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Albany, NY
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100,492 people (2024) 100k-250k Northeast

Bright spots 7 indicators

Where Albany, NY shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Albany, NY shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

Big shifts 6 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 57% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 57% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 806 in May 2026, down from 811 a year earlier.
806 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Daly City, CA 211 (May 26) 4th -27.6% 1st 40% below peers
San Mateo, CA 151 (May 26) 3rd -27.2% 2nd 57% below peers
Carmel, IN 51 (May 26) 1st -23.2% 3rd 86% below peers
Yuma, AZ 336 (May 26) 11th -18.9% 4th 5% below peers
Roanoke, VA 531 (May 26) 17th -12.0% 5th 51% above peers
Chico, CA 630 (May 26) 20th -9.8% 6th 79% above peers
Fishers, IN 76 (May 26) 2nd -9.1% 7th 78% below peers
Kenosha, WI 305 (May 26) 10th -8.2% 8th 13% below peers
Longmont, CO 454 (Feb 25) 15th -7.8% 9th 29% above peers
Quincy, MA 304 (May 26) 9th -5.7% 10th 14% below peers
South Bend, IN 950 (May 26) 22nd -3.2% 11th 170% above peers
Suffolk, VA 361 (Dec 25) 13th -1.6% 12th 3% above peers
Albany, NY 806 (May 26) 21st -0.6% 13th 129% above peers
Davenport, IA 629 (May 26) 19th +0.6% 14th 79% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 457 (May 26) 16th +4.6% 15th 30% above peers
New Bedford, MA 352 (May 26) 12th +5.0% 16th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 276 (May 26) 7th +5.9% 17th 22% below peers
Lynn, MA 575 (May 26) 18th +9.1% 18th 63% above peers
Conroe, TX 254 (May 26) 6th +10.8% 19th 28% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 412 (May 26) 14th +20.9% 20th 17% above peers
St. George, UT 212 (May 26) 5th +22.9% 21st 40% below peers
San Angelo, TX 288 (May 26) 8th +33.8% 22nd 18% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • North Charleston, SC down about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Fayetteville, NC down about 37% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • New Haven, CT down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime rose about 3% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 2,725 in May 2026, up from 2,647 a year earlier.
2,725 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Fishers, IN 436 (May 26) 1st -25.2% 1st 69% below peers
Roanoke, VA 3,185 (May 26) 22nd -22.0% 2nd 124% above peers
San Mateo, CA 1,343 (May 26) 10th -21.9% 3rd 6% below peers
Suffolk, VA 1,233 (Dec 25) 8th -21.5% 4th 13% below peers
Vacaville, CA 1,338 (May 26) 9th -21.5% 5th 6% below peers
Kenosha, WI 739 (May 26) 3rd -19.8% 6th 48% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 2,033 (May 26) 16th -18.7% 7th 43% above peers
Lynn, MA 973 (May 26) 5th -15.1% 8th 32% below peers
Davenport, IA 2,878 (May 26) 20th -15.1% 9th 102% above peers
Carmel, IN 670 (May 26) 2nd -14.0% 10th 53% below peers
Quincy, MA 1,133 (May 26) 6th -13.7% 11th 20% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 1,850 (May 26) 14th -13.0% 12th 30% above peers
Daly City, CA 1,343 (May 26) 11th -10.6% 13th 6% below peers
New Bedford, MA 1,424 (May 26) 12th -7.6% 14th on par with peers
San Angelo, TX 2,232 (May 26) 17th -7.1% 15th 57% above peers
South Bend, IN 2,572 (May 26) 18th -6.7% 16th 81% above peers
Yuma, AZ 1,136 (May 26) 7th -4.1% 17th 20% below peers
Conroe, TX 1,437 (May 26) 13th -2.2% 18th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 2,891 (Feb 25) 21st -1.5% 19th 103% above peers
St. George, UT 874 (May 26) 4th +0.2% 20th 39% below peers
Albany, NY 2,725 (May 26) 19th +3.0% 21st 91% above peers
Chico, CA 1,958 (May 26) 15th +6.5% 22nd 37% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salem, OR down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Tacoma, WA down about 20% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide rose about 13% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide rose about 8% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 9 in April 2026, up from 8 a year earlier.
9 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Daly City, CA 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
New Bedford, MA 1 (May 26) 10th -90.0% 3rd 49% below peers
St. George, UT 1 (May 26) 5th -80.0% 4th 53% below peers
Suffolk, VA 3 (Dec 25) 13th -72.7% 5th 46% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 1 (May 26) 6th -66.7% 6th 51% below peers
Longmont, CO 3 (Feb 25) 14th -66.7% 7th 56% above peers
Lynn, MA 2 (May 26) 11th -49.9% 8th 1% below peers
Yuma, AZ 5 (May 26) 15th -37.6% 9th 144% above peers
Roanoke, VA 12 (May 26) 21st -25.0% 10th 530% above peers
Chico, CA 2 (May 26) 12th +0.0% 11th on par with peers
Vacaville, CA 1 (May 26) 8th +0.0% 12th 51% below peers
Albany, NY 9 (Apr 26) 20th +12.5% 13th 352% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6 (May 26) 17th +19.8% 14th 201% above peers
Kenosha, WI 5 (May 26) 16th +66.6% 15th 158% above peers
San Angelo, TX 7 (May 26) 18th +133.8% 16th 258% above peers
Davenport, IA 8 (May 26) 19th +166.4% 17th 307% above peers
South Bend, IN 16 (May 26) 22nd +183.4% 18th 740% above peers
Carmel, IN 0 (May 26) 3rd 100% below peers
Quincy, MA 1 (May 26) 9th 51% below peers
Fishers, IN 1 (May 26) 7th 51% below peers
Conroe, TX 0 (May 26) 4th 100% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 50% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Richmond, VA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 40% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 25% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 15% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 95% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 19% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 202 in May 2026, down from 270 a year earlier.
202 per 100k
2018May 2026
Compare all 22 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).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Vacaville, CA 71 (May 26) 4th -51.3% 1st 46% below peers
Fishers, IN 31 (May 26) 1st -50.0% 2nd 76% below peers
Daly City, CA 122 (May 26) 11th -44.6% 3rd 6% below peers
Quincy, MA 67 (May 26) 3rd -44.4% 4th 49% below peers
San Mateo, CA 91 (May 26) 8th -44.0% 5th 31% below peers
Roanoke, VA 243 (May 26) 19th -40.9% 6th 86% above peers
Lynn, MA 117 (May 26) 10th -37.6% 7th 11% below peers
Yuma, AZ 87 (May 26) 6th -36.6% 8th 33% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 160 (May 26) 14th -34.1% 9th 23% above peers
South Bend, IN 314 (May 26) 22nd -28.0% 10th 140% above peers
Suffolk, VA 91 (Dec 25) 9th -27.3% 11th 30% below peers
Albany, NY 202 (May 26) 16th -25.1% 12th 54% above peers
Longmont, CO 299 (Feb 25) 21st -19.4% 13th 129% above peers
New Bedford, MA 216 (May 26) 17th -17.7% 14th 65% above peers
Kenosha, WI 80 (May 26) 5th -8.0% 15th 38% below peers
Davenport, IA 262 (May 26) 20th -5.4% 16th 100% above peers
San Angelo, TX 131 (May 26) 12th -5.1% 17th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 183 (May 26) 15th -4.0% 18th 40% above peers
Chico, CA 216 (May 26) 18th +5.7% 19th 65% above peers
Carmel, IN 89 (May 26) 7th +8.1% 20th 32% below peers
Conroe, TX 136 (May 26) 13th +11.5% 21st 4% above peers
St. George, UT 48 (May 26) 2nd +20.9% 22nd 64% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Escondido, CA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 29% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 35% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $45,825 to $61,986 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,313). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 51% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,099 to $61,986).
$61,986
20102024
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 York ref $85,974 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Fayetteville, AR $62,695 26th +43% 1st 19% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $77,350 16th +42% 2nd on par with peers
Sunrise, FL $77,652 15th +42% 3rd on par with peers
Norwalk, CA $100,085 9th +42% 4th 29% above peers
South Bend, IN $55,786 30th +39% 5th 28% below peers
Yuma, AZ $65,482 25th +36% 6th 15% below peers
Albany, NY $61,986 27th +35% 7th 20% below peers
Hesperia, CA $72,160 20th +35% 8th 7% below peers
Lynn, MA $75,043 19th +34% 9th 3% below peers
Vista, CA $94,975 11th +32% 10th 23% above peers
St. George, UT $76,508 17th +31% 11th 1% below peers
Daly City, CA $123,547 5th +31% 12th 60% above peers
Davenport, IA $66,200 23rd +30% 13th 14% below peers
Federal Way, WA $86,909 14th +29% 14th 12% above peers
Kenosha, WI $71,239 21st +29% 15th 8% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $106,273 8th +28% 16th 37% above peers
Quincy, MA $98,882 10th +27% 17th 28% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $159,307 1st +27% 18th 106% above peers
San Angelo, TX $65,864 24th +27% 19th 15% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $60,177 28th +27% 20th 22% below peers
Vacaville, CA $111,126 7th +27% 21st 44% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 18th +26% 22nd 1% below peers
Chico, CA $66,977 22nd +26% 23rd 13% below peers
Carmel, IN $141,505 3rd +25% 24th 83% above peers
Roanoke, VA $55,378 31st +25% 25th 28% below peers
Suffolk, VA $92,666 12th +24% 26th 20% above peers
New Bedford, MA $56,981 29th +23% 27th 26% below peers
San Mateo, CA $153,504 2nd +23% 28th 98% above peers
Longmont, CO $90,671 13th +22% 29th 17% above peers
Fishers, IN $130,203 4th +19% 30th 68% above peers
Atascocita, TX $118,226 6th +18% 31st 53% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 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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7 of 29 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$2,652 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening slower than 86% of similar-size cities over 2022-2025.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.3% in May 2026, up from 3.5% a year earlier.
4.3%
1990May 2026
Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 4.6% (May 26) +0.4pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Davenport, IA 3.7% (May 26) 9th -0.7pp 1st 5% below peers
South Bend, IN 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 2nd 3% below peers
Hesperia, CA 5.6% (May 26) 27th -0.3pp 3rd 44% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.1% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 4th 5% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.9% (May 26) 14th -0.3pp 5th on par with peers
Longmont, CO 3.7% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 6th 5% below peers
Kenosha, WI 3.1% (May 26) 3rd -0.3pp 7th 21% below peers
Carmel, IN 2.7% (May 26) 2nd -0.3pp 8th 31% below peers
Lynn, MA 4.5% (May 26) 22nd -0.3pp 9th 15% above peers
Daly City, CA 3.1% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 10th 21% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.6% (May 26) 1st -0.3pp 11th 33% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.3pp 12th 18% below peers
New Bedford, MA 5.7% (May 26) 28th -0.2pp 13th 46% above peers
Chico, CA 4.3% (May 26) 19th -0.2pp 14th 10% above peers
Vista, CA 3.9% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.1pp 16th 18% below peers
Norwalk, CA 5.1% (May 26) 24th +0.0pp 17th 31% above peers
St. George, UT 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.0pp 18th 10% below peers
San Angelo, TX 3.3% (May 26) 7th +0.2pp 19th 15% below peers
Suffolk, VA 3.7% (May 26) 11th +0.2pp 20th 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.3pp 21st 5% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.3pp 22nd on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 23rd 5% below peers
Federal Way, WA 5.3% (May 26) 25th +0.5pp 24th 36% above peers
Albany, NY 4.3% (May 26) 20th +0.8pp 25th 10% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 4.8% (May 26) 23rd +1.0pp 26th 23% above peers
Sunrise, FL 4.4% (May 26) 21st +1.0pp 27th 13% above peers
Yuma, AZ 11.1% (May 26) 29th +1.1pp 28th 185% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 5.3% (May 26) 26th +1.2pp 29th 36% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.8% then, 20.7% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.2% to 20.7%).
20.7%
20112024
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 York ref 13.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 12.0%
San Angelo, TX 10.5% 14th -3.0pp 1st 1% below peers
Norwalk, CA 9.2% 9th -1.9pp 2nd 13% below peers
Lynn, MA 13.7% 21st -2.9pp 3rd 30% above peers
Vista, CA 10.4% 12th -1.9pp 4th 2% below peers
Hesperia, CA 16.8% 25th -3.0pp 5th 59% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.1% 23rd -2.6pp 6th 43% above peers
Kenosha, WI 13.3% 20th -2.2pp 7th 26% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.5% 15th -1.7pp 8th on par with peers
Sunrise, FL 10.6% 16th -1.6pp 9th on par with peers
St. George, UT 11.2% 18th -1.7pp 10th 6% above peers
Roanoke, VA 18.0% 26th -2.4pp 11th 71% above peers
South Bend, IN 20.4% 29th -2.6pp 12th 93% above peers
Longmont, CO 8.5% 8th -1.0pp 13th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 19.0% 27th -2.0pp 14th 80% above peers
Suffolk, VA 9.3% 10th -1.0pp 15th 12% below peers
Davenport, IA 14.8% 22nd -1.3pp 16th 40% above peers
Conroe, TX 11.1% 17th -0.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Quincy, MA 10.4% 13th -0.7pp 18th 1% below peers
Chico, CA 22.0% 31st -0.4pp 19th 108% above peers
Albany, NY 20.7% 30th -0.1pp 20th 96% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 15.7% 24th -0.0pp 21st 49% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.9% 1st +0.0pp 22nd 73% below peers
Daly City, CA 7.6% 5th +0.1pp 23rd 28% below peers
New Bedford, MA 20.3% 28th +0.4pp 24th 92% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.4% 11th +0.6pp 25th 11% below peers
Federal Way, WA 12.9% 19th +1.0pp 26th 23% above peers
San Mateo, CA 8.2% 7th +0.7pp 27th 23% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.9% 2nd +0.4pp 28th 63% below peers
Vacaville, CA 7.7% 6th +0.9pp 29th 27% below peers
Atascocita, TX 7.2% 4th +1.2pp 30th 32% below peers
Fishers, IN 4.0% 3rd +1.0pp 31st 62% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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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6 of 29 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
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
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (31.4% then, 28.3% now; margin ±5.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 8.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.5% to 28.3%).
28.3%
20132024
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 York ref 18.3% -1.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
San Angelo, TX 12.5% 11th -9.0pp 1st 9% below peers
Vista, CA 13.8% 16th -4.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Norwalk, CA 10.9% 10th -3.4pp 3rd 21% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 22nd -6.0pp 4th 45% above peers
Sunrise, FL 13.2% 15th -3.9pp 5th 4% below peers
Roanoke, VA 24.6% 28th -7.2pp 6th 78% above peers
Suffolk, VA 12.7% 13th -3.3pp 7th 8% below peers
Davenport, IA 19.3% 21st -5.0pp 8th 40% above peers
Longmont, CO 10.7% 8th -2.7pp 9th 22% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 17th -3.3pp 10th 2% above peers
Kenosha, WI 19.1% 20th -4.3pp 11th 39% above peers
Yuma, AZ 21.8% 25th -4.8pp 12th 58% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.9% 19th -3.4pp 13th 30% above peers
St. George, UT 13.2% 14th -2.4pp 14th 5% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.0% 1st -0.4pp 15th 86% below peers
Quincy, MA 12.6% 12th -2.3pp 16th 8% below peers
New Bedford, MA 25.9% 29th -4.4pp 17th 88% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.1% 31st -4.8pp 18th 111% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 16.9% 18th -2.2pp 19th 23% above peers
Albany, NY 28.3% 30th -3.1pp 20th 105% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.0% 2nd +0.1pp 21st 78% below peers
San Mateo, CA 8.9% 4th +0.6pp 22nd 35% below peers
Carmel, IN 4.1% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 70% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 24.4% 27th +1.9pp 24th 77% above peers
Federal Way, WA 20.4% 23rd +1.9pp 25th 48% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 9.6% 6th +0.9pp 26th 31% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 20.9% 24th +3.2pp 27th 51% above peers
Atascocita, TX 9.4% 5th +1.5pp 28th 32% below peers
Chico, CA 22.2% 26th +3.9pp 29th 61% above peers
Vacaville, CA 10.8% 9th +2.0pp 30th 21% below peers
Daly City, CA 10.0% 7th +2.4pp 31st 28% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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6 of 29 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.2% to 88.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). 26 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 26 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 11.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.8% to 88.4%).
88.4%
20172024
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 York ref 91.0% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
South Bend, IN 89.1% 26th +17.3pp 1st 5% below peers
Sunrise, FL 92.1% 18th +15.2pp 2nd 1% below peers
Davenport, IA 90.0% 24th +12.3pp 3rd 4% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 89.2% 25th +11.4pp 4th 4% below peers
Lynn, MA 91.5% 21st +11.5pp 5th 2% below peers
Roanoke, VA 85.9% 31st +10.5pp 6th 8% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 88.3% 28th +10.8pp 7th 5% below peers
New Bedford, MA 86.7% 30th +9.8pp 8th 7% below peers
San Angelo, TX 87.9% 29th +9.8pp 9th 6% below peers
Norwalk, CA 94.1% 13th +10.0pp 10th 1% above peers
Yuma, AZ 90.4% 22nd +9.1pp 11th 3% below peers
Kenosha, WI 92.5% 17th +9.3pp 12th 1% below peers
Suffolk, VA 90.2% 23rd +8.8pp 13th 3% below peers
Albany, NY 88.4% 27th +8.1pp 14th 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 10th +8.2pp 15th 1% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 91.9% 19th +7.7pp 16th 1% below peers
Quincy, MA 94.6% 11th +7.8pp 17th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 95.0% 8th +7.6pp 18th 2% above peers
St. George, UT 91.9% 20th +5.7pp 19th 2% below peers
Daly City, CA 94.8% 9th +5.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Federal Way, WA 94.0% 14th +5.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Chico, CA 93.7% 15th +5.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Vista, CA 95.3% 7th +4.6pp 23rd 2% above peers
Hesperia, CA 94.1% 12th +4.5pp 24th 1% above peers
San Mateo, CA 95.7% 6th +3.8pp 25th 3% above peers
Vacaville, CA 96.0% 5th +3.1pp 26th 3% above peers
Atascocita, TX 97.4% 2nd +2.4pp 27th 4% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 93.3% 16th +1.9pp 28th on par with peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 98.1% 1st +1.8pp 29th 5% above peers
Carmel, IN 97.2% 3rd +1.3pp 30th 4% above peers
Fishers, IN 96.4% 4th -0.5pp 31st 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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6 of 29 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.49 then, 0.49 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.47 to 0.49).
0.49
20102024
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 York ref 0.52 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Atascocita, TX 0.35 1st -0.040 1st 21% below peers
Conroe, TX 0.44 16th -0.029 2nd on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 0.50 29th -0.028 3rd 12% above peers
Kenosha, WI 0.43 7th -0.021 4th 4% below peers
Fishers, IN 0.40 4th -0.019 5th 10% below peers
San Angelo, TX 0.45 18th -0.021 6th 1% above peers
Davenport, IA 0.44 14th -0.019 7th on par with peers
Chico, CA 0.48 27th -0.017 8th 9% above peers
Vacaville, CA 0.40 3rd -0.011 9th 10% below peers
Carmel, IN 0.45 19th -0.012 10th 1% above peers
New Bedford, MA 0.45 20th -0.010 11th 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 0.38 2nd -0.008 12th 15% below peers
Albany, NY 0.49 28th -0.009 13th 9% above peers
Hesperia, CA 0.40 6th -0.008 14th 9% below peers
St. George, UT 0.44 13th -0.007 15th 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL 0.44 12th -0.006 16th 2% below peers
South Bend, IN 0.48 24th -0.006 17th 7% above peers
Suffolk, VA 0.43 10th -0.000 18th 2% below peers
Quincy, MA 0.45 17th +0.003 19th on par with peers
Yuma, AZ 0.45 22nd +0.008 20th 2% above peers
Longmont, CO 0.43 8th +0.009 21st 4% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 0.56 31st +0.012 22nd 26% above peers
Lynn, MA 0.47 23rd +0.012 23rd 6% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 0.48 25th +0.013 24th 8% above peers
Federal Way, WA 0.43 9th +0.015 25th 3% below peers
San Mateo, CA 0.48 26th +0.023 26th 9% above peers
Norwalk, CA 0.40 5th +0.022 27th 10% below peers
Roanoke, VA 0.51 30th +0.028 28th 14% above peers
Daly City, CA 0.44 11th +0.031 29th 2% below peers
Vista, CA 0.44 15th +0.043 30th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 0.45 21st +0.050 31st 1% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 3.7 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 22.3% to 18.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys. 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 0.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (18.8% to 18.6%).
18.6%
20102023
Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 15.0% +0.1pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
St. George, UT 5.6% 7th -3.1pp 1st 50% below peers
Fishers, IN 1.4% 2nd -0.5pp 2nd 87% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 12.0% 17th -3.4pp 3rd 7% above peers
Albany, NY 18.6% 28th -3.7pp 4th 67% above peers
Vista, CA 7.6% 9th -1.4pp 5th 32% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.2% 1st -0.2pp 6th 89% below peers
Suffolk, VA 11.2% 16th -1.7pp 7th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 7.7% 10th -1.2pp 8th 31% below peers
Kenosha, WI 16.5% 24th -2.4pp 9th 48% above peers
South Bend, IN 16.7% 27th -2.0pp 10th 49% above peers
Sunrise, FL 14.4% 20th -1.6pp 11th 29% above peers
Roanoke, VA 16.6% 26th -1.9pp 12th 49% above peers
Federal Way, WA 16.6% 25th -1.4pp 13th 49% above peers
Yuma, AZ 15.7% 23rd -1.2pp 14th 41% above peers
Carmel, IN 1.6% 3rd -0.1pp 15th 86% below peers
San Angelo, TX 9.8% 15th -0.2pp 16th 12% below peers
Hesperia, CA 19.9% 29th +0.1pp 17th 78% above peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 13th +0.2pp 18th 21% below peers
Lynn, MA 28.9% 30th +0.9pp 19th 159% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 6.8% 8th +0.2pp 20th 39% below peers
Longmont, CO 9.2% 14th +0.4pp 21st 17% below peers
Atascocita, TX 5.3% 6th +0.4pp 22nd 53% below peers
Davenport, IA 14.6% 21st +1.2pp 23rd 30% above peers
Vacaville, CA 8.1% 12th +1.2pp 24th 28% below peers
San Mateo, CA 3.9% 5th +0.6pp 25th 66% below peers
New Bedford, MA 31.0% 31st +5.4pp 26th 177% above peers
Norwalk, CA 12.7% 18th +2.7pp 27th 13% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.0% 4th +0.7pp 28th 73% below peers
Chico, CA 14.8% 22nd +3.9pp 29th 32% above peers
Quincy, MA 13.8% 19th +4.1pp 30th 24% above peers
Daly City, CA 7.7% 11th +2.6pp 31st 31% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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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6 of 29 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $336,028 in June 2026, up from $321,458 a year earlier.
$336,028
2000June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref $525,947 (Jun 26) +5.2%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
South Bend, IN $202,069 (Jun 26) 28th +6.9% 1st 55% below peers
Kenosha, WI $286,642 (Jun 26) 25th +6.7% 2nd 36% below peers
Albany, NY $336,028 (Jun 26) 21st +4.5% 3rd 25% below peers
Carmel, IN $582,445 (Jun 26) 10th +4.4% 4th 29% above peers
Fayetteville, AR $385,227 (Jun 26) 18th +4.3% 5th 15% below peers
New Bedford, MA $449,676 (Jun 26) 16th +3.4% 6th on par with peers
Davenport, IA $197,010 (Jun 26) 29th +3.0% 7th 56% below peers
Roanoke, VA $285,213 (Jun 26) 26th +3.0% 8th 37% below peers
San Mateo, CA $1,678,255 (Jun 26) 1st +2.3% 9th 272% above peers
Suffolk, VA $392,538 (Jun 26) 17th +2.3% 10th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN $450,919 (Jun 26) 15th +1.7% 11th on par with peers
Daly City, CA $1,132,134 (Jun 26) 2nd +1.6% 12th 151% above peers
Hesperia, CA $463,982 (Jun 26) 14th +1.2% 13th 3% above peers
Norwalk, CA $765,009 (Jun 26) 4th +1.0% 14th 70% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX $178,137 (Jun 26) 30th +1.0% 15th 60% below peers
Quincy, MA $690,382 (Jun 26) 6th +0.9% 16th 53% above peers
Yuma, AZ $298,230 (Jun 26) 24th +0.7% 17th 34% below peers
Boca Raton, FL $575,479 (Jun 26) 11th +0.7% 18th 28% above peers
Chico, CA $469,145 (Jun 26) 13th +0.6% 19th 4% above peers
Lynn, MA $595,053 (Jun 26) 9th +0.5% 20th 32% above peers
Vista, CA $883,373 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 21st 96% above peers
Federal Way, WA $600,995 (Jun 26) 8th -1.0% 22nd 33% above peers
Vacaville, CA $610,649 (Jun 26) 7th -1.2% 23rd 35% above peers
San Angelo, TX $217,778 (Jun 26) 27th -1.4% 24th 52% below peers
Atascocita, TX $311,344 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.8% 25th 31% below peers
Conroe, TX $316,083 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.8% 26th 30% below peers
Longmont, CO $557,628 (Jun 26) 12th -2.2% 27th 24% above peers
Palm Coast, FL $344,274 (Jun 26) 20th -2.5% 28th 24% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $710,472 (Jun 26) 5th -2.8% 29th 58% above peers
Sunrise, FL $363,431 (Jun 26) 19th -4.1% 30th 19% below peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 5% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $249,962 in June 2026, up from $237,402 a year earlier.
$249,962
2000June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref $249,131 (Jun 26) +5.5%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
South Bend, IN $120,695 (Jun 26) 29th +9.7% 1st 65% below peers
Kenosha, WI $225,725 (Jun 26) 23rd +7.5% 2nd 34% below peers
Albany, NY $249,962 (Jun 26) 21st +5.3% 3rd 27% below peers
Fayetteville, AR $284,971 (Jun 26) 16th +4.9% 4th 17% below peers
Davenport, IA $128,338 (Jun 26) 28th +4.9% 5th 63% below peers
New Bedford, MA $370,878 (Jun 26) 13th +4.1% 6th 8% above peers
Carmel, IN $404,679 (Jun 26) 11th +3.9% 7th 18% above peers
Suffolk, VA $257,172 (Jun 26) 19th +2.8% 8th 25% below peers
Fishers, IN $344,182 (Jun 26) 15th +2.0% 9th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA $188,328 (Jun 26) 25th +1.9% 10th 45% below peers
Hesperia, CA $403,764 (Jun 26) 12th +1.9% 11th 17% above peers
Chico, CA $358,894 (Jun 26) 14th +1.8% 12th 4% above peers
Norwalk, CA $683,214 (Jun 26) 4th +1.4% 13th 99% above peers
Vista, CA $693,753 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.7% 14th 102% above peers
Yuma, AZ $211,379 (Jun 26) 24th +0.6% 15th 39% below peers
Quincy, MA $484,302 (Jun 26) 7th +0.3% 16th 41% above peers
Daly City, CA $889,723 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.2% 17th 159% above peers
Lynn, MA $457,757 (Jun 26) 8th -0.0% 18th 33% above peers
San Mateo, CA $1,010,541 (Jun 26) 1st -0.4% 19th 194% above peers
Atascocita, TX $254,773 (Jun 26) 20th -1.3% 20th 26% below peers
Vacaville, CA $511,490 (Jun 26) 6th -1.6% 21st 49% above peers
Conroe, TX $228,370 (Jun 26) 22nd -1.6% 22nd 34% below peers
Federal Way, WA $419,811 (Jun 26) 10th -1.9% 23rd 22% above peers
San Angelo, TX $139,277 (Jun 26) 27th -1.9% 24th 60% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $91,103 (Jun 26) 30th -2.0% 25th 74% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $280,183 (Jun 26) 17th -2.2% 26th 19% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $582,184 (Jun 26) 5th -2.4% 27th 69% above peers
Longmont, CO $434,768 (Jun 26) 9th -2.8% 28th 26% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $266,220 (Jun 26) 18th -2.9% 29th 23% below peers
Sunrise, FL $140,986 (Jun 26) 26th -9.6% 30th 59% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (37.5% then, 38.2% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.1% to 38.2%).
38.2%
20112024
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 York ref 54.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 65.2%
Fayetteville, AR 41.8% 29th +5.2pp 1st 32% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 81.9% 2nd +7.6pp 2nd 34% above peers
Hesperia, CA 67.2% 10th +5.8pp 3rd 10% above peers
Yuma, AZ 66.8% 11th +5.5pp 4th 9% above peers
Vacaville, CA 67.5% 9th +5.5pp 5th 10% above peers
Norwalk, CA 68.3% 8th +4.7pp 6th 12% above peers
Lynn, MA 48.1% 26th +3.2pp 7th 21% below peers
South Bend, IN 60.2% 17th +3.0pp 8th 2% below peers
Vista, CA 51.7% 24th +2.5pp 9th 16% below peers
Kenosha, WI 58.7% 19th +2.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Sunrise, FL 68.8% 7th +2.3pp 11th 12% above peers
Daly City, CA 60.2% 18th +1.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Atascocita, TX 82.5% 1st +2.4pp 13th 35% above peers
Longmont, CO 62.5% 15th +1.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA 70.7% 6th +2.0pp 15th 16% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 22nd +1.5pp 16th 11% below peers
San Angelo, TX 61.2% 16th +1.4pp 17th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 52.4% 23rd +1.0pp 18th 14% below peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 31st +0.7pp 19th 38% below peers
St. George, UT 66.7% 12th +1.1pp 20th 9% above peers
Davenport, IA 62.9% 14th +0.6pp 21st 3% above peers
New Bedford, MA 40.3% 30th +0.1pp 22nd 34% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 56.4% 20th +0.1pp 23rd 8% below peers
Federal Way, WA 55.3% 21st -0.4pp 24th 10% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.3% 5th -1.3pp 25th 21% above peers
Quincy, MA 45.2% 27th -0.9pp 26th 26% below peers
Fishers, IN 76.2% 4th -1.5pp 27th 25% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 78.1% 3rd -2.1pp 28th 28% above peers
Chico, CA 43.4% 28th -1.3pp 29th 29% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 65.7% 13th -5.5pp 30th 7% above peers
San Mateo, CA 49.9% 25th -4.5pp 31st 18% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 6% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 76% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,611 in June 2026, up from $1,522 a year earlier.
$1,611
2015June 2026
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
New Bedford, MA $1,916 (Jun 26) 16th +6.6% 1st 1% below peers
Daly City, CA $2,706 (Jun 26) 5th +6.5% 2nd 41% above peers
San Mateo, CA $3,667 (Jun 26) 1st +6.1% 3rd 90% above peers
Albany, NY $1,611 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.8% 4th 16% below peers
South Bend, IN $1,310 (Jun 26) 27th +5.6% 5th 32% below peers
San Angelo, TX $1,302 (Jun 26) 28th +5.2% 6th 32% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX $1,279 (Jun 26) 29th +5.0% 7th 34% below peers
Roanoke, VA $1,394 (Jun 26) 26th +4.8% 8th 28% below peers
Kenosha, WI $1,637 (Jun 26) 21st +4.3% 9th 15% below peers
Davenport, IA $949 (Jun 26) 30th +3.7% 10th 51% below peers
Carmel, IN $1,854 (Jun 26) 18th +3.7% 11th 4% below peers
Suffolk, VA $1,993 (Jun 26) 12th +3.3% 12th 4% above peers
Boca Raton, FL $2,940 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.0% 13th 53% above peers
Fishers, IN $1,883 (Jun 26) 17th +2.9% 14th 2% below peers
Yuma, AZ $1,473 (Jun 26) 25th +2.6% 15th 23% below peers
Hesperia, CA $2,224 (Jun 26) 11th +2.6% 16th 16% above peers
Chico, CA $1,577 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 17th 18% below peers
Lynn, MA $2,300 (Jun 26) 10th +2.5% 18th 19% above peers
Quincy, MA $2,750 (Jun 26) 4th +2.3% 19th 43% above peers
Vista, CA $2,682 (Jun 26) 6th +1.7% 20th 39% above peers
Fayetteville, AR $1,720 (Jun 26) 20th +1.6% 21st 11% below peers
Palm Coast, FL $1,925 (Jun 26) 15th +1.5% 22nd on par with peers
Federal Way, WA $1,935 (Jun 26) 14th +1.4% 23rd 1% above peers
Longmont, CO $1,961 (Jun 26) 13th +1.4% 24th 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA $2,562 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 25th 33% above peers
Sunrise, FL $2,566 (Jun 26) 8th +0.3% 26th 33% above peers
Norwalk, CA $2,757 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.3% 27th 43% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO $2,650 (Jun 26) 7th -0.2% 28th 38% above peers
Conroe, TX $1,569 (Jun 26) 24th -0.6% 29th 19% below peers
Atascocita, TX $1,812 (Jun 26) 19th -1.4% 30th 6% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (42.1% then, 39.3% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.7% to 39.3%).
39.3%
20102024
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 York ref 38.5% -0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Norwalk, CA 38.2% 18th -6.8pp 1st 4% above peers
Roanoke, VA 33.6% 13th -3.8pp 2nd 9% below peers
Albany, NY 39.3% 21st -2.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Davenport, IA 29.4% 5th -1.9pp 4th 20% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 30.1% 6th -1.9pp 5th 18% below peers
Yuma, AZ 30.9% 8th -1.8pp 6th 16% below peers
Kenosha, WI 32.0% 10th -1.5pp 7th 13% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 35.3% 15th -0.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Quincy, MA 39.8% 22nd -0.7pp 9th 8% above peers
South Bend, IN 30.5% 7th -0.5pp 10th 17% below peers
Daly City, CA 41.5% 23rd -0.5pp 11th 13% above peers
San Mateo, CA 38.7% 19th -0.1pp 12th 5% above peers
Vista, CA 45.0% 27th -0.1pp 13th 22% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 32.1% 11th -0.0pp 14th 13% below peers
Suffolk, VA 34.1% 14th +0.2pp 15th 8% below peers
St. George, UT 33.0% 12th +0.5pp 16th 10% below peers
Chico, CA 44.7% 25th +1.1pp 17th 21% above peers
Sunrise, FL 47.6% 30th +2.7pp 18th 29% above peers
Lynn, MA 49.7% 31st +2.9pp 19th 35% above peers
Vacaville, CA 38.8% 20th +2.5pp 20th 5% above peers
San Angelo, TX 32.0% 9th +2.1pp 21st 13% below peers
Federal Way, WA 42.3% 24th +2.8pp 22nd 15% above peers
Hesperia, CA 45.0% 26th +3.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Atascocita, TX 25.7% 3rd +2.4pp 24th 30% below peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 16th +3.7pp 25th on par with peers
Longmont, CO 37.1% 17th +3.8pp 26th 1% above peers
Carmel, IN 20.6% 2nd +2.5pp 27th 44% below peers
Fishers, IN 20.1% 1st +2.5pp 28th 45% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 45.1% 28th +6.1pp 29th 23% above peers
New Bedford, MA 45.9% 29th +6.5pp 30th 25% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 26.6% 4th +5.0pp 31st 28% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (26.2% then, 24.0% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.9% to 24.0%).
24.0%
20102024
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 York ref 29.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Fayetteville, AR 4.7% 13th -2.5pp 1st 14% below peers
Kenosha, WI 5.7% 17th -2.7pp 2nd 4% above peers
Longmont, CO 4.2% 8th -1.6pp 3rd 24% below peers
Sunrise, FL 5.9% 19th -2.0pp 4th 7% above peers
New Bedford, MA 16.6% 29th -4.4pp 5th 203% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.1% 28th -3.1pp 6th 157% above peers
Lynn, MA 17.2% 30th -3.8pp 7th 214% above peers
South Bend, IN 9.8% 26th -2.0pp 8th 79% above peers
Yuma, AZ 5.8% 18th -1.1pp 9th 6% above peers
Roanoke, VA 11.0% 27th -2.1pp 10th 100% above peers
San Angelo, TX 5.5% 16th -1.0pp 11th on par with peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 9th -0.7pp 12th 21% below peers
Federal Way, WA 6.3% 20th -1.0pp 13th 15% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.5% 2nd -0.4pp 14th 54% below peers
Suffolk, VA 5.0% 14th -0.8pp 15th 8% below peers
St. George, UT 4.2% 7th -0.6pp 16th 24% below peers
Chico, CA 7.0% 22nd -0.8pp 17th 28% above peers
Norwalk, CA 4.6% 10th -0.4pp 18th 16% below peers
Albany, NY 24.0% 31st -2.2pp 19th 338% above peers
Vacaville, CA 4.0% 6th -0.3pp 20th 26% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 7.4% 23rd -0.1pp 21st 35% above peers
Atascocita, TX 1.5% 1st -0.0pp 22nd 72% below peers
Davenport, IA 9.0% 25th +0.1pp 23rd 64% above peers
Daly City, CA 8.4% 24th +0.2pp 24th 54% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 2.7% 4th +0.2pp 25th 51% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 5.2% 15th +0.7pp 26th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 6.8% 21st +1.8pp 27th 24% above peers
Hesperia, CA 4.7% 12th +1.2pp 28th 15% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 3.9% 5th +1.1pp 29th 28% below peers
Vista, CA 4.6% 11th +1.4pp 30th 16% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 31st 51% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.8% then, 5.1% now; margin ±1.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 5.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 5.1%).
5.1%
20122024
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 York ref 5.0% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Vacaville, CA 2.4% 1st -1.5pp 1st 66% below peers
Sunrise, FL 9.8% 23rd -3.2pp 2nd 36% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 10.8% 26th -3.1pp 3rd 50% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.7% 18th -2.0pp 4th 21% above peers
Lynn, MA 4.1% 7th -0.9pp 5th 43% below peers
Kenosha, WI 6.1% 11th -1.0pp 6th 14% below peers
Roanoke, VA 9.7% 22nd -1.0pp 7th 35% above peers
Conroe, TX 18.4% 31st -1.8pp 8th 156% above peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 28th -0.9pp 9th 60% above peers
Norwalk, CA 8.9% 20th -0.6pp 10th 24% above peers
Vista, CA 10.9% 27th -0.7pp 11th 52% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 7.1% 14th -0.3pp 12th 1% below peers
San Mateo, CA 4.0% 6th -0.1pp 13th 44% below peers
Yuma, AZ 10.7% 25th -0.0pp 14th 50% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 8.2% 17th +0.0pp 15th 14% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.2% 12th +0.0pp 16th 14% below peers
Albany, NY 5.1% 8th +0.3pp 17th 29% below peers
Chico, CA 7.2% 16th +0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Quincy, MA 3.5% 4th +0.2pp 19th 51% below peers
Atascocita, TX 8.8% 19th +0.7pp 20th 22% above peers
Fishers, IN 3.2% 2nd +0.2pp 21st 56% below peers
Longmont, CO 7.1% 15th +0.6pp 22nd 1% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.2% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 55% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.5% 10th +0.5pp 24th 23% below peers
San Angelo, TX 14.7% 29th +1.7pp 25th 105% above peers
Federal Way, WA 10.1% 24th +1.3pp 26th 41% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 14.9% 30th +2.1pp 27th 108% above peers
New Bedford, MA 5.3% 9th +0.7pp 28th 26% below peers
Davenport, IA 6.5% 13th +1.0pp 29th 9% below peers
Hesperia, CA 9.5% 21st +1.8pp 30th 32% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 3.7% 5th +1.9pp 31st 48% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

38.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 29.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Daly City, CA 19.1% 1st 41% below peers
Longmont, CO 19.7% 2nd 39% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 20.8% 3rd 36% below peers
San Mateo, CA 22.0% 4th 32% below peers
Quincy, MA 25.5% 5th 21% below peers
Carmel, IN 26.5% 6th 18% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 26.9% 7th 17% below peers
Norwalk, CA 27.5% 8th 15% below peers
Federal Way, WA 27.8% 9th 14% below peers
Vista, CA 28.1% 10th 13% below peers
Fishers, IN 28.4% 11th 12% below peers
St. George, UT 30.1% 12th 7% below peers
Chico, CA 31.6% 13th 2% below peers
Atascocita, TX 32.1% 14th 1% below peers
Sunrise, FL 32.2% 15th 1% below peers
Vacaville, CA 32.4% 16th on par with peers
Fayetteville, AR 33.7% 17th 4% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 34.2% 18th 6% above peers
Lynn, MA 34.3% 19th 6% above peers
Roanoke, VA 36.3% 20th 12% above peers
San Angelo, TX 37.0% 21st 14% above peers
New Bedford, MA 37.3% 22nd 15% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 23rd 15% above peers
Hesperia, CA 38.0% 24th 17% above peers
Albany, NY 38.2% 25th 18% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 38.8% 26th 20% above peers
Davenport, IA 41.2% 27th 27% above peers
Yuma, AZ 41.5% 28th 28% above peers
Suffolk, VA 41.7% 29th 29% above peers
South Bend, IN 42.0% 30th 30% above peers
Kenosha, WI 43.7% 31st 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 3.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.7% to 4.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.1% to 4.7%).
4.7%
20122024
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 York ref 2.6% +0.1pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
New Bedford, MA 1.5% 1st -1.7pp 1st 70% below peers
Fishers, IN 2.0% 3rd -0.8pp 2nd 59% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 11.4% 28th -3.8pp 3rd 132% above peers
Norwalk, CA 3.1% 8th -1.0pp 4th 37% below peers
South Bend, IN 4.0% 12th -1.0pp 5th 18% below peers
St. George, UT 11.4% 29th -2.0pp 6th 133% above peers
Yuma, AZ 7.7% 24th -0.7pp 7th 57% above peers
Davenport, IA 3.3% 9th -0.0pp 8th 33% below peers
Vista, CA 5.4% 19th +0.3pp 9th 10% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 10.4% 27th +1.6pp 10th 112% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 6.7% 22nd +1.1pp 11th 36% above peers
Kenosha, WI 3.6% 10th +0.6pp 12th 27% below peers
Vacaville, CA 1.7% 2nd +0.3pp 13th 65% below peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 31st +3.4pp 14th 212% above peers
Longmont, CO 4.1% 13th +1.1pp 15th 17% below peers
Chico, CA 4.7% 14th +1.2pp 16th 5% below peers
Atascocita, TX 7.8% 25th +2.3pp 17th 60% above peers
Suffolk, VA 4.9% 17th +1.7pp 18th on par with peers
San Angelo, TX 12.7% 30th +4.5pp 19th 160% above peers
Federal Way, WA 3.9% 11th +1.4pp 20th 20% below peers
Sunrise, FL 7.9% 26th +3.0pp 21st 60% above peers
Carmel, IN 2.9% 6th +1.1pp 22nd 40% below peers
Hesperia, CA 6.0% 20th +2.5pp 23rd 23% above peers
Quincy, MA 3.0% 7th +1.3pp 24th 39% below peers
San Mateo, CA 2.0% 4th +1.0pp 25th 58% below peers
Roanoke, VA 6.2% 21st +3.1pp 26th 27% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 7.5% 23rd +3.8pp 27th 52% above peers
Lynn, MA 2.2% 5th +1.2pp 28th 55% below peers
Albany, NY 4.7% 15th +3.0pp 29th 4% below peers
Daly City, CA 5.2% 18th +3.6pp 30th 6% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 4.9% 16th +4.0pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 29 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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6 of 29 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 →

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 5.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 39.6% to 45.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 22 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 22 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 9.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.3% to 45.3%).
45.3%
20102024
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 York ref 40.2% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Lynn, MA 24.1% 27th +5.5pp 1st 28% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.7% 20th +6.8pp 2nd 11% below peers
Conroe, TX 34.1% 14th +7.8pp 3rd 2% above peers
Roanoke, VA 30.0% 18th +6.6pp 4th 10% below peers
Sunrise, FL 33.6% 15th +6.9pp 5th 1% above peers
St. George, UT 36.7% 13th +7.3pp 6th 10% above peers
Vista, CA 29.3% 22nd +5.4pp 7th 12% below peers
Kenosha, WI 29.0% 23rd +4.6pp 8th 13% below peers
Vacaville, CA 28.0% 24th +4.3pp 9th 16% below peers
Davenport, IA 29.9% 19th +4.4pp 10th 10% below peers
Albany, NY 45.3% 9th +5.7pp 11th 36% above peers
South Bend, IN 29.3% 21st +3.6pp 12th 12% below peers
Norwalk, CA 21.3% 28th +2.5pp 13th 36% below peers
Federal Way, WA 30.8% 17th +3.6pp 14th 8% below peers
Suffolk, VA 33.3% 16th +3.9pp 15th on par with peers
Chico, CA 42.2% 10th +4.8pp 16th 27% above peers
Yuma, AZ 20.9% 29th +2.4pp 17th 37% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 61.8% 4th +6.5pp 18th 85% above peers
Quincy, MA 50.3% 6th +5.2pp 19th 51% above peers
Longmont, CO 47.0% 8th +4.1pp 20th 41% above peers
San Mateo, CA 57.8% 5th +3.6pp 21st 73% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 25.4% 25th +1.6pp 22nd 24% below peers
Hesperia, CA 11.9% 31st +0.7pp 23rd 64% below peers
Carmel, IN 74.4% 1st +3.8pp 24th 123% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 67.8% 2nd +3.4pp 25th 103% above peers
Atascocita, TX 38.9% 12th +1.2pp 26th 17% above peers
Daly City, CA 38.9% 11th +1.2pp 27th 17% above peers
New Bedford, MA 17.0% 30th +0.0pp 28th 49% below peers
Fishers, IN 66.5% 3rd +0.0pp 29th 99% above peers
San Angelo, TX 24.7% 26th +0.0pp 30th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 49.0% 7th -1.2pp 31st 47% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Arvada, CO up 10.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bend, OR up 8.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 89% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gainesville, FL up 8.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 86% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.0pp 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 →

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (57.7% then, 57.2% now; margin ±14.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment rose 10.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (47.2% to 57.2%).
57.2%
20112024
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 York ref 59.5% +0.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Lynn, MA 32.8% 27th +6.9pp 1st 26% below peers
Carmel, IN 72.2% 2nd +12.2pp 2nd 63% above peers
Roanoke, VA 49.8% 9th +7.3pp 3rd 12% above peers
Fishers, IN 61.2% 6th +7.0pp 4th 38% above peers
Kenosha, WI 44.3% 16th +4.6pp 5th on par with peers
Hesperia, CA 30.0% 29th +3.0pp 6th 32% below peers
Longmont, CO 72.5% 1st +7.1pp 7th 64% above peers
South Bend, IN 37.1% 21st +3.5pp 8th 16% below peers
Davenport, IA 43.8% 17th +3.5pp 9th 1% below peers
Chico, CA 44.8% 15th +3.0pp 10th 1% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 20th +1.3pp 11th 16% below peers
San Mateo, CA 63.1% 5th +1.8pp 12th 43% above peers
Albany, NY 57.2% 8th -0.5pp 13th 29% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 45.8% 12th -0.8pp 14th 4% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 71.5% 3rd -1.8pp 15th 61% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 64.2% 4th -3.5pp 16th 45% above peers
Quincy, MA 59.9% 7th -8.1pp 17th 35% above peers
New Bedford, MA 36.5% 22nd -5.5pp 18th 18% below peers
Sunrise, FL 48.9% 11th -8.2pp 19th 10% above peers
Suffolk, VA 45.8% 13th -7.9pp 20th 3% above peers
San Angelo, TX 34.5% 25th -7.8pp 21st 22% below peers
Vista, CA 36.3% 23rd -8.5pp 22nd 18% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 35.1% 24th -8.3pp 23rd 21% below peers
Daly City, CA 49.4% 10th -12.7pp 24th 12% above peers
Norwalk, CA 38.8% 19th -11.6pp 25th 12% below peers
Atascocita, TX 45.1% 14th -13.6pp 26th 2% above peers
Vacaville, CA 32.9% 26th -14.3pp 27th 26% below peers
St. George, UT 32.1% 28th -15.7pp 28th 27% below peers
Yuma, AZ 28.6% 30th -15.4pp 29th 35% below peers
Federal Way, WA 20.7% 31st -14.1pp 30th 53% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 39.6% 18th -29.2pp 31st 10% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.0% then, 4.1% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 2.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.3% to 4.1%).
4.1%
20102024
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 York ref 6.7% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Federal Way, WA 5.3% 8th -7.4pp 1st 20% below peers
Norwalk, CA 6.5% 14th -5.7pp 2nd 3% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 1.4% 1st -1.1pp 3rd 79% below peers
Lynn, MA 5.7% 10th -3.6pp 4th 16% below peers
Davenport, IA 7.9% 20th -3.1pp 5th 17% above peers
South Bend, IN 8.8% 22nd -2.7pp 6th 31% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 6.7% 18th -1.4pp 7th on par with peers
Kenosha, WI 8.1% 21st -1.6pp 8th 21% above peers
San Mateo, CA 5.2% 6th -0.9pp 9th 23% below peers
Sunrise, FL 6.6% 15th -0.2pp 10th 2% below peers
Carmel, IN 3.7% 4th +0.0pp 11th 45% below peers
Daly City, CA 6.2% 13th +0.4pp 12th 8% below peers
Longmont, CO 10.8% 26th +0.7pp 13th 62% above peers
Chico, CA 3.3% 3rd +0.4pp 14th 51% below peers
Yuma, AZ 12.3% 28th +1.7pp 15th 84% above peers
Suffolk, VA 6.7% 16th +1.1pp 16th on par with peers
Roanoke, VA 13.0% 29th +2.7pp 17th 94% above peers
New Bedford, MA 10.0% 24th +2.2pp 18th 50% above peers
Hesperia, CA 13.2% 30th +2.9pp 19th 97% above peers
San Angelo, TX 6.8% 19th +1.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 3.2% 2nd +0.7pp 21st 52% below peers
Albany, NY 4.1% 5th +1.1pp 22nd 38% below peers
Atascocita, TX 5.9% 12th +1.6pp 23rd 11% below peers
Vista, CA 10.2% 25th +3.1pp 24th 53% above peers
Fishers, IN 5.7% 9th +1.9pp 25th 16% below peers
St. George, UT 5.8% 11th +2.2pp 26th 14% below peers
Vacaville, CA 6.7% 17th +3.0pp 27th on par with peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 28th 127% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 9.9% 23rd +5.8pp 29th 47% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 5.2% 7th +3.7pp 30th 22% below peers
Quincy, MA 11.0% 27th +9.1pp 31st 64% above peers
Where is this changing? 29 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

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) 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 →
  • Gainesville, FL down 2.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 3% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 97,478 to 100,492 - more than the combined survey margin (±79). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 19 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (98,287 to 100,492).
100,492
20102024
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
Atascocita, TX 99,354 25th +22% 1st 1% below peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 5th +21% 2nd 2% above peers
St. George, UT 101,995 10th +21% 3rd 1% above peers
Fayetteville, AR 99,319 26th +17% 4th 1% below peers
Palm Coast, FL 98,258 30th +14% 5th 2% below peers
Fishers, IN 102,337 6th +13% 6th 2% above peers
Suffolk, VA 98,796 28th +10% 7th 2% below peers
Lynn, MA 101,709 12th +8% 8th 1% above peers
Quincy, MA 102,114 9th +8% 9th 1% above peers
Chico, CA 102,188 8th +8% 10th 1% above peers
Hesperia, CA 100,775 16th +7% 11th on par with peers
New Bedford, MA 100,998 14th +6% 12th on par with peers
Longmont, CO 99,406 23rd +5% 13th 1% below peers
Carmel, IN 101,651 13th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Sunrise, FL 97,918 31st +4% 15th 3% below peers
Yuma, AZ 100,139 19th +4% 16th 1% below peers
Vacaville, CA 102,596 3rd +4% 17th 2% above peers
Albany, NY 100,492 17th +3% 18th on par with peers
Federal Way, WA 99,493 22nd +3% 19th 1% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 100,234 18th +3% 20th 1% below peers
South Bend, IN 103,085 2nd +1% 21st 2% above peers
Kenosha, WI 99,372 24th -0% 22nd 1% below peers
San Angelo, TX 99,674 21st -0% 23rd 1% below peers
Roanoke, VA 98,355 29th -1% 24th 2% below peers
San Mateo, CA 103,105 1st -1% 25th 2% above peers
Davenport, IA 100,913 15th -1% 26th on par with peers
Vista, CA 99,114 27th -2% 27th 2% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 102,581 4th -2% 28th 2% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 102,257 7th -3% 29th 1% above peers
Daly City, CA 101,964 11th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Norwalk, CA 99,789 20th -5% 31st 1% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 ±63 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 →

Children fell 3.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 17.7% to 13.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 11 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 3.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (17.3% to 13.9%).
13.9%
20172024
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 York ref 20.3% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
New Bedford, MA 23.9% 12th +1.0pp 1st 5% above peers
Roanoke, VA 22.6% 17th +0.8pp 2nd 1% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 18.0% 26th +0.3pp 3rd 21% below peers
Wichita Falls, TX 22.3% 18th +0.3pp 4th 2% below peers
St. George, UT 24.7% 6th -0.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 11th -0.1pp 6th 5% above peers
San Angelo, TX 23.2% 15th -0.2pp 7th 2% above peers
Atascocita, TX 28.7% 2nd -0.3pp 8th 26% above peers
Quincy, MA 14.4% 29th -0.2pp 9th 37% below peers
Sunrise, FL 20.7% 22nd -0.3pp 10th 9% below peers
Lynn, MA 24.1% 9th -0.4pp 11th 6% above peers
Suffolk, VA 23.6% 13th -0.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Vacaville, CA 21.9% 19th -0.8pp 13th 4% below peers
Yuma, AZ 25.5% 5th -0.9pp 14th 12% above peers
Boca Raton, FL 16.2% 28th -0.6pp 15th 29% below peers
Chico, CA 18.4% 25th -0.8pp 16th 19% below peers
Vista, CA 24.3% 8th -1.2pp 17th 6% above peers
Hesperia, CA 29.1% 1st -1.5pp 18th 27% above peers
Federal Way, WA 22.8% 16th -1.3pp 19th on par with peers
Kenosha, WI 23.3% 14th -1.4pp 20th 2% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 17.1% 27th -1.0pp 21st 25% below peers
South Bend, IN 25.5% 4th -1.7pp 22nd 12% above peers
San Mateo, CA 19.6% 23rd -1.3pp 23rd 14% below peers
Carmel, IN 24.5% 7th -1.8pp 24th 7% above peers
Daly City, CA 14.4% 30th -1.3pp 25th 37% below peers
Davenport, IA 21.0% 21st -2.0pp 26th 8% below peers
Fishers, IN 26.7% 3rd -2.9pp 27th 17% above peers
Norwalk, CA 21.7% 20th -2.5pp 28th 5% below peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 24.0% 10th -3.1pp 29th 5% above peers
Longmont, CO 18.8% 24th -5.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Albany, NY 13.9% 31st -3.8pp 31st 39% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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 ±0.9pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent fell 14.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 59.1% to 44.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±7.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.3% to 44.6%).
44.6%
20102024
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 York ref 30.3% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
San Mateo, CA 23.5% 22nd +6.8pp 1st 23% below peers
Vista, CA 30.9% 15th +7.0pp 2nd 1% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 43.8% 6th +9.0pp 3rd 43% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 14.2% 29th +1.7pp 4th 54% below peers
Chico, CA 36.0% 10th +3.6pp 5th 18% above peers
Lynn, MA 45.4% 4th +3.0pp 6th 48% above peers
San Angelo, TX 36.1% 9th +2.1pp 7th 18% above peers
Carmel, IN 13.4% 30th +0.1pp 8th 56% below peers
South Bend, IN 48.2% 3rd +0.1pp 9th 58% above peers
Suffolk, VA 32.0% 13th -0.2pp 10th 5% above peers
Davenport, IA 39.0% 8th -0.4pp 11th 27% above peers
New Bedford, MA 55.6% 1st -0.6pp 12th 82% above peers
Roanoke, VA 51.7% 2nd -1.4pp 13th 69% above peers
Longmont, CO 30.6% 16th -1.4pp 14th on par with peers
Daly City, CA 22.2% 24th -1.2pp 15th 27% below peers
Atascocita, TX 19.6% 26th -1.3pp 16th 36% below peers
Boca Raton, FL 19.9% 25th -1.5pp 17th 35% below peers
Norwalk, CA 28.0% 19th -2.2pp 18th 9% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 31.2% 14th -2.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Yuma, AZ 36.0% 11th -3.6pp 20th 18% above peers
Kenosha, WI 41.2% 7th -4.4pp 21st 35% above peers
Sunrise, FL 33.7% 12th -4.3pp 22nd 10% above peers
Palm Coast, FL 29.4% 17th -4.5pp 23rd 4% below peers
Vacaville, CA 24.7% 21st -4.0pp 24th 19% below peers
St. George, UT 17.4% 28th -2.9pp 25th 43% below peers
Quincy, MA 18.4% 27th -3.2pp 26th 40% below peers
Federal Way, WA 27.5% 20th -5.9pp 27th 10% below peers
Hesperia, CA 28.8% 18th -7.3pp 28th 6% below peers
Fishers, IN 12.2% 31st -3.8pp 29th 60% below peers
Albany, NY 44.6% 5th -14.5pp 30th 46% above peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 23rd -9.6pp 31st 27% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (77.3% then, 71.7% now; margin ±13.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.3% to 71.7%).
71.7%
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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 York ref 69.5% +2.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Vista, CA 74.0% 8th +14.1pp 1st 7% above peers
Norwalk, CA 70.2% 14th +11.4pp 2nd 1% above peers
Highlands Ranch, CO 69.2% 16th +10.2pp 3rd on par with peers
Boca Raton, FL 63.5% 24th +7.3pp 4th 8% below peers
Chico, CA 69.9% 15th +7.6pp 5th 1% above peers
Longmont, CO 66.4% 21st +6.6pp 6th 4% below peers
Atascocita, TX 74.2% 6th +7.2pp 7th 7% above peers
Quincy, MA 73.3% 9th +6.8pp 8th 6% above peers
San Angelo, TX 74.6% 5th +6.7pp 9th 8% above peers
New Bedford, MA 72.7% 10th +6.3pp 10th 5% above peers
Davenport, IA 78.9% 1st +6.7pp 11th 14% above peers
Wichita Falls, TX 68.8% 18th +5.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Fishers, IN 77.3% 2nd +4.8pp 13th 12% above peers
Suffolk, VA 69.2% 17th +2.5pp 14th on par with peers
Palm Coast, FL 66.2% 22nd +2.3pp 15th 4% below peers
San Mateo, CA 76.2% 3rd +2.0pp 16th 10% above peers
Roanoke, VA 70.4% 13th +1.2pp 17th 2% above peers
South Bend, IN 68.6% 19th -1.0pp 18th 1% below peers
Carmel, IN 68.3% 20th -1.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Vacaville, CA 58.9% 29th -1.4pp 20th 15% below peers
Lynn, MA 71.2% 12th -2.6pp 21st 3% above peers
Daly City, CA 74.1% 7th -2.8pp 22nd 7% above peers
Yuma, AZ 59.2% 28th -3.2pp 23rd 15% below peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 27th -3.8pp 24th 14% below peers
Sunrise, FL 75.5% 4th -4.9pp 25th 9% above peers
Federal Way, WA 60.3% 26th -4.1pp 26th 13% below peers
Albany, NY 71.7% 11th -5.7pp 27th 4% above peers
Hesperia, CA 53.9% 30th -4.6pp 28th 22% below peers
Fayetteville, AR 61.8% 25th -6.0pp 29th 11% below peers
St. George, UT 45.7% 31st -7.2pp 30th 34% below peers
Kenosha, WI 65.6% 23rd -12.8pp 31st 5% below peers
Where is this changing? 29 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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6 of 29 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 ±9.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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