The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Violent crime rose about 9% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | |||||
| Glendale, AZ | 360 (May 26) | 14th | -26.7% | 1st | 12% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 185 (Apr 26) | 6th | -23.2% | 2nd | 55% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 849 (Mar 26) | 27th | -20.9% | 3rd | 107% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 724 (Oct 25) | 24th | -19.6% | 4th | 77% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 634 (Mar 26) | 22nd | -19.2% | 5th | 55% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 454 (May 26) | 16th | -18.6% | 6th | 11% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 466 (May 26) | 17th | -15.2% | 7th | 14% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 299 (May 26) | 10th | -14.3% | 8th | 27% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 222 (May 26) | 7th | -11.6% | 9th | 46% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 266 (May 26) | 9th | -10.8% | 10th | 35% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 517 (May 26) | 20th | -9.9% | 11th | 26% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 501 (May 26) | 18th | -9.1% | 12th | 22% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 116 (May 26) | 2nd | -8.6% | 13th | 72% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 348 (May 26) | 12th | -8.6% | 14th | 15% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 251 (May 26) | 8th | -8.1% | 15th | 39% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 1,231 (May 26) | 28th | -5.9% | 16th | 200% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 770 (Mar 26) | 25th | -5.5% | 17th | 88% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 144 (May 26) | 4th | -2.6% | 18th | 65% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 509 (May 26) | 19th | -2.1% | 19th | 24% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 326 (May 26) | 11th | -0.8% | 20th | 20% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 835 (May 26) | 26th | +0.0% | 21st | 104% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 77 (May 26) | 1st | +0.8% | 22nd | 81% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 124 (May 26) | 3rd | +2.4% | 23rd | 70% below peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 175 (May 26) | 5th | +8.0% | 24th | 57% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 410 (May 26) | 15th | +8.1% | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 697 (May 26) | 23rd | +8.9% | 26th | 70% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 534 (Mar 26) | 21st | +9.4% | 27th | 30% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 360 (Apr 26) | 13th | +12.6% | 28th | 12% below peers |
The most recent 12 months moved against the better direction, whatever the longer window shows. The checks below judge the multi-year window. It is also worsening faster than most of the selected peers.
Property crime rose about 1% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | |||||
| Irvine, CA | 996 (May 26) | 2nd | -26.2% | 1st | 45% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 1,615 (May 26) | 11th | -21.7% | 2nd | 11% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 1,056 (May 26) | 3rd | -19.9% | 3rd | 42% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 1,694 (May 26) | 14th | -18.4% | 4th | 7% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 2,832 (Oct 25) | 21st | -18.1% | 5th | 56% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 1,608 (May 26) | 10th | -17.3% | 6th | 11% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 1,133 (May 26) | 5th | -17.2% | 7th | 38% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 1,165 (May 26) | 6th | -16.7% | 8th | 36% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 1,815 (May 26) | 15th | -15.9% | 9th | on par with peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 1,663 (May 26) | 12th | -14.6% | 10th | 8% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 2,150 (May 26) | 18th | -14.2% | 11th | 18% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 2,073 (Mar 26) | 17th | -13.7% | 12th | 14% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 1,447 (May 26) | 7th | -13.6% | 13th | 20% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 1,605 (Apr 26) | 9th | -11.4% | 14th | 12% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 2,289 (Mar 26) | 19th | -10.8% | 15th | 26% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 1,576 (Apr 26) | 8th | -9.2% | 16th | 13% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 844 (May 26) | 1st | -9.0% | 17th | 53% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 5,018 (May 26) | 28th | -7.8% | 18th | 177% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 2,628 (Mar 26) | 20th | -6.9% | 19th | 45% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2,861 (May 26) | 23rd | -6.8% | 20th | 58% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 2,863 (Mar 26) | 24th | -6.4% | 21st | 58% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 1,672 (May 26) | 13th | -5.8% | 22nd | 8% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 1,900 (May 26) | 16th | -5.8% | 23rd | 5% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 3,695 (May 26) | 27th | -5.7% | 24th | 104% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 3,580 (May 26) | 26th | -4.7% | 25th | 97% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 3,423 (May 26) | 25th | +1.3% | 26th | 89% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 1,089 (May 26) | 4th | +1.9% | 27th | 40% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 2,832 (May 26) | 22nd | +4.8% | 28th | 56% above peers |
This badge answers one question: can this city's own trend be trusted as a real improvement? It passed all three checks, so yes. The most recent 12 months agree with the multi-year trend.
Homicide fell about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | |||||
| Irvine, CA | 0 (May 26) | 1st | -100.0% | 1st | 100% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 1 (Mar 26) | 4th | -85.0% | 2nd | 64% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 2 (Apr 26) | 9th | -77.8% | 3rd | 33% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 2 (May 26) | 7th | -73.3% | 4th | 47% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 3 (Mar 26) | 13th | -56.2% | 5th | 14% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 3 (May 26) | 14th | -56.2% | 6th | 9% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 2 (May 26) | 6th | -55.7% | 7th | 48% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 0 (May 26) | 2nd | -51.0% | 8th | 89% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 1 (May 26) | 3rd | -50.0% | 9th | 66% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 8 (May 26) | 20th | -41.7% | 10th | 158% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 2 (Apr 26) | 11th | -39.9% | 11th | 19% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 10 (Oct 25) | 23rd | -34.7% | 12th | 249% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 8 (May 26) | 19th | -25.0% | 13th | 155% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 5 (May 26) | 18th | -23.9% | 14th | 76% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 17 (May 26) | 27th | -15.7% | 15th | 479% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 8 (Mar 26) | 21st | -12.5% | 16th | 169% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 10 (May 26) | 22nd | -9.0% | 17th | 242% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 11 (May 26) | 24th | -6.1% | 18th | 281% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 2 (May 26) | 12th | +0.0% | 19th | 18% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 3 (May 26) | 15th | +0.0% | 20th | on par with peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 51 (May 26) | 28th | +2.9% | 21st | 1639% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 11 (Mar 26) | 25th | +11.6% | 22nd | 282% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 2 (May 26) | 10th | +20.1% | 23rd | 27% below peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 2 (May 26) | 8th | +33.9% | 24th | 45% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 12 (May 26) | 26th | +37.0% | 25th | 309% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 5 (May 26) | 17th | +44.6% | 26th | 72% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 1 (May 26) | 5th | +100.4% | 27th | 52% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 3 (May 26) | 16th | +899.1% | 28th | 15% above peers |
The last 12 months moved in the better direction. The multi-year trend has not (yet) passed the checks below, so no sustained-improvement claim is made.
Vehicle theft fell about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026, slower than 56% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | |||||
| Plano, TX | 67 (May 26) | 3rd | -45.2% | 1st | 73% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 246 (May 26) | 14th | -37.4% | 2nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 242 (May 26) | 13th | -32.6% | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 660 (May 26) | 27th | -28.2% | 4th | 164% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 465 (Apr 26) | 23rd | -27.5% | 5th | 86% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 607 (May 26) | 26th | -27.0% | 6th | 143% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 114 (May 26) | 7th | -26.2% | 7th | 54% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 250 (Apr 26) | 15th | -25.7% | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 260 (Mar 26) | 16th | -23.7% | 9th | 4% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 206 (May 26) | 11th | -23.2% | 10th | 18% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 166 (May 26) | 9th | -22.9% | 11th | 33% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 465 (May 26) | 24th | -22.3% | 12th | 86% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 207 (May 26) | 12th | -21.7% | 13th | 17% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 199 (Mar 26) | 10th | -21.2% | 14th | 20% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 72 (May 26) | 4th | -20.2% | 15th | 71% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 410 (May 26) | 20th | -17.9% | 16th | 64% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 51 (May 26) | 1st | -17.6% | 17th | 80% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 88 (May 26) | 5th | -16.0% | 18th | 65% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 477 (Oct 25) | 25th | -14.8% | 19th | 91% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 116 (May 26) | 8th | -14.1% | 20th | 54% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 51 (May 26) | 2nd | -10.7% | 21st | 80% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 385 (May 26) | 19th | -7.1% | 22nd | 54% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 1,186 (May 26) | 28th | -6.9% | 23rd | 375% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 108 (May 26) | 6th | -5.8% | 24th | 57% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 338 (Mar 26) | 18th | -5.2% | 25th | 35% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 424 (May 26) | 21st | -1.1% | 26th | 70% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 432 (Mar 26) | 22nd | -0.7% | 27th | 73% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 277 (May 26) | 17th | +2.3% | 28th | 11% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Household income rose about 34% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $37,354 to $50,041 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$2,294). 29 of the 29 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.
| 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% | |||||
| Newark, NJ | $52,060 | 28th | +48% | 1st | 32% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | $81,619 | 11th | +39% | 2nd | 7% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | $97,710 | 8th | +38% | 3rd | 28% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | $80,760 | 12th | +37% | 4th | 6% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | $65,742 | 20th | +35% | 5th | 14% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | $63,915 | 21st | +34% | 6th | 16% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | $50,041 | 29th | +34% | 7th | 34% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | $73,530 | 17th | +34% | 8th | 4% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | $79,542 | 13th | +33% | 9th | 4% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | $108,032 | 6th | +33% | 10th | 42% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | $75,192 | 16th | +32% | 11th | 1% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | $49,724 | 30th | +32% | 12th | 35% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | $108,095 | 5th | +30% | 13th | 42% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | $52,909 | 27th | +30% | 14th | 31% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | $136,719 | 1st | +30% | 15th | 79% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | $59,268 | 25th | +30% | 16th | 22% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | $56,160 | 26th | +28% | 17th | 26% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | $73,394 | 18th | +27% | 18th | 4% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | $122,551 | 2nd | +27% | 19th | 61% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | $81,830 | 10th | +26% | 20th | 7% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | $110,886 | 4th | +26% | 21st | 45% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | $61,515 | 22nd | +26% | 22nd | 19% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | $76,320 | 15th | +25% | 23rd | on par with peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | $71,867 | 19th | +24% | 24th | 6% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | $61,422 | 23rd | +24% | 25th | 20% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $103,284 | 7th | +22% | 26th | 35% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | $95,373 | 9th | +21% | 27th | 25% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | $60,895 | 24th | +21% | 28th | 20% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | $78,050 | 14th | +19% | 29th | 2% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | $112,253 | 3rd | +17% | 30th | 47% above peers |
Moving against the better direction for this metric.
Unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
| 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 | ||||
| Toledo, OH | 4.4% (May 26) | 26th | -1.8pp | 1st | 10% above peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 3.0% (May 26) | 3rd | -1.7pp | 2nd | 25% below peers | |
| Newark, NJ | 6.3% (May 26) | 30th | -1.2pp | 3rd | 57% above peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 4.0% (May 26) | 16th | -0.9pp | 4th | on par with peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | 4.0% (May 26) | 17th | -0.5pp | 5th | on par with peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 3.1% (May 26) | 4th | -0.4pp | 6th | 22% below peers | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 3.9% (May 26) | 14th | -0.3pp | 7th | 3% below peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | 4.0% (May 26) | 18th | -0.3pp | 8th | on par with peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | 4.2% (May 26) | 23rd | -0.2pp | 9th | 5% above peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 3.5% (May 26) | 6th | -0.2pp | 10th | 12% below peers | |
| Irvine, CA | 3.5% (May 26) | 7th | -0.2pp | 11th | 12% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | 2.6% (May 26) | 2nd | -0.2pp | 12th | 35% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | 4.1% (May 26) | 22nd | -0.1pp | 13th | 2% above peers | |
| Madison, WI | 2.5% (May 26) | 1st | -0.1pp | 14th | 38% below peers | |
| Durham, NC | 3.2% (May 26) | 5th | -0.1pp | 15th | 20% below peers | |
| Laredo, TX | 4.5% (May 26) | 27th | -0.1pp | 16th | 12% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | 5.7% (May 26) | 29th | +0.0pp | 17th | 43% above peers | |
| Plano, TX | 3.9% (May 26) | 15th | +0.2pp | 18th | 3% below peers | |
| Irving, TX | 3.8% (May 26) | 13th | +0.3pp | 19th | 5% below peers | |
| Glendale, AZ | 4.3% (May 26) | 25th | +0.3pp | 20th | 7% above peers | |
| Garland, TX | 4.0% (May 26) | 19th | +0.3pp | 21st | on par with peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | 3.7% (May 26) | 11th | +0.3pp | 22nd | 7% below peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | 3.6% (May 26) | 8th | +0.3pp | 23rd | 10% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | 3.6% (May 26) | 9th | +0.4pp | 24th | 10% below peers | |
| Chesapeake, VA | 3.6% (May 26) | 10th | +0.4pp | 25th | 10% below peers | |
| Scottsdale, AZ | 3.7% (May 26) | 12th | +0.4pp | 26th | 7% below peers | |
| Saint Paul, MN | 4.2% (May 26) | 24th | +0.6pp | 27th | 5% above peers | |
| St. Petersburg, FL | 4.0% (May 26) | 20th | +0.7pp | 28th | on par with peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 4.0% (May 26) | 21st | +0.7pp | 29th | on par with peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | 5.3% (May 26) | 28th | +0.8pp | 30th | 32% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Poverty fell 3.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 29.1% to 25.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 10 of the 29 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Durham, NC | 11.3% | 10th | -4.0pp | 1st | 24% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 20.6% | 26th | -5.7pp | 2nd | 39% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 10.3% | 8th | -2.6pp | 3rd | 30% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 15.2% | 17th | -3.2pp | 4th | 2% above peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 14.8% | 16th | -3.1pp | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 17.0% | 22nd | -2.8pp | 6th | 15% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 22.6% | 27th | -3.7pp | 7th | 52% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 25.3% | 30th | -3.8pp | 8th | 71% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 12.0% | 11th | -1.6pp | 9th | 19% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 10.9% | 9th | -1.2pp | 10th | 26% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 8.7% | 5th | -0.9pp | 11th | 41% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 15.5% | 18th | -1.5pp | 12th | 4% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 16.1% | 21st | -1.5pp | 13th | 8% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 12.1% | 12th | -1.0pp | 14th | 18% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 12.4% | 14th | -0.9pp | 15th | 17% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 18.1% | 23rd | -1.2pp | 16th | 22% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 12.2% | 13th | -0.7pp | 17th | 18% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 20.0% | 25th | -1.2pp | 18th | 35% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 7.2% | 3rd | -0.3pp | 19th | 51% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 23.8% | 28th | -1.0pp | 20th | 60% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 24.5% | 29th | -0.8pp | 21st | 65% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 15.7% | 19th | -0.4pp | 22nd | 6% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 18.5% | 24th | -0.5pp | 23rd | 25% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 5.2% | 1st | -0.1pp | 24th | 65% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 13.0% | 15th | -0.1pp | 25th | 13% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 8.8% | 6th | -0.1pp | 26th | 41% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 6.7% | 2nd | -0.0pp | 27th | 55% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 15.7% | 20th | +0.1pp | 28th | 6% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 7.9% | 4th | +0.3pp | 29th | 47% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 9.3% | 7th | +0.9pp | 30th | 38% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Child poverty fell 10.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 46.0% to 35.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). 11 of the 29 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Durham, NC | 16.6% | 14th | -7.9pp | 1st | 17% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 15.4% | 12th | -5.2pp | 2nd | 23% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 20.2% | 17th | -6.8pp | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 28.3% | 24th | -8.5pp | 4th | 41% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 35.5% | 28th | -10.4pp | 5th | 77% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 8.4% | 3rd | -2.2pp | 6th | 58% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 22.0% | 19th | -5.6pp | 7th | 9% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 25.9% | 23rd | -6.1pp | 8th | 29% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 10.8% | 7th | -2.3pp | 9th | 46% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 31.2% | 27th | -6.6pp | 10th | 55% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 12.5% | 8th | -2.4pp | 11th | 38% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 29.7% | 25th | -4.2pp | 12th | 48% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 23.5% | 21st | -3.2pp | 13th | 17% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 17.7% | 15th | -2.2pp | 14th | 12% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 10.0% | 6th | -1.2pp | 15th | 50% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 20.1% | 16th | -1.9pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 5.0% | 1st | -0.4pp | 17th | 75% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 22.9% | 20th | -1.9pp | 18th | 14% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 36.2% | 30th | -2.7pp | 19th | 80% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 20.3% | 18th | -1.5pp | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 16.4% | 13th | -1.2pp | 21st | 18% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 7.9% | 2nd | -0.5pp | 22nd | 61% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 14.9% | 11th | -0.8pp | 23rd | 26% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 13.6% | 9th | -0.6pp | 24th | 33% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 36.0% | 29th | -0.8pp | 25th | 79% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 23.8% | 22nd | -0.3pp | 26th | 19% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 9.9% | 5th | +0.4pp | 27th | 50% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 8.6% | 4th | +0.7pp | 28th | 57% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 30.8% | 26th | +3.7pp | 29th | 54% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 13.9% | 10th | +2.1pp | 30th | 31% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
Broadband rose 13.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 74.9% to 88.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.0pp). 28 of the 29 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.
| 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% | ||||||
| Laredo, TX | 87.5% | 27th | +18.9pp | 1st | 5% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 91.0% | 18th | +17.9pp | 2nd | 2% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 86.5% | 30th | +16.7pp | 3rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 88.6% | 25th | +13.7pp | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 86.9% | 29th | +12.5pp | 5th | 6% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 89.3% | 22nd | +9.6pp | 6th | 3% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 88.5% | 26th | +9.2pp | 7th | 4% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 87.2% | 28th | +9.0pp | 8th | 6% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 88.8% | 24th | +8.8pp | 9th | 4% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 88.9% | 23rd | +8.8pp | 10th | 4% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 90.6% | 20th | +8.8pp | 11th | 2% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 92.5% | 15th | +8.6pp | 12th | on par with peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 93.2% | 10th | +8.6pp | 13th | 1% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 92.8% | 12th | +7.4pp | 14th | on par with peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 90.8% | 19th | +6.9pp | 15th | 2% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 92.6% | 14th | +6.8pp | 16th | on par with peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 93.7% | 9th | +6.7pp | 17th | 1% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 91.8% | 16th | +6.2pp | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 89.7% | 21st | +5.8pp | 19th | 3% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 94.9% | 6th | +6.2pp | 20th | 3% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 94.8% | 7th | +6.1pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 92.9% | 11th | +5.1pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 94.6% | 8th | +4.5pp | 23rd | 2% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 96.3% | 3rd | +3.8pp | 24th | 4% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 95.4% | 5th | +3.5pp | 25th | 3% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 91.5% | 17th | +2.8pp | 26th | 1% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 96.7% | 2nd | +2.6pp | 27th | 4% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 92.8% | 13th | +2.5pp | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 95.8% | 4th | +1.9pp | 29th | 4% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 97.0% | 1st | +1.1pp | 30th | 5% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.51 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.01).
| 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 | |||||
| Laredo, TX | 0.45 | 14th | -0.025 | 1st | 2% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 0.43 | 7th | -0.023 | 2nd | 7% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 0.45 | 12th | -0.015 | 3rd | 3% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 0.51 | 26th | -0.016 | 4th | 10% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 0.46 | 15th | -0.011 | 5th | on par with peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 0.51 | 27th | -0.010 | 6th | 10% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 0.50 | 22nd | -0.007 | 7th | 8% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 0.40 | 3rd | -0.006 | 8th | 12% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 0.50 | 24th | -0.007 | 9th | 9% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 0.49 | 21st | -0.005 | 10th | 6% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 0.46 | 16th | -0.003 | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 0.50 | 25th | -0.001 | 12th | 9% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 0.45 | 11th | -0.001 | 13th | 3% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 0.42 | 5th | -0.001 | 14th | 9% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 0.48 | 19th | -0.000 | 15th | 4% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 0.44 | 10th | +0.001 | 16th | 4% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 0.52 | 28th | +0.001 | 17th | 13% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 0.43 | 8th | +0.001 | 18th | 7% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 0.54 | 30th | +0.003 | 19th | 18% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 0.42 | 6th | +0.003 | 20th | 8% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 0.45 | 13th | +0.003 | 21st | 3% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 0.44 | 9th | +0.004 | 22nd | 6% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 0.49 | 20th | +0.006 | 23rd | 6% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 0.47 | 17th | +0.007 | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 0.40 | 2nd | +0.008 | 25th | 13% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 0.42 | 4th | +0.009 | 26th | 9% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 0.48 | 18th | +0.011 | 27th | 3% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 0.39 | 1st | +0.013 | 28th | 15% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 0.50 | 23rd | +0.016 | 29th | 8% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 0.52 | 29th | +0.019 | 30th | 13% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
SNAP fell 3.9 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 33.8% to 29.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys. 15 of the 29 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Irving, TX | 6.2% | 6th | -2.8pp | 1st | 46% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 9.1% | 11th | -3.8pp | 2nd | 20% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 8.8% | 9th | -3.6pp | 3rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 2.3% | 1st | -0.9pp | 4th | 80% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 9.3% | 13th | -2.7pp | 5th | 19% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 11.4% | 16th | -2.9pp | 6th | on par with peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 14.0% | 18th | -2.9pp | 7th | 23% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 15.0% | 19th | -2.9pp | 8th | 31% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 3.4% | 2nd | -0.6pp | 9th | 70% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 18.0% | 25th | -3.3pp | 10th | 58% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 18.3% | 26th | -2.6pp | 11th | 61% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 23.7% | 28th | -3.3pp | 12th | 107% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 23.9% | 29th | -3.3pp | 13th | 109% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 29.9% | 30th | -3.9pp | 14th | 162% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 22.3% | 27th | -2.7pp | 15th | 95% above peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 15.4% | 21st | -1.9pp | 16th | 35% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 11.4% | 15th | -1.3pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 15.1% | 20th | -1.2pp | 18th | 32% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 16.5% | 22nd | -0.7pp | 19th | 45% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 6.9% | 7th | -0.3pp | 20th | 40% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 5.3% | 5th | -0.2pp | 21st | 54% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 8.9% | 10th | -0.0pp | 22nd | 22% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 8.8% | 8th | +0.1pp | 23rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 12.2% | 17th | +0.8pp | 24th | 7% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 17.4% | 24th | +1.8pp | 25th | 52% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 9.2% | 12th | +1.0pp | 26th | 19% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 3.4% | 3rd | +0.5pp | 27th | 70% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 17.2% | 23rd | +3.0pp | 28th | 50% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 10.6% | 14th | +2.0pp | 29th | 8% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 4.9% | 4th | +2.3pp | 30th | 57% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Home value rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Toledo, OH | $135,476 (Jun 26) | 29th | +5.3% | 1st | 66% below peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $424,577 (Jun 26) | 12th | +4.6% | 2nd | 6% above peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | $251,203 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +3.5% | 3rd | 37% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | $297,539 (Jun 26) | 17th | +3.4% | 4th | 26% below peers | |
| Chesapeake, VA | $429,006 (Jun 26) | 11th | +3.4% | 5th | 7% above peers | |
| Laredo, TX | $222,147 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.7% | 6th | 45% below peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $250,668 (Jun 26) | 24th | +2.6% | 7th | 37% below peers | |
| Madison, WI | $435,430 (Jun 26) | 10th | +2.1% | 8th | 9% above peers | |
| Scottsdale, AZ | $858,275 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +1.8% | 9th | 114% above peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | $213,159 (Jun 26) | 27th | +1.7% | 10th | 47% below peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | $254,955 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +1.1% | 11th | 36% below peers | |
| Louisville, KY | $267,770 (Jun 26) | 19th | +1.1% | 12th | 33% below peers | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $267,668 (Jun 26) | 20th | +0.6% | 13th | 33% below peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | $266,364 (Jun 26) | 21st | +0.4% | 14th | 34% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | $576,913 (Jun 26) | 5th | +0.3% | 15th | 44% above peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | $849,516 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -0.3% | 16th | 112% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | $186,876 (Jun 26) | 28th | -0.6% | 17th | 53% below peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $246,117 (Jun 26) | 25th | -0.7% | 18th | 39% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | $572,453 (Jun 26) | 6th | -0.8% | 19th | 43% above peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | $665,140 (Jun 26) | 4th | -1.3% | 20th | 66% above peers | |
| Irving, TX | $346,142 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.3% | 21st | 14% below peers | |
| Newark, NJ | $486,845 (Jun 26) | 9th | -1.8% | 22nd | 22% above peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | $521,563 (Jun 26) | 7th | -1.8% | 23rd | 30% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $408,280 (Jun 26) | 13th | -1.8% | 24th | 2% above peers | |
| Glendale, AZ | $407,385 (Jun 26) | 14th | -1.9% | 25th | 2% above peers | |
| Irvine, CA | $1,538,073 (Jun 26) | 1st | -1.9% | 26th | 284% above peers | |
| Durham, NC | $400,564 (Jun 26) | 15th | -3.2% | 27th | on par with peers | |
| Garland, TX | $289,444 (Jun 26) | 18th | -4.4% | 28th | 28% below peers | |
| Plano, TX | $504,391 (Jun 26) | 8th | -5.1% | 29th | 26% above peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
| 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% | ||||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $288,814 (Jun 26) | 15th | +7.4% | 1st | on par with peers | |
| Laredo, TX | $149,419 (Jun 26) | 25th | +5.7% | 2nd | 48% below peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | $169,467 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +4.4% | 3rd | 41% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | $219,733 (Jun 26) | 18th | +4.0% | 4th | 24% below peers | |
| Toledo, OH | $67,500 (Jun 26) | 29th | +4.0% | 5th | 77% below peers | |
| Chesapeake, VA | $299,892 (Jun 26) | 13th | +3.2% | 6th | 4% above peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | $169,642 (Jun 26) | 21st | +2.6% | 7th | 41% below peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $162,273 (Jun 26) | 24th | +2.2% | 8th | 44% below peers | |
| Louisville, KY | $175,951 (Jun 26) | 19th | +1.6% | 9th | 39% below peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | $132,679 (Jun 26) | 27th | +1.2% | 10th | 54% below peers | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $168,649 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +1.1% | 11th | 42% below peers | |
| Newark, NJ | $386,067 (Jun 26) | 8th | +0.9% | 12th | 34% above peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | $452,800 (Jun 26) | 5th | +0.7% | 13th | 57% above peers | |
| Madison, WI | $318,212 (Jun 26) | 12th | +0.6% | 14th | 10% above peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | $172,928 (Jun 26) | 20th | +0.1% | 15th | 40% below peers | |
| Scottsdale, AZ | $478,907 (Jun 26) | 3rd | -0.3% | 16th | 66% above peers | |
| Reno, NV | $398,729 (Jun 26) | 7th | -0.4% | 17th | 38% above peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $145,549 (Jun 26) | 26th | -0.6% | 18th | 50% below peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | $651,215 (Jun 26) | 2nd | -0.8% | 19th | 125% above peers | |
| Irvine, CA | $1,044,470 (Jun 26) | 1st | -1.4% | 20th | 262% above peers | |
| Irving, TX | $257,982 (Jun 26) | 16th | -1.4% | 21st | 11% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | $455,244 (Jun 26) | 4th | -1.4% | 22nd | 58% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $337,697 (Jun 26) | 10th | -1.7% | 23rd | 17% above peers | |
| Glendale, AZ | $322,238 (Jun 26) | 11th | -2.1% | 24th | 12% above peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | $402,435 (Jun 26) | 6th | -2.6% | 25th | 39% above peers | |
| Durham, NC | $290,926 (Jun 26) | 14th | -2.7% | 26th | 1% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | $77,981 (Jun 26) | 28th | -3.8% | 27th | 73% below peers | |
| Garland, TX | $228,317 (Jun 26) | 17th | -4.5% | 28th | 21% below peers | |
| Plano, TX | $370,468 (Jun 26) | 9th | -5.2% | 29th | 28% above peers |
Beyond the survey margin, but small next to the spread across these peers.
Homeownership rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.7% to 43.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). 13 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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% | ||||||
| Newark, NJ | 24.4% | 30th | +2.1pp | 1st | 56% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 63.6% | 7th | +5.5pp | 2nd | 14% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 43.0% | 26th | +2.3pp | 3rd | 23% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 53.3% | 16th | +2.9pp | 4th | 4% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 39.8% | 27th | +2.1pp | 5th | 28% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 52.9% | 17th | +2.5pp | 6th | 5% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 52.3% | 18th | +2.1pp | 7th | 6% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 74.3% | 1st | +3.0pp | 8th | 34% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 63.9% | 6th | +2.6pp | 9th | 15% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 55.6% | 15th | +2.1pp | 10th | on par with peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 62.8% | 8th | +2.4pp | 11th | 13% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 49.8% | 21st | +1.9pp | 12th | 10% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 45.3% | 24th | +1.6pp | 13th | 19% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 64.1% | 5th | +2.2pp | 14th | 15% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 38.1% | 28th | +1.3pp | 15th | 31% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 57.2% | 12th | +1.8pp | 16th | 3% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 59.8% | 11th | +0.7pp | 17th | 8% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 67.0% | 3rd | +0.8pp | 18th | 21% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 47.7% | 22nd | +0.5pp | 19th | 14% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 50.5% | 20th | +0.2pp | 20th | 9% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 65.0% | 4th | +0.1pp | 21st | 17% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 51.2% | 19th | -0.1pp | 22nd | 8% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 61.9% | 9th | -0.1pp | 23rd | 11% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 73.1% | 2nd | -0.7pp | 24th | 31% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 61.6% | 10th | -0.9pp | 25th | 11% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 56.1% | 14th | -0.9pp | 26th | 1% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 46.0% | 23rd | -1.0pp | 27th | 17% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 56.9% | 13th | -2.2pp | 28th | 2% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 27.9% | 29th | -1.2pp | 29th | 50% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 44.5% | 25th | -2.4pp | 30th | 20% below peers |
This metric has no declared better direction; the badge reports the last 12 months' movement and its speed next to the selected peers. It is rising faster than most of the selected peers.
Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | Changelast 12 months | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States ref | $1,965 (Jun 26) | +2.2% | ||||
| Chesapeake, VA | $2,041 (Jun 26) | 6th | +6.3% | 1st | 28% above peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $1,281 (Jun 26) | 28th | +6.2% | 2nd | 20% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | $1,932 (Jun 26) | 8th | +6.0% | 3rd | 21% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | $1,394 (Jun 26) | 24th | +4.8% | 4th | 12% below peers | |
| Toledo, OH | $1,125 (Jun 26) | 29th | +4.7% | 5th | 29% below peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | $1,710 (Jun 26) | 12th | +4.5% | 6th | 7% above peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $1,593 (Jun 26) | 15th | +3.7% | 7th | on par with peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | $1,475 (Jun 26) | 20th | +2.8% | 8th | 7% below peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | $1,430 (Jun 26) | 21st | +2.8% | 9th | 10% below peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | $3,182 (Jun 26) | 2nd | +2.8% | 10th | 100% above peers | |
| Madison, WI | $1,656 (Jun 26) | 14th | +2.5% | 11th | 4% above peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | $1,345 (Jun 26) | 26th | +2.5% | 12th | 16% below peers | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $1,537 (Jun 26) | 17th | +2.4% | 13th | 3% below peers | |
| Scottsdale, AZ | $2,173 (Jun 26) | 4th | +2.4% | 14th | 36% above peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | $1,415 (Jun 26) | 22nd | +2.2% | 15th | 11% below peers | |
| Louisville, KY | $1,394 (Jun 26) | 25th | +2.2% | 16th | 12% below peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | $1,401 (Jun 26) | 23rd | +1.8% | 17th | 12% below peers | |
| Irvine, CA | $3,390 (Jun 26) | 1st | +1.5% | 18th | 113% above peers | |
| Durham, NC | $1,700 (Jun 26) | 13th | +0.6% | 19th | 7% above peers | |
| Newark, NJ | $2,130 (Jun 26) | 5th | +0.5% | 20th | 34% above peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | $1,903 (Jun 26) | 9th | +0.5% | 21st | 20% above peers | |
| Irving, TX | $1,592 (Jun 26) | 16th | +0.4% | 22nd | on par with peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | $3,008 (Jun 26) | 3rd | +0.3% | 23rd | 89% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | $1,846 (Jun 26) | 10th | +0.1% | 24th | 16% above peers | |
| Laredo, TX | $1,331 (Jun 26) | 27th | -0.1% | 25th | 16% below peers | |
| Glendale, AZ | $1,524 (Jun 26) | 18th | -0.5% | 26th | 4% below peers | |
| Garland, TX | $1,519 (Jun 26) | 19th | -0.7% | 27th | 5% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | $2,019 (Jun 26) | 7th | -0.7% | 28th | 27% above peers | |
| Plano, TX | $1,713 (Jun 26) | 11th | -1.0% | 29th | 8% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.5% then, 37.7% now; margin ±1.9pp).
| 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 | |||||
| St. Louis, MO | 34.2% | 13th | -3.2pp | 1st | 6% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 53.8% | 30th | -4.6pp | 2nd | 48% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 31.9% | 8th | -2.2pp | 3rd | 12% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 31.9% | 9th | -1.6pp | 4th | 12% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 31.1% | 6th | -0.7pp | 5th | 15% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 37.7% | 22nd | -0.8pp | 6th | 4% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 41.7% | 27th | -0.8pp | 7th | 14% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 36.1% | 15th | -0.6pp | 8th | 1% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 42.5% | 28th | -0.4pp | 9th | 17% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 33.7% | 12th | -0.2pp | 10th | 7% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 32.7% | 10th | +0.1pp | 11th | 10% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 38.9% | 25th | +0.4pp | 12th | 7% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 33.6% | 11th | +0.4pp | 13th | 8% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 44.9% | 29th | +1.0pp | 14th | 23% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 27.1% | 2nd | +0.7pp | 15th | 26% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 25.3% | 1st | +0.6pp | 16th | 31% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 36.4% | 17th | +1.4pp | 17th | on par with peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 36.4% | 16th | +1.5pp | 18th | on par with peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 35.7% | 14th | +1.5pp | 19th | 2% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 36.9% | 21st | +1.8pp | 20th | 1% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 36.9% | 19th | +2.0pp | 21st | 1% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 36.9% | 20th | +2.2pp | 22nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 30.3% | 4th | +1.9pp | 23rd | 17% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 38.6% | 23rd | +2.5pp | 24th | 6% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 39.0% | 26th | +2.6pp | 25th | 7% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 31.6% | 7th | +2.3pp | 26th | 13% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 27.6% | 3rd | +2.2pp | 27th | 24% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 38.6% | 24th | +3.2pp | 28th | 6% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 30.5% | 5th | +3.4pp | 29th | 16% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 36.8% | 18th | +5.4pp | 30th | 1% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
No vehicle fell 5.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.9% to 22.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 9 of the 29 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Glendale, AZ | 6.7% | 15th | -1.7pp | 1st | 7% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 22.6% | 28th | -5.3pp | 2nd | 213% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 8.2% | 20th | -1.9pp | 3rd | 14% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 7.2% | 16th | -1.4pp | 4th | on par with peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 3.7% | 3rd | -0.7pp | 5th | 49% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 11.7% | 22nd | -2.0pp | 6th | 62% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 17.1% | 25th | -2.8pp | 7th | 136% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 7.3% | 17th | -1.0pp | 8th | 1% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 20.6% | 27th | -2.7pp | 9th | 185% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 3.3% | 2nd | -0.4pp | 10th | 54% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 4.1% | 5th | -0.5pp | 11th | 43% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 34.3% | 29th | -4.1pp | 12th | 375% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 8.4% | 21st | -0.7pp | 13th | 16% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 18.5% | 26th | -1.2pp | 14th | 156% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 5.2% | 8th | -0.2pp | 15th | 28% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 5.8% | 10th | -0.2pp | 16th | 19% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 4.5% | 6th | -0.1pp | 17th | 37% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 13.0% | 24th | -0.3pp | 18th | 81% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 6.1% | 12th | +0.2pp | 19th | 15% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 40.3% | 30th | +1.8pp | 20th | 458% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 12.2% | 23rd | +0.8pp | 21st | 69% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 8.2% | 19th | +0.6pp | 22nd | 13% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 5.3% | 9th | +0.5pp | 23rd | 27% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 6.6% | 13th | +0.7pp | 24th | 8% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 6.7% | 14th | +0.8pp | 25th | 8% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 3.7% | 4th | +0.5pp | 26th | 48% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 7.8% | 18th | +1.2pp | 27th | 8% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 5.0% | 7th | +0.9pp | 28th | 31% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 5.8% | 11th | +1.2pp | 29th | 19% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 2.3% | 1st | +0.6pp | 30th | 68% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.5% then, 4.1% now; margin ±0.5pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Jersey City, NJ | 8.5% | 15th | -2.8pp | 1st | 7% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 5.7% | 7th | -1.5pp | 2nd | 39% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 5.6% | 6th | -1.3pp | 3rd | 40% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 8.3% | 14th | -1.8pp | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 6.2% | 9th | -1.3pp | 5th | 32% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 6.2% | 8th | -1.1pp | 6th | 32% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 10.7% | 22nd | -1.8pp | 7th | 16% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 9.2% | 16th | -1.5pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 9.4% | 18th | -1.4pp | 9th | 2% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 4.0% | 1st | -0.6pp | 10th | 57% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 9.9% | 19th | -1.2pp | 11th | 8% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 5.0% | 5th | -0.6pp | 12th | 45% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 4.1% | 2nd | -0.5pp | 13th | 56% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 6.6% | 11th | -0.7pp | 14th | 29% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 11.1% | 23rd | -1.1pp | 15th | 21% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 4.8% | 4th | -0.4pp | 16th | 48% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 10.6% | 21st | -0.5pp | 17th | 16% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 13.1% | 24th | -0.1pp | 18th | 43% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 27.2% | 30th | -0.2pp | 19th | 195% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 6.6% | 12th | +0.1pp | 20th | 28% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 13.5% | 26th | +0.6pp | 21st | 46% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 9.3% | 17th | +0.5pp | 22nd | 2% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 4.2% | 3rd | +0.3pp | 23rd | 54% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 7.7% | 13th | +0.5pp | 24th | 17% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 13.2% | 25th | +0.9pp | 25th | 43% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 25.1% | 29th | +1.7pp | 26th | 172% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 10.5% | 20th | +0.8pp | 27th | 14% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 22.3% | 28th | +2.0pp | 28th | 142% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 19.2% | 27th | +2.4pp | 29th | 109% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 6.3% | 10th | +1.0pp | 30th | 32% below peers |
Modeled estimate with no usable trend; the level is shown and no trend claims are made.
Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.
| Place | Latest | Today's rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York ref | 29.9% | |||
| United States ref | 33.4% | |||
| Irvine, CA | 20.3% | 1st | 40% below peers | |
| Chula Vista, CA | 26.9% | 2nd | 20% below peers | |
| Plano, TX | 28.2% | 3rd | 17% below peers | |
| Scottsdale, AZ | 28.8% | 4th | 15% below peers | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 29.1% | 5th | 14% below peers | |
| Gilbert, AZ | 29.8% | 6th | 12% below peers | |
| Reno, NV | 30.1% | 7th | 11% below peers | |
| Chandler, AZ | 30.2% | 8th | 11% below peers | |
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 30.4% | 9th | 10% below peers | |
| Irving, TX | 30.7% | 10th | 9% below peers | |
| Madison, WI | 32.1% | 11th | 5% below peers | |
| St. Petersburg, FL | 32.2% | 12th | 5% below peers | |
| Saint Paul, MN | 33.2% | 13th | 2% below peers | |
| Garland, TX | 33.6% | 14th | 1% below peers | |
| Lincoln, NE | 33.8% | 15th | on par with peers | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 33.8% | 16th | on par with peers | |
| Durham, NC | 33.9% | 17th | on par with peers | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 34.0% | 18th | 1% above peers | |
| Greensboro, NC | 35.1% | 19th | 4% above peers | |
| Newark, NJ | 35.1% | 20th | 4% above peers | |
| North Las Vegas, NV | 35.5% | 21st | 5% above peers | |
| Glendale, AZ | 35.9% | 22nd | 6% above peers | |
| Lubbock, TX | 36.6% | 23rd | 8% above peers | |
| St. Louis, MO | 37.4% | 24th | 11% above peers | |
| Buffalo, NY | 38.4% | 25th | 14% above peers | |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 39.4% | 26th | 17% above peers | |
| Louisville, KY | 39.9% | 27th | 18% above peers | |
| Chesapeake, VA | 40.4% | 28th | 20% above peers | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 41.8% | 29th | 24% above peers | |
| Laredo, TX | 42.3% | 30th | 25% above peers | |
| Toledo, OH | 45.0% | 31st | 33% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is within the margin, but each of the last 3 annual releases moved the 5-year average the same way. Direction is a reliable early signal; its size is not.
Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.6% then, 1.9% now; margin ±0.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*
| 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 | |||||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 3.9% | 10th | -2.1pp | 1st | 26% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 2.1% | 2nd | -1.2pp | 2nd | 59% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 3.9% | 11th | -1.6pp | 3rd | 26% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 3.8% | 9th | -1.4pp | 4th | 28% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 2.2% | 3rd | -0.7pp | 5th | 57% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 3.5% | 6th | -1.0pp | 6th | 33% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 5.0% | 14th | -1.1pp | 7th | 4% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 3.7% | 8th | -0.8pp | 8th | 30% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 6.8% | 19th | -1.2pp | 9th | 31% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 5.4% | 17th | -0.9pp | 10th | 2% above peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 7.3% | 21st | -0.8pp | 11th | 40% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 4.9% | 13th | -0.2pp | 12th | 7% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 7.8% | 22nd | -0.1pp | 13th | 49% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 14.1% | 28th | -0.2pp | 14th | 169% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 4.4% | 12th | -0.0pp | 15th | 16% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 3.6% | 7th | -0.0pp | 16th | 31% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 9.9% | 25th | +0.3pp | 17th | 88% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 3.5% | 5th | +0.2pp | 18th | 34% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 5.2% | 16th | +0.4pp | 19th | on par with peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 8.0% | 23rd | +0.6pp | 20th | 52% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 18.0% | 30th | +1.5pp | 21st | 244% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 9.1% | 24th | +0.8pp | 22nd | 74% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 5.1% | 15th | +0.4pp | 23rd | 2% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 15.8% | 29th | +2.0pp | 24th | 202% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 1.9% | 1st | +0.3pp | 25th | 63% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 2.8% | 4th | +0.5pp | 26th | 47% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 10.7% | 26th | +2.3pp | 27th | 105% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 7.3% | 20th | +1.7pp | 28th | 39% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 5.8% | 18th | +1.4pp | 29th | 11% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 11.3% | 27th | +3.2pp | 30th | 116% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin AND is big enough to matter next to the peer spread.
College attainment rose 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.6% to 31.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp). 27 of the 29 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.
| 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 | |||||
| Newark, NJ | 19.7% | 29th | +4.5pp | 1st | 52% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 21.9% | 28th | +3.6pp | 2nd | 47% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 42.6% | 11th | +6.9pp | 3rd | 4% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 57.3% | 5th | +7.7pp | 4th | 39% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 54.8% | 6th | +7.2pp | 5th | 33% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 39.5% | 17th | +5.0pp | 6th | 4% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 22.0% | 27th | +2.6pp | 7th | 47% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 41.1% | 15th | +4.8pp | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 33.2% | 22nd | +3.8pp | 9th | 19% below peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 31.2% | 23rd | +3.5pp | 10th | 24% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 41.8% | 13th | +4.7pp | 11th | 2% above peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 24.3% | 26th | +2.7pp | 12th | 41% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 42.4% | 12th | +4.7pp | 13th | 3% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 18.9% | 30th | +2.0pp | 14th | 54% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 35.1% | 21st | +3.6pp | 15th | 15% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 36.9% | 19th | +3.7pp | 16th | 10% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 25.4% | 25th | +2.5pp | 17th | 38% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 49.1% | 7th | +4.5pp | 18th | 19% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 36.8% | 20th | +3.2pp | 19th | 11% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 48.2% | 8th | +3.8pp | 20th | 17% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 43.8% | 10th | +3.0pp | 21st | 6% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 41.0% | 16th | +2.8pp | 22nd | on par with peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 38.6% | 18th | +2.5pp | 23rd | 6% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 47.8% | 9th | +3.0pp | 24th | 16% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 61.9% | 2nd | +3.5pp | 25th | 50% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 60.5% | 3rd | +3.3pp | 26th | 47% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 41.8% | 14th | +2.2pp | 27th | 2% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 29.0% | 24th | +1.2pp | 28th | 30% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 59.9% | 4th | +2.0pp | 29th | 46% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 70.6% | 1st | +1.8pp | 30th | 72% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.3% then, 44.2% now; margin ±7.0pp).
| 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% | ||||||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 69.9% | 2nd | +11.4pp | 1st | 67% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 51.1% | 8th | +4.3pp | 2nd | 22% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 36.6% | 23rd | +1.7pp | 3rd | 13% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 51.4% | 7th | +2.1pp | 4th | 23% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 39.8% | 17th | +1.1pp | 5th | 5% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 53.8% | 6th | +1.0pp | 6th | 28% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 46.9% | 13th | +0.8pp | 7th | 12% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 44.2% | 14th | -0.1pp | 8th | 5% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 47.6% | 12th | -0.2pp | 9th | 14% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 50.9% | 9th | -0.4pp | 10th | 21% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 37.1% | 20th | -1.2pp | 11th | 12% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 47.7% | 11th | -2.1pp | 12th | 14% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 73.2% | 1st | -3.6pp | 13th | 75% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 36.2% | 24th | -1.8pp | 14th | 14% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 31.5% | 28th | -2.1pp | 15th | 25% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 34.2% | 25th | -2.4pp | 16th | 18% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 67.5% | 3rd | -5.8pp | 17th | 61% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 41.4% | 16th | -3.9pp | 18th | 1% below peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 54.5% | 5th | -5.6pp | 19th | 30% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 50.1% | 10th | -6.6pp | 20th | 20% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 37.0% | 21st | -4.9pp | 21st | 12% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 32.6% | 27th | -4.5pp | 22nd | 22% below peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 39.8% | 18th | -7.2pp | 23rd | 5% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 39.6% | 19th | -7.3pp | 24th | 6% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 36.8% | 22nd | -7.2pp | 25th | 12% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 42.0% | 15th | -8.4pp | 26th | on par with peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 59.6% | 4th | -12.5pp | 27th | 42% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 26.7% | 29th | -6.6pp | 28th | 36% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 33.1% | 26th | -14.3pp | 29th | 21% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 22.2% | 30th | -10.0pp | 30th | 47% below peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods clears the combined published margin, in the wrong direction for this metric.
Disconnected youth rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 6.8% to 9.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.4pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 4 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong 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 | |||||
| Chandler, AZ | 4.3% | 6th | -3.9pp | 1st | 40% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 6.7% | 12th | -3.3pp | 2nd | 5% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 1.4% | 1st | -0.6pp | 3rd | 81% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 7.1% | 17th | -2.3pp | 4th | 1% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 4.5% | 7th | -1.2pp | 5th | 36% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 5.1% | 10th | -1.3pp | 6th | 28% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 7.8% | 20th | -1.9pp | 7th | 10% above peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 8.4% | 22nd | -1.9pp | 8th | 18% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 5.1% | 9th | -1.1pp | 9th | 28% below peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 5.3% | 11th | -1.0pp | 10th | 25% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 9.8% | 25th | -1.8pp | 11th | 39% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 7.6% | 19th | -0.7pp | 12th | 7% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 2.2% | 2nd | -0.1pp | 13th | 69% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 7.9% | 21st | -0.2pp | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 4.9% | 8th | -0.1pp | 15th | 30% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 8.4% | 23rd | +0.1pp | 16th | 20% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 6.7% | 13th | +0.2pp | 17th | 5% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 3.7% | 4th | +0.2pp | 18th | 47% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 4.2% | 5th | +0.3pp | 19th | 40% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 6.8% | 15th | +0.9pp | 20th | 4% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 3.5% | 3rd | +0.7pp | 21st | 51% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 12.0% | 29th | +2.6pp | 22nd | 69% above peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 6.7% | 14th | +1.9pp | 23rd | 5% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 7.2% | 18th | +2.1pp | 24th | 2% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 7.1% | 16th | +2.1pp | 25th | on par with peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 9.9% | 26th | +3.1pp | 26th | 41% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 10.1% | 28th | +3.2pp | 27th | 43% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 14.1% | 30th | +5.0pp | 28th | 100% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 10.1% | 27th | +4.4pp | 29th | 43% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 9.1% | 24th | +4.2pp | 30th | 29% above peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Population rose about 8% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 256,480 to 276,854 - more than the combined survey margin (±89). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 23 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
| Place | Latest2020-2024 survey | Today's rank | Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 | Sig. | Change rank | History | Latest vs. peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Las Vegas, NV | 278,595 | 15th | +15% | 1st | on par with peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 280,262 | 13th | +15% | 2nd | 1% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 311,690 | 1st | +14% | 3rd | 12% above peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 294,078 | 8th | +12% | 4th | 6% above peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 280,136 | 14th | +11% | 5th | 1% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 273,212 | 19th | +11% | 6th | 2% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 310,178 | 3rd | +10% | 7th | 11% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 278,001 | 16th | +9% | 8th | on par with peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 291,467 | 9th | +8% | 9th | 5% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 276,854 | 17th | +8% | 10th | 1% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 256,492 | 25th | +7% | 11th | 8% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 252,583 | 27th | +5% | 12th | 9% below peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 264,814 | 22nd | +4% | 13th | 5% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 294,856 | 7th | +4% | 14th | 6% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 246,844 | 29th | +4% | 15th | 11% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 301,198 | 6th | +3% | 16th | 8% above peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 311,224 | 2nd | +3% | 17th | 12% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 252,037 | 28th | +3% | 18th | 10% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 276,375 | 18th | +3% | 19th | 1% below peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 252,833 | 26th | +2% | 20th | 9% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 290,594 | 10th | +1% | 21st | 4% above peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 268,589 | 20th | +1% | 22nd | 4% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 307,284 | 4th | +1% | 23rd | 10% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 304,759 | 5th | +1% | 24th | 9% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 262,732 | 23rd | +1% | 25th | 6% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 257,619 | 24th | -1% | 26th | 8% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 288,976 | 11th | -2% | 27th | 4% above peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 243,821 | 30th | -3% | 28th | 12% below peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 267,463 | 21st | -3% | 29th | 4% below peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 288,512 | 12th | -6% | 30th | 4% above peers |
The change between non-overlapping survey periods is smaller than the combined published margin of error, so no real change can be claimed.
Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.8% then, 52.2% now; margin ±3.7pp).
| 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 | |||||
| Chandler, AZ | 27.9% | 23rd | +5.1pp | 1st | 22% below peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 17.7% | 30th | +3.2pp | 2nd | 51% below peers | ||
| Gilbert, AZ | 19.9% | 28th | +3.5pp | 3rd | 45% below peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 26.6% | 25th | +3.7pp | 4th | 26% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 31.6% | 19th | +4.2pp | 5th | 12% below peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 39.6% | 10th | +4.4pp | 6th | 10% above peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 31.3% | 20th | +3.5pp | 7th | 13% below peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 38.0% | 12th | +2.6pp | 8th | 5% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 61.7% | 1st | +3.8pp | 9th | 72% above peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 19.4% | 29th | +0.7pp | 10th | 46% below peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 39.6% | 11th | +1.2pp | 11th | 10% above peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 26.7% | 24th | +0.8pp | 12th | 26% below peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 31.1% | 21st | +0.5pp | 13th | 14% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 40.3% | 9th | +0.5pp | 14th | 12% above peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 37.2% | 14th | +0.3pp | 15th | 3% above peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 58.1% | 2nd | -0.2pp | 16th | 61% above peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 42.9% | 6th | -1.1pp | 17th | 19% above peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 41.9% | 8th | -1.3pp | 18th | 16% above peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 30.1% | 22nd | -1.1pp | 19th | 16% below peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 42.6% | 7th | -2.1pp | 20th | 18% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 52.2% | 4th | -3.6pp | 21st | 45% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 52.2% | 5th | -4.0pp | 22nd | 45% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 35.6% | 16th | -2.8pp | 23rd | 1% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 56.2% | 3rd | -6.5pp | 24th | 56% above peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 25.9% | 26th | -3.4pp | 25th | 28% below peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 23.6% | 27th | -3.3pp | 26th | 34% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 31.6% | 18th | -4.9pp | 27th | 12% below peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 36.0% | 15th | -5.7pp | 28th | on par with peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 37.4% | 13th | -5.9pp | 29th | 4% above peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 33.9% | 17th | -7.3pp | 30th | 6% below peers |
A real change beyond the survey margin; neither direction is inherently better for this metric.
Working parents rose 7.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 57.8% to 65.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.8pp). 4 of the 29 similar-size cities show a real change in the same 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 | |||||
| Gilbert, AZ | 70.7% | 9th | +15.2pp | 1st | 3% above peers | ||
| Buffalo, NY | 65.5% | 18th | +7.7pp | 2nd | 4% below peers | ||
| North Las Vegas, NV | 69.3% | 11th | +8.0pp | 3rd | 1% above peers | ||
| Irvine, CA | 61.7% | 26th | +6.5pp | 4th | 10% below peers | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ | 69.0% | 14th | +6.8pp | 5th | 1% above peers | ||
| Chula Vista, CA | 71.4% | 8th | +5.5pp | 6th | 4% above peers | ||
| Laredo, TX | 56.3% | 29th | +4.2pp | 7th | 18% below peers | ||
| Jersey City, NJ | 65.3% | 19th | +4.2pp | 8th | 5% below peers | ||
| Chandler, AZ | 67.6% | 17th | +4.2pp | 9th | 1% below peers | ||
| Plano, TX | 59.9% | 28th | +3.3pp | 10th | 13% below peers | ||
| Anchorage municipality, AK | 68.5% | 15th | +3.2pp | 11th | on par with peers | ||
| Winston-Salem, NC | 65.2% | 21st | +2.3pp | 12th | 5% below peers | ||
| Newark, NJ | 72.3% | 7th | +1.5pp | 13th | 6% above peers | ||
| St. Petersburg, FL | 72.6% | 6th | +0.8pp | 14th | 6% above peers | ||
| Reno, NV | 75.1% | 2nd | +0.3pp | 15th | 10% above peers | ||
| Durham, NC | 74.5% | 4th | -0.5pp | 16th | 9% above peers | ||
| Glendale, AZ | 63.5% | 24th | -0.5pp | 17th | 7% below peers | ||
| Madison, WI | 75.9% | 1st | -0.7pp | 18th | 11% above peers | ||
| Pittsburgh, PA | 69.1% | 13th | -0.7pp | 19th | 1% above peers | ||
| Garland, TX | 60.7% | 27th | -0.6pp | 20th | 11% below peers | ||
| Greensboro, NC | 69.6% | 10th | -0.8pp | 21st | 2% above peers | ||
| Lubbock, TX | 67.8% | 16th | -1.0pp | 22nd | 1% below peers | ||
| Chesapeake, VA | 65.3% | 20th | -1.4pp | 23rd | 5% below peers | ||
| Lincoln, NE | 73.5% | 5th | -1.9pp | 24th | 7% above peers | ||
| St. Louis, MO | 74.5% | 3rd | -2.2pp | 25th | 9% above peers | ||
| Toledo, OH | 69.3% | 12th | -4.5pp | 26th | 1% above peers | ||
| Saint Paul, MN | 64.9% | 22nd | -6.9pp | 27th | 5% below peers | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 64.5% | 23rd | -7.3pp | 28th | 6% below peers | ||
| Fort Wayne, IN | 62.2% | 25th | -8.3pp | 29th | 9% below peers | ||
| Irving, TX | 53.4% | 30th | -8.5pp | 30th | 22% below peers |