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94,956 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 13 indicators

Where Toms River, NJ shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
3.6%
2020-24
▼ 56%
relative change
8.1% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Household income
Median household income
$100,137
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
$79,889 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
5.8%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
7.4% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.8%
2020-24
▼ 18%
relative change
5.8% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
30.6%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
36.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
36.4%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
31.6% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.6%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
87.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
81.9%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
79.3% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
70.6%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
59.4% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
5.4%
2019-23
▼ 3%
relative change
5.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.43
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
0.44 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
3.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
4.5%
2020-24
▼ 1%
relative change
4.6% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention

Nothing here shows a real worsening against similar-size cities right now - a good sign, not a blind spot; every indicator is still shown in full below. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 4 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 →
Population
94,956
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
89,254 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$470,769
Jun 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$454,017 a year earlier
Rising recently  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$2,797
Jun 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$2,732 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the highest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
76.0%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
73.0% 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 25% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $79,889 to $100,137 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,415). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 37% from 2014 to 2024 ($73,321 to $100,137).
$100,137
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%
Arden-Arcade, CA $77,321 19th +53% 1st 10% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 18th +48% 2nd 9% below peers
Deltona, FL $76,924 20th +46% 3rd 11% below peers
Asheville, NC $71,102 21st +42% 4th 17% below peers
Yakima, WA $62,815 26th +40% 5th 27% below peers
Avondale, AZ $86,123 16th +39% 6th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA $109,377 7th +39% 7th 27% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $63,732 25th +37% 8th 26% below peers
Reading, PA $44,091 31st +37% 9th 49% below peers
Alafaya, FL $100,950 12th +34% 10th 17% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 9th +32% 11th 26% above peers
Tracy, CA $121,119 4th +32% 12th 41% above peers
Fall River, MA $56,673 28th +30% 13th 34% below peers
Redding, CA $70,466 22nd +30% 14th 18% below peers
Orem, UT $83,342 17th +29% 15th 3% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 2nd +29% 16th 49% above peers
Kirkland, WA $150,414 1st +28% 17th 75% above peers
Chino, CA $104,682 10th +28% 18th 22% above peers
Edmond, OK $103,183 11th +27% 19th 20% above peers
Toms River, NJ $100,137 13th +25% 20th 16% above peers
Bellingham, WA $66,755 23rd +25% 21st 22% below peers
Plantation, FL $92,541 15th +24% 22nd 7% above peers
Livonia, MI $98,460 14th +23% 23rd 14% above peers
O'Fallon, MO $110,443 6th +23% 24th 28% above peers
Hoover, AL $109,253 8th +22% 25th 27% above peers
Greenville, NC $49,748 29th +22% 26th 42% below peers
Erie, PA $46,113 30th +22% 27th 46% below peers
Lawrence, KS $65,009 24th +21% 28th 25% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $124,755 3rd +21% 29th 45% above peers
Sandy, UT $112,176 5th +19% 30th 30% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $60,491 27th +16% 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,352 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.4% to 5.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.4% to 5.8%).
5.8%
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%
Arden-Arcade, CA 16.8% 24th -5.0pp 1st 68% above peers
Toms River, NJ 5.8% 5th -1.7pp 2nd 43% below peers
Edmond, OK 8.0% 11th -2.0pp 3rd 20% below peers
San Marcos, CA 9.0% 13th -2.2pp 4th 10% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.2% 17th -2.4pp 5th 2% above peers
Redding, CA 13.8% 20th -3.3pp 6th 38% above peers
Avondale, AZ 10.8% 18th -2.4pp 7th 8% above peers
Yakima, WA 16.3% 23rd -3.6pp 8th 63% above peers
Greenville, NC 23.2% 30th -5.0pp 9th 132% above peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 2nd -1.1pp 10th 50% below peers
Lawrence, KS 16.0% 22nd -3.1pp 11th 60% above peers
Livonia, MI 4.7% 1st -0.8pp 12th 53% below peers
Compton, CA 17.8% 27th -2.6pp 13th 78% above peers
Reading, PA 27.8% 31st -3.9pp 14th 178% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 16th -1.4pp 15th on par with peers
Erie, PA 21.9% 29th -3.0pp 16th 118% above peers
Alafaya, FL 9.3% 14th -1.2pp 17th 7% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 9th -1.0pp 18th 23% below peers
Bellingham, WA 17.8% 26th -2.0pp 19th 78% above peers
Tracy, CA 7.7% 10th -0.3pp 20th 23% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.8% 21st -0.4pp 21st 58% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 8th -0.1pp 22nd 25% below peers
Carson, CA 8.6% 12th -0.1pp 23rd 14% below peers
Kirkland, WA 6.0% 6th -0.0pp 24th 40% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.3% 28th -0.1pp 25th 93% above peers
Asheville, NC 13.8% 19th +0.4pp 26th 38% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 16.9% 25th +0.8pp 27th 69% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 28th 46% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.9% 15th +1.6pp 29th 1% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 5.3% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 47% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% 7th +1.5pp 31st 39% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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▸ 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 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty fell 4.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 8.1% to 3.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 15 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.5% to 3.6%).
3.6%
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 13.0% -1.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Toms River, NJ 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 64% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 1st -3.4pp 2nd 67% below peers
Chino, CA 8.8% 12th -5.3pp 3rd 10% below peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 10th -4.7pp 4th 15% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.6% 9th -4.1pp 5th 22% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.2% 3rd -2.8pp 6th 47% below peers
Yakima, WA 21.5% 23rd -10.8pp 7th 120% above peers
Greenville, NC 21.8% 24th -10.8pp 8th 122% above peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 8th -3.7pp 9th 24% below peers
Redding, CA 15.4% 20th -7.5pp 10th 57% above peers
Orem, UT 9.4% 13th -4.4pp 11th 4% below peers
Lawrence, KS 9.8% 16th -3.0pp 12th on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 25.5% 26th -7.1pp 13th 161% above peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 14th -2.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Edmond, OK 9.6% 15th -2.6pp 15th 2% below peers
Deltona, FL 12.5% 18th -3.1pp 16th 28% above peers
Avondale, AZ 15.1% 19th -3.4pp 17th 54% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.5% 11th -1.8pp 18th 13% below peers
Asheville, NC 16.2% 21st -3.1pp 19th 66% above peers
Fall River, MA 26.6% 29th -4.8pp 20th 172% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.9% 25th -4.0pp 21st 155% above peers
Reading, PA 39.0% 31st -6.2pp 22nd 299% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.7% 6th -0.6pp 23rd 42% below peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 28th -2.6pp 24th 165% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 25.7% 27th -2.3pp 25th 163% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 30th -3.1pp 26th 256% above peers
Tracy, CA 10.8% 17th -0.3pp 27th 10% above peers
Kirkland, WA 5.3% 4th +0.2pp 28th 46% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 6.2% 7th +0.5pp 29th 36% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 5.4% 5th +1.9pp 30th 45% below peers
Bellingham, WA 18.8% 22nd +6.9pp 31st 92% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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2 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 4.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.3% to 91.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 6.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (85.2% to 91.7%).
91.6%
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%
Fall River, MA 86.5% 29th +16.1pp 1st 8% below peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 30th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Reading, PA 86.6% 28th +12.3pp 3rd 8% below peers
Yakima, WA 89.3% 25th +11.1pp 4th 5% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 26th +10.7pp 5th 6% below peers
Redding, CA 94.0% 14th +11.0pp 6th on par with peers
Deltona, FL 94.7% 12th +10.3pp 7th 1% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 90.0% 23rd +9.1pp 8th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 89.7% 24th +8.9pp 9th 4% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 88.0% 27th +8.1pp 10th 6% below peers
Asheville, NC 90.6% 22nd +6.6pp 11th 3% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 10th +6.8pp 12th 1% above peers
Plantation, FL 95.2% 9th +6.4pp 13th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 93.8% 16th +6.2pp 14th on par with peers
Chino, CA 95.9% 6th +6.0pp 15th 2% above peers
Avondale, AZ 92.5% 19th +5.6pp 16th 1% below peers
Bellingham, WA 93.9% 15th +5.4pp 17th on par with peers
Livonia, MI 94.6% 13th +5.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Edmond, OK 96.3% 4th +4.7pp 19th 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ 91.7% 21st +4.4pp 20th 2% below peers
San Marcos, CA 96.0% 5th +4.0pp 21st 2% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 1st +3.9pp 22nd 3% above peers
Sandy, UT 93.6% 17th +3.7pp 23rd on par with peers
Lawrence, KS 91.7% 20th +3.4pp 24th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 95.0% 11th +3.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Hoover, AL 96.4% 2nd +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Orem, UT 92.5% 18th +2.7pp 27th 1% below peers
Kirkland, WA 96.4% 3rd +2.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Tracy, CA 95.2% 8th +2.1pp 29th 1% above peers
Alafaya, FL 95.2% 7th +1.6pp 30th 2% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 84.1% 31st -8.8pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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2 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.44 then, 0.43 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.42 to 0.43).
0.43
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
Yakima, WA 0.43 10th -0.028 1st 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 0.38 1st -0.023 2nd 16% below peers
Edmond, OK 0.47 22nd -0.021 3rd 5% above peers
Alafaya, FL 0.38 5th -0.014 4th 14% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 0.51 30th -0.017 5th 14% above peers
Deltona, FL 0.38 2nd -0.011 6th 16% below peers
San Marcos, CA 0.44 14th -0.011 7th 2% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 0.38 3rd -0.009 8th 15% below peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 17th -0.009 9th 1% above peers
Lawrence, KS 0.48 23rd -0.009 10th 6% above peers
Toms River, NJ 0.43 12th -0.005 11th 3% below peers
Redding, CA 0.46 18th -0.003 12th 2% above peers
Fall River, MA 0.46 19th -0.003 13th 2% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 0.51 29th -0.001 14th 14% above peers
Livonia, MI 0.39 6th +0.000 15th 13% below peers
Greenville, NC 0.52 31st +0.001 16th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 20th +0.003 17th 3% above peers
Hoover, AL 0.45 15th +0.005 18th 1% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 8th +0.004 19th 8% below peers
Chino, CA 0.40 7th +0.005 20th 12% below peers
Bellingham, WA 0.48 24th +0.005 21st 6% above peers
Reading, PA 0.47 21st +0.013 22nd 5% above peers
Tracy, CA 0.38 4th +0.014 23rd 15% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 0.45 16th +0.017 24th on par with peers
Orem, UT 0.44 13th +0.017 25th 2% below peers
Asheville, NC 0.49 27th +0.026 26th 10% above peers
Sandy, UT 0.43 11th +0.028 27th 5% below peers
Plantation, FL 0.48 25th +0.033 28th 7% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 9th +0.031 29th 5% below peers
Kirkland, WA 0.49 28th +0.043 30th 10% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 0.49 26th +0.045 31st 8% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (5.5% then, 5.4% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.5% to 5.4%).
5.4%
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
Roswell, GA 3.2% 3rd -2.8pp 1st 67% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 87% below peers
Orem, UT 4.9% 8th -2.3pp 3rd 49% below peers
Sandy, UT 2.9% 2nd -0.8pp 4th 71% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 12.8% 22nd -3.4pp 5th 32% above peers
Avondale, AZ 12.0% 18th -2.6pp 6th 23% above peers
Bellingham, WA 12.2% 19th -1.8pp 7th 26% above peers
Reading, PA 38.5% 31st -5.4pp 8th 296% above peers
Yakima, WA 22.6% 27th -2.2pp 9th 133% above peers
Alafaya, FL 8.6% 15th -0.8pp 10th 12% below peers
Lawrence, KS 5.9% 10th -0.5pp 11th 40% below peers
Chino, CA 7.7% 13th -0.4pp 12th 21% below peers
Toms River, NJ 5.4% 9th -0.1pp 13th 45% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.6% 4th -0.1pp 14th 63% below peers
Greenville, NC 14.8% 23rd +0.1pp 15th 53% above peers
Deltona, FL 17.2% 24th +0.2pp 16th 77% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 29th +1.0pp 17th 211% above peers
Hoover, AL 4.1% 5th +0.2pp 18th 58% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.1% 14th +0.7pp 19th 16% below peers
Livonia, MI 4.8% 7th +0.4pp 20th 51% below peers
Edmond, OK 6.6% 11th +0.6pp 21st 33% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 17.5% 25th +1.8pp 22nd 80% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.8% 17th +1.5pp 23rd 22% above peers
Fall River, MA 31.6% 30th +4.0pp 24th 226% above peers
Redding, CA 12.7% 21st +1.8pp 25th 31% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.5% 6th +0.6pp 26th 54% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 12th +1.4pp 27th 27% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 19.2% 26th +4.1pp 28th 98% above peers
Tracy, CA 9.7% 16th +2.1pp 29th on par with peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 28th +5.7pp 30th 157% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 20th +5.1pp 31st 31% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.2pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $470,769 in June 2026, up from $454,017 a year earlier.
$470,769
2000June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref $584,681 (Jun 26) +3.3%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Erie, PA $209,960 (Jun 26) 28th +5.9% 1st 55% below peers
Toms River, NJ $470,769 (Jun 26) 13th +3.7% 2nd 1% above peers
Lawrence, KS $341,775 (Jun 26) 21st +3.6% 3rd 26% below peers
Reading, PA $268,714 (Jun 26) 26th +3.2% 4th 42% below peers
Orem, UT $511,940 (Jun 26) 11th +3.1% 5th 10% above peers
Hoover, AL $445,051 (Jun 26) 16th +2.9% 6th 4% below peers
Livonia, MI $323,035 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.8% 7th 30% below peers
Compton, CA $640,999 (Jun 26) 10th +2.6% 8th 38% above peers
Fall River, MA $459,250 (Jun 26) 15th +2.3% 9th 1% below peers
Sandy, UT $670,855 (Jun 26) 8th +1.8% 10th 45% above peers
Yakima, WA $367,991 (Jun 26) 19th +1.4% 11th 21% below peers
Greenville, NC $238,644 (Jun 26) 27th +1.3% 12th 49% below peers
Carson, CA $798,573 (Jun 26) 4th +1.1% 13th 72% above peers
Roswell, GA $666,641 (Jun 26) 9th +0.9% 14th 44% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $269,835 (Jun 26) 25th +0.8% 15th 42% below peers
Edmond, OK $358,374 (Jun 26) 20th +0.6% 16th 23% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $887,149 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.4% 17th 91% above peers
Bellingham, WA $674,798 (Jun 26) 7th -0.3% 18th 45% above peers
Chino, CA $758,989 (Jun 26) 5th -0.7% 19th 64% above peers
Redding, CA $394,739 (Jun 26) 18th -1.0% 20th 15% below peers
San Marcos, CA $957,606 (Jun 26) 2nd -1.1% 21st 106% above peers
Avondale, AZ $398,215 (Jun 26) 17th -1.8% 22nd 14% below peers
Deltona, FL $300,807 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 23rd 35% below peers
Plantation, FL $498,545 (Jun 26) 12th -3.3% 24th 7% above peers
Asheville, NC $464,131 (Jun 26) 14th -5.2% 25th on par with peers
Tracy, CA $688,735 (Jun 26) 6th -5.3% 26th 48% above peers
Kirkland, WA $1,227,283 (Jun 26) 1st -5.3% 27th 164% above peers
Fort Myers, FL $309,562 (Jun 26) 23rd -7.3% 28th 33% 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 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $329,204 in June 2026, up from $322,272 a year earlier.
$329,204
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%
Erie, PA $129,940 (Jun 26) 28th +6.8% 1st 61% below peers
Reading, PA $176,564 (Jun 26) 26th +5.5% 2nd 46% below peers
Lawrence, KS $246,413 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.3% 3rd 25% below peers
Compton, CA $570,408 (Jun 26) 5th +3.9% 4th 73% above peers
Hoover, AL $316,421 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 5th 4% below peers
Fall River, MA $370,359 (Jun 26) 12th +3.4% 6th 13% above peers
Livonia, MI $248,896 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.4% 7th 24% below peers
Toms River, NJ $329,204 (Jun 26) 14th +2.2% 8th on par with peers
Yakima, WA $265,615 (Jun 26) 18th +1.8% 9th 19% below peers
Orem, UT $382,402 (Jun 26) 11th +1.7% 10th 16% above peers
Sandy, UT $511,817 (Jun 26) 8th +1.3% 11th 55% above peers
Portsmouth, VA $203,980 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 12th 38% below peers
Greenville, NC $157,988 (Jun 26) 27th +0.9% 13th 52% below peers
Edmond, OK $254,750 (Jun 26) 19th +0.8% 14th 23% below peers
Bellingham, WA $486,485 (Jun 26) 9th +0.6% 15th 48% above peers
Roswell, GA $477,657 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 16th 45% above peers
Carson, CA $668,515 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.4% 17th 103% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $557,254 (Jun 26) 6th -0.1% 18th 69% above peers
Chino, CA $619,935 (Jun 26) 4th -0.4% 19th 88% above peers
Redding, CA $304,862 (Jun 26) 17th -0.8% 20th 7% below peers
San Marcos, CA $706,614 (Jun 26) 1st -1.1% 21st 115% above peers
Avondale, AZ $347,883 (Jun 26) 13th -1.8% 22nd 6% above peers
Deltona, FL $251,065 (Jun 26) 20th -2.1% 23rd 24% below peers
Asheville, NC $325,051 (Jun 26) 15th -4.7% 24th 1% below peers
Tracy, CA $557,108 (Jun 26) 7th -5.2% 25th 69% above peers
Kirkland, WA $698,475 (Jun 26) 2nd -5.2% 26th 112% above peers
Plantation, FL $250,872 (Jun 26) 21st -5.6% 27th 24% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $191,148 (Jun 26) 25th -9.5% 28th 42% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79.3% to 81.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 0.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (81.1% to 81.8%).
81.9%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 63.8% -0.0pp
United States ref 65.2%
Avondale, AZ 61.6% 16th +6.6pp 1st on par with peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 46.1% 26th +4.7pp 2nd 25% below peers
Asheville, NC 51.9% 24th +3.7pp 3rd 16% below peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 22nd +3.3pp 4th 12% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 57.9% 18th +2.9pp 5th 6% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 8th +3.6pp 6th 17% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 20th +2.6pp 7th 8% below peers
Deltona, FL 80.2% 4th +3.1pp 8th 30% above peers
Tracy, CA 65.0% 11th +2.2pp 9th 5% above peers
Toms River, NJ 81.8% 2nd +2.5pp 10th 33% above peers
Edmond, OK 70.3% 10th +2.1pp 11th 14% above peers
Reading, PA 40.6% 29th +1.2pp 12th 34% below peers
Alafaya, FL 64.4% 12th +1.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 71.1% 9th +1.7pp 14th 15% above peers
San Marcos, CA 63.7% 15th +1.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 73.6% 7th +1.2pp 16th 19% above peers
Chino, CA 64.0% 14th +0.9pp 17th 4% above peers
Livonia, MI 87.2% 1st +1.1pp 18th 41% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 6th +0.9pp 19th 20% above peers
Redding, CA 54.8% 21st +0.6pp 20th 11% below peers
Plantation, FL 64.3% 13th +0.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Yakima, WA 53.9% 23rd -0.4pp 22nd 13% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 49.1% 25th -0.5pp 23rd 20% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 81.0% 3rd -1.1pp 24th 31% above peers
Greenville, NC 32.7% 31st -0.5pp 25th 47% below peers
Bellingham, WA 44.6% 27th -0.8pp 26th 28% below peers
Fall River, MA 35.3% 30th -1.0pp 27th 43% below peers
Lawrence, KS 43.6% 28th -1.3pp 28th 29% below peers
Orem, UT 57.8% 19th -2.2pp 29th 6% below peers
Kirkland, WA 60.8% 17th -2.6pp 30th 1% below peers
Sandy, UT 75.2% 5th -3.4pp 31st 22% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp 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 56% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 58% of similar-size cities.
Most recent monthly reading: $2,797 in June 2026, up from $2,732 a year earlier.
$2,797
2022June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Lawrence, KS $1,288 (Jun 26) 27th +5.3% 1st 28% below peers
Greenville, NC $1,346 (Jun 26) 26th +4.5% 2nd 24% below peers
Reading, PA $1,395 (Jun 26) 23rd +4.4% 3rd 22% below peers
Portsmouth, VA $1,617 (Jun 26) 21st +4.3% 4th 9% below peers
Yakima, WA $1,369 (Jun 26) 25th +3.8% 5th 23% below peers
Orem, UT $1,520 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.5% 6th 15% below peers
Deltona, FL $2,023 (Jun 26) 10th +3.3% 7th 14% above peers
Fall River, MA $1,811 (Jun 26) 12th +3.3% 8th 2% above peers
Erie, PA $1,036 (Jun 26) 28th +3.3% 9th 42% below peers
Livonia, MI $1,662 (Jun 26) 19th +3.2% 10th 7% below peers
Redding, CA $1,642 (Jun 26) 20th +2.9% 11th 8% below peers
Chino, CA $3,388 (Jun 26) 1st +2.7% 12th 90% above peers
Toms River, NJ $2,797 (Jun 26) 4th +2.4% 13th 57% above peers
Kirkland, WA $2,626 (Jun 26) 6th +2.2% 14th 48% above peers
San Marcos, CA $3,258 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.9% 15th 83% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC $2,425 (Jun 26) 9th +1.6% 16th 36% above peers
Bellingham, WA $1,976 (Jun 26) 11th +1.2% 17th 11% above peers
Edmond, OK $1,701 (Jun 26) 16th +1.1% 18th 4% below peers
Hoover, AL $1,378 (Jun 26) 24th +1.0% 19th 23% below peers
Plantation, FL $2,514 (Jun 26) 7th +0.9% 20th 41% above peers
Asheville, NC $1,688 (Jun 26) 17th +0.5% 21st 5% below peers
Roswell, GA $1,730 (Jun 26) 15th +0.3% 22nd 3% below peers
Carson, CA $2,953 (Jun 26) 3rd -0.1% 23rd 66% above peers
Tracy, CA $2,717 (Jun 26) 5th -0.5% 24th 53% above peers
Avondale, AZ $1,809 (Jun 26) 13th -0.6% 25th 2% above peers
Sandy, UT $1,681 (Jun 26) 18th -0.9% 26th 5% below peers
Fort Myers, FL $1,779 (Jun 26) 14th -1.6% 27th on par with peers
Compton, CA $2,500 (Jun 26) 8th -3.8% 28th 40% 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 36.7% to 30.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). 1 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 10.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.9% to 30.6%).
30.6%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 36.7% -2.0pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Toms River, NJ 30.6% 8th -6.2pp 1st 14% below peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 31st -4.4pp 2nd 36% above peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 17th -3.0pp 3rd 2% above peers
Greenville, NC 40.8% 21st -2.9pp 4th 16% above peers
Deltona, FL 32.7% 11th -2.2pp 5th 7% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 44.8% 27th -1.7pp 6th 27% above peers
Tracy, CA 35.3% 16th -1.2pp 7th on par with peers
Yakima, WA 33.8% 13th -0.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 14th -0.4pp 9th 2% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 5th -0.3pp 10th 24% below peers
Redding, CA 39.6% 20th -0.2pp 11th 12% above peers
Hoover, AL 24.2% 3rd +0.0pp 12th 31% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 23rd +0.6pp 13th 24% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.6% 19th +0.7pp 14th 4% above peers
Reading, PA 45.7% 29th +1.0pp 15th 30% above peers
Edmond, OK 27.7% 6th +0.6pp 16th 22% below peers
Chino, CA 42.5% 22nd +1.2pp 17th 20% above peers
Alafaya, FL 32.6% 10th +1.0pp 18th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 18th +1.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Sandy, UT 24.4% 4th +1.1pp 20th 31% below peers
Avondale, AZ 35.2% 15th +1.6pp 21st on par with peers
Livonia, MI 20.5% 1st +0.9pp 22nd 42% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 21.0% 2nd +1.2pp 23rd 41% below peers
Orem, UT 30.0% 7th +1.8pp 24th 15% below peers
Fall River, MA 44.8% 28th +3.8pp 25th 27% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 31.2% 9th +2.8pp 26th 12% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 44.8% 26th +4.3pp 27th 27% above peers
Bellingham, WA 47.0% 30th +4.9pp 28th 33% above peers
Plantation, FL 44.7% 25th +4.9pp 29th 26% above peers
Kirkland, WA 32.9% 12th +4.0pp 30th 7% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 44.6% 24th +5.7pp 31st 26% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Guaynabo zona urbana, PR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.2% then, 6.1% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.8% to 6.1%).
6.1%
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 11.1% -0.4pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Sandy, UT 2.5% 2nd -1.8pp 1st 48% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 2.6% 4th -1.6pp 2nd 45% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.6% 1st -0.5pp 3rd 67% below peers
San Marcos, CA 3.5% 10th -1.0pp 4th 27% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 9th -0.9pp 5th 27% below peers
Bellingham, WA 9.5% 25th -2.3pp 6th 100% above peers
Livonia, MI 3.2% 5th -0.7pp 7th 33% below peers
Deltona, FL 2.6% 3rd -0.5pp 8th 45% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 10.2% 26th -1.7pp 9th 114% above peers
Edmond, OK 3.3% 6th -0.5pp 10th 31% below peers
Redding, CA 7.7% 22nd -1.1pp 11th 61% above peers
Yakima, WA 7.3% 20th -0.9pp 12th 54% above peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th -2.0pp 13th 245% above peers
Reading, PA 23.4% 31st -2.2pp 14th 390% above peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 30th -1.4pp 15th 260% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 19th -0.6pp 16th 47% above peers
Avondale, AZ 4.6% 13th -0.2pp 17th 4% below peers
Greenville, NC 10.7% 27th -0.4pp 18th 125% above peers
Kirkland, WA 4.8% 16th -0.2pp 19th on par with peers
Toms River, NJ 6.1% 18th -0.2pp 20th 27% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 8.4% 24th -0.2pp 21st 77% above peers
Tracy, CA 3.4% 7th -0.0pp 22nd 30% below peers
Asheville, NC 7.6% 21st +0.0pp 23rd 60% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.0% 28th +0.8pp 24th 152% above peers
Plantation, FL 5.3% 17th +0.9pp 25th 10% above peers
Orem, UT 3.7% 11th +0.7pp 26th 23% below peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 12th +1.0pp 27th 4% below peers
Hoover, AL 3.4% 8th +0.9pp 28th 30% below peers
Chino, CA 4.6% 14th +1.2pp 29th 3% below peers
Lawrence, KS 8.4% 23rd +2.6pp 30th 76% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.7% 15th +1.6pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 1.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 5.8% to 4.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 6 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 4.8%).
4.8%
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
Roswell, GA 8.4% 20th -3.8pp 1st 21% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.3% 9th -1.9pp 2nd 24% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 7.0% 16th -2.4pp 3rd on par with peers
Alafaya, FL 8.1% 19th -1.8pp 4th 16% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.8% 5th -1.0pp 5th 31% below peers
San Marcos, CA 7.1% 17th -1.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.0% 4th -0.7pp 7th 43% below peers
Plantation, FL 9.4% 23rd -1.6pp 8th 35% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.1% 7th -0.9pp 9th 27% below peers
Tracy, CA 5.4% 10th -0.8pp 10th 23% below peers
Erie, PA 5.7% 11th -0.8pp 11th 19% below peers
Yakima, WA 11.0% 25th -1.3pp 12th 57% above peers
Orem, UT 10.0% 24th -1.1pp 13th 43% above peers
Livonia, MI 2.5% 1st -0.2pp 14th 64% below peers
Chino, CA 6.7% 15th -0.5pp 15th 4% below peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 14th -0.5pp 16th 5% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 3.9% 3rd -0.3pp 17th 44% below peers
Hoover, AL 5.0% 6th -0.3pp 18th 28% below peers
Kirkland, WA 3.8% 2nd -0.1pp 19th 45% below peers
Greenville, NC 9.4% 22nd +0.0pp 20th 34% above peers
Bellingham, WA 5.3% 8th +0.2pp 21st 25% below peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 28th +0.8pp 22nd 78% above peers
Redding, CA 6.5% 13th +0.5pp 23rd 6% below peers
Edmond, OK 7.7% 18th +0.6pp 24th 10% above peers
Asheville, NC 11.6% 26th +1.0pp 25th 65% above peers
Deltona, FL 12.3% 27th +1.4pp 26th 75% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 17.3% 31st +2.1pp 27th 148% above peers
Lawrence, KS 8.8% 21st +1.1pp 28th 26% above peers
Avondale, AZ 13.3% 29th +2.1pp 29th 90% above peers
Fall River, MA 5.7% 12th +1.4pp 30th 19% below peers
Reading, PA 14.6% 30th +4.8pp 31st 109% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only
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Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

31.1%
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%
Kirkland, WA 22.4% 1st 31% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 25.3% 2nd 22% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.7% 3rd 21% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 4th 20% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 5th 18% below peers
Asheville, NC 28.1% 6th 14% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.0% 7th 11% below peers
Redding, CA 29.0% 8th 11% below peers
Livonia, MI 29.4% 9th 10% below peers
Plantation, FL 29.5% 10th 9% below peers
Alafaya, FL 30.3% 11th 7% below peers
Toms River, NJ 31.1% 12th 4% below peers
Sandy, UT 31.1% 13th 4% below peers
Chino, CA 31.9% 14th 2% below peers
Tracy, CA 32.4% 15th on par with peers
Orem, UT 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Hoover, AL 32.5% 17th on par with peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.9% 18th 4% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 19th 5% above peers
Edmond, OK 34.7% 20th 7% above peers
Deltona, FL 35.2% 21st 8% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 35.5% 22nd 9% above peers
Fall River, MA 36.0% 23rd 11% above peers
Avondale, AZ 36.2% 24th 11% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 36.3% 25th 12% above peers
Lawrence, KS 36.5% 26th 12% above peers
Greenville, NC 38.8% 27th 19% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 28th 26% above peers
Yakima, WA 41.8% 29th 29% above peers
Reading, PA 43.3% 30th 33% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 45.6% 31st 40% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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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 (3.6% then, 3.5% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.7% to 3.5%).
3.5%
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 4.3% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Roswell, GA 3.8% 15th -3.9pp 1st 1% below peers
Chino, CA 3.4% 10th -3.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Livonia, MI 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 3rd 76% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 2.1% 3rd -1.2pp 4th 44% below peers
Sandy, UT 3.5% 11th -1.9pp 5th 9% below peers
Alafaya, FL 4.1% 19th -1.9pp 6th 8% above peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 5th -1.0pp 7th 39% below peers
Yakima, WA 3.8% 16th -1.4pp 8th on par with peers
Plantation, FL 6.5% 26th -2.1pp 9th 69% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 1.6% 2nd -0.4pp 10th 57% below peers
Tracy, CA 3.3% 9th -0.4pp 11th 13% below peers
Asheville, NC 3.9% 17th -0.4pp 12th 2% above peers
San Marcos, CA 2.6% 7th -0.1pp 13th 33% below peers
Toms River, NJ 3.5% 12th -0.1pp 14th 8% below peers
Orem, UT 8.1% 28th +0.3pp 15th 110% above peers
Hoover, AL 2.5% 6th +0.4pp 16th 34% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 14th +0.6pp 17th 6% below peers
Redding, CA 4.6% 22nd +1.0pp 18th 20% above peers
Fall River, MA 2.3% 4th +0.6pp 19th 40% below peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 21st +1.2pp 20th 19% above peers
Lawrence, KS 5.8% 25th +1.5pp 21st 52% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 15.2% 31st +4.2pp 22nd 297% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 5.7% 24th +1.6pp 23rd 47% above peers
Avondale, AZ 11.4% 30th +3.4pp 24th 197% above peers
Edmond, OK 5.0% 23rd +1.6pp 25th 30% above peers
Bellingham, WA 3.6% 13th +1.4pp 26th 7% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 4.2% 20th +1.6pp 27th 8% above peers
Greenville, NC 4.0% 18th +1.8pp 28th 3% above peers
Reading, PA 7.8% 27th +4.2pp 29th 102% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 8th +1.9pp 30th 19% below peers
Deltona, FL 10.6% 29th +6.8pp 31st 175% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.6% to 36.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 19 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.9% to 36.4%).
36.4%
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
Tracy, CA 28.5% 21st +6.5pp 1st 27% below peers
Deltona, FL 19.9% 28th +3.7pp 2nd 49% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 3rd 73% below peers
Chino, CA 27.2% 22nd +4.2pp 4th 30% below peers
San Marcos, CA 43.8% 12th +6.8pp 5th 12% above peers
Alafaya, FL 50.0% 8th +6.8pp 6th 28% above peers
Toms River, NJ 36.4% 18th +4.8pp 7th 7% below peers
Avondale, AZ 21.3% 26th +2.8pp 8th 45% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 9th 69% above peers
Livonia, MI 41.9% 15th +4.5pp 10th 7% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 24.3% 24th +2.4pp 11th 38% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 38.5% 17th +3.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Sandy, UT 46.0% 10th +4.2pp 13th 18% above peers
Bellingham, WA 48.5% 9th +4.2pp 14th 24% above peers
Yakima, WA 20.8% 27th +1.8pp 15th 47% below peers
Asheville, NC 53.4% 7th +4.5pp 16th 37% above peers
Orem, UT 43.6% 13th +3.6pp 17th 12% above peers
Hoover, AL 62.6% 4th +5.0pp 18th 60% above peers
Kirkland, WA 66.3% 2nd +5.0pp 19th 70% above peers
Edmond, OK 57.6% 5th +4.2pp 20th 47% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 32.0% 19th +2.3pp 21st 18% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 68.4% 1st +4.5pp 22nd 75% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 25th +1.5pp 23rd 41% below peers
Fall River, MA 16.4% 29th +1.0pp 24th 58% below peers
Plantation, FL 45.9% 11th +2.6pp 25th 17% above peers
Reading, PA 11.4% 30th +0.6pp 26th 71% below peers
Redding, CA 26.9% 23rd +1.2pp 27th 31% below peers
Lawrence, KS 55.8% 6th +2.5pp 28th 43% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 43.3% 14th +1.8pp 29th 11% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 20th +1.1pp 30th 25% below peers
Greenville, NC 39.1% 16th +1.4pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.4% then, 70.6% now; margin ±11.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.6% to 70.6%).
70.6%
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%
Reading, PA 36.1% 25th +14.0pp 1st 20% below peers
Toms River, NJ 70.6% 1st +11.2pp 2nd 57% above peers
Greenville, NC 53.1% 9th +4.9pp 3rd 18% above peers
Livonia, MI 62.8% 3rd +5.2pp 4th 40% above peers
Chino, CA 45.2% 15th +3.2pp 5th 1% above peers
Edmond, OK 52.5% 10th +3.5pp 6th 17% above peers
Plantation, FL 60.9% 5th +2.2pp 7th 36% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 2nd +2.3pp 8th 48% above peers
Deltona, FL 36.5% 23rd +1.0pp 9th 19% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 43.5% 18th +1.2pp 10th 3% below peers
Bellingham, WA 56.6% 7th +1.1pp 11th 26% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 16th -1.2pp 12th on par with peers
Redding, CA 50.0% 13th -2.2pp 13th 11% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 55.7% 8th -3.5pp 14th 24% above peers
Orem, UT 39.0% 19th -3.2pp 15th 13% below peers
Sandy, UT 51.2% 11th -4.6pp 16th 14% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 62.6% 4th -8.9pp 17th 39% above peers
Tracy, CA 37.7% 21st -7.0pp 18th 16% below peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 17th -8.1pp 19th 3% below peers
Lawrence, KS 48.6% 14th -9.3pp 20th 8% above peers
Kirkland, WA 57.9% 6th -11.4pp 21st 29% above peers
Yakima, WA 26.9% 30th -6.5pp 22nd 40% below peers
San Marcos, CA 50.5% 12th -14.5pp 23rd 12% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 20th -11.7pp 24th 16% below peers
Fall River, MA 37.1% 22nd -11.9pp 25th 18% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 29.8% 29th -11.5pp 26th 34% below peers
Asheville, NC 36.1% 24th -20.9pp 27th 20% below peers
Hoover, AL 36.1% 26th -24.8pp 28th 20% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 33.2% 27th -23.2pp 29th 26% below peers
Alafaya, FL 31.9% 28th -31.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Avondale, AZ 14.8% 31st -22.2pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 91% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

▼ Lower is better 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 (4.6% then, 4.5% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 4.5%).
4.5%
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 5.1% -0.5pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chino, CA 2.7% 5th -7.8pp 1st 53% below peers
Avondale, AZ 4.2% 9th -6.6pp 2nd 26% below peers
Alafaya, FL 1.5% 2nd -2.2pp 3rd 74% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 5.2% 15th -3.2pp 4th 9% below peers
Hoover, AL 1.7% 3rd -1.0pp 5th 70% below peers
Edmond, OK 3.7% 8th -2.0pp 6th 34% below peers
Lawrence, KS 1.4% 1st -0.8pp 7th 75% below peers
Livonia, MI 3.5% 7th -1.5pp 8th 38% below peers
San Marcos, CA 4.3% 11th -1.5pp 9th 24% below peers
Greenville, NC 2.7% 4th -0.5pp 10th 53% below peers
Fall River, MA 7.2% 19th -1.4pp 11th 26% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 8.6% 24th -0.5pp 12th 52% above peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 31st -0.3pp 13th 132% above peers
Toms River, NJ 4.5% 13th -0.0pp 14th 21% below peers
Plantation, FL 8.2% 22nd +0.5pp 15th 45% above peers
Kirkland, WA 3.1% 6th +0.3pp 16th 46% below peers
Orem, UT 6.7% 17th +0.8pp 17th 18% above peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 26th +1.6pp 18th 72% above peers
Redding, CA 8.3% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 46% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 27th +2.1pp 20th 76% above peers
Asheville, NC 5.7% 16th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Yakima, WA 11.9% 29th +3.0pp 22nd 108% above peers
Sandy, UT 5.0% 14th +1.4pp 23rd 11% below peers
Reading, PA 8.9% 25th +2.8pp 24th 57% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 18th +2.1pp 25th 18% above peers
Deltona, FL 7.3% 20th +2.4pp 26th 29% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 4.2% 10th +1.5pp 27th 25% below peers
Tracy, CA 7.9% 21st +2.8pp 28th 38% above peers
Bellingham, WA 4.5% 12th +1.6pp 29th 21% below peers
Portsmouth, VA 12.1% 30th +6.2pp 30th 112% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 10.8% 28th +9.9pp 31st 90% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

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Population rose about 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 89,254 to 94,956 - more than the combined survey margin (±468). 20 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; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (89,459 to 94,956).
94,956
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
Fort Myers, FL 95,051 10th +19% 1st 1% above peers
Avondale, AZ 92,477 30th +9% 2nd 2% below peers
Hoover, AL 92,642 27th +9% 3rd 2% below peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 93,993 17th +8% 4th on par with peers
Reading, PA 95,242 9th +8% 5th 1% above peers
Deltona, FL 97,334 1st +8% 6th 3% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 93,801 20th +8% 7th on par with peers
Tracy, CA 96,966 4th +7% 8th 3% above peers
Toms River, NJ 94,956 12th +6% 9th 1% above peers
Bellingham, WA 93,438 21st +5% 10th 1% below peers
Fall River, MA 94,082 16th +5% 11th on par with peers
Edmond, OK 96,825 6th +5% 12th 3% above peers
Yakima, WA 96,961 5th +4% 13th 3% above peers
Kirkland, WA 92,621 28th +4% 14th 2% below peers
Chino, CA 92,652 26th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Asheville, NC 94,535 14th +3% 16th on par with peers
Plantation, FL 96,293 7th +3% 17th 2% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 97,190 2nd +2% 18th 3% above peers
Redding, CA 93,409 22nd +2% 19th 1% below peers
Alafaya, FL 92,449 31st +2% 20th 2% below peers
Greenville, NC 92,857 24th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Carson, CA 92,871 23rd +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Orem, UT 97,182 3rd +0% 23rd 3% above peers
Lawrence, KS 96,051 8th -0% 24th 2% above peers
Livonia, MI 93,851 18th -0% 25th on par with peers
San Marcos, CA 94,882 13th -0% 26th 1% above peers
Sandy, UT 94,291 15th -2% 27th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 29th -2% 28th 2% below peers
Erie, PA 93,850 19th -4% 29th on par with peers
Compton, CA 92,698 25th -4% 30th 1% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 94,994 11th -8% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±368 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children's share of the population

No better direction No measurable change
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Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (22.0% then, 22.3% now; margin ±1.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children rose 1.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.2% to 22.3%).
22.3%
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
Chino, CA 24.6% 10th +4.4pp 1st 8% above peers
Sandy, UT 26.4% 6th +1.2pp 2nd 16% above peers
Greenville, NC 18.8% 27th +0.6pp 3rd 18% below peers
Plantation, FL 20.9% 22nd +0.5pp 4th 8% below peers
Toms River, NJ 22.3% 18th +0.2pp 5th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 18.7% 28th +0.2pp 6th 18% below peers
Redding, CA 22.2% 19th +0.2pp 7th 3% below peers
Yakima, WA 27.8% 2nd +0.2pp 8th 22% above peers
Edmond, OK 25.4% 8th -0.1pp 9th 11% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 23rd -0.1pp 10th 12% below peers
Deltona, FL 23.1% 14th -0.3pp 11th 1% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 23.0% 15th -0.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 22.8% 16th -0.4pp 13th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 11th -0.6pp 14th 7% above peers
Reading, PA 28.4% 1st -0.9pp 15th 24% above peers
Lawrence, KS 16.3% 29th -0.6pp 16th 28% below peers
Fall River, MA 19.9% 24th -0.8pp 17th 13% below peers
San Marcos, CA 25.2% 9th -1.0pp 18th 10% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 22.8% 17th -1.0pp 19th on par with peers
Kirkland, WA 19.3% 25th -1.1pp 20th 15% below peers
Tracy, CA 26.5% 5th -1.6pp 21st 16% above peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 3rd -1.9pp 22nd 20% above peers
Orem, UT 26.4% 7th -1.9pp 23rd 15% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 20th -1.6pp 24th 6% below peers
Hoover, AL 24.4% 12th -1.8pp 25th 7% above peers
Alafaya, FL 21.2% 21st -1.6pp 26th 7% below peers
Bellingham, WA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 27th 39% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 19.1% 26th -1.6pp 28th 17% below peers
Avondale, AZ 26.8% 4th -2.4pp 29th 17% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 24.2% 13th -2.9pp 30th 6% above peers
Asheville, NC 14.8% 30th -3.0pp 31st 35% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Children in single-parent families

No better direction No measurable change
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Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.6% then, 19.3% now; margin ±5.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.7% to 19.3%).
19.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 26.3% +0.3pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Sandy, UT 20.5% 20th +5.2pp 1st 27% below peers
Livonia, MI 19.2% 25th +3.6pp 2nd 31% below peers
Orem, UT 15.1% 30th +2.3pp 3rd 46% below peers
Greenville, NC 56.0% 4th +8.4pp 4th 100% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 2nd +5.6pp 5th 123% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 55.0% 5th +4.8pp 6th 97% above peers
Reading, PA 66.1% 1st +5.1pp 7th 136% above peers
Tracy, CA 19.0% 27th +1.2pp 8th 32% below peers
Fall River, MA 57.9% 3rd +3.5pp 9th 107% above peers
Asheville, NC 32.2% 12th +2.0pp 10th 15% above peers
Redding, CA 35.0% 9th +2.1pp 11th 25% above peers
Lawrence, KS 29.0% 15th +1.7pp 12th 4% above peers
Hoover, AL 19.7% 22nd +1.2pp 13th 29% below peers
Bellingham, WA 29.1% 14th +1.3pp 14th 4% above peers
O'Fallon, MO 20.5% 21st +0.7pp 15th 27% below peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 16th +0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Yakima, WA 42.6% 7th +0.1pp 17th 53% above peers
Kirkland, WA 15.2% 29th +0.0pp 18th 46% below peers
Deltona, FL 34.2% 11th -0.3pp 19th 23% above peers
Avondale, AZ 34.9% 10th -0.6pp 20th 25% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 13.9% 31st -0.3pp 21st 50% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 8th -1.2pp 22nd 36% above peers
Fort Myers, FL 45.2% 6th -1.8pp 23rd 62% above peers
San Marcos, CA 20.8% 19th -2.5pp 24th 26% below peers
Chino, CA 21.2% 18th -2.7pp 25th 24% below peers
Arden-Arcade, CA 30.9% 13th -5.6pp 26th 11% above peers
Edmond, OK 19.1% 26th -4.0pp 27th 32% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 24th -4.1pp 28th 31% below peers
Toms River, NJ 19.3% 23rd -5.3pp 29th 31% below peers
Alafaya, FL 18.6% 28th -7.1pp 30th 34% below peers
Plantation, FL 26.3% 17th -10.9pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (73.0% then, 76.0% now; margin ±11.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 11.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.8% to 76.0%).
76.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Jersey ref 72.4% +4.1pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Arden-Arcade, CA 69.3% 15th +14.3pp 1st 1% above peers
Asheville, NC 79.4% 2nd +15.2pp 2nd 15% above peers
Deltona, FL 82.2% 1st +13.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Sandy, UT 65.3% 23rd +10.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 4th +9.3pp 5th 11% above peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 7th +8.0pp 6th 10% above peers
Yakima, WA 72.9% 12th +7.6pp 7th 6% above peers
Kirkland, WA 65.8% 20th +6.7pp 8th 4% below peers
Redding, CA 67.7% 17th +6.8pp 9th 2% below peers
Livonia, MI 73.9% 10th +7.4pp 10th 7% above peers
Fall River, MA 75.5% 8th +7.1pp 11th 10% above peers
Orem, UT 49.8% 31st +4.3pp 12th 28% below peers
Greenville, NC 76.9% 3rd +6.2pp 13th 12% above peers
San Marcos, CA 71.3% 14th +5.5pp 14th 4% above peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 24th +4.9pp 15th 6% below peers
Bellingham, WA 68.9% 16th +5.1pp 16th on par with peers
Chino, CA 63.5% 28th +4.0pp 17th 8% below peers
O'Fallon, MO 75.7% 6th +4.2pp 18th 10% above peers
Plantation, FL 72.0% 13th +4.0pp 19th 5% above peers
Portsmouth, VA 65.6% 21st +3.4pp 20th 5% below peers
Avondale, AZ 67.6% 18th +2.9pp 21st 2% below peers
Toms River, NJ 76.0% 5th +3.0pp 22nd 10% above peers
Edmond, OK 64.3% 26th +2.5pp 23rd 7% below peers
Tracy, CA 57.8% 30th +2.1pp 24th 16% below peers
Hoover, AL 74.2% 9th +2.5pp 25th 8% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 19th -4.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Lawrence, KS 73.1% 11th -5.6pp 27th 6% above peers
Mount Pleasant, SC 64.4% 25th -6.0pp 28th 6% below peers
Fort Myers, FL 65.4% 22nd -7.2pp 29th 5% below peers
Reading, PA 64.0% 27th -7.6pp 30th 7% below peers
Alafaya, FL 61.9% 29th -9.1pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±9.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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