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219,187 people (2024) 100k-250k West

Bright spots 6 indicators

Where Spring Valley, NV shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$74,511
2020-24
▲ 28%
relative change
$58,388 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
31.4%
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
25.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
50.5%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
45.2% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.1%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
86.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
12.2%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
12.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
14.9%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
17.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Spring Valley, NV shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
41.1%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
38.5% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
0.44 in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.4%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
11.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
9.5%
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
7.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
35.5%
2020-24
▼ 12%
relative change
40.5% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.8%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
10.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
6.6%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
5.6% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
9.8%
2019-23
▲ 5%
relative change
9.4% in 2018
Turning up (early signal) 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
18.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
20.3% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
219,187
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
207,127 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $58,388 to $74,511 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,205).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Spring Valley started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($50,795 to $74,511).
Bright spot $74,511
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%
Hialeah, FL $55,594 27th +59% 1st 25% below peers
San Bernardino, CA $67,415 19th +47% 2nd 10% below peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 17th +46% 3rd 6% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 6th +41% 4th 38% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 7th +41% 5th 25% above peers
Spokane, WA $70,064 18th +39% 6th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA $85,884 8th +38% 7th 15% above peers
Fremont, CA $181,506 1st +36% 8th 144% above peers
Huntsville, AL $74,714 15th +35% 9th on par with peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 11th +35% 10th 7% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 29th +34% 11th 27% below peers
McKinney, TX $124,215 3rd +33% 12th 67% above peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 31st +33% 13th 37% below peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 9th +31% 14th 12% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 28th +30% 15th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 24th +30% 16th 22% below peers
Norfolk, VA $66,109 20th +28% 17th 11% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 16th +28% 18th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 13th +27% 19th 2% above peers
Cape Coral, FL $78,104 12th +27% 20th 5% above peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 26th +26% 21st 23% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 25th +25% 22nd 22% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 22nd +25% 23rd 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 14th +24% 24th 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA $123,062 4th +23% 25th 65% above peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 21st +23% 26th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 23rd +22% 27th 15% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 5th +21% 28th 41% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 10th +21% 29th 10% above peers
Arlington, VA $142,114 2nd +18% 30th 91% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA $49,994 30th +12% 31st 33% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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11 of 51 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 →
▸ Break down by group Race · 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 →
  • Salinas, CA up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lancaster, CA up about 48% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up about 47% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,547 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 (12.2% then, 12.2% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (13.5% to 12.2%).
Bright spot 12.2%
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 12.4% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
San Bernardino, CA 18.6% 24th -7.4pp 1st 35% above peers
Huntsville, AL 12.6% 13th -4.2pp 2nd 8% below peers
Hialeah, FL 17.0% 21st -5.4pp 3rd 24% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.9% 7th -3.0pp 4th 28% below peers
Spokane, WA 13.8% 16th -3.5pp 5th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 9th -2.8pp 6th 15% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.6% 15th -3.0pp 7th 1% below peers
McKinney, TX 5.7% 3rd -1.2pp 8th 59% below peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 28th -4.1pp 9th 47% above peers
Tacoma, WA 12.4% 12th -2.2pp 10th 10% below peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 27th -3.0pp 11th 46% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.3% 14th -1.8pp 12th 3% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.5% 20th -2.2pp 13th 20% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 14th 102% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 29th -2.7pp 15th 72% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.4% 5th -0.8pp 16th 46% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 17.7% 23rd -1.6pp 17th 29% above peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 25th -1.6pp 18th 38% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 6th -0.8pp 19th 30% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 17th -1.1pp 20th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 14.9% 18th -1.1pp 21st 9% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 26th -0.4pp 22nd 42% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.2% 11th -0.1pp 23rd 12% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.8% 8th +0.3pp 24th 22% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 25.7% 30th +0.9pp 25th 87% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 19th +0.7pp 26th 14% above peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 22nd +0.9pp 27th 27% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% 10th +0.7pp 28th 12% below peers
Arlington, VA 7.4% 4th +0.6pp 29th 46% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 59% below peers
Fremont, CA 5.2% 1st +0.9pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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11 of 51 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 →
▸ 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 in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 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 (17.3% then, 14.9% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.5% to 14.9%).
Bright spot 14.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 16.3% -1.9pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 7th -7.2pp 1st 25% below peers
Hialeah, FL 19.5% 18th -9.9pp 2nd 11% above peers
Huntsville, AL 17.0% 15th -8.5pp 3rd 4% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 25.8% 27th -12.1pp 4th 46% above peers
Spokane, WA 14.7% 10th -6.4pp 5th 17% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 8th -5.7pp 6th 23% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 23rd -9.1pp 7th 35% above peers
McKinney, TX 6.7% 3rd -1.8pp 8th 62% below peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 14th -4.2pp 9th 7% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 13th -3.9pp 10th 9% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 8.7% 5th -1.7pp 11th 51% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.1% 12th -2.7pp 12th 9% below peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 22nd -3.7pp 13th 32% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 11th -2.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 17th -2.9pp 15th 8% above peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 16th 134% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 29th -4.8pp 17th 77% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 24th -3.5pp 18th 39% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 19th -2.8pp 19th 22% above peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 26th -3.2pp 20th 44% above peers
Norfolk, VA 25.2% 25th -3.1pp 21st 42% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 32.4% 30th -3.3pp 22nd 84% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 6th -0.9pp 23rd 32% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 2nd -0.3pp 24th 71% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 20th -1.1pp 25th 25% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 16th +0.6pp 26th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 13.8% 9th +0.7pp 27th 22% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 28th +3.2pp 28th 52% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 21st +2.8pp 29th 30% above peers
Arlington, VA 7.8% 4th +1.2pp 30th 56% below peers
Fremont, CA 4.5% 1st +1.4pp 31st 75% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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11 of 51 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 →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Murrieta, CA down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Meridian, ID down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 7.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 86.2% to 93.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Spring Valley started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 10.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (82.7% to 93.1%).
Bright spot 93.1%
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
Nevada ref 92.2% +8.7pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hialeah, FL 86.7% 29th +15.7pp 1st 6% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 89.1% 26th +15.2pp 2nd 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 28th +11.5pp 3rd 5% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 13th +12.0pp 4th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 18th +11.5pp 5th 1% below peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 30th +10.5pp 6th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 23rd +10.8pp 7th 3% below peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 19th +10.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 22nd +9.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 3rd +10.4pp 10th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 10th +9.6pp 11th 1% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 89.4% 24th +8.9pp 12th 3% below peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 25th +8.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Tacoma, WA 92.9% 12th +8.9pp 14th 1% above peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 15th 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 20th +7.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 9th +7.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 17th +6.8pp 18th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 8th +7.0pp 19th 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 91.9% 16th +6.4pp 20th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 92.0% 15th +5.7pp 21st on par with peers
Norfolk, VA 89.0% 27th +5.4pp 22nd 3% below peers
McKinney, TX 95.7% 5th +5.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 14th +5.3pp 24th on par with peers
Cape Coral, FL 93.0% 11th +4.6pp 25th 1% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 7th +4.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Arlington, VA 95.2% 6th +3.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 96.7% 2nd +3.7pp 28th 5% above peers
Fremont, CA 96.8% 1st +3.5pp 29th 5% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 21st +2.8pp 30th 1% below peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 4th +2.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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11 of 51 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 →
▸

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 →
  • Nampa, ID up 12.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salinas, CA up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 11.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 79% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 0.44 to 0.46 - more than the combined survey margin (±0.01). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.44 to 0.46).
Needs attention 0.46
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 0.47 +0.005
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
San Bernardino, CA 0.43 7th -0.018 1st 7% below peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 21st -0.020 2nd 3% above peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 3rd 17% below peers
Norfolk, VA 0.47 19th -0.017 4th 3% above peers
Spokane, WA 0.45 15th -0.016 5th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 22nd -0.015 6th 4% above peers
Tacoma, WA 0.43 9th -0.011 7th 6% below peers
Huntsville, AL 0.49 23rd -0.010 8th 6% above peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 25th -0.010 9th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 10th -0.008 10th 4% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 26th -0.007 11th 7% above peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 30th -0.007 12th 14% above peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 27th -0.004 13th 8% above peers
Hialeah, FL 0.46 16th -0.003 14th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 15th 17% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 13th +0.000 16th 3% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 28th +0.002 17th 9% above peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 11th +0.006 18th 4% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 29th +0.009 19th 11% above peers
McKinney, TX 0.42 5th +0.009 20th 9% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 14th +0.010 21st 2% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 12th +0.011 22nd 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 0.43 8th +0.011 23rd 7% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 24th +0.014 24th 6% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 3rd +0.013 25th 11% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 20th +0.017 26th 3% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 0.56 31st +0.023 27th 22% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 0.42 4th +0.017 28th 10% below peers
Arlington, VA 0.46 17th +0.019 29th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 0.42 6th +0.023 30th 8% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 18th +0.028 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (9.4% then, 9.8% now; margin ±1.1pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.7 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.1% to 9.8%).
Needs attention 9.8%
20102023
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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 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
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 17th -4.5pp 1st 2% above peers
Huntsville, AL 9.9% 11th -3.0pp 2nd 32% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 5th -1.9pp 3rd 55% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 87% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 9th -2.5pp 5th 37% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 19th -4.4pp 6th 12% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.8% 7th -1.7pp 7th 46% below peers
Tacoma, WA 16.3% 21st -2.6pp 8th 13% above peers
McKinney, TX 2.6% 2nd -0.4pp 9th 82% below peers
Spokane, WA 19.4% 25th -2.9pp 10th 34% above peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 22nd -2.3pp 11th 14% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 23.4% 28th -3.2pp 12th 62% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 8th -1.1pp 13th 40% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 13th -1.3pp 14th 26% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 30th -3.5pp 15th 116% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 14th -0.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Hialeah, FL 42.1% 31st -2.5pp 17th 191% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 27th -0.1pp 18th 46% above peers
Arlington, VA 3.4% 3rd +0.1pp 19th 77% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 18th +0.6pp 20th 9% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.1% 26th +0.9pp 21st 39% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 10th +0.4pp 22nd 32% below peers
Norfolk, VA 16.3% 20th +0.9pp 23rd 13% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 15th +1.2pp 24th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 12th +1.1pp 25th 26% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 23rd +2.0pp 26th 29% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 24th +2.2pp 27th 33% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 16th +1.7pp 28th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 3.6% 4th +0.6pp 29th 75% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 29th +4.7pp 30th 86% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 7.3% 6th +2.7pp 31st 50% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
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  • Olathe, KS down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Allen, TX down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • St. George, UT down 3.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 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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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 45.2% to 50.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.8% to 50.5%).
Bright spot 50.5%
20112024
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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%
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 19th +5.3pp 1st 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 55.8% 15th +3.8pp 2nd 4% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 22nd +3.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 11th +3.8pp 4th 10% above peers
Norfolk, VA 46.3% 25th +2.9pp 5th 13% below peers
Spokane, WA 58.8% 12th +3.6pp 6th 10% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 17th +2.8pp 7th 5% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 50.0% 20th +2.6pp 8th 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 9th 29% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 77.2% 1st +2.7pp 10th 44% above peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 28th +1.5pp 11th 20% below peers
Huntsville, AL 58.3% 14th +1.6pp 12th 9% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 5th +1.6pp 13th 18% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 71.8% 2nd +1.8pp 14th 34% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 3rd +1.3pp 15th 25% above peers
Hialeah, FL 46.6% 24th +0.9pp 16th 13% below peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 23rd +0.8pp 17th 13% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 18th 24% below peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 8th +0.4pp 19th 13% above peers
Fremont, CA 60.8% 6th +0.2pp 20th 14% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 26th +0.1pp 21st 14% below peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 9th -0.8pp 22nd 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 10th -1.1pp 23rd 11% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 18th -1.3pp 24th 5% below peers
McKinney, TX 63.8% 4th -2.0pp 25th 19% above peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 16th -1.8pp 26th on par with peers
Arlington, VA 41.3% 29th -1.5pp 27th 23% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 47.8% 21st -2.0pp 28th 11% below peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 7th -2.8pp 29th 13% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 27th -2.2pp 30th 14% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 13th -3.9pp 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±1.5pp 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 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.5% to 41.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.6% to 41.1%).
Needs attention 41.1%
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 37.0% +2.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Fontana, CA 38.8% 16th -5.0pp 1st on par with peers
Hialeah, FL 51.5% 31st -3.9pp 2nd 33% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 25th -2.5pp 3rd 9% above peers
Huntsville, AL 27.6% 3rd -1.3pp 4th 29% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 11th -1.5pp 5th 6% below peers
McKinney, TX 31.3% 6th -0.9pp 6th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 17th -1.1pp 7th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 41.2% 23rd -0.9pp 8th 6% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 13th -0.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 27th -0.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 29th -0.7pp 11th 15% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 19th -0.6pp 12th 3% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 13th 33% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 28th -0.4pp 14th 13% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 9th -0.0pp 15th 16% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 47.5% 30th -0.0pp 16th 23% above peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 26th +0.0pp 17th 13% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 8th +0.2pp 18th 17% below peers
Spokane, WA 35.5% 10th +0.2pp 19th 8% below peers
Tacoma, WA 40.4% 20th +0.4pp 20th 4% above peers
Fremont, CA 30.6% 4th +0.7pp 21st 21% below peers
Arlington, VA 31.2% 5th +1.1pp 22nd 20% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 42.2% 24th +1.7pp 23rd 9% above peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 15th +1.6pp 24th 2% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 22nd +2.6pp 25th 6% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.6% 21st +2.7pp 26th 5% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 7th +2.4pp 27th 18% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 12th +4.1pp 28th 5% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 29th 30% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 39.7% 18th +5.8pp 30th 2% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 14th +8.3pp 31st 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • High Point, NC down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp 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 →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 6.6% now; margin ±1.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.0% to 6.6%).
Needs attention 6.6%
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 7.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Bernardino, CA 6.8% 14th -2.8pp 1st 15% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.9% 8th -1.3pp 2nd 39% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 29th -2.8pp 3rd 100% above peers
Hialeah, FL 9.8% 22nd -1.6pp 4th 22% above peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 20th -1.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 6th 191% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 7th 195% above peers
Spokane, WA 9.5% 21st -0.6pp 8th 18% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 3.3% 2nd -0.2pp 9th 58% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 12th -0.2pp 10th 21% below peers
Norfolk, VA 11.5% 26th -0.4pp 11th 43% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 16th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 19th -0.1pp 13th 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 10th -0.0pp 14th 31% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.8% 18th +0.2pp 15th 10% above peers
Fremont, CA 4.7% 7th +0.1pp 16th 42% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 11th +0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 25th +0.4pp 18th 35% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 24th +0.4pp 19th 34% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 15th +0.3pp 20th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 23rd +0.6pp 21st 25% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 3.5% 4th +0.3pp 22nd 57% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 12.0% 27th +1.1pp 23rd 49% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 17th +0.9pp 24th 6% above peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 25th 60% below peers
McKinney, TX 3.4% 3rd +0.4pp 26th 58% below peers
Arlington, VA 15.2% 28th +2.1pp 27th 90% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 5th +0.6pp 28th 52% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 13th +1.0pp 29th 18% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 6th +1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 9th +1.8pp 31st 38% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Braunfels, TX down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Scottsdale, AZ down 0.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.8pp 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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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 (11.9% then, 12.4% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.4% to 12.4%).
Needs attention 12.4%
20132024
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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
Hialeah, FL 15.1% 29th -5.6pp 1st 66% above peers
Norfolk, VA 9.1% 16th -2.8pp 2nd on par with peers
McKinney, TX 8.2% 14th -2.0pp 3rd 10% below peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 5th -1.1pp 4th 48% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 4th -1.0pp 5th 49% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.4% 22nd -2.2pp 6th 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 49% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 9th -1.0pp 8th 31% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 10.3% 21st -1.5pp 9th 13% above peers
Arlington, VA 5.3% 7th -0.6pp 10th 42% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 19th -1.0pp 11th 10% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 27th -1.1pp 12th 30% above peers
Huntsville, AL 9.0% 15th -0.8pp 13th 1% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 11.6% 26th -1.0pp 14th 28% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 12th -0.6pp 15th 14% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 30th -1.1pp 16th 70% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 17th -0.5pp 17th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 6th -0.3pp 18th 46% below peers
Spokane, WA 5.4% 8th -0.2pp 19th 40% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 24th -0.4pp 20th 22% above peers
Tacoma, WA 7.1% 10th -0.1pp 21st 22% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 9.9% 18th -0.2pp 22nd 9% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.5% 31st +0.0pp 23rd 104% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 13th +0.3pp 24th 11% below peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 11th +0.3pp 25th 21% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 28th +0.5pp 26th 37% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 10.1% 20th +0.4pp 27th 12% above peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 25th +1.5pp 28th 28% above peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 23rd +2.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Fremont, CA 2.6% 1st +0.7pp 30th 72% below peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 2nd +1.0pp 31st 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

30.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 32.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Fremont, CA 14.1% 1st 61% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.7% 2nd 31% below peers
Arlington, VA 24.9% 3rd 31% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 4th 16% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 5th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 6th 15% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 30.7% 7th 14% below peers
McKinney, TX 30.9% 8th 14% below peers
Hialeah, FL 31.5% 9th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 10th 8% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 11th 6% below peers
Spokane, WA 34.5% 12th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 13th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 14th 3% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 15th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 16th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 17th 1% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 18th 2% above peers
Tacoma, WA 36.7% 19th 2% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 20th 4% above peers
Huntsville, AL 37.5% 21st 4% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Norfolk, VA 39.4% 23rd 10% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 39.5% 24th 10% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 40.2% 25th 12% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 26th 12% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 27th 13% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 28th 14% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 29th 16% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 30th 21% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 31st 23% 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 (7.6% then, 9.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (16.7% to 9.5%).
Needs attention 9.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Nevada ref 8.0% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Huntsville, AL 3.0% 9th -1.2pp 1st 34% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 27th -3.0pp 2nd 91% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 2nd -0.6pp 3rd 58% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 10th -0.9pp 4th 29% below peers
McKinney, TX 6.1% 24th -1.6pp 5th 33% above peers
Norfolk, VA 5.5% 21st -1.0pp 6th 19% above peers
Hialeah, FL 5.8% 23rd -1.1pp 7th 27% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 7th -0.5pp 8th 35% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 19th -0.7pp 9th 8% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 2.9% 6th -0.3pp 10th 37% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 20th -0.2pp 11th 12% above peers
Spokane, WA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 12th 49% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 4.6% 16th -0.1pp 13th on par with peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 29th -0.1pp 14th 122% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 14th +0.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Arlington, VA 3.0% 8th +0.1pp 16th 34% below peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 13th +0.5pp 17th 11% below peers
Tacoma, WA 3.3% 11th +0.4pp 18th 29% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 15th +0.7pp 19th 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 22nd +0.9pp 20th 27% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 21st 204% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 10.5% 30th +1.9pp 22nd 129% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 28th +1.9pp 23rd 108% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 12th +0.9pp 24th 16% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 5th +0.7pp 25th 41% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 18th +1.5pp 26th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 26th +3.7pp 27th 85% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 17th +2.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 4th +1.2pp 29th 48% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 8.1% 25th +4.6pp 30th 76% above peers
Fremont, CA 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.2% to 31.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Spring Valley 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 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (23.3% to 31.4%).
Bright spot 31.4%
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 27.9% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Hialeah, FL 22.1% 27th +6.4pp 1st 35% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 21st +6.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 18th +6.2pp 3rd 7% below peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 28th +3.4pp 5th 37% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 6th 10% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 13th +5.0pp 7th 4% above peers
Tacoma, WA 34.5% 15th +4.8pp 8th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 33.5% 17th +4.6pp 9th 1% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 26.9% 24th +3.6pp 10th 20% below peers
McKinney, TX 54.1% 4th +6.7pp 11th 60% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 26th +3.1pp 12th 27% below peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 29th +2.5pp 13th 37% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 25th +3.0pp 14th 21% below peers
Fremont, CA 63.9% 2nd +6.9pp 15th 89% above peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 16th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 5th +4.9pp 17th 52% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 13.1% 31st +1.2pp 18th 61% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 36.6% 11th +3.3pp 19th 8% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 20th 47% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 10th +2.9pp 21st 13% above peers
Spokane, WA 33.9% 16th +2.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Santa Clarita, CA 39.8% 9th +3.0pp 23rd 18% above peers
Huntsville, AL 47.2% 7th +3.1pp 24th 39% above peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 8th +2.8pp 25th 32% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 14th +2.2pp 26th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 6th +3.2pp 27th 52% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 14% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 12th +2.2pp 29th 5% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 3rd +2.1pp 30th 88% above peers
Arlington, VA 77.1% 1st +1.8pp 31st 128% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (40.5% then, 35.5% now; margin ±8.7pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 6.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.3% to 35.5%).
Needs attention 35.5%
20112024
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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%
McKinney, TX 62.0% 2nd +6.9pp 1st 50% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 28th +2.2pp 2nd 32% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 20th +3.0pp 3rd 8% below peers
Hialeah, FL 51.7% 7th +3.9pp 4th 25% above peers
Spokane, WA 41.4% 16th +0.1pp 5th on par with peers
Tacoma, WA 44.8% 13th -0.0pp 6th 8% above peers
Fremont, CA 61.4% 3rd -0.5pp 7th 48% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 12th -2.1pp 8th 16% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 1st -3.1pp 9th 50% above peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 18th -2.5pp 10th 1% below peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 15th -3.0pp 11th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 11th -3.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 5th -5.6pp 13th 28% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 50.8% 9th -5.9pp 14th 23% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 24th -4.1pp 15th 20% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 22nd -4.9pp 16th 14% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 25th -6.0pp 17th 20% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 30th -5.0pp 18th 34% below peers
Norfolk, VA 42.3% 14th -8.7pp 19th 2% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 50.5% 10th -12.1pp 20th 22% above peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 26th -7.8pp 21st 22% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 6th -13.6pp 22nd 25% above peers
Huntsville, AL 41.2% 17th -11.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Arlington, VA 55.7% 4th -15.9pp 24th 35% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 8th -16.5pp 25th 23% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 21st -12.6pp 26th 11% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 29th -9.9pp 27th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 23rd -13.7pp 28th 19% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 38.2% 19th -17.2pp 29th 8% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 20.5% 31st -15.5pp 30th 51% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 27th -24.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±6.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better 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 (10.2% then, 8.8% now; margin ±4.2pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.8% to 8.8%).
Needs attention 8.8%
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
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 83% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 86% below peers
Arlington, VA 4.3% 6th -5.9pp 3rd 43% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 10th -3.5pp 4th 18% below peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 4th -1.6pp 5th 54% below peers
Huntsville, AL 4.0% 5th -1.8pp 6th 46% below peers
Fremont, CA 2.3% 3rd -0.8pp 7th 70% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 13th -2.2pp 8th 8% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 6.9% 12th -1.7pp 9th 9% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 22nd -1.3pp 10th 17% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 11th -0.9pp 11th 14% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 25th -0.8pp 12th 28% above peers
Hialeah, FL 8.0% 19th -0.6pp 13th 6% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 26th -0.4pp 14th 30% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 8.6% 21st -0.4pp 15th 14% above peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 27th -0.3pp 16th 36% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 7.1% 14th -0.2pp 17th 6% below peers
Tacoma, WA 8.6% 20th +0.0pp 18th 14% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 8th +0.2pp 19th 33% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 4.6% 7th +0.2pp 20th 39% below peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 24th +1.6pp 21st 24% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 28th +2.1pp 22nd 43% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 23rd +1.8pp 23rd 19% above peers
Spokane, WA 10.8% 29th +2.3pp 24th 43% above peers
Norfolk, VA 7.1% 15th +1.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 18th +2.2pp 26th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 9th +1.7pp 27th 24% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 17th +2.9pp 28th 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 7.5% 16th +2.9pp 29th on par with peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 30th 112% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 97% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 207,127 to 219,187 - more than the combined survey margin (±5,545).

Broader trend
77% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 19% from 2014 to 2024 (183,937 to 219,187).
Big move 219,187
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Cape Coral, FL 215,536 13th +17% 1st 2% above peers
McKinney, TX 210,600 18th +16% 2nd 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 29th +14% 3rd 5% below peers
Huntsville, AL 222,791 7th +14% 4th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 22nd +12% 5th 2% below peers
Santa Clarita, CA 230,221 4th +8% 6th 9% above peers
Spokane, WA 230,293 3rd +6% 7th 9% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 12th +6% 8th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 27th +6% 9th 5% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 21st +5% 10th 2% below peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 19th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 30th +5% 12th 5% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 31st +5% 13th 8% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 26th +5% 14th 5% below peers
Tacoma, WA 222,758 9th +5% 15th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 23rd +4% 16th 4% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 11th +3% 17th 4% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 222,724 10th +3% 18th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 24th +3% 19th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 28th +2% 20th 5% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 16th +2% 21st on par with peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 14th +2% 22nd 1% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 25th +1% 23rd 5% below peers
Arlington, VA 236,254 1st +1% 24th 12% above peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 20th +1% 25th 1% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 17th +0% 26th on par with peers
Baton Rouge, LA 222,771 8th -1% 27th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 15th -1% 28th on par with peers
Fremont, CA 228,295 5th -3% 29th 8% above peers
Hialeah, FL 226,165 6th -4% 30th 7% above peers
Norfolk, VA 233,596 2nd -4% 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 ±4,773 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children fell 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.3% to 18.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 1.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.2% to 18.5%).
Big move 18.5%
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
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 11th +1.0pp 1st 11% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 23rd +0.8pp 2nd 11% below peers
Norfolk, VA 20.4% 20th +0.6pp 3rd 7% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 4th +0.7pp 4th 20% above peers
Arlington, VA 18.0% 26th +0.2pp 5th 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 12th +0.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 8th +0.2pp 7th 14% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 8th 24% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 14th -0.3pp 9th 4% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 10th -0.6pp 10th 12% above peers
Fremont, CA 22.3% 15th -0.6pp 11th 2% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 13th -0.6pp 12th 6% above peers
Cape Coral, FL 17.6% 28th -0.6pp 13th 20% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 20.9% 17th -0.7pp 14th 4% below peers
Hialeah, FL 16.8% 29th -0.6pp 15th 23% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 6th -0.9pp 16th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 16th -1.0pp 17th on par with peers
Santa Clarita, CA 24.6% 9th -1.2pp 18th 12% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 1st -1.4pp 19th 25% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 27th -0.9pp 20th 18% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 2nd -1.5pp 21st 22% above peers
Spokane, WA 20.4% 19th -1.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Huntsville, AL 19.4% 24th -1.2pp 23rd 11% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 18th -1.8pp 24th 5% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 25th 18% above peers
Tacoma, WA 19.8% 21st -1.8pp 26th 10% below peers
McKinney, TX 26.2% 5th -2.5pp 27th 20% above peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 22nd -2.0pp 28th 10% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 25th -1.8pp 29th 16% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 30th 22% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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 (39.2% then, 40.0% now; margin ±4.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.1% to 40.0%).
40.0%
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
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 15th +5.9pp 1st 1% above peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 18th +5.4pp 2nd 7% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 22nd +3.8pp 3rd 16% below peers
Tacoma, WA 38.4% 16th +4.3pp 4th on par with peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 4th +5.2pp 5th 26% above peers
Fremont, CA 10.4% 31st +0.8pp 6th 73% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 29.0% 24th +2.0pp 7th 24% below peers
Hialeah, FL 46.8% 6th +3.1pp 8th 22% above peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 25th +1.8pp 9th 28% below peers
Arlington, VA 17.4% 30th +0.9pp 10th 55% below peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 2nd +3.2pp 11th 55% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 5th +2.0pp 12th 24% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 20.0% 27th +0.6pp 13th 48% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 14th +0.8pp 14th 4% above peers
Baton Rouge, LA 53.2% 3rd -0.1pp 15th 39% above peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 20th -0.1pp 16th 13% below peers
Norfolk, VA 46.5% 7th -0.5pp 17th 21% above peers
McKinney, TX 17.8% 29th -0.2pp 18th 54% below peers
San Bernardino, CA 45.4% 8th -0.9pp 19th 18% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 12th -0.9pp 20th 13% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 21st 81% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 13th -1.1pp 22nd 11% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 10th -1.3pp 23rd 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 28th -1.1pp 24th 53% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 17th -2.3pp 25th 5% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 23rd -1.8pp 26th 24% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 11th -3.4pp 27th 13% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 26th -2.3pp 28th 28% below peers
Huntsville, AL 35.6% 19th -3.2pp 29th 7% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 9th -4.2pp 30th 17% above peers
Spokane, WA 32.5% 21st -5.2pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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11 of 51 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 B09002) through 2024 ±4.1pp 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

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.1% then, 70.7% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.8% to 70.7%).
70.7%
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
Fremont, CA 69.9% 13th +12.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Santa Clarita, CA 69.0% 17th +8.7pp 2nd on par with peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 5th +7.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 27th +5.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Tacoma, WA 67.4% 22nd +6.1pp 6th 3% below peers
Cape Coral, FL 73.3% 4th +6.6pp 7th 6% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 8th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 8th +6.3pp 9th 4% above peers
McKinney, TX 69.2% 16th +5.9pp 10th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 23rd +5.4pp 11th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 18th +5.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 11th +4.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 6th +4.4pp 14th 5% above peers
Huntsville, AL 70.8% 10th +2.5pp 15th 2% above peers
Norfolk, VA 67.7% 21st +1.6pp 16th 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 19th +1.3pp 17th 1% below peers
Arlington, VA 74.8% 3rd +1.0pp 18th 8% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 20th +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 14th -0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Spokane, WA 64.4% 24th -1.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Hialeah, FL 71.5% 9th -1.3pp 22nd 3% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 15th -1.6pp 23rd on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 24th 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 25th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 26th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 12th -2.9pp 27th 2% above peers
San Bernardino, CA 60.3% 28th -2.8pp 28th 13% below peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 26th -3.5pp 29th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Baton Rouge, LA 72.3% 7th -5.2pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 51 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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11 of 51 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 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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