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56,345 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 5 indicators

Where New Brunswick, NJ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$65,810
2020-24
▲ 50%
relative change
$43,783 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.5%
May 2026
▼ 17%
relative change
5.4% a year earlier
Holding up better than peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
88.1%
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
75.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
53.1%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
59.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.8%
2020-24
▲ 88%
relative change
2.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where New Brunswick, NJ shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Uninsured
People without health insurance
22.5%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
17.7% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
54.7%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
70.3% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
43.5%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
38.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
21.4%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
18.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
26.4%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
28.5% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
27.5%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
28.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.51
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
0.50 in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
20.7%
2019-23
▲ 16%
relative change
17.8% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
23.4%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
22.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
9.9%
2020-24
▲ 21%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 5 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
83.7%
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
57.6% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$353,682
Jun 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$343,468 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,726
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,678 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
56,345
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
55,960 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
60.5%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
53.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 50% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $43,783 to $65,810 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$11,056). 30 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; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 71% from 2014 to 2024 ($38,399 to $65,810).
$65,810
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%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 13th +54% 1st 5% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 26th +50% 2nd 20% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 24th +42% 3rd 12% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 8th +41% 4th 23% above peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 4th +36% 5th 33% above peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 17th +36% 6th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 11th +36% 7th 16% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 25th +34% 8th 12% below peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 2nd +31% 9th 37% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 9th +31% 10th 22% above peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 16th +31% 11th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 14th +30% 12th 2% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 29th +30% 13th 26% below peers
Albany, OR $78,114 20th +29% 14th 5% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 18th +29% 15th 4% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $101,720 7th +28% 16th 24% above peers
Beaumont, CA $107,118 5th +27% 17th 31% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 27th +27% 18th 21% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 31st +27% 19th 43% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 23rd +27% 20th 9% below peers
Berwyn, IL $78,408 19th +25% 21st 4% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 21st +24%* 22nd 5% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 1st +24% 23rd 41% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $112,013 3rd +23% 24th 37% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 30th +22% 25th 36% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 6th +21% 26th 25% above peers
Highland, CA $77,120 22nd +19% 27th 6% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 28th +18% 28th 24% below peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 15th +16% 29th 1% above peers
Kyle, TX $90,323 12th +14% 30th 10% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $97,673 10th +9% 31st 19% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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1 of 11 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$10,751 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 0.7 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening faster than 96% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.5% in May 2026, down from 5.4% a year earlier.
4.5%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 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
Perth Amboy, NJ 5.9% (May 26) 27th -2.0pp 1st 37% above peers
Kettering, OH 2.8% (May 26) 3rd -1.4pp 2nd 35% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 4.5% (May 26) 17th -0.9pp 3rd 5% above peers
Highland, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.7pp 4th 5% above peers
Kingsport, TN 3.0% (May 26) 5th -0.5pp 5th 30% below peers
Beaumont, CA 4.0% (May 26) 12th -0.3pp 6th 7% below peers
Albany, OR 4.8% (May 26) 20th -0.3pp 7th 12% above peers
Smyrna, TN 2.5% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 8th 42% below peers
Bozeman, MT 2.3% (May 26) 1st -0.1pp 9th 47% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 3.9% (May 26) 10th +0.0pp 10th 9% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.1pp 11th 9% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.6% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 12th 16% below peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (May 26) 7th +0.1pp 13th 28% below peers
Bartlett, TN 3.4% (May 26) 8th +0.2pp 14th 21% below peers
Kyle, TX 3.0% (May 26) 6th +0.2pp 15th 30% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.8% (May 26) 4th +0.3pp 16th 35% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.9% (May 26) 23rd +0.3pp 17th 14% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.0% (May 26) 13th +0.4pp 18th 7% below peers
Olympia, WA 4.4% (May 26) 16th +0.4pp 19th 2% above peers
DeSoto, TX 5.2% (May 26) 25th +0.5pp 20th 21% above peers
Berwyn, IL 5.1% (May 26) 24th +0.6pp 21st 19% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.0% (May 26) 14th +0.6pp 22nd 7% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (May 26) 26th +0.7pp 23rd 21% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 4.3% (May 26) 15th +0.9pp 24th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 4.6% (May 26) 19th +1.0pp 25th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 4.8% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 26th 12% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.8% (May 26) 22nd +1.1pp 27th 12% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 8.6% (May 26) 28th +1.2pp 28th 100% 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.9% then, 27.5% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 27.5%).
27.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 9.4% -0.4pp
United States ref 12.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.0% 11th -5.5pp 1st 15% below peers
DeSoto, TX 7.5% 7th -2.5pp 2nd 29% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.2% 9th -2.6pp 3rd 22% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 6th -2.1pp 4th 36% below peers
Bozeman, MT 12.7% 22nd -3.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 2nd -1.3pp 6th 54% below peers
Bartlett, TN 5.0% 3rd -1.1pp 7th 53% below peers
Berwyn, IL 10.9% 18th -1.8pp 8th 3% above peers
Olympia, WA 13.8% 24th -1.5pp 9th 31% above peers
Sarasota, FL 14.0% 25th -0.9pp 10th 33% above peers
Highland, CA 17.0% 27th -0.9pp 11th 61% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.4% 26th -0.8pp 12th 37% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 27.5% 30th -1.4pp 13th 161% above peers
Beaumont, CA 10.0% 15th -0.5pp 14th 5% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.5% 5th -0.2pp 15th 38% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.5% 12th -0.2pp 16th 10% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 8th +0.2pp 17th 24% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 21st +0.3pp 18th 20% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 28.5% 31st +1.7pp 19th 170% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 28th +1.2pp 20th 90% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.5% 29th +1.9pp 21st 94% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.5% 16th +1.0pp 22nd on par with peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.9% 4th +0.6pp 23rd 44% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 13th +1.0pp 24th 9% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.5% 17th +1.2pp 25th on par with peers
Albany, OR 13.3% 23rd +1.6pp 26th 26% above peers
Smyrna, TN 12.4% 19th +1.9pp 27th 18% above peers
Southaven, MS 12.5% 20th +2.1pp 28th 18% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 14th +1.8pp* 29th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.3% 1st +1.4pp 30th 60% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.8% 10th +3.7pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp 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 (38.2% then, 43.5% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.7% to 43.5%).
43.5%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 13.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 3rd -5.3pp 1st 68% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 12th -11.0pp 2nd 33% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 4th -5.3pp 3rd 63% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 11th -8.2pp 4th 35% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 2nd -3.3pp 5th 69% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 10th -6.6pp 6th 37% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 6th -4.0pp 7th 55% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 25th -6.9pp 8th 53% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 13th -2.9pp 9th 27% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.1% 5th -1.6pp 10th 56% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 16th -3.4pp 11th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 18th -3.3pp 12th 8% above peers
Berwyn, IL 15.4% 19th -3.3pp 13th 11% above peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 7th -1.4pp 14th 49% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 14th -1.3pp 15th 24% below peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 28th -2.3pp 16th 96% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 27th -1.6pp 17th 89% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 18th 177% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 8.0% 8th -0.2pp 19th 42% below peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 29th +0.1pp 20th 140% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 26th +0.2pp 21st 69% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 20th +0.7pp 22nd 14% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 23rd +1.7pp 23rd 41% above peers
Beaumont, CA 12.1% 15th +1.1pp 24th 13% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 25th 214% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 21st +2.3pp 26th 36% above peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 24th +5.9pp 27th 46% above peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 22nd +5.7pp 28th 38% above peers
Kyle, TX 8.7% 9th +3.0pp 29th 37% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 17th +5.5pp* 30th 4% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 3.7% 1st +1.7pp 31st 73% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±7.2pp 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 12.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75.6% to 88.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp). 29 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; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 14.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.3% to 88.1%).
88.1%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 92.9% +6.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Perth Amboy, NJ 89.4% 27th +29.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 30th +26.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 11th +14.3pp 3rd 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 31st +12.5pp 4th 6% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 24th +12.7pp 5th 2% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 7th +11.9pp 6th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 29th +11.0pp 7th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 25th +10.5pp 8th 3% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 16th +10.2pp 9th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 28th +8.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 15th +9.1pp 11th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 23rd +9.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Kyle, TX 98.2% 2nd +9.3pp 13th 5% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 94.0% 13th +8.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 92.3% 21st +8.1pp 15th 1% below peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 14th +8.1pp 16th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 9th +8.0pp 17th 1% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 26th +6.9pp 18th 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 12th +6.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 19th +5.9pp* 20th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 5th +6.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 20th +5.4pp 22nd 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 18th +4.9pp 23rd on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 10th +4.4pp 24th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 4th +4.4pp 25th 4% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 95.0% 6th +4.2pp 26th 2% above peers
Beaumont, CA 93.2% 17th +3.8pp 27th on par with peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 3rd +4.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 98.9% 1st +3.6pp 29th 6% above peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 22nd +3.1pp 30th 1% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 8th +3.0pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.50 then, 0.51 now; margin ±0.03). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.51).
0.51
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 0.48 -0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 29th -0.033 1st 19% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 27th -0.024 2nd 17% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 20th -0.015 3rd 2% above peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 18th -0.015 4th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 16th -0.015 5th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 12th -0.010 6th 4% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 0.43 17th -0.010 7th on par with peers
Highland, CA 0.46 23rd -0.006 8th 6% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 22nd -0.005 9th 3% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 19th -0.004 10th 1% above peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 7th -0.001 11th 5% below peers
Berwyn, IL 0.41 11th +0.002 12th 4% below peers
Beaumont, CA 0.38 3rd +0.002 13th 10% below peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 2nd +0.003 14th 13% below peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 6th +0.003 15th 8% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 28th +0.005 16th 18% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 14th +0.005 17th 2% below peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 5th +0.007 18th 8% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 24th +0.008 19th 7% above peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 25th +0.013 20th 13% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 13th +0.012* 21st 2% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 21st +0.020 22nd 3% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 10th +0.021 23rd 4% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 0.42 15th +0.022 24th 2% below peers
Kyle, TX 0.37 1st +0.024 25th 15% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 30th +0.035 26th 20% above peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 26th +0.036 27th 14% above peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 28th 36% above peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 8th +0.031 29th 5% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 9th +0.051 30th 5% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.39 4th +0.050 31st 10% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (17.8% then, 20.7% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 11 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 3.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.1% to 20.7%).
20.7%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Coeur d'Alene, ID 8.7% 13th -5.8pp 1st 6% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 4th -1.8pp 2nd 57% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 5th -1.8pp 3rd 53% below peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 7th -1.5pp 4th 39% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 21st -3.1pp 5th 24% above peers
Sarasota, FL 9.1% 14th -2.4pp 6th 1% below peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 24th -3.6pp 7th 72% above peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 15th -1.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 11th -1.3pp 9th 16% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.4% 2nd -0.5pp 10th 63% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 23.8% 30th -3.0pp 11th 159% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 19th -1.3pp 12th 19% above peers
Olympia, WA 15.3% 23rd -1.4pp 13th 66% above peers
Smyrna, TN 9.7% 17th -0.8pp 14th 5% above peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 26th -1.1pp 15th 90% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 7.1% 9th -0.4pp 16th 23% below peers
Berwyn, IL 16.2% 25th -0.8pp 17th 76% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 10th -0.4pp 18th 16% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 16th -0.3pp 19th on par with peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 27th -0.3pp 20th 101% above peers
Kyle, TX 6.8% 8th +0.5pp 21st 26% below peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 3rd +0.4pp 22nd 62% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 25.8% 31st +3.5pp 23rd 180% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 28th +2.9pp 24th 125% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 23.1% 29th +4.4pp 25th 151% above peers
Beaumont, CA 11.1% 20th +2.4pp 26th 20% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 2.9% 1st +0.9pp 27th 68% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.4% 6th +1.8pp 28th 41% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.4% 18th +3.6pp 29th 12% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.2% 12th +4.3pp 30th 11% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 11.6% 22nd 26% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $452,183 in June 2026, up from $449,888 a year earlier.
$452,183
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $584,681 (Jun 26) +3.3%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Mount Prospect, IL $458,867 (Jun 26) 11th +6.8% 1st 4% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $301,889 (Jun 26) 23rd +6.3% 2nd 31% below peers
Berwyn, IL $325,587 (Jun 26) 20th +6.0% 3rd 26% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,400,152 (Jun 26) 1st +4.2% 4th 218% above peers
Kettering, OH $251,740 (Jun 26) 27th +3.1% 5th 43% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $611,418 (Jun 26) 4th +2.9% 6th 39% above peers
Port Arthur, TX $126,888 (Jun 26) 28th +2.0% 7th 71% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $506,201 (Jun 26) 10th +2.0% 8th 15% above peers
Southaven, MS $276,561 (Jun 26) 25th +1.8% 9th 37% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $383,279 (Jun 26) 18th +1.5% 10th 13% below peers
Highland, CA $538,218 (Jun 26) 7th +1.0% 11th 22% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $452,183 (Jun 26) 12th +0.5% 12th 3% above peers
Albany, OR $440,581 (Jun 26) 14th +0.3% 13th on par with peers
Olympia, WA $538,646 (Jun 26) 6th -0.2% 14th 22% above peers
Beaumont, CA $538,963 (Jun 26) 5th -0.2% 15th 22% above peers
Kingsport, TN $259,315 (Jun 26) 26th -0.4% 16th 41% below peers
Spring Hill, TN $526,821 (Jun 26) 8th -0.4% 17th 20% above peers
Smyrna, TN $405,721 (Jun 26) 17th -0.9% 18th 8% below peers
Bozeman, MT $733,959 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.9% 19th 67% above peers
Bartlett, TN $325,542 (Jun 26) 21st -0.9% 20th 26% below peers
Marana, AZ $436,171 (Jun 26) 15th -1.6% 21st 1% below peers
DeSoto, TX $324,894 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.8% 22nd 26% below peers
Tigard, OR $611,673 (Jun 26) 3rd -2.5% 23rd 39% above peers
Smyrna, GA $449,565 (Jun 26) 13th -2.9% 24th 2% above peers
Sarasota, FL $413,325 (Jun 26) 16th -5.1% 25th 6% below peers
Bradenton, FL $353,306 (Jun 26) 19th -5.3% 26th 20% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $507,317 (Jun 26) 9th -5.9% 27th 15% above peers
Kyle, TX $299,898 (Jun 26) 24th -7.1% 28th 32% below 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $353,682 in June 2026, up from $343,468 a year earlier.
$353,682
2000June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 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%
Port Arthur, TX $86,650 (Jun 26) 28th +14.1% 1st 72% below peers
Berwyn, IL $265,152 (Jun 26) 19th +9.7% 2nd 16% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $303,664 (Jun 26) 16th +6.4% 3rd 3% below peers
Kettering, OH $186,333 (Jun 26) 26th +4.7% 4th 41% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $198,168 (Jun 26) 25th +4.6% 5th 37% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,063,939 (Jun 26) 1st +4.0% 6th 239% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $353,682 (Jun 26) 10th +3.0% 7th 13% above peers
Highland, CA $426,513 (Jun 26) 7th +2.9% 8th 36% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $421,630 (Jun 26) 8th +2.9% 9th 34% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $454,026 (Jun 26) 5th +2.4% 10th 45% above peers
Southaven, MS $205,525 (Jun 26) 24th +2.1% 11th 35% below peers
Albany, OR $346,940 (Jun 26) 12th +0.7% 12th 10% above peers
Bartlett, TN $257,077 (Jun 26) 21st +0.6% 13th 18% below peers
Spring Hill, TN $400,914 (Jun 26) 9th +0.6% 14th 28% above peers
Kingsport, TN $161,761 (Jun 26) 27th +0.5% 15th 48% below peers
Olympia, WA $436,770 (Jun 26) 6th +0.4% 16th 39% above peers
Beaumont, CA $457,443 (Jun 26) 4th +0.2% 17th 46% above peers
Smyrna, TN $326,614 (Jun 26) 13th -0.7% 18th 4% above peers
Marana, AZ $349,741 (Jun 26) 11th -1.1% 19th 11% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $275,805 (Jun 26) 17th -1.1% 20th 12% below peers
DeSoto, TX $267,925 (Jun 26) 18th -1.6% 21st 15% below peers
Bozeman, MT $496,539 (Jun 26) 2nd -2.1% 22nd 58% above peers
Tigard, OR $477,493 (Jun 26) 3rd -2.4% 23rd 52% above peers
Smyrna, GA $311,607 (Jun 26) 15th -2.7% 24th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $313,982 (Jun 26) 14th -6.6% 25th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL $262,960 (Jun 26) 20th -6.6% 26th 16% below peers
Kyle, TX $255,853 (Jun 26) 22nd -6.9% 27th 19% below peers
Bradenton, FL $207,980 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.7% 28th 34% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.7% then, 21.4% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.0% to 21.4%).
21.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 63.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Perth Amboy, NJ 35.4% 30th +6.8pp 1st 45% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 2nd 67% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 20th +7.3pp 3rd 7% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 10th +6.1pp 4th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 9th +5.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 21st +4.1pp 6th 7% below peers
Olympia, WA 49.8% 27th +2.8pp 7th 22% below peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 2nd +4.3pp 8th 31% above peers
Berwyn, IL 61.1% 18th +3.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Beaumont, CA 80.8% 5th +3.7pp 10th 26% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 13th +2.5pp 11th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 3rd +3.0pp 12th 29% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 28th +1.6pp 13th 30% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 4th +1.3pp 14th 28% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 23rd +0.3pp 15th 9% below peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 1st +0.4pp 16th 34% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 17th +0.1pp 17th 4% below peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 22nd +0.1pp 18th 8% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 24th -0.1pp 19th 10% below peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 25th -0.3pp 20th 10% below peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 15th -0.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Kyle, TX 67.0% 12th -0.5pp 22nd 5% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 8th -0.6pp* 23rd 14% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 68.7% 11th -0.7pp 24th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 26th -1.6pp 25th 13% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 19th -2.2pp 26th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 73.4% 6th -2.8pp 27th 15% above peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 16th -2.8pp 28th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 29th -2.5pp 29th 31% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 73.4% 7th -4.3pp 30th 15% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 14th -5.3pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,726 in June 2026, up from $2,678 a year earlier.
$2,726
2018June 2026
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▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Port Arthur, TX $1,328 (Jun 26) 28th +10.0% 1st 30% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,355 (Jun 26) 27th +6.7% 2nd 29% below peers
Berwyn, IL $1,472 (Jun 26) 25th +6.0% 3rd 22% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,216 (Jun 26) 9th +4.2% 4th 17% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA $2,698 (Jun 26) 3rd +3.3% 5th 42% above peers
Highland, CA $2,459 (Jun 26) 4th +3.0% 6th 30% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,848 (Jun 26) 17th +2.9% 7th 2% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $1,807 (Jun 26) 18th +2.9% 8th 5% below peers
Kettering, OH $1,366 (Jun 26) 26th +2.9% 9th 28% below peers
Beaumont, CA $2,704 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.7% 10th 43% above peers
Olympia, WA $2,013 (Jun 26) 11th +2.6% 11th 6% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,938 (Jun 26) 13th +2.3% 12th 2% above peers
Bozeman, MT $2,227 (Jun 26) 7th +1.9% 13th 17% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,726 (Jun 26) 1st +1.8% 14th 44% above peers
Smyrna, TN $1,693 (Jun 26) 21st +1.6% 15th 11% below peers
Albany, OR $1,774 (Jun 26) 19th +1.1% 16th 6% below peers
Smyrna, GA $1,614 (Jun 26) 22nd +0.3% 17th 15% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,400 (Jun 26) 5th +0.3% 18th 27% above peers
Southaven, MS $1,540 (Jun 26) 24th +0.2% 19th 19% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,895 (Jun 26) 15th +0.2% 20th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL $1,718 (Jun 26) 20th -0.1% 21st 9% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $1,955 (Jun 26) 12th -0.4% 22nd 3% above peers
Sarasota, FL $2,218 (Jun 26) 8th -1.1% 23rd 17% above peers
DeSoto, TX $1,926 (Jun 26) 14th -1.3% 24th 2% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $2,030 (Jun 26) 10th -2.0% 25th 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL $1,850 (Jun 26) 16th -3.5% 26th 2% below peers
Kyle, TX $1,607 (Jun 26) 23rd -5.0% 27th 15% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 6th 26% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.2% to 53.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.2pp). None 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; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 10.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.5% to 53.1%).
53.1%
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
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 10th -3.8pp 1st 15% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 2nd 45% above peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 13th -3.1pp 3rd 11% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 20th -1.9pp 4th 7% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 3rd -0.5pp* 5th 31% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 31.9% 12th -0.6pp 6th 12% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 23rd +0.0pp 7th 11% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 4th +0.2pp 8th 30% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 7th +0.3pp 9th 20% below peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 25th +0.7pp 10th 13% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 11th 51% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 24th +1.1pp 12th 13% above peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 22nd +1.4pp 13th 11% above peers
Berwyn, IL 39.3% 21st +1.4pp 14th 8% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 29th +2.1pp 15th 42% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 27.9% 6th +1.2pp 16th 23% below peers
Beaumont, CA 36.5% 16th +2.3pp 17th on par with peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 26th +2.9pp 18th 19% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 8th +2.4pp 19th 18% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 18th +3.3pp 20th 3% above peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 2nd +2.5pp 21st 36% below peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 1st +2.5pp 22nd 40% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 11th +3.6pp 23rd 15% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 15th +4.2pp 24th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 17th +4.4pp 25th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 14th +4.0pp 26th 11% below peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 27th +5.6pp 27th 21% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 9th +5.1pp 28th 16% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 27.6% 5th +5.0pp 29th 24% below peers
Kyle, TX 37.8% 19th +7.2pp 30th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 28th +10.0pp 31st 24% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±4.1pp 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 down (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 (28.5% then, 26.4% now; margin ±4.0pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.5% to 26.4%).
26.4%
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 11.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Spring Hill, TN 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 1st 83% below peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 11th -1.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 14th -1.9pp 3rd 13% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 4th 35% below peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 23rd -2.2pp 5th 26% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 25th -2.2pp 6th 39% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 22nd -1.6pp 7th 15% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 16th -1.3pp 8th on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 7th -0.9pp 9th 27% below peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 26th -1.3pp 10th 43% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 24th -1.1pp 11th 27% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 8th -0.6pp 12th 27% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 4th -0.4pp 13th 46% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 14th 396% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 18th -0.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 16th 293% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 21st -0.0pp 17th 14% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 29th -0.0pp 18th 105% above peers
Berwyn, IL 9.0% 28th +0.1pp 19th 69% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 20th +0.4pp 20th 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 10th +0.3pp 21st 24% below peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 13th +0.5pp 22nd 14% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 27th +1.4pp* 23rd 63% above peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 3rd +0.6pp 24th 48% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 5.9% 19th +1.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 6th +1.1pp 26th 31% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 15th +1.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 12th +1.4pp 28th 23% below peers
Kyle, TX 1.9% 2nd +0.8pp 29th 63% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.3% 17th +2.2pp 30th on par with peers
Beaumont, CA 3.9% 9th +2.1pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±3.3pp 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
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 4.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.7% to 22.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.0% to 22.5%).
22.5%
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
Tigard, OR 3.1% 2nd -4.3pp 1st 65% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 3rd -1.8pp 2nd 63% below peers
Bozeman, MT 6.2% 12th -2.2pp 3rd 29% below peers
Marana, AZ 3.6% 4th -1.2pp 4th 58% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.1% 24th -3.2pp 5th 38% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.0% 11th -1.5pp 6th 31% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 21st -2.7pp 7th 23% above peers
Beaumont, CA 4.5% 5th -1.1pp 8th 49% below peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 15th -1.7pp 9th 11% below peers
Berwyn, IL 10.2% 19th -1.5pp 10th 16% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.1% 18th -1.0pp 11th 4% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 28th -1.6pp 12th 72% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 20th -1.1pp 13th 21% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 14th -0.7pp 14th 16% below peers
Olympia, WA 5.5% 8th -0.3pp 15th 37% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 1st -0.1pp* 16th 69% below peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 27th -0.1pp 17th 70% above peers
Albany, OR 6.7% 13th -0.0pp 18th 23% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.1% 31st +0.1pp 19th 234% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 20th 36% below peers
Kyle, TX 12.1% 23rd +0.5pp 21st 38% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.7% 6th +0.3pp 22nd 46% below peers
Kingsport, TN 8.7% 16th +0.7pp 23rd on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 22nd +1.2pp 24th 25% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 19.8% 29th +2.8pp 25th 127% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 9.1% 17th +1.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.7% 10th +1.2pp 27th 35% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.5% 30th +4.7pp 28th 157% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 5.5% 7th +1.3pp 29th 37% below peers
Smyrna, TN 13.4% 26th +3.9pp 30th 54% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.0% 25th +3.8pp 31st 49% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.8%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 30.0%
United States ref 33.4%
Fountain Valley, CA 21.7% 1st 35% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 2nd 28% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 28.2% 3rd 16% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.8% 4th 14% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 5th 14% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 6th 13% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 7th 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 29.4% 8th 13% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 9th 9% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 10th 7% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 11th 7% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 32.9% 12th 2% below peers
Beaumont, CA 33.1% 13th 1% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 14th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 33.4% 15th 1% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 16th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 17th 1% above peers
Kyle, TX 33.9% 18th 1% above peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 19th 2% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 20th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 35.4% 21st 5% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 22nd 7% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 23rd 7% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 24th 7% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 25th 11% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 26th 12% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 27th 12% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 28th 14% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 29th 20% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 30th 22% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 31st 25% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 9.9% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 9.9%).
9.9%
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 4.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 1st -3.2pp 1st 69% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 15th -8.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 9th -5.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 19th -5.5pp 4th 10% above peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 7th -2.7pp 5th 32% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 3rd -2.2pp 6th 43% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 6th -2.2pp 7th 35% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.6% 13th -1.1pp 8th 12% below peers
Berwyn, IL 2.3% 2nd -0.7pp 9th 45% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 10th -0.8pp 10th 23% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 5th -0.5pp 12th 36% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.3% 23rd -1.0pp 13th 101% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 20th +0.1pp 14th 16% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 27th +0.3pp 15th 183% above peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 24th +0.6pp 16th 108% above peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 21st +0.7pp 17th 20% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 22nd +0.8pp 18th 23% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 26th +1.7pp 19th 139% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 20th 386% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 28th +2.7pp 21st 191% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 8th +0.7pp 22nd 29% below peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 14th +1.0pp 23rd 10% below peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 30th +5.0pp 24th 301% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 18th +1.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.4% 12th +1.2pp 26th 17% below peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 25th +3.8pp 27th 128% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.4% 11th +1.6pp 28th 19% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 4th +1.2pp* 29th 40% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 29th +7.8pp 30th 237% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.2% 17th +2.6pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.6% then, 23.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 23.4%).
23.4%
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 43.6% +3.9pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Olympia, WA 51.8% 3rd +8.1pp 1st 64% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 23rd +4.3pp 2nd 11% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 12th +6.2pp 3rd 32% above peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 29th +2.6pp 4th 43% below peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 17th +4.4pp 5th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 10th +5.7pp 6th 36% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 4th +6.8pp 7th 61% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 22nd +3.7pp 8th 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 11th +5.3pp 9th 32% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 18th +3.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 2nd +5.9pp 11th 88% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 48.5% 6th +4.8pp 12th 54% above peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 1st +6.4pp 13th 106% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 24th +2.6pp 14th 12% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 15th +3.0pp 15th 13% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 16th 60% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 21st +2.1pp 17th 7% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.3% 5th +3.5pp 18th 59% above peers
Berwyn, IL 24.2% 26th +1.6pp 19th 23% below peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 20th +1.9pp 20th 5% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 8th +2.9pp 21st 47% above peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 7th +2.8pp 22nd 51% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 13th +2.0pp* 23rd 25% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 16th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Beaumont, CA 27.4% 25th +1.2pp 25th 13% below peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 28th +0.8pp 26th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 27th +0.8pp 27th 26% below peers
Kyle, TX 31.0% 19th +0.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 30th +0.3pp 29th 50% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 45.9% 9th +0.9pp 30th 45% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 14th -0.6pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 15.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 70.3% to 54.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.4pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.6% to 54.7%).
54.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 61.6% -3.7pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 7th +20.3pp 1st 26% above peers
Kyle, TX 53.1% 10th +18.3pp 2nd 15% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 42.7% 20th +9.4pp 3rd 8% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 2nd +13.9pp* 4th 67% above peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 16th +6.8pp 5th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 21st +5.0pp 6th 12% below peers
Berwyn, IL 50.8% 13th +4.0pp 7th 10% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 15th +3.6pp 8th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 4th +2.6pp 9th 34% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 11th +1.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 1st +1.5pp 11th 69% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 28th +0.1pp 12th 33% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 17th -1.1pp 13th 5% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 9th -1.5pp 14th 16% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 5th -2.5pp 15th 33% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 3rd -3.3pp 16th 34% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 12th -3.7pp 17th 10% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 23rd -3.0pp 18th 12% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 19th -5.4pp 19th 7% below peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 24th -5.4pp 20th 19% below peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 22nd -6.5pp 21st 12% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 26th -6.3pp 22nd 27% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.4% 14th -12.4pp 23rd 9% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 8th -15.6pp 24th 18% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 6th -17.6pp 25th 29% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 29th -9.6pp 26th 37% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 25th -12.5pp 27th 21% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 27th -13.8pp 28th 28% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 43.5% 18th -23.6pp 29th 6% below peers
Beaumont, CA 26.4% 31st -22.3pp 30th 43% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 30th -25.6pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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1 of 11 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.0% then, 3.8% now; margin ±2.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 3.8%).
3.8%
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 5.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 2nd -3.8pp 1st 77% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 6th -3.1pp 2nd 44% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 16th -5.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 19th -5.4pp 4th 6% above peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 21st -3.7pp 5th 21% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 13th -2.1pp 6th 14% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 7th 121% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.5% 4th -0.7pp 8th 51% below peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 18th -1.4pp 9th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 7th -0.3pp 10th 42% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.3% 3rd -0.0pp 11th 54% below peers
Kyle, TX 7.3% 17th +0.2pp 12th 3% above peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 26th +0.6pp 13th 39% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 1st +0.1pp 14th 86% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 15th 35% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 16th 36% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 27th +1.5pp 17th 53% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 30th +2.2pp 18th 99% above peers
Berwyn, IL 7.6% 20th +1.3pp 19th 7% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 14th +1.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 23rd +2.8pp* 21st 25% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 22nd +3.0pp 22nd 23% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 25th +3.3pp 23rd 33% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 29th +4.1pp 24th 55% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.8% 10th +1.9pp 25th 33% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 11th +2.4pp 26th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 5th +1.8pp 27th 47% below peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 15th +3.8pp 28th 2% below peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 12th +3.1pp 29th 19% below peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 28th +6.9pp 30th 54% above peers
Beaumont, CA 9.3% 24th +6.4pp 31st 31% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55,960 to 56,345 - more than the combined survey margin (±84). 24 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 1% from 2014 to 2024 (55,804 to 56,345).
56,345
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
Spring Hill, TN 55,765 26th +40% 1st 1% below peers
Kyle, TX 56,823 8th +33% 2nd 1% above peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 4th +26% 3rd 1% above peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 20th +20% 4th on par with peers
Beaumont, CA 56,266 15th +19% 5th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 10th +14% 6th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 13th +12% 7th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 22nd +9% 8th 1% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 24th +8% 9th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 56,839 7th +6% 10th 1% above peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 19th +6% 11th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 16th +5% 12th on par with peers
Apple Valley, MN 55,679 27th +5% 13th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 21st +5% 14th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 18th +4% 15th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 1st +3% 16th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 56,675 11th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 6th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 55,472 31st +2% 19th 1% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 25th +1% 20th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 2nd +1% 21st 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 14th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 12th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 17th +0% 24th on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 55,595 30th +0% 25th 1% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 3rd +0% 26th 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 23rd +0% 27th 1% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 9th -0%* 28th 1% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 5th -4% 29th 1% above peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 29th -8% 30th 1% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 28th -8% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±62 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.8% then, 21.5% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.6% to 21.5%).
21.5%
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
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 28th +1.5pp 1st 30% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 11th +2.1pp 2nd 4% above peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 9th +1.7pp 3rd 9% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 21st +0.4pp 4th 8% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 4th +0.4pp 5th 22% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 24.9% 8th +0.3pp 6th 11% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 10th +0.2pp 7th 5% above peers
Beaumont, CA 29.5% 1st -0.0pp 8th 32% above peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 7th -0.1pp 9th 12% above peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 26th -0.2pp 10th 21% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 27th -0.4pp* 11th 22% below peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 24th -0.5pp 12th 12% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 22.9% 13th -0.7pp 13th 2% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 25th -0.7pp 14th 15% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 20th -0.8pp 15th 7% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 17th -0.8pp 16th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 5th -1.1pp 17th 14% above peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 12th -1.0pp 18th 3% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 19th -1.0pp 19th 5% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 18th -1.3pp 20th 4% below peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 11% below peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 3rd -2.7pp 22nd 24% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 28.9% 2nd -3.1pp 23rd 29% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 29th -1.7pp 24th 31% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 30th -1.6pp 25th 41% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 14th -2.8pp 26th 2% above peers
Kyle, TX 25.4% 6th -3.2pp 27th 14% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 28th 51% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 15th -4.4pp 29th 1% above peers
Berwyn, IL 22.4% 16th -4.8pp 30th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 22nd -6.1pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (53.6% then, 60.5% now; margin ±9.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.1% to 60.5%).
60.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 26.3% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 23rd +7.5pp 1st 27% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 17.2% 30th +5.8pp 2nd 43% below peers
Kyle, TX 29.0% 17th +7.2pp 3rd 3% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 20.9% 24th +4.5pp 4th 30% below peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 5th +8.9pp 5th 50% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 14th +5.6pp* 6th 4% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 4th +8.7pp 7th 61% above peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 9th +6.5pp 8th 32% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 30.0% 16th +4.3pp 9th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 8th +4.9pp 10th 36% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 7th +5.2pp 11th 46% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 12th 102% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 29th +1.4pp 13th 42% below peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 11th +2.3pp 14th 17% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 2nd +3.2pp 15th 80% above peers
Beaumont, CA 28.3% 19th +1.3pp 16th 6% below peers
Berwyn, IL 37.5% 10th +1.5pp 17th 25% above peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 6th +1.3pp 18th 47% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 3rd +1.0pp 19th 68% above peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 18th -0.0pp 20th 4% below peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 22nd -0.2pp 21st 21% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 20th -0.3pp 22nd 9% below peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 15th -1.1pp 23rd 2% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 27th -1.1pp 24th 38% below peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 25th -1.3pp 25th 30% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 13th -3.0pp 26th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 12th -3.5pp 27th 11% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 26th -2.6pp 28th 35% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 21st -5.7pp 29th 15% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 28th -7.3pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Working parents rose 26.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.6% to 83.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±12.7pp). 7 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 22.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.6% to 83.7%).
83.7%
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 72.4% +4.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 2nd +26.1pp 1st 17% above peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 18th +19.1pp 2nd 3% below peers
Marana, AZ 71.4% 16th +19.3pp 3rd on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 74.1% 12th +18.5pp 4th 4% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 31st +13.6pp 5th 22% below peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 20th +14.8pp 6th 5% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 6th +16.0pp 7th 12% above peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 3rd +14.1pp 8th 12% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 15th +10.8pp 9th on par with peers
Kyle, TX 70.1% 17th +10.4pp 10th 2% below peers
Beaumont, CA 75.7% 8th +10.2pp 11th 6% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 5th +10.6pp 12th 12% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 13th 19% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 4th +8.9pp 14th 12% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 13th +7.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 7th +7.5pp 16th 8% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 9th +6.4pp 17th 6% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 14th +5.8pp 18th 1% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 19th +5.1pp 19th 4% below peers
Berwyn, IL 74.5% 11th +1.2pp 20th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 10th +0.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 27th -4.2pp 22nd 15% below peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 30th -4.2pp 23rd 19% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 25th -7.0pp 24th 15% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 64.7% 23rd -7.8pp 25th 9% below peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 26th -7.9pp 26th 15% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 21st -8.8pp 27th 5% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 22nd -8.9pp 28th 8% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 24th -10.8pp 29th 10% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 58.0% 29th -10.5pp 30th 19% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 28th -19.8pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±9.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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