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St. Peters, MO
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59,092 people (2024) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where St. Peters, MO shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
2026
▼ 100%
relative change
5 in 2021
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
1.4%
2020-24
▼ 58%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
2.4%
2019-23
▼ 35%
relative change
3.7% in 2018
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
3.8%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
5.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$91,637
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
$78,786 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
758 /100k
May 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
900 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
94.3%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
90.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
23.2%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
20.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.38
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.38 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.2%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
168 /100k
May 2026
▼ 19%
relative change
208 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
39.2%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
38.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 6 indicators

Where St. Peters, MO shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
5.5%
2020-24
▲ 103%
relative change
2.7% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.6%
2020-24
▲ 79%
relative change
3.1% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
79.0%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
81.8% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
42.0%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
50.3% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
69 /100k
May 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
75 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
3.0%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
2.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Big shifts 3 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
59,092
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
57,273 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
19.5%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
17.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
81.0%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
78.0% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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All indicators

Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 168 in May 2026, down from 208 a year earlier.
168 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Terre Haute, IN 482 (Apr 26) 14th -23.0% 1st 81% above peers
Burlington, NC 649 (May 26) 17th -22.9% 2nd 144% above peers
Petaluma, CA 196 (May 26) 5th -22.7% 3rd 27% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 267 (May 26) 10th -21.2% 4th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 230 (May 26) 8th -21.0% 5th 14% below peers
St. Peters, MO 168 (May 26) 2nd -19.2% 6th 37% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 99 (Jan 26) 1st -18.3% 7th 63% below peers
Hempstead, NY 368 (Apr 26) 11th -16.4% 8th 38% above peers
West Allis, WI 186 (May 26) 4th -14.0% 9th 30% below peers
Dubuque, IA 376 (May 26) 12th -9.4% 10th 41% above peers
Gardena, CA 638 (May 26) 16th -8.8% 11th 139% above peers
Medford, MA 180 (Dec 25) 3rd +1.9% 12th 32% below peers
Youngstown, OH 728 (Aug 25) 18th +1.9% 13th 173% above peers
Gilroy, CA 414 (May 26) 13th +2.0% 14th 55% above peers
Kokomo, IN 485 (Mar 26) 15th +15.4% 15th 82% above peers
National City, CA 748 (May 26) 19th +15.5% 16th 181% above peers
Lenexa, KS 214 (May 26) 6th +16.4% 17th 20% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 241 (Apr 26) 9th +23.7% 18th 10% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 217 (May 26) 7th +30.6% 19th 18% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime fell about 11% 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: 758 in May 2026, down from 900 a year earlier.
758 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lenexa, KS 893 (May 26) 5th -34.9% 1st 33% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 756 (Jan 26) 2nd -32.7% 2nd 43% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 539 (Apr 26) 1st -23.4% 3rd 60% below peers
Medford, MA 936 (Dec 25) 6th -22.0% 4th 30% below peers
Hempstead, NY 810 (Apr 26) 4th -21.2% 5th 39% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 2,959 (Apr 26) 19th -19.5% 6th 121% above peers
Petaluma, CA 988 (May 26) 7th -18.9% 7th 26% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 1,235 (May 26) 8th -18.8% 8th 8% below peers
West Allis, WI 1,553 (May 26) 11th -18.6% 9th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 1,695 (May 26) 13th -18.2% 10th 27% above peers
St. Peters, MO 758 (May 26) 3rd -15.7% 11th 43% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1,886 (May 26) 15th -12.5% 12th 41% above peers
Dubuque, IA 1,338 (May 26) 10th -7.8% 13th on par with peers
National City, CA 1,694 (May 26) 12th -7.5% 14th 27% above peers
Burlington, NC 2,723 (May 26) 16th -4.8% 15th 104% above peers
Gilroy, CA 1,855 (May 26) 14th -4.7% 16th 39% above peers
Gardena, CA 2,884 (May 26) 17th -2.5% 17th 116% above peers
Kokomo, IN 1,310 (Mar 26) 9th -2.1% 18th 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 2,915 (Aug 25) 18th +4.2% 19th 118% above peers
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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. 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 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • 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
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 20% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving faster than 94% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, unchanged from 0 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
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%
Monterey Park, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st
Grand Forks, ND 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd
Gardena, CA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd
Hoboken, NJ 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th
Burlington, NC 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th
Lenexa, KS 0 (May 26) 6th -100.0% 6th
Youngstown, OH 14 (Aug 25) 19th -55.6% 7th
National City, CA 7 (May 26) 18th +33.3% 8th
Hempstead, NY 5 (Apr 26) 15th +49.9% 9th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) 13th +100.0% 10th
Terre Haute, IN 5 (Apr 26) 17th +199.4% 11th
St. Peters, MO 0 (May 26) 7th
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jan 26) 8th
Dubuque, IA 3 (May 26) 14th
Gilroy, CA 0 (May 26) 9th
Petaluma, CA 0 (May 26) 10th
Medford, MA 0 (Dec 25) 11th
West Allis, WI 5 (May 26) 16th
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Apr 26) 12th
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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. 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 →
  • Arcadia, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft fell about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 69 in May 2026, down from 75 a year earlier.
69 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lenexa, KS 77 (May 26) 4th -61.3% 1st 41% below peers
Hempstead, NY 105 (Apr 26) 8th -46.6% 2nd 19% below peers
National City, CA 345 (May 26) 17th -34.3% 3rd 166% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 297 (Apr 26) 14th -32.6% 4th 129% above peers
Medford, MA 80 (Dec 25) 5th -30.4% 5th 38% below peers
Dubuque, IA 63 (May 26) 1st -27.5% 6th 51% below peers
Burlington, NC 224 (May 26) 13th -25.8% 7th 73% above peers
Gardena, CA 588 (May 26) 19th -20.9% 8th 354% above peers
West Allis, WI 216 (May 26) 12th -19.4% 9th 67% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 101 (Jan 26) 7th -19.2% 10th 22% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 332 (May 26) 16th -11.6% 11th 156% above peers
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) 10th -10.3% 12th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 69 (May 26) 3rd -8.5% 13th 47% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 65 (May 26) 2nd -7.3% 14th 50% below peers
Youngstown, OH 557 (Aug 25) 18th -7.1% 15th 330% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 140 (May 26) 11th -4.5% 16th 8% above peers
Petaluma, CA 115 (May 26) 9th -4.2% 17th 11% below peers
Gilroy, CA 315 (May 26) 15th -4.0% 18th 143% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 81 (Apr 26) 6th +0.0% 19th 38% below peers
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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. 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 →
  • Eagan, MN down about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 37% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Davis, CA down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 16% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $78,786 to $91,637 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,549). 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 31% from 2014 to 2024 ($69,854 to $91,637).
$91,637
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref $70,702 +27%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Gardena, CA $84,803 17th +45% 1st 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 14th +45% 2nd 6% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 3rd 22% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 12th +40% 4th 14% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 26th +37% 5th 27% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 174% above peers
Medford, MA $129,540 5th +34% 7th 51% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 18th +32% 8th 4% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 9th 80% below peers
Burlington, NC $56,880 27th +32% 10th 34% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 4th +31% 11th 55% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 15th +30% 12th 1% above peers
Santee, CA $113,394 8th +30% 13th 32% above peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 20th +30% 14th 16% below peers
West Allis, WI $67,611 22nd +29% 15th 21% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 25th +27% 16th 26% below peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 7th +26% 17th 35% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 18th 57% above peers
Hanford, CA $76,461 19th +23% 19th 11% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 20th 111% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 16th +22% 21st on par with peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 24th +21% 22nd 23% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 10th +21% 23rd 20% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 6th +21% 24th 43% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 28th +21% 25th 35% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 26th 60% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 9th +19% 27th 21% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 28th 50% below peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 13th +16% 29th 7% above peers
Towson, MD $101,320 11th +14% 30th 18% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 21st +13% 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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

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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 →
  • 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 ±$3,124 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 88% 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 3.6% a year earlier.
3.3%
1990May 2026
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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
Kokomo, IN 5.0% (May 26) 24th -1.4pp 1st 28% above peers
Youngstown, OH 5.3% (May 26) 26th -1.2pp 2nd 36% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.8pp 3rd 3% above peers
Dubuque, IA 2.9% (May 26) 4th -0.7pp 4th 26% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 5th 38% below peers
Casper, WY 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 33% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.4pp 7th 3% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.6% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 59% below peers
Santee, CA 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 9th 5% below peers
National City, CA 4.6% (May 26) 21st -0.3pp 10th 18% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 18th -0.3pp 11th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.3% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 15% below peers
Burlington, NC 3.9% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 14th 10% below peers
Hanford, CA 6.8% (May 26) 27th -0.3pp 15th 74% above peers
West Allis, WI 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 16th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.2pp 17th 3% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 18th 8% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.1pp 19th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Medford, MA 4.0% (May 26) 17th -0.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Gardena, CA 5.0% (May 26) 25th -0.1pp 22nd 28% above peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (May 26) 5th +0.1pp 23rd 18% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.8% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 24th 23% above peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.6pp 25th 5% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.8pp 26th 18% above peers
Margate, FL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 27th 10% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.1% to 5.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 5.6%).
5.6%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 12.1% -1.1pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 1st -1.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.9% 6th -2.4pp 2nd 44% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 24th -4.5pp 3rd 33% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 8th -1.8pp 4th 38% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.0% 19th -3.0pp 5th 12% above peers
Burlington, NC 16.3% 27th -3.8pp 6th 53% above peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 7th 27% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 14.4% 25th -2.9pp 8th 35% above peers
Gardena, CA 11.7% 18th -1.9pp 9th 9% above peers
Medford, MA 7.3% 9th -1.1pp 10th 31% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 10th -0.9pp 11th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 14th -1.0pp 12th 8% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 13th -0.8pp 13th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 16.7% 28th -1.5pp 14th 57% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 29th -1.2pp 15th 105% above peers
Hanford, CA 14.4% 26th -0.8pp 16th 35% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.3% 22nd -0.6pp 17th 16% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 7th -0.2pp 18th 39% below peers
Margate, FL 12.0% 20th -0.4pp 19th 13% above peers
West Allis, WI 11.4% 17th -0.3pp 20th 7% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 21st 403% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 3rd +0.2pp 22nd 50% below peers
Youngstown, OH 34.9% 30th +1.9pp 23rd 228% above peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 15th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 16th +0.9pp 25th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 21st +1.2pp 26th 13% above peers
Santee, CA 7.7% 12th +0.8pp 27th 27% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 5th +0.6pp 28th 47% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 29th 28% below peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 54% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.6% 4th +2.5pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.0pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty rose 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.7% to 5.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 0.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.6% to 5.5%).
5.5%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 15.8% -2.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 5th -6.7pp 1st 53% below peers
Burlington, NC 20.3% 26th -14.7pp 2nd 69% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 3rd -2.6pp 3rd 62% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 14th -5.9pp 4th 15% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 8th -3.2pp 5th 43% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 23rd -8.3pp 6th 50% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 6th -2.4pp 7th 49% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 21st -6.1pp 8th 28% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 15th -4.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 7th -2.2pp 10th 49% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 17th -3.6pp 11th 10% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 1st -0.8pp 12th 76% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 27th -5.2pp 13th 83% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 28th -5.6pp 14th 101% above peers
Gardena, CA 16.2% 22nd -2.9pp 15th 35% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 10th -1.3pp 16th 39% below peers
West Allis, WI 12.0% 16th -2.1pp 17th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 18th 140% above peers
Hanford, CA 18.2% 24th -2.1pp 19th 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 18th -1.0pp 20th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 21st 339% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 12th +0.1pp 22nd 24% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 23rd 517% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 20th +1.1pp 24th 20% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 9th +0.6pp 25th 42% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 13th +1.1pp 26th 22% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 19th +2.3pp 27th 18% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 25th +6.5pp 28th 54% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 11th +3.1pp 29th 39% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 4th +2.8pp 30th 54% below peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 69% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.4pp 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 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 90.5% to 94.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (87.7% to 94.2%).
94.3%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 89.5% +8.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +18.3pp 1st 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 2nd 11% below peers
West Allis, WI 90.0% 22nd +12.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Burlington, NC 88.9% 24th +12.6pp 4th 4% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 26th +11.8pp 5th 5% below peers
Gardena, CA 93.8% 13th +12.6pp 6th 2% above peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 19th +11.4pp 7th 1% below peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 27th +10.9pp 8th 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 9th 6% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 11th +10.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 18th +9.6pp 11th on par with peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 21st +8.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 16th +8.0pp 13th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 23rd +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 9th +7.6pp 15th 2% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 28th +6.8pp 16th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 20th +6.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Hanford, CA 88.7% 25th +4.9pp 18th 4% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 17th +4.7pp 19th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 4th +4.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 22nd 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 8th +3.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 10th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 7th +3.2pp 25th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 12th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 15th +2.3pp 29th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 6th +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 14th +1.1pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 (0.38 then, 0.38 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (0.36 to 0.38).
0.38
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 0.47 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Burlington, NC 0.45 21st -0.030 1st 2% above peers
Margate, FL 0.43 13th -0.028 2nd 3% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 5th -0.023 3rd 8% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 25th -0.018 4th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 5th 39% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 26th -0.015 6th 7% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 14th -0.014 7th 2% below peers
Gardena, CA 0.43 10th -0.012 8th 4% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 12th -0.008 9th 3% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 16th -0.007 10th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 0.43 11th -0.004 11th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 12th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 22nd -0.001 13th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 18th +0.001 14th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 24th +0.003 15th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 4th +0.003 16th 13% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 29th +0.006 17th 9% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 20th +0.007 18th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 8th +0.007 19th 5% below peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 7th +0.007 20th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 30th +0.010 21st 15% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 2nd +0.011 22nd 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 28th +0.019 23rd 9% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 24th 24% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 25th 2% above peers
West Allis, WI 0.42 9th +0.023 26th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 27th +0.028 27th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 15th +0.027 28th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 23rd +0.030 29th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 0.41 6th +0.035 30th 8% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 17th +0.044 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 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 1.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 3.7% to 2.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp). 5 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; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (4.1% to 2.4%).
2.4%
20102023
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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
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 84% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 20th -6.0pp 2nd 17% above peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 74% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 11th -2.6pp 4th 21% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 5th 49% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 18th -2.9pp 6th 5% above peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 22nd -3.1pp 7th 45% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 19th -2.3pp 8th 9% above peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 15th -2.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 3rd -0.5pp 10th 76% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 8th -1.2pp 11th 28% below peers
Hanford, CA 15.1% 24th -1.5pp 12th 63% above peers
Burlington, NC 17.2% 27th -1.6pp 13th 86% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 26th -1.3pp 14th 83% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 12th -0.6pp 15th 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 16th 292% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 7th -0.3pp 17th 29% below peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 5th +0.0pp 18th 51% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 19th 126% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 9th +0.3pp 20th 27% below peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 23rd +0.9pp 21st 56% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 16th +0.8pp 22nd on par with peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 23rd 109% above peers
West Allis, WI 15.9% 25th +2.5pp 24th 72% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 25th 467% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 13th +1.7pp 26th 8% below peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 10th +2.3pp 27th 26% below peers
Gardena, CA 11.9% 21st +4.4pp 28th 29% above peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 14th +3.4pp 29th 7% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 17th +4.0pp 30th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 2nd +1.5pp 31st 81% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership fell 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.8% to 79.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (81.1% to 79.0%).
79.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 68.1% +1.3pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 27th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 4th +7.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 15th +5.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Hanford, CA 62.1% 16th +5.0pp 4th on par with peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 8th +5.5pp 5th 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 13th +4.0pp 6th 1% above peers
West Allis, WI 55.5% 21st +3.4pp 7th 11% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 28th +2.8pp 8th 25% below peers
Burlington, NC 53.8% 23rd +2.3pp 9th 13% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 3rd +2.7pp 10th 26% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 11th 46% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 10th +1.7pp 12th 6% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 19th +1.2pp 13th 9% below peers
Gardena, CA 48.8% 26th +0.9pp 14th 21% below peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 14th +0.9pp 15th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 6th +1.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 5th +0.6pp 17th 17% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 17th +0.4pp 18th 2% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 9th +0.4pp 19th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 7th +0.3pp 20th 14% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 12th -0.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 22nd 17% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 24th -0.5pp 23rd 16% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 24th 44% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 11th -1.4pp 25th 4% above peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 20th -1.8pp 26th 10% below peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 1st -2.7pp 27th 27% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 22nd -2.1pp 28th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 18th -4.1pp 29th 9% below peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 2nd -8.9pp 30th 27% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±1.8pp 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 (20.9% then, 23.2% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.7% to 23.2%).
23.2%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 26.3% -0.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 6th -5.9pp 1st 19% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 2nd 42% above peers
West Allis, WI 30.1% 12th -3.0pp 3rd 12% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 14th -2.0pp 4th 6% below peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 10th -1.6pp 5th 16% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 5th -1.4pp 6th 20% below peers
Gardena, CA 44.2% 26th -2.0pp 7th 29% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 13th -0.7pp 8th 7% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 22% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 2nd +0.0pp 10th 25% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 27th +0.1pp 11th 31% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 12th 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 18th +0.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 20th +0.5pp 14th 4% above peers
Burlington, NC 33.2% 15th +0.6pp 15th 3% below peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 7th +0.6pp 16th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 11th +0.8pp 17th 14% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 22nd +1.3pp 18th 13% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 19th 40% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 21st +1.4pp 20th 7% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 23rd +1.6pp 21st 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 22nd 41% above peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 8th +1.6pp 23rd 17% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 25th +2.6pp 24th 22% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 9th +1.9pp 25th 16% below peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 16th +2.3pp 26th on par with peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 4th +2.3pp 27th 22% below peers
Hanford, CA 35.6% 19th +3.2pp 28th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 24th +3.7pp 29th 15% above peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 1st +2.3pp 30th 33% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 17th +3.6pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (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
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.6% then, 3.0% now; margin ±1.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.7% to 3.0%).
3.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Gardena, CA 5.2% 10th -1.6pp 1st 27% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 2nd 47% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 3rd 167% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 15th -1.1pp 4th 3% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 24th -1.2pp 5th 50% above peers
Burlington, NC 7.1% 16th -0.6pp 6th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 8th -0.3pp 7th 37% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 9th -0.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 9th 377% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 19th -0.3pp 10th 14% above peers
National City, CA 10.9% 25th -0.3pp 11th 53% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 28th -0.1pp 12th 136% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 13th -0.0pp 13th 24% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 14th 233% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 6th +0.0pp 15th 41% below peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 11th +0.1pp 16th 27% below peers
West Allis, WI 10.1% 23rd +0.3pp 17th 42% above peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 27th +0.6pp 18th 63% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 21st +0.6pp 19th 26% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 7th +0.3pp 20th 39% below peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 22nd +1.3pp 21st 34% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 2nd +0.5pp 22nd 57% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 12th +0.8pp 23rd 26% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 14th +1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 26th +1.9pp 25th 60% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 20th +1.5pp 26th 16% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 17th +1.5pp 27th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 28th 49% below peers
Hanford, CA 7.8% 18th +1.9pp 29th 9% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 1st +2.5pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mount Pleasant, SC down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 *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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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.1% to 3.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 13 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 3.8%).
3.8%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 8.6% -0.6pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 9th -3.1pp 1st 43% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 54% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 8th -2.0pp 3rd 44% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 23rd -5.1pp 4th 45% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 12th -2.4pp 5th 30% below peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 25th -5.3pp 6th 75% above peers
Santee, CA 3.0% 5th -1.2pp 7th 50% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.8% 14th -1.7pp 8th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 11th -1.3pp 9th 37% below peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 28th -2.8pp 10th 79% above peers
Gardena, CA 8.4% 22nd -2.1pp 11th 39% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.8% 10th -1.0pp 12th 37% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 13th 62% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 27th -2.5pp 14th 79% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 15th 70% below peers
Kokomo, IN 6.1% 17th -1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Burlington, NC 11.2% 29th -2.0pp 17th 85% above peers
Hanford, CA 5.6% 15th -0.9pp 18th 8% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.0% 21st -0.8pp 19th 32% above peers
National City, CA 11.2% 30th -0.3pp 20th 86% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.0pp 21st 59% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.0% 16th -0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 6.7% 19th +0.2pp 23rd 10% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 26th +0.4pp 24th 76% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 31st +0.8pp 25th 97% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 24th +0.7pp 26th 50% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 13th +0.3pp 27th 30% below peers
West Allis, WI 6.8% 20th +1.1pp 28th 12% above peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 29th 44% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 30th 47% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 18th +2.9pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.1%
20202022
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▸ 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%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 52% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 42% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 3rd 26% below peers
Gardena, CA 26.0% 4th 19% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 5th 19% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 6th 19% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 7th 14% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 8th 12% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 9th 11% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 10th 11% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 11th 10% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 12th 10% below peers
Hanford, CA 30.6% 13th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 14th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 15th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 17th 1% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 18th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 19th 6% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 20th 10% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 21st 12% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 22nd 15% above peers
West Allis, WI 37.0% 23rd 15% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 24th 16% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 17% above peers
Burlington, NC 39.3% 26th 22% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 28% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 32% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 29th 34% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 49% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.3% to 1.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.9% to 1.4%).
1.4%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 6.2% +0.6pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 78% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 49% below peers
Herriman, UT 1.6% 9th -4.9pp 3rd 36% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 4th 53% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 7th -1.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 10th -2.2pp 6th 35% below peers
Gardena, CA 2.9% 19th -3.7pp 7th 11% above peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 8th -1.6pp 8th 43% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 30th -8.0pp 9th 216% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 12th -1.4pp 10th 18% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 27th -3.0pp 11th 139% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 24th -2.1pp 12th 93% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 11th -0.7pp 13th 35% below peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 14th -0.5pp 14th 11% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 26th -1.2pp 15th 130% above peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 16th -0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 28th -0.7pp 17th 198% above peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 21st +0.1pp 18th 55% above peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 15th +0.1pp 19th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 20th 62% below peers
West Allis, WI 2.8% 18th +0.3pp 21st 9% above peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 15% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 31st +2.3pp 23rd 298% above peers
Burlington, NC 5.5% 25th +1.2pp 24th 114% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 29th +3.1pp 25th 214% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 23rd +2.1pp 26th 82% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 27th 61% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 17th +1.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 20th +1.9pp 29th 31% above peers
Hanford, CA 4.4% 22nd +2.6pp 30th 70% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.9% then, 39.2% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.2% to 39.2%).
39.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 32.4% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 22nd +4.4pp 2nd 29% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 17th +5.4pp 3rd 13% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 9th +7.4pp 4th 22% above peers
West Allis, WI 29.6% 18th +5.0pp 5th 15% below peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 15th +5.5pp 6th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 26th +3.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Burlington, NC 29.6% 19th +4.1pp 8th 16% below peers
Gardena, CA 28.9% 21st +3.5pp 9th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 14th +4.4pp 10th 4% above peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 11th 56% below peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 4th +6.0pp 12th 71% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 16th +2.9pp 13th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 8th +3.6pp 14th 22% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 23rd +1.9pp 15th 30% below peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 7th +3.4pp 16th 25% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 10th +2.9pp 17th 14% above peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 18th 32% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 19th 98% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 6th +2.6pp 20th 32% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 20th +1.6pp 21st 16% below peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 22nd 135% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 13th +1.5pp 23rd 8% above peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 5th +2.2pp 24th 65% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 25th 136% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 12th +0.8pp 26th 11% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 27th 12% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 24th -0.3pp 28th 31% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 28th -0.3pp 29th 48% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.1% 27th -1.0pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.3% then, 42.0% now; margin ±16.7pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 12.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.1% to 42.0%).
42.0%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 43.6% -2.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 6th +33.2pp 1st 35% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 10th +16.8pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 3rd +14.8pp 3rd 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 2nd +15.4pp 4th 61% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 23rd +6.0pp 5th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 24th +5.7pp 6th 20% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 7th 37% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 8th +7.8pp 8th 33% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 9th 38% above peers
Burlington, NC 41.2% 22nd +4.0pp 10th 16% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 11th 84% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 7th +3.4pp 12th 34% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 12th +1.4pp 13th 9% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 4th -0.4pp 14th 41% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 16th -2.2pp 15th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 9th -4.2pp 16th 20% above peers
Gardena, CA 49.9% 15th -4.5pp 17th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 11th -6.3pp 18th 9% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 21st -5.0pp 19th 16% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 25th -5.2pp 20th 21% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 20th -8.3pp 21st 15% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 13th -10.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 18th -10.1pp 23rd 7% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 14th -12.0pp 24th 3% above peers
West Allis, WI 35.9% 28th -9.3pp 25th 27% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 26th -12.9pp 26th 21% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 27th -15.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 17th -19.7pp 28th 3% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 29th -15.1pp 29th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 19th -20.7pp 30th 14% below peers
Hanford, CA 18.6% 31st -14.4pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±13.9pp 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
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.6% then, 3.2% now; margin ±4.5pp).

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 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (2.4% to 3.2%).
3.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 7.0% +0.6pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 96% below peers
Burlington, NC 8.6% 25th -9.9pp 2nd 34% above peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 10th -2.3pp 3rd 36% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 12th -1.8pp 4th 30% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 5th 42% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 24th -2.5pp 6th 31% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 5th -0.8pp 7th 56% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 13th -1.2pp 8th 30% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 27% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 6th -0.5pp 10th 51% below peers
West Allis, WI 7.5% 18th -0.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 27th -0.3pp 12th 48% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 13th 63% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 20th -0.1pp 14th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 14th -0.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 16th 38% below peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 30th +1.3pp 17th 77% above peers
Hanford, CA 10.8% 28th +2.0pp 18th 69% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 7th +0.8pp 19th 47% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 31st +3.0pp 20th 90% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 17th +2.1pp 21st 13% above peers
Gardena, CA 6.4% 16th +2.2pp 22nd on par with peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 23rd +3.1pp 23rd 30% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 19th +2.8pp 24th 19% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 15th +2.4pp 25th 11% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 11th +2.0pp 26th 31% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 21st +4.3pp 27th 26% above peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 29th +6.2pp 28th 73% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 26th +7.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 71% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 3rd +2.1pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 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 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57,273 to 59,092 - more than the combined survey margin (±78). 17 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (54,236 to 59,092).
59,092
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Herriman, UT 59,346 6th +48% 1st 1% above peers
Severn, MD 58,402 29th +16% 2nd 1% below peers
Burlington, NC 59,610 3rd +12% 3rd 1% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 25th +10% 4th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 30th +8% 5th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 31st +7% 6th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 22nd +6% 7th on par with peers
Hanford, CA 59,754 1st +6% 8th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 16th +4% 9th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 17th +4% 10th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 15th +3% 11th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 27th +3% 12th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 5th +3% 13th 1% above peers
Santee, CA 59,332 7th +3% 14th on par with peers
Margate, FL 59,198 10th +2% 15th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 11th +2% 16th on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 14th +2% 17th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 23rd +1% 18th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 12th +1% 19th on par with peers
Casper, WY 58,839 20th +1% 20th on par with peers
Gardena, CA 59,422 4th -0% 21st 1% above peers
West Allis, WI 59,612 2nd -1% 22nd 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 13th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 24th -2% 24th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 9th -3% 25th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 26th -3% 26th 1% below peers
National City, CA 58,893 19th -4% 27th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 28th -4% 28th 1% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 18th -4% 29th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 21st -4% 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 8th -8% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±49 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.1% then, 20.9% now; margin ±1.5pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (22.1% to 20.9%).
20.9%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 22.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 7th +1.5pp 1st 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 2nd 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 18th +1.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Gardena, CA 20.6% 17th +1.1pp 4th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 10th +1.1pp 5th 11% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 14th +1.0pp 6th 4% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 8th +0.9pp 7th 12% above peers
Burlington, NC 23.5% 6th +0.9pp 8th 14% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 26th +0.6pp 9th 16% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 13th +0.7pp 10th 9% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 21st +0.3pp 11th 6% below peers
Hanford, CA 28.6% 2nd +0.4pp 12th 39% above peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 25th +0.1pp 13th 14% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 4th +0.1pp 14th 27% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 5th +0.0pp 15th 17% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 23rd -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 9th -0.4pp 17th 11% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 16th -0.5pp 18th on par with peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 19th -0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 27th -0.5pp 20th 19% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 20th -0.7pp 21st 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 19.3% 22nd -1.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 15th -1.2pp 23rd 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 28th -1.5pp 24th 21% below peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 3rd -2.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 12th -3.1pp 26th 9% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 24th -2.8pp 27th 12% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 29th 67% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 11th -3.8pp 30th 10% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 29th -3.1pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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
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 (17.7% then, 19.5% now; margin ±5.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.5% to 19.5%).
19.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 29.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Gardena, CA 43.4% 9th +14.6pp 1st 51% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 13th +10.4pp 2nd 11% above peers
West Allis, WI 46.6% 5th +9.2pp 3rd 61% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 20th +3.6pp 4th 18% below peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 5th 57% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 6th 77% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 26th +1.8pp 7th 32% below peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 16th +2.4pp 8th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 9th 86% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 10th +2.5pp 10th 26% above peers
Hanford, CA 35.5% 11th +1.3pp 11th 23% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 12th 154% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 25th -0.0pp 13th 31% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 30th -0.1pp 14th 72% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 8th -0.5pp 15th 52% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 14th -1.0pp 16th 7% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 19th -1.1pp 17th 9% below peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 21st -1.0pp 18th 22% below peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 19th 152% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 20th 29% below peers
Burlington, NC 46.5% 6th -4.4pp 21st 61% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 17th -2.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 22nd -2.7pp 23rd 27% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 27th -2.5pp 24th 37% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 12th -4.6pp 25th 13% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 23rd -3.9pp 26th 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 15th -5.9pp 27th 5% above peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 28th -3.8pp 28th 37% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 18th -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 30th 78% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (78.0% then, 81.0% now; margin ±14.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.8% to 81.0%).
81.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Missouri ref 70.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 5th +22.1pp 1st 18% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 18th +13.0pp 2nd 1% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 15th +10.9pp 3rd 1% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 6th +11.4pp 4th 18% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 5th 19% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 28th +6.3pp 6th 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 9th +7.6pp 7th 12% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 8th 23% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 13th +7.0pp 9th 7% above peers
Gardena, CA 77.7% 11th +6.3pp 10th 11% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 20th +4.0pp 11th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 8th +3.3pp 12th 14% above peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 7th +3.0pp 13th 15% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 29th +2.3pp 14th 12% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 22nd +2.2pp 15th 4% below peers
West Allis, WI 78.3% 10th +1.8pp 16th 11% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 21st +1.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 30th +0.5pp 18th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 19th 24% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Hanford, CA 66.5% 26th -0.2pp 21st 5% below peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 25th -1.7pp 22nd 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 24th -2.4pp 23rd 4% below peers
Burlington, NC 69.3% 19th -2.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 17th -5.4pp 25th 1% below peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 12th -7.0pp 26th 11% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 23rd -8.0pp 27th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 31st -8.7pp 28th 17% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 14th -12.7pp 29th 2% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 16th -14.6pp 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 27th -17.3pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±11.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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