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Irondequoit, NY

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50,657 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Irondequoit, NY shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$79,162
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$62,225 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
40.4%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
37.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.7%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
84.6% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.7%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
2.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
78.8%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
78.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
27.4%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
27.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.5%
2020-24
▼ 45%
relative change
10.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.5%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
2.3% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Irondequoit, NY shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.6%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
38.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.0%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
6.9% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
10.9%
2019-23
▲ 13%
relative change
9.6% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 1 indicator

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
82.6%
2020-24
high
vs peers
80.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Economy 6 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $62,225 to $79,162 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,715).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irondequoit started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 47% from 2014 to 2024 ($53,729 to $79,162).
Bright spot $79,162
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref $85,974 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Florin, CA $71,111 20th +59% 1st 6% below peers
Watsonville, CA $78,393 15th +41% 2nd 4% above peers
Paramount, CA $75,250 16th +35% 3rd on par with peers
Harrisonburg, VA $62,254 24th +33% 4th 17% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA $73,685 18th +31% 5th 2% below peers
Cleveland, TN $58,559 26th +31% 6th 22% below peers
Waxahachie, TX $85,723 12th +31% 7th 14% above peers
Lawrence, IN $74,022 17th +30% 8th 2% below peers
Levittown, PA $105,071 9th +30% 9th 40% above peers
Columbia, TN $63,719 23rd +29% 10th 15% below peers
Hilo, HI $81,779 13th +29% 11th 9% above peers
Troy, NY $58,477 27th +28% 12th 22% below peers
Stillwater, OK $43,700 31st +27% 13th 42% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH $72,705 19th +27% 14th 3% below peers
Irondequoit, NY $79,162 14th +27% 15th 5% above peers
Barnstable, MA $91,982 11th +26% 16th 22% above peers
East Hartford, CT $70,778 21st +26% 17th 6% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN $101,648 10th +26% 18th 35% above peers
Mishawaka, IN $54,291 29th +26% 19th 28% below peers
La Crosse, WI $55,866 28th +24% 20th 26% below peers
Grapevine, TX $111,376 6th +22% 21st 48% above peers
Downers Grove, IL $115,114 5th +21% 22nd 53% above peers
Harrisburg, PA $48,099 30th +21% 23rd 36% below peers
Milford, CT $111,201 7th +21% 24th 48% above peers
Holly Springs, NC $135,578 3rd +21% 25th 80% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA $165,349 1st +20% 26th 120% above peers
Enid, OK $62,125 25th +20% 27th 17% below peers
Florissant, MO $65,318 22nd +19% 28th 13% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL $106,806 8th +16% 29th 42% above peers
Plainfield, IL $144,000 2nd +10% 30th 91% above peers
Draper, UT $128,910 4th +10% 31st 71% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bozeman, MT up about 54% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Malden, MA up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,047 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.3% then, 9.2% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.3% to 9.2%).
9.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 14.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Lawrence, IN 8.7% 13th -6.1pp 1st 17% below peers
Florin, CA 15.7% 23rd -9.3pp 2nd 49% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 7.9% 12th -4.5pp 3rd 25% below peers
Paramount, CA 12.6% 17th -4.1pp 4th 19% above peers
Stillwater, OK 27.4% 29th -7.8pp 5th 160% above peers
Hilo, HI 14.5% 21st -2.6pp 6th 38% above peers
Cleveland, TN 16.7% 25th -2.8pp 7th 58% above peers
East Hartford, CT 13.2% 18th -1.8pp 8th 25% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 25.7% 28th -2.6pp 9th 144% above peers
Florissant, MO 10.1% 15th -1.0pp 10th 4% below peers
Enid, OK 13.7% 19th -1.3pp 11th 30% above peers
La Crosse, WI 21.4% 26th -1.6pp 12th 103% above peers
Barnstable, MA 7.4% 11th -0.5pp 13th 29% below peers
Troy, NY 23.4% 27th -1.0pp 14th 122% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.5% 16th -0.1pp 15th on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 14.7% 22nd -0.1pp 16th 40% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 30.4% 30th -0.0pp 17th 188% above peers
Columbia, TN 14.2% 20th +0.2pp 18th 35% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.5% 1st +0.1pp 19th 66% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 16.4% 24th +0.7pp 20th 56% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 6.9% 8th +0.4pp 21st 35% below peers
Milford, CT 5.2% 4th +0.5pp 22nd 51% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 23rd 48% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 9.2% 14th +0.9pp 24th 13% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 30.5% 31st +4.2pp 25th 189% above peers
Grapevine, TX 6.7% 7th +1.0pp 26th 37% below peers
Levittown, PA 7.0% 9th +1.3pp 27th 33% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 4.8% 3rd +1.3pp 28th 55% below peers
Draper, UT 6.2% 6th +2.0pp 29th 42% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.2% 10th +2.6pp 30th 32% below peers
Plainfield, IL 4.2% 2nd +1.8pp 31st 61% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clermont, FL down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Lawrence, IN down 6.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.4% then, 13.6% now; margin ±5.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.4% to 13.6%).
13.6%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 18.3% -1.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Lawrence, IN 9.6% 10th -13.9pp 1st 33% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.5% 1st -1.8pp 2nd 89% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 9.5% 9th -10.4pp 3rd 33% below peers
Florin, CA 23.1% 27th -14.7pp 4th 62% above peers
Hilo, HI 16.8% 19th -8.4pp 5th 17% above peers
Enid, OK 17.0% 20th -4.7pp 6th 19% above peers
Paramount, CA 18.6% 22nd -5.1pp 7th 30% above peers
East Hartford, CT 16.2% 18th -4.2pp 8th 13% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 14.8% 17th -1.4pp 9th 3% above peers
Watsonville, CA 19.5% 24th -1.9pp 10th 36% above peers
Cleveland, TN 25.3% 28th -1.8pp 11th 77% above peers
La Crosse, WI 14.3% 16th -0.8pp 12th on par with peers
Florissant, MO 18.4% 21st -0.0pp 13th 29% above peers
Stillwater, OK 22.6% 26th +0.4pp 14th 58% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 44.0% 31st +1.8pp 15th 208% above peers
Columbia, TN 19.1% 23rd +0.8pp 16th 33% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 9.9% 13th +0.9pp 17th 31% below peers
Troy, NY 40.5% 30th +3.7pp 18th 183% above peers
Milford, CT 5.1% 4th +0.6pp 19th 64% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 21.8% 25th +3.4pp 20th 52% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 26.5% 29th +4.2pp 21st 85% above peers
Grapevine, TX 8.3% 8th +1.3pp 22nd 42% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 13.6% 15th +2.2pp 23rd 5% below peers
Levittown, PA 8.1% 7th +1.6pp 24th 43% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 4.3% 3rd +0.9pp 25th 70% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 9.9% 12th +2.2pp 26th 31% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 3.7% 2nd +1.0pp 27th 74% below peers
Barnstable, MA 13.1% 14th +4.4pp 28th 9% below peers
Draper, UT 6.1% 6th +2.1pp 29th 57% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 9.8% 11th +4.5pp 30th 31% below peers
Plainfield, IL 5.4% 5th +3.1pp 31st 62% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±4.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 84.6% to 90.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irondequoit started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 13.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (77.4% to 90.7%).
Bright spot 90.7%
20172024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 91.0% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hilo, HI 92.0% 16th +17.3pp 1st on par with peers
Watsonville, CA 89.5% 24th +14.0pp 2nd 3% below peers
Lawrence, IN 92.2% 15th +13.8pp 3rd on par with peers
Mishawaka, IN 90.3% 22nd +12.1pp 4th 2% below peers
Cleveland, TN 89.8% 23rd +11.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 85.7% 31st +11.2pp 6th 7% below peers
Paramount, CA 90.7% 20th +10.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Columbia, TN 91.3% 19th +10.0pp 8th 1% below peers
Florin, CA 92.8% 12th +9.5pp 9th 1% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 85.9% 30th +7.7pp 10th 7% below peers
Enid, OK 86.5% 29th +7.7pp 11th 6% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 91.9% 17th +7.7pp 12th on par with peers
East Hartford, CT 88.6% 26th +7.4pp 13th 4% below peers
Levittown, PA 94.0% 11th +7.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Troy, NY 88.9% 25th +7.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Florissant, MO 92.7% 14th +7.0pp 16th 1% above peers
La Crosse, WI 88.5% 27th +6.5pp 17th 4% below peers
Stillwater, OK 87.8% 28th +6.1pp 18th 5% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 94.4% 9th +6.5pp 19th 3% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 96.1% 5th +6.5pp 20th 4% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 90.7% 21st +6.1pp 21st 1% below peers
Milford, CT 94.1% 10th +5.9pp 22nd 2% above peers
Barnstable, MA 94.5% 8th +5.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 91.6% 18th +4.7pp 24th on par with peers
Draper, UT 95.0% 7th +4.6pp 25th 3% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 98.1% 1st +3.7pp 26th 7% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 95.8% 6th +3.0pp 27th 4% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 92.7% 13th +2.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Grapevine, TX 96.3% 4th +1.5pp 29th 5% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 97.3% 2nd +0.9pp 30th 6% above peers
Plainfield, IL 96.7% 3rd +0.3pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 84% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 80% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.41 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.42).
0.42
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 0.52 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Florin, CA 0.42 10th -0.053 1st 2% below peers
Lawrence, IN 0.40 5th -0.046 2nd 6% below peers
Cleveland, TN 0.47 25th -0.033 3rd 10% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 0.45 22nd -0.030 4th 6% above peers
La Crosse, WI 0.45 21st -0.026 5th 6% above peers
Milford, CT 0.42 12th -0.023 6th 1% below peers
Enid, OK 0.42 11th -0.019 7th 1% below peers
East Hartford, CT 0.43 15th -0.013 8th on par with peers
Stillwater, OK 0.55 31st -0.015 9th 28% above peers
Watsonville, CA 0.43 17th -0.009 10th on par with peers
Holly Springs, NC 0.36 1st -0.007 11th 15% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 0.42 13th -0.008 12th 1% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 0.41 6th -0.003 13th 5% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.42 9th +0.001 14th 2% below peers
Troy, NY 0.48 26th +0.004 15th 11% above peers
Draper, UT 0.44 18th +0.004 16th 3% above peers
Barnstable, MA 0.47 24th +0.011 17th 10% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 0.53 30th +0.017 18th 25% above peers
Columbia, TN 0.43 16th +0.013 19th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 0.42 14th +0.013 20th 1% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.37 3rd +0.016 21st 13% below peers
Grapevine, TX 0.44 19th +0.020 22nd 3% above peers
Florissant, MO 0.38 4th +0.019 23rd 12% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 0.48 27th +0.024 24th 13% above peers
Plainfield, IL 0.36 2nd +0.020 25th 15% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 0.41 7th +0.023 26th 4% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 0.49 28th +0.034 27th 15% above peers
Paramount, CA 0.41 8th +0.031 28th 4% below peers
Hilo, HI 0.49 29th +0.038 29th 16% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 0.44 20th +0.035 30th 4% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 0.47 23rd +0.038 31st 9% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (9.6% then, 10.9% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap rose 3.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (7.8% to 10.9%).
Needs attention 10.9%
20102023
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place 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
El Dorado Hills, CA 0.8% 1st -1.0pp 1st 92% below peers
Grapevine, TX 2.2% 3rd -1.9pp 2nd 78% below peers
Columbia, TN 10.7% 19th -8.5pp 3rd 5% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 3.5% 5th -2.5pp 4th 66% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 2.6% 4th -1.7pp 5th 75% below peers
Cleveland, TN 14.6% 23rd -4.0pp 6th 43% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.6% 18th -2.8pp 7th 3% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.9% 31st -4.3pp 8th 172% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.2% 16th -1.2pp 9th on par with peers
Hilo, HI 19.6% 26th -1.9pp 10th 92% above peers
East Hartford, CT 20.1% 27th -1.3pp 11th 96% above peers
Plainfield, IL 4.0% 6th -0.2pp 12th 61% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 10.4% 17th -0.3pp 13th 2% above peers
Draper, UT 1.8% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 82% below peers
Troy, NY 21.4% 28th -0.5pp 15th 109% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 10.2% 15th +0.2pp 16th 1% below peers
Florissant, MO 9.9% 14th +0.4pp 17th 3% below peers
Paramount, CA 17.3% 25th +1.1pp 18th 69% above peers
Watsonville, CA 21.8% 29th +2.2pp 19th 113% above peers
Barnstable, MA 9.6% 12th +1.0pp 20th 6% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 10.9% 20th +1.2pp 21st 6% above peers
Florin, CA 22.7% 30th +2.8pp 22nd 122% above peers
Lawrence, IN 12.5% 21st +1.7pp 23rd 22% above peers
La Crosse, WI 12.6% 22nd +1.8pp 24th 23% above peers
Enid, OK 16.1% 24th +2.3pp 25th 57% above peers
Stillwater, OK 7.6% 11th +1.1pp 26th 26% below peers
Levittown, PA 9.7% 13th +1.6pp 27th 5% below peers
Milford, CT 5.3% 7th +1.0pp 28th 48% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 7.1% 10th +1.8pp 29th 30% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.1% 8th +2.0pp 30th 41% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 6.1% 9th +2.4pp 31st 40% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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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 →
  • Goose Creek, SC down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (78.1% then, 78.8% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.1% to 78.8%).
Bright spot 78.8%
20112024
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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%
Columbia, TN 63.4% 15th +6.1pp 1st 3% above peers
Hilo, HI 66.1% 12th +5.4pp 2nd 8% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 60.2% 18th +4.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Troy, NY 37.4% 29th +1.8pp 4th 39% below peers
Paramount, CA 43.0% 26th +2.0pp 5th 30% below peers
Levittown, PA 87.2% 3rd +4.0pp 6th 42% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 64.4% 14th +2.4pp 7th 5% above peers
Watsonville, CA 44.8% 25th +1.7pp 8th 27% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 40.2% 27th +1.5pp 9th 34% below peers
East Hartford, CT 60.4% 17th +1.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Florissant, MO 67.1% 11th +1.9pp 11th 9% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 57.8% 19th +1.6pp 12th 6% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 36.6% 31st +0.9pp 13th 40% below peers
Florin, CA 56.1% 20th +1.1pp 14th 8% below peers
Lawrence, IN 66.1% 13th +1.0pp 15th 8% above peers
Milford, CT 75.5% 7th +1.1pp 16th 23% above peers
Barnstable, MA 75.7% 6th +0.8pp 17th 24% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 78.8% 5th +0.7pp 18th 29% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 87.5% 2nd +0.7pp 19th 43% above peers
Enid, OK 61.3% 16th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Cleveland, TN 48.0% 23rd +0.3pp 21st 22% below peers
La Crosse, WI 46.1% 24th +0.0pp 22nd 25% below peers
Grapevine, TX 52.7% 21st -0.1pp 23rd 14% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.5% 28th -0.1pp 24th 36% below peers
Stillwater, OK 37.1% 30th -0.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 75.2% 8th -0.7pp 26th 23% above peers
Plainfield, IL 88.0% 1st -0.9pp 27th 44% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 74.2% 9th -1.5pp 28th 21% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 80.6% 4th -1.9pp 29th 32% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 49.3% 22nd -1.7pp 30th 20% below peers
Draper, UT 68.6% 10th -11.1pp 31st 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (27.1% then, 27.4% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.8% to 27.4%).
Bright spot 27.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 38.5% -0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Florin, CA 38.3% 23rd -8.5pp 1st 20% above peers
Levittown, PA 26.7% 4th -5.1pp 2nd 16% below peers
Watsonville, CA 45.6% 28th -4.8pp 3rd 43% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.0% 19th -2.7pp 4th 6% above peers
Plainfield, IL 24.7% 1st -1.6pp 5th 23% below peers
Milford, CT 31.9% 16th -2.0pp 6th on par with peers
East Hartford, CT 39.1% 25th -1.8pp 7th 22% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 28.6% 10th -1.2pp 8th 11% below peers
Paramount, CA 46.8% 29th -1.1pp 9th 47% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 25.2% 2nd -0.3pp 10th 21% below peers
Lawrence, IN 28.3% 9th -0.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 27.1% 6th +0.2pp 12th 15% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 27.4% 7th +0.2pp 13th 14% below peers
La Crosse, WI 36.0% 22nd +0.5pp 14th 13% above peers
Hilo, HI 31.2% 14th +0.5pp 15th 2% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 30.5% 13th +0.7pp 16th 5% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.6% 21st +1.0pp 17th 8% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 28.1% 8th +1.1pp 18th 12% below peers
Florissant, MO 30.4% 12th +1.2pp 19th 5% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 51.0% 31st +2.2pp 20th 60% above peers
Stillwater, OK 48.7% 30th +2.2pp 21st 53% above peers
Troy, NY 40.2% 27th +2.0pp 22nd 26% above peers
Columbia, TN 33.9% 18th +1.8pp 23rd 6% above peers
Barnstable, MA 40.0% 26th +2.2pp 24th 25% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 33.5% 17th +2.6pp 25th 5% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 38.8% 24th +3.1pp 26th 22% above peers
Grapevine, TX 31.3% 15th +3.4pp 27th 2% below peers
Enid, OK 27.0% 5th +3.4pp 28th 15% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 34.4% 20th +4.3pp 29th 8% above peers
Draper, UT 29.8% 11th +6.1pp 30th 7% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 25.6% 3rd +5.9pp 31st 20% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • Appleton, WI down 3.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Decatur, IL down 3.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 93% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 7.0% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.5% to 7.0%).
Needs attention 7.0%
20102024
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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
Columbia, TN 3.0% 5th -1.4pp 1st 52% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 6.5% 17th -2.0pp 2nd 6% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 4.9% 10th -1.4pp 3rd 20% below peers
Cleveland, TN 6.7% 19th -1.6pp 4th 9% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 1.4% 1st -0.3pp 5th 78% below peers
Levittown, PA 4.0% 6th -0.5pp 6th 34% below peers
Troy, NY 19.7% 30th -2.2pp 7th 220% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 6.2% 15th -0.6pp 8th on par with peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 6.8% 20th -0.4pp 9th 10% above peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 22nd -0.3pp 10th 14% above peers
La Crosse, WI 9.8% 28th -0.4pp 11th 59% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.7% 25th -0.2pp 12th 25% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 24.3% 31st -0.1pp 13th 294% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 7.0% 23rd +0.2pp 14th 14% above peers
Florin, CA 8.4% 26th +0.3pp 15th 37% above peers
Plainfield, IL 2.6% 3rd +0.2pp 16th 57% below peers
Florissant, MO 6.5% 18th +0.4pp 17th 6% above peers
East Hartford, CT 12.1% 29th +0.9pp 18th 97% above peers
Stillwater, OK 6.8% 21st +0.6pp 19th 11% above peers
Paramount, CA 5.5% 14th +0.5pp 20th 11% below peers
Milford, CT 4.8% 8th +0.5pp 21st 23% below peers
Enid, OK 5.2% 12th +0.6pp 22nd 15% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 2.2% 2nd +0.3pp 23rd 64% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 5.4% 13th +0.8pp 24th 13% below peers
Hilo, HI 8.9% 27th +1.6pp 25th 44% above peers
Grapevine, TX 4.3% 7th +0.9pp 26th 31% below peers
Barnstable, MA 6.2% 16th +1.4pp 27th on par with peers
Waxahachie, TX 5.0% 11th +1.1pp 28th 19% below peers
Lawrence, IN 7.2% 24th +2.0pp 29th 16% above peers
Draper, UT 2.9% 4th +1.0pp 30th 52% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.8% 9th +1.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.8pp 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 No measurable change ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.9% then, 2.7% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 2.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.3% to 2.7%).
Bright spot 2.7%
20132024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 5.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Cleveland, TN 10.2% 26th -4.3pp 1st 55% above peers
Barnstable, MA 4.0% 9th -1.5pp 2nd 39% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 7.9% 17th -2.2pp 3rd 20% above peers
Lawrence, IN 9.0% 22nd -2.4pp 4th 37% above peers
Stillwater, OK 8.7% 20th -2.1pp 5th 33% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 10.5% 27th -1.9pp 6th 59% above peers
Columbia, TN 9.7% 25th -1.5pp 7th 47% above peers
Troy, NY 4.6% 10th -0.7pp 8th 31% below peers
Enid, OK 13.5% 29th -2.0pp 9th 105% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 3.4% 7th -0.5pp 10th 48% below peers
Milford, CT 2.5% 2nd -0.3pp 11th 62% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.9% 14th -0.5pp 12th 25% below peers
Florissant, MO 8.3% 18th -0.7pp 13th 26% above peers
Hilo, HI 2.9% 4th -0.2pp 14th 55% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.7% 3rd -0.1pp 15th 59% below peers
Draper, UT 4.7% 12th -0.2pp 16th 29% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 3.2% 5th -0.1pp 17th 52% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 9.4% 24th -0.1pp 18th 42% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 14.3% 30th -0.2pp 19th 117% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 4.6% 11th +0.0pp 20th 30% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.7% 1st +0.1pp 21st 74% below peers
East Hartford, CT 6.5% 15th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Florin, CA 8.5% 19th +0.5pp 23rd 30% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.9% 28th +1.7pp 24th 96% above peers
Watsonville, CA 9.2% 23rd +1.3pp 25th 40% above peers
Plainfield, IL 3.3% 6th +0.7pp 26th 50% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 3.8% 8th +0.9pp 27th 42% below peers
Paramount, CA 15.2% 31st +3.6pp 28th 131% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 8.7% 21st +2.6pp 29th 33% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 6.6% 16th +2.0pp 30th on par with peers
Levittown, PA 4.8% 13th +1.8pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

36.3%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 29.9%
United States ref 33.4%
El Dorado Hills, CA 22.3% 1st 35% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 23.9% 2nd 31% below peers
Hilo, HI 25.0% 3rd 28% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 25.9% 4th 25% below peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 26.5% 5th 23% below peers
Barnstable, MA 28.1% 6th 19% below peers
Milford, CT 28.1% 7th 19% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 29.6% 8th 14% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 29.9% 9th 13% below peers
Draper, UT 30.1% 10th 13% below peers
Levittown, PA 31.5% 11th 9% below peers
Paramount, CA 31.8% 12th 8% below peers
Plainfield, IL 33.4% 13th 3% below peers
Grapevine, TX 34.1% 14th 1% below peers
Watsonville, CA 34.5% 15th on par with peers
Florin, CA 34.5% 16th on par with peers
Irondequoit, NY 36.3% 17th 5% above peers
La Crosse, WI 37.2% 18th 8% above peers
East Hartford, CT 37.4% 19th 8% above peers
Florissant, MO 37.4% 20th 8% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 38.2% 21st 11% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 38.3% 22nd 11% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 38.7% 23rd 12% above peers
Stillwater, OK 39.0% 24th 13% above peers
Troy, NY 39.2% 25th 14% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 39.7% 26th 15% above peers
Lawrence, IN 39.8% 27th 15% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 41.1% 28th 19% above peers
Cleveland, TN 41.7% 29th 21% above peers
Columbia, TN 42.2% 30th 22% above peers
Enid, OK 42.3% 31st 23% 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 →
What changed

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (2.3% then, 2.5% now; margin ±1.7pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 1.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.2% to 2.5%).
Bright spot 2.5%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 2.6% +0.1pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Troy, NY 0.8% 1st -1.7pp 1st 80% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.1% 6th -1.6pp 2nd 71% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 3.6% 15th -3.4pp 3rd 7% below peers
Columbia, TN 4.1% 19th -2.9pp 4th 6% above peers
Barnstable, MA 1.0% 4th -0.6pp 5th 75% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 2.0% 9th -0.7pp 6th 49% below peers
Stillwater, OK 7.5% 25th -2.7pp 7th 93% above peers
Plainfield, IL 1.0% 5th -0.3pp 8th 74% below peers
Lawrence, IN 5.4% 22nd -1.8pp 9th 39% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 7.0% 24th -2.2pp 10th 80% above peers
Milford, CT 0.9% 3rd -0.1pp 11th 76% below peers
Enid, OK 6.6% 23rd -0.7pp 12th 71% above peers
East Hartford, CT 2.8% 11th -0.1pp 13th 28% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.8% 8th +0.1pp 14th 53% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 2.5% 10th +0.1pp 15th 36% below peers
La Crosse, WI 3.0% 13th +0.5pp 16th 22% below peers
Levittown, PA 0.8% 2nd +0.1pp 17th 79% below peers
Florin, CA 4.0% 18th +0.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Hilo, HI 3.9% 16th +0.9pp 19th on par with peers
Draper, UT 3.9% 17th +1.0pp 20th 1% above peers
Cleveland, TN 7.9% 27th +2.0pp 21st 104% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 13.9% 31st +4.4pp 22nd 259% above peers
Grapevine, TX 11.2% 30th +3.8pp 23rd 189% above peers
Florissant, MO 8.1% 28th +2.8pp 24th 109% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 4.2% 20th +1.5pp 25th 10% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 3.5% 14th +1.4pp 26th 10% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.7% 26th +3.8pp 27th 99% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 8.9% 29th +4.5pp 28th 131% above peers
Watsonville, CA 2.8% 12th +1.7pp 29th 27% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 4.4% 21st +2.7pp 30th 14% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 1.6% 7th +1.2pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 3.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 37.2% to 40.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
50% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Irondequoit started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.4% to 40.4%).
Bright spot 40.4%
20102024
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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
Troy, NY 37.3% 16th +10.5pp 1st on par with peers
Waxahachie, TX 31.4% 20th +8.5pp 2nd 16% below peers
Columbia, TN 25.4% 25th +6.6pp 3rd 32% below peers
Paramount, CA 14.9% 29th +3.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Cleveland, TN 30.2% 21st +5.2pp 5th 19% below peers
Grapevine, TX 57.5% 5th +9.8pp 6th 54% above peers
Levittown, PA 26.0% 23rd +4.0pp 7th 30% below peers
Milford, CT 50.3% 9th +7.7pp 8th 35% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 25.9% 24th +3.7pp 9th 31% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 29.2% 22nd +4.1pp 10th 22% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 67.3% 1st +9.2pp 11th 80% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 37.7% 14th +4.4pp 12th 1% above peers
Barnstable, MA 42.1% 12th +3.4pp 13th 13% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 59.9% 3rd +4.9pp 14th 61% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 54.4% 7th +4.4pp 15th 46% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 40.4% 13th +3.2pp 16th 8% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 64.2% 2nd +5.0pp 17th 72% above peers
Lawrence, IN 35.6% 17th +2.0pp 18th 5% below peers
Plainfield, IL 56.0% 6th +3.2pp 19th 50% above peers
Florin, CA 13.9% 30th +0.6pp 20th 63% below peers
Draper, UT 51.9% 8th +1.9pp 21st 39% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 58.2% 4th +1.9pp 22nd 56% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 37.5% 15th +1.2pp 23rd on par with peers
Enid, OK 23.1% 26th +0.7pp 24th 38% below peers
Stillwater, OK 49.9% 10th +1.2pp 25th 34% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 48.5% 11th +0.7pp 26th 30% above peers
Watsonville, CA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 27th 67% below peers
Hilo, HI 34.6% 19th +0.1pp 28th 7% below peers
La Crosse, WI 35.0% 18th -0.5pp 29th 6% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.4% 27th -1.5pp 30th 40% below peers
East Hartford, CT 17.2% 28th -2.2pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Cities of similar size (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 →
  • Apopka, FL up 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY up 10.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burleson, TX up 7.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (38.6% then, 33.6% now; margin ±12.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 12.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.4% to 33.6%).
Needs attention 33.6%
20112024
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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%
Harrisonburg, VA 45.2% 18th +7.0pp 1st 4% below peers
Stillwater, OK 51.8% 10th +6.6pp 2nd 10% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 66.0% 2nd +7.9pp 3rd 40% above peers
La Crosse, WI 52.8% 9th +5.0pp 4th 12% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 47.0% 15th +4.4pp 5th on par with peers
Draper, UT 55.2% 7th +5.0pp 6th 17% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 68.0% 1st +6.1pp 7th 45% above peers
Enid, OK 40.5% 19th +2.7pp 8th 14% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 31.6% 25th +1.9pp 9th 33% below peers
Cleveland, TN 34.8% 22nd +0.7pp 10th 26% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 59.3% 4th -2.1pp 11th 26% above peers
Florin, CA 30.8% 26th -1.4pp 12th 34% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 55.8% 6th -3.2pp 13th 19% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.3% 21st -2.8pp 14th 23% below peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 48.4% 14th -5.1pp 15th 3% above peers
East Hartford, CT 51.5% 11th -6.3pp 16th 10% above peers
Florissant, MO 52.9% 8th -7.7pp 17th 12% above peers
Milford, CT 60.1% 3rd -8.9pp 18th 28% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 33.6% 24th -5.0pp 19th 29% below peers
Levittown, PA 49.0% 13th -7.4pp 20th 4% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 55.9% 5th -11.9pp 21st 19% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.8% 27th -7.2pp 22nd 37% below peers
Plainfield, IL 50.6% 12th -14.1pp 23rd 8% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 46.5% 17th -13.9pp 24th 1% below peers
Grapevine, TX 47.0% 16th -17.7pp 25th on par with peers
Hilo, HI 34.5% 23rd -13.9pp 26th 27% below peers
Lawrence, IN 27.8% 29th -17.4pp 27th 41% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 28.0% 28th -18.8pp 28th 40% below peers
Barnstable, MA 36.3% 20th -24.5pp 29th 23% below peers
Troy, NY 25.8% 30th -31.2pp 30th 45% below peers
Columbia, TN 18.9% 31st -28.6pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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 →
  • 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 ±5.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.0% then, 5.5% now; margin ±7.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth rose 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (4.9% to 5.5%).
Bright spot 5.5%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 6.7% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Irondequoit, NY 5.5% 9th -4.5pp 1st 23% below peers
Paramount, CA 7.1% 16th -5.6pp 2nd on par with peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 1.6% 3rd -0.5pp 3rd 77% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 1.1% 1st -0.3pp 4th 84% below peers
East Hartford, CT 8.0% 20th -1.4pp 5th 12% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 3.7% 5th -0.6pp 6th 48% below peers
La Crosse, WI 4.4% 6th -0.2pp 7th 39% below peers
Stillwater, OK 2.1% 4th +0.1pp 8th 70% below peers
Enid, OK 7.7% 18th +1.0pp 9th 8% above peers
Barnstable, MA 16.3% 30th +2.6pp 10th 128% above peers
Columbia, TN 6.6% 13th +1.2pp 11th 7% below peers
Draper, UT 5.4% 8th +1.2pp 12th 24% below peers
Florissant, MO 16.6% 31st +4.7pp 13th 132% above peers
Milford, CT 5.7% 10th +1.8pp 14th 21% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 10.6% 22nd +3.4pp 15th 49% above peers
Florin, CA 16.0% 29th +5.2pp 16th 124% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 5.8% 11th +2.3pp 17th 19% below peers
Hilo, HI 11.8% 25th +5.3pp 18th 65% above peers
Lawrence, IN 10.9% 24th +5.5pp 19th 53% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 12.5% 26th +6.6pp 20th 75% above peers
Troy, NY 7.0% 14th +3.9pp 21st 3% below peers
Watsonville, CA 7.0% 15th +4.2pp 22nd 1% below peers
Cleveland, TN 7.3% 17th +4.4pp 23rd 2% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 5.2% 7th +3.1pp 24th 27% below peers
Plainfield, IL 6.5% 12th +3.9pp 25th 9% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 13.8% 28th +8.8pp 26th 93% above peers
Levittown, PA 10.7% 23rd +7.0pp 27th 50% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 7.9% 19th +5.4pp 28th 10% above peers
Grapevine, TX 12.7% 27th +9.8pp 29th 78% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 1.4% 2nd +1.1pp 30th 81% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 9.9% 21st +9.2pp 31st 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50,302 to 50,657 - more than the combined survey margin (±83). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
67% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (51,594 to 50,657).
50,657
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Holly Springs, NC 45,248 31st +30% 1st 11% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 45,347 30th +28% 2nd 10% below peers
Columbia, TN 45,441 29th +18% 3rd 10% below peers
Hilo, HI 50,404 17th +12% 4th on par with peers
Barnstable, MA 49,568 23rd +12% 5th 2% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 51,026 9th +10% 6th 1% above peers
Cleveland, TN 48,829 26th +9% 7th 4% below peers
Plainfield, IL 46,708 28th +8% 8th 8% below peers
Florin, CA 50,211 20th +6% 9th 1% below peers
Draper, UT 50,278 19th +5% 10th 1% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 51,021 11th +4% 11th 1% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 50,909 14th +3% 12th 1% above peers
Troy, NY 51,033 8th +3% 13th 1% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 48,491 27th +3% 14th 4% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 50,287 18th +2% 15th 1% below peers
St. Louis Park, MN 49,594 22nd +2% 16th 2% below peers
Lawrence, IN 49,517 24th +2% 17th 2% below peers
East Hartford, CT 50,918 13th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 50,054 21st +1% 19th 1% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 50,657 15th +1% 20th on par with peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 51,175 6th +1% 21st 1% above peers
Florissant, MO 51,773 2nd +1% 22nd 2% above peers
Enid, OK 50,653 16th +1% 23rd on par with peers
La Crosse, WI 51,356 5th -1% 24th 1% above peers
Stillwater, OK 49,269 25th -1% 25th 3% below peers
Levittown, PA 50,926 12th -2% 26th 1% above peers
Milford, CT 51,023 10th -3% 27th 1% above peers
Harrisonburg, VA 51,392 4th -4% 28th 1% above peers
Watsonville, CA 51,712 3rd -4% 29th 2% above peers
Grapevine, TX 51,139 7th -4% 30th 1% above peers
Paramount, CA 52,050 1st -5% 31st 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.8% then, 19.9% now; margin ±1.7pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children rose 0.1 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (19.8% to 19.9%).
19.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 20.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Harrisonburg, VA 17.3% 25th +0.9pp 1st 20% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 19.9% 21st +1.1pp 2nd 8% below peers
Lawrence, IN 26.6% 6th +0.9pp 3rd 23% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 27.5% 5th +0.8pp 4th 27% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 24.0% 12th +0.5pp 5th 11% above peers
Enid, OK 25.6% 7th +0.5pp 6th 18% above peers
Milford, CT 17.3% 26th +0.2pp 7th 20% below peers
Columbia, TN 25.6% 8th +0.2pp 8th 18% above peers
Downers Grove, IL 21.9% 15th +0.1pp 9th 1% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 17.4% 24th -0.1pp 10th 20% below peers
Cleveland, TN 20.9% 18th -0.2pp 11th 4% below peers
Barnstable, MA 17.2% 28th -0.2pp 12th 21% below peers
La Crosse, WI 14.6% 29th -0.2pp 13th 33% below peers
East Hartford, CT 21.7% 16th -0.4pp 14th on par with peers
Holly Springs, NC 32.4% 1st -0.8pp 15th 50% above peers
Waxahachie, TX 25.1% 9th -1.0pp 16th 16% above peers
Watsonville, CA 29.1% 2nd -1.2pp 17th 34% above peers
Hilo, HI 20.1% 20th -1.0pp 18th 7% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 20.8% 19th -1.1pp 19th 4% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 24.3% 11th -1.4pp 20th 12% above peers
Grapevine, TX 21.3% 17th -1.4pp 21st 2% below peers
Florin, CA 23.4% 13th -2.4pp 22nd 8% above peers
Draper, UT 28.7% 3rd -3.3pp 23rd 33% above peers
Stillwater, OK 14.2% 30th -1.7pp 24th 34% below peers
Plainfield, IL 28.5% 4th -3.5pp 25th 32% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 17.7% 23rd -2.4pp 26th 18% below peers
Troy, NY 17.2% 27th -2.4pp 27th 21% below peers
Florissant, MO 22.3% 14th -3.1pp 28th 3% above peers
Paramount, CA 25.1% 10th -3.5pp 29th 16% above peers
Levittown, PA 19.2% 22nd -3.2pp 30th 11% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 10.3% 31st -2.7pp 31st 53% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (30.6% then, 34.9% now; margin ±10.0pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.5% to 34.9%).
34.9%
20102024
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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
Stillwater, OK 36.4% 13th +13.6pp 1st 5% above peers
La Crosse, WI 43.4% 6th +12.3pp 2nd 26% above peers
Holly Springs, NC 17.9% 27th +3.9pp 3rd 48% below peers
Milford, CT 21.4% 22nd +4.1pp 4th 38% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 13.3% 29th +1.9pp 5th 61% below peers
Troy, NY 71.8% 1st +9.9pp 6th 108% above peers
Plainfield, IL 14.8% 28th +2.0pp 7th 57% below peers
Irondequoit, NY 34.9% 15th +4.3pp 8th 1% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 20.0% 25th +2.3pp 9th 42% below peers
Watsonville, CA 37.9% 8th +4.0pp 10th 10% above peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 27.8% 18th +2.7pp 11th 20% below peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 12.6% 30th +1.2pp 12th 63% below peers
Lawrence, IN 37.5% 12th +3.6pp 13th 8% above peers
Paramount, CA 36.1% 14th +2.9pp 14th 4% above peers
Enid, OK 37.8% 10th +2.6pp 15th 9% above peers
Florissant, MO 47.6% 3rd +1.2pp 16th 38% above peers
East Hartford, CT 47.0% 4th -0.5pp 17th 36% above peers
Mishawaka, IN 37.8% 9th -1.0pp 18th 9% above peers
Florin, CA 43.9% 5th -2.7pp 19th 27% above peers
Harrisburg, PA 66.8% 2nd -4.7pp 20th 93% above peers
Cleveland, TN 37.6% 11th -2.8pp 21st 9% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 23.7% 21st -2.1pp 22nd 31% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 34.6% 16th -3.4pp 23rd on par with peers
Levittown, PA 20.8% 24th -2.3pp 24th 40% below peers
Columbia, TN 39.7% 7th -5.3pp 25th 15% above peers
Barnstable, MA 24.8% 20th -4.0pp 26th 28% below peers
Draper, UT 9.9% 31st -2.2pp 27th 71% below peers
Grapevine, TX 20.9% 23rd -6.6pp 28th 39% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 25.5% 19th -8.5pp 29th 26% below peers
Hilo, HI 33.2% 17th -12.4pp 30th 4% below peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 19.9% 26th -9.1pp 31st 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±8.9pp 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
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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (80.5% then, 82.6% now; margin ±16.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (78.7% to 82.6%).
Big move 82.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 69.5% +2.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Lawrence, IN 86.3% 1st +26.1pp 1st 24% above peers
Stillwater, OK 66.8% 20th +12.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Downers Grove, IL 83.2% 5th +14.8pp 3rd 19% above peers
Hoffman Estates, IL 70.9% 12th +10.7pp 4th 2% above peers
Enid, OK 68.2% 18th +10.2pp 5th 2% below peers
Cleveland, TN 71.3% 11th +10.4pp 6th 2% above peers
La Crosse, WI 80.2% 7th +11.3pp 7th 15% above peers
El Dorado Hills, CA 69.8% 16th +7.6pp 8th on par with peers
Grapevine, TX 74.6% 10th +8.0pp 9th 7% above peers
Milford, CT 83.5% 4th +6.4pp 10th 20% above peers
Florin, CA 63.4% 25th +4.0pp 11th 9% below peers
Mishawaka, IN 63.1% 26th +4.0pp 12th 10% below peers
Harrisburg, PA 70.9% 13th +3.8pp 13th 2% above peers
St. Louis Park, MN 84.5% 2nd +4.0pp 14th 21% above peers
Irondequoit, NY 82.6% 6th +2.1pp 15th 18% above peers
Paramount, CA 60.9% 28th +1.5pp 16th 13% below peers
Florissant, MO 83.5% 3rd +1.6pp 17th 20% above peers
Hilo, HI 70.1% 15th +0.9pp 18th on par with peers
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 67.8% 19th +0.3pp 19th 3% below peers
Troy, NY 74.6% 9th -1.0pp 20th 7% above peers
Plainfield, IL 64.1% 23rd -1.5pp 21st 8% below peers
Holly Springs, NC 59.1% 29th -2.3pp 22nd 15% below peers
East Hartford, CT 75.2% 8th -5.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Draper, UT 50.0% 31st -3.9pp 24th 28% below peers
Waxahachie, TX 62.0% 27th -4.9pp 25th 11% below peers
Levittown, PA 69.2% 17th -6.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Harrisonburg, VA 64.9% 22nd -6.3pp 27th 7% below peers
Watsonville, CA 56.7% 30th -5.9pp 28th 19% below peers
Columbia, TN 63.7% 24th -7.9pp 29th 9% below peers
Barnstable, MA 70.5% 14th -10.7pp 30th 1% above peers
San Luis Obispo, CA 65.2% 21st -13.1pp 31st 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 13 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±13.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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