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Albuquerque, NM

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556,588 people (2025) 250k-1m West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Albuquerque, NM shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
56 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▼ 38%
relative change
90 in the prior 12 months
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$68,317
2020-24
▲ 29%
relative change
$52,911 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
19.9%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
24.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.6%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
81.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
39.2%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
35.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.5%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
16.9% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
61.8%
2020-24
▲ 4%
relative change
59.7% in 2019
Improving (small) Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.0%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
7.2% in 2019
Turning down (early signal) Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
33.5%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
34.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.46
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Albuquerque, NM shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.9%
2020-24
▲ 75%
relative change
3.4% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
17.3%
2019-23
▲ 14%
relative change
15.1% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
38.7%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
44.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
5.3%
Jul 2026
▲ 13%
relative change
4.7% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.6%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
7.9% in 2019
Worsening Leading peers
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Big moves & big gaps 3 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
20.3%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
22.4% in 2019
Falling  
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$271,532
Aug 2026
▲ 2%
relative change
$266,139 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,455
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$1,439 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety 1 indicators
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides fell about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 56 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, down from 90 in the prior 12 months. That is 10 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 56 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Tucson, AZ 5 (Jul 26) -54.6% 1st
Washington, DC 14 (Jul 26) -46.0% 2nd
Memphis, TN 22 (Jul 26) -40.3% 3rd
Boston, MA 3 (Jul 26) -38.2% 4th
Albuquerque, NM 10 (Jul 26) -37.8% 5th
Raleigh, NC 3 (Jul 26) -36.0% 6th
Virginia Beach, VA 2 (Jul 26) -35.9% 7th
Colorado Springs, CO 4 (Jul 26) -35.7% 8th
Baltimore, MD 20 (Jul 26) -32.1% 9th
El Paso, TX 2 (Jul 26) -30.6% 10th
Sacramento, CA 6 (Jul 26) -30.3% 11th
Mesa, AZ 3 (Jul 26) -26.2% 12th
Fresno, CA 4 (Jun 26) -22.6% 13th
Atlanta, GA 16 (Jul 26) -21.8% 14th
Detroit, MI 22 (Jul 26) -19.7% 15th
Las Vegas, NV 12 (Apr 26) -18.5% 16th
Miami, FL 4 (Jul 26) -18.3% 17th
Milwaukee, WI 22 (Jun 26) -15.4% 18th
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 12 (Jul 26) -15.3% 19th
Kansas City, MO 26 (Jul 26) -11.3% 20th
Portland, OR 6 (Jul 26) -11.1% 21st
Omaha, NE 4 (Jul 26) -4.4% 22nd
Long Beach, CA 6 (Jul 26) -3.7% 23rd
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tucson, AZ down about 55% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corpus Christi, TX down about 52% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Glendale, AZ down about 43% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 29% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $52,911 to $68,317 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,886).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Albuquerque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 44% from 2014 to 2024 ($47,413 to $68,317).
Bright spot $68,317
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref $64,059 +29%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Miami, FL $62,462 17th +60% 1st 15% below peers
Atlanta, GA $85,652 7th +43% 2nd 17% above peers
Mesa, AZ $82,752 10th +42% 3rd 13% above peers
Fresno, CA $70,991 13th +41% 4th 3% below peers
Sacramento, CA $87,321 6th +40% 5th 19% above peers
Long Beach, CA $87,430 5th +39% 6th 19% above peers
Boston, MA $97,344 2nd +37% 7th 33% above peers
Tucson, AZ $57,073 20th +31% 8th 22% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $73,877 11th +31% 9th 1% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $84,818 9th +31% 10th 16% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $54,234 21st +30% 11th 26% below peers
Detroit, MI $39,938 23rd +29% 12th 45% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $68,317 15th +29% 13th 7% below peers
Portland, OR $90,919 4th +28% 14th 24% above peers
Kansas City, MO $69,166 14th +28% 15th 6% below peers
Washington, DC $109,870 1st +27% 16th 50% above peers
Raleigh, NC $85,395 8th +27% 17th 17% above peers
El Paso, TX $59,745 19th +26% 18th 18% below peers
Memphis, TN $51,736 22nd +25% 19th 29% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY $66,849 16th +25% 20th 9% below peers
Baltimore, MD $62,177 18th +23% 21st 15% below peers
Omaha, NE $73,201 12th +22% 22nd on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA $92,968 3rd +21% 23rd 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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40 of 143 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Stockton, CA up about 46% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Atlanta, GA up about 43% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ up about 42% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,677 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.6 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.3 percentage points higher than in 2022 (3.6% then, 3.9% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3.3% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 5.3% in July 2026, up from 4.7% a year earlier.
Needs attention 5.3%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref 4.8% (Jul 26) +0.8pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Long Beach, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 12th -0.9pp 1st on par with peers
Washington, DC 5.9% (Jul 26) 20th -0.9pp 2nd 16% above peers
Kansas City, MO 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 5.3% (Jul 26) 13th -0.6pp 4th 4% above peers
Fresno, CA 6.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.6pp 5th 35% above peers
Miami, FL 2.2% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 6th 57% below peers
Raleigh, NC 3.3% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 7th 35% below peers
Omaha, NE 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 8th 35% below peers
Sacramento, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.2pp 9th 4% above peers
Atlanta, GA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.2pp 10th 31% below peers
Memphis, TN 5.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.1pp 11th 10% above peers
Portland, OR 5.3% (Jul 26) 15th -0.1pp 12th 4% above peers
Boston, MA 4.7% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 13th 8% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 4.9% (Jul 26) 11th +0.0pp 14th 4% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.7% (Jul 26) 19th +0.0pp 15th 12% above peers
El Paso, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 8th +0.1pp 16th 10% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.2% (Jul 26) 7th +0.1pp 17th 18% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th +0.4pp 18th 31% below peers
Mesa, AZ 4.6% (Jul 26) 9th +0.5pp 19th 10% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.3% (Jul 26) 16th +0.6pp 20th 4% above peers
Tucson, AZ 5.6% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 21st 10% above peers
Detroit, MI 12.0% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.7pp 22nd 135% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.9% to 15.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way. Albuquerque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.5% to 15.5%).
Bright spot 15.5%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 17.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Mesa, AZ 10.3% 3rd -4.5pp 1st 33% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.1% 2nd -2.6pp 2nd 42% below peers
Fresno, CA 20.1% 20th -5.1pp 3rd 29% above peers
Atlanta, GA 16.9% 15th -3.9pp 4th 9% above peers
Miami, FL 19.4% 18th -4.0pp 5th 25% above peers
Tucson, AZ 18.9% 17th -3.6pp 6th 21% above peers
Sacramento, CA 13.9% 7th -2.6pp 7th 10% below peers
Boston, MA 16.6% 14th -2.3pp 8th 7% above peers
Long Beach, CA 14.8% 10th -2.0pp 9th 5% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 22.8% 21st -2.6pp 10th 47% above peers
Kansas City, MO 14.7% 9th -1.5pp 11th 6% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.9% 8th -1.3pp 12th 10% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 15.5% 12th -1.3pp 13th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 23.1% 22nd -2.0pp 14th 49% above peers
Portland, OR 12.8% 5th -1.0pp 15th 18% below peers
Baltimore, MD 19.8% 19th -1.5pp 16th 27% above peers
Detroit, MI 32.7% 23rd -2.3pp 17th 111% above peers
Raleigh, NC 11.9% 4th -0.7pp 18th 23% below peers
Washington, DC 15.4% 11th -0.8pp 19th 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 18.4% 16th -0.7pp 20th 18% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 15.8% 13th -0.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Omaha, NE 13.5% 6th +0.1pp 22nd 13% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 8.6% 1st +1.3pp 23rd 45% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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41 of 143 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Santa Ana, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Durham, NC down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% 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

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.0% to 19.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
91% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Albuquerque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.6% to 19.9%).
Bright spot 19.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 24.0% -2.7pp
United States ref 16.1%
Mesa, AZ 13.4% 3rd -8.8pp 1st 37% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 10.2% 1st -5.6pp 2nd 52% below peers
Atlanta, GA 23.3% 15th -10.2pp 3rd 10% above peers
Boston, MA 21.1% 12th -6.6pp 4th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA 18.6% 8th -5.7pp 5th 12% below peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 20th -8.1pp 6th 30% above peers
Sacramento, CA 17.0% 6th -4.9pp 7th 19% below peers
Miami, FL 25.2% 18th -6.6pp 8th 20% above peers
Tucson, AZ 24.2% 16th -6.3pp 9th 15% above peers
Baltimore, MD 25.5% 19th -5.5pp 10th 21% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 19.9% 10th -4.1pp 11th 6% below peers
Kansas City, MO 20.3% 11th -3.9pp 12th 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 31.7% 21st -5.0pp 13th 50% above peers
Memphis, TN 35.6% 22nd -5.1pp 14th 69% above peers
Portland, OR 13.8% 4th -1.7pp 15th 35% below peers
Raleigh, NC 16.0% 5th -1.8pp 16th 24% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.4% 17th -2.7pp 17th 15% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 19.2% 9th -2.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Omaha, NE 17.2% 7th -1.5pp 19th 19% below peers
Detroit, MI 46.5% 23rd -3.7pp 20th 120% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.4% 13th -1.6pp 21st 6% above peers
Washington, DC 22.8% 14th -1.2pp 22nd 8% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 11.4% 2nd +1.3pp 23rd 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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40 of 143 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mesa, AZ down 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Santa Ana, CA down 8.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Oakland, CA down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp 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 9.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.0% to 90.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Albuquerque 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 13.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.0% to 90.6%).
Bright spot 90.6%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 86.7% +11.5pp
United States ref 91.1%
Detroit, MI 85.8% 21st +21.2pp 1st 6% below peers
Miami, FL 83.7% 23rd +17.5pp 2nd 8% below peers
Memphis, TN 87.6% 20th +17.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 88.4% 19th +13.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 91.8% 9th +11.5pp 5th 1% above peers
Baltimore, MD 85.5% 22nd +10.7pp 6th 6% below peers
El Paso, TX 89.4% 17th +10.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Atlanta, GA 91.7% 10th +10.5pp 8th on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 90.6% 13th +9.7pp 9th 1% below peers
Kansas City, MO 90.5% 16th +8.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Long Beach, CA 93.4% 6th +8.8pp 11th 2% above peers
Washington, DC 91.3% 12th +8.5pp 12th on par with peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 90.6% 14th +7.9pp 13th 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 88.9% 18th +7.1pp 14th 3% below peers
Omaha, NE 91.6% 11th +7.1pp 15th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 90.5% 15th +6.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Sacramento, CA 93.7% 5th +6.8pp 17th 3% above peers
Boston, MA 92.1% 8th +6.5pp 18th 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 93.3% 7th +6.4pp 19th 2% above peers
Portland, OR 94.0% 4th +5.5pp 20th 3% above peers
Raleigh, NC 94.7% 1st +4.6pp 21st 4% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 94.5% 3rd +4.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 94.6% 2nd +4.0pp 23rd 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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41 of 143 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Juan zona urbana, PR up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Detroit, MI up 21.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Laredo, TX up 18.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.46 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.46).
Bright spot 0.46
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 0.48 -0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Atlanta, GA 0.56 23rd -0.024 1st 16% above peers
Mesa, AZ 0.43 1st -0.017 2nd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 0.45 4th -0.016 3rd 7% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 0.43 2nd -0.009 4th 9% below peers
Washington, DC 0.52 19th -0.010 5th 8% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 0.46 6th -0.009 6th 4% below peers
Miami, FL 0.56 22nd -0.009 7th 16% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 0.48 12th -0.008 8th on par with peers
Boston, MA 0.53 21st -0.008 9th 11% above peers
Baltimore, MD 0.51 17th -0.006 10th 6% above peers
Long Beach, CA 0.46 7th -0.005 11th 3% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 0.47 8th -0.004 12th 2% below peers
Kansas City, MO 0.47 9th -0.003 13th 2% below peers
Fresno, CA 0.48 14th -0.000 14th 1% above peers
Tucson, AZ 0.46 5th +0.001 15th 4% below peers
Memphis, TN 0.52 20th +0.002 16th 9% above peers
Detroit, MI 0.51 18th +0.002 17th 7% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 0.48 13th +0.005 18th on par with peers
Portland, OR 0.48 11th +0.005 19th on par with peers
El Paso, TX 0.48 10th +0.011 20th 1% below peers
Omaha, NE 0.49 16th +0.015 21st 2% above peers
Raleigh, NC 0.48 15th +0.018 22nd 1% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 0.44 3rd +0.019 23rd 9% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 15.1% to 17.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
9% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 55% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (13.4% to 17.3%).
Needs attention 17.3%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 18.7% +1.8pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Mesa, AZ 8.1% 2nd -1.9pp 1st 44% below peers
Miami, FL 25.4% 21st -5.6pp 2nd 76% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 11.8% 7th -2.5pp 3rd 18% below peers
Kansas City, MO 10.5% 6th -2.2pp 4th 27% below peers
Portland, OR 14.5% 11th -2.1pp 5th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 9.4% 4th -1.4pp 6th 35% below peers
Omaha, NE 10.2% 5th -1.3pp 7th 30% below peers
Atlanta, GA 14.3% 10th -1.6pp 8th 1% below peers
Tucson, AZ 16.2% 14th -1.7pp 9th 12% above peers
Memphis, TN 20.4% 18th -2.1pp 10th 41% above peers
Washington, DC 13.2% 8th -0.6pp 11th 8% below peers
Detroit, MI 38.0% 23rd -1.7pp 12th 163% above peers
El Paso, TX 19.1% 17th -0.7pp 13th 32% above peers
Baltimore, MD 23.6% 20th -0.9pp 14th 63% above peers
Raleigh, NC 8.3% 3rd -0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 14.5% 12th -0.3pp 16th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.5% 22nd -0.2pp 17th 90% above peers
Fresno, CA 23.0% 19th -0.0pp 18th 59% above peers
Boston, MA 18.6% 16th +0.2pp 19th 29% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.5% 1st +0.1pp 20th 55% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 17.3% 15th +2.2pp 21st 19% above peers
Sacramento, CA 14.7% 13th +2.2pp 22nd 1% above peers
Long Beach, CA 13.8% 9th +2.7pp 23rd 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±0.7pp 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $345,503 in August 2026, up from $340,018 a year earlier.
$345,503
2002August 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref $318,241 (Aug 26) +1.7%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Virginia Beach, VA $427,730 (Aug 26) 10th +3.3% 1st 2% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $227,629 (Aug 26) 19th +3.2% 2nd 46% below peers
Long Beach, CA $850,917 (Aug 26) 1st +2.5% 3rd 103% above peers
El Paso, TX $238,475 (Aug 26) 18th +2.2% 4th 43% below peers
Omaha, NE $296,615 (Aug 26) 16th +1.9% 5th 29% below peers
Kansas City, MO $253,549 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 6th 40% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $345,503 (Aug 26) 14th +1.6% 7th 18% below peers
Miami, FL $580,866 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.8% 8th 39% above peers
Fresno, CA $388,924 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 9th 7% below peers
Portland, OR $527,359 (Aug 26) 5th +0.3% 10th 26% above peers
Sacramento, CA $473,797 (Aug 26) 6th -0.9% 11th 13% above peers
Mesa, AZ $429,657 (Aug 26) 8th -0.9% 12th 3% above peers
Washington, DC $570,082 (Aug 26) 4th -1.0% 13th 36% above peers
Boston, MA $774,723 (Aug 26) 2nd -1.4% 14th 85% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $441,553 (Aug 26) 7th -1.5% 15th 5% above peers
Raleigh, NC $428,671 (Aug 26) 9th -1.7% 16th 2% above peers
Tucson, AZ $321,918 (Aug 26) 15th -2.0% 17th 23% below peers
Atlanta, GA $381,948 (Aug 26) 13th -2.0% 18th 9% below peers
Memphis, TN $145,335 (Aug 26) 21st -2.8% 19th 65% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $419,144 (Aug 26) 11th -3.0% 20th on par with peers
Baltimore, MD $186,741 (Aug 26) 20th -3.4% 21st 55% below peers
Detroit, MI $77,199 (Aug 26) 22nd -5.7% 22nd 82% below 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 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $271,532 in August 2026, up from $266,139 a year earlier.
Big move $271,532
2002August 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref $200,515 (Aug 26) +2.9%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Milwaukee, WI $141,250 (Aug 26) 18th +4.4% 1st 52% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA $306,966 (Aug 26) 9th +4.0% 2nd 4% above peers
El Paso, TX $183,474 (Aug 26) 17th +3.6% 3rd 38% below peers
Albuquerque, NM $271,532 (Aug 26) 13th +2.0% 4th 8% below peers
Omaha, NE $202,029 (Aug 26) 16th +1.7% 5th 31% below peers
Kansas City, MO $137,976 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 6th 53% below peers
Boston, MA $549,311 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.1% 7th 86% above peers
Fresno, CA $283,671 (Aug 26) 12th +0.8% 8th 4% below peers
Long Beach, CA $579,985 (Aug 26) 1st +0.7% 9th 97% above peers
Sacramento, CA $372,061 (Aug 26) 4th -0.1% 10th 26% above peers
Portland, OR $376,831 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.2% 11th 28% above peers
Detroit, MI $48,867 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.0% 12th 83% below peers
Miami, FL $351,367 (Aug 26) 5th -1.5% 13th 19% above peers
Mesa, AZ $324,316 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 14th 10% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO $332,027 (Aug 26) 7th -1.7% 15th 13% above peers
Tucson, AZ $243,236 (Aug 26) 14th -2.9% 16th 17% below peers
Washington, DC $337,208 (Aug 26) 6th -3.0% 17th 14% above peers
Raleigh, NC $294,789 (Aug 26) 11th -3.2% 18th on par with peers
Memphis, TN $79,282 (Aug 26) 21st -3.3% 19th 73% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $298,344 (Aug 26) 10th -3.6% 20th 1% above peers
Baltimore, MD $98,808 (Aug 26) 20th -4.1% 21st 66% below peers
Atlanta, GA $215,285 (Aug 26) 15th -4.6% 22nd 27% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small) ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.7% to 61.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (59.3% to 61.8%).
Bright spot 61.8%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 70.0% +2.3pp
United States ref 65.2%
Las Vegas, NV 56.6% 8th +3.9pp 1st 10% above peers
Fresno, CA 50.1% 15th +3.4pp 2nd 3% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.4% 17th +2.9pp 3rd 10% below peers
Sacramento, CA 51.7% 12th +3.2pp 4th on par with peers
Detroit, MI 50.4% 14th +3.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Mesa, AZ 64.4% 2nd +3.3pp 6th 25% above peers
Miami, FL 30.8% 23rd +1.2pp 7th 40% below peers
Kansas City, MO 55.4% 9th +2.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 61.8% 3rd +2.1pp 9th 20% above peers
Long Beach, CA 41.2% 21st +1.3pp 10th 20% below peers
El Paso, TX 60.8% 5th +1.9pp 11th 18% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 60.9% 4th +1.8pp 12th 18% above peers
Tucson, AZ 51.9% 11th +1.2pp 13th on par with peers
Virginia Beach, VA 65.2% 1st +1.4pp 14th 26% above peers
Boston, MA 35.7% 22nd +0.7pp 15th 31% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 41.8% 19th +0.4pp 16th 19% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 60.7% 6th +0.6pp 17th 17% above peers
Baltimore, MD 47.5% 16th +0.0pp 18th 8% below peers
Washington, DC 41.5% 20th -0.1pp 19th 20% below peers
Raleigh, NC 50.8% 13th -0.8pp 20th 2% below peers
Omaha, NE 57.4% 7th -1.3pp 21st 11% above peers
Portland, OR 52.0% 10th -1.4pp 22nd 1% above peers
Memphis, TN 44.9% 18th -1.7pp 23rd 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,455 in August 2026, up from $1,439 a year earlier.
Big move $1,455
2015August 2026
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▸ Compare all 22 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%
Virginia Beach, VA $2,086 (Aug 26) 5th +6.7% 1st 20% above peers
Milwaukee, WI $1,477 (Aug 26) 16th +5.0% 2nd 15% below peers
Kansas City, MO $1,428 (Aug 26) 18th +4.3% 3rd 18% below peers
Detroit, MI $1,341 (Aug 26) 21st +4.1% 4th 23% below peers
Baltimore, MD $1,802 (Aug 26) 9th +3.7% 5th 4% above peers
Fresno, CA $1,940 (Aug 26) 8th +3.4% 6th 12% above peers
Atlanta, GA $1,944 (Aug 26) 7th +3.4% 7th 12% above peers
El Paso, TX $1,519 (Aug 26) 15th +3.2% 8th 12% below peers
Boston, MA $3,338 (Aug 26) 1st +2.7% 9th 93% above peers
Omaha, NE $1,414 (Aug 26) 20th +2.2% 10th 18% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO $1,740 (Aug 26) 10th +2.1% 11th on par with peers
Long Beach, CA $2,422 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 12th 40% above peers
Tucson, AZ $1,425 (Aug 26) 19th +1.4% 13th 18% below peers
Memphis, TN $1,232 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.3% 14th 29% below peers
Sacramento, CA $2,056 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 15th 19% above peers
Albuquerque, NM $1,455 (Aug 26) 17th +1.1% 16th 16% below peers
Portland, OR $1,732 (Aug 26) 11th +0.9% 17th on par with peers
Miami, FL $3,008 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.8% 18th 74% above peers
Raleigh, NC $1,577 (Aug 26) 13th +0.5% 19th 9% below peers
Washington, DC $2,517 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.3% 20th 45% above peers
Mesa, AZ $1,538 (Aug 26) 14th +0.2% 21st 11% below peers
Las Vegas, NV $1,712 (Aug 26) 12th +0.2% 22nd 1% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.1% then, 33.5% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (37.2% to 33.5%).
Bright spot 33.5%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 29.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Milwaukee, WI 40.3% 15th -1.5pp 1st 4% above peers
Miami, FL 54.7% 23rd -1.6pp 2nd 41% above peers
Fresno, CA 42.5% 20th -0.8pp 3rd 10% above peers
Long Beach, CA 45.7% 22nd -0.8pp 4th 18% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 33.5% 4th -0.6pp 5th 14% below peers
Detroit, MI 43.5% 21st -0.7pp 6th 12% above peers
Boston, MA 42.5% 19th -0.4pp 7th 10% above peers
Washington, DC 36.1% 10th -0.2pp 8th 7% below peers
Mesa, AZ 33.2% 3rd +0.4pp 9th 14% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 35.2% 6th +0.6pp 10th 9% below peers
Tucson, AZ 38.7% 12th +0.6pp 11th on par with peers
Atlanta, GA 38.5% 11th +0.8pp 12th 1% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 39.9% 14th +1.1pp 13th 3% above peers
Memphis, TN 41.8% 18th +1.4pp 14th 8% above peers
Sacramento, CA 41.4% 16th +1.4pp 15th 7% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 30.7% 1st +1.2pp 16th 21% below peers
Portland, OR 38.8% 13th +1.5pp 17th on par with peers
Colorado Springs, CO 35.8% 8th +1.6pp 18th 8% below peers
Baltimore, MD 41.7% 17th +2.2pp 19th 8% above peers
Omaha, NE 32.8% 2nd +1.9pp 20th 15% below peers
El Paso, TX 36.0% 9th +2.2pp 21st 7% below peers
Kansas City, MO 33.9% 5th +2.1pp 22nd 12% below peers
Raleigh, NC 35.6% 7th +4.7pp 23rd 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.0pp 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 (7.2% then, 7.0% now; margin ±0.7pp). 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
55% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.9% to 7.0%).
Bright spot 7.0%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 5.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fresno, CA 8.2% 8th -2.3pp 1st 9% below peers
Mesa, AZ 5.2% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 42% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 4.4% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 51% below peers
Detroit, MI 20.1% 20th -3.6pp 4th 123% above peers
Kansas City, MO 9.0% 12th -1.3pp 5th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 10.1% 14th -1.5pp 6th 12% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 8.9% 10th -1.1pp 7th 2% below peers
Memphis, TN 10.3% 15th -1.3pp 8th 14% above peers
Atlanta, GA 14.2% 17th -1.6pp 9th 58% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 9.7% 13th -0.9pp 10th 7% above peers
Baltimore, MD 26.7% 21st -2.2pp 11th 196% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.9% 11th -0.7pp 12th 1% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 16.2% 18th -1.2pp 13th 80% above peers
El Paso, TX 7.1% 6th -0.4pp 14th 21% below peers
Miami, FL 17.9% 19th -0.9pp 15th 98% above peers
Omaha, NE 7.5% 7th -0.4pp 16th 17% below peers
Portland, OR 13.7% 16th -0.5pp 17th 52% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.0% 5th -0.2pp 18th 22% below peers
Boston, MA 33.2% 22nd -1.0pp 19th 269% above peers
Sacramento, CA 8.4% 9th -0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Washington, DC 36.0% 23rd +0.1pp 21st 300% above peers
Raleigh, NC 6.0% 4th +0.3pp 22nd 33% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.6% 2nd +0.4pp 23rd 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverside, CA down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mesa, AZ down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Colorado Springs, CO down 0.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 90% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.5pp 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 0.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 7.9% to 8.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.5pp). 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
18% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 59% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.2% to 8.6%).
Needs attention 8.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 9.6% +0.0pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Fresno, CA 6.1% 7th -2.1pp 1st 29% below peers
Portland, OR 5.2% 3rd -1.2pp 2nd 39% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.6pp 3rd 66% below peers
Miami, FL 16.3% 22nd -3.4pp 4th 91% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.3% 8th -1.3pp 5th 26% below peers
Mesa, AZ 10.6% 18th -1.7pp 6th 24% above peers
Detroit, MI 7.4% 9th -1.0pp 7th 13% below peers
Baltimore, MD 5.9% 5th -0.6pp 8th 31% below peers
Omaha, NE 9.2% 14th -1.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 9.3% 15th -0.9pp 10th 9% above peers
Sacramento, CA 5.4% 4th -0.5pp 11th 37% below peers
Tucson, AZ 10.6% 17th -0.9pp 12th 24% above peers
Kansas City, MO 11.0% 19th -0.8pp 13th 29% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 9.1% 13th -0.2pp 14th 6% above peers
Atlanta, GA 10.1% 16th -0.2pp 15th 18% above peers
Long Beach, CA 8.4% 11th -0.1pp 16th 2% below peers
Washington, DC 3.6% 2nd -0.0pp 17th 57% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 7.7% 10th -0.1pp 18th 10% below peers
Memphis, TN 14.7% 21st +1.0pp 19th 72% above peers
El Paso, TX 20.6% 23rd +1.6pp 20th 141% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 8.6% 12th +0.7pp 21st on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 13.4% 20th +1.1pp 22nd 57% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 6.0% 6th +0.6pp 23rd 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Oakland, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fresno, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 below the peer median.

28.4%
20202022
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▸ Compare all 23 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref 32.2%
United States ref 33.4%
Washington, DC 25.5% 1st 25% below peers
Boston, MA 27.3% 2nd 19% below peers
Long Beach, CA 27.6% 3rd 19% below peers
Raleigh, NC 28.2% 4th 17% below peers
Portland, OR 28.2% 5th 17% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 28.3% 6th 17% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 28.4% 7th 16% below peers
Miami, FL 30.3% 8th 11% below peers
Atlanta, GA 32.5% 9th 4% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 33.8% 10th on par with peers
Mesa, AZ 33.9% 11th on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 33.9% 12th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 34.7% 13th 2% above peers
Tucson, AZ 34.8% 14th 3% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 36.1% 15th 6% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 16th 7% above peers
Baltimore, MD 37.9% 17th 12% above peers
Fresno, CA 38.7% 18th 14% above peers
El Paso, TX 39.5% 19th 17% above peers
Kansas City, MO 40.0% 20th 18% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 43.4% 21st 28% above peers
Detroit, MI 45.0% 22nd 33% above peers
Memphis, TN 45.1% 23rd 33% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 3.4% to 5.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp). 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
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 9% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 0.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 5.9%).
Needs attention 5.9%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 5.8% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Portland, OR 1.9% 1st -0.9pp 1st 64% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.3% 20th -1.7pp 2nd 54% above peers
Miami, FL 7.3% 17th -1.3pp 3rd 36% above peers
Detroit, MI 2.8% 5th -0.4pp 4th 47% below peers
Fresno, CA 2.5% 3rd -0.2pp 5th 53% below peers
Tucson, AZ 7.8% 18th -0.2pp 6th 46% above peers
Raleigh, NC 5.4% 13th -0.1pp 7th 1% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 3.3% 7th +0.0pp 8th 38% below peers
Long Beach, CA 3.7% 8th +0.1pp 9th 32% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 4.0% 10th +0.2pp 10th 24% below peers
Omaha, NE 6.4% 16th +0.6pp 11th 20% above peers
Baltimore, MD 4.6% 11th +0.6pp 12th 14% below peers
Atlanta, GA 5.8% 14th +0.9pp 13th 8% above peers
El Paso, TX 11.2% 23rd +2.1pp 14th 110% above peers
Kansas City, MO 8.1% 19th +1.5pp 15th 52% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 5.3% 12th +1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Las Vegas, NV 9.6% 22nd +2.4pp 17th 80% above peers
Memphis, TN 8.7% 21st +2.4pp 18th 62% above peers
Sacramento, CA 3.1% 6th +0.9pp 19th 42% below peers
Washington, DC 2.8% 4th +0.8pp 20th 48% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 3.9% 9th +1.1pp 21st 27% below peers
Boston, MA 2.0% 2nd +0.7pp 22nd 62% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 5.9% 15th +2.5pp 23rd 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lexington, KY down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Jersey City, NJ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lincoln, NE down 1.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 35.2% to 39.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.1pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Albuquerque started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.2% to 39.2%).
Bright spot 39.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 31.0% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Miami, FL 37.4% 11th +7.8pp 1st 1% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.5% 16th +5.1pp 2nd 12% below peers
Detroit, MI 18.1% 23rd +2.8pp 3rd 51% below peers
Fresno, CA 25.5% 22nd +3.6pp 4th 31% below peers
Atlanta, GA 59.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 60% above peers
Long Beach, CA 35.6% 14th +4.5pp 6th 4% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 40.9% 7th +4.9pp 7th 10% above peers
Tucson, AZ 31.1% 17th +3.7pp 8th 16% below peers
Baltimore, MD 36.1% 13th +4.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 33.8% 15th +3.9pp 10th 9% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 27.6% 20th +3.1pp 11th 25% below peers
El Paso, TX 28.1% 18th +3.1pp 12th 24% below peers
Sacramento, CA 37.1% 12th +4.0pp 13th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 27.4% 21st +2.8pp 14th 26% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 39.2% 9th +4.0pp 15th 6% above peers
Boston, MA 54.9% 3rd +5.2pp 16th 48% above peers
Washington, DC 64.2% 1st +5.7pp 17th 73% above peers
Kansas City, MO 38.4% 10th +3.1pp 18th 4% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 42.7% 6th +2.9pp 19th 15% above peers
Memphis, TN 28.0% 19th +1.9pp 20th 24% below peers
Portland, OR 53.8% 5th +3.3pp 21st 45% above peers
Omaha, NE 40.1% 8th +2.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Raleigh, NC 54.0% 4th +3.1pp 23rd 46% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Petersburg, FL up 6.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Winston-Salem, NC up 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Long Beach, CA up 4.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment fell 5.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.6% to 38.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.8pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 5% moved the other way.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 2.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.8% to 38.7%).
Needs attention 38.7%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 39.9% -5.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
El Paso, TX 47.3% 7th +6.8pp 1st 12% above peers
Memphis, TN 39.9% 14th +2.7pp 2nd 5% below peers
Miami, FL 67.7% 2nd +4.3pp 3rd 60% above peers
Boston, MA 65.1% 3rd +4.0pp 4th 54% above peers
Tucson, AZ 38.6% 16th +0.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Washington, DC 79.0% 1st +0.3pp 6th 87% above peers
Atlanta, GA 62.2% 4th -0.9pp 7th 47% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 43.4% 10th -1.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Mesa, AZ 32.1% 21st -1.2pp 9th 24% below peers
Kansas City, MO 42.2% 12th -2.4pp 10th on par with peers
Fresno, CA 35.5% 19th -3.9pp 11th 16% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 47.6% 6th -6.1pp 12th 13% above peers
Portland, OR 54.4% 5th -7.4pp 13th 29% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 38.7% 15th -5.9pp 14th 8% below peers
Long Beach, CA 44.0% 9th -7.0pp 15th 4% above peers
Omaha, NE 36.3% 18th -6.0pp 16th 14% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 32.7% 20th -5.9pp 17th 23% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 42.3% 11th -7.8pp 18th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 45.6% 8th -9.7pp 19th 8% above peers
Sacramento, CA 38.0% 17th -8.4pp 20th 10% below peers
Baltimore, MD 42.0% 13th -9.8pp 21st 1% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 31.9% 22nd -9.6pp 22nd 24% below peers
Detroit, MI 31.0% 23rd -9.8pp 23rd 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.4pp 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 (7.6% then, 7.2% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.0% to 7.2%).
7.2%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 9.0% -0.9pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Kansas City, MO 5.7% 6th -3.3pp 1st 22% below peers
Miami, FL 8.5% 15th -4.1pp 2nd 16% above peers
Baltimore, MD 9.0% 20th -2.7pp 3rd 23% above peers
Washington, DC 5.2% 4th -1.5pp 4th 29% below peers
El Paso, TX 8.0% 14th -0.9pp 5th 9% above peers
Sacramento, CA 7.2% 10th -0.7pp 6th 1% below peers
Atlanta, GA 4.5% 2nd -0.4pp 7th 38% below peers
Boston, MA 2.9% 1st -0.2pp 8th 60% below peers
Omaha, NE 5.6% 5th -0.3pp 9th 23% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 7.2% 11th -0.4pp 10th 1% below peers
Fresno, CA 8.9% 19th -0.4pp 11th 23% above peers
Long Beach, CA 7.3% 13th -0.3pp 12th on par with peers
Tucson, AZ 7.3% 12th -0.0pp 13th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 4.7% 3rd -0.0pp 14th 36% below peers
Mesa, AZ 8.5% 16th +0.3pp 15th 17% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 6.7% 8th +0.5pp 16th 9% below peers
Milwaukee, WI 8.8% 18th +0.7pp 17th 21% above peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 8.5% 17th +0.7pp 18th 17% above peers
Portland, OR 5.7% 7th +0.6pp 19th 22% below peers
Memphis, TN 13.1% 22nd +1.8pp 20th 80% above peers
Detroit, MI 16.7% 23rd +2.7pp 21st 129% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 11.9% 21st +2.2pp 22nd 64% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 6.8% 9th +1.9pp 23rd 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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Cities of similar size (250k-1m) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Chandler, AZ down 3.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 559,374 to 562,218 - more than the combined survey margin (±122).

Broader trend
59% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (553,576 to 562,218).
562,218
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
Sacramento, CA 528,706 14th +6% 1st 3% below peers
Kansas City, MO 510,612 16th +5% 2nd 7% below peers
Colorado Springs, CO 487,887 19th +5% 3rd 11% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 660,400 4th +4% 4th 21% above peers
Fresno, CA 545,970 13th +4% 5th on par with peers
Raleigh, NC 481,031 20th +4% 6th 12% below peers
Atlanta, GA 505,268 17th +3% 7th 8% below peers
Omaha, NE 488,837 18th +3% 8th 11% below peers
Mesa, AZ 511,764 15th +2% 9th 6% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 631,818 7th +2% 10th 15% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 456,349 22nd +1% 11th 17% below peers
Miami, FL 459,745 21st +1% 12th 16% below peers
Tucson, AZ 547,073 12th +1% 13th on par with peers
Albuquerque, NM 562,218 11th +1% 14th 3% above peers
El Paso, TX 680,130 2nd +0% 15th 24% above peers
Portland, OR 641,165 5th -1% 16th 17% above peers
Washington, DC 681,294 1st -2% 17th 25% above peers
Long Beach, CA 455,548 23rd -2% 18th 17% below peers
Boston, MA 666,442 3rd -3% 19th 22% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 566,973 10th -5% 20th 4% above peers
Memphis, TN 618,980 8th -5% 21st 13% above peers
Detroit, MI 638,530 6th -5% 22nd 17% above peers
Baltimore, MD 573,243 9th -6% 23rd 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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 ±82 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.4% to 20.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.3pp).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 9% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.0% to 20.3%).
Big move 20.3%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 21.8% -1.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Washington, DC 18.7% 19th +0.8pp 1st 14% below peers
Memphis, TN 25.2% 3rd +0.3pp 2nd 16% above peers
Baltimore, MD 20.9% 14th +0.2pp 3rd 4% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 22.5% 8th +0.0pp 4th 3% above peers
Detroit, MI 24.8% 5th -0.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Virginia Beach, VA 21.9% 11th -0.4pp 6th on par with peers
Milwaukee, WI 25.4% 2nd -0.6pp 7th 16% above peers
Kansas City, MO 22.5% 9th -0.6pp 8th 3% above peers
Fresno, CA 27.4% 1st -1.0pp 9th 26% above peers
Omaha, NE 24.2% 6th -0.9pp 10th 11% above peers
Raleigh, NC 19.8% 17th -1.0pp 11th 9% below peers
Boston, MA 15.1% 23rd -0.8pp 12th 31% below peers
Miami, FL 16.5% 21st -1.0pp 13th 24% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 22.4% 10th -1.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 21.8% 12th -1.4pp 15th on par with peers
Sacramento, CA 21.5% 13th -1.6pp 16th 1% below peers
El Paso, TX 24.9% 4th -1.8pp 17th 14% above peers
Mesa, AZ 22.5% 7th -1.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Portland, OR 16.3% 22nd -1.5pp 19th 25% below peers
Tucson, AZ 19.4% 18th -1.8pp 20th 11% below peers
Atlanta, GA 16.6% 20th -1.6pp 21st 24% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 20.3% 15th -2.1pp 22nd 7% below peers
Long Beach, CA 19.9% 16th -2.5pp 23rd 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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41 of 143 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.2pp 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 (39.8% then, 42.2% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.0% to 42.2%).
42.2%
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 Mexico ref 40.0% +2.7pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Portland, OR 31.3% 20th +2.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 30.6% 21st +2.5pp 2nd 25% below peers
Sacramento, CA 36.9% 17th +2.8pp 3rd 9% below peers
Long Beach, CA 40.2% 13th +2.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Omaha, NE 33.3% 19th +1.9pp 5th 18% below peers
Albuquerque, NM 42.2% 10th +2.4pp 6th 4% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 61.4% 2nd +2.9pp 7th 51% above peers
El Paso, TX 37.6% 16th +1.6pp 8th 7% below peers
Las Vegas, NV 38.0% 15th +1.6pp 9th 6% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 40.5% 12th +0.6pp 10th on par with peers
Memphis, TN 59.9% 3rd -0.2pp 11th 48% above peers
Raleigh, NC 34.8% 18th -0.5pp 12th 14% below peers
Detroit, MI 67.1% 1st -1.0pp 13th 65% above peers
Mesa, AZ 30.4% 22nd -0.5pp 14th 25% below peers
Kansas City, MO 38.8% 14th -1.3pp 15th 4% below peers
Tucson, AZ 43.2% 7th -1.7pp 16th 7% above peers
Washington, DC 45.3% 6th -2.3pp 17th 12% above peers
Baltimore, MD 54.2% 4th -3.8pp 18th 34% above peers
Fresno, CA 40.9% 11th -3.3pp 19th 1% above peers
Miami, FL 42.6% 8th -3.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Boston, MA 42.6% 9th -3.9pp 21st 5% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 26.4% 23rd -2.6pp 22nd 35% below peers
Atlanta, GA 46.5% 5th -6.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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41 of 143 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 2 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.2% then, 69.7% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
14% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.7% to 69.7%).
69.7%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 23 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 Mexico ref 62.9% +1.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Sacramento, CA 71.9% 6th +7.6pp 1st 3% above peers
Long Beach, CA 71.3% 8th +5.9pp 2nd 2% above peers
Fresno, CA 65.0% 17th +3.6pp 3rd 7% below peers
Virginia Beach, VA 68.8% 14th +3.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Baltimore, MD 74.6% 4th +3.8pp 5th 7% above peers
Colorado Springs, CO 62.0% 21st +1.6pp 6th 11% below peers
Mesa, AZ 63.5% 18th +1.6pp 7th 9% below peers
Atlanta, GA 75.7% 3rd +1.7pp 8th 9% above peers
Raleigh, NC 70.5% 11th +1.4pp 9th 1% above peers
Washington, DC 77.5% 2nd +1.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Milwaukee, WI 72.5% 5th +1.3pp 11th 4% above peers
Boston, MA 78.6% 1st +0.9pp 12th 13% above peers
Albuquerque, NM 69.7% 12th +0.6pp 13th on par with peers
Miami, FL 67.6% 15th +0.3pp 14th 3% below peers
Portland, OR 70.6% 10th +0.1pp 15th 1% above peers
Kansas City, MO 71.9% 7th -0.3pp 16th 3% above peers
Memphis, TN 66.7% 16th -1.8pp 17th 4% below peers
Omaha, NE 70.8% 9th -2.1pp 18th 2% above peers
Las Vegas, NV 62.4% 20th -2.0pp 19th 11% below peers
El Paso, TX 58.5% 23rd -2.2pp 20th 16% below peers
Tucson, AZ 62.5% 19th -3.9pp 21st 10% below peers
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance), KY 69.0% 13th -4.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
Detroit, MI 61.8% 22nd -5.1pp 23rd 11% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 143 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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41 of 143 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 3 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±5.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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