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Rochester, NY

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206,108 people (2025) 100k-250k Northeast

Bright spots 15 indicators

Where Rochester, NY shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Homicide
Homicide rate
18 homicides
12 mo to Jun 2026
▼ 50%
relative change
36 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
630 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 43%
relative change
1,103 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$47,213
2020-24
▲ 33%
relative change
$35,590 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,531 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 26%
relative change
3,413 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
30.0%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
25.1% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
86.6%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
76.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
41.3%
2020-24
▼ 13%
relative change
47.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
27.8%
2020-24
▼ 11%
relative change
31.3% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
31.3%
2019-23
▼ 10%
relative change
34.7% in 2018
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
23.4%
2020-24
▼ 7%
relative change
25.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
42.3%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
44.8% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
38.1%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
36.4% in 2019
Improving (small) Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
4.9%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
5.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.7%
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
2.0% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
48.1%
2020-24
▼ 4%
relative change
50.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Rochester, NY shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.1%
Jul 2026
▲ 9%
relative change
5.6% a year earlier
Behind peers and rising Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.2%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
10.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.50
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
0.50 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Children
Children's share of the population
20.9%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
22.7% in 2019
Falling  
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,476
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,431 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
208,772
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
206,848 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
69.5%
2020-24
high
vs peers
71.2% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 3 indicators
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 26% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime is about 17% lower than in 2021 (3,111 then, 2,584 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 4,574 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Property crime fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,531 in June 2026, down from 3,413 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,531 per 100k
2018June 2026
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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%
Oxnard, CA 1,280 (Jul 26) -32.0% 1st
Rochester, NY 2,531 (Jun 26) -25.9% 2nd
Sioux Falls, SD 2,316 (Feb 26) -24.5% 3rd
Des Moines, IA 2,372 (Jul 26) -22.9% 4th
Brownsville, TX 1,348 (Jul 26) -22.9% 5th
Knoxville, TN 2,003 (Jul 26) -20.8% 6th
Amarillo, TX 2,243 (Mar 26) -12.8% 7th
Grand Prairie, TX 1,231 (Jul 26) -11.7% 8th
Little Rock, AR 4,061 (Jul 26) -10.8% 9th
Salt Lake City, UT 4,493 (May 26) -10.6% 10th
Grand Rapids, MI 2,142 (Jul 26) -10.3% 11th
Fontana, CA 1,092 (Jul 26) -9.6% 12th
Chattanooga, TN 3,202 (Jul 26) -8.2% 13th
Peoria, AZ 1,080 (Apr 26) -5.4% 14th
Fayetteville, NC 2,720 (Jul 26) -5.0% 15th
Providence, RI 1,525 (Jun 26) -4.7% 16th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Clarksville, TN down about 35% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Odessa, TX down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Centennial, CO down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

▼ Lower is better Verified improver
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homicides fell about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 18% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 18 homicides in the 12 months ending June 2026, down from 36 in the prior 12 months. That is 9 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 18 homicides
2018June 2026
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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%
Brownsville, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Rochester, NY 9 (Jun 26) -50.0% 2nd
Oxnard, CA 1 (Jul 26) -50.0% 3rd
Fayetteville, NC 11 (Jul 26) -42.1% 4th
Fontana, CA 3 (Jul 26) -41.7% 5th
Sioux Falls, SD 4 (Feb 26) -40.5% 6th
Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -36.2% 7th
Mobile, AL 14 (Jul 26) -34.1% 8th
Providence, RI 3 (Jun 26) -33.4% 9th
Birmingham, AL 35 (Jul 26) -29.9% 10th
Amarillo, TX 5 (Mar 26) -21.6% 11th
Chattanooga, TN 8 (Apr 26) -11.3% 12th
Salt Lake City, UT 5 (May 26) +25.1% 13th
Grand Rapids, MI 7 (Jul 26) +25.2% 14th
Knoxville, TN 6 (Jul 26) +29.9% 15th
Des Moines, IA 4 (Jul 26) +33.2% 16th
Grand Prairie, TX 3 (Jul 26) +133.6% 17th
Peoria, AZ 3 (Apr 26) +199.7% 18th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. 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 →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Rock, AR down about 36% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 43% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 44% higher than in 2021 (436 then, 630 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 1,441 in 2023 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 36% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 630 in June 2026, down from 1,103 a year earlier.
Bright spot 630 per 100k
2018June 2026
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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%
Rochester, NY 630 (Jun 26) -42.9% 1st
Sioux Falls, SD 251 (Feb 26) -42.4% 2nd
Brownsville, TX 167 (Jul 26) -40.6% 3rd
Oxnard, CA 225 (Jul 26) -35.4% 4th
Des Moines, IA 329 (Jul 26) -33.3% 5th
Grand Prairie, TX 159 (Jul 26) -29.8% 6th
Peoria, AZ 89 (Apr 26) -29.8% 7th
Chattanooga, TN 347 (Jul 26) -28.9% 8th
Knoxville, TN 227 (Jul 26) -28.4% 9th
Grand Rapids, MI 217 (Jul 26) -26.6% 10th
Fayetteville, NC 258 (Jul 26) -26.2% 11th
Salt Lake City, UT 329 (May 26) -24.8% 12th
Little Rock, AR 300 (Jul 26) -16.7% 13th
Providence, RI 148 (Jun 26) -15.8% 14th
Fontana, CA 204 (Jul 26) -15.7% 15th
Amarillo, TX 215 (Mar 26) -13.0% 16th
Worcester, MA
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yuma, AZ down about 36% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 33% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $35,590 to $47,213 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$1,927).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 53% from 2014 to 2024 ($30,784 to $47,213).
Bright spot $47,213
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 $85,974 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Providence, RI $68,119 16th +49% 1st on par with peers
Worcester, MA $70,102 14th +46% 2nd 3% above peers
Chattanooga, TN $64,523 19th +42% 3rd 5% below peers
Fontana, CA $102,821 3rd +41% 4th 51% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA $93,222 6th +41% 5th 37% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI $69,108 15th +38% 6th 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV $58,421 21st +35% 7th 14% below peers
Brownsville, TX $52,130 29th +35% 8th 23% below peers
Modesto, CA $79,891 10th +35% 9th 17% above peers
Knoxville, TN $54,039 27th +34% 10th 21% below peers
Rochester, NY $47,213 30th +33% 11th 31% below peers
Oxnard, CA $96,212 4th +32% 12th 41% above peers
Vancouver, WA $81,338 9th +32% 13th 19% above peers
Yonkers, NY $83,549 7th +31% 14th 23% above peers
Augusta, GA $55,485 26th +30% 15th 19% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $58,407 22nd +30% 16th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV $74,511 13th +28% 17th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $120,919 1st +27% 18th 78% above peers
Peoria, AZ $95,815 5th +27% 19th 41% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD $75,970 11th +27% 20th 12% above peers
Mobile, AL $53,558 28th +27% 21st 21% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $57,409 24th +26% 22nd 16% below peers
Columbus, GA $58,073 23rd +25% 23rd 15% below peers
Amarillo, TX $65,912 18th +25% 24th 3% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT $75,090 12th +24% 25th 10% above peers
Birmingham, AL $46,051 31st +23% 26th 32% below peers
Des Moines, IA $65,932 17th +23% 27th 3% below peers
Little Rock, AR $63,003 20th +22% 28th 8% below peers
Overland Park, KS $104,834 2nd +21% 29th 54% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $81,619 8th +21% 30th 20% above peers
Montgomery, AL $56,811 25th +18% 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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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9 of 82 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 5 have too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$1,632 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment rose 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment rose about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.1% in July 2026, up from 5.6% a year earlier.
Needs attention 6.1%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 4.4% (Jul 26) +0.0pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Brownsville, TX 7.4% (Jul 26) 28th -1.7pp 1st 61% above peers
Providence, RI 4.3% (Jul 26) 12th -1.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 6th -0.8pp 3rd 15% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.8pp 4th 13% above peers
Fontana, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 20th -0.6pp 5th 11% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 4th -0.6pp 6th 20% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.7% (Jul 26) 27th -0.6pp 7th 46% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 5.1% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 6.0% (Jul 26) 25th -0.4pp 9th 30% above peers
Knoxville, TN 3.4% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 10th 26% below peers
Oxnard, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.4pp 11th 17% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 3.8% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 12th 17% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -0.3pp 13th 9% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th -0.2pp 14th 13% below peers
Worcester, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 15th 7% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 16th 26% below peers
Little Rock, AR 4.4% (Jul 26) 13th -0.1pp 17th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 1.9% (Jul 26) 1st +0.1pp 18th 59% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.2pp 19th 13% below peers
Yonkers, NY 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.3pp 20th 2% above peers
Rochester, NY 6.1% (Jul 26) 26th +0.5pp 21st 33% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 4.8% (Jul 26) 17th +0.5pp 22nd 4% above peers
Amarillo, TX 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th +0.6pp 23rd 15% below peers
Montgomery, AL 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th +0.7pp 24th 11% below peers
Peoria, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th +0.7pp 25th 7% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th +0.7pp 26th 2% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th +0.8pp 27th 20% above peers
Mobile, AL 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th +0.8pp 28th on par with peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.3% to 27.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.7pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Poverty fell 6.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (33.8% to 27.8%).
Bright spot 27.8%
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%
Fontana, CA 9.9% 5th -3.0pp 1st 41% below peers
Vancouver, WA 10.2% 6th -2.5pp 2nd 40% below peers
Oxnard, CA 11.1% 7th -2.7pp 3rd 35% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 11.7% 8th -2.8pp 4th 31% below peers
Brownsville, TX 23.7% 29th -5.6pp 5th 40% above peers
Providence, RI 20.7% 26th -4.8pp 6th 22% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 13.6% 12th -3.0pp 7th 20% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 16.9% 16th -3.5pp 8th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 20.2% 24th -4.1pp 9th 19% above peers
Augusta, GA 20.1% 23rd -3.0pp 10th 18% above peers
Modesto, CA 13.3% 11th -1.8pp 11th 21% below peers
Mobile, AL 18.4% 19th -2.3pp 12th 9% above peers
Rochester, NY 27.8% 31st -3.5pp 13th 64% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 23.6% 28th -2.7pp 14th 40% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 17.7% 18th -1.6pp 15th 4% above peers
Columbus, GA 19.1% 20th -1.6pp 16th 12% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 9.6% 4th -0.8pp 17th 43% below peers
Yonkers, NY 13.8% 13th -1.1pp 18th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 14.9% 14th -1.1pp 19th 12% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% 25th -1.2pp 20th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 24.7% 30th -1.2pp 21st 46% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 7.8% 2nd -0.3pp 22nd 54% below peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 22nd -0.4pp 23rd 16% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.2% 10th -0.1pp 24th 28% below peers
Montgomery, AL 21.5% 27th +0.9pp 25th 27% above peers
Amarillo, TX 15.8% 15th +0.7pp 26th 7% below peers
Little Rock, AR 17.5% 17th +0.9pp 27th 3% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 12.1% 9th +0.7pp 28th 29% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 19.1% 21st +1.5pp 29th 13% above peers
Peoria, AZ 8.4% 3rd +0.9pp 30th 50% below peers
Overland Park, KS 5.6% 1st +0.8pp 31st 67% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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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11 of 82 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Child poverty fell 6.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 47.7% to 41.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (52.5% to 41.3%).
Bright spot 41.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 18.3% -1.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Salt Lake City, UT 13.2% 6th -7.2pp 1st 43% below peers
Vancouver, WA 12.0% 5th -6.5pp 2nd 48% below peers
Fontana, CA 13.5% 7th -5.7pp 3rd 41% below peers
Knoxville, TN 23.9% 19th -9.1pp 4th 4% above peers
Brownsville, TX 30.7% 26th -10.4pp 5th 34% above peers
Oxnard, CA 17.1% 11th -4.5pp 6th 26% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 23.0% 17th -5.9pp 7th on par with peers
Modesto, CA 16.5% 10th -4.2pp 8th 28% below peers
Providence, RI 28.0% 24th -6.8pp 9th 22% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 16.2% 9th -3.9pp 10th 30% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 8.3% 2nd -1.8pp 11th 64% below peers
Mobile, AL 27.6% 23rd -5.7pp 12th 20% above peers
Worcester, MA 23.3% 18th -3.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 14.9% 8th -2.3pp 14th 35% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.0% 13th -2.9pp 15th 17% below peers
Rochester, NY 41.3% 31st -6.3pp 16th 80% above peers
Augusta, GA 31.3% 27th -4.8pp 17th 36% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 24.5% 20th -3.5pp 18th 7% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 21.6% 14th -2.8pp 19th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 25.5% 21st -3.2pp 20th 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 12.0% 4th -0.9pp 21st 48% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 29.3% 25th -2.1pp 22nd 27% above peers
Overland Park, KS 5.0% 1st -0.3pp 23rd 78% below peers
Des Moines, IA 22.1% 15th -1.1pp 24th 4% below peers
Birmingham, AL 40.5% 30th -0.4pp 25th 76% above peers
Montgomery, AL 32.5% 29th +0.1pp 26th 41% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 17.7% 12th +0.6pp 27th 23% below peers
Peoria, AZ 9.2% 3rd +0.6pp 28th 60% below peers
Little Rock, AR 26.9% 22nd +3.2pp 29th 17% above peers
Amarillo, TX 23.0% 16th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.3% 28th +4.6pp 31st 36% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 census tracts
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  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.1pp 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
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What changed

Broadband rose 10.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 76.0% to 86.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 17.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (69.0% to 86.6%).
Bright spot 86.6%
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 91.0% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Brownsville, TX 86.1% 30th +32.9pp 1st 6% below peers
Birmingham, AL 87.1% 28th +15.0pp 2nd 4% below peers
Mobile, AL 87.5% 27th +14.8pp 3rd 4% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 90.5% 19th +12.9pp 4th 1% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 88.7% 25th +12.6pp 5th 3% below peers
Augusta, GA 87.7% 26th +11.5pp 6th 4% below peers
Yonkers, NY 92.2% 11th +12.0pp 7th 1% above peers
Little Rock, AR 91.4% 14th +11.5pp 8th on par with peers
Rochester, NY 86.6% 29th +10.5pp 9th 5% below peers
Columbus, GA 89.4% 23rd +10.8pp 10th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 90.4% 20th +10.9pp 11th 1% below peers
Providence, RI 89.8% 22nd +10.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Oxnard, CA 93.2% 8th +10.9pp 13th 2% above peers
Worcester, MA 91.2% 15th +10.6pp 14th on par with peers
Des Moines, IA 90.0% 21st +9.8pp 15th 1% below peers
Fontana, CA 96.3% 1st +10.4pp 16th 6% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 93.0% 10th +9.6pp 17th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 89.2% 24th +8.8pp 18th 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 85.0% 31st +7.9pp 19th 7% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI 90.5% 18th +7.8pp 20th 1% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 91.1% 16th +7.0pp 21st on par with peers
Spring Valley, NV 93.1% 9th +7.0pp 22nd 2% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 91.5% 13th +6.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 93.5% 6th +7.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 96.0% 3rd +6.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Vancouver, WA 93.4% 7th +5.5pp 26th 3% above peers
Modesto, CA 92.1% 12th +5.3pp 27th 1% above peers
Peoria, AZ 94.7% 4th +4.4pp 28th 4% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 94.7% 5th +4.1pp 29th 4% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 91.1% 17th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 96.0% 2nd +2.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 census tracts
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  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp 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 →
What changed

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.50 then, 0.50 now; margin ±0.01).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (0.49 to 0.50).
Needs attention 0.50
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 0.52 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Providence, RI 0.50 28th -0.038 1st 8% above peers
Yonkers, NY 0.48 18th -0.020 2nd 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 0.43 5th -0.017 3rd 7% below peers
Fontana, CA 0.38 1st -0.014 4th 18% below peers
Worcester, MA 0.48 19th -0.015 5th 3% above peers
Mobile, AL 0.50 24th -0.012 6th 6% above peers
Brownsville, TX 0.47 16th -0.011 7th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 0.49 21st -0.010 8th 5% above peers
Des Moines, IA 0.44 7th -0.008 9th 6% below peers
Columbus, GA 0.49 22nd -0.007 10th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 0.44 9th -0.006 11th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 0.53 31st -0.007 12th 13% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 0.44 6th -0.005 13th 6% below peers
Rochester, NY 0.50 25th -0.004 14th 7% above peers
Montgomery, AL 0.49 23rd -0.003 15th 6% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 0.38 2nd -0.002 16th 18% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 0.50 26th -0.001 17th 8% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 0.45 13th +0.000 18th 4% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 0.50 27th +0.002 19th 8% above peers
Oxnard, CA 0.40 3rd +0.003 20th 13% below peers
Birmingham, AL 0.51 29th +0.005 21st 10% above peers
Modesto, CA 0.44 10th +0.006 22nd 5% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 0.51 30th +0.009 23rd 10% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 0.45 14th +0.010 24th 3% below peers
Vancouver, WA 0.44 11th +0.010 25th 5% below peers
Overland Park, KS 0.45 12th +0.011 26th 4% below peers
Augusta, GA 0.49 20th +0.014 27th 5% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 0.41 4th +0.013 28th 12% below peers
Amarillo, TX 0.48 17th +0.017 29th 2% above peers
Peoria, AZ 0.44 8th +0.025 30th 5% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 0.46 15th +0.028 31st on par with peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.01 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 3.5 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 34.7% to 31.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys.

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 1.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (32.9% to 31.3%).
Bright spot 31.3%
20102023
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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
Chattanooga, TN 12.9% 11th -4.7pp 1st 16% below peers
Knoxville, TN 14.7% 15th -4.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 6.5% 3rd -1.9pp 3rd 58% below peers
Providence, RI 25.3% 28th -7.4pp 4th 64% above peers
Overland Park, KS 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 5th 87% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 9.1% 6th -2.5pp 6th 41% below peers
Des Moines, IA 16.2% 18th -4.4pp 7th 5% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 15.4% 16th -3.5pp 8th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 16.6% 19th -2.3pp 9th 8% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.7% 5th -1.1pp 10th 43% below peers
Amarillo, TX 10.7% 9th -1.3pp 11th 30% below peers
Rochester, NY 31.3% 31st -3.5pp 12th 103% above peers
Birmingham, AL 21.8% 26th -1.6pp 13th 42% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 12.5% 10th -0.9pp 14th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 16.6% 20th -0.7pp 15th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 19.4% 23rd -0.2pp 16th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 21.1% 24th -0.1pp 17th 37% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.0% 4th +0.0pp 18th 55% below peers
Oxnard, CA 14.1% 12th +0.3pp 19th 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 15.8% 17th +0.6pp 20th 2% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.8% 7th +0.4pp 21st 36% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.8% 27th +1.1pp 22nd 61% above peers
Brownsville, TX 29.1% 30th +1.9pp 23rd 89% above peers
Montgomery, AL 21.7% 25th +1.6pp 24th 41% above peers
Fontana, CA 14.1% 13th +1.2pp 25th 8% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.7% 8th +1.1pp 26th 31% below peers
Yonkers, NY 18.6% 21st +2.0pp 27th 21% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 19.2% 22nd +2.2pp 28th 25% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 14.5% 14th +1.7pp 29th 6% below peers
Worcester, MA 26.8% 29th +4.7pp 30th 74% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.7% 2nd +1.1pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.3pp 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 Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.4% to 38.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.3pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership fell less than 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.2% to 38.1%).
Bright spot 38.1%
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%
Providence, RI 41.4% 29th +5.3pp 1st 23% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 50.5% 22nd +5.3pp 2nd 6% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 47.4% 23rd +3.2pp 3rd 11% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.9% 9th +3.8pp 4th 10% above peers
Columbus, GA 50.8% 19th +2.8pp 5th 5% below peers
Rochester, NY 38.1% 31st +1.7pp 6th 29% below peers
Worcester, MA 42.8% 28th +1.5pp 7th 20% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 51.7% 18th +1.7pp 8th 3% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 63.3% 3rd +1.6pp 9th 18% above peers
Peoria, AZ 76.0% 1st +1.8pp 10th 42% above peers
Oxnard, CA 54.4% 12th +1.2pp 11th 2% above peers
Fontana, CA 66.8% 2nd +1.3pp 12th 25% above peers
Knoxville, TN 46.6% 24th +0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Brownsville, TX 61.7% 4th +1.0pp 14th 15% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 40.6% 30th +0.6pp 15th 24% below peers
Birmingham, AL 45.5% 27th +0.6pp 16th 15% below peers
Mobile, AL 54.0% 15th +0.7pp 17th 1% above peers
Des Moines, IA 60.5% 6th +0.4pp 18th 13% above peers
Yonkers, NY 46.2% 25th +0.1pp 19th 14% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 52.4% 17th -0.2pp 20th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 54.4% 13th -0.7pp 21st 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 59.7% 7th -0.8pp 22nd 11% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 59.5% 8th -1.1pp 23rd 11% above peers
Vancouver, WA 50.8% 21st -0.9pp 24th 5% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 55.4% 11th -1.2pp 25th 3% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 54.0% 14th -1.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 50.8% 20th -1.3pp 27th 5% below peers
Little Rock, AR 53.5% 16th -1.8pp 28th on par with peers
Overland Park, KS 60.5% 5th -2.8pp 29th 13% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 45.8% 26th -2.2pp 30th 14% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 58.7% 10th -3.9pp 31st 10% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 89% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 7% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,476 in August 2026, up from $1,431 a year earlier.
Big move $1,476
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Amarillo, TX $1,330 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.3% 1st 17% below peers
Yonkers, NY $2,755 (Aug 26) 4th +5.3% 2nd 72% above peers
Providence, RI $2,213 (Aug 26) 6th +4.9% 3rd 38% above peers
Brownsville, TX $1,583 (Aug 26) 15th +4.7% 4th 1% below peers
Columbus, GA $1,308 (Aug 26) 24th +4.6% 5th 18% below peers
Grand Rapids, MI $1,580 (Aug 26) 16th +4.2% 6th 1% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD $1,302 (Aug 26) 25th +3.9% 7th 19% below peers
Mobile, AL $1,280 (Aug 26) 26th +3.9% 8th 20% below peers
Fontana, CA $3,190 (Aug 26) 1st +3.7% 9th 99% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA $3,081 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.5% 10th 92% above peers
Overland Park, KS $1,757 (Aug 26) 11th +3.2% 11th 10% above peers
Rochester, NY $1,476 (Aug 26) 18th +3.1% 12th 8% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA $2,382 (Aug 26) 5th +2.9% 13th 49% above peers
Montgomery, AL $1,338 (Aug 26) 21st +2.6% 14th 17% below peers
Chattanooga, TN $1,513 (Aug 26) 17th +2.2% 15th 6% below peers
Fayetteville, NC $1,367 (Aug 26) 20th +2.1% 16th 15% below peers
Little Rock, AR $1,212 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 17th 24% below peers
Tallahassee, FL $1,470 (Aug 26) 19th +1.5% 18th 8% below peers
Birmingham, AL $1,322 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 19th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA $1,126 (Aug 26) 28th +1.2% 20th 30% below peers
Modesto, CA $2,021 (Aug 26) 8th +1.0% 21st 26% above peers
Oxnard, CA $2,864 (Aug 26) 3rd +0.7% 22nd 79% above peers
Vancouver, WA $1,828 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 23rd 14% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX $1,647 (Aug 26) 13th +0.6% 24th 3% above peers
Peoria, AZ $1,870 (Aug 26) 9th +0.5% 25th 17% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT $1,603 (Aug 26) 14th +0.5% 26th on par with peers
Worcester, MA $2,130 (Aug 26) 7th +0.4% 27th 33% above peers
Knoxville, TN $1,712 (Aug 26) 12th +0.3% 28th 7% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 2.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 44.8% to 42.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 20% moved the other way. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (49.3% to 42.3%).
Bright spot 42.3%
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
Fontana, CA 38.8% 18th -5.0pp 1st 2% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.6% 5th -2.8pp 2nd 17% below peers
Brownsville, TX 32.1% 8th -2.5pp 3rd 16% below peers
Oxnard, CA 42.3% 25th -3.3pp 4th 11% above peers
Rochester, NY 42.3% 26th -2.5pp 5th 11% above peers
Providence, RI 41.6% 24th -1.9pp 6th 9% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 31.3% 4th -1.3pp 7th 18% below peers
Columbus, GA 36.6% 11th -1.5pp 8th 4% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 39.6% 19th -1.1pp 9th 4% above peers
Augusta, GA 37.6% 14th -0.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 43.7% 28th -0.7pp 11th 15% above peers
Yonkers, NY 44.7% 31st -0.7pp 12th 17% above peers
Modesto, CA 40.0% 20th -0.6pp 13th 5% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 25.8% 1st -0.3pp 14th 32% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 43.9% 29th -0.4pp 15th 15% above peers
Little Rock, AR 32.5% 9th -0.0pp 16th 15% below peers
Worcester, MA 43.6% 27th +0.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Des Moines, IA 32.1% 7th +0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 29.2% 3rd +0.5pp 19th 23% below peers
Birmingham, AL 41.0% 22nd +1.1pp 20th 8% above peers
Vancouver, WA 38.2% 17th +1.4pp 21st on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 40.1% 21st +1.4pp 22nd 5% above peers
Mobile, AL 37.5% 13th +1.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 38.1% 16th +1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 35.4% 10th +2.0pp 25th 7% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 41.1% 23rd +2.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 44.4% 30th +3.3pp 27th 16% above peers
Amarillo, TX 31.8% 6th +2.4pp 28th 16% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 36.8% 12th +4.1pp 29th 3% below peers
Overland Park, KS 27.2% 2nd +3.7pp 30th 29% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 37.6% 15th +8.3pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salinas, CA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Fontana, CA down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA down 4.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.2% to 23.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.9% to 23.4%).
Bright spot 23.4%
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 29.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Montgomery, AL 7.0% 13th -1.8pp 1st 10% below peers
Worcester, MA 16.1% 28th -2.8pp 2nd 106% above peers
Mobile, AL 7.7% 15th -1.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Knoxville, TN 9.1% 21st -1.3pp 4th 17% above peers
Birmingham, AL 12.0% 26th -1.7pp 5th 54% above peers
Brownsville, TX 7.4% 14th -0.9pp 6th 5% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 8.6% 19th -0.9pp 7th 10% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 10.9% 25th -0.8pp 8th 40% above peers
Providence, RI 17.1% 29th -1.3pp 9th 119% above peers
Rochester, NY 23.4% 30th -1.8pp 10th 199% above peers
Yonkers, NY 23.7% 31st -1.7pp 11th 203% above peers
Peoria, AZ 4.4% 5th -0.3pp 12th 44% below peers
Modesto, CA 6.3% 10th -0.2pp 13th 19% below peers
Vancouver, WA 6.9% 12th -0.2pp 14th 12% below peers
Little Rock, AR 8.0% 17th -0.2pp 15th 3% above peers
Des Moines, IA 9.0% 20th -0.1pp 16th 15% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.5% 8th -0.0pp 17th 29% below peers
Amarillo, TX 5.9% 9th +0.1pp 18th 24% below peers
Columbus, GA 10.9% 24th +0.4pp 19th 39% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.8% 23rd +0.4pp 20th 38% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.8% 16th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Augusta, GA 10.0% 22nd +0.6pp 22nd 28% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.1% 27th +1.0pp 23rd 55% above peers
Oxnard, CA 4.5% 6th +0.4pp 24th 42% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 8.6% 18th +0.9pp 25th 9% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.6% 2nd +0.4pp 26th 54% below peers
Fontana, CA 3.2% 1st +0.4pp 27th 59% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 3.9% 3rd +0.6pp 28th 50% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 6.6% 11th +1.0pp 29th 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.3% 4th +1.2pp 30th 45% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 5.0% 7th +1.8pp 31st 36% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 ★ Strong performer
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.2% then, 4.9% now; margin ±0.6pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.0% to 4.9%).
Bright spot 4.9%
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
Oxnard, CA 13.7% 27th -3.3pp 1st 39% above peers
Modesto, CA 4.7% 3rd -1.1pp 2nd 52% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 10.4% 18th -2.2pp 3rd 6% above peers
Brownsville, TX 26.2% 31st -4.9pp 4th 166% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.2% 8th -1.3pp 5th 27% below peers
Overland Park, KS 4.6% 2nd -0.9pp 6th 53% below peers
Yonkers, NY 6.3% 6th -1.0pp 7th 37% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.8% 15th -1.5pp 8th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 10.0% 17th -1.0pp 9th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 11.8% 23rd -1.1pp 10th 20% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 7.8% 12th -0.6pp 11th 20% below peers
Amarillo, TX 15.4% 28th -1.1pp 12th 57% above peers
Fontana, CA 9.1% 14th -0.5pp 13th 8% below peers
Rochester, NY 4.9% 4th -0.3pp 14th 50% below peers
Columbus, GA 11.1% 21st -0.4pp 15th 13% above peers
Vancouver, WA 7.6% 11th -0.3pp 16th 23% below peers
Providence, RI 7.4% 9th -0.2pp 17th 25% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 9.9% 16th -0.2pp 18th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 18.5% 30th +0.0pp 19th 87% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 17.6% 29th +0.1pp 20th 79% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 8.1% 13th +0.3pp 21st 18% below peers
Birmingham, AL 12.8% 26th +0.4pp 22nd 30% above peers
Des Moines, IA 7.2% 7th +0.3pp 23rd 27% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 12.4% 25th +0.5pp 24th 26% above peers
Montgomery, AL 11.0% 20th +0.5pp 25th 12% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 5.5% 5th +0.5pp 26th 44% below peers
Knoxville, TN 11.6% 22nd +1.5pp 27th 18% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 12.2% 24th +1.8pp 28th 24% above peers
Peoria, AZ 7.5% 10th +1.2pp 29th 24% below peers
Little Rock, AR 10.6% 19th +2.2pp 30th 8% above peers
Worcester, MA 3.9% 1st +1.0pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vacaville, CA down 1.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Burbank, CA down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Roseville, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.4pp 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 →
What changed

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

44.2%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 29.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Huntington Beach, CA 25.3% 1st 30% below peers
Yonkers, NY 30.3% 2nd 16% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 30.3% 3rd 16% below peers
Overland Park, KS 30.4% 4th 16% below peers
Peoria, AZ 32.0% 5th 12% below peers
Oxnard, CA 32.1% 6th 11% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 33.0% 7th 9% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 33.7% 8th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 34.6% 9th 4% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 34.9% 10th 4% below peers
Modesto, CA 35.0% 11th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 35.3% 12th 2% below peers
Fontana, CA 35.3% 13th 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 35.6% 14th 2% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.9% 15th 1% below peers
Worcester, MA 36.2% 16th on par with peers
Grand Prairie, TX 36.7% 17th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 37.2% 18th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 37.2% 19th 3% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 37.9% 20th 5% above peers
Little Rock, AR 38.4% 21st 6% above peers
Des Moines, IA 40.3% 22nd 11% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 40.4% 23rd 12% above peers
Knoxville, TN 41.0% 24th 13% above peers
Columbus, GA 41.7% 25th 15% above peers
Augusta, GA 43.6% 26th 20% above peers
Rochester, NY 44.2% 27th 22% above peers
Mobile, AL 44.2% 28th 22% above peers
Montgomery, AL 44.8% 29th 24% above peers
Birmingham, AL 44.9% 30th 24% above peers
Brownsville, TX 47.6% 31st 31% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Health

Children without health insurance

▼ Lower is better No measurable change ★ Strong performer
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 (2.0% then, 2.7% now; margin ±0.8pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 2.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (5.1% to 2.7%).
Bright spot 2.7%
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
Oxnard, CA 3.7% 8th -2.5pp 1st 24% below peers
Mobile, AL 2.1% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 56% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 8.8% 26th -3.0pp 3rd 82% above peers
Modesto, CA 1.9% 1st -0.6pp 4th 60% below peers
Overland Park, KS 3.2% 6th -0.9pp 5th 33% below peers
Brownsville, TX 13.8% 30th -3.3pp 6th 187% above peers
Des Moines, IA 3.0% 5th -0.5pp 7th 38% below peers
Augusta, GA 5.0% 19th -0.7pp 8th 3% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 5.2% 20th -0.2pp 9th 7% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.2% 28th -0.1pp 10th 112% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 4.3% 12th +0.1pp 11th 11% below peers
Vancouver, WA 3.5% 7th +0.1pp 12th 26% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 11.7% 29th +1.2pp 13th 142% above peers
Fontana, CA 4.1% 11th +0.5pp 14th 15% below peers
Columbus, GA 4.5% 13th +0.7pp 15th 6% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.8% 22nd +0.9pp 16th 21% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 14.0% 31st +2.4pp 17th 190% above peers
Birmingham, AL 4.8% 17th +0.9pp 18th 1% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 4.8% 18th +1.0pp 19th 1% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 9.5% 27th +1.9pp 20th 98% above peers
Yonkers, NY 3.9% 9th +0.9pp 21st 20% below peers
Rochester, NY 2.7% 4th +0.7pp 22nd 44% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 3.9% 10th +1.2pp 23rd 18% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 4.8% 16th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Montgomery, AL 4.5% 14th +1.8pp 25th 6% below peers
Providence, RI 5.5% 21st +2.3pp 26th 13% above peers
Little Rock, AR 8.5% 25th +3.7pp 27th 76% above peers
Knoxville, TN 4.6% 15th +2.0pp 28th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 8.2% 24th +3.9pp 29th 69% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 7.5% 23rd +3.8pp 30th 56% above peers
Worcester, MA 2.4% 3rd +1.2pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 (100k-250k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • New Bedford, MA down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Rapids, IA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Salem, OR down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±0.7pp 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 →
What changed

College attainment rose 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 25.1% to 30.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.4pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rochester started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (24.4% to 30.0%).
Bright spot 30.0%
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 40.2% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Brownsville, TX 24.5% 26th +5.6pp 1st 23% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 30.0% 21st +6.4pp 2nd 6% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 31.4% 17th +6.2pp 3rd 2% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 36.0% 9th +5.9pp 4th 13% above peers
Rochester, NY 30.0% 20th +4.9pp 5th 6% below peers
Fontana, CA 21.4% 27th +3.4pp 6th 33% below peers
Columbus, GA 30.5% 19th +4.7pp 7th 5% below peers
Worcester, MA 35.2% 11th +5.0pp 8th 10% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 49.0% 4th +6.4pp 9th 53% above peers
Providence, RI 34.6% 12th +4.5pp 10th 8% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 41.6% 6th +5.2pp 11th 30% above peers
Augusta, GA 24.7% 25th +3.1pp 12th 23% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 12.0% 31st +1.4pp 13th 62% below peers
Birmingham, AL 31.1% 18th +3.7pp 14th 3% below peers
Modesto, CA 21.2% 28th +2.5pp 15th 34% below peers
Amarillo, TX 26.6% 24th +3.0pp 16th 17% below peers
Des Moines, IA 29.7% 22nd +3.0pp 17th 7% below peers
Vancouver, WA 32.4% 15th +3.1pp 18th 1% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 51.5% 2nd +4.9pp 19th 61% above peers
Peoria, AZ 36.3% 8th +3.4pp 20th 13% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 17.8% 30th +1.5pp 21st 44% below peers
Mobile, AL 32.0% 16th +2.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 38.1% 7th +2.9pp 23rd 19% above peers
Oxnard, CA 19.5% 29th +1.5pp 24th 39% below peers
Little Rock, AR 44.6% 5th +2.8pp 25th 40% above peers
Knoxville, TN 34.6% 13th +2.2pp 26th 8% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 51.3% 3rd +3.2pp 27th 61% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 29.0% 23rd +1.8pp 28th 9% below peers
Yonkers, NY 35.7% 10th +2.2pp 29th 12% above peers
Overland Park, KS 63.7% 1st +2.1pp 30th 99% above peers
Montgomery, AL 33.8% 14th +1.0pp 31st 6% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ontario, CA up 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp 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 (50.2% then, 48.1% now; margin ±7.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.4% to 48.1%).
Bright spot 48.1%
20112024
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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 59.5% +0.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Brownsville, TX 54.8% 4th +6.1pp 1st 34% above peers
Peoria, AZ 46.9% 12th +5.0pp 2nd 15% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 28.1% 27th +2.2pp 3rd 31% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 38.1% 17th +3.0pp 4th 7% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 63.1% 1st +4.8pp 5th 55% above peers
Vancouver, WA 41.7% 13th +2.1pp 6th 2% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 49.6% 9th +0.8pp 7th 22% above peers
Birmingham, AL 55.9% 3rd +0.2pp 8th 37% above peers
Rochester, NY 48.1% 11th -2.1pp 9th 18% above peers
Yonkers, NY 62.2% 2nd -3.1pp 10th 52% above peers
Montgomery, AL 41.6% 14th -2.4pp 11th 2% above peers
Knoxville, TN 40.8% 16th -2.5pp 12th on par with peers
Augusta, GA 41.6% 15th -3.0pp 13th 2% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 50.0% 8th -3.6pp 14th 23% above peers
Little Rock, AR 52.9% 5th -5.6pp 15th 30% above peers
Des Moines, IA 33.2% 22nd -4.1pp 16th 19% below peers
Mobile, AL 49.2% 10th -6.6pp 17th 21% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 24.1% 30th -3.2pp 18th 41% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 35.5% 19th -4.9pp 19th 13% below peers
Providence, RI 35.1% 20th -6.3pp 20th 14% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 33.0% 23rd -6.0pp 21st 19% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.5% 29th -5.0pp 22nd 33% below peers
Modesto, CA 32.2% 24th -7.8pp 23rd 21% below peers
Overland Park, KS 51.8% 6th -13.6pp 24th 27% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 31.8% 25th -8.6pp 25th 22% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 50.8% 7th -16.5pp 26th 24% above peers
Worcester, MA 36.7% 18th -12.6pp 27th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 27.5% 28th -9.9pp 28th 33% below peers
Amarillo, TX 33.7% 21st -13.7pp 29th 17% below peers
Oxnard, CA 22.6% 31st -16.6pp 30th 45% below peers
Columbus, GA 28.6% 26th -24.6pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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 (10.6% then, 10.2% now; margin ±3.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.1% to 10.2%).
Needs attention 10.2%
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 6.7% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Tallahassee, FL 1.3% 2nd -4.2pp 1st 85% below peers
Overland Park, KS 1.1% 1st -1.5pp 2nd 88% below peers
Fontana, CA 6.2% 9th -3.5pp 3rd 29% below peers
Brownsville, TX 8.7% 16th -4.5pp 4th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 3.5% 3rd -1.6pp 5th 60% below peers
Peoria, AZ 6.5% 10th -2.9pp 6th 26% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 7.0% 12th -2.2pp 7th 20% below peers
Montgomery, AL 9.0% 18th -2.3pp 8th 3% above peers
Providence, RI 5.0% 5th -0.8pp 9th 43% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 8.8% 17th -1.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Des Moines, IA 6.5% 11th -0.9pp 11th 26% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 9.7% 23rd -0.8pp 12th 11% above peers
Chattanooga, TN 5.4% 7th -0.4pp 13th 38% below peers
Birmingham, AL 10.1% 25th -0.7pp 14th 16% above peers
Augusta, GA 9.8% 24th -0.4pp 15th 12% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 7.8% 14th -0.3pp 16th 11% below peers
Rochester, NY 10.2% 26th -0.3pp 17th 17% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 4.1% 4th +0.0pp 18th 53% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 14.4% 29th +0.4pp 19th 65% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 5.1% 6th +0.2pp 20th 42% below peers
Oxnard, CA 9.4% 21st +1.4pp 21st 8% above peers
Modesto, CA 9.4% 22nd +1.6pp 22nd 8% above peers
Amarillo, TX 10.8% 27th +2.1pp 23rd 24% above peers
Yonkers, NY 9.0% 19th +1.8pp 24th 3% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 8.0% 15th +2.2pp 25th 9% below peers
Mobile, AL 9.2% 20th +2.7pp 26th 5% above peers
Worcester, MA 5.7% 8th +1.7pp 27th 34% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 7.7% 13th +2.9pp 28th 11% below peers
Little Rock, AR 16.0% 31st +6.8pp 29th 83% above peers
Vancouver, WA 10.9% 28th +4.7pp 30th 26% above peers
Columbus, GA 14.9% 30th +7.7pp 31st 71% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the 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 →
  • Goodyear, AZ down 7.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Avondale, AZ down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Arlington, VA down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 206,848 to 208,772 - more than the combined survey margin (±99). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (210,461 to 208,772).
Big move 208,772
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
Peoria, AZ 196,906 25th +17% 1st 2% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 201,469 18th +14% 2nd on par with peers
Worcester, MA 207,055 10th +12% 3rd 3% above peers
Vancouver, WA 195,300 26th +8% 4th 3% below peers
Providence, RI 191,767 29th +7% 5th 5% below peers
Mobile, AL 203,416 13th +7% 6th 1% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 219,187 2nd +6% 7th 9% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 201,875 16th +6% 8th on par with peers
Salt Lake City, UT 208,007 9th +5% 9th 3% above peers
Yonkers, NY 209,978 7th +5% 10th 4% above peers
Overland Park, KS 200,306 20th +5% 11th 1% below peers
Knoxville, TN 195,185 28th +5% 12th 3% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 201,883 15th +5% 13th on par with peers
Columbus, GA 203,711 11th +4% 14th 1% above peers
Brownsville, TX 189,177 30th +4% 15th 6% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 185,783 31st +3% 16th 8% below peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 200,218 21st +3% 17th 1% below peers
Modesto, CA 219,215 1st +3% 18th 9% above peers
Little Rock, AR 203,436 12th +3% 19th 1% above peers
Augusta, GA 201,528 17th +2% 20th on par with peers
Moreno Valley, CA 211,666 5th +2% 21st 5% above peers
Fontana, CA 214,169 3rd +2% 22nd 6% above peers
Amarillo, TX 201,885 14th +1% 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, NY 208,772 8th +1% 24th 3% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 210,815 6th +0% 25th 4% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 198,535 22nd +0% 26th 2% below peers
Montgomery, AL 197,494 24th -1% 27th 2% below peers
Des Moines, IA 212,421 4th -1% 28th 5% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 195,240 27th -3% 29th 3% below peers
Oxnard, CA 200,928 19th -3% 30th on par with peers
Birmingham, AL 198,173 23rd -7% 31st 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 ±54 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 1.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 22.7% to 20.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±0.8pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Children fell 2.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (23.3% to 20.9%).
Big move 20.9%
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
Chattanooga, TN 21.0% 19th +1.6pp 1st 7% below peers
Mobile, AL 22.2% 17th +1.1pp 2nd 2% below peers
Little Rock, AR 24.3% 11th +1.0pp 3rd 7% above peers
Worcester, MA 19.6% 25th +0.8pp 4th 14% below peers
Modesto, CA 26.2% 5th +0.7pp 5th 15% above peers
Fayetteville, NC 23.8% 13th +0.3pp 6th 5% above peers
Montgomery, AL 24.0% 12th +0.2pp 7th 5% above peers
Columbus, GA 24.9% 9th +0.2pp 8th 10% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 27.3% 2nd -0.1pp 9th 20% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 16.6% 30th -0.1pp 10th 27% below peers
Augusta, GA 22.8% 15th -0.3pp 11th on par with peers
Sioux Falls, SD 24.4% 10th -0.6pp 12th 7% above peers
Des Moines, IA 23.2% 14th -0.6pp 13th 2% above peers
Amarillo, TX 26.0% 6th -0.9pp 14th 15% above peers
Overland Park, KS 21.9% 18th -1.0pp 15th 4% below peers
Peoria, AZ 22.7% 16th -1.0pp 16th on par with peers
Fontana, CA 27.3% 3rd -1.4pp 17th 20% above peers
Knoxville, TN 17.9% 28th -0.9pp 18th 21% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 26.8% 4th -1.5pp 19th 18% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 21.0% 20th -1.2pp 20th 8% below peers
Oxnard, CA 25.6% 8th -1.5pp 21st 13% above peers
Birmingham, AL 18.9% 26th -1.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Brownsville, TX 28.4% 1st -2.0pp 23rd 25% above peers
Vancouver, WA 20.7% 22nd -1.6pp 24th 9% below peers
Rochester, NY 20.9% 21st -1.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Moreno Valley, CA 25.9% 7th -2.3pp 26th 14% above peers
Huntington Beach, CA 17.6% 29th -1.6pp 27th 23% below peers
Yonkers, NY 19.6% 24th -2.0pp 28th 14% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 18.5% 27th -1.8pp 29th 19% below peers
Providence, RI 20.1% 23rd -2.3pp 30th 12% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 16.4% 31st -3.9pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.2% then, 69.5% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.6% to 69.5%).
Big move 69.5%
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 30.3% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Moreno Valley, CA 38.9% 18th +5.9pp 1st 3% below peers
Amarillo, TX 35.7% 21st +5.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Salt Lake City, UT 32.1% 25th +3.8pp 3rd 20% below peers
Tallahassee, FL 48.4% 7th +5.2pp 4th 21% above peers
Vancouver, WA 33.8% 23rd +2.8pp 5th 16% below peers
Oxnard, CA 35.2% 22nd +2.7pp 6th 12% below peers
Peoria, AZ 25.4% 29th +1.7pp 7th 36% below peers
Fontana, CA 27.7% 27th +1.8pp 8th 31% below peers
Montgomery, AL 55.2% 4th +3.3pp 9th 38% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 50.5% 6th +3.0pp 10th 26% above peers
Augusta, GA 59.6% 3rd +3.2pp 11th 49% above peers
Columbus, GA 47.6% 9th +2.0pp 12th 19% above peers
Birmingham, AL 66.9% 2nd +1.4pp 13th 67% above peers
Spring Valley, NV 40.0% 16th +0.8pp 14th on par with peers
Huntington Beach, CA 22.7% 30th +0.3pp 15th 43% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 42.2% 15th +0.5pp 16th 5% above peers
Brownsville, TX 36.3% 20th -0.0pp 17th 9% below peers
Modesto, CA 33.3% 24th -0.1pp 18th 17% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 43.4% 13th -0.9pp 19th 8% above peers
Mobile, AL 52.7% 5th -1.1pp 20th 32% above peers
Rochester, NY 69.5% 1st -1.8pp 21st 74% above peers
Des Moines, IA 42.6% 14th -1.1pp 22nd 6% above peers
Knoxville, TN 44.3% 11th -1.3pp 23rd 11% above peers
Providence, RI 47.8% 8th -1.6pp 24th 19% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 39.2% 17th -2.2pp 25th 2% below peers
Overland Park, KS 18.0% 31st -1.1pp 26th 55% below peers
Yonkers, NY 36.5% 19th -2.3pp 27th 9% below peers
Sioux Falls, SD 29.3% 26th -1.8pp 28th 27% below peers
Little Rock, AR 43.5% 12th -3.4pp 29th 9% above peers
Grand Prairie, TX 27.5% 28th -2.3pp 30th 31% below peers
Worcester, MA 45.0% 10th -4.2pp 31st 13% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (71.1% then, 69.4% now; margin ±6.1pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (65.8% to 69.4%).
69.4%
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
Vancouver, WA 68.0% 22nd +9.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Brownsville, TX 60.6% 28th +8.8pp 2nd 12% below peers
Augusta, GA 72.8% 4th +7.0pp 3rd 5% above peers
Moreno Valley, CA 61.4% 27th +5.8pp 4th 11% below peers
Yonkers, NY 78.2% 2nd +7.4pp 5th 13% above peers
Sioux Falls, SD 82.6% 1st +7.3pp 6th 19% above peers
Overland Park, KS 72.3% 9th +6.3pp 7th 4% above peers
Salt Lake City, UT 65.2% 23rd +5.4pp 8th 6% below peers
Amarillo, TX 68.8% 18th +5.0pp 9th 1% below peers
Spring Valley, NV 70.7% 11th +4.6pp 10th 2% above peers
Tallahassee, FL 72.6% 6th +4.4pp 11th 5% above peers
Providence, RI 72.6% 7th +4.2pp 12th 5% above peers
Oxnard, CA 72.1% 10th +3.6pp 13th 4% above peers
Montgomery, AL 73.8% 3rd +2.7pp 14th 7% above peers
Grand Rapids, MI 69.2% 16th +2.5pp 15th on par with peers
Mobile, AL 72.6% 8th +2.0pp 16th 5% above peers
Peoria, AZ 68.8% 19th +1.5pp 17th 1% below peers
Little Rock, AR 68.7% 20th +1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Grand Prairie, TX 68.4% 21st +0.4pp 19th 1% below peers
Huntington Beach, CA 69.1% 17th +0.3pp 20th on par with peers
Worcester, MA 69.6% 13th -0.2pp 21st 1% above peers
Sunrise Manor, NV 64.2% 24th -0.4pp 22nd 7% below peers
Chattanooga, TN 69.4% 15th -0.8pp 23rd on par with peers
Rochester, NY 69.4% 14th -1.6pp 24th on par with peers
Knoxville, TN 63.9% 25th -2.0pp 25th 8% below peers
Modesto, CA 58.1% 29th -2.0pp 26th 16% below peers
Fontana, CA 57.0% 31st -2.0pp 27th 18% below peers
Des Moines, IA 70.7% 12th -2.9pp 28th 2% above peers
Columbus, GA 62.5% 26th -3.5pp 29th 10% below peers
Fayetteville, NC 57.4% 30th -4.0pp 30th 17% below peers
Birmingham, AL 72.7% 5th -7.0pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 82 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 ±4.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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