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89,837 people (2025) 50k-100k West

Bright spots 10 indicators

Where Santa Fe, NM shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
296 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 53%
relative change
628 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.4%
2020-24
▼ 49%
relative change
10.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$73,482
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$57,972 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
10.0%
2020-24
▼ 24%
relative change
13.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
3,761 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 20%
relative change
4,727 a year earlier
Improving recently  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
47.8%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
41.7% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
91.9%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
82.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
4.5%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
4.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
58.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
57.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
63.6%
2020-24
▲ 1%
relative change
62.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Santa Fe, NM shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.7%
Jul 2026
▲ 12%
relative change
4.2% a year earlier
Rising, the wrong way Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
8 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
flat
relative change
8 in the prior 12 months
Dropping too slowly  
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.48
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
19.0%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
19.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
9.2%
2020-24
▲ 47%
relative change
6.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
83.6%
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
67.2% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
16.0%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
18.9% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Population
89,019
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
83,922 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,925
Aug 2026
flat
relative change
$1,917 a year earlier
Rising  
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
38.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
41.6% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 3 indicators
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 20% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 21% higher than in 2021 (3,185 then, 3,869 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 5,240 in 2023 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 3,761 in July 2026, down from 4,727 a year earlier.
Bright spot 3,761 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Leander, TX 408 (Jul 26) -42.9% 1st
Mission Viejo, CA 676 (Jul 26) -38.2% 2nd
Danbury, CT 776 (Jul 26) -31.4% 3rd
Roswell, GA 652 (Jul 26) -28.5% 4th
Franklin, TN 643 (Jul 26) -25.2% 5th
Mission, TX 1,026 (Jul 26) -24.8% 6th
Lawrence, MA 761 (Jul 26) -24.5% 7th
Santa Fe, NM 3,761 (Jul 26) -20.4% 8th
Clifton, NJ 1,734 (Jun 26) -19.7% 9th
Troy, MI 931 (Jul 26) -16.2% 10th
Newton, MA 505 (Dec 25) -15.4% 11th
Santa Monica, CA 3,750 (Jul 26) -15.1% 12th
Westminster, CA 2,119 (Jun 26) -13.9% 13th
Erie, PA 1,827 (Jul 26) -11.4% 14th
Fort Smith, AR 3,153 (Jul 26) -8.7% 15th
Ogden, UT 1,607 (Jul 26) -8.2% 16th
Duluth, MN 2,843 (Jul 26) -6.2% 17th
Bloomington, MN 2,840 (Apr 26) -4.8% 18th
Champaign, IL 2,108 (Jul 26) -3.1% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 12% lower than in 2021 (11 then, 10 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 2 in 2024 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 8 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, unchanged from 8 in the prior 12 months. That is 9 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 8 homicides
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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%
Mission Viejo, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Bloomington, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Danbury, CT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Mission, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Troy, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
Westminster, CA 1 (Jun 26) -75.1% 6th
Franklin, TN 1 (Jul 26) -66.7% 7th
Leander, TX 1 (Jul 26) -49.8% 8th
Duluth, MN 5 (Jul 26) -42.8% 9th
Fort Smith, AR 3 (Jul 26) -40.0% 10th
Champaign, IL 5 (Jul 26) -28.6% 11th
Erie, PA 5 (Jul 26) -28.6% 12th
Santa Monica, CA 7 (Jul 26) -14.3% 13th
Santa Fe, NM 9 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Clifton, NJ 1 (Jun 26) +0.0% 15th
Roswell, GA 1 (Jul 26) +0.0% 16th
Ogden, UT 7 (Jul 26) +49.9% 17th
Lawrence, MA 7 (Jul 26) +100.0% 18th
Newton, MA 0 (Dec 25)
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 53% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 2% lower than in 2021 (317 then, 309 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 826 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 27% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 296 in July 2026, down from 628 a year earlier.
Bright spot 296 per 100k
2018July 2026
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▸ Compare all 19 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 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Leander, TX 22 (Jul 26) -57.4% 1st
Santa Fe, NM 296 (Jul 26) -52.8% 2nd
Mission Viejo, CA 66 (Jul 26) -46.9% 3rd
Mission, TX 24 (Jul 26) -41.7% 4th
Duluth, MN 88 (Jul 26) -35.0% 5th
Clifton, NJ 155 (Jun 26) -34.4% 6th
Champaign, IL 146 (Jul 26) -33.8% 7th
Newton, MA 23 (Dec 25) -32.6% 8th
Bloomington, MN 115 (Apr 26) -29.8% 9th
Lawrence, MA 78 (Jul 26) -27.1% 10th
Roswell, GA 47 (Jul 26) -25.9% 11th
Danbury, CT 69 (Jul 26) -25.6% 12th
Santa Monica, CA 377 (Jul 26) -22.6% 13th
Troy, MI 62 (Jul 26) -20.3% 14th
Ogden, UT 130 (Jul 26) -16.5% 15th
Franklin, TN 49 (Jul 26) -15.4% 16th
Erie, PA 95 (Jul 26) -13.9% 17th
Fort Smith, AR 241 (Jul 26) -5.2% 18th
Westminster, CA 265 (Jun 26) +7.8% 19th
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% 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 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $57,972 to $73,482 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,533).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Fe started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 46% from 2014 to 2024 ($50,213 to $73,482).
Bright spot $73,482
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 $64,059 +29%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Trenton, NJ $52,537 29th +48% 1st 30% below peers
Compton, CA $78,465 15th +48% 2nd 5% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $52,058 30th +45% 3rd 30% below peers
Ogden, UT $72,575 19th +45% 4th 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 20th +44% 5th 4% below peers
South Gate, CA $74,571 16th +43% 6th on par with peers
Springdale, AR $69,787 21st +39% 7th 6% below peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 13th +37% 8th 15% above peers
Leander, TX $139,048 3rd +36% 9th 86% above peers
Lawrence, MA $60,433 24th +35% 10th 19% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 2nd +34% 11th 90% above peers
Carson, CA $108,703 10th +32% 12th 46% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $54,816 27th +31% 13th 26% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 22nd +31% 14th 8% below peers
Roswell, GA $128,654 5th +29% 15th 73% above peers
Clifton, NJ $98,237 11th +28% 16th 32% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $73,482 18th +27% 17th 1% below peers
Newton, MA $190,304 1st +26% 18th 155% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 23rd +24% 19th 19% below peers
Germantown, MD $117,546 8th +24% 20th 58% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $59,730 25th +24% 21st 20% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 12th +24% 22nd 25% above peers
Kennewick, WA $73,576 17th +24% 23rd 1% below peers
Erie, PA $46,113 31st +22% 24th 38% below peers
Franklin, TN $119,528 7th +22% 25th 60% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $114,885 9th +19% 26th 54% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 6th +18% 27th 61% above peers
Champaign, IL $56,118 26th +16% 28th 25% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $136,123 4th +15% 29th 83% above peers
Lawton, OK $54,433 28th +14% 30th 27% below peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 14th +14% 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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10 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • 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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,581 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 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is about where it was in 2022 (3.5% then, 3.5% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3.1% 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: 4.7% in July 2026, up from 4.2% a year earlier.
Needs attention 4.7%
1990July 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref 4.8% (Jul 26) +0.8pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Trenton, NJ 7.4% (Jul 26) 30th -1.8pp 1st 64% above peers
Clifton, NJ 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -1.3pp 2nd on par with peers
South Gate, CA 5.0% (Jul 26) 21st -1.2pp 3rd 11% above peers
Compton, CA 6.1% (Jul 26) 27th -1.2pp 4th 36% above peers
Champaign, IL 3.8% (Jul 26) 4th -1.1pp 5th 16% below peers
Carson, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 24th -1.0pp 6th 18% above peers
Waukegan, IL 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th -1.0pp 7th 11% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 8th 13% above peers
Westminster, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.8pp 9th 2% above peers
Kennewick, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 5th -0.6pp 10th 13% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 11th 2% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 12th 40% below peers
Lawrence, MA 6.8% (Jul 26) 28th -0.2pp 13th 51% above peers
Mission, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 26th -0.2pp 14th 33% above peers
Newton, MA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 15th 11% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.2pp 16th 7% below peers
Springdale, AR 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 17th 24% below peers
Ogden, UT 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th -0.1pp 18th 11% below peers
Erie, PA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 2.7% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.0pp 20th 40% below peers
Troy, MI 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.2pp 21st 11% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.4pp 22nd 7% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 23rd 4% above peers
Leander, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th +0.5pp 24th 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 4.5% (Jul 26) 18th +0.6pp 25th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 14th +0.6pp 26th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.7pp 27th 2% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 6.8% (Jul 26) 29th +1.1pp 28th 51% above peers
Danbury, CT 5.2% (Jul 26) 23rd +1.3pp 29th 16% above peers
Lawton, OK 5.4% (Jul 26) 25th +1.5pp 30th 20% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (13.5% then, 12.9% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.1% to 12.9%).
12.9%
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 Mexico ref 17.8% -1.3pp
United States ref 12.4%
Franklin, TN 4.7% 3rd -2.0pp 1st 65% below peers
South Gate, CA 12.7% 14th -4.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Trenton, NJ 21.6% 29th -7.1pp 3rd 61% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.4% 16th -4.2pp 4th on par with peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 17th -3.5pp 5th 2% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.8% 1st -1.0pp 6th 72% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.9% 8th -1.9pp 7th 41% below peers
Lawrence, MA 17.6% 23rd -3.8pp 8th 32% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 20.4% 27th -3.9pp 9th 52% above peers
Mission, TX 19.4% 26th -3.1pp 10th 45% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.3% 21st -2.3pp 11th 14% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 18.3% 25th -2.8pp 12th 37% above peers
Compton, CA 17.9% 24th -2.6pp 13th 34% above peers
Erie, PA 23.3% 30th -2.9pp 14th 74% above peers
Kennewick, WA 14.3% 18th -1.2pp 15th 7% above peers
Duluth, MN 16.8% 22nd -1.4pp 16th 26% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.4% 19th -1.1pp 17th 7% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 15.1% 20th -1.1pp 18th 13% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.9% 15th -0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.5% 7th -0.1pp 20th 44% below peers
Carson, CA 8.7% 9th -0.0pp 21st 35% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.7% 13th +0.2pp 22nd 12% below peers
Champaign, IL 25.9% 31st +0.9pp 23rd 93% above peers
Newton, MA 4.5% 2nd +0.2pp 24th 66% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.6% 5th +0.3pp 25th 58% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 4th +0.3pp 26th 60% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.2% 12th +1.3pp 27th 16% below peers
Lawton, OK 21.1% 28th +2.6pp 28th 58% above peers
Bloomington, MN 9.2% 11th +1.8pp 29th 31% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.8% 10th +2.2pp 30th 34% below peers
Leander, TX 5.8% 6th +1.7pp 31st 56% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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10 of 34 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · 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 →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.9% then, 19.0% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.3% to 19.0%).
Needs attention 19.0%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref 24.0% -2.7pp
United States ref 16.1%
Franklin, TN 3.6% 2nd -4.6pp 1st 79% below peers
Clifton, NJ 7.4% 6th -7.8pp 2nd 56% below peers
South Gate, CA 14.6% 13th -9.6pp 3rd 12% below peers
Carson, CA 8.3% 10th -4.7pp 4th 50% below peers
Newton, MA 1.9% 1st -1.0pp 5th 89% below peers
Roswell, GA 7.4% 7th -3.7pp 6th 55% below peers
Springdale, AR 18.2% 19th -8.7pp 7th 9% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.3% 28th -12.2pp 8th 58% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 3rd -1.4pp 9th 78% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.7% 16th -6.5pp 10th on par with peers
Fort Smith, AR 22.6% 23rd -7.5pp 11th 36% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 26th -7.2pp 12th 48% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 4th -1.0pp 13th 78% below peers
Kennewick, WA 18.6% 20th -2.7pp 14th 12% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 18th -2.4pp 15th 3% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.8% 31st -5.2pp 16th 133% above peers
Lawrence, MA 24.1% 24th -2.7pp 17th 45% above peers
Compton, CA 25.9% 27th -2.6pp 18th 56% above peers
Ogden, UT 19.4% 22nd -1.9pp 19th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 34.8% 30th -3.1pp 20th 109% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.7% 15th -1.2pp 21st 6% below peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 25th -1.5pp 22nd 47% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 5.5% 5th -0.3pp 23rd 67% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 19.0% 21st -1.0pp 24th 14% above peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 17th -0.4pp 25th 1% above peers
Lawton, OK 28.7% 29th +2.3pp 26th 72% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 14th +2.2pp 27th 6% below peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 11th +3.2pp 28th 22% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 7.7% 9th +2.4pp 29th 54% below peers
Germantown, MD 14.2% 12th +5.2pp 30th 15% below peers
Leander, TX 7.6% 8th +3.4pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
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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 →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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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 82.1% to 91.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
90% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Fe 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 13.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (78.2% to 91.9%).
Bright spot 91.9%
20172024
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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%
Daytona Beach, FL 90.2% 24th +19.9pp 1st 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 82.0% 31st +18.1pp 2nd 10% below peers
Springdale, AR 91.2% 18th +18.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Compton, CA 86.3% 28th +14.0pp 4th 6% below peers
Lawrence, MA 84.9% 30th +12.7pp 5th 7% below peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 21st +12.6pp 6th 1% below peers
Ogden, UT 93.9% 11th +12.4pp 7th 3% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 85.4% 29th +10.4pp 8th 7% below peers
Erie, PA 88.3% 26th +10.7pp 9th 3% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 91.9% 14th +9.7pp 10th 1% above peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 22nd +8.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Clifton, NJ 91.4% 16th +8.4pp 12th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 91.2% 19th +7.6pp 13th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 91.5% 15th +7.2pp 14th on par with peers
South Gate, CA 90.9% 20th +7.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Lawton, OK 90.3% 23rd +6.5pp 16th 1% below peers
Carson, CA 95.1% 9th +6.8pp 17th 4% above peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 12th +6.6pp 18th 2% above peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 25th +6.1pp 19th 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 13th +5.1pp 20th 2% above peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 17th +4.5pp 21st on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 87.4% 27th +4.2pp 22nd 4% below peers
Franklin, TN 96.0% 7th +3.9pp 23rd 5% above peers
Roswell, GA 96.6% 5th +3.9pp 24th 6% above peers
Leander, TX 97.3% 2nd +3.7pp 25th 6% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 94.2% 10th +3.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Newton, MA 96.9% 4th +3.1pp 27th 6% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 28th 8% above peers
Germantown, MD 96.6% 6th +2.5pp 29th 6% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 97.1% 3rd +2.5pp 30th 6% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 8th +2.4pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp 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 (0.48 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.02).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.48).
Needs attention 0.48
20102024
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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
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 1st -0.022 1st 20% below peers
Ogden, UT 0.43 9th -0.024 2nd 5% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 24th -0.021 3rd 6% above peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 20th -0.019 4th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 0.44 12th -0.013 5th 4% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 0.49 26th -0.013 6th 8% above peers
Germantown, MD 0.40 2nd -0.009 7th 11% below peers
Lawrence, MA 0.46 18th -0.010 8th on par with peers
Roswell, GA 0.45 16th -0.009 9th on par with peers
Santa Monica, CA 0.54 30th -0.007 10th 20% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 0.48 22nd +0.000 11th 5% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 23rd +0.002 12th 5% above peers
Erie, PA 0.46 19th +0.003 13th 2% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 0.41 3rd +0.003 14th 10% below peers
Compton, CA 0.41 4th +0.004 15th 9% below peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 14th +0.005 16th 3% below peers
Trenton, NJ 0.53 29th +0.009 17th 16% above peers
Troy, MI 0.42 7th +0.009 18th 7% below peers
Franklin, TN 0.43 11th +0.009 19th 4% below peers
Kennewick, WA 0.44 13th +0.009 20th 4% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 10th +0.011 21st 4% below peers
Newton, MA 0.49 25th +0.012 22nd 8% above peers
Springdale, AR 0.46 17th +0.012 23rd on par with peers
Champaign, IL 0.56 31st +0.015 24th 24% above peers
South Gate, CA 0.42 6th +0.018 25th 7% below peers
Clifton, NJ 0.45 15th +0.027 26th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 21st +0.029 27th 3% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 0.49 27th +0.031 28th 9% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 0.52 28th +0.034 29th 15% above peers
Carson, CA 0.43 8th +0.031 30th 6% below peers
Leander, TX 0.41 5th +0.041 31st 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (11.2% then, 12.4% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 2.4 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (10.0% to 12.4%).
12.4%
20102023
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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
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 89% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.2% 3rd -2.8pp 2nd 72% below peers
Springdale, AR 6.0% 9th -5.2pp 3rd 48% below peers
Franklin, TN 2.5% 2nd -1.4pp 4th 78% below peers
Ogden, UT 11.6% 16th -4.4pp 5th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 18.7% 24th -6.1pp 6th 62% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.2% 19th -3.6pp 7th 14% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 14th -1.5pp 8th 5% below peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 23rd -2.0pp 9th 60% above peers
Clifton, NJ 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 10th 3% below peers
Leander, TX 3.4% 4th -0.3pp 11th 70% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 26th -1.2pp 12th 75% above peers
Trenton, NJ 26.1% 29th -0.1pp 13th 126% above peers
Kennewick, WA 18.2% 22nd +0.5pp 14th 58% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 14.5% 20th +0.4pp 15th 25% above peers
Erie, PA 30.2% 30th +1.0pp 16th 162% above peers
Champaign, IL 9.7% 12th +0.3pp 17th 16% below peers
Newton, MA 4.4% 5th +0.2pp 18th 62% below peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 8th +0.2pp 19th 49% below peers
Germantown, MD 8.9% 11th +0.4pp 20th 23% below peers
Lawton, OK 18.7% 25th +1.0pp 21st 62% above peers
Lawrence, MA 43.9% 31st +3.1pp 22nd 280% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 12.4% 17th +1.2pp 23rd 7% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 13th +1.4pp 24th 6% below peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 7th +0.9pp 25th 55% below peers
South Gate, CA 20.3% 27th +3.6pp 26th 75% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 21st +2.8pp 27th 26% above peers
Compton, CA 25.0% 28th +5.7pp 28th 116% above peers
Carson, CA 12.7% 18th +5.1pp 29th 10% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 6.0% 10th +3.2pp 30th 48% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 4.9% 6th +3.2pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.4pp 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, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 70% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 80% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $581,279 in August 2026, up from $576,676 a year earlier.
$581,279
2002August 2026
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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%
Waukegan, IL $247,657 (Aug 26) 26th +6.9% 1st 43% below peers
Lawton, OK $146,805 (Aug 26) 31st +6.5% 2nd 66% below peers
Duluth, MN $298,068 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 3rd 31% below peers
Erie, PA $208,111 (Aug 26) 29th +5.2% 4th 52% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,095,037 (Aug 26) 4th +4.9% 5th 154% above peers
Danbury, CT $492,946 (Aug 26) 14th +4.4% 6th 14% above peers
Champaign, IL $238,960 (Aug 26) 27th +4.2% 7th 45% below peers
Springdale, AR $341,760 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.9% 8th 21% below peers
Clifton, NJ $612,937 (Aug 26) 11th +3.9% 9th 42% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $195,029 (Aug 26) 30th +3.1% 10th 55% below peers
Compton, CA $638,376 (Aug 26) 9th +2.7% 11th 48% above peers
Franklin, TN $925,870 (Aug 26) 5th +2.6% 12th 115% above peers
Lawrence, MA $513,746 (Aug 26) 13th +2.4% 13th 19% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA $1,206,543 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 14th 180% above peers
Newton, MA $1,509,055 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.3% 15th 250% above peers
Troy, MI $458,678 (Aug 26) 15th +2.2% 16th 6% above peers
South Gate, CA $692,930 (Aug 26) 7th +2.1% 17th 61% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $1,667,060 (Aug 26) 1st +1.8% 18th 287% above peers
Bloomington, MN $362,340 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 19th 16% below peers
Roswell, GA $653,146 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 20th 52% above peers
Carson, CA $785,721 (Aug 26) 6th +1.2% 21st 82% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $581,279 (Aug 26) 12th +0.8% 22nd 35% above peers
Kennewick, WA $431,000 (Aug 26) 16th +0.6% 23rd on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ $627,355 (Aug 26) 10th +0.1% 24th 46% above peers
Ogden, UT $395,517 (Aug 26) 19th -0.3% 25th 8% below peers
Mission, TX $219,583 (Aug 26) 28th -0.9% 26th 49% below peers
Trenton, NJ $348,502 (Aug 26) 21st -1.7% 27th 19% below peers
Germantown, MD $416,884 (Aug 26) 18th -2.2% 28th 3% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $252,622 (Aug 26) 25th -2.3% 29th 41% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $272,563 (Aug 26) 24th -3.0% 30th 37% below peers
Leander, TX $421,703 (Aug 26) 17th -6.2% 31st 2% 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 67% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $402,732 in August 2026, up from $397,644 a year earlier.
$402,732
2002August 2026
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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%
Waukegan, IL $201,000 (Aug 26) 24th +10.4% 1st 39% below peers
Lawton, OK $83,114 (Aug 26) 31st +9.2% 2nd 75% below peers
Duluth, MN $202,793 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.9% 3rd 39% below peers
Erie, PA $127,852 (Aug 26) 28th +6.7% 4th 61% below peers
Champaign, IL $156,753 (Aug 26) 25th +6.6% 5th 53% below peers
Springdale, AR $263,148 (Aug 26) 21st +5.4% 6th 20% below peers
Clifton, NJ $524,292 (Aug 26) 9th +5.2% 7th 58% above peers
Westminster, CA $928,858 (Aug 26) 3rd +5.0% 8th 181% above peers
Fort Smith, AR $112,868 (Aug 26) 30th +5.0% 9th 66% below peers
Danbury, CT $338,397 (Aug 26) 15th +4.2% 10th 2% above peers
Compton, CA $566,727 (Aug 26) 8th +3.9% 11th 71% above peers
Newton, MA $961,541 (Aug 26) 1st +3.6% 12th 191% above peers
Lawrence, MA $373,423 (Aug 26) 13th +3.0% 13th 13% above peers
Franklin, TN $606,342 (Aug 26) 7th +2.9% 14th 83% above peers
South Gate, CA $628,812 (Aug 26) 6th +2.5% 15th 90% above peers
Troy, MI $330,983 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 16th on par with peers
Mission, TX $145,560 (Aug 26) 26th +1.8% 17th 56% below peers
Kennewick, WA $340,031 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 18th 3% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $402,732 (Aug 26) 12th +1.3% 19th 22% above peers
Bloomington, MN $267,412 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 20th 19% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA $864,518 (Aug 26) 4th +1.2% 21st 161% above peers
Roswell, GA $466,689 (Aug 26) 11th +1.1% 22nd 41% above peers
Carson, CA $656,050 (Aug 26) 5th +0.6% 23rd 98% above peers
Ogden, UT $316,340 (Aug 26) 18th +0.1% 24th 4% below peers
Santa Monica, CA $938,358 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.4% 25th 184% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $476,013 (Aug 26) 10th -0.8% 26th 44% above peers
Germantown, MD $306,252 (Aug 26) 19th -3.2% 27th 7% below peers
Trenton, NJ $209,336 (Aug 26) 22nd -3.3% 28th 37% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $136,833 (Aug 26) 27th -3.8% 29th 59% below peers
Leander, TX $324,516 (Aug 26) 17th -5.1% 30th 2% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $122,749 (Aug 26) 29th -7.9% 31st 63% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (62.7% then, 63.6% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.0% to 63.6%).
Bright spot 63.6%
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 Mexico ref 70.0% +2.3pp
United States ref 65.2%
Springdale, AR 53.4% 22nd +4.0pp 1st 10% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 24th +3.7pp 2nd 16% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 47.5% 25th +3.5pp 3rd 20% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 63.9% 11th +4.4pp 4th 7% above peers
Germantown, MD 67.2% 9th +4.1pp 5th 13% above peers
Erie, PA 54.1% 19th +3.3pp 6th 9% below peers
Ogden, UT 61.3% 15th +3.5pp 7th 3% above peers
South Gate, CA 45.3% 26th +2.5pp 8th 24% below peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 7th +3.7pp 9th 20% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 53.4% 23rd +2.7pp 10th 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 37.9% 29th +1.9pp 11th 36% below peers
Roswell, GA 71.9% 6th +3.6pp 12th 21% above peers
Compton, CA 56.4% 18th +2.6pp 13th 5% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 14th 51% above peers
Champaign, IL 43.8% 28th +1.2pp 15th 26% below peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 21st +1.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Clifton, NJ 59.6% 16th +1.6pp 17th on par with peers
Santa Fe, NM 63.6% 13th +0.9pp 18th 7% above peers
Carson, CA 74.0% 3rd +0.9pp 19th 24% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 76.9% 2nd -0.0pp 20th 29% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.8% 27th -0.1pp 21st 25% below peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 5th -0.5pp 22nd 23% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 17th -1.0pp 23rd on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 10th -1.5pp 24th 10% above peers
Newton, MA 70.0% 8th -2.0pp 25th 18% above peers
Kennewick, WA 61.3% 14th -2.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 27.9% 31st -1.1pp 27th 53% below peers
Franklin, TN 63.8% 12th -2.6pp 28th 7% above peers
Leander, TX 73.4% 4th -4.8pp 29th 23% above peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 20th -4.3pp 30th 10% below peers
Lawrence, MA 28.1% 30th -3.0pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 54% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,925 in August 2026, up from $1,917 a year earlier.
Big move $1,925
2016August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Mission Viejo, CA $3,144 (Aug 26) 3rd +8.3% 1st 63% above peers
Champaign, IL $1,506 (Aug 26) 24th +4.7% 2nd 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ $2,672 (Aug 26) 6th +4.4% 3rd 39% above peers
Westminster, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 5th +4.3% 4th 45% above peers
Lawton, OK $1,118 (Aug 26) 29th +3.9% 5th 42% below peers
South Gate, CA $2,228 (Aug 26) 10th +3.4% 6th 16% above peers
Bloomington, MN $1,693 (Aug 26) 20th +3.1% 7th 12% below peers
Fort Smith, AR $1,054 (Aug 26) 31st +3.0% 8th 45% below peers
Troy, MI $1,882 (Aug 26) 18th +3.0% 9th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,428 (Aug 26) 25th +2.9% 10th 26% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,687 (Aug 26) 21st +2.9% 11th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA $2,380 (Aug 26) 9th +2.6% 12th 24% above peers
Trenton, NJ $2,006 (Aug 26) 15th +2.6% 13th 4% above peers
Newton, MA $3,408 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 14th 77% above peers
Germantown, MD $2,065 (Aug 26) 14th +1.9% 15th 7% above peers
Danbury, CT $2,546 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 16th 32% above peers
Leander, TX $1,899 (Aug 26) 17th +1.7% 17th 1% below peers
Springdale, AR $1,426 (Aug 26) 26th +1.5% 18th 26% below peers
Franklin, TN $2,074 (Aug 26) 13th +1.5% 19th 8% above peers
Santa Monica, CA $3,438 (Aug 26) 1st +1.4% 20th 79% above peers
Kennewick, WA $1,676 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 21st 13% below peers
Ogden, UT $1,305 (Aug 26) 28th +1.4% 22nd 32% below peers
Erie, PA $1,103 (Aug 26) 30th +1.3% 23rd 43% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL $2,426 (Aug 26) 8th +1.3% 24th 26% above peers
Roswell, GA $1,724 (Aug 26) 19th +1.2% 25th 10% below peers
Carson, CA $2,989 (Aug 26) 4th +1.1% 26th 55% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 12th +1.0% 27th 14% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $1,533 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.8% 28th 20% below peers
Compton, CA $2,209 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 29th 15% above peers
Santa Fe, NM $1,925 (Aug 26) 16th +0.4% 30th on par with peers
Mission, TX $1,351 (Aug 26) 27th -0.9% 31st 30% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (34.0% then, 35.7% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.3% to 35.7%).
35.7%
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 29.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 2nd -3.9pp 1st 35% below peers
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 16th -5.4pp 2nd on par with peers
Germantown, MD 29.9% 10th -4.0pp 3rd 12% below peers
South Gate, CA 45.1% 26th -5.8pp 4th 32% above peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 8th -3.5pp 5th 15% below peers
Trenton, NJ 45.8% 27th -4.2pp 6th 34% above peers
Compton, CA 48.1% 29th -4.4pp 7th 41% above peers
Leander, TX 25.6% 4th -1.7pp 8th 25% below peers
Clifton, NJ 42.5% 23rd -2.0pp 9th 24% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 28.3% 6th -0.8pp 10th 17% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 44.1% 25th -0.5pp 11th 29% above peers
Carson, CA 34.5% 17th -0.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Roswell, GA 26.8% 5th -0.3pp 13th 22% below peers
Springdale, AR 25.0% 3rd +0.2pp 14th 27% below peers
Lawton, OK 32.1% 13th +0.4pp 15th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 22nd +0.8pp 16th 22% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 42.5% 24th +1.0pp 17th 24% above peers
Lawrence, MA 54.2% 31st +1.4pp 18th 58% above peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 28th +1.4pp 19th 39% above peers
Champaign, IL 38.0% 21st +1.2pp 20th 11% above peers
Newton, MA 30.5% 11th +1.0pp 21st 11% below peers
Erie, PA 36.1% 19th +1.5pp 22nd 6% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 14th +1.3pp 23rd 4% below peers
Kennewick, WA 32.0% 12th +1.5pp 24th 6% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 35.7% 18th +1.7pp 25th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 7th +1.6pp 26th 15% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 48.2% 30th +2.9pp 27th 41% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 37.5% 20th +2.8pp 28th 10% above peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 29th 39% below peers
Ogden, UT 33.4% 15th +3.4pp 30th 2% below peers
Franklin, TN 29.7% 9th +5.4pp 31st 13% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 →
  • 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
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

▼ Lower is better No measurable change
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 (4.9% then, 4.5% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 4.5%).
Bright spot 4.5%
20102024
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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
Springdale, AR 3.9% 6th -1.9pp 1st 48% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.5% 5th -0.9pp 2nd 54% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 19th -1.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Lawrence, MA 20.3% 30th -3.9pp 4th 167% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 11.3% 26th -2.0pp 5th 48% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 7.6% 16th -1.0pp 6th on par with peers
Trenton, NJ 26.7% 31st -3.4pp 7th 250% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 25th -1.2pp 8th 33% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 4.5% 7th -0.5pp 9th 41% below peers
Erie, PA 17.2% 29th -1.4pp 10th 125% above peers
Compton, CA 7.0% 13th -0.6pp 11th 8% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 9.4% 22nd -0.6pp 12th 24% above peers
Clifton, NJ 10.0% 24th -0.5pp 13th 31% above peers
South Gate, CA 7.7% 17th -0.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.0pp 15th 63% below peers
Ogden, UT 8.9% 21st +0.0pp 16th 17% above peers
Leander, TX 1.8% 2nd +0.0pp 17th 76% below peers
Franklin, TN 3.1% 4th +0.0pp 18th 59% below peers
Lawton, OK 9.9% 23rd +0.4pp 19th 30% above peers
Newton, MA 6.4% 11th +0.3pp 20th 16% below peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 18th +0.5pp 21st 10% above peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 10th +0.3pp 22nd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 11.4% 27th +0.9pp 23rd 50% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 15th +0.8pp 24th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 8th +0.6pp 25th 40% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 12th +0.9pp 26th 11% below peers
Champaign, IL 16.7% 28th +3.6pp 27th 119% above peers
Carson, CA 4.6% 9th +1.0pp 28th 40% below peers
Germantown, MD 7.5% 14th +2.0pp 29th 2% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.9% 20th +2.5pp 30th 16% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 79% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Prescott Valley, AZ down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apopka, FL down 2.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sandy, UT down 1.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.0% to 10.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Santa Fe started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.4% to 10.0%).
Bright spot 10.0%
20132024
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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
Clifton, NJ 6.8% 15th -3.7pp 1st 20% below peers
Roswell, GA 8.5% 16th -3.8pp 2nd on par with peers
Mission Viejo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.0pp 3rd 62% below peers
Franklin, TN 4.7% 6th -1.5pp 4th 45% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 10.0% 19th -3.1pp 5th 17% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 3.5% 4th -1.0pp 6th 58% below peers
Lawrence, MA 5.5% 8th -1.2pp 7th 35% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 12.5% 21st -2.6pp 8th 47% above peers
South Gate, CA 12.8% 23rd -2.3pp 9th 51% above peers
Erie, PA 5.8% 10th -0.8pp 10th 32% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 16.9% 28th -1.8pp 11th 100% above peers
Lawton, OK 12.8% 24th -1.3pp 12th 51% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.8% 26th -1.5pp 13th 75% above peers
Carson, CA 6.6% 14th -0.5pp 14th 22% below peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 12th -0.5pp 15th 26% below peers
Leander, TX 9.2% 18th -0.5pp 16th 8% above peers
Mission, TX 26.5% 31st -1.3pp 17th 212% above peers
Germantown, MD 6.3% 13th -0.3pp 18th 25% below peers
Ogden, UT 13.7% 25th -0.1pp 19th 61% above peers
Waukegan, IL 16.0% 27th -0.1pp 20th 89% above peers
Trenton, NJ 17.6% 29th +0.1pp 21st 108% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 2nd +0.0pp 22nd 67% below peers
Newton, MA 1.3% 1st +0.0pp 23rd 85% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 12.7% 22nd +0.5pp 24th 50% above peers
Compton, CA 12.4% 20th +0.8pp 25th 47% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.8% 17th +0.7pp 26th 3% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.6% 9th +0.5pp 27th 34% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 11th +0.8pp 28th 31% below peers
Champaign, IL 5.4% 7th +0.8pp 29th 37% below peers
Springdale, AR 20.9% 30th +3.2pp 30th 147% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.6% 5th +0.9pp 31st 46% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

Adult obesity

▼ Lower is better Level only ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

24.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref 32.2%
United States ref 33.4%
Newton, MA 20.4% 1st 35% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 2nd 28% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 23.0% 3rd 27% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 24.0% 4th 24% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 5th 21% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 25.0% 6th 21% below peers
Germantown, MD 25.0% 7th 21% below peers
Carson, CA 25.9% 8th 18% below peers
Roswell, GA 26.6% 9th 16% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 10th 14% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 11th 13% below peers
Clifton, NJ 28.5% 12th 10% below peers
Franklin, TN 28.8% 13th 9% below peers
Leander, TX 29.0% 14th 8% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 15th 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 31.6% 16th on par with peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 32.5% 17th 3% above peers
Compton, CA 34.2% 18th 8% above peers
Champaign, IL 35.1% 19th 11% above peers
Springdale, AR 37.0% 20th 17% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 21st 18% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 37.4% 22nd 18% above peers
Ogden, UT 37.6% 23rd 19% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.0% 24th 20% above peers
Lawrence, MA 38.1% 25th 21% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 26th 22% above peers
Erie, PA 40.8% 27th 29% above peers
Kennewick, WA 41.7% 28th 32% above peers
Trenton, NJ 42.6% 29th 35% above peers
Lawton, OK 44.5% 30th 41% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 41% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured fell 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 10.7% to 5.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Santa Fe started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 5.4%).
Bright spot 5.4%
20122024
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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 5.8% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Franklin, TN 1.6% 2nd -2.0pp 1st 62% below peers
Roswell, GA 3.8% 14th -3.9pp 2nd 8% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 5.4% 20th -5.2pp 3rd 31% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 2.2% 5th -2.0pp 4th 47% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 2.1% 4th -1.7pp 5th 50% below peers
Lawrence, MA 1.7% 3rd -1.4pp 6th 58% below peers
South Gate, CA 4.2% 16th -2.1pp 7th on par with peers
Erie, PA 2.4% 8th -1.0pp 8th 43% below peers
Clifton, NJ 3.8% 13th -1.0pp 9th 10% below peers
Leander, TX 6.8% 23rd -1.6pp 10th 64% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 19th -1.2pp 11th 30% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 5.1% 18th -1.1pp 12th 24% above peers
Germantown, MD 2.5% 9th -0.4pp 13th 39% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 21st -0.3pp 14th 39% above peers
Ogden, UT 9.0% 25th -0.2pp 15th 117% above peers
Springdale, AR 13.1% 29th -0.3pp 16th 216% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 28th +0.2pp 17th 173% above peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 11th +0.3pp 18th 25% below peers
Champaign, IL 2.3% 7th +0.3pp 19th 45% below peers
Carson, CA 3.6% 12th +0.6pp 20th 13% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 13.6% 30th +2.4pp 21st 227% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 31st +3.6pp 22nd 364% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 6th +0.4pp 23rd 46% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 10th +0.5pp 24th 33% below peers
Lawton, OK 7.9% 24th +1.9pp 25th 90% above peers
Compton, CA 4.6% 17th +1.2pp 26th 10% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 9.9% 27th +4.0pp 27th 139% above peers
Newton, MA 0.9% 1st +0.4pp 28th 79% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 22nd +3.2pp 29th 58% above peers
Trenton, NJ 9.8% 26th +5.5pp 30th 137% above peers
Kennewick, WA 4.0% 15th +2.7pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Grand Forks, ND down 5.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Columbus, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norwalk, CT down 17.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 41.7% to 47.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Santa Fe started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 3.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.0% to 47.8%).
Bright spot 47.8%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Mexico ref 31.0% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lawrence, MA 16.8% 28th +6.0pp 1st 43% below peers
Trenton, NJ 16.2% 29th +4.0pp 2nd 45% below peers
Leander, TX 53.3% 6th +12.1pp 3rd 81% above peers
Ogden, UT 25.9% 21st +5.1pp 4th 12% below peers
Compton, CA 10.6% 31st +2.0pp 5th 64% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 27.8% 19th +4.7pp 6th 5% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 27th +3.5pp 7th 29% below peers
South Gate, CA 11.3% 30th +1.8pp 8th 62% below peers
Springdale, AR 24.2% 23rd +3.9pp 9th 18% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 12th +6.8pp 10th 53% above peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 13th +6.1pp 11th 50% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 47.8% 10th +6.1pp 12th 63% above peers
Roswell, GA 66.0% 3rd +7.9pp 13th 125% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 16th +3.5pp 14th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 11th +4.2pp 15th 57% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.9% 24th +2.0pp 16th 19% below peers
Clifton, NJ 35.5% 14th +2.9pp 17th 21% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 28.8% 18th +2.1pp 18th 2% below peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 15th +2.2pp 19th 16% above peers
Erie, PA 23.1% 25th +1.5pp 20th 22% below peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 4th +4.0pp 21st 121% above peers
Champaign, IL 52.7% 7th +3.2pp 22nd 79% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 52.1% 8th +3.0pp 23rd 77% above peers
Lawton, OK 22.5% 26th +1.3pp 24th 23% below peers
Franklin, TN 64.5% 5th +3.0pp 25th 119% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 70.7% 2nd +2.8pp 26th 141% above peers
Carson, CA 29.3% 17th +1.1pp 27th on par with peers
Newton, MA 81.1% 1st +2.0pp 28th 176% above peers
Kennewick, WA 26.2% 20th +0.6pp 29th 11% below peers
Germantown, MD 50.4% 9th +0.3pp 30th 71% above peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 22nd -1.2pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.1% then, 58.1% now; margin ±13.2pp).

Broader trend
43% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 14.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.8% to 58.1%).
Bright spot 58.1%
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 Mexico ref 39.9% -5.3pp
United States ref 45.5%
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 8th +23.0pp 1st 34% above peers
Kennewick, WA 36.0% 28th +9.6pp 2nd 19% below peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 11th +14.2pp 3rd 22% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 5th +17.0pp 4th 47% above peers
Leander, TX 64.4% 6th +14.7pp 5th 45% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 16th +7.1pp 6th on par with peers
Champaign, IL 53.9% 12th +4.6pp 7th 21% above peers
Trenton, NJ 61.4% 7th +4.5pp 8th 38% above peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 21st +1.7pp 9th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 66.5% 4th +2.3pp 10th 50% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 18th +1.5pp 11th 1% below peers
Lawrence, MA 42.4% 22nd +0.9pp 12th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 58.1% 9th +1.0pp 13th 31% above peers
Germantown, MD 50.8% 13th -0.2pp 14th 15% above peers
Erie, PA 44.9% 15th -1.2pp 15th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 43.5% 20th -1.9pp 16th 2% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 39.8% 23rd -1.7pp 17th 10% below peers
Franklin, TN 67.1% 3rd -4.4pp 18th 51% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 71.9% 1st -5.0pp 19th 62% above peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 30th -5.2pp 20th 34% below peers
Carson, CA 43.7% 19th -8.1pp 21st 1% below peers
South Gate, CA 37.4% 26th -7.4pp 22nd 16% below peers
Newton, MA 67.2% 2nd -13.5pp 23rd 51% above peers
Clifton, NJ 56.3% 10th -13.3pp 24th 27% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 14th -13.1pp 25th 14% above peers
Compton, CA 37.9% 25th -11.7pp 26th 14% below peers
Lawton, OK 31.8% 29th -13.1pp 27th 28% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 24th -19.0pp 28th 13% below peers
Springdale, AR 28.9% 31st -15.0pp 29th 35% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 44.0% 17th -25.8pp 30th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 36.1% 27th -29.0pp 31st 19% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.4pp 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 (6.2% then, 9.2% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 11.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (20.6% to 9.2%).
Needs attention 9.2%
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 9.0% -0.9pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Leander, TX 4.2% 8th -7.0pp 1st 37% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 1.1% 2nd -1.5pp 2nd 83% below peers
Clifton, NJ 2.9% 5th -3.1pp 3rd 57% below peers
Newton, MA 0.7% 1st -0.7pp 4th 90% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 3.1% 6th -2.2pp 5th 54% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 4th -1.9pp 6th 60% below peers
Lawrence, MA 11.4% 26th -4.0pp 7th 70% above peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 20th -1.0pp 8th 31% above peers
Compton, CA 13.2% 29th -0.3pp 9th 96% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 7th +0.2pp 10th 39% below peers
Springdale, AR 7.3% 17th +0.4pp 11th 8% above peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 3rd +0.1pp 12th 62% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.2% 19th +0.8pp 13th 22% above peers
South Gate, CA 9.4% 22nd +1.0pp 14th 39% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 13.7% 31st +2.1pp 15th 103% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 14th +1.0pp 16th 8% below peers
Erie, PA 9.8% 23rd +1.6pp 17th 45% above peers
Carson, CA 10.0% 24th +2.1pp 18th 49% above peers
Trenton, NJ 13.6% 30th +3.0pp 19th 103% above peers
Ogden, UT 8.1% 18th +2.0pp 20th 20% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 4.8% 10th +1.4pp 21st 28% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 9.2% 21st +2.9pp 22nd 36% above peers
Roswell, GA 6.7% 16th +2.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 11th +2.1pp 24th 24% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 25th +4.9pp 25th 64% above peers
Germantown, MD 4.4% 9th +2.0pp 26th 35% below peers
Franklin, TN 5.9% 13th +2.7pp 27th 12% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 12.1% 27th +5.7pp 28th 81% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 12th +3.3pp 29th 15% below peers
Champaign, IL 6.4% 15th +3.7pp 30th 5% below peers
Lawton, OK 12.7% 28th +7.5pp 31st 89% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.2pp 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 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 83,922 to 89,019 - more than the combined survey margin (±134).

Broader trend
70% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 27% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 29% from 2014 to 2024 (69,245 to 89,019).
Big move 89,019
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 31st +67% 1st 19% below peers
Leander, TX 74,067 30th +38% 2nd 17% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 78,992 29th +17% 3rd 11% below peers
Franklin, TN 87,133 25th +12% 4th 2% below peers
Lawrence, MA 88,736 18th +11% 5th on par with peers
Springdale, AR 88,160 20th +11% 6th 1% below peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 88,093 21st +10% 7th 1% below peers
Trenton, NJ 90,338 10th +8% 8th 1% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 89,019 17th +6% 9th on par with peers
Clifton, NJ 89,379 14th +5% 10th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 85,295 28th +5% 11th 4% below peers
Troy, MI 87,898 22nd +5% 12th 1% below peers
Mission, TX 87,038 27th +4% 13th 2% below peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 19th +4% 14th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 24th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Champaign, IL 89,996 11th +3% 16th 1% above peers
Fort Smith, AR 89,805 13th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 15th +2% 18th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 26th +1% 19th 2% below peers
Carson, CA 92,871 2nd +1% 20th 4% above peers
Ogden, UT 87,413 23rd +1% 21st 2% below peers
Newton, MA 89,044 16th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Germantown, MD 90,719 8th +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 91,169 7th -0% 24th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 12th -1% 25th 1% above peers
Roswell, GA 92,621 4th -2% 26th 4% above peers
South Gate, CA 91,483 6th -3% 27th 3% above peers
Erie, PA 93,850 1st -4% 28th 5% above peers
Mission Viejo, CA 92,151 5th -4% 29th 3% above peers
Lawton, OK 90,595 9th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Compton, CA 92,698 3rd -4% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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 ±90 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 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.9% to 16.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.9pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 3.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.7% to 15.9%).
Big move 16.0%
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 Mexico ref 21.8% -1.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Mission Viejo, CA 20.4% 21st +1.1pp 1st 10% below peers
Trenton, NJ 27.8% 4th +1.3pp 2nd 23% above peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 20th +0.4pp 3rd 9% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 23rd +0.1pp 4th 12% below peers
Lawrence, MA 26.3% 7th +0.0pp 5th 16% above peers
Carson, CA 20.1% 22nd -0.1pp 6th 11% below peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 27th -0.2pp 7th 22% below peers
Clifton, NJ 19.7% 24th -0.2pp 8th 13% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 23.8% 10th -0.4pp 9th 5% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 17.8% 26th -0.3pp 10th 21% below peers
Roswell, GA 24.5% 9th -0.6pp 11th 8% above peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 25th -0.5pp 12th 13% below peers
Lawton, OK 23.0% 12th -0.7pp 13th 2% above peers
Springdale, AR 29.8% 2nd -0.9pp 14th 31% above peers
Champaign, IL 15.9% 29th -0.6pp 15th 30% below peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 18th -0.9pp 16th 9% below peers
Franklin, TN 23.4% 11th -1.2pp 17th 4% above peers
Newton, MA 20.5% 19th -1.1pp 18th 9% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.1% 8th -1.5pp 19th 16% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 15.3% 30th -0.9pp 20th 32% below peers
Compton, CA 27.4% 5th -1.9pp 21st 21% above peers
Erie, PA 21.4% 17th -1.6pp 22nd 6% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 1st -2.3pp 23rd 35% above peers
Santa Monica, CA 13.8% 31st -1.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Germantown, MD 23.0% 13th -2.8pp 25th 2% above peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 3rd -4.3pp 26th 26% above peers
Ogden, UT 22.6% 15th -3.6pp 27th on par with peers
Leander, TX 26.9% 6th -4.7pp 28th 19% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 15.9% 28th -2.9pp 29th 30% below peers
South Gate, CA 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 14th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 (41.6% then, 38.8% now; margin ±7.0pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 5.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.5% to 38.8%).
Big move 38.8%
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
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 29th +1.9pp 1st 65% below peers
Santa Monica, CA 25.9% 21st +4.4pp 2nd 18% below peers
Lawton, OK 47.3% 5th +6.7pp 3rd 49% above peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 6th +5.1pp 4th 46% above peers
Erie, PA 62.3% 3rd +5.6pp 5th 96% above peers
Trenton, NJ 64.2% 2nd +3.8pp 6th 102% above peers
Lawrence, MA 62.2% 4th +3.5pp 7th 96% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 28th +0.6pp 8th 64% below peers
Champaign, IL 37.2% 11th +1.7pp 9th 17% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 16th +0.9pp 10th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 64.9% 1st +1.1pp 11th 104% above peers
South Gate, CA 40.3% 7th +0.7pp 12th 27% above peers
Springdale, AR 32.8% 14th +0.5pp 13th 3% above peers
Kennewick, WA 35.5% 12th +0.5pp 14th 12% above peers
Carson, CA 27.9% 20th +0.3pp 15th 12% below peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 13th +0.1pp 16th 6% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 23rd -0.1pp 17th 27% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 22nd -0.2pp 18th 22% below peers
Compton, CA 38.0% 9th -1.2pp 19th 19% above peers
Germantown, MD 30.4% 18th -1.5pp 20th 4% below peers
Santa Fe, NM 38.8% 8th -2.8pp 21st 22% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 37.2% 10th -4.0pp 22nd 17% above peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 17th -4.0pp 23rd 1% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 32.6% 15th -4.7pp 24th 2% above peers
Leander, TX 14.6% 26th -2.2pp 25th 54% below peers
Roswell, GA 19.3% 25th -4.1pp 26th 39% below peers
Ogden, UT 29.4% 19th -6.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Franklin, TN 12.2% 27th -2.9pp 28th 62% below peers
Newton, MA 10.4% 31st -3.4pp 29th 67% below peers
Clifton, NJ 20.3% 24th -7.6pp 30th 36% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 10.4% 30th -5.5pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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10 of 34 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 →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±5.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction Rising
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What changed

Working parents rose 16.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 67.2% to 83.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±11.5pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 14.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (68.7% to 83.6%).
Big move 83.6%
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 Mexico ref 62.9% +1.5pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Santa Monica, CA 86.6% 1st +21.8pp 1st 24% above peers
Santa Fe, NM 83.6% 2nd +16.3pp 2nd 19% above peers
Clifton, NJ 74.6% 10th +14.0pp 3rd 6% above peers
Franklin, TN 69.4% 17th +10.8pp 4th 1% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 67.4% 20th +10.2pp 5th 4% below peers
Roswell, GA 76.6% 5th +9.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 31st +5.9pp 7th 21% below peers
Carson, CA 75.7% 7th +8.0pp 8th 8% above peers
Lawton, OK 61.0% 29th +5.0pp 9th 13% below peers
Compton, CA 64.7% 24th +4.9pp 10th 8% below peers
Mission Viejo, CA 70.3% 15th +5.1pp 11th on par with peers
Lawrence, MA 80.3% 3rd +5.3pp 12th 15% above peers
Trenton, NJ 69.3% 18th +4.4pp 13th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 30th +3.6pp 14th 17% below peers
Leander, TX 70.0% 16th +4.0pp 15th on par with peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 26th +3.4pp 16th 10% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 9th +3.5pp 17th 7% above peers
Ogden, UT 66.0% 23rd +2.9pp 18th 6% below peers
Germantown, MD 75.7% 8th +2.7pp 19th 8% above peers
South Gate, CA 73.5% 12th +1.8pp 20th 5% above peers
Kennewick, WA 62.1% 28th +1.3pp 21st 11% below peers
Springdale, AR 64.4% 25th +1.3pp 22nd 8% below peers
Fort Smith, AR 66.9% 21st +0.7pp 23rd 4% below peers
Newton, MA 78.2% 4th -0.0pp 24th 12% above peers
Champaign, IL 71.5% 13th -1.6pp 25th 2% above peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 27th -1.8pp 26th 11% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 14th -3.5pp 27th 2% above peers
Deerfield Beach, FL 69.0% 19th -3.4pp 28th 2% below peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 11th -4.4pp 29th 5% above peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 6th -5.0pp 30th 8% above peers
Erie, PA 66.2% 22nd -4.5pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 34 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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10 of 34 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 (table B23008) through 2024 ±7.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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