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57,133 people (2025) 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
5.3%
Jul 2026
▼ 25%
relative change
7.1% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind 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
22.6%
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
17.8% 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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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
32.0%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
34.4% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing 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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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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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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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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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
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)
$352,436
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$341,793 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,731
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,668 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$448,096
Aug 2026
▲ <1%
relative change
$445,257 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
60.5%
2020-24
high
vs peers
53.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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All indicators

Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

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).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. New Brunswick started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 71% from 2014 to 2024 ($38,399 to $65,810).
Bright spot $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%
Plainfield, NJ $85,908 12th +52% 1st 6% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 24th +50% 2nd 19% below peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 3rd 18% below peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 4th 44% below peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 3rd +36% 5th 34% above peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 16th +36% 6th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD $123,653 1st +36% 7th 52% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 8th +36% 8th 17% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 15th +32% 9th 1% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 10th +32% 10th 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 6th +31% 11th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 11th +30% 12th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 13th +30% 13th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 28th +30% 14th 25% below peers
Albany, OR $78,114 18th +29% 15th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 17th +29% 16th 3% below peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 26th +27% 17th 24% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 30th +27% 18th 42% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 21st +27% 19th 8% below peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 2nd +26% 20th 38% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 19th +24%* 21st 4% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 5th +24% 22nd 24% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 29th +22% 23rd 35% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 22nd +21% 24th 10% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 27th +21% 25th 25% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 4th +21% 26th 26% above peers
Highland, CA $77,120 20th +19% 27th 5% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 25th +18% 28th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 9th +18% 29th 16% above peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 14th +16% 30th 2% above peers
Orland Park, IL $98,910 7th +9% 31st 22% 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 Improving recently, leading peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Unemployment fell 1.8 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.7 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment rose less than 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.3% in July 2026, down from 7.1% a year earlier.
Bright spot 5.3%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 4.4% (Jul 26) -1.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Perth Amboy, NJ 7.6% (Jul 26) 29th -3.0pp 1st 69% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 5.5% (Jul 26) 25th -1.9pp 2nd 22% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 5.3% (Jul 26) 21st -1.8pp 3rd 18% above peers
Kettering, OH 3.3% (Jul 26) 4th -1.3pp 4th 27% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th -0.9pp 5th 4% above peers
Olympia, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 5th -0.8pp 6th 24% below peers
Highland, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 7th 22% above peers
Kingsport, TN 3.5% (Jul 26) 7th -0.7pp 8th 22% below peers
Valdosta, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.6pp 9th 11% below peers
Albany, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.5pp 10th 18% above peers
Anderson, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.5pp 11th 9% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 8th -0.4pp 12th 20% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.4% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 13th 24% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 15th -0.3pp 14th on par with peers
National City, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 27th -0.3pp 15th 27% above peers
Bartlett, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 9th -0.2pp 16th 16% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.8% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 17th 16% below peers
Tigard, OR 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.1pp 18th 20% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 24th -0.1pp 19th 20% above peers
Smyrna, GA 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st +0.0pp 20th 31% below peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Burleson, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.2pp 23rd 31% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 18th +0.3pp 24th 16% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.7% (Jul 26) 17th +0.3pp 25th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 6.1% (Jul 26) 28th +0.4pp 26th 36% above peers
Decatur, AL 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.4pp 27th 31% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 19th +0.6pp 28th 16% above peers
Bradenton, FL 5.2% (Jul 26) 20th +0.6pp 29th 16% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.4% then, 32.0% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.9% to 32.0%).
Needs attention 32.0%
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 9.7% -0.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Plainfield, NJ 15.5% 25th -5.7pp 1st 36% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 3.9% 1st -1.4pp 2nd 66% below peers
DeSoto, TX 7.6% 8th -2.6pp 3rd 33% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.1% 20th -4.5pp 4th 15% above peers
Kettering, OH 8.3% 9th -2.6pp 5th 28% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 4th -2.1pp 6th 41% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 16th -3.4pp 7th on par with peers
National City, CA 14.6% 23rd -3.7pp 8th 28% above peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 30th -6.1pp 9th 129% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.1% 2nd -1.1pp 10th 56% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 19th -2.4pp 11th 13% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.9% 5th -1.0pp 12th 40% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 29th -2.8pp 13th 84% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.0% 22nd -1.7pp 14th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 11th -0.8pp 15th 22% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 32.0% 31st -2.4pp 16th 180% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 3rd -0.3pp 17th 46% below peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 26th -0.8pp 18th 50% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 24th -0.7pp 19th 30% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.4% 17th -0.5pp 20th 9% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.6% 13th -0.1pp 21st 16% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.2% 27th +1.2pp 22nd 77% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 28th +1.8pp 23rd 82% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 10th +0.8pp 24th 26% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 12th +1.0pp 25th 16% below peers
Albany, OR 13.5% 21st +1.5pp 26th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 15th +1.2pp 27th 7% below peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 18th +2.2pp 28th 10% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 14th +1.8pp* 29th 12% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 6th +1.4pp 30th 37% below peers
Orland Park, IL 7.3% 7th +3.0pp 31st 36% 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 7.3pp 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.7% to 43.5%).
Needs attention 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 71% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 9th -8.2pp 2nd 40% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 1st -2.7pp 3rd 77% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 8th -6.6pp 4th 41% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 5th -4.6pp 5th 58% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 4th -4.0pp 6th 59% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 11th -5.9pp 7th 32% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 15th -8.1pp 8th 3% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 19th -8.3pp 9th 20% above peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 20th -8.3pp 10th 21% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.1% 2nd -1.6pp 11th 73% below peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 24th -6.9pp 12th 41% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 10th -2.9pp 13th 32% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 16th -4.1pp 14th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.8% 25th -6.0pp 15th 52% above peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 30th -8.9pp 16th 123% above peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 17th -3.3pp 17th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 28th -5.2pp 18th 108% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 13th -1.0pp 19th 6% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 27th -1.6pp 20th 74% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 29th +0.1pp 21st 122% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 26th +0.2pp 22nd 56% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 18th +0.7pp 23rd 6% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 6th +0.5pp 24th 49% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 23rd +1.7pp 25th 31% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 12th +1.2pp 26th 18% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 27th 190% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 21st +2.3pp 28th 25% above peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 22nd +5.7pp 29th 27% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 14th +5.5pp* 30th 4% below peers
Orland Park, IL 8.8% 7th +3.9pp 31st 41% 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 →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. New Brunswick started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 14.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (73.3% to 88.1%).
Bright spot 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% 24th +29.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 95.0% 6th +24.2pp 2nd 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 31st +19.7pp 3rd 13% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 30th +12.6pp 4th 7% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 27th +12.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 20th +12.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 29th +11.9pp 7th 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 28th +11.8pp 8th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 7th +11.9pp 9th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 26th +11.0pp 10th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 22nd +10.5pp 11th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 25th +8.9pp 12th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 14th +9.1pp 13th 1% above peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 12th +8.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 9th +7.6pp 15th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 19th +6.8pp 16th 1% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 8th +6.8pp 17th 2% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 23rd +6.2pp 18th 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 11th +6.5pp 19th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 21st +6.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 17th +5.9pp* 21st on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 2nd +6.0pp 22nd 3% above peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 3rd +5.9pp 23rd 2% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 18th +5.4pp 24th 1% below peers
Orland Park, IL 93.4% 15th +5.2pp 25th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 16th +4.9pp 26th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 10th +4.4pp 27th 1% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 4th +4.5pp 28th 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 13th +4.3pp 29th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 1st +4.4pp 30th 4% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 95.0% 5th +4.2pp 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.
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 →
▸

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 →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 10% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.51).
Needs attention 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
Plainfield, NJ 0.41 9th -0.070 1st 6% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 0.38 3rd -0.041 2nd 12% below peers
Valdosta, GA 0.51 31st -0.050 3rd 17% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 30th -0.033 4th 17% above peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 22nd -0.025 5th 4% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 28th -0.024 6th 15% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 6th -0.019 7th 8% below peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 7th -0.017 8th 7% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 17th -0.018 9th 1% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 16th -0.015 10th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 14th -0.015 11th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 10th -0.010 12th 5% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 20th -0.007 13th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 0.46 23rd -0.006 14th 5% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 19th -0.005 15th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 2nd -0.003 16th 14% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 13th -0.002 17th 2% below peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 8th -0.001 18th 7% below peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 24th +0.003 19th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 1st +0.003 20th 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 4th +0.003 21st 9% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 29th +0.005 22nd 16% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 12th +0.005 23rd 3% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 15th +0.006 24th on par with peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 25th +0.008 25th 5% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 11th +0.012* 26th 4% below peers
Orland Park, IL 0.44 21st +0.017 27th 2% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 26th +0.019 28th 11% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 18th +0.020 29th 1% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 5th +0.028 30th 9% below peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 27th +0.036 31st 12% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.1% to 20.7%).
Needs attention 20.7%
20102023
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 8.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 1st -1.8pp 1st 64% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.3% 2nd -1.8pp 2nd 61% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 6.4% 9th -2.5pp 3rd 42% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.4% 20th -3.8pp 4th 22% above peers
Smyrna, GA 5.6% 7th -1.5pp 5th 49% below peers
Bradenton, FL 11.5% 17th -3.1pp 6th 4% above peers
Kingsport, TN 15.8% 24th -3.6pp 7th 44% above peers
Burleson, TX 4.9% 5th -1.1pp 8th 56% below peers
Decatur, AL 13.5% 21st -3.0pp 9th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 10th -1.2pp 10th 39% below peers
Tigard, OR 9.2% 13th -1.6pp 11th 17% below peers
Southaven, MS 7.8% 12th -1.3pp 12th 29% below peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 16th -1.3pp 13th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 5.9% 8th -0.6pp 14th 46% below peers
Olympia, WA 15.3% 23rd -1.4pp 15th 39% above peers
Highland, CA 17.5% 25th -1.1pp 16th 59% above peers
Kettering, OH 7.7% 11th -0.4pp 17th 30% below peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 28th -0.9pp 18th 88% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.2% 14th -0.3pp 19th 16% below peers
Albany, OR 18.5% 26th -0.3pp 20th 68% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 31st +0.1pp 21st 117% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.9% 6th +0.1pp 22nd 55% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 19th +0.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 20.7% 29th +2.9pp 24th 88% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 27th +3.0pp 25th 76% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.8% 22nd +2.5pp 26th 35% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 23.1% 30th +4.4pp 27th 110% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.7% 4th +1.0pp 28th 57% below peers
Lincoln, CA 4.3% 3rd +1.3pp 29th 61% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 15th +4.0pp 30th 14% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 11.6% 18th 6% 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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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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp 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

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 78% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $448,096 in August 2026, up from $445,257 a year earlier.
Big move $448,096
2000August 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 $580,353 (Aug 26) +3.9%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Orland Park, IL $413,308 (Aug 26) 15th +6.2% 1st 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $301,042 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.1% 2nd 31% below peers
Valdosta, GA $214,117 (Aug 26) 27th +4.0% 3rd 51% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $372,848 (Aug 26) 16th +3.3% 4th 14% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $500,079 (Aug 26) 10th +2.6% 5th 15% above peers
Kettering, OH $247,139 (Aug 26) 25th +2.5% 6th 43% below peers
National City, CA $695,171 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.4% 7th 60% above peers
Royal Oak, MI $330,955 (Aug 26) 19th +2.1% 8th 24% below peers
Anderson, IN $135,767 (Aug 26) 28th +2.0% 9th 69% below peers
Highland, CA $539,248 (Aug 26) 5th +1.6% 10th 24% above peers
Southaven, MS $273,007 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 11th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $911,771 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 12th 110% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $492,974 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 13th 14% above peers
Lincoln, CA $640,640 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 14th 47% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $448,096 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 15th 3% above peers
Plainfield, NJ $519,451 (Aug 26) 8th +0.6% 16th 20% above peers
Albany, OR $434,335 (Aug 26) 14th +0.2% 17th on par with peers
Olympia, WA $529,479 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 18th 22% above peers
Bartlett, TN $320,892 (Aug 26) 20th -0.9% 19th 26% below peers
Kingsport, TN $257,154 (Aug 26) 24th -0.9% 20th 41% below peers
Burleson, TX $337,266 (Aug 26) 18th -0.9% 21st 22% below peers
Decatur, AL $223,248 (Aug 26) 26th -1.1% 22nd 49% below peers
Tigard, OR $602,382 (Aug 26) 4th -1.4% 23rd 39% above peers
DeSoto, TX $320,428 (Aug 26) 21st -1.4% 24th 26% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $524,205 (Aug 26) 7th -2.1% 25th 21% above peers
Smyrna, GA $443,309 (Aug 26) 13th -2.2% 26th 2% above peers
Bradenton, FL $352,501 (Aug 26) 17th -3.2% 27th 19% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL $502,803 (Aug 26) 9th -3.2% 28th 16% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 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 →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $352,436 in August 2026, up from $341,793 a year earlier.
Big move $352,436
2000August 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 $364,618 (Aug 26) +3.8%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Oak Lawn, IL $201,303 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 1st 34% below peers
Orland Park, IL $289,176 (Aug 26) 16th +4.6% 2nd 6% below peers
National City, CA $571,379 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.4% 3rd 86% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $289,674 (Aug 26) 15th +4.4% 4th 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA $113,771 (Aug 26) 27th +4.4% 5th 63% below peers
Kettering, OH $182,217 (Aug 26) 24th +3.7% 6th 41% below peers
Highland, CA $425,262 (Aug 26) 7th +3.4% 7th 39% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $415,835 (Aug 26) 8th +3.2% 8th 35% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $352,436 (Aug 26) 11th +3.1% 9th 15% above peers
Anderson, IN $80,917 (Aug 26) 28th +2.7% 10th 74% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $438,088 (Aug 26) 5th +2.7% 11th 43% above peers
Southaven, MS $203,427 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.1% 12th 34% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $243,482 (Aug 26) 20th +1.7% 13th 21% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $412,639 (Aug 26) 9th +0.9% 14th 34% above peers
Bartlett, TN $253,907 (Aug 26) 19th +0.7% 15th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $728,534 (Aug 26) 1st +0.6% 16th 137% above peers
Olympia, WA $430,487 (Aug 26) 6th +0.3% 17th 40% above peers
Albany, OR $343,606 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 18th 12% above peers
Lincoln, CA $522,636 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.3% 19th 70% above peers
Kingsport, TN $158,764 (Aug 26) 25th -0.6% 20th 48% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $403,850 (Aug 26) 10th -0.6% 21st 32% above peers
DeSoto, TX $264,683 (Aug 26) 17th -0.7% 22nd 14% below peers
Decatur, AL $139,417 (Aug 26) 26th -0.9% 23rd 55% below peers
Tigard, OR $469,424 (Aug 26) 4th -1.5% 24th 53% above peers
Burleson, TX $259,821 (Aug 26) 18th -2.2% 25th 15% below peers
Smyrna, GA $306,933 (Aug 26) 14th -2.3% 26th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL $308,838 (Aug 26) 13th -4.1% 27th 1% above peers
Bradenton, FL $206,790 (Aug 26) 21st -5.4% 28th 33% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.0% to 21.4%).
Needs attention 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% 29th +6.8pp 1st 45% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 2nd 67% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 28th +4.1pp 3rd 35% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 12th +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% 26th +2.8pp 7th 22% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 19th +3.4pp 8th 6% below peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 3rd +4.2pp 9th 31% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 81.9% 6th +4.1pp 10th 28% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 14th +2.5pp 11th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 5th +3.0pp 12th 29% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 4th +2.2pp 13th 30% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 10th +1.5pp 14th 13% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 15th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 7th +1.3pp 16th 28% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 11th +1.0pp 17th 11% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 44.8% 27th +0.6pp 18th 30% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 13th +0.6pp 19th 6% above peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 2nd +0.4pp 20th 34% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 18th +0.1pp 21st 4% below peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 22nd +0.1pp 22nd 8% below peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 17th -0.4pp 23rd 1% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 8th -0.6pp* 24th 14% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 25th 19% below peers
Orland Park, IL 85.8% 1st -1.5pp 26th 34% above peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 27th 46% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 24th -1.4pp 28th 13% below peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 23rd -1.6pp 29th 13% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 20th -2.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 16th -2.8pp 31st on par with 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.
HousingHomeownership rate
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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 →
What changed

Rent rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 56% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $2,731 in August 2026, up from $2,668 a year earlier.
Big move $2,731
2018August 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 $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Orland Park, IL $2,759 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.9% 1st 50% above peers
Valdosta, GA $1,349 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 2nd 27% below peers
Highland, CA $2,593 (Aug 26) 5th +3.9% 3rd 41% above peers
Anderson, IN $1,079 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 4th 41% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $2,085 (Aug 26) 12th +3.7% 5th 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA $1,665 (Aug 26) 20th +3.4% 6th 10% below peers
Kingsport, TN $1,294 (Aug 26) 26th +3.2% 7th 30% below peers
Kettering, OH $1,383 (Aug 26) 24th +3.1% 8th 25% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,557 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 9th 16% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL $1,744 (Aug 26) 17th +2.8% 10th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA $2,263 (Aug 26) 9th +2.4% 11th 23% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $2,731 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 12th 48% above peers
Olympia, WA $2,005 (Aug 26) 13th +2.3% 13th 9% above peers
National City, CA $2,457 (Aug 26) 6th +1.9% 14th 33% above peers
Decatur, AL $1,118 (Aug 26) 27th +1.8% 15th 39% below peers
Lincoln, CA $2,922 (Aug 26) 1st +1.5% 16th 58% above peers
Albany, OR $1,738 (Aug 26) 18th +1.4% 17th 6% below peers
Monterey Park, CA $2,616 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 18th 42% above peers
Southaven, MS $1,560 (Aug 26) 21st +0.5% 19th 15% below peers
Tigard, OR $1,852 (Aug 26) 14th +0.2% 20th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL $2,428 (Aug 26) 7th -0.3% 21st 32% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $1,470 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.4% 22nd 20% below peers
DeSoto, TX $2,130 (Aug 26) 11th -0.7% 23rd 16% above peers
Bartlett, TN $1,844 (Aug 26) 15th -0.9% 24th on par with peers
Burleson, TX $1,731 (Aug 26) 19th -1.0% 25th 6% below peers
Bradenton, FL $1,782 (Aug 26) 16th -1.9% 26th 3% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10th 16% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 8th 29% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

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).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. New Brunswick started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 10.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (63.5% to 53.1%).
Bright spot 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% 11th -3.8pp 1st 6% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 2nd 62% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 46.6% 28th -4.6pp 3rd 42% above peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 14th -3.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 5th 35% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 16th -2.6pp 6th on par with peers
Bel Air South, MD 22.8% 3rd -1.0pp 7th 31% below peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 22nd -1.2pp 8th 23% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 5th -0.5pp* 9th 24% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 24th +0.0pp 10th 24% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 11th 37% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 29th +0.3pp 12th 55% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 6th +0.2pp 13th 22% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 8th +0.3pp 14th 11% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 15th 68% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 21st +1.0pp 16th 15% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 9th +0.8pp 17th 10% below peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 23rd +1.4pp 18th 23% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 20th +2.4pp 19th 12% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 7th +2.4pp 20th 18% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 4th +2.4pp 21st 24% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 17th +3.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 2nd +2.5pp 23rd 33% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 12th +3.6pp 24th 5% below peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 19th +4.4pp 25th 12% above peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 15th +4.0pp 26th 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 25th +5.6pp 27th 35% above peers
Orland Park, IL 33.2% 18th +4.3pp 28th 1% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 10th +5.1pp 29th 6% below peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 27th +10.0pp 30th 38% above peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 13th +7.8pp 31st 5% 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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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 →
What changed

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.*

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.5% to 26.4%).
Needs attention 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
Plainfield, NJ 12.7% 29th -8.3pp 1st 132% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 4.3% 11th -2.2pp 2nd 21% below peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 8th -1.9pp 3rd 26% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 13th -1.9pp 4th 16% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 4th -1.2pp 5th 37% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 26th -3.3pp 6th 74% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 25th -2.8pp 7th 63% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 21st -2.2pp 8th 34% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 19th -1.6pp 9th 11% above peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 1st -0.5pp 10th 65% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 5th -0.8pp 11th 33% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 17th -1.0pp 12th 6% above peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 22nd -1.3pp 13th 39% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 20th -1.1pp 14th 23% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 6th -0.6pp 15th 29% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 3rd -0.4pp 16th 48% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 17th 381% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 16th -0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 14th -0.3pp 19th 16% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 10th -0.2pp 20th 24% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 27th -0.3pp 21st 99% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 23rd -0.2pp 22nd 41% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 23rd 281% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 18th -0.0pp 24th 10% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 7th +0.3pp 25th 27% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 15th +0.4pp 26th 4% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 24th +1.4pp* 27th 58% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 28th +1.9pp 28th 108% above peers
Orland Park, IL 4.4% 12th +1.2pp 29th 19% below peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 61% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 9th +1.4pp 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 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.8% to 22.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.1% to 22.6%).
Needs attention 22.6%
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 7.5% -0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 5th -4.3pp 1st 60% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 8th -2.4pp 2nd 46% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 18th -3.9pp 3rd 14% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 4th 68% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.5% 2nd -0.9pp 5th 68% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 1st -0.7pp 6th 70% below peers
Orland Park, IL 3.8% 6th -1.0pp 7th 51% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 13th -1.6pp 8th 22% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 22nd -2.7pp 9th 39% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 16th -1.7pp 10th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 19th -1.3pp 11th 17% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 20th -1.1pp 12th 36% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 15th -0.7pp 13th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 5.6% 11th -0.4pp 14th 28% below peers
National City, CA 12.2% 24th -0.5pp 15th 56% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 4th -0.1pp* 16th 65% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 28th -0.2pp 17th 115% above peers
Albany, OR 6.8% 14th -0.0pp 18th 13% below peers
Bradenton, FL 15.2% 27th +0.0pp 19th 94% above peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 21st +0.0pp 20th 36% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 10th +0.2pp 21st 28% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 23rd +0.8pp 22nd 53% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 17th +0.7pp 23rd 13% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 7th +0.3pp 24th 46% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 28.0% 31st +2.3pp 25th 258% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 29th +2.8pp 26th 155% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.2% 26th +2.5pp 27th 69% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 9th +1.1pp 28th 29% below peers
Bartlett, TN 5.8% 12th +1.2pp 29th 26% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.6% 30th +4.8pp 30th 189% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.1% 25th +3.8pp 31st 68% 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 7.8pp 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 99% 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 →
What changed

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%
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 1st 47% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 2nd 24% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 3rd 18% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 4th 18% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 5th 17% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 6th 16% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 7th 16% below peers
Orland Park, IL 29.6% 8th 15% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 9th 13% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 10th 11% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 11th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 12th 4% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 33.9% 13th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 14th 3% below peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 15th 2% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 35.0% 16th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 17th 1% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 18th 3% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 19th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 20th 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 21st 7% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 22nd 7% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 23rd 8% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 24th 8% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 25th 9% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 26th 10% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 27th 15% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 28th 17% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 29th 20% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 30th 21% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 31st 23% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

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

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.2% to 9.9%).
Needs attention 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
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 87% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 16th -8.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 11th -2.7pp 3rd 30% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 5th -2.2pp 4th 41% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 8th -2.2pp 5th 32% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 4th -1.4pp 6th 47% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 17th -2.2pp 7th 7% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 8th 48% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 19th -2.0pp 9th 11% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.1% 2nd -0.7pp 10th 48% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 14th -0.8pp 11th 20% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 21st -1.2pp 12th 48% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 7th -0.5pp 13th 34% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.6% 30th -0.5pp 14th 240% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 23rd -0.1pp 15th 76% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 28th +0.3pp 16th 193% above peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 24th +0.6pp 17th 116% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 2.9% 12th +0.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 20th +0.7pp 19th 24% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 25th +1.7pp 20th 148% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 26th +2.3pp 21st 155% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 29th +2.7pp 22nd 202% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 13th +0.7pp 23rd 27% below peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 15th +1.0pp 24th 7% below peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 22nd +1.9pp 25th 75% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 18th +1.5pp 26th 10% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 10th +1.0pp 27th 31% below peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 27th +5.1pp 28th 186% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 6th +1.2pp* 29th 37% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 31st +7.8pp 30th 249% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 9th +2.6pp 31st 32% 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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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 99% 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 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.5% to 23.4%).
Needs attention 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
Burleson, TX 34.0% 14th +7.6pp 1st 8% above peers
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 2nd 43% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 23rd +4.0pp 3rd 22% below peers
Olympia, WA 51.8% 3rd +8.1pp 4th 65% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 22nd +4.3pp 5th 10% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 8th +6.2pp 6th 32% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 18th +4.4pp 7th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 13th +5.1pp 8th 10% above peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 9th +5.8pp 9th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 16th +4.4pp 10th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 7th +5.7pp 11th 37% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 4th +6.8pp 12th 62% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 20th +3.7pp 13th 8% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 11th +4.4pp 14th 15% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 49.4% 5th +6.0pp 15th 57% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.0% 28th +2.5pp 16th 30% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 2nd +5.9pp 17th 89% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 1st +6.2pp 18th 104% above peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 21st +2.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 19th +2.1pp 20th 6% below peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 17th +1.9pp 21st 4% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 10th +2.0pp* 22nd 25% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 15th +1.5pp 23rd on par with peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 26th +0.8pp 24th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 25th +0.8pp 25th 26% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 31st +0.3pp 26th 50% below peers
Orland Park, IL 45.4% 6th +1.0pp 27th 44% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 24th -0.3pp 28th 23% below peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 30th -0.3pp 29th 50% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 12th -0.6pp 30th 14% above peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 27th -2.3pp 31st 29% 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.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 99% 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 →
What changed

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). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (62.6% to 54.7%).
Needs attention 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%
Bel Air South, MD 59.5% 7th +26.4pp 1st 21% above peers
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 8th +20.3pp 2nd 19% above peers
Anderson, IN 26.6% 30th +5.2pp 3rd 46% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 2nd +13.9pp* 4th 57% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 18th +6.0pp 5th 17% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 67.7% 3rd +9.3pp 6th 38% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 19th +5.0pp 7th 17% below peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 9th +7.0pp 8th 18% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 16th +3.6pp 9th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 4th +2.6pp 10th 26% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 1st +1.5pp 11th 59% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 17th +0.3pp 12th 1% below peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 27th +0.1pp 13th 37% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 12th -1.5pp 14th 10% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 5th -2.5pp 15th 26% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 10th -5.8pp 16th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 13th -6.3pp 17th 9% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 15th -6.1pp 18th 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 23rd -5.3pp 19th 28% below peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 20th -6.5pp 20th 17% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 21st -8.6pp 21st 22% below peers
Orland Park, IL 51.8% 14th -14.5pp 22nd 5% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 11th -15.6pp 23rd 11% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 6th -17.6pp 24th 22% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 28th -9.6pp 25th 40% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 22nd -12.5pp 26th 25% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 25th -13.8pp 27th 32% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 24th -15.1pp 28th 29% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 26th -14.5pp 29th 35% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 31st -19.2pp 30th 51% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 29th -25.6pp 31st 42% 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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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 92% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 3.8%).
Bright spot 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
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 2nd -5.3pp 1st 56% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 5th -3.1pp 2nd 44% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 15th -5.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 18th -5.4pp 4th 5% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 3rd -2.3pp 5th 51% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 7th -1.8pp 6th 38% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 17th -1.1pp 7th 4% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 6th -0.3pp 8th 43% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 9th 42% above peers
Orland Park, IL 2.5% 1st -0.1pp 10th 66% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 11th -0.0pp 11th 25% below peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 31st +0.1pp 12th 97% above peers
Bel Air South, MD 6.7% 13th +0.2pp 13th 7% below peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 23rd +0.6pp 14th 37% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 9th +0.5pp 15th 36% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 16th 36% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 25th +1.5pp 17th 50% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 30th +2.2pp 18th 96% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 19th +1.5pp 19th 21% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 12th +1.2pp 20th 16% below peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 14th +1.8pp 21st 7% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 16th +2.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 21st +2.8pp* 23rd 23% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 20th +3.0pp 24th 22% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 22nd +3.3pp 25th 31% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 27th +4.1pp 26th 53% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 10th +2.4pp 27th 29% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 4th +1.8pp 28th 48% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 28th +5.9pp 29th 69% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 29th +6.8pp 30th 82% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 26th +6.9pp 31st 52% 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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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 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 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

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).

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (55,804 to 56,345).
56,345
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
Bel Air South, MD 58,137 5th +20% 1st 3% above peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 31st +15% 2nd 7% below peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 30th +12% 3rd 6% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 29th +11% 4th 4% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 55,236 27th +10% 5th 2% below peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 22nd +9% 6th 1% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 24th +8% 7th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 56,839 13th +6% 8th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 20th +6% 9th 1% below peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 18th +5% 10th 1% below peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 8th +5% 11th 1% above peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 21st +5% 12th 1% below peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 19th +4% 13th 1% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 28th +3% 14th 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 9th +3% 15th 1% above peers
Highland, CA 56,675 15th +3% 16th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 12th +2% 17th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 25th +2% 18th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 10th +1% 19th 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 17th +1% 20th 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 16th +1% 21st on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 23rd +0% 22nd 1% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 14th -0%* 23rd on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 57,916 7th -1% 24th 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 26th -2% 25th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 6th -2% 26th 2% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 1st -2% 27th 4% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 4th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 3rd -2% 29th 4% above peers
National City, CA 58,893 2nd -4% 30th 4% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 11th -4% 31st on par with 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.6% to 21.5%).
21.5%
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 21.8% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Plainfield, NJ 28.9% 1st +2.9pp 1st 34% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 12th +2.1pp 2nd 8% above peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 8th +1.7pp 3rd 13% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 17th +1.0pp 4th on par with peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 9th +0.8pp 5th 10% above peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 13th +0.7pp 6th 6% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 7th 33% above peers
Orland Park, IL 20.8% 21st +0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 22nd +0.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 11th +0.2pp 10th 8% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 19th +0.2pp 11th 3% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 12th 19% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 4th +0.1pp 13th 21% above peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 14th -0.2pp 14th 5% above peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 26th -0.2pp 15th 18% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 23.5% 10th -0.3pp 16th 9% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 28th -0.4pp* 17th 19% below peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 25th -0.5pp 18th 9% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 29th -0.5pp 19th 22% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 6th -0.8pp 20th 17% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 21st 31% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 20th -0.8pp 22nd 3% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 16th -0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 5th -1.1pp 24th 18% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 18th -1.3pp 25th 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 24th -1.3pp 26th 7% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 7th -2.3pp 27th 16% above peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 3rd -2.7pp 28th 29% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 29th 50% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 15th -4.4pp 30th 5% above peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 23rd -6.1pp 31st 5% 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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.1% to 60.5%).
Big move 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
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 22nd +12.4pp 1st 16% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 15th +7.0pp 3rd 3% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 8th +8.9pp 4th 44% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 16th +5.6pp* 5th on par with peers
Orland Park, IL 16.4% 30th +2.8pp 6th 47% below peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 12th +6.5pp 7th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 11th +4.9pp 8th 31% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 9th +5.2pp 9th 40% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 10th 45% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 11th 94% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55.8% 2nd +5.9pp 12th 79% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 18th +2.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 10th +3.7pp 14th 39% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 3rd +3.2pp 15th 74% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 5th +1.0pp 16th 62% above peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 19th -0.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 4th -0.3pp 18th 67% above peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 23rd -0.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 20th -0.3pp 20th 12% below peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 17th -1.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 6th -2.0pp 22nd 56% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 27th -1.1pp 23rd 40% below peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 29th -1.0pp 24th 46% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 21st -2.8pp 25th 15% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 13th -3.5pp 26th 6% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 26th -2.6pp 27th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 25th -3.9pp 28th 33% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 18.3% 28th -3.6pp 29th 41% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 24th -7.2pp 30th 28% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 31st 51% 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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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 →
What changed

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).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Working parents rose 22.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.6% to 83.7%).
Big move 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 21% above peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 17th +19.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 22nd +14.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 8th +16.0pp 4th 15% above peers
National City, CA 69.4% 16th +13.0pp 5th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 5th +14.1pp 6th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 15th +10.9pp 7th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 11th +11.2pp 8th 8% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 7th +10.6pp 9th 15% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 10th 22% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 81.0% 4th +9.5pp 11th 17% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 6th +8.9pp 12th 16% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 13th 18% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 9th +7.5pp 14th 11% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 14th +6.5pp 15th 4% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 13th +5.8pp 16th 4% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 19th +5.1pp 17th 2% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 23rd +1.8pp 18th 5% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 18th +1.2pp 19th 1% below peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 10th +0.9pp 20th 8% above peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 21st +0.6pp 21st 2% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 27th +0.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 24th -0.5pp 23rd 6% below peers
Bel Air South, MD 73.1% 12th -1.7pp 24th 5% above peers
Orland Park, IL 68.2% 20th -3.8pp 25th 2% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 29th -4.2pp 26th 13% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 26th -4.5pp 27th 8% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 28th -7.0pp 28th 12% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 29th 21% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 25th -10.8pp 30th 8% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 30th -19.8pp 31st 16% 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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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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