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

Bright spots 10 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 Trailing 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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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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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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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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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
73.1%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
73.7% 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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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
10.0%
2020-24
▲ 22%
relative change
8.1% in 2020
No measurable change Trailing 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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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 shifts 2 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
84.9%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
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
▼ 2%
relative change
17.9% in 2020
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Economy

Median household income

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

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). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
$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%
Bozeman, MT $85,747 12th +54% 1st 5% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ $65,810 24th +50% 2nd 19% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID $72,338 22nd +42% 3rd 11% below peers
Lancaster, PA $63,690 25th +40% 4th 22% below peers
Tigard, OR $108,823 5th +36% 5th 34% above peers
Olympia, WA $81,302 16th +36% 6th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL $95,210 9th +36% 7th 17% above peers
Sarasota, FL $72,105 23rd +34% 8th 11% below peers
Lacey, WA $90,625 10th +34% 9th 11% above peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 3rd +31% 10th 39% above peers
Smyrna, GA $100,061 8th +31% 11th 23% above peers
Smyrna, TN $81,926 15th +31% 12th 1% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL $83,911 13th +30% 13th 3% above peers
Bradenton, FL $60,822 28th +30% 14th 25% below peers
Pocatello, ID $60,418 29th +30% 15th 26% below peers
Albany, OR $78,114 18th +29% 16th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS $78,483 17th +29% 17th 3% below peers
Beaumont, CA $107,118 6th +27% 18th 32% above peers
Decatur, AL $61,563 27th +27% 19th 24% below peers
Brookhaven, GA $117,663 1st +27% 20th 45% above peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 31st +27% 21st 43% below peers
Kettering, OH $74,681 21st +27% 22nd 8% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY $77,679 19th +24%* 23rd 4% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 2nd +24% 24th 42% above peers
Spring Hill, TN $112,013 4th +23% 25th 38% above peers
Kingsport, TN $52,490 30th +22% 26th 35% below peers
Bartlett, TN $102,070 7th +21% 27th 26% above peers
Highland, CA $77,120 20th +19% 28th 5% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ $61,977 26th +18% 29th 24% below peers
DeSoto, TX $82,782 14th +16% 30th 2% above peers
Kyle, TX $90,323 11th +14% 31st 11% 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 98% 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 →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (8.1% then, 10.0% now; margin ±2.4pp).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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 13.6% -0.2pp
United States ref 12.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.0% 9th -5.5pp 1st 21% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.8% 20th -4.4pp 2nd 13% above peers
DeSoto, TX 7.5% 5th -2.5pp 3rd 34% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.2% 7th -2.6pp 4th 28% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.7% 4th -2.1pp 5th 41% below peers
Bozeman, MT 12.7% 19th -3.8pp 6th 11% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 2nd -1.3pp 7th 57% below peers
Pocatello, ID 14.2% 24th -3.7pp 8th 25% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.0% 3rd -1.1pp 9th 56% below peers
Lancaster, PA 18.9% 27th -3.8pp 10th 66% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 10.2% 14th -1.3pp 11th 11% below peers
Olympia, WA 13.8% 22nd -1.5pp 12th 22% above peers
Sarasota, FL 14.0% 23rd -0.9pp 13th 23% above peers
Highland, CA 17.0% 26th -0.9pp 14th 49% above peers
Bradenton, FL 14.4% 25th -0.8pp 15th 27% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 27.5% 30th -1.4pp 16th 142% above peers
Beaumont, CA 10.0% 13th -0.5pp 17th 12% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 9.5% 10th -0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 6th +0.2pp 19th 30% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 28.5% 31st +1.7pp 20th 151% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.0% 28th +1.2pp 21st 76% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.5% 29th +1.9pp 22nd 80% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.6% 11th +1.0pp 23rd 16% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.5% 15th +1.2pp 24th 7% below peers
Albany, OR 13.3% 21st +1.6pp 25th 17% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.4% 16th +1.5pp 26th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 12.4% 17th +1.9pp 27th 9% above peers
Southaven, MS 12.5% 18th +2.1pp 28th 10% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 10.0% 12th +1.8pp* 29th 12% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.3% 1st +1.4pp 30th 62% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.8% 8th +3.7pp 31st 23% 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 →

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). 2 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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% 3rd -5.3pp 1st 72% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.3% 10th -11.0pp 2nd 41% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 4th -5.3pp 3rd 68% below peers
DeSoto, TX 9.1% 9th -8.2pp 4th 43% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 2nd -3.3pp 5th 73% below peers
Kettering, OH 8.8% 8th -6.6pp 6th 45% below peers
Tigard, OR 6.2% 5th -4.0pp 7th 61% below peers
Decatur, AL 18.1% 19th -8.3pp 8th 14% above peers
Bradenton, FL 21.2% 24th -6.9pp 9th 34% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 10.2% 11th -2.9pp 10th 36% below peers
Lancaster, PA 27.8% 28th -7.4pp 11th 75% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 15.9% 15th -4.0pp 12th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 15.0% 14th -3.3pp 13th 6% below peers
Bozeman, MT 7.1% 6th -1.4pp 14th 55% below peers
Pocatello, ID 18.0% 18th -1.9pp 15th 13% above peers
Sarasota, FL 27.2% 27th -2.3pp 16th 72% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 26.2% 26th -1.6pp 17th 65% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 18th 142% above peers
Kingsport, TN 33.3% 29th +0.1pp 19th 110% above peers
Highland, CA 23.4% 25th +0.2pp 20th 47% above peers
Smyrna, GA 15.9% 16th +0.7pp 21st on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 22nd +1.7pp 22nd 24% above peers
Beaumont, CA 12.1% 12th +1.1pp 23rd 24% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 43.5% 31st +5.3pp 24th 174% above peers
Albany, OR 18.8% 20th +2.3pp 25th 19% above peers
Lacey, WA 16.8% 17th +4.4pp 26th 6% above peers
Smyrna, TN 20.3% 23rd +5.9pp 27th 28% above peers
Southaven, MS 19.1% 21st +5.7pp 28th 20% above peers
Kyle, TX 8.7% 7th +3.0pp 29th 45% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 14.4% 13th +5.5pp* 30th 9% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 3.7% 1st +1.7pp 31st 77% 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 →

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). 29 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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% 29th +26.4pp 2nd 5% below peers
Lancaster, PA 90.5% 23rd +14.7pp 3rd 3% below peers
Decatur, AL 86.7% 31st +12.6pp 4th 7% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 88.1% 30th +12.5pp 5th 5% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 91.4% 21st +12.7pp 6th 2% below peers
Olympia, WA 94.8% 7th +11.9pp 7th 2% above peers
Kingsport, TN 88.8% 27th +11.0pp 8th 5% below peers
Highland, CA 90.8% 22nd +10.5pp 9th 2% below peers
Bradenton, FL 89.3% 26th +8.9pp 10th 4% below peers
Southaven, MS 93.6% 14th +9.1pp 11th 1% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 92.2% 20th +9.0pp 12th 1% below peers
Kyle, TX 98.2% 2nd +9.3pp 13th 5% above peers
DeSoto, TX 93.8% 13th +8.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Smyrna, TN 94.6% 9th +8.0pp 15th 2% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 96.6% 5th +7.6pp 16th 4% above peers
Sarasota, FL 90.3% 24th +6.9pp 17th 3% below peers
Kettering, OH 94.0% 11th +6.5pp 18th 1% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 93.0% 17th +5.9pp* 19th on par with peers
Tigard, OR 95.8% 6th +6.0pp 20th 3% above peers
Albany, OR 92.4% 18th +5.4pp 21st 1% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 93.1% 16th +4.9pp 22nd on par with peers
Bartlett, TN 94.3% 10th +4.4pp 23rd 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 97.2% 4th +4.4pp 24th 4% above peers
Lacey, WA 94.0% 12th +4.2pp 25th 1% above peers
Beaumont, CA 93.2% 15th +3.8pp 26th on par with peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 3rd +4.0pp 27th 5% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 98.9% 1st +3.6pp 28th 6% above peers
Pocatello, ID 88.4% 28th +3.1pp 29th 5% below peers
Bozeman, MT 92.2% 19th +3.1pp 30th 1% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 8th +3.0pp 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.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Bonita Springs, FL 0.51 29th -0.033 1st 17% above peers
Decatur, AL 0.45 21st -0.025 2nd 4% above peers
Kingsport, TN 0.50 27th -0.024 3rd 15% above peers
Olympia, WA 0.44 16th -0.015 4th on par with peers
Kettering, OH 0.43 14th -0.015 5th 1% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 0.43 13th -0.015 6th 2% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 0.49 26th -0.013 7th 13% above peers
Tigard, OR 0.41 10th -0.010 8th 5% below peers
Pocatello, ID 0.45 20th -0.010 9th 3% above peers
Lacey, WA 0.38 3rd -0.005 10th 13% below peers
Highland, CA 0.46 22nd -0.006 11th 5% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 0.44 18th -0.005 12th 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 15th -0.004 13th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 0.41 7th -0.001 14th 7% below peers
Beaumont, CA 0.38 4th +0.002 15th 12% below peers
Lancaster, PA 0.44 19th +0.003 16th 2% above peers
Bartlett, TN 0.37 2nd +0.003 17th 14% below peers
Southaven, MS 0.40 6th +0.003 18th 9% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 0.51 28th +0.005 19th 16% above peers
Albany, OR 0.42 12th +0.005 20th 3% below peers
Bradenton, FL 0.46 23rd +0.008 21st 5% above peers
Bozeman, MT 0.48 24th +0.013 22nd 11% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 0.42 11th +0.012* 23rd 4% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 0.44 17th +0.020 24th 1% above peers
Kyle, TX 0.37 1st +0.024 25th 16% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 30th +0.035 26th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA 0.49 25th +0.036 27th 12% above peers
Sarasota, FL 0.58 31st +0.044 28th 34% above peers
Smyrna, TN 0.41 8th +0.031 29th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 9th +0.051 30th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 0.39 5th +0.050 31st 12% below 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
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Housing

Homeownership rate

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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% 30th +6.8pp 1st 43% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.4% 31st +2.7pp 2nd 65% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 59.5% 18th +7.3pp 3rd 4% below peers
Lancaster, PA 48.6% 28th +5.1pp 4th 21% below peers
DeSoto, TX 69.6% 9th +6.1pp 5th 13% above peers
Southaven, MS 72.5% 8th +5.4pp 6th 18% above peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 19th +4.1pp 7th 4% below peers
Olympia, WA 49.8% 27th +2.8pp 8th 19% below peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 2nd +4.3pp 9th 36% above peers
Beaumont, CA 80.8% 5th +3.7pp 10th 31% above peers
Kettering, OH 64.9% 11th +2.5pp 11th 5% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 82.5% 3rd +3.0pp 12th 34% above peers
Bozeman, MT 44.7% 29th +1.6pp 13th 27% below peers
Pocatello, ID 64.5% 13th +1.9pp 14th 5% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 52.6% 26th +1.6pp 15th 15% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 81.8% 4th +1.3pp 16th 33% above peers
Lacey, WA 55.9% 25th +0.6pp 17th 9% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 21st +0.3pp 18th 6% below peers
Bartlett, TN 85.6% 1st +0.4pp 19th 39% above peers
Tigard, OR 61.6% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Albany, OR 58.9% 20th +0.1pp 21st 4% below peers
Sarasota, FL 57.5% 22nd -0.1pp 22nd 7% below peers
Smyrna, TN 57.4% 23rd -0.3pp 23rd 7% below peers
Decatur, AL 63.3% 15th -0.4pp 24th 3% above peers
Kyle, TX 67.0% 10th -0.5pp 25th 9% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 73.1% 7th -0.6pp* 26th 19% above peers
Bradenton, FL 56.0% 24th -1.6pp 27th 9% below peers
Kingsport, TN 60.1% 17th -2.2pp 28th 2% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 73.4% 6th -2.8pp 29th 19% above peers
Highland, CA 64.1% 14th -2.8pp 30th 4% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 12th -5.3pp 31st 5% 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 · 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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% 11th -3.8pp 1st 14% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 53.1% 30th -6.2pp 2nd 47% above peers
Tigard, OR 32.6% 14th -3.1pp 3rd 10% below peers
Bozeman, MT 39.2% 22nd -1.9pp 4th 9% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 32.1% 13th -1.3pp 5th 11% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 25.1% 3rd -0.5pp* 6th 30% below peers
Highland, CA 40.7% 25th +0.0pp 7th 13% above peers
Kettering, OH 25.7% 4th +0.2pp 8th 29% below peers
Kingsport, TN 29.3% 8th +0.3pp 9th 19% below peers
Lancaster, PA 36.1% 17th +0.5pp 10th on par with peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55.1% 31st +1.1pp 11th 53% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 26th +1.1pp 12th 14% above peers
Olympia, WA 40.5% 24th +1.4pp 13th 12% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 27.9% 7th +1.2pp 14th 23% below peers
Pocatello, ID 27.8% 6th +1.3pp 15th 23% below peers
Beaumont, CA 36.5% 18th +2.3pp 16th 1% above peers
Lacey, WA 39.3% 23rd +2.5pp 17th 9% above peers
Sarasota, FL 43.4% 27th +2.9pp 18th 20% above peers
Smyrna, TN 29.8% 9th +2.4pp 19th 18% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 37.5% 20th +3.3pp 20th 4% above peers
Decatur, AL 26.9% 5th +2.4pp 21st 26% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 2nd +2.5pp 22nd 35% below peers
Bartlett, TN 22.1% 1st +2.5pp 23rd 39% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 31.2% 12th +3.6pp 24th 14% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 16th +4.2pp 25th on par with peers
Albany, OR 36.6% 19th +4.4pp 26th 1% above peers
Smyrna, GA 32.6% 15th +4.0pp 27th 10% below peers
Bradenton, FL 44.1% 28th +5.6pp 28th 22% above peers
Southaven, MS 30.8% 10th +5.1pp 29th 15% below peers
Kyle, TX 37.8% 21st +7.2pp 30th 5% above peers
DeSoto, TX 45.2% 29th +10.0pp 31st 25% 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.
HousingHousing cost-burdened households
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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 →
  • Tinley Park, IL down 4.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • 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
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Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (7.3% then, 8.7% now; margin ±2.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Spring Hill, TN 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 1st 84% below peers
DeSoto, TX 4.0% 11th -1.9pp 2nd 26% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 13th -1.9pp 3rd 16% below peers
Lancaster, PA 14.9% 29th -5.8pp 4th 172% above peers
Southaven, MS 3.5% 5th -1.2pp 5th 37% below peers
Sarasota, FL 6.7% 22nd -2.2pp 6th 22% above peers
Kingsport, TN 7.4% 25th -2.2pp 7th 34% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.1% 21st -1.6pp 8th 11% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.3% 15th -1.3pp 9th 3% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.9% 7th -0.9pp 10th 29% below peers
Decatur, AL 5.8% 18th -1.0pp 11th 6% above peers
Olympia, WA 7.6% 26th -1.3pp 12th 39% above peers
Bradenton, FL 6.7% 23rd -1.1pp 13th 23% above peers
Highland, CA 3.9% 8th -0.6pp 14th 29% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.9% 4th -0.4pp 15th 48% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 26.4% 31st -2.1pp 16th 381% above peers
Albany, OR 5.5% 16th -0.4pp 17th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 6.0% 19th -0.3pp 18th 10% above peers
Pocatello, ID 5.8% 17th -0.2pp 19th 6% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 20.9% 30th -0.3pp 20th 281% above peers
Kettering, OH 6.1% 20th -0.0pp 21st 10% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 28th -0.0pp 22nd 98% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 7.0% 24th +0.3pp 23rd 28% above peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 10th +0.3pp 24th 27% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.7% 27th +1.4pp* 25th 58% above peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 3rd +0.6pp 26th 50% below peers
Smyrna, TN 3.7% 6th +1.1pp 27th 33% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 14th +1.6pp 28th 10% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 4.1% 12th +1.4pp 29th 26% below peers
Kyle, TX 1.9% 2nd +0.8pp 30th 64% below peers
Beaumont, CA 3.9% 9th +2.1pp 31st 28% 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±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

People without health insurance

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 13 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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% -0.8pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Tigard, OR 3.1% 2nd -4.3pp 1st 58% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 3rd -1.8pp 2nd 56% below peers
Bozeman, MT 6.2% 12th -2.2pp 3rd 16% below peers
Pocatello, ID 6.8% 14th -2.4pp 4th 7% below peers
Marana, AZ 3.6% 4th -1.2pp 5th 50% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 6.0% 11th -1.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Smyrna, GA 10.8% 21st -2.7pp 7th 46% above peers
Beaumont, CA 4.5% 5th -1.1pp 8th 39% below peers
Highland, CA 7.8% 17th -1.7pp 9th 6% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.4% 25th -1.6pp 10th 82% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 9.1% 19th -1.0pp 11th 24% above peers
Sarasota, FL 15.0% 28th -1.6pp 12th 104% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.6% 20th -1.1pp 13th 44% above peers
Lancaster, PA 7.2% 15th -0.7pp 14th 2% below peers
Southaven, MS 7.4% 16th -0.7pp 15th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 5.5% 8th -0.3pp 16th 25% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.7% 1st -0.1pp* 17th 63% below peers
Bradenton, FL 14.8% 27th -0.1pp 18th 101% above peers
Albany, OR 6.7% 13th -0.0pp 19th 9% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.1% 31st +0.1pp 20th 296% above peers
Kettering, OH 5.6% 9th +0.2pp 21st 24% below peers
Kyle, TX 12.1% 22nd +0.5pp 22nd 64% above peers
Kingsport, TN 8.7% 18th +0.7pp 23rd 19% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 19.8% 29th +2.8pp 24th 169% above peers
Decatur, AL 13.0% 24th +2.4pp 25th 77% above peers
Bartlett, TN 5.7% 10th +1.2pp 26th 23% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 22.5% 30th +4.7pp 27th 205% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 5.5% 7th +1.3pp 28th 25% below peers
Smyrna, TN 13.4% 26th +3.9pp 29th 82% above peers
DeSoto, TX 13.0% 23rd +3.8pp 30th 76% above peers
Lacey, WA 5.5% 6th +1.6pp 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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▸ 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 1.1pp 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 →

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%
Fountain Valley, CA 21.7% 1st 37% below peers
Bozeman, MT 24.1% 2nd 30% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 27.2% 3rd 20% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 4th 15% below peers
Smyrna, GA 29.3% 5th 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 29.3% 6th 14% below peers
Tigard, OR 30.6% 7th 11% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 8th 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL 31.1% 9th 9% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 32.9% 10th 4% below peers
Beaumont, CA 33.1% 11th 3% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 33.2% 12th 3% below peers
Olympia, WA 33.6% 13th 2% below peers
Kyle, TX 33.9% 14th 1% below peers
Smyrna, TN 33.9% 15th 1% below peers
Albany, OR 34.2% 16th on par with peers
Lacey, WA 34.3% 17th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 34.8% 18th 2% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.9% 19th 5% above peers
Highland, CA 35.9% 20th 5% above peers
Bradenton, FL 36.0% 21st 5% above peers
Pocatello, ID 37.1% 22nd 8% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 37.4% 23rd 9% above peers
Kettering, OH 37.7% 24th 10% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 37.8% 25th 11% above peers
DeSoto, TX 38.4% 26th 12% above peers
Southaven, MS 40.4% 27th 18% above peers
Decatur, AL 40.8% 28th 19% above peers
Lancaster, PA 40.8% 29th 19% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 30th 20% above peers
Kingsport, TN 42.0% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 1st -3.2pp 1st 69% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.0% 15th -8.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 3.0% 9th -5.8pp 3rd 27% below peers
Albany, OR 2.8% 7th -2.7pp 4th 32% below peers
Tigard, OR 2.3% 2nd -2.2pp 5th 43% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 2.7% 6th -2.2pp 6th 35% below peers
Highland, CA 3.2% 11th -0.8pp 7th 23% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 16th -1.0pp 8th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 3.2% 10th -0.7pp 9th 23% below peers
Bartlett, TN 2.6% 4th -0.5pp 10th 36% below peers
Kyle, TX 8.3% 22nd -1.0pp 11th 101% above peers
Pocatello, ID 2.7% 5th +0.0pp 12th 36% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 11.7% 26th +0.3pp 13th 183% above peers
Bradenton, FL 8.6% 23rd +0.6pp 14th 108% above peers
Southaven, MS 5.0% 19th +0.7pp 15th 20% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 5.1% 20th +0.8pp 16th 23% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 9.9% 25th +1.7pp 17th 139% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 18th 386% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 12.1% 27th +2.7pp 19th 191% above peers
Kingsport, TN 2.9% 8th +0.7pp 20th 29% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 12.4% 28th +3.0pp 21st 200% above peers
Olympia, WA 3.7% 14th +1.0pp 22nd 10% below peers
Decatur, AL 7.0% 21st +1.9pp 23rd 69% above peers
Sarasota, FL 16.6% 30th +5.0pp 24th 301% above peers
Kettering, OH 4.4% 18th +1.5pp 25th 6% above peers
Beaumont, CA 3.4% 13th +1.2pp 26th 17% below peers
Smyrna, TN 9.4% 24th +3.8pp 27th 128% above peers
Lacey, WA 3.2% 12th +1.4pp 28th 22% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 2.5% 3rd +1.2pp* 29th 40% below peers
DeSoto, TX 13.9% 29th +7.8pp 30th 237% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.2% 17th +2.6pp 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.
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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

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Lancaster, PA 29.4% 22nd +6.5pp 1st 7% below peers
Olympia, WA 51.8% 4th +8.1pp 2nd 64% above peers
Bradenton, FL 28.3% 24th +4.3pp 3rd 11% below peers
Kettering, OH 41.7% 11th +6.2pp 4th 32% above peers
Kingsport, TN 31.5% 17th +4.4pp 5th on par with peers
Bonita Springs, FL 43.1% 9th +5.7pp 6th 36% above peers
Tigard, OR 51.0% 5th +6.8pp 7th 61% above peers
Southaven, MS 28.8% 23rd +3.7pp 8th 9% below peers
Sarasota, FL 41.8% 10th +5.3pp 9th 32% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 31.2% 18th +3.9pp 10th 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 59.4% 3rd +5.9pp 11th 88% above peers
Bozeman, MT 65.1% 2nd +6.4pp 12th 106% above peers
Smyrna, TN 27.8% 25th +2.6pp 13th 12% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 14th 60% below peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 21st +2.1pp 15th 7% below peers
Pocatello, ID 32.6% 15th +2.3pp 16th 3% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.3% 6th +3.5pp 17th 59% above peers
DeSoto, TX 30.1% 20th +1.9pp 18th 5% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 8th +2.9pp 19th 47% above peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 7th +2.8pp 20th 51% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 39.4% 12th +2.0pp* 21st 25% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 31.6% 16th +1.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Brookhaven, GA 70.9% 1st +3.4pp 23rd 124% above peers
Beaumont, CA 27.4% 26th +1.2pp 24th 13% below peers
Highland, CA 22.7% 28th +0.8pp 25th 28% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 23.4% 27th +0.8pp 26th 26% below peers
Kyle, TX 31.0% 19th +0.8pp 27th 2% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 15.7% 30th +0.3pp 28th 50% below peers
Lacey, WA 34.1% 14th +0.3pp 29th 8% above peers
Bartlett, TN 35.7% 13th -0.6pp 30th 13% above peers
Decatur, AL 22.4% 29th -2.3pp 31st 29% 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.
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 →
  • 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
  • Lakewood, OH up 8.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% 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 →

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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%
Bradenton, FL 58.4% 7th +20.3pp 1st 35% above peers
Kyle, TX 53.1% 10th +18.3pp 2nd 23% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 84.5% 1st +18.3pp 3rd 95% above peers
Lacey, WA 42.4% 17th +7.7pp 4th 2% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 77.3% 3rd +13.9pp* 5th 79% above peers
Pocatello, ID 38.5% 21st +6.6pp 6th 11% below peers
Kingsport, TN 40.7% 18th +5.0pp 7th 6% below peers
Bartlett, TN 49.2% 14th +3.6pp 8th 14% above peers
Oak Lawn, IL 62.0% 4th +2.6pp 9th 43% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 51.3% 11th +1.4pp 10th 19% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 78.3% 2nd +1.5pp 11th 81% above peers
Highland, CA 31.1% 28th +0.1pp 12th 28% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 15th -1.1pp 13th 2% above peers
Tigard, OR 54.0% 9th -1.5pp 14th 25% above peers
Smyrna, GA 61.8% 5th -2.5pp 15th 43% above peers
Bozeman, MT 50.9% 12th -3.7pp 16th 18% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 20th -3.0pp 17th 6% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 16th -5.4pp 18th on par with peers
Smyrna, TN 37.5% 22nd -5.4pp 19th 13% below peers
Southaven, MS 40.6% 19th -6.5pp 20th 6% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 25th -6.3pp 21st 21% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 50.4% 13th -12.4pp 22nd 17% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 54.7% 8th -15.6pp 23rd 27% above peers
DeSoto, TX 59.9% 6th -17.6pp 24th 39% above peers
Albany, OR 29.4% 29th -9.6pp 25th 32% below peers
Kettering, OH 36.9% 24th -12.5pp 26th 15% below peers
Lancaster, PA 37.3% 23rd -12.7pp 27th 14% below peers
Bonita Springs, FL 33.5% 26th -13.8pp 28th 23% below peers
Decatur, AL 32.0% 27th -14.5pp 29th 26% below peers
Beaumont, CA 26.4% 31st -22.3pp 30th 39% below peers
Olympia, WA 28.5% 30th -25.6pp 31st 34% 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 91% 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 1 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 2nd -3.8pp 1st 79% below peers
Bartlett, TN 4.0% 4th -3.1pp 2nd 47% below peers
Kingsport, TN 7.1% 14th -5.2pp 3rd 6% below peers
Highland, CA 7.6% 17th -5.4pp 4th on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 5th 108% above peers
Sarasota, FL 7.6% 16th -1.4pp 6th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 5.2% 10th -0.8pp 7th 31% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 4.2% 5th -0.3pp 8th 45% below peers
Kyle, TX 7.3% 15th +0.2pp 9th 3% below peers
Southaven, MS 9.9% 23rd +0.6pp 10th 31% above peers
Bozeman, MT 1.0% 1st +0.1pp 11th 87% below peers
Tigard, OR 4.6% 7th +0.5pp 12th 39% below peers
Smyrna, GA 4.6% 6th +0.5pp 13th 39% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 10.9% 24th +1.5pp 14th 44% above peers
Olympia, WA 14.2% 30th +2.2pp 15th 88% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 6.7% 12th +1.5pp 16th 11% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 8.9% 19th +2.8pp* 17th 18% above peers
Albany, OR 8.8% 18th +3.0pp 18th 16% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 9.5% 22nd +3.3pp 19th 26% above peers
Bradenton, FL 11.1% 26th +4.1pp 20th 46% above peers
Pocatello, ID 9.0% 20th +3.5pp 21st 19% above peers
Lacey, WA 11.8% 27th +4.6pp 22nd 56% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 4.8% 8th +1.9pp 23rd 36% below peers
Kettering, OH 5.2% 9th +2.4pp 24th 32% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 3.8% 3rd +1.8pp 25th 50% below peers
Decatur, AL 12.3% 28th +5.9pp 26th 62% above peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 13th +3.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Smyrna, TN 5.8% 11th +3.1pp 28th 24% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 13.2% 29th +7.2pp 29th 74% above peers
DeSoto, TX 11.0% 25th +6.9pp 30th 46% above peers
Beaumont, CA 9.3% 21st +6.4pp 31st 23% 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
Demographics

Population

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

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.*

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Spring Hill, TN 55,765 31st +40% 1st 2% below peers
Kyle, TX 56,823 13th +33% 2nd on par with peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 9th +26% 3rd on par with peers
Bozeman, MT 56,114 25th +20% 4th 1% below peers
Beaumont, CA 56,266 20th +19% 5th 1% below peers
Lacey, WA 57,737 2nd +17% 6th 2% above peers
Smyrna, TN 56,692 15th +14% 7th on par with peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 56,447 18th +12% 8th on par with peers
Olympia, WA 55,951 27th +9% 9th 1% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 55,855 29th +8% 10th 1% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 57,855 1st +7% 11th 2% above peers
Albany, OR 56,839 12th +6% 12th on par with peers
DeSoto, TX 56,211 24th +6% 13th 1% below peers
Kingsport, TN 56,262 21st +5% 14th 1% below peers
Decatur, AL 57,361 5th +5% 15th 1% above peers
Tigard, OR 56,011 26th +5% 16th 1% below peers
Southaven, MS 56,226 23rd +4% 17th 1% below peers
Pocatello, ID 57,635 4th +4% 18th 2% above peers
Kettering, OH 57,206 6th +3% 19th 1% above peers
Highland, CA 56,675 16th +3% 20th on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 56,861 11th +2% 21st on par with peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 30th +1% 22nd 1% below peers
Bradenton, FL 57,014 7th +1% 23rd 1% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 56,345 19th +1% 24th 1% below peers
Smyrna, GA 56,633 17th +1% 25th on par with peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 22nd +0% 26th 1% below peers
Sarasota, FL 56,970 8th +0% 27th 1% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 55,904 28th +0% 28th 1% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 56,806 14th -0%* 29th on par with peers
Lancaster, PA 57,719 3rd -3% 30th 2% above peers
Bartlett, TN 56,876 10th -4% 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: 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 11 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
17.4%
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
New York ref 20.3% -0.8pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Sarasota, FL 15.6% 29th +1.5pp 1st 28% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 23.3% 12th +2.1pp 2nd 8% above peers
Albany, OR 24.4% 8th +1.7pp 3rd 13% above peers
Decatur, AL 23.8% 10th +0.8pp 4th 10% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 23.1% 13th +0.7pp 5th 7% above peers
Kingsport, TN 20.6% 22nd +0.4pp 6th 5% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 4th +0.4pp 7th 27% above peers
Bartlett, TN 23.4% 11th +0.2pp 8th 8% above peers
Beaumont, CA 29.5% 1st -0.0pp 9th 36% above peers
Smyrna, TN 25.0% 7th -0.1pp 10th 16% above peers
Pocatello, ID 24.4% 9th -0.1pp 11th 13% above peers
Olympia, WA 17.8% 27th -0.2pp 12th 18% below peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 17.4% 28th -0.4pp* 13th 19% below peers
Bradenton, FL 19.7% 25th -0.5pp 14th 9% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 26th -0.7pp 15th 12% below peers
Kettering, OH 20.9% 20th -0.8pp 16th 3% below peers
Smyrna, GA 21.6% 16th -0.8pp 17th on par with peers
Southaven, MS 25.5% 5th -1.1pp 18th 18% above peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 14th -1.0pp 19th 7% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 21.2% 18th -1.0pp 20th 2% below peers
New Brunswick, NJ 21.5% 17th -1.3pp 21st 1% below peers
Tigard, OR 20.0% 24th -1.3pp 22nd 7% below peers
Lacey, WA 21.0% 19th -1.6pp 23rd 3% below peers
Highland, CA 27.9% 3rd -2.7pp 24th 29% above peers
Spring Hill, TN 28.9% 2nd -3.1pp 25th 34% above peers
Lancaster, PA 20.8% 21st -2.5pp 26th 4% below peers
Bozeman, MT 13.2% 30th -1.6pp 27th 39% below peers
Kyle, TX 25.4% 6th -3.2pp 28th 18% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 10.9% 31st -2.0pp 29th 50% below peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 22.6% 15th -4.4pp 30th 5% above peers
DeSoto, TX 20.6% 23rd -6.1pp 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: 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 →

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).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 25th +7.5pp 1st 29% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 17.2% 30th +5.8pp 2nd 44% below peers
Brookhaven, GA 29.6% 17th +7.4pp 3rd 3% below peers
Kyle, TX 29.0% 18th +7.2pp 4th 5% below peers
Lacey, WA 37.5% 12th +8.2pp 5th 23% above peers
Highland, CA 44.9% 6th +8.9pp 6th 47% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 31.1% 15th +5.6pp* 7th 2% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 4th +8.7pp 8th 58% above peers
Olympia, WA 39.5% 11th +6.5pp 9th 29% above peers
Kingsport, TN 40.8% 10th +4.9pp 10th 34% above peers
DeSoto, TX 43.7% 8th +5.2pp 11th 43% above peers
New Brunswick, NJ 60.5% 1st +6.8pp 12th 98% above peers
Decatur, AL 43.3% 9th +3.7pp 13th 42% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 29th +1.4pp 14th 43% below peers
Smyrna, TN 35.2% 13th +2.3pp 15th 15% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 54.0% 2nd +3.2pp 16th 77% above peers
Beaumont, CA 28.3% 20th +1.3pp 17th 7% below peers
Sarasota, FL 44.0% 7th +1.3pp 18th 44% above peers
Bradenton, FL 50.5% 3rd +1.0pp 19th 65% above peers
Smyrna, GA 28.8% 19th -0.0pp 20th 6% below peers
Tigard, OR 23.6% 23rd -0.2pp 21st 23% below peers
Kettering, OH 27.4% 21st -0.3pp 22nd 10% below peers
Albany, OR 30.5% 16th -1.1pp 23rd on par with peers
Oak Lawn, IL 18.6% 27th -1.1pp 24th 39% below peers
Southaven, MS 33.1% 14th -3.5pp 25th 9% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 19.6% 26th -2.6pp 26th 36% below peers
Lancaster, PA 45.9% 5th -8.6pp 27th 50% above peers
Pocatello, ID 23.3% 24th -5.0pp 28th 24% below peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25.5% 22nd -5.7pp 29th 16% below peers
Bartlett, TN 15.1% 31st -5.2pp 30th 50% below peers
Bozeman, MT 18.0% 28th -7.3pp 31st 41% 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
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Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2016-2020 and 2020-2024 surveys* (74.2% then, 84.9% now; margin ±14.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2016-2020 vs 2020-2024 surveys*; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
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 19% above peers
Olympia, WA 69.1% 17th +19.1pp 2nd 1% below peers
Marana, AZ 71.4% 15th +19.3pp 3rd 2% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 30th +13.6pp 4th 21% below peers
Lacey, WA 61.8% 22nd +13.9pp 5th 12% below peers
Kingsport, TN 67.8% 19th +14.8pp 6th 3% below peers
Bradenton, FL 79.8% 7th +16.0pp 7th 14% above peers
Smyrna, GA 80.3% 4th +14.1pp 8th 15% above peers
Coeur d'Alene, ID 71.6% 14th +10.8pp 9th 2% above peers
Kyle, TX 70.1% 16th +10.4pp 10th on par with peers
Beaumont, CA 75.7% 9th +10.2pp 11th 8% above peers
Tigard, OR 80.0% 6th +10.6pp 12th 14% above peers
Tonawanda Town, NY 84.9% 1st +10.7pp* 13th 21% above peers
Brookhaven, GA 82.9% 3rd +10.3pp 14th 18% above peers
Kettering, OH 80.2% 5th +8.9pp 15th 14% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 11th +7.7pp 16th 3% above peers
Bartlett, TN 77.2% 8th +7.5pp 17th 10% above peers
Perth Amboy, NJ 72.3% 12th +5.8pp 18th 3% above peers
Albany, OR 68.3% 18th +5.1pp 19th 3% below peers
DeSoto, TX 75.2% 10th +0.9pp 20th 7% above peers
Lancaster, PA 72.1% 13th -1.1pp 21st 3% above peers
Bonita Springs, FL 60.4% 25th -4.2pp 22nd 14% below peers
Bozeman, MT 57.9% 29th -4.2pp 23rd 17% below peers
Pocatello, ID 58.0% 27th -6.1pp 24th 17% below peers
Highland, CA 60.8% 23rd -7.0pp 25th 13% below peers
Decatur, AL 54.5% 31st -7.1pp 26th 22% below peers
Smyrna, TN 60.6% 24th -7.9pp 27th 13% below peers
Sarasota, FL 66.0% 20th -8.9pp 28th 6% below peers
Oak Lawn, IL 64.0% 21st -10.8pp 29th 9% below peers
Spring Hill, TN 58.0% 28th -10.5pp 30th 17% below peers
Southaven, MS 58.5% 26th -19.8pp 31st 16% 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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