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185,913 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 4 indicators

Where Paradise, NV shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$59,190
2020-24
▲ 23%
relative change
$48,312 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
89.4%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
78.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
24.1%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
22.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
41.9%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
39.3% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Paradise, NV shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
19.4%
2020-24
▼ 43%
relative change
34.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
45.3%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
41.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
14.6%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
14.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
15.2%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
14.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
8.6%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
9.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
11.4%
2020-24
▲ 26%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
17.6%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
17.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
23.9%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
25.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
16.6%
2019-23
▲ <1%
relative change
16.5% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 2 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Population
185,913
2020-24
▼ 21%
relative change
235,087 in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
61.3%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
69.0% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 23% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $48,312 to $59,190 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,530).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Paradise started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 30% from 2014 to 2024 ($45,390 to $59,190).
Bright spot $59,190
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
Nevada ref $78,260 +30%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 21st +49% 1st 15% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 23rd +42% 2nd 19% below peers
Surprise, AZ $96,711 6th +40% 3rd 21% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL $83,130 14th +40% 4th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ $79,663 17th +37% 5th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA $88,941 10th +37% 6th 11% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 25th +35% 7th 27% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 28th +35% 8th 35% below peers
Salem, OR $75,487 18th +35% 9th 6% below peers
Elk Grove, CA $125,924 2nd +34% 10th 57% above peers
Glendale, CA $88,393 11th +34% 11th 10% above peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 7th +32% 12th 20% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 15th +32% 13th 2% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA $99,060 5th +31% 14th 24% above peers
Newport News, VA $69,634 19th +31% 15th 13% below peers
Eugene, OR $66,562 22nd +31% 16th 17% below peers
Aurora, IL $93,633 9th +31% 17th 17% above peers
Clarksville, TN $69,303 20th +29% 18th 13% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN $80,108 16th +29% 19th on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO $85,070 13th +29% 20th 6% above peers
Cary, NC $134,905 1st +29% 21st 68% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 3rd +27% 22nd 51% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 8th +27% 23rd 20% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 27th +27% 24th 33% below peers
Shreveport, LA $48,699 29th +25% 25th 39% below peers
Akron, OH $48,076 30th +24% 26th 40% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL $85,104 12th +24% 27th 6% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 28th 43% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA $111,895 4th +23% 29th 40% above peers
Paradise, NV $59,190 24th +23% 30th 26% below peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 26th +18% 31st 29% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,231 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (17.4% then, 17.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty rose 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.6% to 17.6%).
Needs attention 17.6%
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
Nevada ref 12.4% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 7th -5.8pp 1st 39% below peers
Tempe, AZ 15.8% 19th -4.0pp 2nd 10% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 11th -2.5pp 3rd 29% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 12th -2.7pp 4th 23% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 30th -5.6pp 5th 65% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 26th -4.8pp 6th 44% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.5% 8th -1.9pp 7th 34% below peers
Clarksville, TN 12.3% 13th -2.1pp 8th 14% below peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 22nd -2.3pp 9th 28% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 15.0% 18th -1.9pp 10th 5% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.4% 14th -1.2pp 11th 14% below peers
Shreveport, LA 23.5% 29th -2.1pp 12th 64% above peers
Salem, OR 14.4% 16th -1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 19.0% 23rd -1.3pp 14th 32% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 25th -1.2pp 15th 41% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.7% 9th -0.6pp 16th 32% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.5% 17th -0.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 31st -1.2pp 18th 72% above peers
Glendale, CA 12.9% 15th -0.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 2nd -0.3pp 20th 46% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 15.8% 20th -0.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.0% 3rd -0.1pp 22nd 45% below peers
Akron, OH 23.3% 28th -0.1pp 23rd 62% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 4th +0.1pp 24th 44% below peers
Paradise, NV 17.6% 21st +0.2pp 25th 22% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 27th +0.9pp 26th 50% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.9% 10th +0.6pp 27th 31% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 24th +1.5pp 28th 33% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 5th +0.9pp 29th 42% below peers
Surprise, AZ 8.6% 6th +1.2pp 30th 40% below peers
Cary, NC 5.7% 1st +0.9pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Murfreesboro, TN down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Visalia, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Huntsville, AL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (25.4% then, 23.9% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.5% to 23.9%).
Needs attention 23.9%
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
Nevada ref 16.3% -1.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 1st -11.8pp 1st 69% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 11th -6.5pp 2nd 28% below peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 27th -10.4pp 3rd 84% above peers
Aurora, IL 12.8% 12th -3.7pp 4th 23% below peers
Shreveport, LA 30.5% 26th -8.4pp 5th 83% above peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 19th -4.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Ontario, CA 16.8% 17th -4.4pp 7th 1% above peers
Eugene, OR 15.6% 14th -4.0pp 8th 7% below peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 24th -6.8pp 9th 68% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 4th -1.8pp 10th 50% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 23rd -5.7pp 11th 65% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 11.3% 10th -2.3pp 12th 32% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 8.7% 5th -1.7pp 13th 48% below peers
Salem, OR 16.7% 16th -3.2pp 14th on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 16.9% 18th -2.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 25.1% 22nd -4.1pp 16th 50% above peers
Glendale, CA 14.1% 13th -2.0pp 17th 15% below peers
Clarksville, TN 16.4% 15th -2.0pp 18th 1% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 7.5% 3rd -0.9pp 19th 55% below peers
Newport News, VA 20.3% 20th -1.9pp 20th 22% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 25th -2.1pp 21st 75% above peers
Paradise, NV 23.9% 21st -1.5pp 22nd 43% above peers
Akron, OH 35.0% 30th -1.3pp 23rd 110% above peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 31st -0.4pp 24th 142% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 25th 95% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 9.3% 7th +0.1pp 26th 44% below peers
Cary, NC 6.1% 2nd +0.1pp 27th 64% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 10.6% 8th +0.6pp 28th 36% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 6th +0.6pp 29th 45% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 28th +4.6pp 30th 88% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.9% 9th +1.9pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 11.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 78.0% to 89.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Paradise started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 15.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (74.2% to 89.4%).
Bright spot 89.4%
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
Nevada ref 92.2% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 30th +32.9pp 1st 7% below peers
Shreveport, LA 85.2% 31st +15.8pp 2nd 8% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 29th +15.0pp 3rd 6% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 28th +14.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Newport News, VA 91.7% 20th +15.1pp 5th 1% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 22nd +12.9pp 6th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 27th +12.6pp 7th 4% below peers
Paradise, NV 89.4% 25th +11.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Akron, OH 89.2% 26th +11.0pp 9th 3% below peers
Ontario, CA 95.0% 6th +11.5pp 10th 3% above peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 23rd +10.9pp 11th 2% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 24th +10.6pp 12th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 13th +10.9pp 13th 1% above peers
Glendale, CA 92.3% 17th +9.1pp 14th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 91.8% 19th +8.7pp 15th 1% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 93.4% 12th +7.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Clarksville, TN 93.7% 10th +6.9pp 17th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 18th 4% above peers
Aurora, IL 93.0% 14th +5.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Tempe, AZ 94.3% 9th +5.7pp 20th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 92.2% 18th +5.5pp 21st on par with peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 11th +5.5pp 22nd 1% above peers
Salem, OR 92.6% 15th +5.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 94.4% 8th +5.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 91.3% 21st +4.3pp 25th 1% below peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 7th +4.4pp 26th 2% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 97.1% 1st +4.1pp 27th 5% above peers
Surprise, AZ 95.7% 4th +3.6pp 28th 4% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 92.4% 16th +2.4pp 29th on par with peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 95.0% 5th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
Cary, NC 96.6% 2nd +1.3pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.48).
Needs attention 0.48
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
Nevada ref 0.47 +0.005
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 27th -0.038 1st 12% above peers
Clarksville, TN 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 15% below peers
Akron, OH 0.46 20th -0.026 3rd 2% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 0.41 6th -0.021 4th 8% below peers
Aurora, IL 0.42 7th -0.019 5th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 0.45 15th -0.017 6th 1% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 0.39 2nd -0.011 7th 14% below peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 25th -0.012 8th 10% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 21st -0.011 9th 4% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 0.54 30th -0.009 10th 19% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 12th -0.006 11th 2% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 10th -0.005 12th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 13th 9% above peers
Salem, OR 0.44 14th -0.002 14th 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 15th 12% above peers
Eugene, OR 0.49 24th +0.002 16th 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 0.46 19th +0.002 17th 2% above peers
Paradise, NV 0.48 22nd +0.003 18th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 0.45 16th +0.003 19th on par with peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 4th +0.003 20th 10% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 21st 13% above peers
Glendale, CA 0.51 28th +0.005 22nd 12% above peers
Shreveport, LA 0.54 31st +0.006 23rd 19% above peers
Newport News, VA 0.45 17th +0.008 24th 1% above peers
Cary, NC 0.43 8th +0.009 25th 5% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 13th +0.010 26th 2% below peers
Ontario, CA 0.41 5th +0.017 27th 10% below peers
Surprise, AZ 0.39 3rd +0.018 28th 13% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 0.43 9th +0.020 29th 5% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 0.45 18th +0.022 30th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 11th +0.025 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (16.5% then, 16.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 5.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (11.4% to 16.6%).
Needs attention 16.6%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 12.3% +0.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Murfreesboro, TN 7.0% 7th -3.1pp 1st 50% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 14th -4.7pp 2nd 8% below peers
Surprise, AZ 4.9% 2nd -1.5pp 3rd 65% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 30th -7.4pp 4th 81% above peers
Clarksville, TN 10.4% 11th -2.6pp 5th 25% below peers
Tempe, AZ 6.0% 4th -1.4pp 6th 57% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.1% 15th -2.6pp 7th 7% below peers
Eugene, OR 16.8% 21st -1.9pp 8th 20% above peers
Cary, NC 2.7% 1st -0.3pp 9th 81% below peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 27th -1.6pp 10th 56% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 6.8% 5th -0.4pp 11th 51% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 19th -0.7pp 12th 19% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 23rd -0.2pp 13th 39% above peers
Akron, OH 25.1% 29th -0.1pp 14th 80% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 7.2% 8th +0.0pp 15th 49% below peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 6th +0.0pp 16th 50% below peers
Newport News, VA 14.0% 16th +0.1pp 17th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 16.6% 20th +0.1pp 18th 19% above peers
Salem, OR 20.6% 24th +0.2pp 19th 48% above peers
Ontario, CA 12.5% 13th +0.2pp 20th 11% below peers
Aurora, IL 15.4% 18th +0.2pp 21st 10% above peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 17th +0.3pp 22nd 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 28th +1.1pp 23rd 78% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 31st +1.9pp 24th 108% above peers
Shreveport, LA 21.5% 25th +1.6pp 25th 54% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 26th +1.6pp 26th 55% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 10.5% 12th +1.0pp 27th 25% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.1% 10th +0.9pp 28th 35% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 59% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 8.9% 9th +3.1pp 30th 36% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.7% 22nd +10.5pp 31st 34% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bend, OR down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Buckeye, AZ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Athens, GA down 5.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp 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 Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.3% to 41.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.7% to 42.0%).
Bright spot 41.9%
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
Nevada ref 60.0% +3.7pp
United States ref 65.2%
Providence, RI 41.4% 30th +5.3pp 1st 24% below peers
Ontario, CA 58.0% 9th +4.5pp 2nd 7% above peers
Glendale, CA 35.2% 31st +2.2pp 3rd 35% below peers
Paradise, NV 42.0% 29th +2.6pp 4th 23% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 56.7% 10th +2.7pp 5th 5% above peers
Clarksville, TN 55.5% 12th +2.5pp 6th 3% above peers
Tempe, AZ 42.3% 28th +1.7pp 7th 22% below peers
Surprise, AZ 79.1% 1st +3.1pp 8th 46% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 21st +1.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Aurora, IL 66.4% 6th +1.9pp 10th 23% above peers
Salem, OR 55.9% 11th +1.6pp 11th 3% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 54.1% 16th +1.4pp 12th on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 2nd +1.8pp 13th 40% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 14th +1.2pp 14th 1% above peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 8th +1.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 27th +0.6pp 16th 16% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 17th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Eugene, OR 47.9% 26th +0.6pp 18th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 62.3% 7th +0.8pp 19th 15% above peers
Akron, OH 50.7% 24th +0.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Shreveport, LA 53.3% 18th +0.5pp 21st 2% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 52.4% 20th +0.1pp 22nd 3% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 19th -0.2pp 23rd 3% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 15th -0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.8% 3rd -1.1pp 25th 36% above peers
Newport News, VA 48.2% 25th -0.8pp 26th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 23rd -0.9pp 27th 6% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 69.6% 4th -1.4pp 28th 29% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 13th -1.2pp 29th 2% above peers
Cary, NC 66.6% 5th -1.8pp 30th 23% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 51.6% 22nd -1.8pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.8% to 45.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.1% to 45.3%).
Needs attention 45.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 37.0% +2.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 5th -2.8pp 1st 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 6th -2.5pp 2nd 15% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 24th -3.3pp 3rd 12% above peers
Newport News, VA 37.2% 13th -2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Shreveport, LA 37.0% 12th -2.4pp 5th 2% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 32.3% 7th -1.8pp 6th 14% below peers
Aurora, IL 30.5% 4th -1.7pp 7th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 22nd -1.9pp 8th 10% above peers
Eugene, OR 43.2% 25th -0.2pp 9th 14% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 38.5% 18th +0.2pp 10th 2% above peers
Glendale, CA 53.2% 31st +0.5pp 11th 41% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 45.3% 28th +0.6pp 12th 20% above peers
Clarksville, TN 33.2% 8th +0.6pp 13th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 14th 23% below peers
Salem, OR 37.6% 15th +0.7pp 15th on par with peers
Santa Rosa, CA 41.5% 21st +0.9pp 16th 10% above peers
Ontario, CA 46.5% 30th +1.2pp 17th 23% above peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 20th +1.1pp 18th 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 17th +1.4pp 19th 1% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 19th +1.4pp 20th 6% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 14th +1.4pp 21st 1% below peers
Tempe, AZ 37.7% 16th +1.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Akron, OH 36.8% 11th +1.5pp 23rd 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 24th 6% below peers
Surprise, AZ 28.7% 2nd +1.7pp 25th 24% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 42.0% 23rd +2.7pp 26th 11% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 27th +3.3pp 27th 18% above peers
Paradise, NV 45.3% 29th +3.5pp 28th 20% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 43.6% 26th +3.7pp 29th 16% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 34.4% 9th +3.1pp 30th 9% below peers
Cary, NC 22.9% 1st +2.3pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.4% then, 14.6% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.1% to 14.6%).
Needs attention 14.6%
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
Nevada ref 7.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 16th -1.8pp 1st on par with peers
Tempe, AZ 7.7% 19th -1.9pp 2nd 10% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.1% 8th -1.0pp 3rd 42% below peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 18th -1.2pp 4th 9% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 27th -1.7pp 5th 71% above peers
Glendale, CA 10.3% 25th -1.4pp 6th 47% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 17th -0.9pp 7th 5% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 22nd -0.9pp 8th 22% above peers
Eugene, OR 10.2% 24th -1.0pp 9th 45% above peers
Shreveport, LA 11.0% 26th -1.1pp 10th 56% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.2% 21st -0.7pp 11th 17% above peers
Newport News, VA 9.8% 23rd -0.8pp 12th 39% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.5% 3rd -0.3pp 13th 51% below peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 31st -1.3pp 14th 144% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 9th -0.3pp 15th 38% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.4% 10th -0.2pp 16th 38% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 15th -0.2pp 17th 2% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 13th +0.0pp 18th 11% below peers
Paradise, NV 14.6% 30th +0.2pp 19th 108% above peers
Akron, OH 14.2% 29th +0.3pp 20th 103% above peers
Salem, OR 7.8% 20th +0.2pp 21st 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 28th +1.0pp 22nd 73% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 11th +0.4pp 23rd 36% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 4th +0.4pp 24th 49% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 3.6% 5th +0.5pp 25th 48% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.0% 7th +0.6pp 26th 44% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.6% 14th +1.0pp 27th 6% below peers
Cary, NC 3.2% 1st +0.5pp 28th 55% below peers
Aurora, IL 5.3% 12th +1.3pp 29th 25% below peers
Surprise, AZ 3.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 53% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 3.7% 6th +1.1pp 31st 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (14.8% then, 15.2% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.5% to 15.2%).
Needs attention 15.2%
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
Nevada ref 11.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Newport News, VA 8.3% 15th -2.9pp 1st 3% below peers
Eugene, OR 5.2% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 39% below peers
Glendale, CA 5.7% 7th -1.6pp 3rd 34% below peers
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 28th -3.3pp 4th 61% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 6.2% 9th -1.3pp 5th 27% below peers
Shreveport, LA 8.0% 14th -1.6pp 6th 6% below peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 7th 208% above peers
Cary, NC 4.9% 2nd -0.8pp 8th 42% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 22nd -1.5pp 9th 16% above peers
Aurora, IL 9.8% 21st -1.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Ontario, CA 9.2% 19th -1.2pp 11th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.7% 27th -1.7pp 12th 60% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 5.4% 5th -0.6pp 13th 37% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 9.1% 18th -0.6pp 14th 7% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 13th -0.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Surprise, AZ 6.1% 8th -0.2pp 16th 28% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 10th -0.2pp 17th 13% below peers
Akron, OH 8.5% 16th -0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Salem, OR 7.4% 11th +0.0pp 19th 13% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 30th +0.1pp 20th 107% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 8.8% 17th +0.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Paradise, NV 15.2% 29th +0.4pp 22nd 78% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 26th +0.4pp 23rd 50% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 5.0% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 42% below peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 24th +0.5pp 25th 30% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 6th +0.5pp 26th 35% below peers
Tempe, AZ 9.9% 23rd +1.1pp 27th 16% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 66% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.7% 20th +1.3pp 29th 14% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 25th +1.8pp 30th 43% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 12th +1.2pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.7%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 32.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Cary, NC 21.8% 1st 37% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 22.7% 2nd 34% below peers
Glendale, CA 24.3% 3rd 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 4th 27% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 29.5% 5th 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 29.9% 6th 14% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 30.7% 7th 11% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 31.0% 8th 10% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 31.4% 9th 9% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 10th 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 11th 7% below peers
Eugene, OR 32.2% 12th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 32.3% 13th 7% below peers
Surprise, AZ 32.5% 14th 6% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 33.4% 15th 3% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 16th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 34.7% 17th on par with peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 18th 2% above peers
Ontario, CA 35.5% 19th 3% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 20th 3% above peers
Aurora, IL 37.6% 21st 9% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 22nd 10% above peers
Salem, OR 38.2% 23rd 10% above peers
Newport News, VA 40.5% 24th 17% above peers
Clarksville, TN 43.5% 25th 26% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 26th 28% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 27th 29% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 28th 30% above peers
Akron, OH 45.4% 29th 31% above peers
Shreveport, LA 46.0% 30th 33% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 38% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.5% then, 8.6% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.6% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
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
Nevada ref 8.0% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Glendale, CA 1.9% 1st -1.5pp 1st 59% below peers
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 11th -2.5pp 2nd 21% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 3.2% 7th -2.0pp 3rd 31% below peers
Salem, OR 1.9% 2nd -1.2pp 4th 59% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 3.1% 6th -1.8pp 5th 33% below peers
Eugene, OR 2.2% 5th -1.1pp 6th 52% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 4th -1.0pp 7th 54% below peers
Akron, OH 3.4% 8th -1.6pp 8th 26% below peers
Newport News, VA 5.0% 21st -1.9pp 9th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 8.8% 29th -2.3pp 10th 91% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 6.3% 23rd -1.7pp 11th 37% above peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 31st -3.3pp 12th 200% above peers
Aurora, IL 3.5% 9th -0.8pp 13th 25% below peers
Paradise, NV 8.6% 28th -1.0pp 14th 85% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 4.8% 18th -0.1pp 15th 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 10th +0.1pp 16th 23% below peers
Ontario, CA 4.6% 16th +0.3pp 17th on par with peers
Surprise, AZ 6.5% 24th +0.5pp 18th 42% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 30th +1.2pp 19th 153% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 19th +0.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Tempe, AZ 8.2% 27th +1.7pp 21st 77% above peers
Cary, NC 3.7% 12th +0.9pp 22nd 20% below peers
Clarksville, TN 4.9% 20th +1.5pp 23rd 6% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 13th +1.2pp 24th 15% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 2.1% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 55% below peers
Shreveport, LA 4.6% 15th +1.7pp 26th 1% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 14th +1.8pp 27th 2% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 4.8% 17th +1.9pp 28th 4% above peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 22nd +2.3pp 29th 18% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 26th +3.9pp 30th 77% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 25th +3.8pp 31st 64% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Costa Mesa, CA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Downey, CA down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Riverview, FL down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.4% to 24.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Paradise started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.8% to 24.1%).
Bright spot 24.1%
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
Nevada ref 27.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Ontario, CA 22.5% 29th +5.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 2nd 29% below peers
Aurora, IL 38.5% 11th +7.3pp 3rd 11% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 14th +5.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 39.8% 9th +5.9pp 5th 15% above peers
Newport News, VA 30.6% 22nd +4.4pp 6th 11% below peers
Glendale, CA 47.2% 5th +6.7pp 7th 36% above peers
Shreveport, LA 28.5% 25th +3.8pp 8th 18% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 9th 42% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 16th +4.5pp 10th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 11th 65% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 21st +3.7pp 12th 10% below peers
Salem, OR 31.5% 20th +3.1pp 13th 9% below peers
Akron, OH 23.6% 28th +2.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 18th +3.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 13th +3.4pp 16th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 40.8% 8th +3.8pp 17th 18% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 60.7% 2nd +5.2pp 18th 75% above peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 19th +2.6pp 19th 8% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 43.0% 7th +3.4pp 20th 24% above peers
Clarksville, TN 29.9% 24th +2.4pp 21st 13% below peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 30th +1.5pp 22nd 44% below peers
Eugene, OR 45.1% 6th +3.3pp 23rd 30% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 35.1% 15th +2.5pp 24th 1% above peers
Paradise, NV 24.1% 27th +1.7pp 25th 30% below peers
Tempe, AZ 50.0% 3rd +3.4pp 26th 44% above peers
Surprise, AZ 30.5% 23rd +2.0pp 27th 12% below peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 37.5% 12th +2.3pp 28th 8% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 38.9% 10th +2.0pp 29th 12% above peers
Cary, NC 70.5% 1st +2.7pp 30th 104% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 17th +1.0pp 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 14.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 34.0% to 19.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.8% to 19.4%).
Needs attention 19.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 32.6% -5.0pp
United States ref 45.5%
Murfreesboro, TN 50.9% 10th +8.7pp 1st 13% above peers
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 7th +6.1pp 2nd 21% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 14th +5.0pp 3rd 4% above peers
Surprise, AZ 38.0% 21st +3.3pp 4th 16% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 5th 39% above peers
Glendale, CA 56.5% 5th +4.2pp 6th 25% above peers
Fort Collins, CO 57.3% 4th +3.2pp 7th 27% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 19th +2.1pp 8th 8% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 48.2% 13th +1.5pp 9th 6% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 61.3% 2nd +1.9pp 10th 36% above peers
Cary, NC 60.5% 3rd +1.5pp 11th 34% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 51.1% 9th +1.1pp 12th 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 6th +0.2pp 13th 23% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 44.9% 17th -1.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 53.2% 8th -2.9pp 15th 18% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 20th -2.4pp 16th 8% below peers
Ontario, CA 36.5% 23rd -4.0pp 17th 19% below peers
Eugene, OR 49.4% 11th -5.5pp 18th 9% above peers
Tempe, AZ 45.4% 15th -6.0pp 19th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 12th -6.6pp 20th 9% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 29th -3.2pp 21st 47% below peers
Clarksville, TN 28.9% 27th -4.3pp 22nd 36% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 24th -6.3pp 23rd 22% below peers
Aurora, IL 42.2% 18th -10.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Akron, OH 37.8% 22nd -10.1pp 25th 16% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 26th -8.6pp 26th 30% below peers
Newport News, VA 35.0% 25th -9.8pp 27th 23% below peers
Shreveport, LA 45.2% 16th -14.8pp 28th on par with peers
Salem, OR 27.0% 28th -12.3pp 29th 40% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 30th -16.6pp 30th 50% below peers
Paradise, NV 19.4% 31st -14.6pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.0% then, 11.4% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.6% to 11.4%).
Needs attention 11.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 10.3% +1.4pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tempe, AZ 2.6% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 70% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 16th -4.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 12th -2.9pp 3rd 26% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 17th -2.3pp 5th 3% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 6th -0.8pp 6th 43% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 1.9% 1st -0.3pp 7th 78% below peers
Ontario, CA 8.4% 15th -1.2pp 8th 3% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 4.5% 5th -0.5pp 9th 48% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 8th -0.4pp 10th 38% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 22nd -0.7pp 11th 16% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 4th +0.0pp 12th 53% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 30th +0.4pp 13th 65% above peers
Murfreesboro, TN 5.2% 7th +0.6pp 14th 40% below peers
Clarksville, TN 9.9% 21st +1.4pp 15th 14% above peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 20th +1.4pp 16th 8% above peers
Shreveport, LA 14.7% 31st +3.0pp 17th 68% above peers
Paradise, NV 11.4% 28th +2.4pp 18th 31% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8.0% 14th +1.7pp 19th 8% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 18th +2.7pp 20th 5% above peers
Aurora, IL 5.4% 9th +1.7pp 21st 38% below peers
Cary, NC 5.5% 10th +1.9pp 22nd 37% below peers
Glendale, CA 6.7% 13th +2.3pp 23rd 24% below peers
Salem, OR 12.7% 29th +4.7pp 24th 46% above peers
Surprise, AZ 10.7% 24th +4.0pp 25th 22% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11.0% 27th +4.5pp 26th 26% above peers
Akron, OH 10.7% 25th +4.4pp 27th 23% above peers
Eugene, OR 6.0% 11th +2.5pp 28th 32% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 26th +4.7pp 29th 26% above peers
Newport News, VA 10.3% 23rd +4.6pp 30th 18% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 9.4% 19th +4.3pp 31st 7% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell about 21% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 235,087 to 185,913 - more than the combined survey margin (±5,528). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 63% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 17% from 2014 to 2024 (223,182 to 185,913).
Big move 185,913
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Murfreesboro, TN 161,445 30th +18% 1st 13% below peers
Peoria, AZ 196,906 6th +17% 2nd 6% above peers
Clarksville, TN 176,456 26th +15% 3rd 5% below peers
Surprise, AZ 154,948 31st +14% 4th 17% below peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 7th +8% 5th 5% above peers
Cary, NC 179,306 22nd +8% 6th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 9th +7% 7th 3% above peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 1st +7% 8th 10% above peers
Eugene, OR 179,591 21st +7% 9th 3% below peers
Salem, OR 178,865 24th +6% 10th 4% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 179,155 23rd +5% 11th 3% below peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 12th +4% 12th 2% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 15th +3% 13th on par with peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 3rd +3% 14th 8% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 185,604 16th +3% 15th on par with peers
Fort Collins, CO 170,229 29th +3% 16th 8% below peers
Newport News, VA 184,216 17th +3% 17th 1% below peers
Ontario, CA 180,547 19th +2% 18th 3% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 173,194 28th +2% 19th 7% below peers
Tempe, AZ 188,065 13th +0% 20th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 175,411 27th -1% 21st 5% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 5th -1% 22nd 6% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 177,090 25th -1% 23rd 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 8th -3% 24th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 2nd -3% 25th 8% above peers
Akron, OH 189,247 11th -4% 26th 2% above peers
Glendale, CA 190,748 10th -5% 27th 3% above peers
Shreveport, LA 180,982 18th -6% 28th 2% below peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 4th -7% 29th 7% above peers
Aurora, IL 179,898 20th -10% 30th 3% below peers
Paradise, NV 185,913 14th -21% 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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 ±4,513 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.2% then, 19.7% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.9 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.6% to 19.7%).
19.7%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 21.7% -1.2pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 7% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 17th +1.1pp 2nd 1% below peers
Glendale, CA 18.4% 26th +0.8pp 3rd 18% below peers
Akron, OH 21.6% 18th +0.4pp 4th 4% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 23.3% 11th +0.3pp 5th 3% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 9th +0.2pp 6th 6% above peers
Newport News, VA 23.2% 12th +0.0pp 7th 3% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 8th 21% above peers
Shreveport, LA 24.2% 8th -0.2pp 9th 8% above peers
Clarksville, TN 26.6% 3rd -0.4pp 10th 18% above peers
Paradise, NV 19.7% 23rd -0.4pp 11th 12% below peers
Elk Grove, CA 25.2% 6th -0.7pp 12th 12% above peers
Tempe, AZ 14.1% 31st -0.6pp 13th 37% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 15th -1.0pp 14th 1% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.5% 16th -1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 17.3% 28th -0.9pp 16th 23% below peers
Salem, OR 22.8% 14th -1.3pp 17th 1% above peers
Surprise, AZ 23.1% 13th -1.3pp 18th 2% above peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 4th -1.5pp 19th 14% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 24th -1.2pp 20th 16% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 21st 26% above peers
Ontario, CA 24.4% 7th -1.8pp 22nd 9% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 20th -1.6pp 23rd 8% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 20.1% 22nd -1.5pp 24th 11% below peers
Cary, NC 23.4% 10th -1.8pp 25th 4% above peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 18.8% 25th -1.5pp 26th 16% below peers
Eugene, OR 15.8% 30th -1.3pp 27th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 27th -1.6pp 28th 22% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 21st -2.3pp 29th 11% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 16.5% 29th -2.3pp 30th 27% below peers
Aurora, IL 25.2% 5th -3.6pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.7% then, 43.8% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.6% to 43.8%).
43.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 35.1% +0.9pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Aurora, IL 32.5% 21st +6.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Santa Rosa, CA 34.6% 16th +4.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Salem, OR 36.0% 13th +4.5pp 3rd 4% above peers
Shreveport, LA 58.8% 3rd +7.4pp 4th 70% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 19th +2.8pp 5th 2% below peers
Surprise, AZ 25.6% 24th +2.1pp 6th 26% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 28.6% 22nd +2.3pp 7th 17% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 14th +2.7pp 8th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 25th +1.7pp 9th 26% below peers
Clarksville, TN 32.6% 20th +2.0pp 10th 6% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 4th +3.3pp 11th 60% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 6th +3.0pp 12th 46% above peers
Ontario, CA 34.9% 15th +1.8pp 13th 1% above peers
Newport News, VA 45.5% 8th +1.2pp 14th 32% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 15th 39% below peers
Paradise, NV 43.8% 9th +1.0pp 16th 27% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 1st +1.4pp 17th 94% above peers
Akron, OH 59.2% 2nd +1.0pp 18th 71% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 27th +0.3pp 19th 34% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 10th +0.5pp 20th 22% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 12th -0.0pp 21st 5% above peers
Eugene, OR 34.0% 18th -0.1pp 22nd 2% below peers
Tempe, AZ 34.1% 17th -0.5pp 23rd 1% below peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 5th -1.1pp 24th 52% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 22.4% 28th -0.6pp 25th 35% below peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 7th -1.6pp 26th 38% above peers
Glendale, CA 18.1% 30th -1.1pp 27th 48% below peers
Cary, NC 16.9% 31st -1.2pp 28th 51% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 23.3% 26th -1.7pp 29th 33% below peers
Murfreesboro, TN 27.0% 23rd -2.3pp 30th 22% below peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 39.2% 11th -8.3pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Working parents fell 7.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.0% to 61.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.2pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents fell 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.2% to 61.3%).
Big move 61.3%
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
Nevada ref 66.5% +1.4pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 21st +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 30th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Cary, NC 67.4% 22nd +8.8pp 3rd 3% below peers
Fort Collins, CO 73.9% 4th +9.3pp 4th 7% above peers
Santa Rosa, CA 75.9% 2nd +9.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Surprise, AZ 70.4% 12th +6.0pp 6th 2% above peers
Elk Grove, CA 73.9% 3rd +5.9pp 7th 7% above peers
Ontario, CA 64.4% 24th +4.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Newport News, VA 70.1% 13th +4.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 7th +4.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 10th +3.6pp 11th 4% above peers
Tempe, AZ 70.7% 11th +3.4pp 12th 2% above peers
Eugene, OR 68.0% 20th +2.7pp 13th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 5th +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66.6% 23rd +1.9pp 15th 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Shreveport, LA 69.8% 14th +1.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 18th +1.5pp 18th 1% below peers
Pembroke Pines, FL 76.5% 1st +0.8pp 19th 10% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 17th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Glendale, CA 62.9% 28th +0.2pp 21st 9% below peers
Aurora, IL 68.0% 19th -0.1pp 22nd 2% below peers
Akron, OH 72.5% 9th -0.1pp 23rd 5% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 26th -0.4pp 24th 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 15th -0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Murfreesboro, TN 64.3% 25th -2.2pp 26th 7% below peers
Salem, OR 63.3% 27th -2.4pp 27th 9% below peers
Clarksville, TN 53.6% 31st -3.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 6th -7.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Fort Lauderdale, FL 69.3% 16th -8.1pp 30th on par with peers
Paradise, NV 61.3% 29th -7.6pp 31st 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 55 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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1 of 55 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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