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Hempstead, NY
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58,801 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 10 indicators

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

What needs attention 8 indicators

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

Big shifts 3 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 Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Violent crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 61% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view: violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 369 in April 2026, down from 442 a year earlier.
369 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Terre Haute, IN 482 (Apr 26) -23.0% 1st
Petaluma, CA 195 (May 26) -22.7% 2nd
Grand Forks, ND 267 (May 26) -21.2% 3rd
Monterey Park, CA 228 (May 26) -21.0% 4th
St. Peters, MO 171 (May 26) -19.2% 5th
Des Plaines, IL 99 (Jan 26) -18.3% 6th
Lake Havasu City, AZ 305 (Jan 26) -17.1% 7th
Hempstead, NY 369 (Apr 26) -16.3% 8th
Dubuque, IA 375 (May 26) -9.4% 9th
Bentonville, AR 204 (May 26) -6.7% 10th
Midwest City, OK 299 (May 26) -5.9% 11th
Medford, MA 180 (Dec 25) +1.9% 12th
Youngstown, OH 726 (Aug 25) +1.9% 13th
Gilroy, CA 416 (May 26) +2.0% 14th
Kokomo, IN 486 (Mar 26) +15.4% 15th
National City, CA 739 (May 26) +15.5% 16th
Lenexa, KS 215 (May 26) +16.4% 17th
Weymouth Town, MA 253 (Apr 26) +23.7% 18th
Hoboken, NJ 216 (May 26) +30.6% 19th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Middletown, OH down about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2025 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2020-2025
  • Elkhart, IN down about 20% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime is about 13% lower than in 2021 (933 then, 813 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,158 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view: property crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 812 in April 2026, down from 1,031 a year earlier.
812 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Lenexa, KS 900 (May 26) -34.9% 1st
Des Plaines, IL 751 (Jan 26) -32.7% 2nd
Lake Havasu City, AZ 1,028 (Jan 26) -28.1% 3rd
Weymouth Town, MA 567 (Apr 26) -23.4% 4th
Medford, MA 935 (Dec 25) -22.0% 5th
Hempstead, NY 812 (Apr 26) -21.2% 6th
Terre Haute, IN 2,961 (Apr 26) -19.5% 7th
Petaluma, CA 987 (May 26) -18.9% 8th
Hoboken, NJ 1,229 (May 26) -18.8% 9th
Monterey Park, CA 1,674 (May 26) -18.2% 10th
St. Peters, MO 770 (May 26) -15.7% 11th
Grand Forks, ND 1,892 (May 26) -12.5% 12th
Bentonville, AR 685 (May 26) -10.0% 13th
Dubuque, IA 1,334 (May 26) -7.8% 14th
National City, CA 1,673 (May 26) -7.5% 15th
Gilroy, CA 1,863 (May 26) -4.7% 16th
Kokomo, IN 1,313 (Mar 26) -2.1% 17th
Youngstown, OH 2,906 (Aug 25) +4.2% 18th
Midwest City, OK 2,304 (May 26) +8.5% 19th

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Appleton, WI down about 27% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 24% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% 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 50% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: homicide fell about 11% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 5 in April 2026, up from 3 a year earlier.
5 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Hoboken, NJ 0 (May 26) -100.0% 1st
Grand Forks, ND 0 (May 26) -100.0% 2nd
Monterey Park, CA 0 (May 26) -100.0% 3rd
Lenexa, KS 0 (May 26) -100.0% 4th
Bentonville, AR 0 (May 26) -100.0% 5th
Midwest City, OK 2 (May 26) -80.0% 6th
Youngstown, OH 14 (Aug 25) -55.6% 7th
National City, CA 7 (May 26) +33.3% 8th
Hempstead, NY 5 (Apr 26) +50.0% 9th
Kokomo, IN 3 (Mar 26) +100.6% 10th
Terre Haute, IN 5 (Apr 26) +200.0% 11th
Gilroy, CA 0 (May 26)
St. Peters, MO 0 (May 26)
Weymouth Town, MA 0 (Apr 26)
Des Plaines, IL 0 (Jan 26)
Dubuque, IA 3 (May 26)
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0 (Jan 26)
Petaluma, CA 0 (May 26)
Medford, MA 0 (Dec 25)

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Harlingen, TX down about 24% a year · faster than 95% of this group · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 47% over the 12 months ending April 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 61% 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 fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 106 in April 2026, down from 198 a year earlier.
106 per 100k
2018April 2026
Compare all 19 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Lenexa, KS 77 (May 26) -61.3% 1st
Bentonville, AR 26 (May 26) -55.6% 2nd
Hempstead, NY 106 (Apr 26) -46.6% 3rd
Lake Havasu City, AZ 54 (Jan 26) -34.7% 4th
National City, CA 340 (May 26) -34.3% 5th
Terre Haute, IN 297 (Apr 26) -32.6% 6th
Medford, MA 80 (Dec 25) -30.4% 7th
Dubuque, IA 63 (May 26) -27.4% 8th
Des Plaines, IL 100 (Jan 26) -19.2% 9th
Monterey Park, CA 328 (May 26) -11.6% 10th
Kokomo, IN 130 (Mar 26) -10.3% 11th
St. Peters, MO 70 (May 26) -8.5% 12th
Hoboken, NJ 64 (May 26) -7.3% 13th
Youngstown, OH 555 (Aug 25) -7.1% 14th
Midwest City, OK 222 (May 26) -6.5% 15th
Grand Forks, ND 140 (May 26) -4.5% 16th
Petaluma, CA 114 (May 26) -4.2% 17th
Gilroy, CA 316 (May 26) -4.0% 18th
Weymouth Town, MA 85 (Apr 26) +0.0% 19th

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Eagan, MN down about 55% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Napa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Davis, CA down about 33% over the 12 months ending May 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 45% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $62,569 to $90,420 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$13,078). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 75% from 2014 to 2024 ($51,714 to $90,420).
$90,420
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%
Hempstead, NY $90,420 15th +45% 1st 5% above peers
National City, CA $66,841 23rd +42% 2nd 23% below peers
Bentonville, AR $112,792 9th +40% 3rd 31% above peers
Des Plaines, IL $97,875 13th +40% 4th 13% above peers
Margate, FL $62,450 26th +37% 5th 28% below peers
Cupertino, CA $234,707 1st +37% 6th 172% above peers
Medford, MA $129,540 5th +34% 7th 50% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 18th +32% 8th 5% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR $17,410 31st +32% 9th 80% below peers
Gilroy, CA $133,107 4th +31% 10th 54% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ $70,148 22nd +31% 11th 19% below peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 16th +30% 12th on par with peers
Santee, CA $113,394 8th +30% 13th 31% above peers
Carson City, NV $72,355 20th +30% 14th 16% below peers
Grand Forks, ND $63,627 25th +27% 15th 26% below peers
Petaluma, CA $115,430 7th +26% 16th 34% above peers
Severn, MD $134,423 3rd +25% 17th 56% above peers
Hoboken, NJ $180,579 2nd +22% 18th 109% above peers
The Hammocks, FL $85,628 17th +22% 19th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA $65,845 24th +21% 20th 24% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA $102,714 11th +21% 21st 19% above peers
Herriman, UT $122,650 6th +21% 22nd 42% above peers
Kokomo, IN $55,360 28th +21% 23rd 36% below peers
Youngstown, OH $34,408 30th +19% 24th 60% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL $75,014 19th +19% 25th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS $103,239 10th +19% 26th 19% above peers
Terre Haute, IN $43,126 29th +18% 27th 50% below peers
St. Peters, MO $91,637 14th +16% 28th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK $57,520 27th +15% 29th 33% below peers
Towson, MD $101,320 12th +14% 30th 17% above peers
Casper, WY $70,218 21st +13% 31st 19% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$12,760 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.

Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 4.1% in May 2026, up from 3.5% a year earlier.
4.1%
1990May 2026
Compare all 27 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
Kokomo, IN 5.0% (May 26) 24th -1.4pp 1st 25% above peers
Youngstown, OH 5.3% (May 26) 27th -1.2pp 2nd 32% above peers
Gilroy, CA 4.0% (May 26) 14th -0.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 2.9% (May 26) 5th -0.7pp 4th 28% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 2.4% (May 26) 2nd -0.6pp 5th 40% below peers
Casper, WY 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.5pp 6th 35% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% (May 26) 12th -0.4pp 7th 5% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.6% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 60% below peers
Santee, CA 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.4pp 9th 7% below peers
National City, CA 4.6% (May 26) 21st -0.3pp 10th 15% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 4.1% (May 26) 17th -0.3pp 11th 2% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.3pp 12th 18% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.3pp 13th 12% below peers
Bentonville, AR 2.6% (May 26) 4th -0.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Carson City, NV 4.0% (May 26) 15th -0.2pp 15th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.2pp 16th 10% below peers
Cupertino, CA 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.1pp 17th 5% below peers
Lenexa, KS 3.3% (May 26) 8th -0.1pp 18th 18% below peers
Medford, MA 4.0% (May 26) 16th -0.1pp 19th on par with peers
Herriman, UT 3.2% (May 26) 6th +0.1pp 20th 20% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.8% (May 26) 23rd +0.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Hempstead, NY 4.1% (May 26) 18th +0.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 23rd 30% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.6% (May 26) 22nd +0.8pp 24th 15% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 4.1% (May 26) 19th +0.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Margate, FL 4.3% (May 26) 20th +1.1pp 26th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.2% (May 26) 26th +1.7pp 27th 30% above peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 4.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.6% to 14.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.3pp). 6 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; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.0% to 14.2%).
14.2%
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 13.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 12.0%
Cupertino, CA 4.0% 1st -1.9pp 1st 62% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 3rd -2.3pp 2nd 52% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.9% 7th -2.4pp 3rd 44% below peers
Hempstead, NY 14.2% 25th -4.5pp 4th 33% above peers
Gilroy, CA 6.7% 9th -1.8pp 5th 37% below peers
Dubuque, IA 12.0% 19th -3.0pp 6th 13% above peers
National City, CA 13.6% 23rd -3.1pp 7th 28% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 14.4% 26th -2.9pp 8th 36% above peers
Medford, MA 7.3% 10th -1.1pp 9th 31% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 7.5% 11th -0.9pp 10th 29% below peers
Carson City, NV 9.8% 15th -1.0pp 11th 7% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.8% 14th -0.8pp 12th 17% below peers
Kokomo, IN 16.7% 28th -1.5pp 13th 58% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 21.8% 29th -1.2pp 14th 106% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.3% 22nd -0.6pp 15th 16% above peers
Petaluma, CA 6.5% 8th -0.2pp 16th 39% below peers
Margate, FL 12.0% 20th -0.4pp 17th 13% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 53.6% 31st -0.8pp 18th 405% above peers
Lenexa, KS 5.4% 4th +0.2pp 19th 49% below peers
Youngstown, OH 34.9% 30th +1.9pp 20th 229% above peers
Casper, WY 10.6% 16th +0.8pp 21st on par with peers
Towson, MD 10.7% 17th +0.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Midwest City, OK 16.2% 27th +1.6pp 23rd 53% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 12.0% 21st +1.2pp 24th 13% above peers
Santee, CA 7.7% 13th +0.8pp 25th 27% below peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 6th +0.6pp 26th 46% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.6% 12th +1.7pp 27th 28% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.9% 18th +2.5pp 28th 3% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.0% 24th +3.7pp 29th 32% above peers
Herriman, UT 4.9% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 54% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.6% 5th +2.5pp 31st 47% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.5pp 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 Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.2% then, 22.0% now; margin ±5.4pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 8 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 7.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.6% to 22.0%).
22.0%
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%
Gilroy, CA 5.7% 6th -6.7pp 1st 50% below peers
Bentonville, AR 5.1% 4th -3.5pp 2nd 55% below peers
Petaluma, CA 4.6% 3rd -2.6pp 3rd 60% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 15th -5.9pp 4th 11% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 6.8% 9th -3.2pp 5th 40% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 23rd -8.3pp 6th 58% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 6.1% 7th -2.4pp 7th 47% below peers
Dubuque, IA 15.4% 22nd -6.1pp 8th 35% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 11.4% 16th -4.4pp 9th on par with peers
Severn, MD 6.1% 8th -2.2pp 10th 47% below peers
Carson City, NV 13.2% 17th -3.6pp 11th 15% above peers
Cupertino, CA 2.9% 1st -0.8pp 12th 75% below peers
Hempstead, NY 22.0% 25th -5.2pp 13th 93% above peers
Kokomo, IN 24.1% 28th -5.6pp 14th 111% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.3% 11th -1.3pp 15th 36% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 28.9% 29th -3.4pp 16th 153% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 18th -1.0pp 17th 23% above peers
Youngstown, OH 52.8% 30th -3.5pp 18th 362% above peers
Santee, CA 9.1% 13th +0.1pp 19th 21% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 74.2% 31st +1.3pp 20th 549% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.6% 27th +0.9pp 21st 106% above peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 21st +1.1pp 22nd 26% above peers
Lenexa, KS 7.0% 10th +0.6pp 23rd 39% below peers
Medford, MA 9.3% 14th +1.1pp 24th 18% below peers
Casper, WY 14.1% 19th +2.3pp 25th 24% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 14.2% 20th +5.0pp 26th 24% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 18.5% 24th +6.5pp 27th 62% above peers
Towson, MD 7.3% 12th +3.1pp 28th 36% below peers
St. Peters, MO 5.5% 5th +2.8pp 29th 52% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 22.3% 26th +11.5pp 30th 95% above peers
Herriman, UT 3.8% 2nd +2.4pp 31st 67% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Sanford, FL down 15.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 11.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 80.0% to 91.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.1pp). 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 16.0 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (75.3% to 91.3%).
91.3%
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%
Bentonville, AR 96.8% 4th +24.4pp 1st 5% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 85.1% 29th +18.3pp 2nd 8% below peers
Youngstown, OH 82.0% 31st +12.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 26th +11.8pp 4th 5% below peers
Hempstead, NY 91.3% 21st +11.4pp 5th 1% below peers
Kokomo, IN 87.9% 27th +10.9pp 6th 5% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 97.5% 1st +11.7pp 7th 6% above peers
Midwest City, OK 91.5% 20th +10.8pp 8th 1% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 94.2% 12th +10.3pp 9th 2% above peers
Carson City, NV 92.2% 19th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Margate, FL 90.2% 24th +8.3pp 11th 2% below peers
Casper, WY 92.4% 17th +8.0pp 12th on par with peers
Dubuque, IA 89.5% 25th +7.6pp 13th 3% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 10th +7.6pp 14th 2% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 87.4% 28th +6.8pp 15th 5% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 90.5% 23rd +6.2pp 16th 2% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 22nd +6.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 92.6% 15th +5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 92.3% 18th +4.7pp 19th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 96.9% 3rd +4.9pp 20th 5% above peers
Herriman, UT 96.8% 5th +4.6pp 21st 5% above peers
Severn, MD 97.5% 2nd +4.3pp 22nd 6% above peers
Santee, CA 95.3% 9th +3.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 94.2% 11th +3.8pp 24th 2% above peers
Gilroy, CA 95.8% 8th +3.2pp 25th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 83.3% 30th +2.7pp 26th 10% below peers
Petaluma, CA 93.9% 13th +3.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Cupertino, CA 96.7% 6th +3.0pp 28th 5% above peers
Towson, MD 92.4% 16th +2.3pp 29th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 96.1% 7th +2.0pp 30th 4% above peers
Medford, MA 92.9% 14th +1.1pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.45 then, 0.48 now; margin ±0.04).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.48).
0.48
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
Margate, FL 0.43 10th -0.028 1st 3% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 0.41 5th -0.023 2nd 8% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 0.47 24th -0.018 3rd 6% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.62 31st -0.021 4th 38% above peers
Youngstown, OH 0.48 25th -0.015 5th 7% above peers
Medford, MA 0.44 11th -0.014 6th 2% below peers
Bentonville, AR 0.44 12th -0.012 7th 2% below peers
Petaluma, CA 0.43 9th -0.008 8th 3% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 15th -0.007 9th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 3rd -0.003 10th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 0.45 20th -0.001 11th 2% above peers
Kokomo, IN 0.45 17th +0.001 12th on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.47 23rd +0.003 13th 5% above peers
St. Peters, MO 0.38 4th +0.003 14th 14% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 0.49 28th +0.006 15th 9% above peers
Dubuque, IA 0.45 19th +0.007 16th 2% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 0.42 8th +0.007 17th 5% below peers
Gilroy, CA 0.42 7th +0.007 18th 5% below peers
Towson, MD 0.51 29th +0.010 19th 15% above peers
Severn, MD 0.37 2nd +0.011 20th 17% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 27th +0.019 21st 9% above peers
Herriman, UT 0.34 1st +0.014 22nd 24% below peers
Cupertino, CA 0.45 18th +0.020 23rd 1% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 0.46 21st +0.021 24th 4% above peers
Hempstead, NY 0.48 26th +0.028 25th 7% above peers
Lenexa, KS 0.44 13th +0.027 26th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 0.46 22nd +0.030 27th 5% above peers
Midwest City, OK 0.44 14th +0.031 28th on par with peers
Santee, CA 0.41 6th +0.035 29th 8% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 0.44 16th +0.044 30th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 0.52 30th +0.098 31st 16% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.04 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (20.5% then, 20.9% now; margin ±3.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 0.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (20.4% to 20.9%).
20.9%
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
Herriman, UT 1.4% 1st -2.0pp 1st 83% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 10.9% 23rd -6.0pp 2nd 27% above peers
St. Peters, MO 2.4% 4th -1.3pp 3rd 72% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 7.3% 13th -2.6pp 4th 15% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.3% 14th -2.6pp 5th 15% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 4.7% 7th -1.5pp 6th 45% below peers
Dubuque, IA 9.8% 21st -2.9pp 7th 14% above peers
Kokomo, IN 13.4% 24th -3.1pp 8th 57% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.1% 22nd -2.3pp 9th 18% above peers
Gilroy, CA 8.8% 18th -2.0pp 10th 3% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.2% 3rd -0.5pp 11th 74% below peers
Bentonville, AR 4.0% 5th -0.8pp 12th 54% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 6.7% 9th -1.2pp 13th 22% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 7.2% 12th -1.1pp 14th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 16.9% 27th -1.3pp 15th 98% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.5% 15th -0.6pp 16th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 36.3% 30th -2.2pp 17th 325% above peers
Casper, WY 6.6% 8th -0.3pp 18th 23% below peers
Towson, MD 4.5% 6th +0.0pp 19th 47% below peers
Hempstead, NY 20.9% 29th +0.5pp 20th 145% above peers
Severn, MD 6.7% 10th +0.3pp 21st 21% below peers
Margate, FL 14.4% 25th +0.9pp 22nd 69% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.3% 19th +0.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Midwest City, OK 15.3% 26th +1.4pp 24th 79% above peers
National City, CA 19.3% 28th +3.0pp 25th 126% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 52.5% 31st +9.2pp 26th 515% above peers
Medford, MA 8.5% 16th +1.7pp 27th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 6.9% 11th +2.3pp 28th 19% below peers
Santee, CA 8.6% 17th +3.4pp 29th on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 9.5% 20th +4.0pp 30th 11% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.7% 2nd +1.5pp 31st 80% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Caldwell, ID down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Lakewood, NJ down 11.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 6.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 40.8% to 47.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp). 4 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.7% to 47.5%).
47.5%
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%
Hempstead, NY 47.5% 27th +6.6pp 1st 24% below peers
Margate, FL 77.2% 4th +7.2pp 2nd 24% above peers
Carson City, NV 62.3% 17th +5.6pp 3rd on par with peers
Casper, WY 69.8% 9th +5.5pp 4th 12% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 62.7% 15th +4.0pp 5th 1% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 46.4% 28th +2.8pp 6th 26% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 73.2% 5th +2.8pp 7th 17% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 78.3% 3rd +2.7pp 8th 26% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.8% 31st +0.9pp 9th 46% below peers
Midwest City, OK 58.1% 19th +1.6pp 10th 7% below peers
Dubuque, IA 65.8% 11th +1.7pp 11th 6% above peers
Youngstown, OH 56.2% 21st +1.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Gilroy, CA 62.4% 16th +0.9pp 13th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 7th +1.0pp 14th 14% above peers
Santee, CA 72.4% 6th +0.6pp 15th 16% above peers
Cupertino, CA 60.6% 18th +0.4pp 16th 3% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 67.4% 10th +0.4pp 17th 8% above peers
Severn, MD 71.0% 8th +0.3pp 18th 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 64.8% 12th -0.3pp 19th 4% above peers
Kokomo, IN 63.0% 14th -0.4pp 20th 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 52.2% 24th -0.5pp 22nd 16% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 23rd 44% below peers
Petaluma, CA 64.5% 13th -1.4pp 24th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 55.6% 22nd -1.8pp 25th 11% below peers
St. Peters, MO 79.0% 1st -2.7pp 26th 27% above peers
Medford, MA 54.1% 23rd -2.1pp 27th 13% below peers
Lenexa, KS 56.8% 20th -4.1pp 28th 9% below peers
Bentonville, AR 50.5% 26th -3.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Herriman, UT 78.6% 2nd -8.9pp 30th 26% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 45.2% 29th -8.0pp 31st 27% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 6.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.9% to 48.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.6pp). 1 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; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 12.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (61.4% to 48.8%).
48.8%
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
Des Plaines, IL 27.9% 7th -5.9pp 1st 13% below peers
Bentonville, AR 18.2% 1st -2.3pp 2nd 43% below peers
Hempstead, NY 48.8% 30th -6.0pp 3rd 51% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 32.2% 16th -2.0pp 4th on par with peers
Severn, MD 28.7% 11th -1.6pp 5th 11% below peers
Cupertino, CA 27.5% 6th -1.4pp 6th 15% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.0% 15th -0.7pp 7th 1% below peers
Casper, WY 26.7% 4th -0.2pp 8th 17% below peers
Lenexa, KS 25.8% 3rd +0.0pp 9th 20% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 10th 39% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 31st +0.3pp 11th 57% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 35.2% 19th +0.3pp 12th 9% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 35.6% 20th +0.5pp 13th 11% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 31.5% 13th +0.5pp 14th 2% below peers
Dubuque, IA 28.2% 8th +0.6pp 15th 12% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 12th +0.8pp 16th 8% below peers
Petaluma, CA 38.7% 22nd +1.3pp 17th 20% above peers
Margate, FL 48.2% 28th +1.6pp 18th 49% above peers
Youngstown, OH 36.6% 21st +1.4pp 19th 14% above peers
Santee, CA 39.0% 23rd +1.6pp 20th 21% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 48.5% 29th +2.2pp 21st 50% above peers
Kokomo, IN 28.4% 9th +1.6pp 22nd 12% below peers
Gilroy, CA 41.8% 25th +2.6pp 23rd 29% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 28.7% 10th +1.9pp 24th 11% below peers
Medford, MA 34.3% 17th +2.3pp 25th 7% above peers
Midwest City, OK 31.6% 14th +2.6pp 26th 2% below peers
Herriman, UT 26.8% 5th +2.3pp 27th 17% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.6% 24th +3.7pp 28th 23% above peers
St. Peters, MO 23.2% 2nd +2.3pp 29th 28% below peers
Towson, MD 34.8% 18th +3.6pp 30th 8% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 47.7% 27th +6.8pp 31st 48% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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 (23.9% then, 23.7% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.2% to 23.7%).
23.7%
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
Cupertino, CA 3.8% 5th -0.8pp 1st 36% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 19.0% 29th -4.0pp 2nd 226% above peers
Margate, FL 6.9% 18th -1.1pp 3rd 18% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 10.7% 24th -1.2pp 4th 83% above peers
Bentonville, AR 3.8% 6th -0.4pp 5th 34% below peers
Gilroy, CA 4.5% 10th -0.3pp 6th 23% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 11th -0.3pp 7th 21% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 33.9% 31st -1.8pp 8th 482% above peers
Dubuque, IA 8.1% 20th -0.3pp 9th 39% above peers
Midwest City, OK 5.6% 15th -0.2pp 10th 3% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 25th -0.3pp 11th 87% above peers
Youngstown, OH 16.8% 28th -0.1pp 12th 188% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.0% 7th -0.0pp 13th 32% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 5.4% 14th -0.0pp 14th 7% below peers
Hempstead, NY 23.7% 30th -0.2pp 15th 306% above peers
Lenexa, KS 4.2% 8th +0.0pp 16th 28% below peers
Petaluma, CA 5.2% 12th +0.1pp 17th 10% below peers
Medford, MA 11.6% 27th +0.6pp 18th 99% above peers
Towson, MD 8.9% 22nd +0.6pp 19th 54% above peers
Santee, CA 4.3% 9th +0.3pp 20th 26% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 5.8% 16th +0.5pp 21st on par with peers
Kokomo, IN 9.6% 23rd +1.3pp 22nd 64% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.0% 2nd +0.5pp 23rd 48% below peers
Casper, WY 5.2% 13th +0.8pp 24th 10% below peers
Carson City, NV 6.8% 17th +1.1pp 25th 17% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 26th +1.9pp 26th 96% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 8.2% 21st +1.5pp 27th 41% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 7.7% 19th +1.5pp 28th 33% above peers
Severn, MD 3.6% 4th +0.8pp 29th 37% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 3.5% 3rd +1.2pp 30th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.9% 1st +2.5pp 31st 51% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±3.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured fell 2.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.7% to 10.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp). 13 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; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 14.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.8% to 10.8%).
10.8%
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
Lenexa, KS 3.4% 9th -3.1pp 1st 43% below peers
Herriman, UT 2.8% 4th -2.3pp 2nd 54% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 3.4% 8th -2.0pp 3rd 44% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 8.8% 22nd -5.1pp 4th 45% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 12th -2.4pp 5th 30% below peers
Margate, FL 10.6% 26th -5.3pp 6th 74% above peers
Santee, CA 3.0% 5th -1.2pp 7th 50% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.8% 14th -1.7pp 8th 20% below peers
St. Peters, MO 3.8% 11th -1.3pp 9th 37% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 10.3% 25th -2.8pp 10th 70% above peers
Hempstead, NY 10.8% 29th -2.8pp 11th 78% above peers
Dubuque, IA 3.8% 10th -1.0pp 12th 38% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 2.3% 2nd -0.5pp 13th 62% below peers
Casper, WY 10.8% 28th -2.5pp 14th 78% above peers
Cupertino, CA 1.8% 1st -0.4pp 15th 71% below peers
Midwest City, OK 10.2% 24th -1.9pp 16th 69% above peers
Kokomo, IN 6.1% 16th -1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 8.0% 20th -0.8pp 18th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 8.6% 21st -0.8pp 19th 41% above peers
National City, CA 11.2% 30th -0.3pp 20th 85% above peers
Towson, MD 2.5% 3rd -0.0pp 21st 59% below peers
Gilroy, CA 6.0% 15th -0.1pp 22nd on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 6.7% 18th +0.2pp 23rd 10% above peers
Carson City, NV 10.6% 27th +0.4pp 24th 75% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 31st +0.8pp 25th 96% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 9.1% 23rd +0.7pp 26th 49% above peers
Petaluma, CA 4.3% 13th +0.3pp 27th 30% below peers
Medford, MA 3.4% 7th +0.9pp 28th 45% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.9% 19th +2.3pp 29th 29% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 3.2% 6th +1.0pp 30th 47% below peers
Severn, MD 6.5% 17th +2.9pp 31st 6% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Doral, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

37.6%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 29.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Cupertino, CA 15.6% 1st 52% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 2nd 42% below peers
Medford, MA 23.8% 3rd 26% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 26.1% 4th 19% below peers
Santee, CA 26.2% 5th 19% below peers
Petaluma, CA 27.6% 6th 14% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.3% 7th 12% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 8th 11% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 28.7% 9th 11% below peers
Gilroy, CA 28.9% 10th 10% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 28.9% 11th 10% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 29.9% 12th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 31.2% 13th 3% below peers
Herriman, UT 31.3% 14th 3% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.6% 15th 2% below peers
Lenexa, KS 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Margate, FL 32.4% 17th 1% above peers
Carson City, NV 32.8% 18th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 19th 6% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 35.0% 20th 9% above peers
Severn, MD 35.3% 21st 10% above peers
St. Peters, MO 36.1% 22nd 12% above peers
Casper, WY 36.9% 23rd 15% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 37.4% 24th 16% above peers
Hempstead, NY 37.6% 25th 17% above peers
Midwest City, OK 40.8% 26th 27% above peers
Dubuque, IA 41.3% 27th 28% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 42.6% 28th 32% above peers
Kokomo, IN 43.2% 29th 34% above peers
Youngstown, OH 47.9% 30th 49% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.8% then, 2.3% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 7.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.7% to 2.3%).
2.3%
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
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 0.6% 1st -3.2pp 1st 78% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 1.3% 6th -5.3pp 2nd 49% below peers
Herriman, UT 1.6% 9th -4.9pp 3rd 36% below peers
Lenexa, KS 1.2% 5th -2.3pp 4th 53% below peers
St. Peters, MO 1.4% 7th -1.9pp 5th 47% below peers
Dubuque, IA 1.7% 10th -2.2pp 6th 35% below peers
Severn, MD 1.4% 8th -1.6pp 7th 43% below peers
Margate, FL 8.1% 29th -8.0pp 8th 216% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 12th -1.4pp 9th 18% below peers
Casper, WY 6.1% 23rd -3.0pp 10th 139% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 4.9% 21st -2.1pp 11th 93% above peers
Santee, CA 1.7% 11th -0.7pp 12th 35% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 8.9% 30th -3.1pp 13th 248% above peers
Hempstead, NY 2.3% 14th -0.5pp 14th 11% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 22nd -1.2pp 15th 130% above peers
Medford, MA 2.6% 16th -0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 7.4% 25th -1.1pp 17th 189% above peers
Carson City, NV 7.6% 26th -0.7pp 18th 198% above peers
Kokomo, IN 4.0% 19th +0.1pp 19th 55% above peers
Gilroy, CA 2.5% 15th +0.1pp 20th 1% below peers
Petaluma, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.1pp 21st 62% below peers
Towson, MD 2.2% 13th +0.3pp 22nd 15% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 31st +2.3pp 23rd 298% above peers
Midwest City, OK 7.4% 24th +2.2pp 24th 188% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 8.0% 28th +3.1pp 25th 214% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.7% 20th +2.1pp 26th 82% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 1.0% 4th +0.4pp 27th 61% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.6% 17th +1.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 3.4% 18th +1.9pp 29th 31% above peers
Bentonville, AR 8.0% 27th +5.6pp 30th 212% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 0.9% 2nd 64% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 18.3% to 21.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 16 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.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.9% to 21.5%).
21.5%
20102024
Compare all 30 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
National City, CA 18.1% 29th +3.9pp 1st 52% below peers
Margate, FL 24.7% 21st +4.4pp 2nd 35% below peers
Casper, WY 30.5% 19th +5.4pp 3rd 20% below peers
Herriman, UT 42.6% 10th +7.4pp 4th 13% above peers
Santee, CA 35.0% 17th +5.5pp 5th 8% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 18.5% 27th +2.8pp 6th 51% below peers
Hempstead, NY 21.5% 26th +3.2pp 7th 43% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 16th +4.4pp 8th 4% below peers
Youngstown, OH 15.5% 30th +1.9pp 9th 59% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 38.9% 14th +4.3pp 10th 3% above peers
Medford, MA 59.8% 4th +6.0pp 11th 58% above peers
Midwest City, OK 23.8% 24th +2.3pp 12th 37% below peers
Bentonville, AR 55.3% 6th +5.1pp 13th 46% above peers
Dubuque, IA 34.0% 18th +2.9pp 14th 10% below peers
Weymouth Town, MA 42.8% 9th +3.6pp 15th 13% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 24.6% 22nd +1.9pp 16th 35% below peers
Petaluma, CA 43.8% 8th +3.4pp 17th 16% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 40.0% 11th +2.9pp 18th 5% above peers
Carson City, NV 23.7% 25th +1.6pp 19th 37% below peers
Towson, MD 69.3% 3rd +4.2pp 20th 83% above peers
Severn, MD 46.1% 7th +2.6pp 21st 22% above peers
Gilroy, CA 29.3% 20th +1.6pp 22nd 23% below peers
Cupertino, CA 82.2% 2nd +3.5pp 23rd 117% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 37.9% 15th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 57.8% 5th +2.2pp 25th 52% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 82.6% 1st +2.1pp 26th 118% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 38.9% 13th +0.8pp 27th 3% above peers
St. Peters, MO 39.2% 12th +0.3pp 28th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 23rd -0.3pp 29th 36% below peers
Kokomo, IN 18.1% 28th -0.3pp 30th 52% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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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 Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% 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 (46.2% then, 41.2% now; margin ±18.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.0% to 41.2%).
41.2%
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%
Severn, MD 66.5% 6th +33.2pp 1st 35% above peers
Casper, WY 55.5% 11th +16.8pp 2nd 13% above peers
Lenexa, KS 72.6% 3rd +14.8pp 3rd 48% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 79.2% 2nd +15.4pp 4th 61% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 56.7% 10th +9.5pp 5th 15% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 22nd +6.0pp 6th 16% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 39.2% 23rd +5.7pp 7th 20% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 31.1% 30th +4.1pp 8th 37% below peers
Margate, FL 65.5% 8th +7.8pp 9th 33% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 68.1% 5th +7.0pp 10th 38% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 90.4% 1st +5.4pp 11th 84% above peers
Towson, MD 65.7% 7th +3.4pp 12th 34% above peers
Kokomo, IN 53.4% 13th +1.4pp 13th 9% above peers
Cupertino, CA 69.3% 4th -0.4pp 14th 41% above peers
Herriman, UT 49.2% 16th -2.2pp 15th on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 58.9% 9th -4.2pp 16th 20% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 12th -6.3pp 17th 9% above peers
Hempstead, NY 41.2% 21st -5.0pp 18th 16% below peers
Carson City, NV 39.0% 24th -5.2pp 19th 21% below peers
St. Peters, MO 42.0% 20th -8.3pp 20th 15% below peers
Medford, MA 52.1% 14th -10.5pp 21st 6% above peers
Gilroy, CA 45.6% 18th -10.1pp 22nd 7% below peers
Bentonville, AR 31.2% 29th -7.1pp 23rd 37% below peers
Santee, CA 50.6% 15th -12.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Midwest City, OK 34.1% 28th -10.5pp 25th 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 38.9% 25th -12.9pp 26th 21% below peers
Youngstown, OH 37.2% 26th -15.0pp 27th 24% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 47.6% 17th -19.7pp 28th 3% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 27th -15.1pp 29th 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 42.5% 19th -20.7pp 30th 14% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 27.2% 31st -14.0pp 31st 45% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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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1 of 11 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±16.6pp 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 (10.9% then, 8.4% now; margin ±6.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth rose 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.5% to 8.4%).
8.4%
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
Hoboken, NJ 0.3% 1st -5.3pp 1st 95% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 3.3% 7th -3.7pp 2nd 43% below peers
Margate, FL 4.1% 11th -2.3pp 3rd 28% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 13th -1.8pp 4th 21% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 3.8% 9th -1.5pp 5th 34% below peers
Hempstead, NY 8.4% 24th -2.5pp 6th 48% above peers
Lenexa, KS 2.9% 5th -0.8pp 7th 50% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 4.5% 14th -1.2pp 8th 21% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 43% above peers
St. Peters, MO 3.2% 6th -0.5pp 10th 44% below peers
Youngstown, OH 9.5% 26th -0.3pp 11th 67% above peers
Towson, MD 2.4% 4th -0.1pp 12th 58% below peers
Kokomo, IN 7.9% 20th -0.1pp 13th 39% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 15th -0.0pp 14th 5% below peers
Bentonville, AR 7.1% 17th +0.3pp 15th 25% above peers
Dubuque, IA 4.0% 10th +0.3pp 16th 30% below peers
Midwest City, OK 16.4% 31st +1.7pp 17th 186% above peers
Carson City, NV 11.4% 29th +1.3pp 18th 100% above peers
Petaluma, CA 3.4% 8th +0.8pp 19th 40% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 12.2% 30th +3.0pp 20th 114% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 18th +2.1pp 21st 27% above peers
Santee, CA 8.4% 23rd +3.1pp 22nd 47% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 7.7% 19th +2.8pp 23rd 34% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 11.2% 28th +4.4pp 24th 95% above peers
Severn, MD 5.7% 16th +2.4pp 25th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 4.4% 12th +2.0pp 26th 22% below peers
Casper, WY 8.1% 21st +4.3pp 27th 41% above peers
Gilroy, CA 11.1% 27th +6.2pp 28th 95% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 9.4% 25th +7.0pp 29th 64% above peers
Medford, MA 1.9% 2nd +1.4pp 30th 67% below peers
Cupertino, CA 2.3% 3rd +2.1pp 31st 59% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Pico Rivera, CA down 22.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.9pp 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 6% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 55,300 to 58,801 - more than the combined survey margin (±69). 18 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; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 7% from 2014 to 2024 (54,801 to 58,801).
58,801
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
Herriman, UT 59,346 2nd +48% 1st 1% above peers
Bentonville, AR 58,249 31st +18% 2nd 1% below peers
Severn, MD 58,402 25th +16% 3rd 1% below peers
Hoboken, NJ 58,668 21st +10% 4th on par with peers
Lenexa, KS 58,384 26th +8% 5th 1% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 58,359 28th +7% 6th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 58,384 27th +7% 7th 1% below peers
Hempstead, NY 58,801 18th +6% 8th on par with peers
Grand Forks, ND 59,042 12th +4% 9th on par with peers
Gilroy, CA 59,004 13th +4% 10th on par with peers
St. Peters, MO 59,092 11th +3% 11th on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 58,505 23rd +3% 12th 1% below peers
Medford, MA 59,354 1st +3% 13th 1% above peers
Santee, CA 59,332 3rd +3% 14th 1% above peers
Margate, FL 59,198 6th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Midwest City, OK 58,297 30th +2% 16th 1% below peers
Dubuque, IA 59,174 7th +2% 17th 1% above peers
Kokomo, IN 59,122 10th +2% 18th on par with peers
Towson, MD 58,679 19th +1% 19th on par with peers
Des Plaines, IL 59,156 8th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Casper, WY 58,839 16th +1% 21st on par with peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 9th -2% 22nd on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 20th -2% 23rd on par with peers
Petaluma, CA 59,247 5th -3% 24th 1% above peers
Cupertino, CA 58,566 22nd -3% 25th on par with peers
Coconut Creek, FL 58,330 29th -4% 26th 1% below peers
National City, CA 58,893 15th -4% 27th on par with peers
Terre Haute, IN 58,427 24th -4% 28th 1% below peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 58,977 14th -4% 29th on par with peers
The Hammocks, FL 58,838 17th -4% 30th on par with peers
Youngstown, OH 59,331 4th -8% 31st 1% above peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 ±60 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 26.5% to 22.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp). 7 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; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 4.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (27.0% to 22.7%).
22.7%
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
Kokomo, IN 23.3% 7th +1.5pp 1st 11% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 14.8% 29th +0.9pp 2nd 29% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.4% 18th +1.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Youngstown, OH 22.9% 10th +1.1pp 4th 10% above peers
Midwest City, OK 25.6% 5th +1.2pp 5th 22% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 15th +1.0pp 6th 3% above peers
Santee, CA 23.1% 8th +0.9pp 7th 10% above peers
Margate, FL 17.3% 25th +0.6pp 8th 17% below peers
Lenexa, KS 22.4% 13th +0.7pp 9th 7% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 21.8% 14th +0.6pp 10th 4% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 19.5% 21st +0.3pp 11th 7% below peers
Towson, MD 17.8% 24th +0.1pp 12th 15% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 4th +0.1pp 13th 25% above peers
Casper, WY 24.2% 6th +0.0pp 14th 16% above peers
Grand Forks, ND 19.3% 22nd -0.2pp 15th 8% below peers
Severn, MD 23.0% 9th -0.4pp 16th 10% above peers
The Hammocks, FL 20.7% 17th -0.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Carson City, NV 19.9% 19th -0.6pp 18th 5% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 26th -0.5pp 19th 20% below peers
Bentonville, AR 27.3% 2nd -0.8pp 20th 31% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 14.3% 30th -0.4pp 21st 31% below peers
Dubuque, IA 19.9% 20th -0.7pp 22nd 5% below peers
St. Peters, MO 20.9% 16th -1.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Weymouth Town, MA 16.4% 27th -1.5pp 24th 22% below peers
Gilroy, CA 26.8% 3rd -2.5pp 25th 28% above peers
Cupertino, CA 22.6% 12th -3.1pp 26th 8% above peers
Petaluma, CA 18.2% 23rd -2.8pp 27th 13% below peers
Medford, MA 12.7% 31st -2.0pp 28th 39% below peers
Herriman, UT 34.6% 1st -5.8pp 29th 66% above peers
Hempstead, NY 22.7% 11th -3.8pp 30th 9% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 15.5% 28th -3.1pp 31st 26% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.4% then, 53.5% now; margin ±10.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.7% to 53.5%).
53.5%
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
Bentonville, AR 24.4% 19th +12.0pp 1st 13% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 12th +10.4pp 2nd 14% above peers
Coconut Creek, FL 36.3% 9th +8.6pp 3rd 29% above peers
Towson, MD 23.6% 20th +3.6pp 4th 16% below peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 36.9% 8th +4.6pp 5th 31% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 6th +5.1pp 6th 61% above peers
Midwest City, OK 45.5% 5th +4.8pp 7th 61% above peers
Terre Haute, IN 51.2% 4th +5.0pp 8th 82% above peers
St. Peters, MO 19.5% 26th +1.8pp 9th 31% below peers
Severn, MD 28.9% 15th +2.4pp 10th 2% above peers
Hempstead, NY 53.5% 3rd +4.1pp 11th 90% above peers
Margate, FL 36.3% 10th +2.5pp 12th 29% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 73.4% 1st +1.6pp 13th 160% above peers
Des Plaines, IL 20.0% 25th -0.0pp 14th 29% below peers
Herriman, UT 8.2% 30th -0.1pp 15th 71% below peers
Kokomo, IN 43.7% 7th -0.5pp 16th 55% above peers
Casper, WY 30.8% 13th -1.0pp 17th 9% above peers
Gilroy, CA 26.4% 18th -1.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Medford, MA 22.6% 21st -1.0pp 19th 20% below peers
Youngstown, OH 72.6% 2nd -5.6pp 20th 158% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 21st 27% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 28.2% 16th -2.8pp 22nd on par with peers
Hoboken, NJ 21.1% 22nd -2.7pp 23rd 25% below peers
Petaluma, CA 18.3% 27th -2.5pp 24th 35% below peers
Carson City, NV 32.5% 11th -4.6pp 25th 15% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 23rd -3.9pp 26th 26% below peers
Dubuque, IA 30.3% 14th -5.9pp 27th 7% above peers
Santee, CA 18.1% 28th -3.8pp 28th 36% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 26.4% 17th -6.2pp 29th 6% below peers
Cupertino, CA 6.3% 31st -1.6pp 30th 78% below peers
Lenexa, KS 16.5% 29th -4.7pp 31st 42% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 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 ±9.1pp 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 (65.2% then, 69.2% now; margin ±12.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (75.0% to 69.2%).
69.2%
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 69.5% +2.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Carson City, NV 83.2% 5th +22.1pp 1st 19% above peers
Bentonville, AR 68.5% 20th +15.2pp 2nd 2% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 17th +13.0pp 3rd 1% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 14th +10.9pp 4th 1% above peers
Severn, MD 82.6% 6th +11.4pp 5th 18% above peers
Lake Havasu City, AZ 78.6% 10th +10.7pp 6th 13% above peers
Medford, MA 83.3% 4th +8.8pp 7th 19% above peers
Herriman, UT 62.5% 28th +6.3pp 8th 11% below peers
Petaluma, CA 78.9% 9th +7.6pp 9th 13% above peers
Hoboken, NJ 86.4% 2nd +8.2pp 10th 24% above peers
Gilroy, CA 74.8% 12th +7.0pp 11th 7% above peers
Hempstead, NY 69.2% 18th +4.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Lenexa, KS 80.2% 8th +3.3pp 13th 15% above peers
St. Peters, MO 81.0% 7th +3.0pp 14th 16% above peers
Mayagüez zona urbana, PR 62.0% 29th +2.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Des Plaines, IL 67.4% 22nd +2.2pp 16th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 19th +1.2pp 17th 1% below peers
Cupertino, CA 58.9% 30th +0.5pp 18th 16% below peers
Dubuque, IA 86.7% 1st +0.6pp 19th 24% above peers
Weymouth Town, MA 84.7% 3rd +0.3pp 20th 21% above peers
Casper, WY 66.7% 25th -1.7pp 21st 5% below peers
Terre Haute, IN 67.2% 24th -2.4pp 22nd 4% below peers
Coconut Creek, FL 67.7% 21st -3.4pp 23rd 3% below peers
Santee, CA 69.8% 16th -5.4pp 24th on par with peers
Margate, FL 77.6% 11th -7.0pp 25th 11% above peers
Kokomo, IN 67.3% 23rd -8.0pp 26th 4% below peers
The Hammocks, FL 58.3% 31st -8.7pp 27th 17% below peers
Midwest City, OK 63.4% 26th -9.7pp 28th 9% below peers
Grand Forks, ND 71.6% 13th -12.7pp 29th 3% above peers
Towson, MD 70.2% 15th -14.6pp 30th 1% above peers
Youngstown, OH 63.2% 27th -17.3pp 31st 10% below peers
Where is this changing? 11 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±8.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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