This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend.
Violent crime fell about 6% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 456 (Apr 26) | -9.3% | |||||
| Toledo, OH | 849 (Mar 26) | 24th | -20.9% | 1st | 70% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 724 (Oct 25) | 21st | -19.6% | 2nd | 45% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 634 (Mar 26) | 19th | -19.2% | 3rd | 27% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 454 (May 26) | 12th | -18.6% | 4th | 9% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 466 (May 26) | 13th | -15.2% | 5th | 7% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 299 (May 26) | 8th | -14.3% | 6th | 40% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 222 (May 26) | 5th | -11.6% | 7th | 56% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 266 (May 26) | 7th | -10.8% | 8th | 47% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 970 (May 26) | 25th | -10.3% | 9th | 94% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 517 (May 26) | 16th | -9.9% | 10th | 3% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 501 (May 26) | 14th | -9.1% | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 116 (May 26) | 2nd | -8.6% | 12th | 77% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 348 (May 26) | 9th | -8.6% | 13th | 30% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 251 (May 26) | 6th | -8.1% | 14th | 50% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 786 (Feb 26) | 22nd | -6.5% | 15th | 57% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 1,231 (May 26) | 26th | -5.9% | 16th | 146% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 543 (May 26) | 18th | -5.5% | 17th | 8% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 144 (May 26) | 4th | -2.6% | 18th | 71% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 509 (May 26) | 15th | -2.1% | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 835 (May 26) | 23rd | +0.0% | 20th | 67% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 77 (May 26) | 1st | +0.8% | 21st | 85% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 124 (May 26) | 3rd | +2.4% | 22nd | 75% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 410 (May 26) | 11th | +8.1% | 23rd | 18% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 697 (May 26) | 20th | +8.9% | 24th | 39% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 534 (Mar 26) | 17th | +9.4% | 25th | 7% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 360 (Apr 26) | 10th | +12.6% | 26th | 28% below peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Property crime fell about 8% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 68% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 1,987 (Apr 26) | -12.2% | |||||
| Irvine, CA | 996 (May 26) | 2nd | -26.2% | 1st | 51% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 2,019 (May 26) | 14th | -21.9% | 2nd | on par with peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 1,615 (May 26) | 9th | -21.7% | 3rd | 20% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 1,056 (May 26) | 3rd | -19.9% | 4th | 48% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 1,694 (May 26) | 11th | -18.4% | 5th | 16% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 2,832 (Oct 25) | 20th | -18.1% | 6th | 40% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 1,608 (May 26) | 8th | -17.3% | 7th | 20% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 1,133 (May 26) | 5th | -17.2% | 8th | 44% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 1,165 (May 26) | 6th | -16.7% | 9th | 42% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 1,815 (May 26) | 12th | -15.9% | 10th | 10% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 1,663 (May 26) | 10th | -14.6% | 11th | 18% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 2,073 (Mar 26) | 15th | -13.7% | 12th | 3% above peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 2,190 (May 26) | 16th | -11.4% | 13th | 8% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 2,289 (Mar 26) | 17th | -10.8% | 14th | 13% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 1,576 (Apr 26) | 7th | -9.2% | 15th | 22% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 844 (May 26) | 1st | -9.0% | 16th | 58% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 2,717 (Feb 26) | 19th | -8.4% | 17th | 35% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 5,018 (May 26) | 26th | -7.8% | 18th | 149% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 2,628 (Mar 26) | 18th | -6.9% | 19th | 30% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2,861 (May 26) | 22nd | -6.8% | 20th | 42% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 1,900 (May 26) | 13th | -5.8% | 21st | 6% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 3,695 (May 26) | 25th | -5.7% | 22nd | 83% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 3,580 (May 26) | 24th | -4.7% | 23rd | 77% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 3,423 (May 26) | 23rd | +1.3% | 24th | 70% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 1,089 (May 26) | 4th | +1.9% | 25th | 46% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 2,832 (May 26) | 21st | +4.8% | 26th | 40% above peers |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Homicide rose about 3% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 6 (Apr 26) | -17.8% | |||||
| Irvine, CA | 0 (May 26) | 1st | -100.0% | 1st | 100% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 1 (Mar 26) | 4th | -85.0% | 2nd | 69% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 2 (Apr 26) | 8th | -77.8% | 3rd | 41% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 2 (May 26) | 7th | -73.3% | 4th | 54% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 3 (Feb 26) | 11th | -71.5% | 5th | 25% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 3 (Mar 26) | 12th | -56.2% | 6th | 25% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 2 (May 26) | 6th | -55.7% | 7th | 55% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 0 (May 26) | 2nd | -51.0% | 8th | 90% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 1 (May 26) | 3rd | -50.0% | 9th | 71% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 8 (May 26) | 18th | -41.7% | 10th | 125% above peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 9 (May 26) | 20th | -40.4% | 11th | 154% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 10 (Oct 25) | 22nd | -34.7% | 12th | 205% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 8 (May 26) | 17th | -25.0% | 13th | 123% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 5 (May 26) | 16th | -23.9% | 14th | 54% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 17 (May 26) | 25th | -15.7% | 15th | 405% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 8 (Mar 26) | 19th | -12.5% | 16th | 135% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 10 (May 26) | 21st | -9.0% | 17th | 199% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 11 (May 26) | 23rd | -6.1% | 18th | 233% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 3 (May 26) | 13th | +0.0% | 19th | 13% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 2 (May 26) | 10th | +0.0% | 20th | 28% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 51 (May 26) | 26th | +2.9% | 21st | 1418% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 2 (May 26) | 9th | +20.1% | 22nd | 36% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 3 (May 26) | 14th | +22.5% | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 12 (May 26) | 24th | +37.0% | 24th | 257% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 1 (May 26) | 5th | +100.4% | 25th | 58% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 3 (May 26) | 15th | +899.1% | 26th | 1% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made. Most of the selected peers are improving faster than this city.
Vehicle theft fell about 7% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 84% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latestper 100k | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. (RTCI sample) ref | 303 (Apr 26) | -22.2% | |||||
| Plano, TX | 67 (May 26) | 3rd | -45.2% | 1st | 76% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 269 (May 26) | 13th | -36.1% | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 242 (May 26) | 11th | -32.6% | 3rd | 13% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 365 (May 26) | 16th | -30.7% | 4th | 32% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 660 (May 26) | 25th | -28.2% | 5th | 138% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 465 (Apr 26) | 21st | -27.5% | 6th | 68% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 607 (May 26) | 24th | -27.0% | 7th | 119% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 114 (May 26) | 6th | -26.2% | 8th | 59% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 260 (Mar 26) | 12th | -23.7% | 9th | 6% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 206 (May 26) | 9th | -23.2% | 10th | 26% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 166 (May 26) | 7th | -22.9% | 11th | 40% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 465 (May 26) | 22nd | -22.3% | 12th | 68% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 207 (May 26) | 10th | -21.7% | 13th | 25% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 199 (Mar 26) | 8th | -21.2% | 14th | 28% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 72 (May 26) | 4th | -20.2% | 15th | 74% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 410 (May 26) | 18th | -17.9% | 16th | 48% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 51 (May 26) | 1st | -17.6% | 17th | 82% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 295 (Feb 26) | 15th | -17.5% | 18th | 7% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 477 (Oct 25) | 23rd | -14.8% | 19th | 72% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 51 (May 26) | 2nd | -10.7% | 20th | 82% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 385 (May 26) | 17th | -7.1% | 21st | 39% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 1,186 (May 26) | 26th | -6.9% | 22nd | 328% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 108 (May 26) | 5th | -5.8% | 23rd | 61% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 424 (May 26) | 19th | -1.1% | 24th | 53% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 432 (Mar 26) | 20th | -0.7% | 25th | 56% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 277 (May 26) | 14th | +2.3% | 26th | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $43,896 to $56,160 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,705). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | |||||
| Newark, NJ | $52,060 | 28th | +48% | 1st | 31% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | $79,907 | 13th | +46% | 2nd | 6% above peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | $93,999 | 8th | +42% | 3rd | 25% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | $72,336 | 18th | +40% | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | $81,619 | 11th | +39% | 5th | 9% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | $97,710 | 7th | +38% | 6th | 30% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | $80,760 | 12th | +37% | 7th | 7% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | $65,742 | 21st | +35% | 8th | 13% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | $63,915 | 22nd | +34% | 9th | 15% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | $50,041 | 29th | +34% | 10th | 33% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | $79,542 | 14th | +33% | 11th | 6% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | $108,032 | 5th | +33% | 12th | 44% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | $75,192 | 16th | +32% | 13th | on par with peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | $91,045 | 9th | +32% | 14th | 21% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | $49,724 | 30th | +32% | 15th | 34% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | $108,095 | 4th | +30% | 16th | 44% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | $52,909 | 27th | +30% | 17th | 30% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | $136,719 | 1st | +30% | 18th | 82% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | $56,160 | 26th | +28% | 19th | 25% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | $73,394 | 17th | +27% | 20th | 2% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | $28,562 | 31st | +27% | 21st | 62% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | $122,551 | 2nd | +27% | 22nd | 63% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | $81,830 | 10th | +26% | 23rd | 9% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | $61,515 | 23rd | +26% | 24th | 18% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | $71,867 | 19th | +24% | 25th | 4% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | $61,422 | 24th | +24% | 26th | 18% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $103,284 | 6th | +22% | 27th | 37% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | $60,895 | 25th | +21% | 28th | 19% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | $67,394 | 20th | +20% | 29th | 10% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | $78,050 | 15th | +19% | 30th | 4% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | $112,253 | 3rd | +17% | 31st | 49% above peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Unemployment rose about 0.5 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| 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 | ||||
| Toledo, OH | 4.4% (May 26) | 25th | -1.8pp | 1st | 10% above peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 3.0% (May 26) | 3rd | -1.7pp | 2nd | 25% below peers | |
| Newark, NJ | 6.3% (May 26) | 30th | -1.2pp | 3rd | 57% above peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 4.0% (May 26) | 14th | -0.9pp | 4th | on par with peers | |
| Stockton, CA | 6.1% (May 26) | 29th | -0.6pp | 5th | 52% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | 4.0% (May 26) | 15th | -0.5pp | 6th | on par with peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 3.1% (May 26) | 4th | -0.4pp | 7th | 22% below peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | 4.0% (May 26) | 16th | -0.3pp | 8th | on par with peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 3.5% (May 26) | 7th | -0.2pp | 9th | 12% below peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | 4.2% (May 26) | 21st | -0.2pp | 10th | 5% above peers | |
| Irvine, CA | 3.5% (May 26) | 8th | -0.2pp | 11th | 12% below peers | |
| Santa Ana, CA | 3.4% (May 26) | 6th | -0.2pp | 12th | 15% below peers | |
| Riverside, CA | 4.2% (May 26) | 22nd | -0.2pp | 13th | 5% above peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | 2.6% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.2pp | 14th | 35% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | 4.1% (May 26) | 19th | -0.1pp | 15th | 2% above peers | |
| Madison, WI | 2.5% (May 26) | 1st | -0.1pp | 16th | 38% below peers | |
| Durham, NC | 3.2% (May 26) | 5th | -0.1pp | 17th | 20% below peers | |
| Laredo, TX | 4.5% (May 26) | 26th | -0.1pp | 18th | 12% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | 5.7% (May 26) | 28th | +0.0pp | 19th | 43% above peers | |
| Plano, TX | 3.9% (May 26) | 13th | +0.2pp | 20th | 3% below peers | |
| Irving, TX | 3.8% (May 26) | 12th | +0.3pp | 21st | 5% below peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | 3.7% (May 26) | 11th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 7% below peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | 3.6% (May 26) | 9th | +0.3pp | 23rd | 10% below peers | |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 4.2% (May 26) | 23rd | +0.3pp | 24th | 5% above peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | 3.6% (May 26) | 10th | +0.4pp | 25th | 10% below peers | |
| Saint Paul, MN | 4.2% (May 26) | 24th | +0.6pp | 26th | 5% above peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 4.0% (May 26) | 17th | +0.7pp | 27th | on par with peers | |
| St. Petersburg, FL | 4.0% (May 26) | 18th | +0.7pp | 28th | on par with peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | 5.3% (May 26) | 27th | +0.8pp | 29th | 32% above peers | |
| Orlando, FL | 4.1% (May 26) | 20th | +0.9pp | 30th | 2% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (21.2% then, 20.0% now; margin ±1.3pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Santa Ana, CA | 10.7% | 7th | -4.8pp | 1st | 30% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 11.3% | 9th | -4.0pp | 2nd | 26% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 20.6% | 26th | -5.7pp | 3rd | 36% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 10.3% | 6th | -2.6pp | 4th | 32% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 15.2% | 16th | -3.2pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 14.5% | 15th | -2.6pp | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 22.6% | 27th | -3.7pp | 7th | 49% above peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 15.3% | 17th | -2.3pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 25.3% | 30th | -3.8pp | 9th | 67% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 11.7% | 10th | -1.6pp | 10th | 23% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 12.0% | 11th | -1.6pp | 11th | 21% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 10.9% | 8th | -1.2pp | 12th | 28% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 8.7% | 4th | -0.9pp | 13th | 43% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 15.5% | 18th | -1.5pp | 14th | 2% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 16.1% | 21st | -1.5pp | 15th | 6% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 12.1% | 12th | -1.0pp | 16th | 20% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 37.8% | 31st | -2.8pp | 17th | 149% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 12.4% | 14th | -0.9pp | 18th | 18% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 18.1% | 23rd | -1.2pp | 19th | 19% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 12.2% | 13th | -0.7pp | 20th | 20% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 20.0% | 25th | -1.2pp | 21st | 32% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 23.8% | 28th | -1.0pp | 22nd | 57% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 24.5% | 29th | -0.8pp | 23rd | 61% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 15.7% | 19th | -0.4pp | 24th | 3% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 18.5% | 24th | -0.5pp | 25th | 22% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 5.2% | 1st | -0.1pp | 26th | 66% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 8.8% | 5th | -0.1pp | 27th | 42% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 6.7% | 2nd | -0.0pp | 28th | 56% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 15.7% | 20th | +0.1pp | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 7.9% | 3rd | +0.3pp | 30th | 48% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 16.8% | 22nd | +1.0pp | 31st | 10% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 4.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.8% to 29.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp). 12 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Santa Ana, CA | 14.6% | 9th | -8.8pp | 1st | 27% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 16.6% | 14th | -7.9pp | 2nd | 17% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 15.4% | 12th | -5.2pp | 3rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 28.3% | 24th | -8.5pp | 4th | 41% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 35.5% | 28th | -10.4pp | 5th | 77% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 22.0% | 19th | -5.6pp | 6th | 9% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 14.8% | 10th | -3.2pp | 7th | 27% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 10.8% | 6th | -2.3pp | 8th | 46% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 31.2% | 27th | -6.6pp | 9th | 55% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 20.6% | 17th | -3.8pp | 10th | 3% above peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 20.8% | 18th | -3.3pp | 11th | 4% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 29.7% | 25th | -4.2pp | 12th | 48% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 23.5% | 21st | -3.2pp | 13th | 17% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 17.7% | 15th | -2.2pp | 14th | 12% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 10.0% | 5th | -1.2pp | 15th | 50% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 20.1% | 16th | -1.9pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 5.0% | 1st | -0.4pp | 17th | 75% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 22.9% | 20th | -1.9pp | 18th | 14% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 36.2% | 30th | -2.7pp | 19th | 80% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 16.4% | 13th | -1.2pp | 20th | 18% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 7.9% | 2nd | -0.5pp | 21st | 61% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 14.9% | 11th | -0.8pp | 22nd | 26% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 13.6% | 7th | -0.6pp | 23rd | 33% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 58.6% | 31st | -1.9pp | 24th | 192% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 36.0% | 29th | -0.8pp | 25th | 79% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 23.8% | 22nd | -0.3pp | 26th | 19% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 9.9% | 4th | +0.4pp | 27th | 50% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 25.0% | 23rd | +2.0pp | 28th | 24% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 8.6% | 3rd | +0.7pp | 29th | 57% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 30.8% | 26th | +3.7pp | 30th | 54% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 13.9% | 8th | +2.1pp | 31st | 31% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 12.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.5% to 86.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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% | ||||||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 75.7% | 31st | +18.9pp | 1st | 18% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 87.5% | 27th | +18.9pp | 2nd | 5% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 91.0% | 19th | +17.9pp | 3rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 86.5% | 30th | +16.7pp | 4th | 6% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 88.6% | 26th | +13.7pp | 5th | 3% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 86.9% | 29th | +12.5pp | 6th | 5% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 91.8% | 16th | +12.5pp | 7th | on par with peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 89.3% | 24th | +9.6pp | 8th | 3% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 87.2% | 28th | +9.0pp | 9th | 5% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 88.9% | 25th | +8.8pp | 10th | 3% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 90.6% | 21st | +8.8pp | 11th | 1% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 92.5% | 14th | +8.6pp | 12th | 1% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 93.2% | 9th | +8.6pp | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 92.2% | 15th | +7.9pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 92.8% | 12th | +7.4pp | 15th | 1% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 89.6% | 23rd | +7.0pp | 16th | 2% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 90.8% | 20th | +6.9pp | 17th | 1% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 92.6% | 13th | +6.8pp | 18th | 1% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 93.7% | 8th | +6.7pp | 19th | 2% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 94.4% | 7th | +6.5pp | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 93.2% | 10th | +6.3pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 91.8% | 17th | +6.2pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 89.7% | 22nd | +5.8pp | 23rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 94.8% | 5th | +6.1pp | 24th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 92.9% | 11th | +5.1pp | 25th | 1% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 94.6% | 6th | +4.5pp | 26th | 3% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 95.4% | 4th | +3.5pp | 27th | 4% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 91.5% | 18th | +2.8pp | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 96.7% | 2nd | +2.6pp | 29th | 5% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 95.8% | 3rd | +1.9pp | 30th | 4% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 97.0% | 1st | +1.1pp | 31st | 6% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.50 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.01).
| 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 | |||||
| Stockton, CA | 0.44 | 9th | -0.031 | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 0.45 | 14th | -0.025 | 2nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 0.45 | 12th | -0.015 | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 0.46 | 15th | -0.011 | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 0.51 | 28th | -0.010 | 5th | 10% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 0.49 | 22nd | -0.008 | 6th | 6% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 0.42 | 4th | -0.007 | 7th | 9% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 0.61 | 31st | -0.009 | 8th | 33% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 0.50 | 24th | -0.007 | 9th | 8% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 0.50 | 26th | -0.007 | 10th | 9% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 0.49 | 23rd | -0.005 | 11th | 6% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 0.46 | 16th | -0.003 | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 0.40 | 3rd | -0.001 | 13th | 13% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 0.50 | 27th | -0.001 | 14th | 9% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 0.45 | 11th | -0.001 | 15th | 3% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 0.42 | 5th | -0.001 | 16th | 9% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 0.48 | 20th | -0.000 | 17th | 4% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 0.44 | 10th | +0.001 | 18th | 4% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 0.52 | 29th | +0.001 | 19th | 13% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 0.43 | 7th | +0.001 | 20th | 7% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 0.54 | 30th | +0.003 | 21st | 18% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 0.42 | 6th | +0.003 | 22nd | 8% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 0.46 | 17th | +0.003 | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 0.45 | 13th | +0.003 | 24th | 3% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 0.44 | 8th | +0.004 | 25th | 6% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 0.49 | 21st | +0.006 | 26th | 6% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 0.47 | 18th | +0.007 | 27th | 2% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 0.40 | 2nd | +0.008 | 28th | 13% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 0.48 | 19th | +0.011 | 29th | 3% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 0.39 | 1st | +0.013 | 30th | 15% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 0.50 | 25th | +0.016 | 31st | 8% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
SNAP fell 3.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 21.4% to 18.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Irving, TX | 6.2% | 5th | -2.8pp | 1st | 49% below peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 11.3% | 13th | -4.7pp | 2nd | 8% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 9.1% | 8th | -3.8pp | 3rd | 26% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 9.3% | 10th | -2.7pp | 4th | 24% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 11.4% | 15th | -2.9pp | 5th | 7% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 14.0% | 17th | -2.9pp | 6th | 14% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 15.0% | 19th | -2.9pp | 7th | 23% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 3.4% | 1st | -0.6pp | 8th | 72% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 18.0% | 24th | -3.3pp | 9th | 47% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 15.0% | 18th | -2.3pp | 10th | 23% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 18.3% | 25th | -2.6pp | 11th | 50% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 23.7% | 28th | -3.3pp | 12th | 93% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 23.9% | 29th | -3.3pp | 13th | 95% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 29.9% | 30th | -3.9pp | 14th | 145% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 22.3% | 27th | -2.7pp | 15th | 82% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 11.4% | 14th | -1.3pp | 16th | 7% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 15.1% | 20th | -1.2pp | 17th | 23% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 16.5% | 21st | -0.7pp | 18th | 35% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 5.3% | 4th | -0.2pp | 19th | 57% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 8.9% | 7th | -0.0pp | 20th | 27% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 8.8% | 6th | +0.1pp | 21st | 28% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 16.8% | 22nd | +0.3pp | 22nd | 37% above peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 20.8% | 26th | +0.8pp | 23rd | 70% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 11.1% | 12th | +0.5pp | 24th | 9% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 12.2% | 16th | +0.8pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 17.4% | 23rd | +1.8pp | 26th | 42% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 9.2% | 9th | +1.0pp | 27th | 24% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 3.4% | 2nd | +0.5pp | 28th | 72% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 34.6% | 31st | +5.9pp | 29th | 183% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 10.6% | 11th | +2.0pp | 30th | 14% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 4.9% | 3rd | +2.3pp | 31st | 60% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers.
Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri ref | $271,597 (Jun 26) | +3.2% | ||||
| United States ref | $372,995 (Jun 26) | +0.8% | ||||
| Toledo, OH | $135,476 (Jun 26) | 28th | +5.3% | 1st | 67% below peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $424,577 (Jun 26) | 13th | +4.6% | 2nd | 4% above peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | $251,203 (Jun 26) | 21st | +3.5% | 3rd | 38% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | $297,539 (Jun 26) | 18th | +3.4% | 4th | 27% below peers | |
| Laredo, TX | $222,147 (Jun 26) | 25th | +2.7% | 5th | 46% below peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $250,668 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +2.6% | 6th | 39% below peers | |
| Madison, WI | $435,430 (Jun 26) | 11th | +2.1% | 7th | 7% above peers | |
| Santa Ana, CA | $871,417 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +1.9% | 8th | 113% above peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | $213,159 (Jun 26) | 26th | +1.7% | 9th | 48% below peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | $254,955 (Jun 26) | 20th | +1.1% | 10th | 38% below peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | $266,364 (Jun 26) | 19th | +0.4% | 11th | 35% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | $576,913 (Jun 26) | 6th | +0.3% | 12th | 41% above peers | |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $226,792 (Jun 26) | 24th | -0.3% | 13th | 44% below peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | $849,516 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -0.3% | 14th | 108% above peers | |
| Riverside, CA | $648,360 (Jun 26) | 5th | -0.5% | 15th | 59% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | $186,876 (Jun 26) | 27th | -0.6% | 16th | 54% below peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $246,117 (Jun 26) | 23rd | -0.7% | 17th | 40% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | $572,453 (Jun 26) | 7th | -0.8% | 18th | 40% above peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | $665,140 (Jun 26) | 4th | -1.3% | 19th | 63% above peers | |
| Irving, TX | $346,142 (Jun 26) | 17th | -1.3% | 20th | 15% below peers | |
| Newark, NJ | $486,845 (Jun 26) | 10th | -1.8% | 21st | 19% above peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | $521,563 (Jun 26) | 8th | -1.8% | 22nd | 28% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $408,280 (Jun 26) | 14th | -1.8% | 23rd | on par with peers | |
| Irvine, CA | $1,538,073 (Jun 26) | 1st | -1.9% | 24th | 277% above peers | |
| Orlando, FL | $375,175 (Jun 26) | 16th | -2.4% | 25th | 8% below peers | |
| Durham, NC | $400,564 (Jun 26) | 15th | -3.2% | 26th | 2% below peers | |
| Stockton, CA | $431,217 (Jun 26) | 12th | -3.3% | 27th | 6% above peers | |
| Plano, TX | $504,391 (Jun 26) | 9th | -5.1% | 28th | 24% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is falling faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes fell about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri ref | $154,328 (Jun 26) | +4.1% | ||||
| United States ref | $202,486 (Jun 26) | +2.0% | ||||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $288,814 (Jun 26) | 15th | +7.4% | 1st | 1% below peers | |
| Laredo, TX | $149,419 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +5.7% | 2nd | 49% below peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | $169,467 (Jun 26) | 21st | +4.4% | 3rd | 42% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | $219,733 (Jun 26) | 18th | +4.0% | 4th | 24% below peers | |
| Toledo, OH | $67,500 (Jun 26) | 28th | +4.0% | 5th | 77% below peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | $169,642 (Jun 26) | 20th | +2.6% | 6th | 42% below peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $162,273 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +2.2% | 7th | 44% below peers | |
| Santa Ana, CA | $607,664 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +1.9% | 8th | 109% above peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | $132,679 (Jun 26) | 25th | +1.2% | 9th | 54% below peers | |
| Newark, NJ | $386,067 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.9% | 10th | 33% above peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | $452,800 (Jun 26) | 6th | +0.7% | 11th | 56% above peers | |
| Madison, WI | $318,212 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.6% | 12th | 9% above peers | |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $131,713 (Jun 26) | 26th | +0.4% | 13th | 55% below peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | $172,928 (Jun 26) | 19th | +0.1% | 14th | 41% below peers | |
| Riverside, CA | $544,639 (Jun 26) | 4th | -0.0% | 15th | 87% above peers | |
| Reno, NV | $398,729 (Jun 26) | 8th | -0.4% | 16th | 37% above peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $145,549 (Jun 26) | 24th | -0.6% | 17th | 50% below peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | $651,215 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -0.8% | 18th | 124% above peers | |
| Irvine, CA | $1,044,470 (Jun 26) | 1st | -1.4% | 19th | 259% above peers | |
| Irving, TX | $257,982 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.4% | 20th | 11% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | $455,244 (Jun 26) | 5th | -1.4% | 21st | 56% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $337,697 (Jun 26) | 12th | -1.7% | 22nd | 16% above peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | $402,435 (Jun 26) | 7th | -2.6% | 23rd | 38% above peers | |
| Durham, NC | $290,926 (Jun 26) | 14th | -2.7% | 24th | on par with peers | |
| Stockton, CA | $340,220 (Jun 26) | 11th | -3.1% | 25th | 17% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | $77,981 (Jun 26) | 27th | -3.8% | 26th | 73% below peers | |
| Orlando, FL | $238,928 (Jun 26) | 17th | -4.1% | 27th | 18% below peers | |
| Plano, TX | $370,468 (Jun 26) | 10th | -5.2% | 28th | 27% above peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
Homeownership rose 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 43.7% to 45.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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% | ||||||
| Orlando, FL | 39.5% | 28th | +4.1pp | 1st | 25% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 53.9% | 13th | +5.2pp | 2nd | 3% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 24.4% | 31st | +2.1pp | 3rd | 54% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 63.6% | 5th | +5.5pp | 4th | 21% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 43.0% | 26th | +2.3pp | 5th | 18% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 53.3% | 14th | +2.9pp | 6th | 1% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 39.8% | 27th | +2.1pp | 7th | 24% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 56.8% | 11th | +2.8pp | 8th | 8% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 52.9% | 15th | +2.5pp | 9th | 1% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 52.3% | 17th | +2.1pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 63.9% | 4th | +2.6pp | 11th | 22% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 62.8% | 6th | +2.4pp | 12th | 20% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 49.8% | 20th | +1.9pp | 13th | 5% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 45.3% | 23rd | +1.6pp | 14th | 14% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 64.1% | 3rd | +2.2pp | 15th | 22% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 38.1% | 29th | +1.3pp | 16th | 27% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 57.9% | 9th | +1.2pp | 17th | 10% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 59.8% | 8th | +0.7pp | 18th | 14% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 47.7% | 21st | +0.5pp | 19th | 9% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 50.5% | 19th | +0.2pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 65.0% | 2nd | +0.1pp | 21st | 24% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 51.2% | 18th | -0.1pp | 22nd | 3% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 61.9% | 7th | -0.1pp | 23rd | 18% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 73.1% | 1st | -0.7pp | 24th | 39% above peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 52.5% | 16th | -0.8pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 56.1% | 12th | -0.9pp | 26th | 7% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 46.0% | 22nd | -1.0pp | 27th | 12% below peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 44.6% | 24th | -1.5pp | 28th | 15% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 56.9% | 10th | -2.2pp | 29th | 8% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 27.9% | 30th | -1.2pp | 30th | 47% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 44.5% | 25th | -2.4pp | 31st | 15% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Fort Wayne, IN | $1,281 (Jun 26) | 27th | +6.2% | 1st | 25% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | $1,932 (Jun 26) | 9th | +6.0% | 2nd | 13% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | $1,394 (Jun 26) | 24th | +4.8% | 3rd | 18% below peers | |
| Toledo, OH | $1,125 (Jun 26) | 28th | +4.7% | 4th | 34% below peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $1,710 (Jun 26) | 14th | +4.5% | 5th | on par with peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $1,593 (Jun 26) | 17th | +3.7% | 6th | 7% below peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | $1,475 (Jun 26) | 19th | +2.8% | 7th | 14% below peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | $1,430 (Jun 26) | 20th | +2.8% | 8th | 16% below peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | $3,182 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +2.8% | 9th | 86% above peers | |
| Madison, WI | $1,656 (Jun 26) | 16th | +2.5% | 10th | 3% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | $1,345 (Jun 26) | 25th | +2.5% | 11th | 21% below peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | $1,415 (Jun 26) | 21st | +2.2% | 12th | 17% below peers | |
| Santa Ana, CA | $2,785 (Jun 26) | 4th | +1.8% | 13th | 63% above peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | $1,401 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +1.8% | 14th | 18% below peers | |
| Irvine, CA | $3,390 (Jun 26) | 1st | +1.5% | 15th | 98% above peers | |
| Riverside, CA | $2,420 (Jun 26) | 5th | +1.4% | 16th | 42% above peers | |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $1,415 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +1.3% | 17th | 17% below peers | |
| Stockton, CA | $1,989 (Jun 26) | 8th | +1.2% | 18th | 16% above peers | |
| Durham, NC | $1,700 (Jun 26) | 15th | +0.6% | 19th | 1% below peers | |
| Newark, NJ | $2,130 (Jun 26) | 6th | +0.5% | 20th | 25% above peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | $1,903 (Jun 26) | 11th | +0.5% | 21st | 11% above peers | |
| Irving, TX | $1,592 (Jun 26) | 18th | +0.4% | 22nd | 7% below peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | $3,008 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +0.3% | 23rd | 76% above peers | |
| Orlando, FL | $1,904 (Jun 26) | 10th | +0.2% | 24th | 11% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $1,846 (Jun 26) | 12th | +0.1% | 25th | 8% above peers | |
| Laredo, TX | $1,331 (Jun 26) | 26th | -0.1% | 26th | 22% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | $2,019 (Jun 26) | 7th | -0.7% | 27th | 18% above peers | |
| Plano, TX | $1,713 (Jun 26) | 13th | -1.0% | 28th | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Cost burden fell 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.5% to 34.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 5 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.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri ref | 26.3% | -0.0pp | |||||
| United States ref | 32.2% | +0.4pp | |||||
| Santa Ana, CA | 42.6% | 28th | -4.5pp | 1st | 16% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 34.2% | 10th | -3.2pp | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 53.8% | 31st | -4.6pp | 3rd | 46% above peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 36.6% | 15th | -2.9pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 31.9% | 7th | -2.2pp | 5th | 13% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 41.0% | 24th | -2.2pp | 6th | 12% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 31.9% | 8th | -1.6pp | 7th | 13% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 31.1% | 6th | -0.7pp | 8th | 15% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 37.7% | 19th | -0.8pp | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 41.7% | 25th | -0.8pp | 10th | 13% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 36.1% | 13th | -0.6pp | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 42.5% | 26th | -0.4pp | 12th | 16% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 38.9% | 22nd | +0.4pp | 13th | 6% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 33.6% | 9th | +0.4pp | 14th | 9% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 44.9% | 29th | +1.0pp | 15th | 22% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 27.1% | 2nd | +0.7pp | 16th | 26% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 25.3% | 1st | +0.6pp | 17th | 31% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 42.5% | 27th | +1.5pp | 18th | 16% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 36.4% | 14th | +1.4pp | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 35.7% | 12th | +1.5pp | 20th | 3% below peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 46.0% | 30th | +2.0pp | 21st | 25% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 36.9% | 18th | +1.8pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 36.9% | 17th | +2.0pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 30.3% | 4th | +1.9pp | 24th | 18% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 38.6% | 20th | +2.5pp | 25th | 5% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 39.0% | 23rd | +2.6pp | 26th | 6% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 35.1% | 11th | +2.6pp | 27th | 5% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 27.6% | 3rd | +2.2pp | 28th | 25% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 38.6% | 21st | +3.2pp | 29th | 5% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 30.5% | 5th | +3.4pp | 30th | 17% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 36.8% | 16th | +5.4pp | 31st | on par with peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.7% then, 18.5% now; margin ±1.2pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Stockton, CA | 7.2% | 15th | -2.0pp | 1st | 1% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 4.5% | 4th | -1.2pp | 2nd | 38% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 22.6% | 29th | -5.3pp | 3rd | 213% above peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 20.4% | 27th | -4.8pp | 4th | 183% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 7.2% | 16th | -1.4pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 11.7% | 22nd | -2.0pp | 6th | 62% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 17.1% | 25th | -2.8pp | 7th | 136% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 7.3% | 17th | -1.0pp | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 20.6% | 28th | -2.7pp | 9th | 185% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 3.3% | 2nd | -0.4pp | 10th | 54% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 34.3% | 30th | -4.1pp | 11th | 375% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 8.4% | 21st | -0.7pp | 12th | 16% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 7.4% | 18th | -0.6pp | 13th | 2% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 7.0% | 14th | -0.5pp | 14th | 4% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 18.5% | 26th | -1.2pp | 15th | 156% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 5.2% | 6th | -0.2pp | 16th | 28% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 5.8% | 8th | -0.2pp | 17th | 19% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 4.5% | 5th | -0.1pp | 18th | 37% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 13.0% | 24th | -0.3pp | 19th | 81% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 6.1% | 11th | +0.2pp | 20th | 15% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 40.3% | 31st | +1.8pp | 21st | 458% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 12.2% | 23rd | +0.8pp | 22nd | 69% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 8.2% | 20th | +0.6pp | 23rd | 13% above peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 6.0% | 10th | +0.5pp | 24th | 17% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 5.3% | 7th | +0.5pp | 25th | 27% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 6.6% | 12th | +0.7pp | 26th | 8% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 6.7% | 13th | +0.8pp | 27th | 8% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 3.7% | 3rd | +0.5pp | 28th | 48% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 7.8% | 19th | +1.2pp | 29th | 8% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 5.8% | 9th | +1.2pp | 30th | 19% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 2.3% | 1st | +0.6pp | 31st | 68% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Uninsured fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.7% to 9.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 12 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Jersey City, NJ | 8.5% | 15th | -2.8pp | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 12.1% | 24th | -3.4pp | 2nd | 37% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 5.7% | 5th | -1.5pp | 3rd | 36% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 8.3% | 13th | -1.8pp | 4th | 6% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 6.2% | 7th | -1.3pp | 5th | 29% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 6.2% | 6th | -1.1pp | 6th | 30% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 10.7% | 23rd | -1.8pp | 7th | 20% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 9.2% | 17th | -1.5pp | 8th | 4% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 9.4% | 19th | -1.4pp | 9th | 6% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 4.0% | 1st | -0.6pp | 10th | 55% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 8.4% | 14th | -1.1pp | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 9.9% | 20th | -1.2pp | 12th | 12% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 4.1% | 2nd | -0.5pp | 13th | 54% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 6.6% | 9th | -0.7pp | 14th | 26% below peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 13.8% | 27th | -1.4pp | 15th | 55% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 4.8% | 4th | -0.4pp | 16th | 46% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 8.9% | 16th | -0.5pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 10.6% | 22nd | -0.5pp | 18th | 20% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 13.1% | 25th | -0.1pp | 19th | 48% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 27.2% | 31st | -0.2pp | 20th | 207% above peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 6.9% | 11th | +0.1pp | 21st | 22% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 6.6% | 10th | +0.1pp | 22nd | 26% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 17.5% | 28th | +0.5pp | 23rd | 97% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 13.5% | 26th | +0.6pp | 24th | 52% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 9.3% | 18th | +0.5pp | 25th | 6% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 4.2% | 3rd | +0.3pp | 26th | 52% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 7.7% | 12th | +0.5pp | 27th | 13% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 10.5% | 21st | +0.8pp | 28th | 18% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 22.3% | 30th | +2.0pp | 29th | 151% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 19.2% | 29th | +2.4pp | 30th | 117% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 6.3% | 8th | +1.0pp | 31st | 29% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri ref | 37.5% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Irvine, CA | 20.3% | 1st | 40% below peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | 26.9% | 2nd | 20% below peers | |
| Plano, TX | 28.2% | 3rd | 17% below peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 29.1% | 4th | 14% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | 29.8% | 5th | 12% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | 30.1% | 6th | 11% below peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | 30.2% | 7th | 11% below peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 30.4% | 8th | 10% below peers | |
| Irving, TX | 30.7% | 9th | 9% below peers | |
| Santa Ana, CA | 30.8% | 10th | 9% below peers | |
| Madison, WI | 32.1% | 11th | 5% below peers | |
| St. Petersburg, FL | 32.2% | 12th | 5% below peers | |
| Saint Paul, MN | 33.2% | 13th | 2% below peers | |
| Orlando, FL | 33.6% | 14th | 1% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | 33.8% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 33.8% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Durham, NC | 33.9% | 17th | on par with peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | 35.1% | 18th | 4% above peers | |
| Newark, NJ | 35.1% | 19th | 4% above peers | |
| Riverside, CA | 35.1% | 20th | 4% above peers | |
| Stockton, CA | 35.3% | 21st | 4% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | 35.5% | 22nd | 5% above peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | 36.6% | 23rd | 8% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | 37.4% | 24th | 11% above peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | 38.4% | 25th | 14% above peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 39.4% | 26th | 17% above peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 41.8% | 27th | 24% above peers | |
| Laredo, TX | 42.3% | 28th | 25% above peers | |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 42.7% | 29th | 26% above peers | |
| Toledo, OH | 45.0% | 30th | 33% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.0% then, 4.9% now; margin ±1.2pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Toledo, OH | 2.1% | 2nd | -1.2pp | 1st | 58% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 3.9% | 10th | -1.6pp | 2nd | 25% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 3.8% | 9th | -1.4pp | 3rd | 27% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 2.2% | 3rd | -0.7pp | 4th | 57% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 3.5% | 7th | -1.0pp | 5th | 32% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 5.0% | 14th | -1.1pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 6.8% | 20th | -1.2pp | 7th | 33% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 5.4% | 18th | -0.9pp | 8th | 4% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 8.1% | 25th | -1.1pp | 9th | 57% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 7.3% | 22nd | -0.8pp | 10th | 43% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 4.9% | 13th | -0.2pp | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 7.8% | 23rd | -0.1pp | 12th | 52% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 14.1% | 30th | -0.2pp | 13th | 175% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 4.4% | 12th | -0.0pp | 14th | 15% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 3.6% | 8th | -0.0pp | 15th | 29% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 3.5% | 6th | +0.2pp | 16th | 33% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 3.9% | 11th | +0.3pp | 17th | 25% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 8.0% | 24th | +0.6pp | 18th | 55% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 9.1% | 26th | +0.8pp | 19th | 77% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 5.1% | 15th | +0.4pp | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 5.2% | 17th | +0.5pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 2.9% | 5th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 43% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 15.8% | 31st | +2.0pp | 23rd | 207% above peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 5.1% | 16th | +0.8pp | 24th | on par with peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 1.9% | 1st | +0.3pp | 25th | 62% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 2.8% | 4th | +0.5pp | 26th | 46% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 10.7% | 28th | +2.3pp | 27th | 109% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 9.7% | 27th | +2.1pp | 28th | 88% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 7.3% | 21st | +1.7pp | 29th | 42% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 5.8% | 19th | +1.4pp | 30th | 14% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 11.3% | 29th | +3.2pp | 31st | 120% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.3% to 41.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 27 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
| 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 | |||||
| Newark, NJ | 19.7% | 28th | +4.5pp | 1st | 52% below peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 18.3% | 30th | +3.3pp | 2nd | 56% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 21.9% | 26th | +3.6pp | 3rd | 47% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 42.6% | 10th | +6.9pp | 4th | 4% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 57.3% | 4th | +7.7pp | 5th | 39% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 54.8% | 5th | +7.2pp | 6th | 33% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 22.0% | 25th | +2.6pp | 7th | 47% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 41.1% | 15th | +4.8pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 33.2% | 20th | +3.8pp | 9th | 19% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 31.2% | 21st | +3.5pp | 10th | 24% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 41.8% | 13th | +4.7pp | 11th | 2% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 42.4% | 12th | +4.7pp | 12th | 3% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 18.9% | 29th | +2.0pp | 13th | 54% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 25.7% | 23rd | +2.7pp | 14th | 37% below peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 42.5% | 11th | +4.5pp | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 35.1% | 19th | +3.6pp | 16th | 15% below peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 24.4% | 24th | +2.3pp | 17th | 41% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 49.1% | 6th | +4.5pp | 18th | 19% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 36.8% | 18th | +3.2pp | 19th | 11% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 20.0% | 27th | +1.7pp | 20th | 51% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 48.2% | 7th | +3.8pp | 21st | 17% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 43.8% | 9th | +3.0pp | 22nd | 6% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 41.0% | 16th | +2.8pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 38.6% | 17th | +2.5pp | 24th | 6% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 47.8% | 8th | +3.0pp | 25th | 16% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 60.5% | 2nd | +3.3pp | 26th | 47% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 41.8% | 14th | +2.2pp | 27th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 29.0% | 22nd | +1.2pp | 28th | 30% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 59.9% | 3rd | +2.0pp | 29th | 46% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 70.6% | 1st | +1.8pp | 30th | 72% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (52.9% then, 53.8% now; margin ±9.1pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 47.8% | 12th | +8.0pp | 1st | 8% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 69.9% | 2nd | +11.4pp | 2nd | 58% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 41.0% | 19th | +4.8pp | 3rd | 7% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 51.1% | 9th | +4.3pp | 4th | 16% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 36.6% | 27th | +1.7pp | 5th | 17% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 51.4% | 8th | +2.1pp | 6th | 16% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 39.8% | 20th | +1.1pp | 7th | 10% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 53.8% | 7th | +1.0pp | 8th | 22% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 46.9% | 15th | +0.8pp | 9th | 6% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 44.2% | 16th | -0.1pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 47.6% | 14th | -0.2pp | 11th | 8% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 50.9% | 10th | -0.4pp | 12th | 15% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 37.1% | 24th | -1.2pp | 13th | 16% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 47.7% | 13th | -2.1pp | 14th | 8% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 73.2% | 1st | -3.6pp | 15th | 66% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 36.2% | 28th | -1.8pp | 16th | 18% below peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 43.0% | 17th | -2.8pp | 17th | 3% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 34.2% | 29th | -2.4pp | 18th | 23% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 39.5% | 23rd | -2.8pp | 19th | 11% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 67.5% | 3rd | -5.8pp | 20th | 53% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 41.4% | 18th | -3.9pp | 21st | 6% below peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 55.1% | 6th | -6.2pp | 22nd | 25% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 50.1% | 11th | -6.6pp | 23rd | 13% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 37.0% | 25th | -4.9pp | 24th | 16% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 39.8% | 21st | -7.2pp | 25th | 10% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 39.6% | 22nd | -7.3pp | 26th | 10% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 36.8% | 26th | -7.2pp | 27th | 17% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 59.6% | 4th | -12.5pp | 28th | 35% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 26.7% | 31st | -6.6pp | 29th | 40% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 58.5% | 5th | -15.5pp | 30th | 32% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 33.1% | 30th | -14.3pp | 31st | 25% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Disconnected youth fell 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.0% to 6.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.8pp). 2 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Orlando, FL | 4.3% | 7th | -4.4pp | 1st | 37% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 4.3% | 6th | -3.9pp | 2nd | 37% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 6.7% | 13th | -3.3pp | 3rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 1.4% | 1st | -0.6pp | 4th | 80% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 7.1% | 18th | -2.3pp | 5th | 5% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 4.5% | 8th | -1.2pp | 6th | 33% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 5.1% | 10th | -1.3pp | 7th | 25% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 7.8% | 21st | -1.9pp | 8th | 15% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 9.8% | 24th | -1.8pp | 9th | 45% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 7.6% | 20th | -0.7pp | 10th | 11% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 2.2% | 2nd | -0.1pp | 11th | 68% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 7.9% | 22nd | -0.2pp | 12th | 17% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 4.9% | 9th | -0.1pp | 13th | 28% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 8.4% | 23rd | +0.1pp | 14th | 24% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 6.7% | 14th | +0.2pp | 15th | 2% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 3.7% | 4th | +0.2pp | 16th | 45% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 6.3% | 11th | +0.3pp | 17th | 7% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 4.2% | 5th | +0.3pp | 18th | 38% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 10.1% | 26th | +1.0pp | 19th | 48% above peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 12.1% | 29th | +1.5pp | 20th | 78% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 6.8% | 16th | +0.9pp | 21st | on par with peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 3.5% | 3rd | +0.7pp | 22nd | 49% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 12.0% | 28th | +2.6pp | 23rd | 76% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 13.2% | 30th | +2.9pp | 24th | 93% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 6.7% | 15th | +1.9pp | 25th | 2% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 7.2% | 19th | +2.1pp | 26th | 5% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 7.1% | 17th | +2.1pp | 27th | 4% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 9.9% | 25th | +3.1pp | 28th | 46% above peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 6.5% | 12th | +2.1pp | 29th | 5% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 14.1% | 31st | +5.0pp | 30th | 108% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 10.1% | 27th | +4.4pp | 31st | 48% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 11 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (308,174 then, 288,512 now; margin ±0). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 11 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Las Vegas, NV | 278,595 | 21st | +15% | 1st | 4% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 280,262 | 19th | +15% | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 311,690 | 7th | +14% | 3rd | 7% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 319,758 | 2nd | +14% | 4th | 10% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 294,078 | 14th | +12% | 5th | 1% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 280,136 | 20th | +11% | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 273,212 | 25th | +11% | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 310,178 | 9th | +10% | 8th | 7% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 278,001 | 22nd | +9% | 9th | 4% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 291,467 | 15th | +8% | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 276,854 | 23rd | +8% | 11th | 5% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 256,492 | 31st | +7% | 12th | 12% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 264,814 | 28th | +4% | 13th | 9% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 322,326 | 1st | +4% | 14th | 11% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 294,856 | 13th | +4% | 15th | 1% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 301,198 | 12th | +3% | 16th | 4% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 311,224 | 8th | +3% | 17th | 7% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 276,375 | 24th | +3% | 18th | 5% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 290,594 | 16th | +1% | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 268,589 | 26th | +1% | 20th | 8% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 307,284 | 10th | +1% | 21st | 6% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 304,759 | 11th | +1% | 22nd | 5% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 262,732 | 29th | +1% | 23rd | 10% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 257,619 | 30th | -1% | 24th | 11% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 288,976 | 17th | -2% | 25th | 1% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 317,995 | 4th | -2% | 26th | 9% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 319,069 | 3rd | -2% | 27th | 10% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 317,419 | 5th | -3% | 28th | 9% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 267,463 | 27th | -3% | 29th | 8% below peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 312,534 | 6th | -6% | 30th | 8% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 288,512 | 18th | -6% | 31st | 1% below peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Single-parent fell 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 56.2% to 52.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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 | |||||
| Chandler, AZ | 27.9% | 25th | +5.1pp | 1st | 25% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 17.7% | 31st | +3.2pp | 2nd | 52% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 19.9% | 29th | +3.5pp | 3rd | 47% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 31.6% | 21st | +4.2pp | 4th | 15% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 39.6% | 11th | +4.4pp | 5th | 7% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 31.3% | 22nd | +3.5pp | 6th | 16% below peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 41.2% | 9th | +3.1pp | 7th | 11% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 38.0% | 14th | +2.6pp | 8th | 2% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 61.7% | 2nd | +3.8pp | 9th | 66% above peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 68.2% | 1st | +3.3pp | 10th | 83% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 19.4% | 30th | +0.7pp | 11th | 48% below peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 29.5% | 24th | +0.9pp | 12th | 21% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 39.6% | 12th | +1.2pp | 13th | 7% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 26.7% | 26th | +0.8pp | 14th | 28% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 40.3% | 10th | +0.5pp | 15th | 8% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 37.0% | 17th | +0.4pp | 16th | 1% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 37.2% | 16th | +0.3pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 58.1% | 3rd | -0.2pp | 18th | 56% above peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 30.1% | 23rd | -0.6pp | 19th | 19% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 42.9% | 7th | -1.1pp | 20th | 15% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 42.6% | 8th | -2.1pp | 21st | 15% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 52.2% | 5th | -3.6pp | 22nd | 40% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 52.2% | 6th | -4.0pp | 23rd | 40% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 35.6% | 19th | -2.8pp | 24th | 4% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 56.2% | 4th | -6.5pp | 25th | 51% above peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 38.9% | 13th | -5.0pp | 26th | 5% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 25.9% | 27th | -3.4pp | 27th | 30% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 23.6% | 28th | -3.3pp | 28th | 37% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 31.6% | 20th | -4.9pp | 29th | 15% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 36.0% | 18th | -5.7pp | 30th | 3% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 37.4% | 15th | -5.9pp | 31st | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (76.8% then, 74.5% now; margin ±7.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Gilbert, AZ | 70.7% | 10th | +15.2pp | 1st | 4% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 65.5% | 19th | +7.7pp | 2nd | 3% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 69.3% | 12th | +8.0pp | 3rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 61.7% | 27th | +6.5pp | 4th | 9% below peers | ||
| Riverside, CA | 67.2% | 18th | +5.6pp | 5th | 1% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 71.4% | 9th | +5.5pp | 6th | 5% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 56.3% | 30th | +4.2pp | 7th | 17% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 65.3% | 21st | +4.2pp | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 67.6% | 17th | +4.2pp | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Stockton, CA | 63.5% | 24th | +3.8pp | 10th | 6% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 59.9% | 29th | +3.3pp | 11th | 12% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 68.5% | 15th | +3.2pp | 12th | 1% above peers | ||
| Santa Ana, CA | 62.8% | 25th | +2.4pp | 13th | 7% below peers | ||
| San Juan zona urbana, PR | 65.5% | 20th | +1.5pp | 14th | 3% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 72.3% | 7th | +1.5pp | 15th | 7% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 72.6% | 6th | +0.8pp | 16th | 7% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 75.1% | 2nd | +0.3pp | 17th | 11% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 74.5% | 4th | -0.5pp | 18th | 10% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 75.9% | 1st | -0.7pp | 19th | 12% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 69.1% | 14th | -0.7pp | 20th | 2% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 69.6% | 11th | -0.8pp | 21st | 3% above peers | ||
| Corpus Christi, TX | 60.9% | 28th | -0.8pp | 22nd | 10% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 67.8% | 16th | -1.0pp | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Orlando, FL | 71.5% | 8th | -1.8pp | 24th | 6% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 73.5% | 5th | -1.9pp | 25th | 8% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 74.5% | 3rd | -2.2pp | 26th | 10% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 69.3% | 13th | -4.5pp | 27th | 2% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 64.9% | 22nd | -6.9pp | 28th | 4% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 64.5% | 23rd | -7.3pp | 29th | 5% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 62.2% | 26th | -8.3pp | 30th | 8% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 53.4% | 31st | -8.5pp | 31st | 21% below peers |