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Hoboken, NJ
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58,668 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 12 indicators

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

What needs attention 6 indicators

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

Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 217 in May 2026, up from 166 a year earlier.
217 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Terre Haute, IN 482 (Apr 26) 16th -23.0% 1st 81% above peers
Petaluma, CA 196 (May 26) 4th -22.7% 2nd 27% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 267 (May 26) 10th -21.2% 3rd on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 230 (May 26) 8th -21.0% 4th 14% below peers
St. Peters, MO 168 (May 26) 2nd -19.2% 5th 37% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 99 (Jan 26) 1st -18.3% 6th 63% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 303 (Jan 26) 12th -17.1% 7th 14% above peers
Hempstead, NY 368 (Apr 26) 13th -16.4% 8th 38% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 195 (May 26) 3rd -10.3% 9th 27% below peers
Dubuque, IA 376 (May 26) 14th -9.4% 10th 41% above peers
Springfield, OH 1,291 (Dec 25) 19th -9.3% 11th 384% above peers
Bentonville, AR 198 (May 26) 5th -6.7% 12th 26% below peers
Midwest City, OK 299 (May 26) 11th -5.9% 13th 12% above peers
Gilroy, CA 414 (May 26) 15th +2.0% 14th 55% above peers
Kokomo, IN 485 (Mar 26) 17th +15.4% 15th 82% above peers
National City, CA 748 (May 26) 18th +15.5% 16th 181% above peers
Lenexa, KS 214 (May 26) 6th +16.4% 17th 20% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 241 (Apr 26) 9th +23.7% 18th 10% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 217 (May 26) 7th +30.6% 19th 18% below peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 19% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,235 in May 2026, down from 1,520 a year earlier.
1,235 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lenexa, KS 893 (May 26) 7th -34.9% 1st 28% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 756 (Jan 26) 3rd -32.7% 2nd 39% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 1,021 (Jan 26) 9th -28.1% 3rd 17% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 815 (May 26) 6th -23.7% 4th 34% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 539 (Apr 26) 1st -23.4% 5th 56% below peers
Hempstead, NY 810 (Apr 26) 5th -21.2% 6th 34% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 2,959 (Apr 26) 18th -19.5% 7th 140% above peers
Petaluma, CA 988 (May 26) 8th -18.9% 8th 20% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 1,235 (May 26) 10th -18.8% 9th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 1,695 (May 26) 14th -18.2% 10th 37% above peers
St. Peters, MO 758 (May 26) 4th -15.7% 11th 39% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1,886 (May 26) 16th -12.5% 12th 53% above peers
Bentonville, AR 664 (May 26) 2nd -10.0% 13th 46% below peers
Springfield, OH 4,171 (Dec 25) 19th -9.6% 14th 238% above peers
Dubuque, IA 1,338 (May 26) 12th -7.8% 15th 8% above peers
National City, CA 1,694 (May 26) 13th -7.5% 16th 37% above peers
Gilroy, CA 1,855 (May 26) 15th -4.7% 17th 50% above peers
Kokomo, IN 1,310 (Mar 26) 11th -2.1% 18th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 2,304 (May 26) 17th +8.5% 19th 87% above peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kenosha, WI down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 2 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Hoboken, NJ 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st
Lenexa, KS 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd
Grand Forks, ND 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd
Bentonville, AR 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th
Monterey Park, CA 0 (May 26) 5th -100.0% 5th
St. Clair Shores, MI 0 (May 26) 6th -100.0% 6th
Midwest City, OK 2 (May 26) 13th -80.0% 7th
National City, CA 7 (May 26) 18th +33.3% 8th
Hempstead, NY 5 (Apr 26) 16th +49.9% 9th
Springfield, OH 16 (Dec 25) 19th +79.9% 10th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) 14th +100.0% 11th
Terre Haute, IN 5 (Apr 26) 17th +199.4% 12th
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Apr 26) 7th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0 (Jan 26) 8th
Gilroy, CA 0 (May 26) 9th
St. Peters, MO 0 (May 26) 10th
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jan 26) 11th
Dubuque, IA 3 (May 26) 15th
Petaluma, CA 0 (May 26) 12th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 7% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft was essentially flat from 2021 to 2026.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 65 in May 2026, down from 70 a year earlier.
65 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lenexa, KS 77 (May 26) 6th -61.3% 1st 33% below peers
Bentonville, AR 25 (May 26) 1st -55.6% 2nd 78% below peers
Hempstead, NY 105 (Apr 26) 9th -46.6% 3rd 8% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 54 (Jan 26) 2nd -34.7% 4th 53% below peers
National City, CA 345 (May 26) 18th -34.3% 5th 201% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 297 (Apr 26) 15th -32.6% 6th 159% above peers
Dubuque, IA 63 (May 26) 3rd -27.5% 7th 45% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 101 (Jan 26) 8th -19.2% 8th 12% below peers
Springfield, OH 676 (Dec 25) 19th -19.2% 9th 489% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 332 (May 26) 17th -11.6% 10th 189% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 121 (May 26) 11th -11.4% 11th 5% above peers
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) 12th -10.3% 12th 13% above peers
St. Peters, MO 69 (May 26) 5th -8.5% 13th 40% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 65 (May 26) 4th -7.3% 14th 44% below peers
Midwest City, OK 222 (May 26) 14th -6.5% 15th 94% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 140 (May 26) 13th -4.5% 16th 22% above peers
Petaluma, CA 115 (May 26) 10th -4.2% 17th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 315 (May 26) 16th -4.0% 18th 175% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 81 (Apr 26) 7th +0.0% 19th 30% below peers

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 22% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $147,620 to $180,579 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$12,730). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 69% from 2014 to 2024 ($106,875 to $180,579).
$180,579
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $103,556 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Apopka, FL $96,884 12th +47% 1st 13% above peers
Hempstead, NY $90,420 14th +45% 2nd 6% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 3rd 22% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 7th +40% 4th 32% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 11th +40% 5th 14% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 26th +37% 6th 27% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 7th 174% above peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 5th +36% 8th 44% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 17th +32% 9th 4% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 10th 80% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 4th +31% 11th 55% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 22nd +31% 12th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 15th +30% 13th 1% above peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 20th +30% 14th 16% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 25th +27% 15th 26% below peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 6th +26% 16th 35% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 17th 57% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 18th 111% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 16th +22% 19th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 24th +21% 20th 23% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 9th +21% 21st 20% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 28th +21% 22nd 35% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 19th +21% 23rd 14% below peers
Springfield, OH $47,143 29th +20% 24th 45% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 18th +19% 25th 12% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 8th +19% 26th 21% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 30th +18% 27th 50% below peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 13th +16% 28th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 27th +15% 29th 33% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 10th +14% 30th 18% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 21st +13% 31st 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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4 of 16 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Palo Alto, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Dublin, CA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bentonville, AR up about 40% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$10,044 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 76% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 2.4% in May 2026, down from 3.0% a year earlier.
2.4%
1990May 2026
Compare all 26 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 4.7% (May 26) -0.5pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Springfield, OH 3.5% (May 26) 8th -1.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Kokomo, IN 5.0% (May 26) 24th -1.4pp 2nd 25% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 2.9% (May 26) 5th -0.7pp 4th 28% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 5th 40% below peers
Casper, WY 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 35% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 7th 5% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.6% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 60% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 16th -0.3pp 9th 2% above peers
National City, CA 4.6% (May 26) 21st -0.3pp 10th 15% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.3% (May 26) 6th -0.3pp 11th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 12th 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 2.6% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 13th 35% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 15th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.1pp 16th 5% below peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.8% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 18th 20% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% (May 26) 19th +0.4pp 19th 5% above peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% (May 26) 13th +0.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 17th +0.6pp 21st 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 22nd 30% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.8pp 23rd 15% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.9pp 24th 2% above peers
Margate, FL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 25th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.2% (May 26) 26th +1.7pp 26th 30% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.4% then, 7.6% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.1% to 7.5%).
7.6%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 9.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 2nd -1.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 52% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.9% 7th -2.4pp 3rd 44% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 1st -1.4pp 4th 64% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 25th -4.5pp 5th 33% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 9th -1.8pp 6th 37% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.0% 19th -3.0pp 7th 13% above peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 8th 28% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 14.4% 26th -2.9pp 9th 36% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 10th -0.9pp 10th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 14th -1.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 13th -0.8pp 12th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 16.7% 28th -1.5pp 13th 58% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 29th -1.2pp 14th 106% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.3% 22nd -0.6pp 15th 16% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 8th -0.2pp 16th 39% below peers
Margate, FL 12.0% 20th -0.4pp 17th 13% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 18th 405% above peers
Springfield, OH 22.1% 30th +0.0pp 19th 108% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 4th +0.2pp 20th 49% below peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 16th +0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 17th +0.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 15th +0.9pp 23rd 4% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.3% 12th +0.8pp 24th 21% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 27th +1.6pp 25th 53% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 21st +1.2pp 26th 13% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 6th +0.6pp 27th 46% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 11th +1.7pp 28th 28% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 18th +2.5pp 29th 3% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 24th +3.7pp 30th 32% above peers
St. Peters, MO 5.6% 5th +2.5pp 31st 47% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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4 of 16 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.5% then, 6.1% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 9.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.4% to 6.1%).
6.1%
20132024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 13.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 6th -6.7pp 1st 57% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -3.5pp 2nd 61% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 3rd -2.6pp 3rd 65% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 13th -5.9pp 4th 23% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 9th -3.2pp 5th 48% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 23rd -8.3pp 6th 37% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 2nd -1.6pp 7th 69% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 7th -2.4pp 8th 54% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 22nd -6.1pp 9th 17% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 14th -4.4pp 10th 13% below peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 8th -2.2pp 11th 54% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 16th -3.6pp 12th on par with peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 1st -0.8pp 13th 78% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 14th 67% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 28th -5.6pp 15th 83% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 11th -1.3pp 16th 45% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 17th 119% above peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 17th -1.2pp 18th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 18th -1.0pp 19th 7% above peers
Springfield, OH 32.5% 30th -0.1pp 20th 147% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 21st 463% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 22nd 79% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 21st +1.1pp 23rd 10% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 10th +0.6pp 24th 47% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 15th +1.2pp 25th 6% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 19th +2.3pp 26th 7% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 20th +5.0pp 27th 8% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 24th +6.5pp 28th 41% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 12th +3.1pp 29th 44% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 5th +2.8pp 30th 58% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 31st 69% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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4 of 16 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 2.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 94.1% to 96.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 4.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (91.5% to 96.1%).
96.1%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 92.9% +6.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 4th +24.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 30th +18.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 27th +11.8pp 3rd 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 21st +11.4pp 4th 1% below peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 28th +10.9pp 5th 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 6th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 20th +10.8pp 7th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 12th +10.3pp 8th 2% above peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 11th +9.8pp 9th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 19th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 88.4% 26th +8.7pp 11th 4% below peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 24th +8.3pp 12th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 16th +8.0pp 13th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 25th +7.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 9th +7.6pp 15th 2% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 29th +6.8pp 16th 5% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 17th +6.8pp 17th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 23rd +6.2pp 18th 2% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 22nd +6.2pp 19th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 14th +5.4pp 20th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 18th +4.7pp 21st on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 22nd 5% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 23rd 6% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 8th +4.2pp 24th 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 10th +3.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 7th +3.2pp 26th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 31st +2.7pp 27th 10% below peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 13th +3.0pp 28th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 5th +3.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 15th +2.3pp 30th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 6th +2.0pp 31st 4% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.46 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.47).
0.47
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 0.48 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 3rd -0.041 1st 14% below peers
Margate, FL 0.43 11th -0.028 2nd 3% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 7th -0.023 3rd 8% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 6th -0.019 4th 10% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 25th -0.018 5th 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 6th 38% above peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 12th -0.012 7th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 5th -0.010 8th 10% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 10th -0.008 9th 3% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 15th -0.007 10th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 2nd -0.003 11th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 21st -0.001 12th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 17th +0.001 13th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 24th +0.003 14th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 4th +0.003 15th 14% below peers
Springfield, OH 0.45 20th +0.006 16th 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 28th +0.006 17th 9% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 19th +0.007 18th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 9th +0.007 19th 5% below peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 8th +0.007 20th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 21st 15% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 1st +0.011 22nd 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 27th +0.019 23rd 9% above peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 18th +0.020 24th 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 22nd +0.021 25th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 26th +0.028 26th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 13th +0.027 27th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 23rd +0.030 28th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 14th +0.031 29th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 16th +0.044 30th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (6.2% then, 4.7% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 0.8 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (5.5% to 4.7%).
4.7%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 23rd -6.0pp 1st 27% above peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 3rd -1.3pp 2nd 72% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 25% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 14th -2.6pp 4th 15% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 15th -2.6pp 5th 15% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 6th 45% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 20th -2.9pp 7th 14% above peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 24th -3.1pp 8th 57% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 21st -2.3pp 9th 18% above peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 17th -2.0pp 10th 3% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 2nd -0.5pp 11th 74% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 4th -0.8pp 12th 54% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 10th -1.2pp 13th 22% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 22nd -1.7pp 14th 26% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 13th -1.1pp 15th 16% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 7th -0.6pp 16th 30% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 27th -1.3pp 17th 99% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 16th -0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 9th -0.3pp 19th 23% below peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 5th +0.0pp 20th 47% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 21st 145% above peers
Springfield, OH 28.6% 30th +0.9pp 22nd 236% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 11th +0.3pp 23rd 21% below peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 25th +0.9pp 24th 69% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 18th +0.8pp 25th 9% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 26th +1.4pp 26th 80% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 27th 126% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 28th 516% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 12th +2.3pp 29th 19% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 19th +4.0pp 30th 11% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 80% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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4 of 16 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

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 91% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $883,215 in June 2026, up from $865,738 a year earlier.
$883,215
2000June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $584,681 (Jun 26) +3.3%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Grand Forks, ND $303,687 (Jun 26) 19th +7.6% 1st 37% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $360,826 (Jun 26) 16th +6.1% 2nd 25% below peers
Dubuque, IA $253,886 (Jun 26) 21st +5.5% 3rd 48% below peers
Kokomo, IN $186,870 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.1% 4th 61% below peers
Springfield, OH $194,244 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.6% 5th 60% below peers
Lenexa, KS $487,610 (Jun 26) 12th +4.4% 6th 1% above peers
Hempstead, NY $647,376 (Jun 26) 7th +4.0% 7th 34% above peers
Bentonville, AR $496,895 (Jun 26) 11th +3.3% 8th 3% above peers
Cupertino, CA $3,065,443 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 9th 534% above peers
Towson, MD $483,869 (Jun 26) 13th +2.2% 10th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ $883,215 (Jun 26) 5th +2.0% 11th 83% above peers
National City, CA $692,258 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 12th 43% above peers
Casper, WY $314,485 (Jun 26) 18th +1.5% 13th 35% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $928,283 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.4% 14th 92% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $499,305 (Jun 26) 10th +1.3% 15th 3% above peers
Severn, MD $522,552 (Jun 26) 9th +1.1% 16th 8% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $163,505 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 17th 66% below peers
Midwest City, OK $171,855 (Jun 26) 24th +0.3% 18th 64% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $468,522 (Jun 26) 14th -0.7% 19th 3% below peers
Gilroy, CA $1,068,039 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.9% 20th 121% above peers
Petaluma, CA $913,233 (Jun 26) 4th -1.4% 21st 89% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $538,248 (Jun 26) 8th -1.6% 22nd 11% above peers
Apopka, FL $398,039 (Jun 26) 15th -1.8% 23rd 18% below peers
Margate, FL $321,338 (Jun 26) 17th -3.2% 24th 34% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $279,711 (Jun 26) 20th -8.1% 25th 42% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $604,336 in June 2026, up from $571,591 a year earlier.
$604,336
2000June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $367,009 (Jun 26) +3.4%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Grand Forks, ND $208,386 (Jun 26) 18th +8.6% 1st 39% below peers
Springfield, OH $111,376 (Jun 26) 24th +6.6% 2nd 67% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $604,336 (Jun 26) 5th +5.7% 3rd 77% above peers
Lenexa, KS $372,576 (Jun 26) 10th +5.3% 4th 9% above peers
Hempstead, NY $573,601 (Jun 26) 6th +5.0% 5th 68% above peers
Dubuque, IA $173,403 (Jun 26) 19th +4.7% 6th 49% below peers
Kokomo, IN $115,530 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.6% 7th 66% below peers
Des Plaines, IL $245,882 (Jun 26) 16th +4.0% 8th 28% below peers
National City, CA $567,564 (Jun 26) 7th +3.7% 9th 66% above peers
Bentonville, AR $351,707 (Jun 26) 11th +3.6% 10th 3% above peers
Casper, WY $224,167 (Jun 26) 17th +2.3% 11th 34% below peers
Severn, MD $390,040 (Jun 26) 9th +1.6% 12th 14% above peers
Midwest City, OK $124,965 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.4% 13th 63% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $419,081 (Jun 26) 8th +1.4% 14th 23% above peers
Cupertino, CA $1,783,632 (Jun 26) 1st +0.8% 15th 423% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $744,070 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.7% 16th 118% above peers
Towson, MD $316,196 (Jun 26) 14th +0.6% 17th 7% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $341,299 (Jun 26) 13th +0.2% 18th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA $860,108 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.1% 19th 152% above peers
Petaluma, CA $723,191 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 20th 112% above peers
Apopka, FL $296,834 (Jun 26) 15th -2.3% 21st 13% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $350,114 (Jun 26) 12th -4.1% 22nd 3% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $94,208 (Jun 26) 25th -5.0% 23rd 72% below peers
Margate, FL $127,438 (Jun 26) 21st -9.4% 24th 63% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $167,696 (Jun 26) 20th -11.3% 25th 51% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (32.8% then, 33.8% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.0% to 33.8%).
33.8%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 63.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 27th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 6th +7.2pp 2nd 23% above peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 18th +5.6pp 3rd 1% below peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 10th +5.5pp 4th 11% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 5th +5.8pp 5th 24% above peers
Springfield, OH 52.4% 23rd +3.7pp 6th 16% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 16th +4.0pp 7th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 28th +2.8pp 8th 26% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 2nd +4.1pp 9th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 7th +2.8pp 10th 17% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 4th +2.7pp 11th 25% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 12th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 20th +1.6pp 13th 7% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 1st +2.2pp 14th 33% above peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 12th +1.7pp 15th 5% above peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 17th +0.9pp 16th 1% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 8th +1.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 19th +0.4pp 18th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 11th +0.4pp 19th 8% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 9th +0.3pp 20th 13% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 13th -0.3pp 21st 3% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 15th -0.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 23rd 18% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 24th -0.5pp 24th 17% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 25th 45% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 14th -1.4pp 26th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 22nd -1.8pp 27th 11% below peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 3rd -2.7pp 28th 26% above peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 21st -4.1pp 29th 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 26th -3.8pp 30th 20% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 28% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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4 of 16 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising recently
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,941 in June 2026, up from $3,798 a year earlier.
$3,941
2015June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Grand Forks, ND $1,172 (Jun 26) 22nd +7.9% 1st 41% below peers
Cupertino, CA $4,267 (Jun 26) 1st +7.5% 2nd 115% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $2,031 (Jun 26) 12th +5.5% 3rd 2% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $995 (Jun 26) 25th +4.3% 4th 50% below peers
Petaluma, CA $2,927 (Jun 26) 5th +3.9% 5th 48% above peers
Springfield, OH $1,294 (Jun 26) 20th +3.9% 6th 35% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $1,753 (Jun 26) 15th +3.8% 7th 12% below peers
Dubuque, IA $1,110 (Jun 26) 23rd +3.8% 8th 44% below peers
Hoboken, NJ $3,941 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.8% 9th 99% above peers
Midwest City, OK $1,242 (Jun 26) 21st +3.7% 10th 37% below peers
Bentonville, AR $1,640 (Jun 26) 17th +3.4% 11th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN $1,009 (Jun 26) 24th +3.4% 12th 49% below peers
Gilroy, CA $3,082 (Jun 26) 4th +3.1% 13th 56% above peers
Towson, MD $1,932 (Jun 26) 14th +2.8% 14th 3% below peers
Lenexa, KS $1,685 (Jun 26) 16th +2.8% 15th 15% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,545 (Jun 26) 6th +2.7% 16th 28% above peers
Severn, MD $2,316 (Jun 26) 10th +2.1% 17th 17% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL $2,329 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 18th 18% above peers
Casper, WY $1,363 (Jun 26) 19th +0.7% 19th 31% below peers
The Hammocks, FL $2,467 (Jun 26) 8th +0.6% 20th 24% above peers
Margate, FL $2,154 (Jun 26) 11th +0.6% 21st 9% above peers
National City, CA $2,472 (Jun 26) 7th -0.0% 22nd 25% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,417 (Jun 26) 18th -0.7% 23rd 28% below peers
Apopka, FL $1,982 (Jun 26) 13th -1.9% 24th on par with peers
Hempstead, NY 3rd 70% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.8% then, 28.7% now; margin ±3.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (31.6% to 28.7%).
28.7%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 36.7% -2.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 8th -5.9pp 1st 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 2nd 43% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 3rd 54% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 18th -2.0pp 4th 2% above peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 12th -1.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 7th -1.4pp 6th 13% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 2nd -1.0pp 7th 28% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 17th -0.7pp 8th 1% above peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 22nd -0.4pp 9th 13% above peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 6th -0.2pp 10th 16% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 5th +0.0pp 11th 19% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 12th 42% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 13th 60% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 20th +0.3pp 14th 11% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 21st +0.5pp 15th 12% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 14th +0.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 9th +0.6pp 17th 11% below peers
Springfield, OH 31.7% 16th +0.8pp 18th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 13th +0.8pp 19th 7% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 23rd +1.3pp 20th 22% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 21st 52% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 22nd 53% above peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 10th +1.6pp 23rd 11% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 25th +2.6pp 24th 32% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 11th +1.9pp 25th 9% below peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 15th +2.6pp 26th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 24th +3.7pp 27th 25% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 28th 21% below peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 27% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 19th +3.6pp 30th 10% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 27th +6.8pp 31st 51% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (35.7% then, 33.9% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 33.9%).
33.9%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 11.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 57% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 9th -2.2pp 2nd 23% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 3rd 33% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 4th 237% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 19th -1.1pp 5th 22% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 25th -1.2pp 6th 90% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 6th -0.4pp 7th 32% below peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 10th -0.3pp 8th 20% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 11th -0.3pp 9th 18% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 10th 502% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 21st -0.3pp 11th 44% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 16th -0.2pp 12th on par with peers
National City, CA 10.9% 26th -0.3pp 13th 94% above peers
Springfield, OH 12.5% 28th -0.3pp 14th 123% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 7th -0.0pp 15th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 15th -0.0pp 16th 4% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 17th 321% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 8th +0.0pp 18th 25% below peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 12th +0.1pp 19th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 23rd +0.6pp 20th 59% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 14th +0.4pp 21st 7% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 17th +0.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 24th +1.3pp 23rd 70% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 2nd +0.5pp 24th 46% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 25th 7% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 18th +1.1pp 26th 21% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 27th +1.9pp 27th 102% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 22nd +1.5pp 28th 46% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 20th +1.5pp 29th 37% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 30th 35% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 37% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Uninsured rose 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 2.2% to 3.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.6% to 3.2%).
3.2%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 7.3% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 7th -3.1pp 1st 47% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 6th -2.0pp 2nd 47% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 21st -5.1pp 3rd 36% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 11th -2.4pp 4th 35% below peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 25th -5.3pp 5th 63% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.8% 13th -1.7pp 6th 25% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.9pp 7th 62% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 9th -1.3pp 8th 41% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 24th -2.8pp 9th 60% above peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 29th -2.8pp 10th 67% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.8% 8th -1.0pp 11th 41% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 12th 65% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 28th -2.5pp 13th 67% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 14th 72% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 23rd -1.9pp 15th 58% above peers
Kokomo, IN 6.1% 15th -1.1pp 16th 6% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 27th -1.6pp 17th 66% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.0% 18th -0.8pp 18th 23% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 20th -0.8pp 19th 32% above peers
National City, CA 11.2% 30th -0.3pp 20th 74% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 4th -0.0pp 21st 62% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.0% 14th -0.1pp 22nd 6% below peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 26th +0.4pp 23rd 64% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 31st +0.8pp 24th 84% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 22nd +0.7pp 25th 40% above peers
Springfield, OH 8.1% 19th +0.6pp 26th 26% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 10th +0.3pp 27th 35% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 12th +0.3pp 28th 34% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.9% 17th +2.3pp 29th 21% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 5th +1.0pp 30th 51% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 16th +2.9pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 →

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

26.1%
20202022
Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 30.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 53% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 44% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 3rd 22% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 4th 18% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 5th 16% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 6th 14% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 7th 14% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 8th 14% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 9th 14% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 10th 11% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 11th 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 12th 6% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 13th 4% below peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 14th 3% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 15th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 16th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 17th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 18th 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 19th 4% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 20th 5% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 21st 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 22nd 8% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 23rd 10% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 24th 12% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 12% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 26th 22% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 23% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 27% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 29th 29% above peers
Springfield, OH 45.5% 30th 36% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.0% then, 0.9% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (1.7% to 0.9%).
0.9%
20122024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 4.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 80% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 55% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 3rd 58% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 7th -1.9pp 4th 53% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 9th -2.2pp 5th 42% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 8th -1.6pp 6th 49% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 29th -8.0pp 7th 182% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 10th -1.4pp 8th 26% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 9th 114% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 19th -2.1pp 10th 72% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 30th -3.1pp 11th 210% above peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 12th -0.5pp 12th 21% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 21st -1.2pp 13th 106% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 25th -1.1pp 14th 158% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 26th -0.7pp 15th 166% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 22nd +0.0pp 16th 109% above peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 17th +0.1pp 17th 38% above peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 13th +0.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 19th 67% below peers
Springfield, OH 5.3% 20th +0.4pp 20th 86% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 24% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 31st +2.3pp 23rd 255% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 24th +2.2pp 24th 156% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 15th +1.0pp 25th 4% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 28th +3.1pp 26th 180% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 18th +2.1pp 27th 63% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 28th 66% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 14th +1.4pp 29th 10% below peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 27th +5.6pp 30th 178% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 68% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (80.5% then, 82.6% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 8.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.2% to 82.6%).
82.6%
20102024
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 43.6% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Apopka, FL 38.8% 14th +11.3pp 1st 3% above peers
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 2nd 52% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 21st +4.4pp 3rd 35% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 18th +5.4pp 4th 20% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 27th +2.8pp 5th 51% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 26th +3.2pp 6th 43% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 19th +4.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 16th +4.4pp 8th 4% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 6th +6.0pp 9th 30% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 13th +4.3pp 10th 3% above peers
Springfield, OH 16.8% 30th +1.8pp 11th 56% below peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 12th 37% below peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 5th +5.1pp 13th 46% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 17th +2.9pp 14th 10% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 9th +3.6pp 15th 13% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 35% below peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 8th +3.4pp 17th 16% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 10th +2.9pp 18th 5% above peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 19th 37% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 20th 83% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 7th +2.6pp 21st 22% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 20th +1.6pp 22nd 23% below peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 23rd 117% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 15th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 4th +2.2pp 25th 52% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 118% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 12th +0.8pp 27th 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 11th +0.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 23rd -0.3pp 29th 36% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 28th -0.3pp 30th 52% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.1pp 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 →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (85.0% then, 90.4% now; margin ±8.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 12.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (77.9% to 90.4%).
90.4%
20112024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 61.6% -3.7pp
United States ref 45.5%
Severn, MD 66.5% 6th +33.2pp 1st 40% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 9th +26.4pp 2nd 25% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 12th +16.8pp 3rd 17% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 3rd +14.8pp 4th 53% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 2nd +15.4pp 5th 67% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 11th +9.5pp 6th 19% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 21st +6.0pp 7th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 22nd +5.7pp 8th 18% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 9th 35% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 8th +7.8pp 10th 38% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 11th 43% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 12th 90% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 7th +3.4pp 13th 38% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 14th +1.4pp 14th 12% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 4th -0.4pp 15th 46% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 25th -2.1pp 16th 20% below peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 10th -4.2pp 17th 24% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 13th -6.3pp 18th 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 19th 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 20th -5.0pp 20th 13% below peers
Springfield, OH 37.8% 26th -4.8pp 21st 21% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 23rd -5.2pp 22nd 18% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 19th -8.3pp 23rd 12% below peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 17th -10.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 29th -7.1pp 25th 34% below peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 28th -10.5pp 26th 28% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 24th -12.9pp 27th 18% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 16th -19.7pp 28th on par with peers
National City, CA 35.0% 27th -15.1pp 29th 27% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 18th -20.7pp 30th 11% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 43% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.6% then, 0.3% now; margin ±10.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 5 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.3% to 0.3%).
0.3%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 5.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 95% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 6th -3.7pp 2nd 43% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 11th -2.3pp 3rd 28% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 4th 31% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 13th -1.8pp 5th 21% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 8th -1.5pp 6th 34% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 25th -2.5pp 7th 48% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 4th -0.8pp 8th 50% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 14th -1.2pp 9th 21% below peers
Springfield, OH 7.4% 20th -1.8pp 10th 30% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 5th -0.5pp 11th 44% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 21st -1.1pp 12th 32% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 13th 58% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 23rd -0.1pp 14th 39% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 15th -0.0pp 15th 5% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 17th +0.2pp 16th 17% above peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 18th +0.3pp 17th 25% above peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 10th +0.3pp 18th 30% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 19th 186% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 29th +1.3pp 20th 100% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 7th +0.8pp 21st 40% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 30th +3.0pp 22nd 114% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 19th +2.1pp 23rd 27% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 22nd +2.8pp 24th 34% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 28th +4.4pp 25th 95% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 16th +2.4pp 26th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 12th +2.0pp 27th 22% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 24th +4.3pp 28th 41% above peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 27th +6.2pp 29th 95% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 26th +7.0pp 30th 64% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 2nd +2.1pp 31st 59% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 10% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 53,193 to 58,668 - more than the combined survey margin (±67). 17 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 13% from 2014 to 2024 (51,979 to 58,668).
58,668
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 31st +20% 1st 1% below peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 27th +18% 2nd 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 21st +16% 3rd on par with peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 28th +12% 4th 1% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 17th +10% 5th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 22nd +8% 6th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 24th +7% 7th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 23rd +7% 8th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 14th +6% 9th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 8th +4% 10th 1% above peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 9th +4% 11th 1% above peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 7th +3% 12th 1% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 19th +3% 13th on par with peers
Margate, FL 59,198 2nd +2% 14th 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 26th +2% 15th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 3rd +2% 16th 1% above peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 6th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Towson, MD 58,679 15th +1% 18th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 4th +1% 19th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 58,839 12th +1% 20th on par with peers
Springfield, OH 58,190 29th -2% 21st 1% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 5th -2% 22nd 1% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 30th -2% 23rd 1% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 16th -2% 24th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 1st -3% 25th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 18th -3% 26th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 25th -4% 27th 1% below peers
National City, CA 58,893 11th -4% 28th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 20th -4% 29th on par with peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 10th -4% 30th 1% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 13th -4% 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±56 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.9% then, 14.8% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 1.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (13.6% to 14.8%).
14.8%
20172024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 21.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 9th +1.5pp 1st 11% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 30th +0.9pp 2nd 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 18th +1.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 4th +1.2pp 4th 22% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 15th +1.0pp 5th 3% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 26th +0.6pp 6th 17% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 13th +0.7pp 7th 7% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 14th +0.6pp 8th 4% above peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 5th +0.5pp 9th 21% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 21st +0.3pp 10th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 24th +0.1pp 11th 15% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 25th +0.1pp 12th 16% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 3rd +0.1pp 13th 25% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 6th +0.0pp 14th 16% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 22nd -0.2pp 15th 8% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 8th -0.3pp 16th 12% above peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 10th -0.4pp 17th 10% above peers
Springfield, OH 23.7% 7th -0.4pp 18th 13% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 17th -0.5pp 19th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 19th -0.6pp 20th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 27th -0.5pp 21st 20% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 1st -0.8pp 22nd 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 31st -0.4pp 23rd 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 20th -0.7pp 24th 5% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 16th -1.2pp 25th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 28th -1.5pp 26th 22% below peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 2nd -2.5pp 27th 28% above peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 12th -3.1pp 28th 8% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 23rd -2.8pp 29th 13% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 11th -3.8pp 30th 9% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 29th -3.1pp 31st 26% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.8% then, 21.1% now; margin ±7.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (27.1% to 21.1%).
21.1%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 26.3% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 20th +12.0pp 1st 13% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 12th +10.4pp 2nd 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 9th +8.6pp 3rd 29% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 21st +3.6pp 4th 16% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 8th +4.6pp 5th 31% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 6th +5.1pp 6th 61% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 5th +4.8pp 7th 61% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 8th 82% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 27th +1.8pp 9th 31% below peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 15th +2.4pp 10th 2% above peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 11th 90% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 10th +2.5pp 12th 29% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 13th 160% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 26th -0.0pp 14th 29% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 7th -0.5pp 15th 55% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 13th -1.0pp 16th 9% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 19th -1.1pp 17th 6% below peers
Springfield, OH 55.7% 2nd -4.8pp 18th 98% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 25th -1.8pp 19th 27% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 16th -2.8pp 20th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 18th -2.8pp 21st 6% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 23rd -2.7pp 22nd 25% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 29th -2.5pp 23rd 35% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 11th -4.6pp 24th 15% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 24th -3.9pp 25th 26% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 28th -3.6pp 26th 35% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 14th -5.9pp 27th 7% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 17th -6.2pp 28th 6% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 29th 78% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 30th -4.7pp 30th 42% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 22nd -7.5pp 31st 21% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (78.2% then, 86.4% now; margin ±8.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 24.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.2% to 86.4%).
86.4%
20102024
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 72.4% +4.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 4th +22.1pp 1st 20% above peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 19th +15.2pp 2nd 1% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 16th +13.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 14th +10.9pp 4th 2% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 5th +11.4pp 5th 19% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 9th +10.7pp 6th 13% above peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 8th +7.6pp 7th 14% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 8th 25% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 11th +7.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 17th +4.0pp 10th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 7th +3.3pp 11th 16% above peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 6th +3.0pp 12th 17% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 29th +2.3pp 13th 11% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 21st +2.2pp 14th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 15th 1% below peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 30th +0.5pp 16th 15% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 17th 25% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 18th 22% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 26th -0.5pp 19th 6% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 12th -1.7pp 20th 5% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 25th -1.7pp 21st 4% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 23rd -2.4pp 22nd 3% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 20th -3.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 24th -4.9pp 24th 4% below peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 10th -7.0pp 25th 12% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 22nd -8.0pp 26th 3% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 31st -8.7pp 27th 16% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 27th -9.7pp 28th 9% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 13th -12.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 15th -14.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Springfield, OH 63.2% 28th -16.9pp 31st 9% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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4 of 16 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 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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