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61,607 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where Chapel Hill, NC shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
105 /100k
May 2026
▼ 38%
relative change
168 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
91 /100k
May 2026
▼ 27%
relative change
125 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,749 /100k
May 2026
▼ 26%
relative change
2,348 a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$85,989
2020-24
▲ 17%
relative change
$73,614 in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
0 /100k
May 2026
▼ 100%
relative change
2 a year earlier
Ahead of peers and dropping Leading peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
76.6%
2020-24
flat
relative change
76.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
0.2%
2020-24
▼ 84%
relative change
1.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
6.9%
2020-24
▼ 14%
relative change
8.1% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
4.3%
2019-23
▼ 22%
relative change
5.5% in 2018
No measurable change Leading peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
5.8%
2020-24
▼ 15%
relative change
6.9% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
5.1%
2020-24
▲ 7%
relative change
4.7% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
2.9%
2020-24
▼ 41%
relative change
4.8% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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What needs attention 5 indicators

Where Chapel Hill, NC shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
42.7%
2020-24
▼ 37%
relative change
67.8% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
40.3%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
36.2% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
47.4%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
50.3% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.55
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.55 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
15.3%
2020-24
▼ 5%
relative change
16.0% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big shifts 6 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 →
Children
Children's share of the population
14.9%
2020-24
▼ 8%
relative change
16.1% in 2019
Falling Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$380,362
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$389,707 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the highest of peers
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Population
61,607
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
60,998 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,763
Jun 2026
flat
relative change
$1,766 a year earlier
Rising  
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
75.9%
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
69.8% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
19.4%
2020-24
▼ 6%
relative change
20.7% in 2019
No measurable change Among the lowest of peers
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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 27% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 81% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view: violent crime rose about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 91 in May 2026, down from 125 a year earlier.
91 per 100k
2018May 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
San Rafael, CA 298 (Apr 26) 8th -42.8% 1st 7% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 91 (May 26) 2nd -27.5% 2nd 72% below peers
Richland, WA 211 (May 26) 5th -23.8% 3rd 34% below peers
Taunton, MA 389 (May 26) 10th -12.9% 4th 21% above peers
Springfield, OR 280 (Mar 26) 7th -7.1% 5th 13% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 565 (May 26) 15th -6.9% 6th 75% above peers
Pontiac, MI 857 (Apr 26) 17th -6.2% 7th 166% above peers
Taylor, MI 742 (May 26) 16th -5.6% 8th 131% above peers
Meriden, CT 130 (May 26) 3rd -3.7% 9th 60% below peers
Euless, TX 166 (May 26) 4th -2.9% 10th 49% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 501 (May 26) 14th -1.9% 11th 56% above peers
La Mesa, CA 409 (May 26) 12th +0.8% 12th 27% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 400 (May 26) 11th +0.8% 13th 24% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 426 (May 26) 13th +8.0% 14th 32% above peers
Parker, CO 217 (May 26) 6th +10.6% 15th 33% below peers
Marietta, GA 322 (Apr 26) 9th +14.5% 16th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 59 (May 26) 1st +37.0% 17th 82% below peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Ames, IA down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Little Elm, TX down about 16% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 6% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cedar Park, TX down about 14% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 7% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 26% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: property crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: property crime rose about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 1,749 in May 2026, down from 2,348 a year earlier.
1,749 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Parker, CO 1,026 (May 26) 3rd -27.4% 1st 38% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 1,749 (May 26) 11th -25.5% 2nd 5% above peers
Springfield, OR 2,131 (Mar 26) 16th -25.1% 3rd 28% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 1,011 (May 26) 2nd -23.7% 4th 39% below peers
San Rafael, CA 1,780 (Apr 26) 13th -22.7% 5th 7% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 2,065 (May 26) 15th -17.9% 6th 24% above peers
Bristol, CT 604 (May 26) 1st -14.3% 7th 64% below peers
Euless, TX 1,665 (May 26) 9th -12.1% 8th on par with peers
Taylor, MI 1,773 (May 26) 12th -10.7% 9th 6% above peers
Pontiac, MI 1,406 (Apr 26) 6th -8.1% 10th 16% below peers
Marietta, GA 1,579 (Apr 26) 8th -2.0% 11th 5% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 1,178 (May 26) 5th +2.6% 12th 29% below peers
Richland, WA 1,881 (May 26) 14th +5.1% 13th 13% above peers
Meriden, CT 1,691 (May 26) 10th +8.2% 14th 2% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2,561 (May 26) 17th +10.1% 15th 54% above peers
La Mesa, CA 1,486 (May 26) 7th +18.4% 16th 11% below peers
Taunton, MA 1,041 (May 26) 4th +27.2% 17th 37% below peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: homicide fell about 17% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Most recent monthly reading: 0 in May 2026, down from 2 a year earlier.
0 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Chapel Hill, NC 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
La Mesa, CA 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Richland, WA 0 (May 26) 3rd -100.0% 3rd 100% below peers
Taunton, MA 0 (May 26) 4th -100.0% 4th 100% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 1 (May 26) 6th -49.8% 5th 17% below peers
Marietta, GA 5 (Apr 26) 14th -40.0% 6th 185% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 2 (May 26) 7th +0.0% 7th 3% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 2 (May 26) 9th +0.0% 8th on par with peers
Taylor, MI 5 (May 26) 15th +0.0% 9th 198% above peers
Pontiac, MI 13 (Apr 26) 17th +0.0% 10th 684% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2 (May 26) 8th +0.0% 11th 3% below peers
Springfield, OR 3 (Mar 26) 11th 99% above peers
Bristol, CT 0 (May 26) 5th 100% below peers
Parker, CO 6 (May 26) 16th 261% above peers
Meriden, CT 3 (May 26) 12th 99% above peers
San Rafael, CA 3 (Apr 26) 13th 103% above peers
Euless, TX 2 (May 26) 10th 1% above peers
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Utica, NY down about 67% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bowling Green, KY essentially flat over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 38% over the 12 months ending May 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 22% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view: vehicle theft rose about 22% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: 105 in May 2026, down from 168 a year earlier.
105 per 100k
2018May 2026
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▸ Compare all 17 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Casa Grande, AZ 98 (May 26) 2nd -52.6% 1st 32% below peers
Parker, CO 45 (May 26) 1st -50.8% 2nd 69% below peers
Euless, TX 112 (May 26) 4th -42.7% 3rd 22% below peers
Pontiac, MI 183 (Apr 26) 13th -40.5% 4th 27% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 105 (May 26) 3rd -37.8% 5th 27% below peers
Taylor, MI 224 (May 26) 14th -33.2% 6th 55% above peers
Bristol, CT 117 (May 26) 6th -31.8% 7th 19% below peers
Springfield, OR 144 (Mar 26) 9th -30.7% 8th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 265 (Apr 26) 16th -30.1% 9th 84% above peers
Richland, WA 153 (May 26) 10th -25.4% 10th 6% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 130 (May 26) 7th -19.8% 11th 10% below peers
Meriden, CT 174 (May 26) 11th -19.1% 12th 21% above peers
La Mesa, CA 180 (May 26) 12th -16.8% 13th 25% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 256 (May 26) 15th -5.5% 14th 77% above peers
Marietta, GA 135 (Apr 26) 8th -3.4% 15th 6% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 324 (May 26) 17th +3.6% 16th 125% above peers
Taunton, MA 115 (May 26) 5th +56.5% 17th 20% below peers
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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. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-04 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 17% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $73,614 to $85,989 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$7,416). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 37% from 2014 to 2024 ($62,620 to $85,989).
$85,989
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $72,388 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Santa Cruz, CA $115,475 5th +48% 1st 44% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $65,132 25th +47% 2nd 19% below peers
Springfield, OR $68,761 23rd +44% 3rd 14% below peers
La Mesa, CA $95,028 12th +44% 4th 19% above peers
Montebello, CA $79,971 16th +42% 5th on par with peers
Encinitas, CA $162,229 1st +40% 6th 103% above peers
North Miami, FL $57,188 30th +37% 7th 28% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL $78,935 19th +33% 8th 1% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $69,983 22nd +32% 9th 12% below peers
Pontiac, MI $44,329 31st +32% 10th 45% below peers
San Rafael, CA $119,435 3rd +30% 11th 49% above peers
Shoreline, WA $112,751 6th +30% 12th 41% above peers
Woodland, CA $90,180 13th +30% 13th 13% above peers
Stonecrest, GA $64,591 26th +30% 14th 19% below peers
Jupiter, FL $110,240 8th +28% 15th 38% above peers
Marietta, GA $72,725 20th +27% 16th 9% below peers
La Habra, CA $100,106 10th +26% 17th 25% above peers
Taunton, MA $79,283 17th +26% 18th 1% below peers
Wellington, FL $115,632 4th +25% 19th 45% above peers
Euless, TX $82,167 15th +25% 20th 3% above peers
Vineland, NJ $67,860 24th +25% 21st 15% below peers
Richland, WA $95,813 11th +23% 22nd 20% above peers
White Plains, NY $110,763 7th +22% 23rd 39% above peers
Taylor, MI $61,081 28th +22% 24th 24% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $106,947 9th +22% 25th 34% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391 29th +21% 26th 24% below peers
Meriden, CT $71,253 21st +21% 27th 11% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $64,578 27th +21% 28th 19% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 2nd +20% 29th 67% above peers
Bristol, CT $79,076 18th +17% 30th 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $85,989 14th +17% 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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7 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · 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 ±$5,527 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.

Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 3.6% in May 2026, up from 3.5% a year earlier.
3.6%
1990May 2026
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▸ Compare all 29 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 3.7% (May 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Vineland, NJ 6.1% (May 26) 28th -1.2pp 1st 49% above peers
Woodland, CA 5.6% (May 26) 26th -0.5pp 2nd 37% above peers
Parker, CO 3.2% (May 26) 4th -0.4pp 3rd 22% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 3.2% (May 26) 5th -0.4pp 4th 22% below peers
San Rafael, CA 3.1% (May 26) 2nd -0.4pp 5th 24% below peers
La Habra, CA 3.5% (May 26) 7th -0.2pp 6th 15% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 4.1% (May 26) 15th -0.1pp 7th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 3.8% (May 26) 10th -0.1pp 8th 7% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.2% (May 26) 6th -0.1pp 9th 22% below peers
Springfield, OR 4.9% (May 26) 19th +0.0pp 10th 20% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 3.6% (May 26) 9th +0.1pp 11th 12% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.9% (May 26) 11th +0.1pp 12th 5% below peers
Marietta, GA 3.1% (May 26) 3rd +0.1pp 13th 24% below peers
North Miami, FL 3.0% (May 26) 1st +0.1pp 14th 27% below peers
Taunton, MA 4.9% (May 26) 20th +0.1pp 15th 20% above peers
Montebello, CA 5.3% (May 26) 24th +0.2pp 16th 29% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.1% (May 26) 21st +0.5pp 17th 24% above peers
Richland, WA 4.5% (May 26) 16th +0.5pp 18th 10% above peers
Euless, TX 4.0% (May 26) 12th +0.5pp 19th 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.5% (May 26) 25th +0.6pp 20th 34% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 5.2% (May 26) 23rd +0.6pp 21st 27% above peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% (May 26) 8th +0.8pp 22nd 15% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.0% (May 26) 13th +0.9pp 23rd 2% below peers
Jupiter, FL 4.0% (May 26) 14th +1.0pp 24th 2% below peers
Shoreline, WA 4.8% (May 26) 18th +1.1pp 25th 17% above peers
Wellington, FL 4.5% (May 26) 17th +1.1pp 26th 10% above peers
Bristol, CT 5.1% (May 26) 22nd +1.2pp 27th 24% above peers
Meriden, CT 6.0% (May 26) 27th +1.3pp 28th 46% above peers
Pontiac, MI 10.4% (May 26) 29th +1.7pp 29th 154% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.0% then, 15.3% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 2.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.2% to 15.3%).
15.3%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 12.3% -1.7pp
United States ref 12.0%
Woodland, CA 8.1% 6th -2.8pp 1st 32% below peers
Springfield, OR 14.8% 24th -4.3pp 2nd 24% above peers
Euless, TX 7.8% 4th -2.1pp 3rd 35% below peers
Pontiac, MI 23.7% 31st -6.1pp 4th 99% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 20.0% 29th -4.9pp 5th 67% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 14.4% 21st -3.3pp 6th 21% above peers
Montebello, CA 11.9% 16th -1.9pp 7th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.4% 20th -2.1pp 8th 12% above peers
La Mesa, CA 11.4% 14th -1.1pp 9th 5% below peers
White Plains, NY 11.1% 13th -1.0pp 10th 7% below peers
Taunton, MA 12.9% 18th -1.2pp 11th 8% above peers
Marietta, GA 12.2% 17th -1.1pp 12th 3% above peers
La Habra, CA 10.8% 12th -0.9pp 13th 9% below peers
North Miami, FL 18.4% 28th -1.5pp 14th 54% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 15.3% 25th -0.8pp 15th 28% above peers
San Rafael, CA 11.4% 15th -0.5pp 16th 5% below peers
Richland, WA 8.9% 8th +0.1pp 17th 25% below peers
Bristol, CT 10.6% 11th +0.6pp 18th 11% below peers
Vineland, NJ 14.4% 22nd +1.1pp 19th 21% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 16.6% 26th +1.3pp 20th 39% above peers
Wellington, FL 7.8% 5th +0.7pp 21st 35% below peers
Taylor, MI 18.2% 27th +1.8pp 22nd 52% above peers
Encinitas, CA 7.3% 3rd +0.9pp 23rd 39% below peers
Shoreline, WA 8.7% 7th +1.1pp 24th 27% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.2% 2nd +1.0pp 25th 40% below peers
Jupiter, FL 9.4% 9th +1.3pp 26th 22% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 21.7% 30th +3.3pp 27th 82% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 14.6% 23rd +2.2pp 28th 23% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.0% 19th +2.7pp 29th 9% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 1st +1.1pp 30th 63% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.1% 10th +3.0pp 31st 15% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.1% then, 6.9% now; margin ±3.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.6% to 6.9%).
6.9%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 17.7% -3.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Woodland, CA 7.6% 6th -7.9pp 1st 54% below peers
Euless, TX 7.6% 5th -5.3pp 2nd 55% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 9.5% 7th -5.1pp 3rd 43% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 16.8% 17th -5.8pp 4th 1% above peers
Springfield, OR 18.3% 20th -6.1pp 5th 10% above peers
Marietta, GA 15.3% 14th -4.8pp 6th 8% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 11th -3.0pp 7th 31% below peers
Pontiac, MI 35.5% 31st -7.5pp 8th 113% above peers
Montebello, CA 18.7% 22nd -3.8pp 9th 12% above peers
North Miami, FL 27.7% 27th -5.5pp 10th 67% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 6.9% 3rd -1.2pp 11th 59% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 30.1% 28th -4.2pp 12th 81% above peers
La Habra, CA 16.7% 16th -1.9pp 13th on par with peers
Taunton, MA 20.4% 25th -2.2pp 14th 23% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 19.4% 24th -0.9pp 15th 16% above peers
La Mesa, CA 14.6% 13th +0.6pp 16th 13% below peers
Jupiter, FL 10.7% 8th +0.6pp 17th 36% below peers
San Rafael, CA 18.6% 21st +1.0pp 18th 12% above peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 1st +0.2pp 19th 80% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17.1% 18th +1.2pp 20th 3% above peers
White Plains, NY 18.0% 19th +1.3pp 21st 8% above peers
Taylor, MI 33.2% 30th +3.6pp 22nd 100% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 32.1% 29th +4.0pp 23rd 93% above peers
Bristol, CT 16.3% 15th +2.5pp 24th 2% below peers
Meriden, CT 19.4% 23rd +3.0pp 25th 16% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.4% 4th +1.3pp 26th 55% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.4% 26th +5.6pp 27th 34% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 10.8% 9th +2.9pp 28th 35% below peers
Wellington, FL 11.9% 12th +3.8pp 29th 29% below peers
Encinitas, CA 11.0% 10th +4.5pp 30th 34% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.2% 2nd +3.5pp 31st 63% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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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 →
  • 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 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

▲ Higher is better Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Broadband changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (89.8% then, 93.3% now; margin ±4.6pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 6 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 28 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 4.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (89.1% to 93.3%).
93.3%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 90.2% +9.1pp
United States ref 91.1%
North Miami, FL 84.2% 31st +14.4pp 1st 9% below peers
Pontiac, MI 86.6% 29th +12.2pp 2nd 7% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 86.9% 28th +12.2pp 3rd 6% below peers
Montebello, CA 89.6% 26th +12.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Meriden, CT 90.1% 25th +12.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Taylor, MI 88.5% 27th +11.3pp 6th 5% below peers
Vineland, NJ 90.9% 21st +11.6pp 7th 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 91.2% 20th +11.1pp 8th 2% below peers
Taunton, MA 90.7% 23rd +10.0pp 9th 2% below peers
Bristol, CT 92.6% 17th +9.6pp 10th on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 91.5% 19th +9.3pp 11th 2% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 85.0% 30th +8.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Marietta, GA 94.2% 10th +9.1pp 13th 1% above peers
Springfield, OR 92.3% 18th +7.7pp 14th 1% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 92.9% 16th +7.4pp 15th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 95.1% 7th +6.1pp 16th 2% above peers
Woodland, CA 90.8% 22nd +5.6pp 17th 2% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 90.5% 24th +5.5pp 18th 3% below peers
San Rafael, CA 94.7% 9th +5.6pp 19th 2% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 95.9% 4th +5.0pp 20th 3% above peers
La Habra, CA 94.1% 11th +4.4pp 21st 1% above peers
Euless, TX 95.5% 6th +4.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 15th +4.0pp 23rd on par with peers
White Plains, NY 94.8% 8th +4.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Encinitas, CA 96.4% 2nd +3.9pp 25th 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 93.8% 12th +3.8pp 26th 1% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 93.3% 14th +3.5pp 27th on par with peers
La Mesa, CA 93.5% 13th +2.4pp 28th 1% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 95.6% 5th +2.3pp 29th 3% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 1st +2.0pp 30th 6% above peers
Wellington, FL 96.2% 3rd +1.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Wheaton, MD up 6.5pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 52% of this group · 2019-2024
  • South San Francisco, CA up 6.3pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 54% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chino, CA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a smaller real gain than 56% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.55 then, 0.55 now; margin ±0.02).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.55 to 0.55).
0.55
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 0.48 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
North Miami, FL 0.44 15th -0.058 1st 1% below peers
Encinitas, CA 0.46 21st -0.034 2nd 4% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.41 5th -0.025 3rd 8% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 0.49 26th -0.020 4th 11% above peers
Pontiac, MI 0.46 20th -0.017 5th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 0.40 3rd -0.013 6th 10% below peers
Woodland, CA 0.42 6th -0.013 7th 5% below peers
Taunton, MA 0.43 8th -0.014 8th 3% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 0.41 4th -0.010 9th 9% below peers
Vineland, NJ 0.45 17th -0.011 10th 2% above peers
Euless, TX 0.40 2nd -0.007 11th 10% below peers
White Plains, NY 0.51 27th -0.009 12th 15% above peers
La Mesa, CA 0.43 9th -0.006 13th 3% below peers
Marietta, GA 0.48 25th -0.006 14th 8% above peers
Jupiter, FL 0.52 29th -0.002 15th 17% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 0.55 30th +0.000 16th 24% above peers
Montebello, CA 0.44 13th +0.002 17th 1% below peers
Wellington, FL 0.45 19th +0.005 18th 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA 0.51 28th +0.012 19th 15% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 0.43 10th +0.012 20th 3% below peers
Taylor, MI 0.43 12th +0.017 21st 2% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 0.46 22nd +0.020 22nd 4% above peers
La Habra, CA 0.43 7th +0.021 23rd 4% below peers
Meriden, CT 0.43 11th +0.021 24th 2% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 0.55 31st +0.027 25th 24% above peers
Shoreline, WA 0.45 18th +0.022 26th 2% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 0.47 23rd +0.024 27th 7% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 14th +0.023 28th 1% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 0.44 16th +0.028 29th on par with peers
Parker, CO 0.38 1st +0.026 30th 15% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 0.48 24th +0.045 31st 7% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (5.5% then, 4.3% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap fell 1.9 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (6.2% to 4.3%).
4.3%
20102023
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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 Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 12.5% -0.6pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Meriden, CT 20.3% 26th -8.3pp 1st 76% above peers
Wellington, FL 4.9% 6th -1.9pp 2nd 58% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 12.5% 17th -3.5pp 3rd 8% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 4.3% 5th -1.2pp 4th 63% below peers
Marietta, GA 9.4% 13th -2.6pp 5th 19% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 13.1% 18th -3.1pp 6th 14% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.7% 11th -1.4pp 7th 33% below peers
Encinitas, CA 2.0% 1st -0.3pp 8th 82% below peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 8th -1.0pp 9th 45% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 5.6% 7th -0.8pp 10th 52% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 21.5% 27th -3.0pp 11th 87% above peers
White Plains, NY 6.7% 10th -0.7pp 12th 42% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 18.5% 24th -1.8pp 13th 60% above peers
North Miami, FL 25.4% 29th -2.2pp 14th 120% above peers
La Mesa, CA 8.3% 12th -0.6pp 15th 28% below peers
Springfield, OR 26.7% 30th -1.5pp 16th 132% above peers
Taylor, MI 17.9% 23rd -0.9pp 17th 56% above peers
Pontiac, MI 30.6% 31st -1.2pp 18th 166% above peers
Bristol, CT 15.3% 20th -0.3pp 19th 33% above peers
Vineland, NJ 15.4% 21st -0.0pp 20th 34% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2.7% 2nd +0.2pp 21st 76% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 19.3% 25th +1.8pp 22nd 68% above peers
Jupiter, FL 3.3% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 71% below peers
Woodland, CA 14.0% 19th +1.4pp 24th 21% above peers
La Habra, CA 9.7% 14th +1.3pp 25th 15% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 16th +1.7pp 26th on par with peers
Santa Cruz, CA 10.4% 15th +2.1pp 27th 9% below peers
Taunton, MA 24.5% 28th +5.2pp 28th 113% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.5% 9th +1.7pp 29th 44% below peers
Montebello, CA 17.4% 22nd +5.7pp 30th 51% above peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 4th +1.3pp 31st 70% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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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 →
  • Queen Creek, AZ down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • El Dorado Hills, CA down 1.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2018-2023
  • South Jordan, UT down 1.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

No better direction Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Home value fell about 1% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $642,319 in June 2026, down from $649,329 a year earlier.
$642,319
2001June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $340,430 (Jun 26) -0.0%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Bristol, CT $353,528 (Jun 26) 23rd +5.7% 1st 37% below peers
Meriden, CT $329,605 (Jun 26) 24th +4.6% 2nd 41% below peers
White Plains, NY $804,471 (Jun 26) 8th +4.4% 3rd 44% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $1,365,773 (Jun 26) 2nd +4.3% 4th 145% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $221,126 (Jun 26) 28th +4.1% 5th 60% below peers
Encinitas, CA $1,937,012 (Jun 26) 1st +4.0% 6th 248% above peers
Taunton, MA $528,720 (Jun 26) 16th +3.7% 7th 5% below peers
Vineland, NJ $314,721 (Jun 26) 26th +2.6% 8th 43% below peers
Pontiac, MI $143,118 (Jun 26) 30th +2.4% 9th 74% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $231,391 (Jun 26) 27th +2.4% 10th 58% below peers
Taylor, MI $182,227 (Jun 26) 29th +2.2% 11th 67% below peers
San Rafael, CA $1,340,153 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.6% 12th 141% above peers
Montebello, CA $831,401 (Jun 26) 6th +1.5% 13th 49% above peers
La Habra, CA $915,226 (Jun 26) 4th +1.0% 14th 64% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA $599,360 (Jun 26) 14th +0.9% 15th 8% above peers
Springfield, OR $423,728 (Jun 26) 20th +0.5% 16th 24% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $696,721 (Jun 26) 10th +0.5% 17th 25% above peers
Richland, WA $470,359 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 18th 16% below peers
La Mesa, CA $900,788 (Jun 26) 5th -0.3% 19th 62% above peers
Wellington, FL $658,112 (Jun 26) 12th -0.6% 20th 18% above peers
Euless, TX $359,527 (Jun 26) 22nd -0.8% 21st 35% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $642,319 (Jun 26) 13th -1.1% 22nd 15% above peers
North Miami, FL $424,771 (Jun 26) 19th -1.1% 23rd 24% below peers
Woodland, CA $556,780 (Jun 26) 15th -1.3% 24th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL $702,538 (Jun 26) 9th -1.3% 25th 26% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $319,278 (Jun 26) 25th -1.6% 26th 43% below peers
Marietta, GA $480,648 (Jun 26) 17th -1.6% 27th 14% below peers
Parker, CO $687,773 (Jun 26) 11th -2.5% 28th 24% above peers
Shoreline, WA $812,220 (Jun 26) 7th -2.8% 29th 46% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $402,681 (Jun 26) 21st -3.5% 30th 28% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

No better direction Falling recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $380,362 in June 2026, down from $389,707 a year earlier.
$380,362
2001June 2026
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▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $198,660 (Jun 26) +1.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Bristol, CT $273,177 (Jun 26) 21st +6.3% 1st 28% below peers
White Plains, NY $462,610 (Jun 26) 10th +6.0% 2nd 22% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA $969,823 (Jun 26) 2nd +5.8% 3rd 155% above peers
Meriden, CT $253,295 (Jun 26) 22nd +5.6% 4th 33% below peers
Vineland, NJ $249,107 (Jun 26) 24th +5.0% 5th 35% below peers
Taylor, MI $139,683 (Jun 26) 29th +4.5% 6th 63% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $158,956 (Jun 26) 28th +4.4% 7th 58% below peers
Taunton, MA $414,629 (Jun 26) 14th +4.3% 8th 9% above peers
Encinitas, CA $1,257,106 (Jun 26) 1st +3.9% 9th 231% above peers
Pontiac, MI $108,653 (Jun 26) 30th +3.8% 10th 71% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA $528,148 (Jun 26) 9th +3.1% 11th 39% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA $158,956 (Jun 26) 27th +1.9% 12th 58% below peers
Montebello, CA $677,771 (Jun 26) 5th +1.4% 13th 78% above peers
La Habra, CA $684,493 (Jun 26) 4th +1.0% 14th 80% above peers
San Rafael, CA $816,898 (Jun 26) 3rd +1.0% 15th 115% above peers
Richland, WA $354,205 (Jun 26) 17th +0.7% 16th 7% below peers
Springfield, OR $348,584 (Jun 26) 18th +0.1% 17th 8% below peers
La Mesa, CA $663,940 (Jun 26) 6th -0.2% 18th 75% above peers
Woodland, CA $460,541 (Jun 26) 11th -1.0% 19th 21% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $377,442 (Jun 26) 16th -1.5% 20th 1% below peers
Marietta, GA $329,906 (Jun 26) 19th -1.8% 21st 13% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ $250,624 (Jun 26) 23rd -1.9% 22nd 34% below peers
Euless, TX $277,422 (Jun 26) 20th -2.0% 23rd 27% below peers
Shoreline, WA $614,110 (Jun 26) 7th -2.0% 24th 61% above peers
Parker, CO $552,311 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 25th 45% above peers
Jupiter, FL $431,361 (Jun 26) 13th -2.2% 26th 13% above peers
Wellington, FL $455,951 (Jun 26) 12th -2.2% 27th 20% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC $380,362 (Jun 26) 15th -2.4% 28th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL $224,256 (Jun 26) 25th -6.4% 29th 41% below peers
North Miami, FL $197,133 (Jun 26) 26th -6.8% 30th 48% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Homeownership fell 2.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 50.3% to 47.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). 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, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (48.6% to 47.4%).
47.4%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 66.6% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Stonecrest, GA 56.2% 19th +11.6pp 1st 6% below peers
Pontiac, MI 46.6% 27th +6.1pp 2nd 22% below peers
La Mesa, CA 47.7% 24th +6.1pp 3rd 21% below peers
Marietta, GA 47.2% 26th +5.2pp 4th 22% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 72.8% 5th +7.2pp 5th 21% above peers
Woodland, CA 58.7% 17th +4.4pp 6th 2% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 77.9% 2nd +5.1pp 7th 30% above peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 28th +2.7pp 8th 24% below peers
Jupiter, FL 78.5% 1st +4.5pp 9th 31% above peers
San Rafael, CA 53.0% 21st +3.0pp 10th 12% below peers
Vineland, NJ 69.9% 8th +4.0pp 11th 16% above peers
Encinitas, CA 66.5% 10th +3.2pp 12th 11% above peers
Springfield, OR 55.0% 20th +2.4pp 13th 9% below peers
Shoreline, WA 66.3% 11th +2.6pp 14th 10% above peers
Taylor, MI 66.7% 9th +2.6pp 15th 11% above peers
Meriden, CT 60.1% 16th +2.1pp 16th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 63.1% 14th +1.9pp 17th 5% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 48.4% 23rd +1.4pp 18th 19% below peers
North Miami, FL 43.5% 29th +1.2pp 19th 28% below peers
Bristol, CT 64.9% 12th +1.3pp 20th 8% above peers
La Habra, CA 58.3% 18th +0.4pp 21st 3% below peers
Wellington, FL 75.8% 3rd -0.3pp 22nd 26% above peers
Taunton, MA 62.1% 15th -0.3pp 23rd 3% above peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 13th -0.7pp 24th 7% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 73.0% 4th -0.9pp 25th 21% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 36.6% 31st -0.5pp 26th 39% below peers
White Plains, NY 51.0% 22nd -0.8pp 27th 15% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 70.5% 7th -1.7pp 28th 17% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 47.4% 25th -2.9pp 29th 21% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 6th -4.7pp 30th 19% above peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 30th -4.1pp 31st 34% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

No better direction Rising, slower than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Rent was essentially flat over the 12 months ending June 2026.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 88% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,763 in June 2026, down from $1,766 a year earlier.
$1,763
2016June 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Taunton, MA $2,124 (Jun 26) 15th +5.8% 1st on par with peers
White Plains, NY $3,228 (Jun 26) 3rd +5.4% 2nd 52% above peers
Bristol, CT $1,679 (Jun 26) 25th +4.0% 3rd 21% below peers
Encinitas, CA $4,498 (Jun 26) 1st +3.9% 4th 112% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL $2,725 (Jun 26) 8th +3.7% 5th 28% above peers
Taylor, MI $1,482 (Jun 26) 27th +3.7% 6th 30% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA $3,649 (Jun 26) 2nd +3.6% 7th 72% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI $1,459 (Jun 26) 28th +2.9% 8th 31% below peers
Shoreline, WA $2,042 (Jun 26) 16th +2.8% 9th 4% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA $1,348 (Jun 26) 29th +2.6% 10th 37% below peers
Pontiac, MI $1,296 (Jun 26) 30th +2.5% 11th 39% below peers
Meriden, CT $1,748 (Jun 26) 21st +2.5% 12th 18% below peers
San Rafael, CA $2,992 (Jun 26) 6th +2.4% 13th 41% above peers
Wellington, FL $3,195 (Jun 26) 4th +2.2% 14th 50% above peers
La Mesa, CA $2,662 (Jun 26) 10th +1.7% 15th 25% above peers
North Miami, FL $2,330 (Jun 26) 13th +1.6% 16th 10% above peers
La Habra, CA $2,745 (Jun 26) 7th +1.6% 17th 29% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ $1,711 (Jun 26) 23rd +1.6% 18th 19% below peers
Marietta, GA $1,717 (Jun 26) 22nd +1.5% 19th 19% below peers
Jupiter, FL $3,003 (Jun 26) 5th +1.4% 20th 41% above peers
Springfield, OR $1,693 (Jun 26) 24th +1.3% 21st 20% below peers
Montebello, CA $2,289 (Jun 26) 14th +1.2% 22nd 8% above peers
Richland, WA $1,800 (Jun 26) 19th +0.9% 23rd 15% below peers
Woodland, CA $2,467 (Jun 26) 11th +0.7% 24th 16% above peers
Euless, TX $1,567 (Jun 26) 26th +0.4% 25th 26% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC $1,763 (Jun 26) 20th -0.1% 26th 17% below peers
Parker, CO $2,332 (Jun 26) 12th -2.5% 27th 10% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL $1,845 (Jun 26) 18th -3.2% 28th 13% below peers
Vineland, NJ 17th 5% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9th 26% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-06 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden rose 4.0 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.2% to 40.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.7pp). 7 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, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden rose 1.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.8% to 40.3%).
40.3%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 28.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Santa Cruz, CA 40.3% 22nd -7.0pp 1st 6% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 50.0% 30th -6.7pp 2nd 31% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 42.1% 24th -2.6pp 3rd 11% above peers
Encinitas, CA 35.5% 6th -2.1pp 4th 7% below peers
White Plains, NY 41.0% 23rd -1.9pp 5th 8% above peers
Vineland, NJ 39.1% 19th -1.7pp 6th 3% above peers
La Mesa, CA 44.9% 28th -1.9pp 7th 18% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.9% 2nd -0.9pp 8th 29% below peers
Springfield, OR 37.0% 15th -1.1pp 9th 3% below peers
Montebello, CA 46.3% 29th -1.4pp 10th 22% above peers
Taunton, MA 36.5% 12th -1.0pp 11th 4% below peers
North Miami, FL 56.8% 31st -0.2pp 12th 49% above peers
San Rafael, CA 43.9% 27th +0.7pp 13th 15% above peers
Wellington, FL 36.5% 11th +0.8pp 14th 4% below peers
Pontiac, MI 39.1% 18th +0.9pp 15th 3% above peers
Shoreline, WA 36.9% 14th +0.9pp 16th 3% below peers
La Habra, CA 42.9% 26th +1.9pp 17th 13% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 32.7% 5th +2.2pp 18th 14% below peers
Jupiter, FL 38.1% 16th +2.8pp 19th on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 30.0% 3rd +2.5pp 20th 21% below peers
Bristol, CT 36.0% 8th +3.1pp 21st 6% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 35.5% 7th +3.2pp 22nd 7% below peers
Woodland, CA 38.5% 17th +3.6pp 23rd 1% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 40.3% 21st +4.0pp 24th 6% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 36.3% 10th +3.7pp 25th 5% below peers
Marietta, GA 42.4% 25th +5.1pp 26th 11% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 36.3% 9th +5.0pp 27th 5% below peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 4th +5.3pp 28th 18% below peers
Euless, TX 36.6% 13th +6.6pp 29th 4% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 1st +4.8pp 30th 32% below peers
Meriden, CT 39.6% 20th +7.6pp 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Des Plaines, IL down 5.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Newark, OH down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Toms River, NJ down 6.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±2.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.9% then, 5.8% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.6% to 5.8%).
5.8%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 5.3% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Encinitas, CA 3.0% 2nd -2.4pp 1st 60% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 4.1% 6th -1.7pp 2nd 46% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.1% 11th -1.9pp 3rd 19% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.8% 9th -1.0pp 4th 23% below peers
Meriden, CT 10.1% 28th -1.6pp 5th 34% above peers
Bristol, CT 7.6% 18th -1.1pp 6th 1% above peers
Woodland, CA 7.0% 13th -0.7pp 7th 7% below peers
Taunton, MA 9.5% 26th -0.9pp 8th 25% above peers
Pontiac, MI 15.6% 30th -1.5pp 9th 106% above peers
Springfield, OR 8.3% 22nd -0.8pp 10th 10% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.6% 17th -0.7pp 11th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 8.2% 21st -0.7pp 12th 9% above peers
Montebello, CA 7.5% 15th -0.6pp 13th on par with peers
North Miami, FL 11.9% 29th -0.8pp 14th 58% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 7th -0.0pp 15th 44% below peers
Marietta, GA 8.8% 25th +0.1pp 16th 17% above peers
White Plains, NY 17.1% 31st +0.2pp 17th 126% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.8% 27th +0.1pp 18th 29% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.0% 10th +0.3pp 19th 21% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 8.0% 20th +0.5pp 20th 5% above peers
Shoreline, WA 7.1% 14th +0.4pp 21st 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 7.5% 16th +0.7pp 22nd on par with peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 1st +0.2pp 23rd 77% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 8.6% 23rd +1.1pp 24th 14% above peers
San Rafael, CA 8.7% 24th +1.8pp 25th 15% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.8% 8th +1.0pp 26th 36% below peers
Jupiter, FL 3.8% 5th +1.0pp 27th 49% below peers
Wellington, FL 3.3% 3rd +1.1pp 28th 56% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 12th +2.2pp 29th 17% below peers
Euless, TX 3.5% 4th +1.4pp 30th 54% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 7.7% 19th +3.1pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 100% 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 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.7% then, 5.1% now; margin ±1.1pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.8% to 5.0%).
5.1%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 9.4% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
White Plains, NY 5.8% 14th -3.6pp 1st 9% below peers
La Habra, CA 6.2% 15th -3.5pp 2nd 4% below peers
Shoreline, WA 3.7% 2nd -1.8pp 3rd 42% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 6.5% 17th -2.8pp 4th 1% above peers
North Miami, FL 18.5% 31st -7.5pp 5th 187% above peers
Woodland, CA 5.2% 10th -2.1pp 6th 20% below peers
Encinitas, CA 3.8% 4th -1.2pp 7th 41% below peers
La Mesa, CA 4.8% 7th -1.3pp 8th 26% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 12.4% 27th -3.1pp 9th 92% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 3.8% 3rd -0.9pp 10th 41% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 5.8% 13th -0.7pp 11th 11% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 8th -0.5pp 12th 23% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 15.4% 28th -1.2pp 13th 139% above peers
Taylor, MI 5.2% 11th -0.3pp 14th 18% below peers
Montebello, CA 10.8% 24th -0.3pp 15th 67% above peers
Springfield, OR 7.1% 20th -0.2pp 16th 10% above peers
San Rafael, CA 6.7% 18th -0.1pp 17th 3% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 16th -0.1pp 18th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 17.6% 30th -0.2pp 19th 174% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.6% 21st +0.1pp 20th 34% above peers
Pontiac, MI 12.3% 26th +0.2pp 21st 91% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 5.0% 9th +0.3pp 22nd 22% below peers
Vineland, NJ 9.5% 22nd +0.6pp 23rd 48% above peers
Jupiter, FL 9.9% 23rd +0.7pp 24th 54% above peers
Euless, TX 15.5% 29th +1.1pp 25th 140% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 6.9% 19th +0.6pp 26th 8% above peers
Bristol, CT 4.5% 6th +0.5pp 27th 30% below peers
Meriden, CT 5.6% 12th +0.9pp 28th 13% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 11.2% 25th +2.0pp 29th 74% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 5th +0.8pp 30th 32% below peers
Taunton, MA 3.7% 1st +1.5pp 31st 43% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about three-quarters of the peer median.

25.5%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 33.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Parker, CO 21.9% 1st 32% below peers
Encinitas, CA 23.2% 2nd 28% below peers
Shoreline, WA 23.8% 3rd 26% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 25.5% 4th 20% below peers
San Rafael, CA 25.7% 5th 20% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 26.2% 6th 18% below peers
La Mesa, CA 26.6% 7th 17% below peers
Jupiter, FL 26.7% 8th 17% below peers
White Plains, NY 26.9% 9th 16% below peers
Wellington, FL 27.3% 10th 15% below peers
Montebello, CA 28.2% 11th 12% below peers
La Habra, CA 28.6% 12th 11% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 29.0% 13th 9% below peers
Woodland, CA 29.2% 14th 9% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 30.3% 15th 5% below peers
Marietta, GA 32.0% 16th on par with peers
Bristol, CT 32.5% 17th 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 33.8% 18th 6% above peers
North Miami, FL 34.1% 19th 7% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 34.4% 20th 7% above peers
Taunton, MA 34.6% 21st 8% above peers
Meriden, CT 35.1% 22nd 10% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 35.2% 23rd 10% above peers
Taylor, MI 35.6% 24th 11% above peers
Vineland, NJ 35.8% 25th 12% above peers
Euless, TX 35.9% 26th 12% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 27th 17% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 39.6% 28th 24% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 39.7% 29th 24% above peers
Pontiac, MI 41.9% 30th 31% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 43.2% 31st 35% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
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Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (4.8% then, 2.9% now; margin ±2.7pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured fell 3.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 2.9%).
2.9%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 5.5% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Stonecrest, GA 2.6% 10th -6.0pp 1st 26% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.1% 2nd -2.2pp 2nd 68% below peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 3rd -1.9pp 3rd 62% below peers
North Miami, FL 6.6% 26th -5.9pp 4th 91% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 4.6% 20th -3.3pp 5th 34% above peers
Bristol, CT 0.9% 1st -0.7pp 6th 73% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 2.9% 11th -2.0pp 7th 17% below peers
San Rafael, CA 1.8% 6th -1.0pp 8th 49% below peers
Shoreline, WA 1.6% 4th -0.9pp 9th 54% below peers
Meriden, CT 1.7% 5th -0.9pp 10th 52% below peers
Woodland, CA 1.9% 8th -0.6pp 11th 46% below peers
Pontiac, MI 5.0% 21st -1.6pp 12th 46% above peers
Encinitas, CA 1.8% 7th -0.4pp 13th 47% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 2.9% 13th -0.6pp 14th 15% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 9th -0.2pp 15th 39% below peers
White Plains, NY 3.5% 16th -0.0pp 16th on par with peers
La Habra, CA 3.3% 15th +0.1pp 17th 4% below peers
Marietta, GA 11.0% 30th +1.0pp 18th 219% above peers
La Mesa, CA 2.9% 12th +0.3pp 19th 15% below peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 7.8% 27th +1.3pp 20th 125% above peers
Jupiter, FL 6.2% 24th +1.2pp 21st 78% above peers
Vineland, NJ 5.2% 22nd +1.1pp 22nd 51% above peers
Springfield, OR 3.6% 17th +0.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 6.4% 25th +1.5pp 24th 84% above peers
Euless, TX 14.9% 31st +3.6pp 25th 330% above peers
Montebello, CA 4.6% 19th +1.4pp 26th 32% above peers
Taylor, MI 4.1% 18th +1.5pp 27th 17% above peers
Wellington, FL 8.8% 28th +3.5pp 28th 155% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 5.6% 23rd +2.5pp 29th 61% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 10.5% 29th +4.7pp 30th 205% above peers
Taunton, MA 3.1% 14th +2.9pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
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 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (76.9% then, 76.6% now; margin ±4.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 23 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.0% to 76.6%).
76.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 35.6% +4.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Taylor, MI 16.4% 29th +4.8pp 1st 49% below peers
Florence-Graham, CA 7.4% 31st +2.0pp 2nd 77% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 21.7% 27th +5.4pp 3rd 33% below peers
North Miami, FL 25.1% 20th +6.1pp 4th 22% below peers
Vineland, NJ 24.1% 21st +5.3pp 5th 25% below peers
Springfield, OR 22.4% 25th +4.6pp 6th 31% below peers
Pontiac, MI 16.1% 30th +2.9pp 7th 50% below peers
Palm Harbor, FL 40.6% 13th +6.5pp 8th 26% above peers
Montebello, CA 22.9% 24th +3.2pp 9th 29% below peers
Bristol, CT 30.3% 19th +3.8pp 10th 6% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 21.5% 28th +2.6pp 11th 34% below peers
La Habra, CA 32.3% 16th +3.8pp 12th on par with peers
Marietta, GA 47.4% 11th +5.4pp 13th 47% above peers
Jupiter, FL 53.5% 7th +5.7pp 14th 66% above peers
Woodland, CA 30.4% 18th +3.1pp 15th 6% below peers
Euless, TX 39.8% 15th +4.0pp 16th 23% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 23.8% 23rd +2.3pp 17th 26% below peers
Wellington, FL 49.7% 10th +4.7pp 18th 54% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 57.4% 4th +5.0pp 19th 78% above peers
Encinitas, CA 67.7% 2nd +5.7pp 20th 109% above peers
White Plains, NY 53.9% 6th +4.4pp 21st 67% above peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 12th +3.6pp 22nd 44% above peers
Shoreline, WA 52.8% 8th +3.9pp 23rd 63% above peers
La Mesa, CA 40.6% 14th +2.8pp 24th 26% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 57.6% 3rd +3.8pp 25th 78% above peers
Taunton, MA 23.9% 22nd +1.4pp 26th 26% below peers
Stonecrest, GA 31.0% 17th +1.6pp 27th 4% below peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 5th +2.8pp 28th 73% above peers
Meriden, CT 22.2% 26th -0.1pp 29th 31% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 76.6% 1st -0.3pp 30th 137% above peers
San Rafael, CA 49.7% 9th -2.5pp 31st 54% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (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 ±3.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

▲ Higher is better Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 25.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 67.8% to 42.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±16.3pp). 3 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, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 31.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.3% to 42.7%).
42.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 39.6% -3.4pp
United States ref 45.5%
Vineland, NJ 77.5% 1st +20.4pp 1st 57% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 49.2% 16th +12.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 11th +11.2pp 3rd 10% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 22nd +6.9pp 4th 15% below peers
Montebello, CA 42.2% 21st +6.1pp 5th 14% below peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 2nd +9.5pp 6th 37% above peers
Marietta, GA 51.8% 13th +4.5pp 7th 5% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 36.8% 27th +1.4pp 8th 25% below peers
San Rafael, CA 65.8% 3rd -0.2pp 9th 34% above peers
Woodland, CA 51.1% 15th -0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
Springfield, OR 34.8% 29th -1.0pp 11th 29% below peers
Taunton, MA 44.7% 18th -1.5pp 12th 9% below peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 9th -3.1pp 13th 13% above peers
Pontiac, MI 36.3% 28th -2.7pp 14th 26% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 26.7% 30th -2.2pp 15th 46% below peers
La Habra, CA 41.1% 24th -5.0pp 16th 17% below peers
Wellington, FL 58.2% 8th -9.2pp 17th 18% above peers
Taylor, MI 26.3% 31st -4.4pp 18th 47% below peers
Bristol, CT 62.5% 5th -11.2pp 19th 27% above peers
North Miami, FL 51.2% 14th -10.2pp 20th 4% above peers
White Plains, NY 62.8% 4th -12.8pp 21st 27% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 46.2% 17th -10.3pp 22nd 6% below peers
Encinitas, CA 55.3% 10th -12.6pp 23rd 12% above peers
Jupiter, FL 62.0% 6th -14.2pp 24th 26% above peers
Meriden, CT 52.6% 12th -13.9pp 25th 7% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 59.8% 7th -16.1pp 26th 21% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 41.2% 23rd -15.0pp 27th 16% below peers
La Mesa, CA 38.6% 26th -16.3pp 28th 22% below peers
Euless, TX 42.2% 20th -20.8pp 29th 14% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 42.7% 19th -25.1pp 30th 13% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 38.6% 25th -25.1pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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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 →
  • 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 ±10.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (1.2% then, 0.2% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (0.9% to 0.2%).
0.2%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 7.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Chapel Hill, NC 0.2% 1st -1.0pp 1st 97% below peers
Parker, CO 0.6% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 91% below peers
La Mesa, CA 6.0% 14th -5.1pp 3rd 5% below peers
Marietta, GA 1.6% 4th -1.2pp 4th 75% below peers
Woodland, CA 6.0% 13th -4.2pp 5th 6% below peers
Wellington, FL 2.8% 7th -1.5pp 6th 57% below peers
Taunton, MA 1.9% 6th -1.0pp 7th 71% below peers
Montebello, CA 5.7% 11th -2.2pp 8th 11% below peers
Bristol, CT 6.4% 16th -2.3pp 9th on par with peers
Jupiter, FL 3.2% 8th -1.1pp 10th 50% below peers
Encinitas, CA 1.7% 5th -0.5pp 11th 74% below peers
Vineland, NJ 19.7% 30th -4.7pp 12th 209% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 9.1% 24th -1.9pp 13th 42% above peers
Taylor, MI 9.7% 25th -1.9pp 14th 51% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 3.4% 9th -0.1pp 15th 47% below peers
Shoreline, WA 5.7% 12th -0.2pp 16th 11% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 6.4% 17th -0.0pp 17th on par with peers
San Rafael, CA 7.8% 21st +0.2pp 18th 22% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 7.3% 19th +0.2pp 19th 15% above peers
Pontiac, MI 14.9% 29th +2.5pp 20th 134% above peers
Euless, TX 6.3% 15th +1.1pp 21st 1% below peers
La Habra, CA 8.9% 23rd +2.2pp 22nd 39% above peers
North Miami, FL 12.9% 26th +3.5pp 23rd 103% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 1.0% 3rd +0.3pp 24th 84% below peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 22nd +3.1pp 25th 23% above peers
Springfield, OR 14.7% 28th +6.4pp 26th 130% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 4.5% 10th +2.1pp 27th 29% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 20.8% 31st +10.2pp 28th 226% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 7.0% 18th +4.6pp 29th 9% above peers
Meriden, CT 13.2% 27th +10.1pp 30th 106% above peers
White Plains, NY 7.3% 20th +6.8pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±0.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics

Population

No better direction Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population rose about 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 60,998 to 61,607 - more than the combined survey margin (±64). 21 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Rising beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 29 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (58,379 to 61,607).
61,607
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Parker, CO 61,783 10th +14% 1st on par with peers
Stonecrest, GA 60,501 27th +12% 2nd 2% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 1st +11% 3rd 2% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 61,771 11th +11% 4th on par with peers
Casa Grande, AZ 60,905 22nd +9% 5th 1% below peers
Shoreline, WA 61,431 18th +9% 6th on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 60,959 21st +8% 7th 1% below peers
Euless, TX 60,421 30th +8% 8th 2% below peers
Taunton, MA 60,433 28th +6% 9th 2% below peers
White Plains, NY 60,666 25th +4% 10th 1% below peers
Woodland, CA 61,854 9th +4% 11th 1% above peers
Pontiac, MI 62,104 5th +4% 12th 1% above peers
Marietta, GA 62,263 3rd +3% 13th 1% above peers
San Rafael, CA 60,433 29th +3% 14th 2% below peers
La Habra, CA 61,970 7th +2% 15th 1% above peers
La Mesa, CA 60,797 23rd +2% 16th 1% below peers
Bristol, CT 61,462 17th +2% 17th on par with peers
Vineland, NJ 61,006 20th +2% 18th 1% below peers
Meriden, CT 60,545 26th +1% 19th 2% below peers
Taylor, MI 62,081 6th +1% 20th 1% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 61,607 12th +1% 21st on par with peers
Council Bluffs, IA 62,586 2nd +0% 22nd 2% above peers
Springfield, OR 61,499 15th -1% 23rd on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 61,512 14th -1% 24th on par with peers
Encinitas, CA 61,480 16th -2% 25th on par with peers
Montebello, CA 61,045 19th -3% 26th 1% below peers
North Miami, FL 60,344 31st -3% 27th 2% below peers
Wellington, FL 62,146 4th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Jupiter, FL 61,883 8th -4% 29th 1% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 61,607 13th -5% 30th on par with peers
Florence-Graham, CA 60,690 24th -8% 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsPopulation
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±41 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 16.1% to 14.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). 9 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 1.3 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (16.1% to 14.8%).
14.9%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 21.1% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Meriden, CT 21.9% 15th +2.5pp 1st 1% above peers
La Mesa, CA 21.7% 16th +1.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 16.6% 29th +1.1pp 3rd 24% below peers
Vineland, NJ 25.5% 3rd +1.6pp 4th 17% above peers
Euless, TX 24.2% 5th +1.2pp 5th 11% above peers
Taylor, MI 22.9% 11th +1.0pp 6th 5% above peers
North Miami, FL 23.3% 10th +1.0pp 7th 7% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 25.2% 4th +0.7pp 8th 16% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 17.0% 28th +0.3pp 9th 22% below peers
Encinitas, CA 20.6% 21st +0.3pp 10th 5% below peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 7th -0.1pp 11th 11% above peers
Bristol, CT 20.1% 23rd -0.2pp 12th 7% below peers
Shoreline, WA 18.8% 25th -0.2pp 13th 13% below peers
White Plains, NY 18.6% 26th -0.3pp 14th 15% below peers
Woodland, CA 23.6% 9th -0.4pp 15th 8% above peers
Council Bluffs, IA 22.2% 13th -0.6pp 16th 2% above peers
Marietta, GA 21.4% 19th -0.8pp 17th 1% below peers
Springfield, OR 21.0% 20th -0.9pp 18th 3% below peers
Jupiter, FL 18.4% 27th -0.8pp 19th 15% below peers
Taunton, MA 21.6% 17th -1.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 14.8% 30th -1.3pp 21st 32% below peers
Montebello, CA 20.4% 22nd -2.0pp 22nd 6% below peers
La Habra, CA 21.5% 18th -2.1pp 23rd 1% below peers
Wellington, FL 23.6% 8th -2.4pp 24th 9% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 24.2% 6th -2.6pp 25th 11% above peers
San Rafael, CA 19.7% 24th -2.3pp 26th 9% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 22.5% 12th -3.1pp 27th 4% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 28.0% 1st -3.8pp 28th 29% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 11.2% 31st -1.6pp 29th 48% below peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 2nd -4.4pp 30th 18% above peers
Pontiac, MI 22.2% 14th -4.5pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.7% then, 19.4% now; margin ±6.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 5 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent rose 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (19.2% to 19.4%).
19.4%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 31.3% -1.4pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Meriden, CT 59.0% 2nd +17.6pp 1st 86% above peers
Woodland, CA 31.6% 16th +6.8pp 2nd on par with peers
La Habra, CA 30.4% 17th +5.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Wellington, FL 22.8% 23rd +4.3pp 4th 28% below peers
Montebello, CA 45.9% 7th +7.6pp 5th 45% above peers
Springfield, OR 43.1% 8th +5.5pp 6th 36% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 48.5% 5th +5.9pp 7th 53% above peers
Taylor, MI 55.7% 3rd +6.4pp 8th 76% above peers
Bristol, CT 32.6% 15th +3.4pp 9th 3% above peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 29th +1.2pp 10th 47% below peers
Pontiac, MI 68.1% 1st +4.4pp 11th 115% above peers
White Plains, NY 28.1% 21st +1.4pp 12th 11% below peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 18th +0.5pp 13th 6% below peers
Euless, TX 34.6% 14th +0.3pp 14th 9% above peers
La Mesa, CA 28.6% 19th +0.1pp 15th 9% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 40.6% 10th -0.0pp 16th 28% above peers
Taunton, MA 47.5% 6th -0.1pp 17th 50% above peers
Shoreline, WA 19.4% 26th -0.4pp 18th 39% below peers
Chapel Hill, NC 19.4% 25th -1.3pp 19th 39% below peers
Marietta, GA 38.8% 11th -3.2pp 20th 23% above peers
Casa Grande, AZ 36.9% 12th -3.9pp 21st 17% above peers
Palm Harbor, FL 23.2% 22nd -2.9pp 22nd 27% below peers
North Miami, FL 41.1% 9th -5.1pp 23rd 30% above peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 18.7% 28th -3.0pp 24th 41% below peers
Santa Cruz, CA 28.5% 20th -4.8pp 25th 10% below peers
Vineland, NJ 34.8% 13th -6.8pp 26th 10% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 54.2% 4th -11.7pp 27th 71% above peers
San Rafael, CA 22.4% 24th -7.5pp 28th 29% below peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 18.9% 27th -6.6pp 29th 40% below peers
Encinitas, CA 13.2% 31st -6.7pp 30th 58% below peers
Jupiter, FL 16.0% 30th -11.2pp 31st 49% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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7 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (69.8% then, 75.9% now; margin ±13.6pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 4 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 11.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (64.0% to 75.9%).
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 66.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marietta, GA 74.4% 11th +17.6pp 1st 3% above peers
San Rafael, CA 75.6% 7th +12.3pp 2nd 5% above peers
Meriden, CT 81.3% 3rd +11.9pp 3rd 13% above peers
Dearborn Heights, MI 54.0% 29th +7.7pp 4th 25% below peers
Montebello, CA 75.4% 8th +9.9pp 5th 5% above peers
Woodland, CA 67.1% 22nd +6.2pp 6th 7% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 15th +6.6pp 7th on par with peers
Encinitas, CA 78.4% 5th +6.4pp 8th 9% above peers
Chapel Hill, NC 75.9% 6th +6.1pp 9th 5% above peers
Pontiac, MI 81.4% 2nd +6.1pp 10th 13% above peers
White Plains, NY 80.6% 4th +5.9pp 11th 12% above peers
Florence-Graham, CA 61.8% 27th +4.0pp 12th 14% below peers
Vineland, NJ 74.1% 12th +4.0pp 13th 3% above peers
Springfield, OR 73.0% 14th +3.5pp 14th 1% above peers
Santa Cruz, CA 83.0% 1st +3.8pp 15th 15% above peers
Wellington, FL 64.0% 26th +2.1pp 16th 11% below peers
La Habra, CA 69.0% 19th +1.0pp 17th 4% below peers
Euless, TX 74.9% 9th +0.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Shoreline, WA 67.6% 20th -1.5pp 19th 6% below peers
Casa Grande, AZ 64.2% 25th -2.3pp 20th 11% below peers
Council Bluffs, IA 72.1% 16th -3.7pp 21st on par with peers
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 64.6% 24th -4.9pp 22nd 10% below peers
North Miami, FL 67.4% 21st -5.4pp 23rd 6% below peers
Taylor, MI 71.8% 17th -6.4pp 24th on par with peers
Palm Harbor, FL 64.6% 23rd -5.9pp 25th 10% below peers
La Mesa, CA 59.5% 28th -5.7pp 26th 17% below peers
Bristol, CT 74.8% 10th -7.8pp 27th 4% above peers
Stonecrest, GA 73.6% 13th -8.6pp 28th 2% above peers
Taunton, MA 69.0% 18th -8.6pp 29th 4% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 30th 30% below peers
Jupiter, FL 50.3% 31st -16.8pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 17 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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7 of 17 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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