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294,078 people (2024) 250k-1m Northeast

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Jersey City, NJ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$97,710
2020-24
▲ 38%
relative change
$70,752 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.9%
2020-24
▼ 29%
relative change
5.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.5%
2020-24
▼ 25%
relative change
11.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.0%
May 2026
▼ 18%
relative change
4.9% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
14.0%
2019-23
▼ 17%
relative change
16.9% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
54.8%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
47.5% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
466 /100k
May 2026
▼ 15%
relative change
549 a year earlier
Dropping fast Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.5%
2020-24
▼ 9%
relative change
17.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
92.6%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
85.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
73.2%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
76.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 8 indicators

Where Jersey City, NJ shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
40.3%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
38.5% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
27.9%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
29.1% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
277 /100k
May 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
271 a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.52 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
41.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
42.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
7.9%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
3 /100k
May 2026
flat
relative change
3 a year earlier
Dropping too slowly Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
22.9%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
24.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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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 →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
31.6%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
36.5% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
294,078
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
261,940 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
19.7%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
20.6% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$3,182
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$3,097 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$665,140
Jun 2026
▼ 1%
relative change
$673,638 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$452,800
Jun 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$449,792 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 84% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 466 in May 2026, down from 549 a year earlier.
466 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 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%
Toledo, OH 849 (Mar 26) 24th -20.9% 1st 70% above peers
Greensboro, NC 724 (Oct 25) 21st -19.6% 2nd 45% above peers
Lubbock, TX 634 (Mar 26) 19th -19.2% 3rd 27% above peers
Newark, NJ 454 (May 26) 12th -18.6% 4th 9% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 466 (May 26) 13th -15.2% 5th 7% below peers
Laredo, TX 299 (May 26) 7th -14.3% 6th 40% below peers
Madison, WI 222 (May 26) 5th -11.6% 7th 56% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 266 (May 26) 6th -10.8% 8th 47% below peers
Stockton, CA 970 (May 26) 25th -10.3% 9th 94% above peers
Lexington, KY 306 (May 26) 8th -9.9% 10th 39% below peers
Durham, NC 517 (May 26) 16th -9.9% 11th 3% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 501 (May 26) 14th -9.1% 12th on par with peers
Gilbert, AZ 116 (May 26) 2nd -8.6% 13th 77% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 348 (May 26) 9th -8.6% 14th 30% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 786 (Feb 26) 22nd -6.5% 15th 57% above peers
St. Louis, MO 1,231 (May 26) 26th -5.9% 16th 146% above peers
Riverside, CA 543 (May 26) 18th -5.5% 17th 8% above peers
Plano, TX 144 (May 26) 4th -2.6% 18th 71% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 509 (May 26) 15th -2.1% 19th 2% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 835 (May 26) 23rd +0.0% 20th 67% above peers
Irvine, CA 77 (May 26) 1st +0.8% 21st 85% below peers
Chandler, AZ 124 (May 26) 3rd +2.4% 22nd 75% below peers
Lincoln, NE 410 (May 26) 11th +8.1% 23rd 18% below peers
Buffalo, NY 697 (May 26) 20th +8.9% 24th 39% above peers
Reno, NV 534 (Mar 26) 17th +9.4% 25th 7% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 360 (Apr 26) 10th +12.6% 26th 28% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Irving, TX down about 8% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 15% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 64% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 16% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,663 in May 2026, down from 1,948 a year earlier.
1,663 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 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%
Irvine, CA 996 (May 26) 2nd -26.2% 1st 52% below peers
Riverside, CA 2,019 (May 26) 13th -21.9% 2nd 3% below peers
Laredo, TX 1,056 (May 26) 3rd -19.9% 3rd 49% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 1,694 (May 26) 10th -18.4% 4th 18% below peers
Greensboro, NC 2,832 (Oct 25) 20th -18.1% 5th 37% above peers
Newark, NJ 1,608 (May 26) 8th -17.3% 6th 22% below peers
Plano, TX 1,133 (May 26) 5th -17.2% 7th 45% below peers
Chandler, AZ 1,165 (May 26) 6th -16.7% 8th 44% below peers
Lincoln, NE 1,815 (May 26) 11th -15.9% 9th 12% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 1,663 (May 26) 9th -14.6% 10th 20% below peers
Reno, NV 2,073 (Mar 26) 14th -13.7% 11th on par with peers
Stockton, CA 2,190 (May 26) 15th -11.4% 12th 6% above peers
Lubbock, TX 2,289 (Mar 26) 16th -10.8% 13th 10% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 1,576 (Apr 26) 7th -9.2% 14th 24% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 844 (May 26) 1st -9.0% 15th 59% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 2,717 (Feb 26) 19th -8.4% 16th 31% above peers
St. Louis, MO 5,018 (May 26) 26th -7.8% 17th 142% above peers
Toledo, OH 2,628 (Mar 26) 18th -6.9% 18th 27% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 2,861 (May 26) 22nd -6.8% 19th 38% above peers
Madison, WI 1,900 (May 26) 12th -5.8% 20th 8% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 3,695 (May 26) 25th -5.7% 21st 78% above peers
Durham, NC 3,580 (May 26) 24th -4.7% 22nd 73% above peers
Lexington, KY 2,299 (May 26) 17th -3.3% 23rd 11% above peers
Buffalo, NY 3,423 (May 26) 23rd +1.3% 24th 65% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 1,089 (May 26) 4th +1.9% 25th 47% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 2,832 (May 26) 21st +4.8% 26th 37% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Plano, TX down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 17% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Madison, WI down about 6% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 4% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide was essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 7% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 3 in May 2026, unchanged from 3 a year earlier.
3 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 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%
Irvine, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Reno, NV 1 (Mar 26) 4th -85.0% 2nd 69% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 2 (Apr 26) 7th -77.8% 3rd 42% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 3 (Feb 26) 10th -71.5% 4th 26% below peers
Lubbock, TX 3 (Mar 26) 11th -56.2% 5th 25% below peers
Laredo, TX 2 (May 26) 6th -55.7% 6th 55% below peers
Plano, TX 0 (May 26) 2nd -51.0% 7th 90% below peers
Lincoln, NE 1 (May 26) 3rd -50.0% 8th 71% below peers
Buffalo, NY 8 (May 26) 18th -41.7% 9th 124% above peers
Stockton, CA 9 (May 26) 20th -40.4% 10th 153% above peers
Lexington, KY 5 (May 26) 15th -37.0% 11th 51% above peers
Greensboro, NC 10 (Oct 25) 22nd -34.7% 12th 203% above peers
Newark, NJ 8 (May 26) 17th -25.0% 13th 121% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 5 (May 26) 16th -23.9% 14th 53% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 17 (May 26) 25th -15.7% 15th 402% above peers
Toledo, OH 8 (Mar 26) 19th -12.5% 16th 134% above peers
Durham, NC 10 (May 26) 21st -9.0% 17th 197% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11 (May 26) 23rd -6.1% 18th 231% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 3 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 19th 13% below peers
Madison, WI 2 (May 26) 9th +0.0% 20th 29% below peers
St. Louis, MO 51 (May 26) 26th +2.9% 21st 1409% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 2 (May 26) 8th +20.1% 22nd 37% below peers
Riverside, CA 3 (May 26) 13th +22.5% 23rd 1% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 12 (May 26) 24th +37.0% 24th 255% above peers
Chandler, AZ 1 (May 26) 5th +100.4% 25th 58% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 3 (May 26) 14th +899.1% 26th on par with peers
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft rose about 2% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 277 in May 2026, up from 271 a year earlier.
277 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 26 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%
Plano, TX 67 (May 26) 3rd -45.2% 1st 76% below peers
Riverside, CA 269 (May 26) 12th -36.1% 2nd 3% below peers
Stockton, CA 365 (May 26) 16th -30.7% 3rd 32% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 660 (May 26) 25th -28.2% 4th 138% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 465 (Apr 26) 21st -27.5% 5th 68% above peers
Newark, NJ 607 (May 26) 24th -27.0% 6th 119% above peers
Laredo, TX 114 (May 26) 6th -26.2% 7th 59% below peers
Reno, NV 260 (Mar 26) 11th -23.7% 8th 6% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 206 (May 26) 9th -23.2% 9th 26% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 166 (May 26) 7th -22.9% 10th 40% below peers
Durham, NC 465 (May 26) 22nd -22.3% 11th 68% above peers
Lincoln, NE 207 (May 26) 10th -21.7% 12th 25% below peers
Lubbock, TX 199 (Mar 26) 8th -21.2% 13th 28% below peers
Chandler, AZ 72 (May 26) 4th -20.2% 14th 74% below peers
Buffalo, NY 410 (May 26) 18th -17.9% 15th 48% above peers
Irvine, CA 51 (May 26) 1st -17.6% 16th 82% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 295 (Feb 26) 15th -17.5% 17th 7% above peers
Greensboro, NC 477 (Oct 25) 23rd -14.8% 18th 72% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 51 (May 26) 2nd -10.7% 19th 82% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 385 (May 26) 17th -7.1% 20th 39% above peers
St. Louis, MO 1,186 (May 26) 26th -6.9% 21st 328% above peers
Madison, WI 108 (May 26) 5th -5.8% 22nd 61% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 424 (May 26) 19th -1.1% 23rd 53% above peers
Toledo, OH 432 (Mar 26) 20th -0.7% 24th 56% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 277 (May 26) 14th +2.3% 25th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 270 (May 26) 13th +3.0% 26th 2% below peers
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Boston, MA down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Virginia Beach, VA down about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • Chandler, AZ down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 38% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $70,752 to $97,710 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,615). 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 66% from 2014 to 2024 ($58,907 to $97,710).
$97,710
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $103,556 +25%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Newark, NJ $52,060 28th +48% 1st 29% below peers
Stockton, CA $79,907 12th +46% 2nd 9% above peers
Santa Ana, CA $93,999 8th +42% 3rd 28% above peers
Orlando, FL $72,336 17th +40% 4th 1% below peers
Durham, NC $81,619 10th +39% 5th 11% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $97,710 7th +38% 6th 33% above peers
Reno, NV $80,760 11th +37% 7th 10% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $65,742 21st +35% 8th 10% below peers
Laredo, TX $63,915 22nd +34% 9th 13% below peers
Buffalo, NY $50,041 29th +34% 10th 32% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV $79,542 13th +33% 11th 8% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $108,032 5th +33% 12th 47% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL $75,192 15th +32% 13th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA $91,045 9th +32% 14th 24% above peers
Toledo, OH $49,724 30th +32% 15th 32% below peers
Chandler, AZ $108,095 4th +30% 16th 47% above peers
Cincinnati, OH $52,909 27th +30% 17th 28% below peers
Irvine, CA $136,719 1st +30% 18th 86% above peers
St. Louis, MO $56,160 26th +28% 19th 23% below peers
Saint Paul, MN $73,394 16th +27% 20th on par with peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR $28,562 31st +27% 21st 61% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $122,551 2nd +27% 22nd 67% above peers
Greensboro, NC $61,515 23rd +26% 23rd 16% below peers
Lincoln, NE $71,867 18th +24% 24th 2% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 24th +24% 25th 16% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $103,284 6th +22% 26th 41% above peers
Lexington, KY $69,479 19th +21% 27th 5% below peers
Lubbock, TX $60,895 25th +21% 28th 17% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX $67,394 20th +20% 29th 8% below peers
Madison, WI $78,050 14th +19% 30th 6% above peers
Plano, TX $112,253 3rd +17% 31st 53% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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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21 of 77 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Denver, CO up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 83% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA up about 38% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,907 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.4 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 76% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in May 2026, down from 4.9% a year earlier.
4.0%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 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
Toledo, OH 4.4% (May 26) 25th -1.8pp 1st 10% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 3.0% (May 26) 3rd -1.7pp 2nd 25% below peers
Newark, NJ 6.3% (May 26) 30th -1.2pp 3rd 57% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 4.0% (May 26) 13th -0.9pp 4th on par with peers
Stockton, CA 6.1% (May 26) 29th -0.6pp 5th 52% above peers
St. Louis, MO 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.5pp 6th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 7th 22% below peers
Greensboro, NC 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.3pp 8th on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 9th 12% below peers
Irvine, CA 3.5% (May 26) 8th -0.2pp 10th 12% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.2% (May 26) 21st -0.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 3.4% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 12th 15% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.2% (May 26) 22nd -0.2pp 13th 5% above peers
Lincoln, NE 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 14th 35% below peers
Reno, NV 4.1% (May 26) 19th -0.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Madison, WI 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 16th 38% below peers
Durham, NC 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Laredo, TX 4.5% (May 26) 26th -0.1pp 18th 12% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.7% (May 26) 28th +0.0pp 19th 43% above peers
Plano, TX 3.9% (May 26) 12th +0.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Lexington, KY 4.0% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Chandler, AZ 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 4.2% (May 26) 23rd +0.3pp 23rd 5% above peers
Lubbock, TX 3.6% (May 26) 9th +0.3pp 24th 10% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.6% (May 26) 10th +0.4pp 25th 10% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.2% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 26th 5% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.7pp 27th on par with peers
St. Petersburg, FL 4.0% (May 26) 18th +0.7pp 28th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 5.3% (May 26) 27th +0.8pp 29th 32% above peers
Orlando, FL 4.1% (May 26) 20th +0.9pp 30th 2% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 1.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.0% to 15.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.8% to 15.5%).
15.5%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 9.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Santa Ana, CA 10.7% 7th -4.8pp 1st 30% below peers
Durham, NC 11.3% 8th -4.0pp 2nd 26% below peers
Laredo, TX 20.6% 26th -5.7pp 3rd 36% above peers
Irvine, CA 10.3% 6th -2.6pp 4th 32% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.2% 16th -3.2pp 5th on par with peers
Orlando, FL 14.5% 15th -2.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 22.6% 27th -3.7pp 7th 49% above peers
Stockton, CA 15.3% 17th -2.3pp 8th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 25.3% 30th -3.8pp 9th 67% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.7% 9th -1.6pp 10th 23% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 12.0% 10th -1.6pp 11th 21% below peers
Lexington, KY 14.4% 14th -1.8pp 12th 5% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 8.7% 4th -0.9pp 13th 43% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 15.5% 18th -1.5pp 14th 2% above peers
Greensboro, NC 16.1% 21st -1.5pp 15th 6% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 12.1% 11th -1.0pp 16th 20% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 37.8% 31st -2.8pp 17th 149% above peers
Reno, NV 12.4% 13th -0.9pp 18th 18% below peers
Lubbock, TX 18.1% 23rd -1.2pp 19th 19% above peers
Lincoln, NE 12.2% 12th -0.7pp 20th 20% below peers
St. Louis, MO 20.0% 25th -1.2pp 21st 32% above peers
Toledo, OH 23.8% 28th -1.0pp 22nd 57% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 24.5% 29th -0.8pp 23rd 61% above peers
Madison, WI 15.7% 19th -0.4pp 24th 3% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 18.5% 24th -0.5pp 25th 22% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.2% 1st -0.1pp 26th 66% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 5th -0.1pp 27th 42% below peers
Plano, TX 6.7% 2nd -0.0pp 28th 56% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 15.7% 20th +0.1pp 29th 3% above peers
Chandler, AZ 7.9% 3rd +0.3pp 30th 48% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 22nd +1.0pp 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.8% then, 22.9% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 6.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 22.9%).
22.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 13.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Santa Ana, CA 14.6% 9th -8.8pp 1st 27% below peers
Durham, NC 16.6% 13th -7.9pp 2nd 17% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.4% 12th -5.2pp 3rd 23% below peers
Laredo, TX 28.3% 24th -8.5pp 4th 41% above peers
Buffalo, NY 35.5% 28th -10.4pp 5th 77% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 22.0% 19th -5.6pp 6th 9% above peers
Riverside, CA 14.8% 10th -3.2pp 7th 27% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 10.8% 6th -2.3pp 8th 46% below peers
Newark, NJ 31.2% 27th -6.6pp 9th 55% above peers
Orlando, FL 20.6% 17th -3.8pp 10th 3% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 18th -3.3pp 11th 4% above peers
Lexington, KY 17.9% 15th -2.6pp 12th 11% below peers
St. Louis, MO 29.7% 25th -4.2pp 13th 48% above peers
Greensboro, NC 23.5% 21st -3.2pp 14th 17% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 17.7% 14th -2.2pp 15th 12% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.0% 5th -1.2pp 16th 50% below peers
Lubbock, TX 20.1% 16th -1.9pp 17th on par with peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.0% 1st -0.4pp 18th 75% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 22.9% 20th -1.9pp 19th 14% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 36.2% 30th -2.7pp 20th 80% above peers
Plano, TX 7.9% 2nd -0.5pp 21st 61% below peers
Reno, NV 14.9% 11th -0.8pp 22nd 26% below peers
Lincoln, NE 13.6% 7th -0.6pp 23rd 33% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.6% 31st -1.9pp 24th 192% above peers
Toledo, OH 36.0% 29th -0.8pp 25th 79% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 23.8% 22nd -0.3pp 26th 19% above peers
Chandler, AZ 9.9% 4th +0.4pp 27th 50% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 25.0% 23rd +2.0pp 28th 24% above peers
Irvine, CA 8.6% 3rd +0.7pp 29th 57% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 30.8% 26th +3.7pp 30th 54% above peers
Madison, WI 13.9% 8th +2.1pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Atlanta, GA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tampa, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, AZ down 6.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 85.7% to 92.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 10.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (82.5% to 92.6%).
92.6%
20172024
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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%
San Juan zona urbana, PR 75.7% 31st +18.9pp 1st 18% below peers
Laredo, TX 87.5% 27th +18.9pp 2nd 5% below peers
Greensboro, NC 91.0% 19th +17.9pp 3rd 1% below peers
Newark, NJ 86.5% 30th +16.7pp 4th 6% below peers
Buffalo, NY 88.6% 26th +13.7pp 5th 3% below peers
St. Louis, MO 86.9% 29th +12.5pp 6th 5% below peers
Stockton, CA 91.8% 16th +12.5pp 7th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 89.3% 24th +9.6pp 8th 3% below peers
Toledo, OH 87.2% 28th +9.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Lubbock, TX 88.9% 25th +8.8pp 10th 3% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 90.6% 21st +8.8pp 11th 1% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 92.5% 14th +8.6pp 12th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 93.2% 9th +8.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 92.2% 15th +7.9pp 14th on par with peers
Corpus Christi, TX 89.6% 23rd +7.0pp 15th 2% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 90.8% 20th +6.9pp 16th 1% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 92.6% 12th +6.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Durham, NC 93.7% 8th +6.7pp 18th 2% above peers
Riverside, CA 94.4% 7th +6.5pp 19th 3% above peers
Orlando, FL 93.2% 10th +6.3pp 20th 2% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 91.8% 17th +6.2pp 21st on par with peers
Reno, NV 89.7% 22nd +5.8pp 22nd 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 94.8% 5th +6.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Lexington, KY 92.6% 13th +5.7pp 24th 1% above peers
Lincoln, NE 92.9% 11th +5.1pp 25th 1% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 94.6% 6th +4.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Chandler, AZ 95.4% 4th +3.5pp 27th 4% above peers
Madison, WI 91.5% 18th +2.8pp 28th on par with peers
Plano, TX 96.7% 2nd +2.6pp 29th 5% above peers
Irvine, CA 95.8% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 4% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 97.0% 1st +1.1pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Oklahoma City, OK up 9.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 68% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA up 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 66% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 65% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp 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 (0.52 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.01).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.51).
0.51
20102024
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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
Stockton, CA 0.44 8th -0.031 1st 5% below peers
Laredo, TX 0.45 13th -0.025 2nd 2% below peers
Toledo, OH 0.45 11th -0.015 3rd 3% below peers
Irvine, CA 0.46 14th -0.011 4th on par with peers
Jersey City, NJ 0.51 28th -0.010 5th 10% above peers
Orlando, FL 0.49 21st -0.008 6th 6% above peers
Riverside, CA 0.42 4th -0.007 7th 9% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 0.61 31st -0.009 8th 32% above peers
Newark, NJ 0.50 24th -0.007 9th 7% above peers
Buffalo, NY 0.50 26th -0.007 10th 9% above peers
Greensboro, NC 0.49 22nd -0.005 11th 6% above peers
Durham, NC 0.46 15th -0.003 12th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 0.40 3rd -0.001 13th 13% below peers
St. Louis, MO 0.50 27th -0.001 14th 9% above peers
Plano, TX 0.45 10th -0.001 15th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 0.42 5th -0.001 16th 9% below peers
Lexington, KY 0.49 23rd -0.001 17th 6% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 0.48 19th -0.000 18th 4% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 0.44 9th +0.001 19th 4% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 0.52 29th +0.001 20th 13% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 0.43 7th +0.001 21st 7% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 0.54 30th +0.003 22nd 17% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 0.42 6th +0.003 23rd 8% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 0.46 16th +0.003 24th on par with peers
Lincoln, NE 0.45 12th +0.003 25th 3% below peers
Lubbock, TX 0.49 20th +0.006 26th 6% above peers
Madison, WI 0.47 17th +0.007 27th 1% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 0.40 2nd +0.008 28th 13% below peers
Reno, NV 0.48 18th +0.011 29th 3% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 0.39 1st +0.013 30th 15% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 0.50 25th +0.016 31st 7% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 16.9% to 14.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys. 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 1.0 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.0% to 14.0%).
14.0%
20102023
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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
Santa Ana, CA 11.3% 13th -4.7pp 1st 8% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 9.1% 8th -3.8pp 2nd 26% below peers
Durham, NC 9.3% 10th -2.7pp 3rd 24% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 11.4% 15th -2.9pp 4th 7% below peers
Lexington, KY 8.5% 5th -1.9pp 5th 30% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 14.0% 17th -2.9pp 6th 14% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 15.0% 19th -2.9pp 7th 23% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 3.4% 1st -0.6pp 8th 72% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.0% 24th -3.3pp 9th 47% above peers
Orlando, FL 15.0% 18th -2.3pp 10th 23% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 18.3% 25th -2.6pp 11th 50% above peers
Newark, NJ 23.7% 28th -3.3pp 12th 93% above peers
Laredo, TX 23.9% 29th -3.3pp 13th 95% above peers
Buffalo, NY 29.9% 30th -3.9pp 14th 145% above peers
Toledo, OH 22.3% 27th -2.7pp 15th 82% above peers
Lubbock, TX 11.4% 14th -1.3pp 16th 7% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 15.1% 20th -1.2pp 17th 23% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 16.5% 21st -0.7pp 18th 35% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.3% 4th -0.2pp 19th 57% below peers
Lincoln, NE 8.9% 7th -0.0pp 20th 27% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.8% 6th +0.1pp 21st 28% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 16.8% 22nd +0.3pp 22nd 37% above peers
Stockton, CA 20.8% 26th +0.8pp 23rd 70% above peers
Riverside, CA 11.1% 12th +0.5pp 24th 9% below peers
Reno, NV 12.2% 16th +0.8pp 25th on par with peers
Greensboro, NC 17.4% 23rd +1.8pp 26th 42% above peers
Madison, WI 9.2% 9th +1.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Plano, TX 3.4% 2nd +0.5pp 28th 72% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 34.6% 31st +5.9pp 29th 183% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 10.6% 11th +2.0pp 30th 14% below peers
Irvine, CA 4.9% 3rd +2.3pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $665,140 in June 2026, down from $673,638 a year earlier.
$665,140
2000June 2026
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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%
Toledo, OH $135,476 (Jun 26) 27th +5.3% 1st 67% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $424,577 (Jun 26) 13th +4.6% 2nd 4% above peers
Buffalo, NY $251,203 (Jun 26) 20th +3.5% 3rd 38% below peers
Lincoln, NE $297,539 (Jun 26) 17th +3.4% 4th 27% below peers
Laredo, TX $222,147 (Jun 26) 24th +2.7% 5th 46% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $250,668 (Jun 26) 21st +2.6% 6th 39% below peers
Madison, WI $435,430 (Jun 26) 11th +2.1% 7th 7% above peers
Santa Ana, CA $871,417 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.9% 8th 113% above peers
Lubbock, TX $213,159 (Jun 26) 25th +1.7% 9th 48% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $254,955 (Jun 26) 19th +1.1% 10th 38% below peers
Greensboro, NC $266,364 (Jun 26) 18th +0.4% 11th 35% below peers
Reno, NV $576,913 (Jun 26) 6th +0.3% 12th 41% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $226,792 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.3% 13th 44% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $849,516 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.3% 14th 108% above peers
Riverside, CA $648,360 (Jun 26) 5th -0.5% 15th 59% above peers
St. Louis, MO $186,876 (Jun 26) 26th -0.6% 16th 54% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA $246,117 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.7% 17th 40% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $572,453 (Jun 26) 7th -0.8% 18th 40% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $665,140 (Jun 26) 4th -1.3% 19th 63% above peers
Newark, NJ $486,845 (Jun 26) 10th -1.8% 20th 19% above peers
Chandler, AZ $521,563 (Jun 26) 8th -1.8% 21st 28% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $408,280 (Jun 26) 14th -1.8% 22nd on par with peers
Irvine, CA $1,538,073 (Jun 26) 1st -1.9% 23rd 277% above peers
Orlando, FL $375,175 (Jun 26) 16th -2.4% 24th 8% below peers
Durham, NC $400,564 (Jun 26) 15th -3.2% 25th 2% below peers
Stockton, CA $431,217 (Jun 26) 12th -3.3% 26th 6% above peers
Plano, TX $504,391 (Jun 26) 9th -5.1% 27th 24% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 62% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $452,800 in June 2026, up from $449,792 a year earlier.
$452,800
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 27 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%
Anchorage municipality, AK $288,814 (Jun 26) 15th +7.4% 1st 1% below peers
Laredo, TX $149,419 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.7% 2nd 49% below peers
Buffalo, NY $169,467 (Jun 26) 20th +4.4% 3rd 42% below peers
Lincoln, NE $219,733 (Jun 26) 17th +4.0% 4th 24% below peers
Toledo, OH $67,500 (Jun 26) 27th +4.0% 5th 77% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $169,642 (Jun 26) 19th +2.6% 6th 42% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN $162,273 (Jun 26) 21st +2.2% 7th 44% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $607,664 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.9% 8th 109% above peers
Lubbock, TX $132,679 (Jun 26) 24th +1.2% 9th 54% below peers
Newark, NJ $386,067 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 10th 33% above peers
Jersey City, NJ $452,800 (Jun 26) 6th +0.7% 11th 56% above peers
Madison, WI $318,212 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 12th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $131,713 (Jun 26) 25th +0.4% 13th 55% below peers
Greensboro, NC $172,928 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 14th 41% below peers
Riverside, CA $544,639 (Jun 26) 4th -0.0% 15th 87% above peers
Reno, NV $398,729 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 16th 37% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA $145,549 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.6% 17th 50% below peers
Chula Vista, CA $651,215 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.8% 18th 124% above peers
Irvine, CA $1,044,470 (Jun 26) 1st -1.4% 19th 259% above peers
Gilbert, AZ $455,244 (Jun 26) 5th -1.4% 20th 56% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $337,697 (Jun 26) 12th -1.7% 21st 16% above peers
Chandler, AZ $402,435 (Jun 26) 7th -2.6% 22nd 38% above peers
Durham, NC $290,926 (Jun 26) 14th -2.7% 23rd on par with peers
Stockton, CA $340,220 (Jun 26) 11th -3.1% 24th 17% above peers
St. Louis, MO $77,981 (Jun 26) 26th -3.8% 25th 73% below peers
Orlando, FL $238,928 (Jun 26) 16th -4.1% 26th 18% below peers
Plano, TX $370,468 (Jun 26) 10th -5.2% 27th 27% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.1% then, 27.9% now; margin ±1.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 17 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 27.9%).
27.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 63.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Orlando, FL 39.5% 29th +4.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Stockton, CA 53.9% 13th +5.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Newark, NJ 24.4% 31st +2.1pp 3rd 54% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 63.6% 5th +5.5pp 4th 20% above peers
Buffalo, NY 43.0% 27th +2.3pp 5th 19% below peers
Toledo, OH 53.3% 15th +2.9pp 6th 1% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 39.8% 28th +2.1pp 7th 25% below peers
Riverside, CA 56.8% 11th +2.8pp 8th 7% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 52.9% 16th +2.5pp 9th on par with peers
Durham, NC 52.3% 18th +2.1pp 10th 1% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 63.9% 4th +2.6pp 11th 21% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 62.8% 6th +2.4pp 12th 19% above peers
Reno, NV 49.8% 21st +1.9pp 13th 6% below peers
St. Louis, MO 45.3% 24th +1.6pp 14th 14% below peers
Laredo, TX 64.1% 3rd +2.2pp 15th 21% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 57.9% 9th +1.2pp 16th 10% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 59.8% 8th +0.7pp 17th 13% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 47.7% 22nd +0.5pp 18th 10% below peers
Greensboro, NC 50.5% 20th +0.2pp 19th 4% below peers
Chandler, AZ 65.0% 2nd +0.1pp 20th 23% above peers
Lubbock, TX 51.2% 19th -0.1pp 21st 3% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 61.9% 7th -0.1pp 22nd 17% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 73.1% 1st -0.7pp 23rd 38% above peers
Lexington, KY 53.8% 14th -0.7pp 24th 2% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 52.5% 17th -0.8pp 25th 1% below peers
Lincoln, NE 56.1% 12th -0.9pp 26th 6% above peers
Madison, WI 46.0% 23rd -1.0pp 27th 13% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 44.6% 25th -1.5pp 28th 16% below peers
Plano, TX 56.9% 10th -2.2pp 29th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 27.9% 30th -1.2pp 30th 47% below peers
Irvine, CA 44.5% 26th -2.4pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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 · ACS 2024
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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 *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 77% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $3,182 in June 2026, up from $3,097 a year earlier.
$3,182
2015June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Fort Wayne, IN $1,281 (Jun 26) 26th +6.2% 1st 25% below peers
Reno, NV $1,932 (Jun 26) 9th +6.0% 2nd 13% above peers
St. Louis, MO $1,394 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.8% 3rd 18% below peers
Toledo, OH $1,125 (Jun 26) 27th +4.7% 4th 34% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK $1,710 (Jun 26) 14th +4.5% 5th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA $1,593 (Jun 26) 17th +3.7% 6th 7% below peers
Cincinnati, OH $1,475 (Jun 26) 18th +2.8% 7th 14% below peers
Buffalo, NY $1,430 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 8th 16% below peers
Jersey City, NJ $3,182 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.8% 9th 86% above peers
Madison, WI $1,656 (Jun 26) 16th +2.5% 10th 3% below peers
Lincoln, NE $1,345 (Jun 26) 24th +2.5% 11th 21% below peers
Greensboro, NC $1,415 (Jun 26) 20th +2.2% 12th 17% below peers
Santa Ana, CA $2,785 (Jun 26) 4th +1.8% 13th 63% above peers
Lubbock, TX $1,401 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.8% 14th 18% below peers
Irvine, CA $3,390 (Jun 26) 1st +1.5% 15th 98% above peers
Riverside, CA $2,420 (Jun 26) 5th +1.4% 16th 42% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX $1,415 (Jun 26) 21st +1.3% 17th 17% below peers
Stockton, CA $1,989 (Jun 26) 8th +1.2% 18th 16% above peers
Durham, NC $1,700 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 19th 1% below peers
Newark, NJ $2,130 (Jun 26) 6th +0.5% 20th 25% above peers
Chandler, AZ $1,903 (Jun 26) 11th +0.5% 21st 11% above peers
Chula Vista, CA $3,008 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.3% 22nd 76% above peers
Orlando, FL $1,904 (Jun 26) 10th +0.2% 23rd 11% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV $1,846 (Jun 26) 12th +0.1% 24th 8% above peers
Laredo, TX $1,331 (Jun 26) 25th -0.1% 25th 22% below peers
Gilbert, AZ $2,019 (Jun 26) 7th -0.7% 26th 18% above peers
Plano, TX $1,713 (Jun 26) 13th -1.0% 27th on par with peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.4% then, 41.7% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.4% to 41.7%).
41.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 36.7% -2.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Ana, CA 42.6% 28th -4.5pp 1st 16% above peers
St. Louis, MO 34.2% 11th -3.2pp 2nd 6% below peers
Newark, NJ 53.8% 31st -4.6pp 3rd 47% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 36.6% 16th -2.9pp 4th on par with peers
Toledo, OH 31.9% 7th -2.2pp 5th 13% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.0% 24th -2.2pp 6th 12% above peers
Durham, NC 31.9% 8th -1.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.1% 6th -0.7pp 8th 15% below peers
Buffalo, NY 37.7% 19th -0.8pp 9th 3% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 41.7% 25th -0.8pp 10th 14% above peers
Laredo, TX 36.1% 14th -0.6pp 11th 1% below peers
Irvine, CA 42.5% 26th -0.4pp 12th 16% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 38.9% 22nd +0.4pp 13th 6% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% 10th +0.4pp 14th 8% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 44.9% 29th +1.0pp 15th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 27.1% 2nd +0.7pp 16th 26% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 25.3% 1st +0.6pp 17th 31% below peers
Riverside, CA 42.5% 27th +1.5pp 18th 16% above peers
Madison, WI 36.4% 15th +1.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 35.7% 13th +1.5pp 20th 3% below peers
Orlando, FL 46.0% 30th +2.0pp 21st 26% above peers
Lexington, KY 32.1% 9th +1.6pp 22nd 12% below peers
Reno, NV 36.9% 18th +1.8pp 23rd 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 36.9% 17th +2.0pp 24th 1% above peers
Lincoln, NE 30.3% 4th +1.9pp 25th 17% below peers
Lubbock, TX 38.6% 20th +2.5pp 26th 5% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 39.0% 23rd +2.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 35.1% 12th +2.6pp 28th 4% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 27.6% 3rd +2.2pp 29th 25% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 38.6% 21st +3.2pp 30th 6% above peers
Plano, TX 30.5% 5th +3.4pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, NJ down 4.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.5% then, 40.3% now; margin ±1.8pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 2.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.0% to 40.3%).
40.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 11.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Stockton, CA 7.2% 14th -2.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Riverside, CA 4.5% 4th -1.2pp 2nd 38% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.6% 29th -5.3pp 3rd 213% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 20.4% 27th -4.8pp 4th 183% above peers
Durham, NC 7.2% 16th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
Toledo, OH 11.7% 22nd -2.0pp 6th 62% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 17.1% 25th -2.8pp 7th 136% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.3% 17th -1.0pp 8th 1% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 20.6% 28th -2.7pp 9th 185% above peers
Chandler, AZ 3.3% 2nd -0.4pp 10th 54% below peers
Newark, NJ 34.3% 30th -4.1pp 11th 375% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.2% 15th -0.7pp 12th on par with peers
Reno, NV 8.4% 21st -0.7pp 13th 16% above peers
Orlando, FL 7.4% 18th -0.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 7.0% 13th -0.5pp 15th 4% below peers
St. Louis, MO 18.5% 26th -1.2pp 16th 156% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 5.2% 6th -0.2pp 17th 28% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 5.8% 8th -0.2pp 18th 19% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.5% 5th -0.1pp 19th 37% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 13.0% 24th -0.3pp 20th 81% above peers
Lubbock, TX 6.1% 10th +0.2pp 21st 15% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 40.3% 31st +1.8pp 22nd 458% above peers
Madison, WI 12.2% 23rd +0.8pp 23rd 69% above peers
Greensboro, NC 8.2% 20th +0.6pp 24th 13% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.0% 9th +0.5pp 25th 17% below peers
Irvine, CA 5.3% 7th +0.5pp 26th 27% below peers
Laredo, TX 6.6% 11th +0.7pp 27th 8% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.7% 12th +0.8pp 28th 8% below peers
Plano, TX 3.7% 3rd +0.5pp 29th 48% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.8% 19th +1.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 2.3% 1st +0.6pp 31st 68% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Buffalo, NY down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI down 3.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.4% to 8.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.7pp). 12 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 10.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.0% to 8.5%).
8.5%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 7.3% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Jersey City, NJ 8.5% 16th -2.8pp 1st on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 12.1% 25th -3.4pp 2nd 42% above peers
Toledo, OH 5.7% 5th -1.5pp 3rd 34% below peers
Greensboro, NC 8.3% 14th -1.8pp 4th 2% below peers
Lincoln, NE 6.2% 7th -1.3pp 5th 27% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 6.2% 6th -1.1pp 6th 27% below peers
Durham, NC 10.7% 24th -1.8pp 7th 25% above peers
St. Louis, MO 9.2% 18th -1.5pp 8th 8% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 9.4% 20th -1.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Irvine, CA 4.0% 1st -0.6pp 10th 53% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 8.4% 15th -1.1pp 11th 1% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 9.9% 21st -1.2pp 12th 16% above peers
Buffalo, NY 4.1% 2nd -0.5pp 13th 52% below peers
Chandler, AZ 6.6% 9th -0.7pp 14th 23% below peers
Orlando, FL 13.8% 28th -1.4pp 15th 62% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 4.8% 4th -0.4pp 16th 44% below peers
Riverside, CA 8.9% 17th -0.5pp 17th 4% above peers
Plano, TX 10.6% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 25% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 13.1% 26th -0.1pp 19th 54% above peers
Laredo, TX 27.2% 31st -0.2pp 20th 219% above peers
Stockton, CA 6.9% 11th +0.1pp 21st 19% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.6% 10th +0.1pp 22nd 22% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 17.5% 29th +0.5pp 23rd 105% above peers
Lubbock, TX 13.5% 27th +0.6pp 24th 58% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 9.3% 19th +0.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Lexington, KY 7.1% 12th +0.4pp 26th 16% below peers
Madison, WI 4.2% 3rd +0.3pp 27th 51% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.7% 13th +0.5pp 28th 10% below peers
Reno, NV 10.5% 22nd +0.8pp 29th 23% above peers
Newark, NJ 19.2% 30th +2.4pp 30th 126% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.3% 8th +1.0pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Anaheim, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 88% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Miami, FL down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 somewhat below the peer median.

29.1%
20202022
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▸ 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%
Irvine, CA 20.3% 1st 40% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 26.9% 2nd 21% below peers
Plano, TX 28.2% 3rd 17% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 29.1% 4th 14% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 29.8% 5th 12% below peers
Reno, NV 30.1% 6th 11% below peers
Chandler, AZ 30.2% 7th 11% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 30.4% 8th 10% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 30.8% 9th 9% below peers
Madison, WI 32.1% 10th 5% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 32.2% 11th 5% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 33.2% 12th 2% below peers
Orlando, FL 33.6% 13th 1% below peers
Lincoln, NE 33.8% 14th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 33.8% 15th on par with peers
Durham, NC 33.9% 16th on par with peers
Lexington, KY 34.5% 17th 2% above peers
Greensboro, NC 35.1% 18th 4% above peers
Newark, NJ 35.1% 19th 4% above peers
Riverside, CA 35.1% 20th 4% above peers
Stockton, CA 35.3% 21st 4% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 35.5% 22nd 5% above peers
Lubbock, TX 36.6% 23rd 8% above peers
St. Louis, MO 37.4% 24th 10% above peers
Buffalo, NY 38.4% 25th 13% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.4% 26th 16% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 27th 23% above peers
Laredo, TX 42.3% 28th 25% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 42.7% 29th 26% above peers
Toledo, OH 45.0% 30th 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better Real improvement
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Child uninsured fell 1.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.5% to 3.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 3.9%).
3.9%
20122024
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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
Toledo, OH 2.1% 2nd -1.2pp 1st 58% below peers
Lexington, KY 3.0% 6th -1.3pp 2nd 42% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 3.9% 11th -1.6pp 3rd 25% below peers
Lincoln, NE 3.8% 10th -1.4pp 4th 27% below peers
Irvine, CA 2.2% 3rd -0.7pp 5th 57% below peers
Greensboro, NC 3.5% 8th -1.0pp 6th 32% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 5.0% 15th -1.1pp 7th 3% below peers
Reno, NV 6.8% 21st -1.2pp 8th 33% above peers
Chandler, AZ 5.4% 19th -0.9pp 9th 4% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 8.1% 26th -1.1pp 10th 57% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 7.3% 23rd -0.8pp 11th 43% above peers
St. Louis, MO 4.9% 14th -0.2pp 12th 5% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 7.8% 24th -0.1pp 13th 52% above peers
Laredo, TX 14.1% 31st -0.2pp 14th 175% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 4.4% 13th -0.0pp 15th 15% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 3.6% 9th -0.0pp 16th 29% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.5% 7th +0.2pp 17th 33% below peers
Riverside, CA 3.9% 12th +0.3pp 18th 25% below peers
Durham, NC 8.0% 25th +0.6pp 19th 55% above peers
Plano, TX 9.1% 27th +0.8pp 20th 77% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 5.1% 16th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 5.2% 18th +0.5pp 22nd 2% above peers
Stockton, CA 2.9% 5th +0.3pp 23rd 43% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 5.1% 17th +0.8pp 24th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 1.9% 1st +0.3pp 25th 62% below peers
Madison, WI 2.8% 4th +0.5pp 26th 46% below peers
Lubbock, TX 10.7% 29th +2.3pp 27th 109% above peers
Orlando, FL 9.7% 28th +2.1pp 28th 88% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.3% 22nd +1.7pp 29th 42% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 5.8% 20th +1.4pp 30th 14% above peers
Newark, NJ 11.3% 30th +3.2pp 31st 120% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 census tracts
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Indianapolis, IN down 0.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 7.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.5% to 54.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 27 of the 29 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 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 12.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.5% to 54.8%).
54.8%
20102024
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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
Newark, NJ 19.7% 28th +4.5pp 1st 52% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 18.3% 30th +3.3pp 2nd 56% below peers
Toledo, OH 21.9% 26th +3.6pp 3rd 47% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 42.6% 11th +6.9pp 4th 4% above peers
Durham, NC 57.3% 4th +7.7pp 5th 39% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 54.8% 5th +7.2pp 6th 33% above peers
Laredo, TX 22.0% 25th +2.6pp 7th 47% below peers
St. Louis, MO 41.1% 15th +4.8pp 8th on par with peers
Chula Vista, CA 33.2% 20th +3.8pp 9th 19% below peers
Buffalo, NY 31.2% 21st +3.5pp 10th 24% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 41.8% 13th +4.7pp 11th 2% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 18.9% 29th +2.0pp 12th 54% below peers
Riverside, CA 25.7% 23rd +2.7pp 13th 37% below peers
Orlando, FL 42.5% 12th +4.5pp 14th 3% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.1% 19th +3.6pp 15th 15% below peers
Lexington, KY 48.3% 7th +4.6pp 16th 17% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 24.4% 24th +2.3pp 17th 41% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 49.1% 6th +4.5pp 18th 19% above peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 18th +3.2pp 19th 11% below peers
Stockton, CA 20.0% 27th +1.7pp 20th 51% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 48.2% 8th +3.8pp 21st 17% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 43.8% 10th +3.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
Greensboro, NC 41.0% 16th +2.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 38.6% 17th +2.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Chandler, AZ 47.8% 9th +3.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Plano, TX 60.5% 2nd +3.3pp 26th 47% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.8% 14th +2.2pp 27th 2% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 29.0% 22nd +1.2pp 28th 30% below peers
Madison, WI 59.9% 3rd +2.0pp 29th 46% above peers
Irvine, CA 70.6% 1st +1.8pp 30th 72% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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 (76.8% then, 73.2% now; margin ±6.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (66.7% to 73.2%).
73.2%
20112024
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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%
Corpus Christi, TX 47.8% 12th +8.0pp 1st 8% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 69.9% 2nd +11.4pp 2nd 58% above peers
Riverside, CA 41.0% 19th +4.8pp 3rd 7% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 51.1% 9th +4.3pp 4th 16% above peers
Madison, WI 51.4% 8th +2.1pp 5th 16% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 39.8% 21st +1.1pp 6th 10% below peers
St. Louis, MO 53.8% 7th +1.0pp 7th 22% above peers
Chandler, AZ 46.9% 15th +0.8pp 8th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 44.2% 16th -0.1pp 9th on par with peers
Cincinnati, OH 47.6% 14th -0.2pp 10th 8% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 50.9% 10th -0.4pp 11th 15% above peers
Toledo, OH 37.1% 25th -1.2pp 12th 16% below peers
Plano, TX 47.7% 13th -2.1pp 13th 8% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 73.2% 1st -3.6pp 14th 66% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 36.2% 28th -1.8pp 15th 18% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 43.0% 17th -2.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 34.2% 29th -2.4pp 17th 23% below peers
Stockton, CA 39.5% 24th -2.8pp 18th 11% below peers
Newark, NJ 67.5% 3rd -5.8pp 19th 53% above peers
Lincoln, NE 41.4% 18th -3.9pp 20th 6% below peers
Orlando, FL 55.1% 6th -6.2pp 21st 25% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 50.1% 11th -6.6pp 22nd 13% above peers
Greensboro, NC 37.0% 26th -4.9pp 23rd 16% below peers
Lexington, KY 41.0% 20th -7.3pp 24th 7% below peers
Durham, NC 39.8% 22nd -7.2pp 25th 10% below peers
Lubbock, TX 39.6% 23rd -7.3pp 26th 10% below peers
Reno, NV 36.8% 27th -7.2pp 27th 17% below peers
Irvine, CA 59.6% 4th -12.5pp 28th 35% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 26.7% 31st -6.6pp 29th 40% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 58.5% 5th -15.5pp 30th 32% above peers
Laredo, TX 33.1% 30th -14.3pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 11.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 7.9% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.2% to 7.9%).
7.9%
20102024
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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
Orlando, FL 4.3% 8th -4.4pp 1st 36% below peers
Chandler, AZ 4.3% 7th -3.9pp 2nd 36% below peers
St. Louis, MO 6.7% 14th -3.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Irvine, CA 1.4% 1st -0.6pp 4th 80% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 7.1% 19th -2.3pp 5th 7% above peers
Durham, NC 4.5% 9th -1.2pp 6th 32% below peers
Greensboro, NC 5.1% 11th -1.3pp 7th 24% below peers
Laredo, TX 7.8% 22nd -1.9pp 8th 17% above peers
Newark, NJ 9.8% 25th -1.8pp 9th 47% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 7.6% 21st -0.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Madison, WI 2.2% 2nd -0.1pp 11th 67% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 7.9% 23rd -0.2pp 12th 19% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 4.9% 10th -0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 8.4% 24th +0.1pp 14th 26% above peers
Reno, NV 6.7% 15th +0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Pittsburgh, PA 3.7% 4th +0.2pp 16th 44% below peers
Riverside, CA 6.3% 12th +0.3pp 17th 6% below peers
Lubbock, TX 4.2% 6th +0.3pp 18th 36% below peers
Stockton, CA 10.1% 27th +1.0pp 19th 51% above peers
Lexington, KY 4.2% 5th +0.5pp 20th 37% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 12.1% 29th +1.5pp 21st 81% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 6.8% 17th +0.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Lincoln, NE 3.5% 3rd +0.7pp 23rd 48% below peers
Toledo, OH 12.0% 28th +2.6pp 24th 79% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 25th 97% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 6.7% 16th +1.9pp 26th on par with peers
St. Petersburg, FL 7.2% 20th +2.1pp 27th 7% above peers
Plano, TX 7.1% 18th +2.1pp 28th 6% above peers
Buffalo, NY 9.9% 26th +3.1pp 29th 49% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 6.5% 13th +2.1pp 30th 3% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 14.1% 31st +5.0pp 31st 111% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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 (250k-1m) 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 →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 12% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 261,940 to 294,078 - more than the combined survey margin (±132). 21 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 15% from 2014 to 2024 (255,861 to 294,078).
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Las Vegas, NV 278,595 22nd +15% 1st 4% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 280,262 20th +15% 2nd 4% below peers
Irvine, CA 311,690 8th +14% 3rd 7% above peers
Orlando, FL 319,758 3rd +14% 4th 10% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 294,078 15th +12% 5th 1% above peers
Chandler, AZ 280,136 21st +11% 6th 4% below peers
Reno, NV 273,212 26th +11% 7th 6% below peers
Newark, NJ 310,178 10th +10% 8th 6% above peers
Madison, WI 278,001 23rd +9% 9th 5% below peers
Durham, NC 291,467 16th +8% 10th on par with peers
Buffalo, NY 276,854 24th +8% 11th 5% below peers
Lubbock, TX 264,814 29th +4% 12th 9% below peers
Stockton, CA 322,326 2nd +4% 13th 11% above peers
Lincoln, NE 294,856 14th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 301,198 13th +3% 15th 3% above peers
Cincinnati, OH 311,224 9th +3% 16th 7% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 276,375 25th +3% 17th 5% below peers
Plano, TX 290,594 17th +1% 18th on par with peers
Fort Wayne, IN 268,589 27th +1% 19th 8% below peers
Lexington, KY 323,725 1st +1% 20th 11% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 307,284 11th +1% 21st 5% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 304,759 12th +1% 22nd 5% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 262,732 30th +1% 23rd 10% below peers
Laredo, TX 257,619 31st -1% 24th 12% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 288,976 18th -2% 25th 1% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 317,995 5th -2% 26th 9% above peers
Riverside, CA 319,069 4th -2% 27th 9% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 317,419 6th -3% 28th 9% above peers
Toledo, OH 267,463 28th -3% 29th 8% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 312,534 7th -6% 30th 7% above peers
St. Louis, MO 288,512 19th -6% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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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Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 0.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.6% to 19.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.6pp). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (20.9% to 19.7%).
19.7%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 21.4% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Orlando, FL 21.4% 20th +0.3pp 1st 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 24.8% 5th +0.2pp 2nd 11% above peers
Lexington, KY 21.0% 21st +0.1pp 3rd 6% below peers
Greensboro, NC 21.7% 18th -0.1pp 4th 3% below peers
Madison, WI 16.1% 28th -0.2pp 5th 28% below peers
Buffalo, NY 22.3% 16th -0.3pp 6th on par with peers
Lubbock, TX 22.9% 13th -0.4pp 7th 3% above peers
Irvine, CA 21.7% 19th -0.4pp 8th 3% below peers
Toledo, OH 22.9% 14th -0.6pp 9th 2% above peers
Lincoln, NE 21.9% 17th -0.7pp 10th 2% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 14.6% 31st -0.5pp 11th 35% below peers
Riverside, CA 23.1% 11th -0.8pp 12th 3% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 24.5% 6th -0.8pp 13th 10% above peers
Stockton, CA 26.7% 3rd -1.0pp 14th 20% above peers
Fort Wayne, IN 24.3% 7th -1.0pp 15th 9% above peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 23.5% 8th -1.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Jersey City, NJ 19.7% 26th -0.9pp 17th 12% below peers
Corpus Christi, TX 23.4% 10th -1.2pp 18th 5% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 16.1% 29th -0.9pp 19th 28% below peers
Laredo, TX 31.3% 1st -1.8pp 20th 40% above peers
St. Louis, MO 18.3% 27th -1.1pp 21st 18% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 20.7% 23rd -1.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 23.5% 9th -1.5pp 23rd 5% above peers
Gilbert, AZ 28.1% 2nd -1.8pp 24th 26% above peers
Reno, NV 19.9% 25th -1.4pp 25th 11% below peers
Plano, TX 20.9% 22nd -1.6pp 26th 6% below peers
Durham, NC 20.1% 24th -1.6pp 27th 10% below peers
Chandler, AZ 22.8% 15th -2.4pp 28th 2% above peers
North Las Vegas, NV 25.5% 4th -3.2pp 29th 14% above peers
Santa Ana, CA 22.9% 12th -4.0pp 30th 3% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 15.3% 30th -2.9pp 31st 32% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 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 ±0.5pp 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 Falling
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Single-parent fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.5% to 31.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.2pp). 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 10.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.3% to 31.6%).
31.6%
20102024
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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
Chandler, AZ 27.9% 26th +5.1pp 1st 25% below peers
Irvine, CA 17.7% 31st +3.2pp 2nd 52% below peers
Gilbert, AZ 19.9% 29th +3.5pp 3rd 47% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 31.6% 22nd +4.2pp 4th 15% below peers
Laredo, TX 39.6% 11th +4.4pp 5th 7% above peers
Madison, WI 31.3% 23rd +3.5pp 6th 16% below peers
Stockton, CA 41.2% 9th +3.1pp 7th 11% above peers
Reno, NV 38.0% 14th +2.6pp 8th 2% above peers
Toledo, OH 61.7% 2nd +3.8pp 9th 66% above peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 68.2% 1st +3.3pp 10th 83% above peers
Plano, TX 19.4% 30th +0.7pp 11th 48% below peers
Santa Ana, CA 29.5% 25th +0.9pp 12th 21% below peers
Saint Paul, MN 39.6% 12th +1.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Lincoln, NE 26.7% 27th +0.8pp 14th 28% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 40.3% 10th +0.5pp 15th 8% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 37.0% 17th +0.4pp 16th 1% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 37.2% 16th +0.3pp 17th on par with peers
Newark, NJ 58.1% 3rd -0.2pp 18th 56% above peers
Riverside, CA 30.1% 24th -0.6pp 19th 19% below peers
Greensboro, NC 42.9% 7th -1.1pp 20th 15% above peers
Lexington, KY 31.7% 20th -1.2pp 21st 15% below peers
Pittsburgh, PA 42.6% 8th -2.1pp 22nd 15% above peers
Buffalo, NY 52.2% 5th -3.6pp 23rd 40% above peers
St. Louis, MO 52.2% 6th -4.0pp 24th 40% above peers
Lubbock, TX 35.6% 19th -2.8pp 25th 4% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 56.2% 4th -6.5pp 26th 51% above peers
Orlando, FL 38.9% 13th -5.0pp 27th 5% above peers
Chula Vista, CA 23.6% 28th -3.3pp 28th 37% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 31.6% 21st -4.9pp 29th 15% below peers
St. Petersburg, FL 36.0% 18th -5.7pp 30th 3% below peers
Durham, NC 37.4% 15th -5.9pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (61.1% then, 65.3% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.7% to 65.3%).
65.3%
20102024
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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
Gilbert, AZ 70.7% 11th +15.2pp 1st 3% above peers
Buffalo, NY 65.5% 20th +7.7pp 2nd 4% below peers
North Las Vegas, NV 69.3% 13th +8.0pp 3rd 1% above peers
Irvine, CA 61.7% 28th +6.5pp 4th 10% below peers
Riverside, CA 67.2% 19th +5.6pp 5th 2% below peers
Chula Vista, CA 71.4% 10th +5.5pp 6th 4% above peers
Laredo, TX 56.3% 31st +4.2pp 7th 18% below peers
Jersey City, NJ 65.3% 22nd +4.2pp 8th 5% below peers
Chandler, AZ 67.6% 18th +4.2pp 9th 1% below peers
Stockton, CA 63.5% 25th +3.8pp 10th 7% below peers
Plano, TX 59.9% 30th +3.3pp 11th 13% below peers
Anchorage municipality, AK 68.5% 16th +3.2pp 12th on par with peers
Santa Ana, CA 62.8% 26th +2.4pp 13th 8% below peers
San Juan zona urbana, PR 65.5% 21st +1.5pp 14th 4% below peers
Newark, NJ 72.3% 8th +1.5pp 15th 6% above peers
Lexington, KY 74.2% 5th +1.1pp 16th 8% above peers
St. Petersburg, FL 72.6% 7th +0.8pp 17th 6% above peers
Reno, NV 75.1% 2nd +0.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Durham, NC 74.5% 4th -0.5pp 19th 9% above peers
Madison, WI 75.9% 1st -0.7pp 20th 11% above peers
Pittsburgh, PA 69.1% 15th -0.7pp 21st 1% above peers
Greensboro, NC 69.6% 12th -0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Corpus Christi, TX 60.9% 29th -0.8pp 23rd 11% below peers
Lubbock, TX 67.8% 17th -1.0pp 24th 1% below peers
Orlando, FL 71.5% 9th -1.8pp 25th 4% above peers
Lincoln, NE 73.5% 6th -1.9pp 26th 7% above peers
St. Louis, MO 74.5% 3rd -2.2pp 27th 9% above peers
Toledo, OH 69.3% 14th -4.5pp 28th 1% above peers
Saint Paul, MN 64.9% 23rd -6.9pp 29th 5% below peers
Cincinnati, OH 64.5% 24th -7.3pp 30th 6% below peers
Fort Wayne, IN 62.2% 27th -8.3pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 77 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±3.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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