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Tonawanda Town, NY

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56,806 people (2024) 50k-100k Northeast

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Tonawanda Town, NY shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Household income
Median household income
$77,679
2020-24
▲ 24%
relative change
$62,641 in 2020
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
93.0%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
87.1% in 2020
Real improvement Leading peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
77.3%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
63.4% in 2020
Turning up (early signal) Leading peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
25.1%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
25.7% in 2020
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
2.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
2.8% in 2020
No measurable change Leading peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
73.1%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
73.7% in 2020
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.5%
2020-24
▲ 100%
relative change
1.2% in 2020
No measurable change Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
39.4%
2020-24
▲ 5%
relative change
37.5% in 2020
No measurable change Leading peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.42
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
0.41 in 2020
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 3 indicators

Where Tonawanda Town, NY shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
14.4%
2020-24
▲ 62%
relative change
8.9% in 2020
Worsening Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
8.7%
2020-24
▲ 19%
relative change
7.3% in 2020
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
8.9%
2020-24
▲ 45%
relative change
6.2% in 2020
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 2 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 →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
84.9%
2020-24
high
vs peers
74.2% in 2020
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Children
Children's share of the population
17.4%
2020-24
low
vs peers
17.9% in 2020
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy 5 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 24% between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys*, from $62,641 to $77,679 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,501).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Tonawanda Town started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Bright spot $77,679
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref $85,974 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 17th +55% 1st 1% below peers
Plainfield, NJ $85,908 12th +52% 2nd 6% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 25th +50% 3rd 19% below peers
National City, CA $66,841 24th +42% 4th 18% below peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 5th 44% below peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 2nd +36% 6th 34% above peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 16th +36% 7th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 7th +36% 8th 17% above peers
Monterey Park, CA $81,855 15th +32% 9th 1% above peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 6th +32% 10th 19% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 9th +32% 11th 15% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 5th +31% 12th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT $86,413 11th +30% 13th 6% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 13th +30% 14th 3% above peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 10th +30% 15th 10% above peers
Albany, OR $78,114 19th +29% 16th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 18th +29% 17th 3% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 30th +27% 18th 43% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 29th +27% 19th 42% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 22nd +27% 20th 8% below peers
Lincoln, CA $111,990 1st +26% 21st 38% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 20th +24%* 22nd 4% below peers
Royal Oak, MI $101,109 4th +24% 23rd 24% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 28th +22% 24th 35% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI $73,500 23rd +21% 25th 10% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 27th +21% 26th 25% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 3rd +21% 27th 26% above peers
Highland, CA $77,120 21st +19% 28th 5% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 26th +18% 29th 24% below peers
Burleson, TX $93,928 8th +18% 30th 16% above peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 14th +16% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 ±$3,002 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. 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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (8.2% then, 10.0% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
10.0%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 14.0% -0.1pp
United States ref 12.4%
Mooresville, NC 7.3% 6th -2.8pp 1st 36% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 15.5% 23rd -5.7pp 2nd 36% above peers
DeSoto, TX 7.6% 7th -2.6pp 3rd 33% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.3% 9th -2.6pp 4th 28% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 3rd -2.1pp 5th 41% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 16th -3.4pp 6th on par with peers
National City, CA 14.6% 22nd -3.7pp 7th 28% above peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 29th -6.1pp 8th 129% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.1% 1st -1.1pp 9th 56% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 19th -2.4pp 10th 13% above peers
Lincoln, CA 6.9% 4th -1.0pp 11th 40% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 28th -2.8pp 12th 84% above peers
Peabody, MA 7.7% 8th -1.0pp 13th 33% below peers
Olympia, WA 14.0% 21st -1.7pp 14th 23% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 8.9% 11th -0.8pp 15th 22% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 32.0% 31st -2.4pp 16th 180% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 24th -1.0pp 17th 41% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.2% 2nd -0.3pp 18th 46% below peers
Highland, CA 17.1% 25th -0.8pp 19th 50% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 12.4% 17th -0.5pp 20th 9% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.6% 13th -0.1pp 21st 16% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.2% 26th +1.2pp 22nd 77% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.0% 30th +1.7pp 23rd 154% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.7% 27th +1.8pp 24th 82% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 8.4% 10th +0.8pp 25th 26% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 12th +1.0pp 26th 16% below peers
Albany, OR 13.5% 20th +1.5pp 27th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA 10.6% 15th +1.2pp 28th 7% below peers
Southaven, MS 12.6% 18th +2.2pp 29th 10% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 14th +1.8pp* 30th 12% below peers
Burleson, TX 7.1% 5th +1.4pp 31st 37% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Apex, NC down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagle Mountain, UT down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westfield, IN down 2.3pp 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: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty rose 5.5 percentage points between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys*, from 8.9% to 14.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.3pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 47% moved the other way.
Needs attention 14.4%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 18.3% -1.3pp
United States ref 16.1%
Bartlett, TN 4.4% 2nd -5.3pp 1st 71% below peers
Peabody, MA 6.2% 4th -6.7pp 2nd 58% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 6th -6.1pp 3rd 57% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 9th -8.2pp 4th 40% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 3.4% 1st -2.7pp 5th 77% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 8th -6.6pp 6th 41% below peers
Lincoln, CA 6.3% 5th -4.6pp 7th 58% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 3rd -4.0pp 8th 59% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 10.2% 11th -5.9pp 9th 32% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 15th -8.1pp 10th 3% below peers
National City, CA 18.0% 19th -8.3pp 11th 20% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 10th -2.9pp 12th 32% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 16th -4.1pp 13th on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.8% 24th -6.0pp 14th 52% above peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 29th -8.9pp 15th 123% above peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 17th -3.3pp 16th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 27th -5.2pp 17th 108% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 14.1% 13th -1.0pp 18th 6% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 26th -1.6pp 19th 74% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 20th 156% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 28th +0.1pp 21st 122% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 25th +0.2pp 22nd 56% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 23rd +0.2pp 23rd 44% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 18th +0.7pp 24th 6% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.6% 7th +0.5pp 25th 49% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 22nd +1.7pp 26th 31% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 12.3% 12th +1.2pp 27th 18% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 28th 190% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 20th +2.3pp 29th 25% above peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 21st +5.7pp 30th 27% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 14th +5.5pp* 31st 4% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 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 →
  • Westfield, IN down 6.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Catalina Foothills, AZ down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Apex, NC down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. 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 5.9 percentage points between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys*, from 87.1% to 93.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Tonawanda Town started among the stronger third of similar-size cities and kept improving; worth investigating.
Bright spot 93.0%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 91.0% +7.8pp
United States ref 91.1%
Perth Amboy, NJ 89.4% 25th +29.5pp 1st 4% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 27th +26.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 95.0% 6th +24.2pp 3rd 2% above peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 31st +19.7pp 4th 13% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 28th +12.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 21st +12.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 30th +11.9pp 7th 6% below peers
National City, CA 88.0% 29th +11.8pp 8th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 7th +11.9pp 9th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 26th +11.0pp 10th 4% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 23rd +10.5pp 11th 2% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 17th +9.7pp 12th on par with peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 20th +9.2pp 13th 2% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 14th +9.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 2nd +8.7pp 15th 4% above peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 12th +8.1pp 16th 1% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 94.6% 9th +7.6pp 17th 2% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 92.3% 19th +6.8pp 18th 1% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 8th +6.8pp 19th 2% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 24th +6.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 11th +6.5pp 21st 1% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 91.1% 22nd +6.2pp 22nd 2% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 16th +5.9pp* 23rd on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 3rd +6.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Burleson, TX 95.2% 4th +5.9pp 25th 2% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 18th +5.4pp 26th 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 15th +4.9pp 27th on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 10th +4.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 95.2% 5th +4.5pp 29th 2% above peers
Lincoln, CA 93.6% 13th +4.3pp 30th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 1st +4.4pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 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 →
  • St. Louis Park, MN up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 51% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 55% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. 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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (0.41 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 0.42
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 0.52 +0.003
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Plainfield, NJ 0.41 9th -0.070 1st 6% below peers
Valdosta, GA 0.51 30th -0.050 2nd 18% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 3rd -0.026 3rd 9% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 29th -0.033 4th 17% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 27th -0.024 5th 15% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 0.40 6th -0.019 6th 7% below peers
Lincoln, CA 0.40 7th -0.017 7th 7% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 18th -0.018 8th 1% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 17th -0.015 9th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 15th -0.015 10th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 10th -0.010 11th 5% below peers
National City, CA 0.44 21st -0.007 12th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 0.46 23rd -0.006 13th 5% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 11th -0.005 14th 4% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 20th -0.005 15th 2% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 0.38 2nd -0.003 16th 13% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 14th -0.002 17th 2% below peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 8th -0.001 18th 7% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 22nd +0.000 19th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 24th +0.003 20th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 1st +0.003 21st 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 4th +0.003 22nd 9% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 28th +0.005 23rd 17% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 13th +0.005 24th 3% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 0.43 16th +0.006 25th on par with peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 12th +0.012* 26th 3% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 0.48 25th +0.019 27th 11% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 19th +0.020 28th 1% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 31st +0.035 29th 19% above peers
Burleson, TX 0.40 5th +0.028 30th 9% below peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 26th +0.036 31st 12% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
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Housing 3 indicators
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (73.7% then, 73.1% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 73.1%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 54.4% +0.5pp
United States ref 65.2%
Perth Amboy, NJ 35.4% 29th +6.8pp 1st 45% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 6th +10.6pp 2nd 17% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 3rd 67% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 28th +4.1pp 4th 35% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 11th +6.1pp 5th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 8th +5.4pp 6th 13% above peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 20th +4.1pp 7th 7% below peers
Olympia, WA 49.8% 26th +2.8pp 8th 22% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 18th +3.4pp 9th 6% below peers
Lincoln, CA 83.9% 2nd +4.2pp 10th 31% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 14th +2.5pp 11th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 4th +3.0pp 12th 29% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 83.1% 3rd +2.2pp 13th 30% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.1% 9th +1.5pp 14th 13% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 15th +1.2pp 15th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 5th +1.3pp 16th 28% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 71.2% 10th +1.0pp 17th 11% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 44.8% 27th +0.6pp 18th 30% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 68.0% 12th +0.6pp 19th 6% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 23rd +0.3pp 20th 9% below peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 1st +0.4pp 21st 34% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 17th +0.1pp 22nd 4% below peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 21st +0.1pp 23rd 8% below peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 22nd +0.1pp 24th 9% below peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 13th -0.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 7th -0.6pp* 26th 14% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 51.6% 25th -0.5pp 27th 19% below peers
National City, CA 34.8% 30th -0.6pp 28th 46% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 24th -1.4pp 29th 13% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 19th -2.2pp 30th 6% below peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 16th -2.8pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
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Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (25.6% then, 25.1% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 25.1%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 38.5% -0.3pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Oak Lawn, IL 31.0% 10th -3.8pp 1st 6% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 2nd 61% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 46.6% 28th -4.6pp 3rd 42% above peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 13th -3.1pp 4th 1% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 21.2% 1st -2.0pp 5th 35% below peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 6th -2.6pp 6th 14% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 15th -2.6pp 7th on par with peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 25th -2.1pp 8th 25% above peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 22nd -1.2pp 9th 23% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 4th -0.5pp* 10th 24% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 24th +0.0pp 11th 24% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 44.9% 26th +0.1pp 12th 36% above peers
National City, CA 50.8% 29th +0.3pp 13th 54% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 5th +0.2pp 14th 22% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 7th +0.3pp 15th 11% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 16th 67% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 20th +1.0pp 17th 15% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 29.6% 8th +0.8pp 18th 10% below peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 23rd +1.4pp 19th 23% above peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 21st +2.0pp 20th 16% above peers
Lincoln, CA 36.8% 19th +2.4pp 21st 12% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 25.0% 3rd +2.4pp 22nd 24% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 16th +3.3pp 23rd on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 2nd +2.5pp 24th 33% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 11th +3.6pp 25th 5% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 17th +4.2pp 26th 10% above peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 18th +4.4pp 27th 11% above peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 14th +4.0pp 28th 1% below peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 9th +5.1pp 29th 6% below peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 27th +10.0pp 30th 37% above peers
Burleson, TX 31.2% 12th +7.8pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 →
  • 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 ±2.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
Housing

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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (7.3% then, 8.7% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Needs attention 8.7%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 29.2% +0.2pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 6th -3.4pp 1st 37% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 12.7% 29th -8.3pp 2nd 132% above peers
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 3rd -1.6pp 3rd 49% below peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 10th -1.9pp 4th 26% below peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 22nd -3.6pp 5th 56% above peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 13th -1.9pp 6th 16% below peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 7th 37% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 25th -3.3pp 8th 74% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 24th -2.8pp 9th 63% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 19th -2.2pp 10th 34% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 18th -1.6pp 11th 11% above peers
Lincoln, CA 1.9% 1st -0.5pp 12th 65% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 7th -0.8pp 13th 33% below peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 20th -1.3pp 14th 39% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 8th -0.6pp 15th 29% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 4th -0.4pp 16th 48% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 17th 381% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 16th -0.4pp 18th on par with peers
Taylorsville, UT 4.6% 14th -0.3pp 19th 16% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 4.2% 12th -0.2pp 20th 24% below peers
National City, CA 10.9% 27th -0.3pp 21st 99% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 21st -0.2pp 22nd 41% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 23rd 281% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 17th -0.0pp 24th 10% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 26th -0.0pp 25th 98% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 9th +0.3pp 26th 27% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 5.2% 15th +0.4pp 27th 4% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 23rd +1.4pp* 28th 58% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 11.4% 28th +1.9pp 29th 108% above peers
Burleson, TX 2.1% 2nd +0.7pp 30th 61% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 11th +1.4pp 31st 26% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 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 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
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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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (2.8% then, 2.7% now; margin ±0.9pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 2.7%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 5.0% -0.7pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 5th -4.3pp 1st 60% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 4.2% 7th -2.4pp 2nd 46% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 19th -3.9pp 3rd 14% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 4th 68% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 2.3% 1st -0.7pp 5th 70% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 12th -1.6pp 6th 22% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 23rd -2.7pp 7th 39% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.2% 17th -2.0pp 8th 4% above peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 16th -1.7pp 9th on par with peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 20th -1.3pp 10th 17% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 21st -1.1pp 11th 36% above peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 14th -0.7pp 12th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 5.6% 10th -0.4pp 13th 28% below peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 2nd -0.1pp 14th 69% below peers
National City, CA 12.2% 25th -0.5pp 15th 56% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 4th -0.1pp* 16th 65% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 27th -0.2pp 17th 115% above peers
Albany, OR 6.8% 13th -0.0pp 18th 13% below peers
Burleson, TX 10.6% 22nd +0.0pp 19th 36% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.5% 31st +0.1pp 20th 277% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.8% 15th +0.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 22nd 28% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 11.9% 24th +0.8pp 23rd 53% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.8% 18th +0.7pp 24th 13% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 4.2% 6th +0.3pp 25th 46% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 28.0% 30th +2.3pp 26th 258% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 28th +2.8pp 27th 155% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 8th +1.1pp 28th 29% below peers
Bartlett, TN 5.8% 11th +1.2pp 29th 26% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.6% 29th +4.8pp 30th 189% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.1% 26th +3.8pp 31st 68% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat below the peer median.

31.1%
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 29.9%
United States ref 33.4%
Monterey Park, CA 18.6% 1st 47% below peers
Lincoln, CA 26.6% 2nd 24% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 28.6% 3rd 18% below peers
National City, CA 28.7% 4th 18% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 5th 17% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 6th 16% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 7th 16% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 8th 15% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 9th 13% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 10th 11% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 11th 9% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 12th 5% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 13th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 34.1% 14th 3% below peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 15th 2% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 35.0% 16th on par with peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 35.3% 17th 1% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 18th 3% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 19th 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 20th 7% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 21st 7% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 22nd 8% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 23rd 8% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 24th 8% above peers
Burleson, TX 38.2% 25th 9% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 26th 10% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 27th 15% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 28th 17% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 29th 20% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 30th 21% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (1.2% then, 2.5% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 2.5%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 2.6% +0.1pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Royal Oak, MI 0.5% 1st -1.5pp 1st 87% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 17th -8.6pp 2nd 7% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 7th -3.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 13th -2.7pp 4th 25% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 6th -2.2pp 5th 37% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 10th -2.2pp 6th 27% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 2.1% 4th -1.4pp 7th 43% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 18th -2.2pp 8th 15% above peers
Lincoln, CA 2.1% 3rd -1.0pp 9th 44% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 20th -2.0pp 10th 19% above peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 15th -0.8pp 11th 14% below peers
National City, CA 5.9% 22nd -1.2pp 12th 59% above peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 9th -0.5pp 13th 29% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 5th -0.3pp 14th 38% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 13.6% 29th -0.5pp 15th 265% above peers
Burleson, TX 7.0% 23rd -0.1pp 16th 89% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 27th +0.3pp 17th 215% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 2nd +0.2pp 18th 55% below peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 21st +0.7pp 19th 33% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 24th +1.7pp 20th 166% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 21st 441% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 10.2% 25th +2.3pp 22nd 174% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 28th +2.7pp 23rd 224% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 14th +0.7pp 24th 21% below peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 16th +1.0pp 25th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 19th +1.5pp 26th 18% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 2.8% 12th +1.0pp 27th 26% below peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 26th +5.1pp 28th 206% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 8th +1.2pp* 29th 33% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 30th +7.8pp 30th 275% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 11th +2.6pp 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (37.5% then, 39.4% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Broader trend
53% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 39.4%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 40.2% +3.7pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Burleson, TX 34.0% 14th +7.6pp 1st 8% above peers
National City, CA 18.1% 27th +3.9pp 2nd 43% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 22nd +4.0pp 3rd 22% below peers
Olympia, WA 51.8% 3rd +8.1pp 4th 65% above peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 7th +6.2pp 5th 32% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 29.7% 18th +4.4pp 6th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 13th +5.1pp 7th 10% above peers
Lincoln, CA 40.0% 8th +5.8pp 8th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 16th +4.4pp 9th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 6th +5.7pp 10th 37% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 4th +6.8pp 11th 62% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 20th +3.7pp 12th 8% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 36.2% 10th +4.4pp 13th 15% above peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 5th +5.3pp 14th 45% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 22.0% 26th +2.5pp 15th 30% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 30th +1.5pp 16th 55% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 2nd +5.9pp 17th 89% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 64.1% 1st +6.2pp 18th 104% above peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 21st +2.6pp 19th 10% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 20th 59% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 19th +2.1pp 21st 6% below peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 17th +1.9pp 22nd 4% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 9th +2.0pp* 23rd 25% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 15th +1.5pp 24th on par with peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 25th +0.8pp 25th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 24th +0.8pp 26th 26% below peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 12th +1.0pp 27th 11% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 29th +0.3pp 28th 50% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 24.3% 23rd -0.3pp 29th 23% below peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 28th -0.3pp 30th 50% below peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 11th -0.6pp 31st 14% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 (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 →
  • Celina, TX up 19.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Leander, TX up 12.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 95% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Grapevine, TX up 9.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 87% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
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Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal) ★ National leader
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (63.4% then, 77.3% now; margin ±22.0pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Bright spot 77.3%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 59.5% +0.6pp
United States ref 45.5%
Anderson, IN 26.6% 29th +5.2pp 1st 35% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 2nd +13.9pp* 2nd 88% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 41.1% 16th +6.0pp 3rd on par with peers
Plainfield, NJ 67.7% 3rd +9.3pp 4th 65% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 17th +5.0pp 5th 1% below peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 7th +7.0pp 6th 41% above peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 13th +3.6pp 7th 20% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 4th +2.6pp 8th 51% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 1st +1.5pp 9th 91% above peers
Lincoln, CA 48.8% 14th +0.3pp 10th 19% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 26th +0.1pp 11th 24% below peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 10th -1.5pp 12th 32% above peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 15th -1.4pp 13th 17% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 5th -2.5pp 14th 50% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 19th -3.0pp 15th 1% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57.0% 8th -5.8pp 16th 39% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 53.5% 11th -6.3pp 17th 30% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 50.7% 12th -6.1pp 18th 23% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 22nd -5.3pp 19th 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 18th -6.5pp 20th 1% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 20th -8.6pp 21st 6% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 9th -15.6pp 22nd 33% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 6th -17.6pp 23rd 46% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 27th -9.6pp 24th 28% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 21st -12.5pp 25th 10% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 24th -13.8pp 26th 19% below peers
National City, CA 35.0% 23rd -15.1pp 27th 15% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 31st -11.6pp 28th 41% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 25th -15.5pp 29th 22% below peers
Burleson, TX 24.3% 30th -19.2pp 30th 41% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 28th -25.6pp 31st 31% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Vineland, NJ up 20.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Livermore, CA up 16.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookhaven, GA up 18.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 92% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±14.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping 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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (6.2% then, 8.9% now; margin ±8.9pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Needs attention 8.9%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 6.7% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 1st -5.3pp 1st 56% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 4th -3.1pp 2nd 44% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 15th -5.2pp 3rd 1% below peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 18th -5.4pp 4th 5% above peers
Lincoln, CA 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 5th 51% below peers
National City, CA 4.5% 6th -1.8pp 6th 38% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 7th 118% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 7.6% 17th -1.1pp 8th 4% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 9th 43% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 10.3% 24th -0.6pp 10th 42% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 5.4% 11th -0.0pp 11th 25% below peers
Burleson, TX 14.2% 30th +0.1pp 12th 97% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 10th +0.1pp 13th 26% below peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 23rd +0.6pp 14th 37% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 14th +0.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 16th 36% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 17th 36% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 25th +1.5pp 18th 50% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 29th +2.2pp 19th 96% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 19th +1.5pp 20th 21% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 6.1% 12th +1.2pp 21st 16% below peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 13th +1.8pp 22nd 7% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 7.2% 16th +2.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 21st +2.8pp* 24th 23% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 20th +3.0pp 25th 22% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 22nd +3.3pp 26th 31% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 27th +4.8pp 27th 70% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 9th +2.4pp 28th 29% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 3rd +1.8pp 29th 48% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 28th +6.8pp 30th 82% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 26th +6.9pp 31st 52% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 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 →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (56,829 then, 56,806 now; margin ±54). 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
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
56,806
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mooresville, NC 52,381 31st +38% 1st 7% below peers
Burleson, TX 52,918 30th +15% 2nd 6% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 25th +15% 3rd 2% below peers
Lincoln, CA 52,956 29th +12% 4th 6% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 28th +11% 5th 4% below peers
Plainfield, NJ 55,236 24th +10% 6th 2% below peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 18th +9% 7th on par with peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 20th +8% 8th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 56,839 9th +6% 9th 1% above peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 16th +6% 10th on par with peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 14th +5% 11th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 17th +5% 12th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 15th +4% 13th on par with peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 27th +3% 14th 3% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 26th +3% 15th 2% below peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 6th +3% 16th 2% above peers
Highland, CA 56,675 11th +3% 17th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 8th +2% 18th 1% above peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 22nd +2% 19th 2% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 21st +1% 20th 1% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 13th +1% 21st on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 12th +1% 22nd 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 19th +0% 23rd 1% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 10th -0%* 24th 1% above peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 23rd -2% 25th 2% below peers
Royal Oak, MI 57,950 5th -2% 26th 3% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 59,132 1st -2% 27th 5% above peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 58,140 4th -2% 28th 3% above peers
Taylorsville, UT 58,678 3rd -2% 29th 4% above peers
National City, CA 58,893 2nd -4% 30th 5% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 7th -4% 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 ±29 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (17.9% then, 17.4% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Big move 17.4%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 20.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Plainfield, NJ 28.9% 1st +2.9pp 1st 28% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 13th +2.1pp 2nd 3% above peers
Peabody, MA 18.7% 25th +1.6pp 3rd 17% below peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 10th +1.7pp 4th 8% above peers
National City, CA 21.5% 18th +1.0pp 5th 5% below peers
Lincoln, CA 23.0% 14th +0.7pp 6th 2% above peers
Burleson, TX 28.8% 2nd +0.9pp 7th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 22nd +0.4pp 8th 9% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 5th +0.4pp 9th 21% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 12th +0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 20th +0.2pp 11th 7% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 17.6% 27th +0.1pp 12th 22% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 26.2% 6th +0.1pp 13th 16% above peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 15th -0.2pp 14th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 26th -0.2pp 15th 21% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 28th -0.4pp* 16th 23% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 16.8% 29th -0.5pp 17th 26% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 8th -0.8pp 18th 12% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 14.8% 30th -0.5pp 19th 34% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 21st -0.8pp 20th 8% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 17th -0.8pp 21st 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 7th -1.1pp 22nd 13% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 19th -1.3pp 23rd 5% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 4th -1.7pp 24th 22% above peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 24th -1.3pp 25th 11% below peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 11th -1.9pp 26th 7% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 9th -2.3pp 27th 11% above peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 3rd -2.7pp 28th 23% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 29th 52% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 16th -4.4pp 30th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 23rd -6.1pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. 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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (25.5% then, 31.1% now; margin ±8.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
31.1%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 30.3% -0.1pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Royal Oak, MI 26.3% 22nd +12.4pp 1st 16% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 32.1% 14th +10.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 15th +7.0pp 3rd 3% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 8th +8.9pp 4th 44% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 16th +5.6pp* 5th on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 6th +8.7pp 6th 55% above peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 11th +6.5pp 7th 27% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 10th +4.9pp 8th 31% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 9th +5.2pp 9th 40% above peers
National City, CA 45.2% 7th +5.1pp 10th 45% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 11th 94% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 55.8% 2nd +5.9pp 12th 79% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 12th +3.4pp 13th 19% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 18th +2.6pp 14th 3% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 3rd +3.2pp 15th 74% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 24th +0.6pp 16th 23% below peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 19th -0.0pp 17th 8% below peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 4th -0.3pp 18th 67% above peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 25th -0.2pp 19th 24% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 20th -0.3pp 20th 12% below peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 17th -1.1pp 21st 2% below peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 5th -2.0pp 22nd 56% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 29th -1.1pp 23rd 40% below peers
Lincoln, CA 16.6% 30th -1.0pp 24th 46% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 23rd -1.5pp 25th 22% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 26.4% 21st -2.8pp 26th 15% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 13th -3.5pp 27th 6% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 28th -2.6pp 28th 37% below peers
Monterey Park, CA 20.8% 27th -3.9pp 29th 33% below peers
Burleson, TX 22.5% 26th -7.2pp 30th 28% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 31st 51% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. 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 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (74.2% then, 84.9% now; margin ±14.7pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Big move 84.9%
20202024
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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 Change2016-2020 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New York ref 69.5% +2.7pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
New Brunswick, NJ 83.7% 2nd +26.1pp 1st 21% above peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 16th +19.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 30th +13.6pp 3rd 20% below peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 20th +14.8pp 4th 2% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 5th 22% below peers
National City, CA 69.4% 15th +13.0pp 6th on par with peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 5th +14.1pp 7th 16% above peers
Monterey Park, CA 70.7% 14th +10.9pp 8th 2% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 11th +11.2pp 9th 9% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 7th +10.6pp 10th 16% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 11th 23% above peers
Plainfield, NJ 81.0% 4th +9.5pp 12th 17% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 6th +8.9pp 13th 16% above peers
Royal Oak, MI 81.6% 3rd +9.0pp 14th 18% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 9th +7.5pp 15th 12% above peers
Burleson, TX 72.2% 13th +6.5pp 16th 4% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 12th +5.8pp 17th 5% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 18th +5.1pp 18th 1% below peers
Lincoln, CA 66.0% 21st +1.8pp 19th 4% below peers
Taylorsville, UT 69.0% 17th +1.2pp 20th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 10th +0.9pp 21st 9% above peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 19th +0.6pp 22nd 2% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 26th +0.2pp 23rd 8% below peers
St. Clair Shores, MI 65.6% 22nd -0.5pp 24th 5% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 23rd -0.5pp 25th 5% below peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 8th -3.5pp 26th 13% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 28th -4.2pp 27th 13% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 25th -4.5pp 28th 8% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 27th -7.0pp 29th 12% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 24th -10.8pp 30th 7% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 29th -19.8pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2020 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 ±10.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys* *The two survey periods share one year (history is one release short); direction is trustworthy, size approximate. about this metric
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