4.8pp 4th 33% below peers
Framingham, MA 52.9% 9th +5.1pp 5th 21% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 53.1% 8th +1.9pp 6th 21% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 17th +1.4pp 7th 6% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 16th +1.5pp 8th on par with peers
Dothan, AL 45.9% 14th +1.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Waukesha, WI 50.7% 10th +1.1pp 10th 16% above peers
San Marcos, TX 36.8% 22nd +0.4pp 11th 16% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 3rd +0.1pp 12th 46% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 62.1% 4th -0.4pp 13th 42% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 49.2% 11th -1.4pp 14th 12% above peers
Wilmington, DE 55.3% 6th -4.6pp 15th 26% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70.6% 1st -7.3pp 16th 61% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 25th -3.4pp 17th 30% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 46.2% 12th -6.1pp 18th 5% above peers
Blaine, MN 45.6% 15th -7.6pp 19th 4% above peers
Johnson City, TN 29.1% 27th -6.6pp 20th 34% below peers
Harlingen, TX 38.0% 21st -9.0pp 21st 13% below peers
Turlock, CA 38.4% 19th -9.7pp 22nd 12% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 38.1% 20th -11.2pp 23rd 13% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.5% 28th -11.7pp 24th 37% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 20.9% 31st -12.7pp 25th 52% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 33.3% 23rd -21.6pp 26th 24% below peers
Apex, NC 46.0% 13th -31.5pp 27th 5% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 22.9% 29th -17.1pp 28th 48% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.4% 30th -18.9pp 29th 49% below peers
Camden, NJ 39.2% 18th -34.3pp 30th 11% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 31.0% 24th -28.0pp 31st 29% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) 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 →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.6pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.7% then, 6.7% now; margin ±4.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 6.7%).
6.7%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 7.0% +0.6pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 4.0% 9th -4.1pp 1st 30% below peers
Blaine, MN 4.2% 10th -3.9pp 2nd 27% below peers
Turlock, CA 4.4% 13th -3.8pp 3rd 23% below peers
Dothan, AL 5.2% 14th -4.4pp 4th 10% below peers
Harlingen, TX 11.9% 31st -8.0pp 5th 107% above peers
Apex, NC 1.7% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 70% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 3.6% 8th -1.5pp 7th 36% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 56% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 5.7% 16th -2.2pp 9th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 10.5% 29th -2.0pp 10th 83% above peers
Framingham, MA 2.8% 4th -0.5pp 11th 51% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.5% 21st -0.6pp 12th 13% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 5.2% 15th +0.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 27th +0.5pp 14th 76% above peers
Centreville, VA 4.3% 11th +0.3pp 15th 24% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 8.8% 25th +0.5pp 16th 53% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.4% 20th +0.4pp 17th 11% above peers
Camden, NJ 11.3% 30th +0.8pp 18th 98% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Eastvale, CA 6.1% 18th +0.7pp 20th 7% above peers
Dale City, VA 3.1% 7th +0.4pp 21st 46% below peers
Lafayette, IN 8.9% 26th +1.3pp 22nd 56% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 19th +1.0pp 23rd 8% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 10.4% 28th +1.8pp 24th 83% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.0% 24th +2.3pp 25th 23% above peers
San Marcos, TX 2.8% 5th +0.9pp 26th 51% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.4% 12th +2.3pp 27th 24% below peers
St. Charles, MO 6.7% 22nd +4.0pp 28th 18% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.9% 6th +1.9pp 29th 49% below peers
Waukesha, WI 6.8% 23rd +4.8pp 30th 19% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.7% 1st 71% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.3pp 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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Demographics
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Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70,171 to 71,508 - more than the combined survey margin (±139). 20 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; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (66,900 to 71,508).
71,508
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 10th +67% 1st 1% above peers
Apex, NC 70,630 29th +37% 2nd 1% below peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 26th +16% 3rd 1% below peers
Eastvale, CA 70,633 28th +14% 4th 1% below peers
Blaine, MN 72,488 3rd +13% 5th 1% above peers
San Marcos, TX 70,897 25th +12% 6th 1% below peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 24th +12% 7th 1% below peers
Harlingen, TX 72,087 8th +11% 8th 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 72,461 4th +10% 9th 1% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 71,553 13th +10% 10th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 72,222 7th +9% 11th 1% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 71,083 22nd +8% 12th 1% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 72,427 5th +7% 13th 1% above peers
Dothan, AL 71,514 14th +5% 14th on par with peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72,590 1st +4% 15th 2% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 70,629 30th +4% 16th 1% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70,599 31st +4% 17th 1% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 72,059 9th +3% 18th 1% above peers
St. Charles, MO 71,508 15th +2% 19th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 71,727 11th +2% 20th on par with peers
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 27th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 71,173 20th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Framingham, MA 72,399 6th +0% 23rd 1% above peers
Turlock, CA 72,502 2nd -1% 24th 1% above peers
Waukesha, WI 71,233 19th -2% 25th on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 71,159 21st -2% 26th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 71,016 23rd -2% 27th 1% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 71,279 17th -2% 28th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 71,706 12th -3% 29th on par with peers
Camden, NJ 71,496 16th -3% 30th on par with peers
St. Joseph, MO 71,236 18th -6% 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±99 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 (17.5% then, 17.7% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 0.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (18.2% to 17.7%).
17.7%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 22.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Framingham, MA 21.7% 19th +2.0pp 1st 2% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 21.9% 18th +1.6pp 2nd 1% below peers
Lafayette, IN 23.4% 13th +1.2pp 3rd 6% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.1% 21st +1.0pp 4th 5% below peers
St. Charles, MO 17.7% 29th +0.2pp 5th 20% below peers
Dale City, VA 26.6% 8th +0.1pp 6th 20% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.1% 14th -0.4pp 7th 4% above peers
Dothan, AL 22.6% 15th -0.5pp 8th 2% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 18.0% 28th -0.4pp 9th 19% below peers
Johnson City, TN 18.4% 27th -0.5pp 10th 17% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.1% 16th -0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Blaine, MN 25.9% 9th -0.8pp 12th 17% above peers
Apex, NC 29.1% 3rd -0.9pp 13th 31% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 24.1% 12th -1.0pp 14th 9% above peers
San Marcos, TX 13.3% 31st -0.6pp 15th 40% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 22.1% 17th -1.2pp 16th on par with peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 10th -1.6pp 17th 13% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 18th 45% above peers
Turlock, CA 24.8% 11th -1.7pp 19th 12% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 20.7% 24th -1.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 2nd -2.3pp 21st 38% above peers
Wilmington, DE 21.0% 23rd -1.7pp 22nd 5% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 21.0% 22nd -1.8pp 23rd 5% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 19.2% 26th -1.7pp 24th 13% below peers
Eastvale, CA 28.0% 5th -2.5pp 25th 27% above peers
Waukesha, WI 19.2% 25th -1.8pp 26th 13% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.8% 4th -2.7pp 27th 30% above peers
Centreville, VA 21.7% 20th -2.5pp 28th 2% below peers
Camden, NJ 27.5% 6th -3.4pp 29th 24% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 14.7% 30th -2.4pp 30th 34% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 27.3% 7th -4.5pp 31st 24% above peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.6% then, 27.8% now; margin ±6.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.3% to 27.8%).
27.8%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 29.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bayonne, NJ 41.7% 8th +11.2pp 1st 43% above peers
Centreville, VA 20.4% 26th +4.1pp 2nd 30% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 13th +7.9pp 3rd 36% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.4% 11th +7.5pp 4th 39% above peers
Lafayette, IN 50.7% 3rd +9.3pp 5th 74% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 28th +1.9pp 6th 61% below peers
Glen Burnie, MD 41.1% 10th +6.5pp 7th 41% above peers
Waukesha, WI 32.5% 14th +4.6pp 8th 12% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 24.2% 20th +2.2pp 9th 17% below peers
Dothan, AL 47.6% 4th +3.2pp 10th 63% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.1% 16th +1.7pp 11th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 45.1% 6th +2.2pp 12th 55% above peers
Framingham, MA 29.0% 17th +0.8pp 13th 1% below peers
Wilmington, DE 67.8% 2nd +1.1pp 14th 133% above peers
Blaine, MN 23.4% 21st +0.3pp 15th 20% below peers
Camden, NJ 75.7% 1st +0.3pp 16th 160% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 9th +0.0pp 17th 42% above peers
Turlock, CA 30.6% 15th -0.3pp 18th 5% above peers
St. Charles, MO 27.8% 18th -0.7pp 19th 4% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 46.9% 5th -1.4pp 20th 61% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 42.4% 7th -2.8pp 21st 46% above peers
Dale City, VA 21.0% 25th -2.2pp 22nd 28% below peers
San Marcos, TX 40.2% 12th -4.9pp 23rd 38% above peers
Apex, NC 15.1% 27th -2.9pp 24th 48% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.3% 23rd -5.0pp 25th 23% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 22.1% 24th -6.7pp 26th 24% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 31st -3.2pp 27th 69% below peers
Johnson City, TN 26.8% 19th -11.4pp 28th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 23.3% 22nd -10.6pp 29th 20% below peers
Eastvale, CA 11.2% 29th -5.3pp 30th 62% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 11.0% 30th -5.8pp 31st 62% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.5pp 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 (75.0% then, 76.7% now; margin ±9.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.4% to 76.7%).
76.7%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 70.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Turlock, CA 71.1% 16th +16.6pp 1st on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 65.3% 22nd +14.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 90.8% 1st +17.2pp 3rd 28% above peers
Wilmington, DE 78.9% 6th +9.9pp 4th 11% above peers
Apex, NC 77.0% 9th +9.6pp 5th 8% above peers
Johnson City, TN 59.4% 28th +7.3pp 6th 16% below peers
Waukesha, WI 80.8% 3rd +9.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 30th +5.9pp 8th 22% below peers
Centreville, VA 80.2% 5th +8.5pp 9th 13% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 70.0% 18th +5.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Eastvale, CA 78.6% 7th +5.5pp 11th 11% above peers
Glen Burnie, MD 72.0% 13th +4.6pp 12th 1% above peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 29th +3.2pp 13th 19% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 81.3% 2nd +4.2pp 14th 14% above peers
San Marcos, TX 80.6% 4th +3.2pp 15th 13% above peers
Blaine, MN 75.5% 12th +2.2pp 16th 6% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 70.5% 17th +1.7pp 17th 1% below peers
St. Charles, MO 76.7% 10th +1.7pp 18th 8% above peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 25th -0.3pp 19th 10% below peers
Harlingen, TX 59.9% 27th -1.5pp 20th 16% below peers
Camden, NJ 71.2% 15th -1.8pp 21st on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 64.9% 24th -2.1pp 22nd 9% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71.5% 14th -2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 78.5% 8th -2.9pp 24th 10% above peers
Framingham, MA 76.0% 11th -3.2pp 25th 7% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 46.8% 31st -2.2pp 26th 34% below peers
Lafayette, IN 66.0% 19th -4.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Dothan, AL 65.4% 21st -5.6pp 28th 8% below peers
Dale City, VA 65.2% 23rd -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 62.1% 26th -12.8pp 30th 13% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 65.7% 20th -13.7pp 31st 8% below peers
Where is this changing? 17 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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