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Gastonia, NC

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87,067 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Gastonia, 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
219 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 31%
relative change
317 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Household income
Median household income
$64,059
2020-24
▲ 30%
relative change
$49,460 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,569 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 16%
relative change
3,069 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
90.0%
2020-24
▲ 14%
relative change
79.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.0%
Jul 2026
▼ 11%
relative change
4.5% a year earlier
Dropping fast Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
26.6%
2020-24
▲ 10%
relative change
24.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
805 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
882 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
36.9%
2020-24
▲ 8%
relative change
34.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
5 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
flat
relative change
5 in the prior 12 months
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 10 indicators

Where Gastonia, NC shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
10.6%
2020-24
▲ 163%
relative change
4.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
12.9%
2020-24
▲ 35%
relative change
9.6% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
20.6%
2019-23
▲ 13%
relative change
18.3% in 2018
Worsening Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
10.4%
2020-24
▲ 54%
relative change
6.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
36.8%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
34.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
16.3%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
16.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
21.3%
2020-24
▼ 10%
relative change
23.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
flat
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
54.2%
2020-24
▲ <1%
relative change
53.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
7.9%
2020-24
▲ 11%
relative change
7.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 6 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
52.1%
2020-24
▲ 36%
relative change
38.2% in 2019
Rising Among the highest of peers
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Population
82,884
2020-24
▲ 9%
relative change
75,887 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,501
Aug 2026
▲ 1%
relative change
$1,484 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$177,036
Aug 2026
▼ <1%
relative change
$178,514 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$275,364
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$276,473 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Working parents
Young children with all parents in the labor force
77.8%
2020-24
high
vs peers
68.5% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 60% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 2% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities. Gastonia started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 805 in July 2026, down from 882 a year earlier.
Bright spot 805 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Danbury, CT 104 (Jul 26) -58.3% 1st
Mission, TX 108 (Jul 26) -32.4% 2nd
South Jordan, UT 108 (Jul 26) -20.2% 3rd
Bloomington, MN 226 (Jul 26) -18.6% 4th
Troy, MI 90 (Jul 26) -14.0% 5th
Citrus Heights, CA 332 (Jul 26) -13.8% 6th
Mountain View, CA 228 (Apr 26) -10.6% 7th
Sioux City, IA 478 (Jul 26) -9.8% 8th
New Rochelle, NY 142 (Jun 26) -9.6% 9th
Gastonia, NC 805 (Jul 26) -8.7% 10th
Baytown, TX 416 (Jul 26) -1.4% 11th
Medford, OR 368 (Jul 26) +2.6% 12th
Warner Robins, GA 574 (Jul 26) +7.2% 13th
Westminster, CA 420 (Jun 26) +7.8% 14th
Layton, UT 144 (Jul 26) +12.8% 15th
Duluth, MN 263 (Jul 26) +29.6% 16th
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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 →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 16% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 87% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. Gastonia started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,569 in July 2026, down from 3,069 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,569 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Danbury, CT 776 (Jul 26) -31.4% 1st
Mission, TX 1,026 (Jul 26) -24.8% 2nd
Gastonia, NC 2,569 (Jul 26) -16.3% 3rd
Troy, MI 931 (Jul 26) -16.2% 4th
Warner Robins, GA 2,156 (Jul 26) -15.1% 5th
Baytown, TX 2,181 (Jul 26) -14.8% 6th
Westminster, CA 2,119 (Jun 26) -13.9% 7th
Citrus Heights, CA 1,764 (Jul 26) -13.8% 8th
Sioux City, IA 2,719 (Jul 26) -11.5% 9th
Duluth, MN 2,843 (Jul 26) -6.2% 10th
Bloomington, MN 2,840 (Apr 26) -4.8% 11th
Layton, UT 1,292 (Jul 26) -0.1% 12th
New Rochelle, NY 1,158 (Jun 26) +0.1% 13th
Mountain View, CA 2,439 (Jul 26) +1.1% 14th
South Jordan, UT 927 (Jul 26) +6.4% 15th
Medford, OR 3,762 (Jul 26) +7.9% 16th
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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 →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides was essentially flat over the 12 months ending July 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 14% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 50% of similar-size cities. Gastonia started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 5 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, unchanged from 5 in the prior 12 months. That is 6 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Bright spot 5 homicides
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Citrus Heights, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
New Rochelle, NY 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 2nd
Mountain View, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Troy, MI 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Mission, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 5th
Danbury, CT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 6th
Bloomington, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 7th
Warner Robins, GA 2 (Jul 26) -77.8% 8th
Westminster, CA 1 (Jun 26) -75.1% 9th
Medford, OR 1 (Jul 26) -66.6% 10th
Duluth, MN 5 (Jul 26) -42.8% 11th
Baytown, TX 5 (Jul 26) -33.3% 12th
Gastonia, NC 6 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Sioux City, IA 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
South Jordan, UT 2 (Jul 26) +100.0% 15th
Layton, UT 0 (Jul 26)
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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 July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 31% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft fell about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 80% of similar-size cities. Gastonia started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Vehicle theft fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 219 in July 2026, down from 317 a year earlier.
Bright spot 219 per 100k
2018July 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Mission, TX 24 (Jul 26) -41.7% 1st
New Rochelle, NY 41 (Jun 26) -40.7% 2nd
Duluth, MN 88 (Jul 26) -35.0% 3rd
Mountain View, CA 104 (Jul 26) -34.1% 4th
Baytown, TX 256 (Jul 26) -30.8% 5th
Gastonia, NC 219 (Jul 26) -30.8% 6th
Bloomington, MN 115 (Apr 26) -29.8% 7th
Danbury, CT 69 (Jul 26) -25.6% 8th
Troy, MI 62 (Jul 26) -20.3% 9th
Warner Robins, GA 172 (Jul 26) -18.4% 10th
Medford, OR 148 (Jul 26) -17.9% 11th
Layton, UT 63 (Jul 26) -11.5% 12th
Sioux City, IA 244 (Jul 26) -10.2% 13th
Citrus Heights, CA 188 (Jul 26) +6.6% 14th
Westminster, CA 265 (Jun 26) +7.8% 15th
South Jordan, UT 70 (Jul 26) +10.9% 16th
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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 →
  • Alhambra, CA down about 48% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
  • Grand Junction, CO down about 42% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Broomfield, CO down about 41% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 30% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $49,460 to $64,059 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,245).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Gastonia started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 62% from 2014 to 2024 ($39,578 to $64,059).
Bright spot $64,059
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 $72,388 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Medford, OR $73,230 19th +46% 1st 11% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL $52,058 31st +45% 2nd 37% below peers
Waukegan, IL $71,919 20th +44% 3rd 13% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $106,182 7th +39% 4th 29% above peers
Homestead, FL $65,423 25th +38% 5th 21% below peers
Melbourne, FL $66,991 23rd +38% 6th 19% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $89,585 13th +37% 7th 9% above peers
Westminster, CA $85,541 14th +37% 8th 4% above peers
Mountain View, CA $189,917 2nd +36% 9th 131% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL $73,538 18th +35% 10th 11% below peers
Auburn, AL $63,668 27th +35% 11th 23% below peers
Auburn, WA $97,884 10th +34% 12th 19% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $109,167 6th +34% 13th 33% above peers
Layton, UT $102,480 8th +32% 14th 24% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $82,314 16th +32% 15th on par with peers
Kissimmee, FL $53,758 30th +32% 16th 35% below peers
Duluth, MN $68,807 22nd +31% 17th 16% below peers
San Leandro, CA $101,420 9th +30% 18th 23% above peers
Gastonia, NC $64,059 26th +30% 19th 22% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $66,970 24th +29% 20th 19% below peers
South Jordan, UT $134,047 4th +28% 21st 63% above peers
Whittier, CA $97,201 11th +26% 22nd 18% above peers
Mission, TX $60,767 28th +24% 23rd 26% below peers
Sioux City, IA $68,906 21st +24% 24th 16% below peers
Bloomington, MN $93,211 12th +24% 25th 13% above peers
Kennewick, WA $73,576 17th +24% 26th 11% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $135,175 3rd +23% 27th 64% above peers
San Ramon, CA $196,161 1st +22% 28th 138% above peers
Troy, MI $120,045 5th +18% 29th 46% above peers
Danbury, CT $83,393 15th +14% 30th 1% above peers
Baytown, TX $59,910 29th +5% 31st 27% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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6 of 24 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 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 →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,551 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.5 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.3 percentage points higher than in 2022 (4.0% then, 4.3% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 3.8% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.0% in July 2026, down from 4.5% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.0%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 3.6% (Jul 26) -0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Waukegan, IL 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th -1.0pp 1st 9% below peers
Westminster, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 17th -0.8pp 2nd 5% above peers
Whittier, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 3rd 25% above peers
Kennewick, WA 3.9% (Jul 26) 9th -0.6pp 4th 11% below peers
Gastonia, NC 4.0% (Jul 26) 11th -0.5pp 5th 9% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 21st -0.5pp 6th 11% above peers
Homestead, FL 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.5pp 7th 39% below peers
San Leandro, CA 4.8% (Jul 26) 19th -0.5pp 8th 9% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 5.1% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.4pp 9th 16% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 2.8% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 10th 36% below peers
Mountain View, CA 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.4pp 11th 20% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th -0.3pp 12th 7% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 3.6% (Jul 26) 5th -0.3pp 13th 18% below peers
Sioux City, IA 3.7% (Jul 26) 7th -0.3pp 14th 16% below peers
San Ramon, CA 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.2pp 15th 5% above peers
Mission, TX 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th -0.2pp 16th 36% above peers
Layton, UT 3.2% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.1pp 17th 27% below peers
Baytown, TX 7.7% (Jul 26) 30th +0.0pp 18th 75% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th +0.1pp 19th 18% below peers
Medford, OR 6.7% (Jul 26) 28th +0.2pp 20th 52% above peers
Auburn, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 24th +0.2pp 21st 18% above peers
Troy, MI 4.0% (Jul 26) 12th +0.2pp 22nd 9% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.1% (Jul 26) 14th +0.3pp 23rd 7% below peers
Auburn, AL 3.7% (Jul 26) 8th +0.3pp 24th 16% below peers
Melbourne, FL 4.8% (Jul 26) 20th +0.6pp 25th 9% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.9% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.6pp 26th 11% above peers
Bloomington, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 27th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 28th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 6.8% (Jul 26) 29th +1.1pp 29th 55% above peers
Danbury, CT 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th +1.3pp 30th 18% 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 →
What changed

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (16.8% then, 16.3% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.2% to 16.3%).
Needs attention 16.3%
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 13.0% -1.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.3% 13th -4.4pp 1st 14% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 8.6% 8th -2.9pp 2nd 35% below peers
Medford, OR 13.2% 16th -4.1pp 3rd on par with peers
Homestead, FL 18.4% 27th -5.4pp 4th 40% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.2% 18th -3.1pp 5th 8% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.9% 9th -1.7pp 6th 32% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 20.4% 29th -3.9pp 7th 55% above peers
San Leandro, CA 8.3% 6th -1.3pp 8th 37% below peers
Mission, TX 19.4% 28th -3.1pp 9th 47% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 20.4% 30th -3.2pp 10th 55% above peers
Waukegan, IL 15.3% 22nd -2.3pp 11th 16% above peers
Mountain View, CA 6.0% 4th -0.8pp 12th 55% below peers
Whittier, CA 9.1% 10th -0.8pp 13th 31% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 12.2% 15th -1.1pp 14th 7% below peers
Kennewick, WA 14.3% 19th -1.2pp 15th 9% above peers
Duluth, MN 16.8% 25th -1.4pp 16th 28% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.4% 20th -1.1pp 17th 9% above peers
Auburn, AL 25.4% 31st -1.9pp 18th 93% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 10.1% 12th -0.6pp 19th 24% below peers
Gastonia, NC 16.3% 24th -0.5pp 20th 24% above peers
Melbourne, FL 15.8% 23rd -0.2pp 21st 20% above peers
Danbury, CT 11.7% 14th +0.2pp 22nd 11% below peers
Troy, MI 5.4% 3rd +0.3pp 23rd 59% below peers
Sioux City, IA 15.3% 21st +1.0pp 24th 16% above peers
Layton, UT 8.1% 5th +0.7pp 25th 39% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 14.0% 17th +1.5pp 26th 6% above peers
San Ramon, CA 4.4% 2nd +0.7pp 27th 67% below peers
Baytown, TX 18.2% 26th +3.1pp 28th 38% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 8.5% 7th +1.6pp 29th 35% below peers
Bloomington, MN 9.2% 11th +1.8pp 30th 30% below peers
South Jordan, UT 3.7% 1st +1.0pp 31st 72% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp 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 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.7% then, 21.3% now; margin ±4.1pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 11.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.7% to 21.3%).
Needs attention 21.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 17.7% -3.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Town 'n' Country, FL 11.0% 8th -13.3pp 1st 26% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 7.4% 6th -6.5pp 2nd 50% below peers
San Leandro, CA 7.0% 5th -5.7pp 3rd 53% below peers
Medford, OR 13.8% 14th -8.1pp 4th 8% below peers
Homestead, FL 23.3% 25th -9.8pp 5th 56% above peers
Troy, MI 3.6% 1st -1.4pp 6th 76% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 28.5% 30th -9.0pp 7th 90% above peers
Mission, TX 24.7% 27th -7.2pp 8th 65% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 19.3% 22nd -4.0pp 9th 29% above peers
Auburn, AL 14.0% 15th -2.9pp 10th 7% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 15.0% 16th -2.6pp 11th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 18.6% 21st -2.7pp 12th 25% above peers
Westminster, CA 17.1% 20th -2.4pp 13th 14% above peers
Auburn, WA 13.1% 13th -1.8pp 14th 12% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.8% 31st -5.2pp 15th 159% above peers
Gastonia, NC 21.3% 24th -2.4pp 16th 42% above peers
Waukegan, IL 24.5% 26th -1.5pp 17th 64% above peers
Whittier, CA 11.3% 9th -0.4pp 18th 25% below peers
Danbury, CT 16.8% 19th -0.4pp 19th 12% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 13.0% 11th -0.3pp 20th 13% below peers
Sioux City, IA 20.4% 23rd +1.0pp 21st 36% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 10.3% 7th +0.7pp 22nd 31% below peers
Melbourne, FL 25.9% 28th +3.3pp 23rd 73% above peers
Duluth, MN 15.6% 17th +2.2pp 24th 4% above peers
Layton, UT 11.7% 10th +1.9pp 25th 22% below peers
Baytown, TX 26.8% 29th +5.2pp 26th 79% above peers
Bloomington, MN 13.1% 12th +3.2pp 27th 13% below peers
Mountain View, CA 6.4% 4th +1.6pp 28th 57% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 15.9% 18th +4.4pp 29th 6% above peers
San Ramon, CA 3.6% 2nd +1.0pp 30th 76% below peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 3rd +3.7pp 31st 64% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 10.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 79.2% to 90.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Gastonia started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 13.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (76.5% to 90.0%).
Bright spot 90.0%
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%
Daytona Beach, FL 90.2% 28th +19.9pp 1st 2% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 92.0% 17th +18.5pp 2nd on par with peers
Mission, TX 90.5% 25th +12.6pp 3rd 2% below peers
Baytown, TX 91.7% 18th +12.5pp 4th 1% below peers
Gastonia, NC 90.0% 30th +10.8pp 5th 3% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 92.5% 15th +10.8pp 6th on par with peers
Whittier, CA 92.3% 16th +9.8pp 7th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 87.1% 31st +9.0pp 8th 6% below peers
Duluth, MN 90.4% 27th +8.8pp 9th 2% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 91.6% 20th +8.5pp 10th 1% below peers
Homestead, FL 91.2% 23rd +7.8pp 11th 1% below peers
Kennewick, WA 91.2% 24th +7.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 95.5% 5th +7.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 93.7% 10th +7.1pp 14th 1% above peers
Melbourne, FL 90.4% 26th +6.5pp 15th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 93.6% 11th +6.6pp 16th 1% above peers
San Leandro, CA 93.5% 12th +6.4pp 17th 1% above peers
Medford, OR 91.6% 21st +6.2pp 18th 1% below peers
Waukegan, IL 90.1% 29th +6.1pp 19th 2% below peers
South Jordan, UT 95.2% 6th +6.2pp 20th 3% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 94.4% 8th +6.1pp 21st 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 94.0% 9th +5.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Bloomington, MN 92.8% 14th +5.1pp 23rd 1% above peers
Auburn, WA 94.7% 7th +5.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Auburn, AL 91.7% 19th +4.5pp 25th 1% below peers
Danbury, CT 91.3% 22nd +4.5pp 26th 1% below peers
Mountain View, CA 96.0% 3rd +3.9pp 27th 4% above peers
Layton, UT 93.1% 13th +3.2pp 28th 1% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 97.1% 1st +3.2pp 29th 5% above peers
Troy, MI 96.0% 4th +2.4pp 30th 4% above peers
San Ramon, CA 97.1% 2nd +0.5pp 31st 5% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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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 →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.47 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality fell about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.48 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
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
South Jordan, UT 0.36 1st -0.026 1st 18% below peers
Homestead, FL 0.42 7th -0.030 2nd 5% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 0.38 2nd -0.022 3rd 13% below peers
Mission, TX 0.48 27th -0.021 4th 9% above peers
Medford, OR 0.43 10th -0.018 5th 2% below peers
Westminster, CA 0.47 22nd -0.019 6th 6% above peers
Melbourne, FL 0.44 17th -0.013 7th 1% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 0.49 28th -0.013 8th 12% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 0.42 6th -0.007 9th 5% below peers
Auburn, WA 0.40 4th -0.005 10th 9% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 0.53 30th -0.006 11th 20% above peers
Auburn, AL 0.55 31st -0.004 12th 25% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.42 8th -0.002 13th 5% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 0.44 15th +0.000 14th on par with peers
Mountain View, CA 0.48 25th +0.001 15th 8% above peers
Gastonia, NC 0.47 24th +0.002 16th 7% above peers
Duluth, MN 0.48 26th +0.002 17th 9% above peers
Waukegan, IL 0.44 16th +0.005 18th on par with peers
Whittier, CA 0.43 11th +0.006 19th 2% below peers
Sioux City, IA 0.44 14th +0.008 20th 1% below peers
Troy, MI 0.42 9th +0.009 21st 4% below peers
Kennewick, WA 0.44 13th +0.009 22nd 1% below peers
Bloomington, MN 0.43 12th +0.011 23rd 1% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 0.46 21st +0.015 24th 5% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 0.50 29th +0.019 25th 13% above peers
Baytown, TX 0.45 18th +0.019 26th 2% above peers
San Leandro, CA 0.45 19th +0.020 27th 2% above peers
San Ramon, CA 0.41 5th +0.019 28th 7% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 0.45 20th +0.023 29th 2% above peers
Danbury, CT 0.47 23rd +0.029 30th 7% above peers
Layton, UT 0.40 3rd +0.028 31st 9% below 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

SNAP rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 18.3% to 20.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.1pp). That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Snap rose 0.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (20.0% to 20.6%).
Needs attention 20.6%
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
South Jordan, UT 1.2% 1st -1.2pp 1st 90% below peers
Layton, UT 4.1% 4th -4.3pp 2nd 66% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 18.7% 26th -6.1pp 3rd 52% above peers
Homestead, FL 26.0% 31st -6.7pp 4th 112% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 25.8% 30th -3.8pp 5th 110% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.9% 12th -1.5pp 6th 11% below peers
Medford, OR 21.1% 29th -2.8pp 7th 72% above peers
Auburn, WA 14.5% 19th -1.9pp 8th 18% above peers
Sioux City, IA 13.8% 17th -1.8pp 9th 12% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 15.2% 21st -1.8pp 10th 24% above peers
Waukegan, IL 18.5% 25th -2.0pp 11th 50% above peers
Melbourne, FL 11.8% 14th -1.3pp 12th 4% below peers
Mission, TX 20.2% 27th -1.2pp 13th 64% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 14.4% 18th -0.6pp 14th 17% above peers
Auburn, AL 7.8% 10th +0.2pp 15th 36% below peers
Kennewick, WA 18.2% 24th +0.5pp 16th 48% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.9% 7th +0.2pp 17th 52% below peers
Baytown, TX 16.7% 22nd +0.8pp 18th 36% above peers
Gastonia, NC 20.6% 28th +2.3pp 19th 68% above peers
Danbury, CT 10.9% 11th +1.4pp 20th 11% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 12.0% 15th +1.6pp 21st 2% below peers
Troy, MI 5.2% 5th +0.9pp 22nd 58% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 16.9% 23rd +3.0pp 23rd 37% above peers
Westminster, CA 14.5% 20th +2.8pp 24th 18% above peers
Mountain View, CA 3.6% 3rd +0.7pp 25th 71% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 12.3% 16th +2.7pp 26th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 11.3% 13th +2.8pp 27th 8% below peers
Whittier, CA 6.8% 8th +1.8pp 28th 45% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 5.3% 6th +1.6pp 29th 57% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.3% 9th +2.5pp 30th 40% below peers
San Ramon, CA 2.4% 2nd +1.2pp 31st 81% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 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 →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 1% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 62% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $275,364 in August 2026, down from $276,473 a year earlier.
Big move $275,364
2002August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $334,773 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
New Rochelle, NY $948,709 (Aug 26) 6th +7.7% 1st 107% above peers
Waukegan, IL $247,657 (Aug 26) 26th +6.9% 2nd 46% below peers
Duluth, MN $298,068 (Aug 26) 23rd +5.2% 3rd 35% below peers
Westminster, CA $1,095,037 (Aug 26) 5th +4.9% 4th 139% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,824,406 (Aug 26) 2nd +4.5% 5th 298% above peers
Danbury, CT $492,946 (Aug 26) 13th +4.4% 6th 7% above peers
Auburn, AL $419,162 (Aug 26) 18th +4.3% 7th 9% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $215,087 (Aug 26) 29th +3.0% 8th 53% below peers
Layton, UT $523,008 (Aug 26) 12th +2.8% 9th 14% above peers
Sioux City, IA $202,482 (Aug 26) 30th +2.7% 10th 56% below peers
Mountain View, CA $1,931,886 (Aug 26) 1st +2.4% 11th 321% above peers
Troy, MI $458,678 (Aug 26) 15th +2.2% 12th on par with peers
Whittier, CA $815,758 (Aug 26) 7th +1.7% 13th 78% above peers
South Jordan, UT $661,471 (Aug 26) 9th +1.4% 14th 44% above peers
Bloomington, MN $362,340 (Aug 26) 20th +1.3% 15th 21% below peers
Medford, OR $408,210 (Aug 26) 19th +1.1% 16th 11% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $1,179,160 (Aug 26) 4th +0.7% 17th 157% above peers
Kennewick, WA $431,000 (Aug 26) 17th +0.6% 18th 6% below peers
Auburn, WA $598,170 (Aug 26) 10th -0.3% 19th 30% above peers
Gastonia, NC $275,364 (Aug 26) 24th -0.4% 20th 40% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $470,694 (Aug 26) 14th -0.7% 21st 3% above peers
Mission, TX $219,583 (Aug 26) 28th -0.9% 22nd 52% below peers
Melbourne, FL $356,996 (Aug 26) 21st -1.0% 23rd 22% below peers
Baytown, TX $245,229 (Aug 26) 27th -1.0% 24th 47% below peers
San Leandro, CA $797,857 (Aug 26) 8th -1.2% 25th 74% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $528,885 (Aug 26) 11th -1.8% 26th 15% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $252,622 (Aug 26) 25th -2.3% 27th 45% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $355,971 (Aug 26) 22nd -3.2% 28th 22% below peers
Homestead, FL $434,225 (Aug 26) 16th -3.5% 29th 5% below peers
San Ramon, CA $1,451,174 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.6% 30th 216% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 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 →
What changed

Starter homes fell about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 23% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $177,036 in August 2026, down from $178,514 a year earlier.
Big move $177,036
2002August 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 $194,567 (Aug 26) +1.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Waukegan, IL $201,000 (Aug 26) 24th +10.4% 1st 41% below peers
New Rochelle, NY $514,593 (Aug 26) 8th +7.2% 2nd 52% above peers
Duluth, MN $202,793 (Aug 26) 23rd +6.9% 3rd 40% below peers
Auburn, AL $300,072 (Aug 26) 19th +6.1% 4th 11% below peers
Westminster, CA $928,858 (Aug 26) 4th +5.0% 5th 174% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA $1,216,561 (Aug 26) 1st +4.6% 6th 260% above peers
Danbury, CT $338,397 (Aug 26) 15th +4.2% 7th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA $135,509 (Aug 26) 29th +4.0% 8th 60% below peers
Warner Robins, GA $134,103 (Aug 26) 30th +2.9% 9th 60% below peers
Whittier, CA $721,676 (Aug 26) 6th +2.6% 10th 113% above peers
Troy, MI $330,983 (Aug 26) 16th +2.5% 11th 2% below peers
Layton, UT $418,675 (Aug 26) 12th +2.4% 12th 24% above peers
Mission, TX $145,560 (Aug 26) 27th +1.8% 13th 57% below peers
Kennewick, WA $340,031 (Aug 26) 14th +1.4% 14th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN $267,412 (Aug 26) 21st +1.3% 15th 21% below peers
South Jordan, UT $497,273 (Aug 26) 9th +0.8% 16th 47% above peers
Medford, OR $320,741 (Aug 26) 18th +0.8% 17th 5% below peers
Auburn, WA $456,725 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 18th 35% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $430,500 (Aug 26) 11th -0.6% 19th 27% above peers
Lake Forest, CA $739,173 (Aug 26) 5th -0.7% 20th 118% above peers
Gastonia, NC $177,036 (Aug 26) 25th -0.8% 21st 48% below peers
San Leandro, CA $639,142 (Aug 26) 7th -0.9% 22nd 89% above peers
Mountain View, CA $1,029,938 (Aug 26) 2nd -0.9% 23rd 204% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA $391,781 (Aug 26) 13th -1.2% 24th 16% above peers
Melbourne, FL $229,961 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.4% 25th 32% below peers
Baytown, TX $172,044 (Aug 26) 26th -1.7% 26th 49% below peers
Kissimmee, FL $267,424 (Aug 26) 20th -3.6% 27th 21% below peers
San Ramon, CA $941,579 (Aug 26) 3rd -3.7% 28th 178% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL $136,833 (Aug 26) 28th -3.8% 29th 60% below peers
Homestead, FL $320,821 (Aug 26) 17th -4.5% 30th 5% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (53.7% then, 54.2% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (55.4% to 54.2%).
Needs attention 54.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 66.6% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Homestead, FL 48.3% 27th +7.4pp 1st 17% below peers
Auburn, AL 53.1% 24th +7.4pp 2nd 9% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 46.3% 29th +4.9pp 3rd 20% below peers
Medford, OR 56.3% 18th +4.9pp 4th 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL 50.2% 26th +3.7pp 5th 14% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 47.5% 28th +3.5pp 6th 18% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 60.7% 10th +3.9pp 7th 5% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 60.2% 12th +3.8pp 8th 4% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 58.2% 15th +3.2pp 9th on par with peers
Mission, TX 71.4% 4th +3.7pp 10th 23% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 53.5% 22nd +2.7pp 11th 8% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 53.7% 21st +2.6pp 12th 8% below peers
Sioux City, IA 65.3% 8th +2.5pp 13th 12% above peers
San Leandro, CA 58.1% 16th +2.2pp 14th on par with peers
Layton, UT 72.5% 3rd +2.0pp 15th 25% above peers
Melbourne, FL 59.7% 13th +1.6pp 16th 3% above peers
Westminster, CA 53.4% 23rd +1.4pp 17th 8% below peers
Auburn, WA 60.6% 11th +1.5pp 18th 4% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 70.5% 6th +1.2pp 19th 21% above peers
Gastonia, NC 54.2% 19th +0.5pp 20th 7% below peers
Whittier, CA 57.9% 17th +0.4pp 21st on par with peers
South Jordan, UT 81.4% 1st +0.5pp 22nd 40% above peers
Troy, MI 73.2% 2nd -0.5pp 23rd 26% above peers
Duluth, MN 59.4% 14th -1.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 39.9% 30th -0.8pp 25th 31% below peers
San Ramon, CA 70.9% 5th -1.5pp 26th 22% above peers
Bloomington, MN 65.8% 7th -1.5pp 27th 13% above peers
Kennewick, WA 61.3% 9th -2.1pp 28th 5% above peers
Mountain View, CA 38.6% 31st -3.0pp 29th 34% below peers
Danbury, CT 53.8% 20th -4.3pp 30th 7% below peers
Baytown, TX 52.3% 25th -4.5pp 31st 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±1.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 1% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 72% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 69% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 10% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,501 in August 2026, up from $1,484 a year earlier.
Big move $1,501
2015August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Mountain View, CA $4,536 (Aug 26) 1st +10.0% 1st 138% above peers
Auburn, AL $1,705 (Aug 26) 18th +4.5% 2nd 10% below peers
Westminster, CA $2,787 (Aug 26) 6th +4.3% 3rd 46% above peers
San Ramon, CA $3,246 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.1% 4th 70% above peers
New Rochelle, NY $2,941 (Aug 26) 5th +4.1% 5th 54% above peers
San Leandro, CA $2,463 (Aug 26) 9th +3.6% 6th 29% above peers
Sioux City, IA $1,275 (Aug 26) 30th +3.5% 7th 33% below peers
Lake Forest, CA $3,195 (Aug 26) 4th +3.3% 8th 68% above peers
South Jordan, UT $2,074 (Aug 26) 12th +3.1% 9th 9% above peers
Medford, OR $1,678 (Aug 26) 21st +3.1% 10th 12% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA $3,692 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.1% 11th 94% above peers
Bloomington, MN $1,693 (Aug 26) 19th +3.1% 12th 11% below peers
Troy, MI $1,882 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 13th 1% below peers
Auburn, WA $2,001 (Aug 26) 13th +2.9% 14th 5% above peers
Warner Robins, GA $1,425 (Aug 26) 28th +2.9% 15th 25% below peers
Duluth, MN $1,428 (Aug 26) 27th +2.9% 16th 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL $1,687 (Aug 26) 20th +2.9% 17th 11% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA $2,422 (Aug 26) 10th +2.5% 18th 27% above peers
Danbury, CT $2,546 (Aug 26) 7th +1.9% 19th 34% above peers
Baytown, TX $1,549 (Aug 26) 24th +1.8% 20th 19% below peers
Kennewick, WA $1,676 (Aug 26) 22nd +1.4% 21st 12% below peers
Gastonia, NC $1,501 (Aug 26) 26th +1.1% 22nd 21% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA $1,904 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 23rd on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL $1,533 (Aug 26) 25th +0.8% 24th 19% below peers
Layton, UT $1,652 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.7% 25th 13% below peers
Whittier, CA $2,372 (Aug 26) 11th +0.7% 26th 25% above peers
Kissimmee, FL $1,914 (Aug 26) 14th -0.1% 27th 1% above peers
Homestead, FL $2,469 (Aug 26) 8th -0.2% 28th 30% above peers
Melbourne, FL $1,823 (Aug 26) 17th -0.7% 29th 4% below peers
Mission, TX $1,351 (Aug 26) 29th -0.9% 30th 29% below peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.2% then, 36.9% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (41.7% to 36.9%).
Bright spot 36.9%
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
Waukegan, IL 34.2% 12th -5.4pp 1st 11% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 41.4% 23rd -5.1pp 2nd 8% above peers
Mission, TX 29.2% 6th -3.5pp 3rd 24% below peers
Medford, OR 39.9% 21st -1.2pp 4th 4% above peers
Homestead, FL 51.7% 30th -1.3pp 5th 34% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 45.3% 28th -0.6pp 6th 18% above peers
Mountain View, CA 33.5% 10th -0.4pp 7th 13% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 44.1% 27th -0.5pp 8th 15% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 38.6% 17th -0.4pp 9th on par with peers
Whittier, CA 43.1% 26th -0.3pp 10th 12% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.4% 7th -0.2pp 11th 18% below peers
San Leandro, CA 41.7% 25th +0.4pp 12th 8% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 40.5% 22nd +0.6pp 13th 5% above peers
Danbury, CT 41.7% 24th +0.8pp 14th 8% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 53.1% 31st +1.2pp 15th 38% above peers
Auburn, AL 39.2% 20th +1.0pp 16th 2% above peers
San Ramon, CA 33.7% 11th +1.0pp 17th 12% below peers
Westminster, CA 47.5% 29th +1.4pp 18th 23% above peers
Duluth, MN 32.8% 9th +1.3pp 19th 15% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 38.6% 18th +1.6pp 20th on par with peers
Kennewick, WA 32.0% 8th +1.5pp 21st 17% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 38.2% 15th +1.9pp 22nd 1% below peers
Layton, UT 23.2% 3rd +1.2pp 23rd 40% below peers
Bloomington, MN 28.9% 5th +1.6pp 24th 25% below peers
Auburn, WA 38.1% 14th +2.7pp 25th 1% below peers
Gastonia, NC 36.9% 13th +2.7pp 26th 4% below peers
Troy, MI 20.9% 1st +1.7pp 27th 46% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.3% 4th +2.2pp 28th 32% below peers
Melbourne, FL 38.5% 16th +3.4pp 29th on par with peers
South Jordan, UT 22.7% 2nd +2.1pp 30th 41% below peers
Baytown, TX 38.9% 19th +9.6pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±2.8pp 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 →
What changed

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.1% then, 7.9% now; margin ±1.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (8.6% to 7.9%).
Needs attention 7.9%
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
Town 'n' Country, FL 3.5% 3rd -1.5pp 1st 49% below peers
Sioux City, IA 7.0% 17th -2.1pp 2nd on par with peers
Medford, OR 6.8% 13th -2.0pp 3rd 3% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 4.1% 6th -1.1pp 4th 41% below peers
Homestead, FL 8.0% 21st -2.1pp 5th 14% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 2.4% 1st -0.6pp 6th 65% below peers
Waukegan, IL 8.4% 24th -1.9pp 7th 20% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.0% 16th -1.5pp 8th on par with peers
Daytona Beach, FL 11.3% 30th -2.0pp 9th 61% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 16.4% 31st -2.0pp 10th 134% above peers
Duluth, MN 10.2% 29th -1.2pp 11th 45% above peers
Auburn, WA 6.9% 14th -0.6pp 12th 1% below peers
Auburn, AL 4.1% 5th -0.2pp 13th 42% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 7.9% 20th -0.3pp 14th 13% above peers
Melbourne, FL 8.7% 25th -0.3pp 15th 24% above peers
Layton, UT 3.0% 2nd -0.1pp 16th 57% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 7.0% 15th -0.2pp 17th on par with peers
Danbury, CT 8.4% 23rd +0.5pp 18th 20% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.2% 11th +0.4pp 19th 11% below peers
Mission, TX 5.5% 9th +0.3pp 20th 22% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 5.7% 10th +0.5pp 21st 19% below peers
Gastonia, NC 7.9% 19th +0.8pp 22nd 13% above peers
Westminster, CA 7.6% 18th +0.8pp 23rd 8% above peers
Troy, MI 4.6% 7th +0.6pp 24th 35% below peers
Bloomington, MN 6.8% 12th +0.9pp 25th 4% below peers
San Ramon, CA 3.7% 4th +0.5pp 26th 47% below peers
Mountain View, CA 8.1% 22nd +1.3pp 27th 15% above peers
South Jordan, UT 4.8% 8th +1.0pp 28th 32% below peers
San Leandro, CA 8.9% 27th +1.9pp 29th 27% above peers
Baytown, TX 8.7% 26th +2.1pp 30th 25% above peers
Kennewick, WA 8.9% 28th +2.5pp 31st 27% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 3.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.6% to 12.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 40% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.4% to 12.9%).
Needs attention 12.9%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 9.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Mountain View, CA 2.4% 2nd -2.6pp 1st 65% below peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 10th -3.4pp 2nd 16% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.3% 13th -2.9pp 3rd 7% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 4.1% 4th -1.9pp 4th 40% below peers
Layton, UT 6.6% 14th -2.7pp 5th 3% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 5.0% 7th -1.4pp 6th 27% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 12.7% 24th -3.4pp 7th 86% above peers
Melbourne, FL 9.8% 21st -2.4pp 8th 44% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 8.2% 17th -1.8pp 9th 21% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 12.5% 23rd -2.6pp 10th 84% above peers
San Ramon, CA 1.9% 1st -0.4pp 11th 71% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 13.6% 26th -2.4pp 12th 100% above peers
Homestead, FL 19.7% 29th -2.9pp 13th 190% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 12.0% 22nd -1.7pp 14th 76% above peers
Danbury, CT 14.8% 27th -1.5pp 15th 118% above peers
Westminster, CA 6.2% 12th -0.5pp 16th 8% below peers
South Jordan, UT 4.1% 5th -0.2pp 17th 40% below peers
Mission, TX 26.5% 30th -1.3pp 18th 290% above peers
Whittier, CA 6.0% 11th -0.3pp 19th 12% below peers
San Leandro, CA 5.1% 8th -0.1pp 20th 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL 16.0% 28th -0.1pp 21st 135% above peers
Auburn, WA 8.4% 19th +0.0pp 22nd 24% above peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 3rd +0.0pp 23rd 59% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.8% 20th +0.7pp 24th 29% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.6% 9th +0.5pp 25th 17% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 6.7% 15th +0.8pp 26th 2% below peers
Duluth, MN 4.6% 6th +0.9pp 27th 32% below peers
Baytown, TX 27.9% 31st +6.0pp 28th 310% above peers
Auburn, AL 6.8% 16th +1.5pp 29th on par with peers
Sioux City, IA 8.4% 18th +1.9pp 30th 23% above peers
Gastonia, NC 12.9% 25th +3.3pp 31st 90% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 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 →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is somewhat above the peer median.

38.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 33.6%
United States ref 33.4%
San Leandro, CA 20.3% 1st 37% below peers
San Ramon, CA 20.5% 2nd 36% below peers
Mountain View, CA 21.3% 3rd 34% below peers
Westminster, CA 22.9% 4th 29% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 24.5% 5th 24% below peers
Troy, MI 24.9% 6th 23% below peers
Bloomington, MN 27.2% 7th 16% below peers
Danbury, CT 27.6% 8th 14% below peers
Auburn, WA 27.7% 9th 14% below peers
Whittier, CA 27.8% 10th 14% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 28.6% 11th 11% below peers
South Jordan, UT 30.2% 12th 6% below peers
Layton, UT 31.3% 13th 3% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 31.5% 14th 2% below peers
Homestead, FL 31.8% 15th 1% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 32.2% 16th on par with peers
Auburn, AL 33.0% 17th 2% above peers
Melbourne, FL 34.2% 18th 6% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 34.2% 19th 6% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 34.2% 20th 6% above peers
Medford, OR 35.5% 21st 10% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 35.6% 22nd 11% above peers
Duluth, MN 37.3% 23rd 16% above peers
Baytown, TX 37.4% 24th 16% above peers
Gastonia, NC 38.0% 25th 18% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 38.0% 26th 18% above peers
Waukegan, IL 38.4% 27th 19% above peers
Sioux City, IA 39.9% 28th 24% above peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.2% 29th 28% above peers
Kennewick, WA 41.7% 30th 30% above peers
Mission, TX 44.7% 31st 39% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 6.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.0% to 10.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 17% moved the other way.
Longer view
Child uninsured rose 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.6% to 10.6%).
Needs attention 10.6%
20122024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 5.5% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Mountain View, CA 0.4% 1st -2.7pp 1st 90% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 0.8% 2nd -3.5pp 2nd 80% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 4.2% 16th -7.5pp 3rd on par with peers
Whittier, CA 2.0% 4th -2.0pp 4th 53% below peers
Auburn, WA 3.1% 12th -2.4pp 5th 25% below peers
Medford, OR 2.9% 10th -1.6pp 6th 31% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 6.2% 24th -2.5pp 7th 46% above peers
Layton, UT 5.4% 22nd -1.4pp 8th 28% above peers
Bloomington, MN 5.4% 21st -1.2pp 9th 27% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 5.1% 18th -1.1pp 10th 22% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 5.2% 19th -0.9pp 11th 23% above peers
San Ramon, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.2pp 12th 68% below peers
Waukegan, IL 5.8% 23rd -0.3pp 13th 37% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 2.7% 7th -0.1pp 14th 36% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.5% 25th -0.1pp 15th 55% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 2.0% 5th +0.0pp 16th 52% below peers
Danbury, CT 11.3% 29th +0.2pp 17th 168% above peers
South Jordan, UT 3.5% 14th +0.1pp 18th 18% below peers
Westminster, CA 3.1% 11th +0.3pp 19th 26% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 4.5% 17th +0.7pp 20th 7% above peers
Mission, TX 19.2% 30th +3.6pp 21st 356% above peers
Duluth, MN 2.2% 6th +0.4pp 22nd 47% below peers
Troy, MI 2.8% 8th +0.5pp 23rd 35% below peers
Homestead, FL 10.2% 27th +2.0pp 24th 141% above peers
San Leandro, CA 2.8% 9th +0.9pp 25th 34% below peers
Melbourne, FL 7.0% 26th +2.7pp 26th 65% above peers
Baytown, TX 22.7% 31st +9.5pp 27th 438% above peers
Auburn, AL 3.3% 13th +1.9pp 28th 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA 5.3% 20th +3.2pp 29th 27% above peers
Gastonia, NC 10.6% 28th +6.6pp 30th 152% above peers
Kennewick, WA 4.0% 15th +2.7pp 31st 6% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 →
  • 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 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.4 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.2% to 26.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp).

Broader trend
57% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Gastonia started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.0% to 26.6%).
Bright spot 26.6%
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 35.6% +4.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Kissimmee, FL 26.6% 22nd +8.2pp 1st 16% below peers
Melbourne, FL 34.7% 12th +6.2pp 2nd 10% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 27.8% 21st +4.7pp 3rd 12% below peers
Waukegan, IL 20.9% 30th +3.5pp 4th 34% below peers
Medford, OR 30.1% 18th +4.9pp 5th 5% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 32.1% 15th +5.2pp 6th 2% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 23.9% 28th +3.6pp 7th 24% below peers
Duluth, MN 44.0% 10th +6.1pp 8th 40% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 51.6% 6th +7.1pp 9th 64% above peers
Mission, TX 29.4% 20th +3.5pp 10th 7% below peers
South Jordan, UT 47.9% 8th +5.6pp 11th 52% above peers
Homestead, FL 24.9% 27th +2.8pp 12th 21% below peers
Whittier, CA 29.5% 19th +3.1pp 13th 6% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 31.1% 17th +3.1pp 14th 1% below peers
Auburn, AL 64.1% 4th +6.2pp 15th 103% above peers
Bloomington, MN 46.2% 9th +4.2pp 16th 46% above peers
Gastonia, NC 26.6% 23rd +2.4pp 17th 16% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 31.5% 16th +2.5pp 18th on par with peers
Mountain View, CA 75.0% 1st +5.5pp 19th 138% above peers
Danbury, CT 34.0% 13th +2.2pp 20th 8% above peers
Layton, UT 36.6% 11th +2.4pp 21st 16% above peers
Troy, MI 64.8% 3rd +4.0pp 22nd 106% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 51.9% 5th +2.7pp 23rd 65% above peers
San Leandro, CA 33.3% 14th +1.6pp 24th 6% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 50.8% 7th +2.1pp 25th 61% above peers
Sioux City, IA 22.9% 29th +0.8pp 26th 27% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.2% 24th +0.6pp 27th 17% below peers
San Ramon, CA 71.6% 2nd +1.0pp 28th 127% above peers
Baytown, TX 14.8% 31st -0.2pp 29th 53% below peers
Auburn, WA 25.6% 26th -0.8pp 30th 19% below peers
Westminster, CA 25.9% 25th -1.2pp 31st 18% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 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 →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp 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
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.7% then, 36.8% now; margin ±12.2pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 2.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (34.8% to 36.8%).
Needs attention 36.8%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 39.6% -3.4pp
United States ref 45.5%
Auburn, WA 47.0% 16th +21.8pp 1st on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 59.5% 5th +23.0pp 2nd 27% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 52.1% 10th +17.0pp 3rd 11% above peers
Medford, OR 53.8% 9th +14.6pp 4th 14% above peers
Kennewick, WA 36.0% 28th +9.6pp 5th 23% below peers
Duluth, MN 54.3% 8th +14.2pp 6th 16% above peers
Danbury, CT 65.1% 2nd +17.0pp 7th 39% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 52.0% 11th +8.5pp 8th 11% above peers
Mission, TX 44.4% 19th +7.1pp 9th 6% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 69.7% 1st +10.7pp 10th 48% above peers
Sioux City, IA 37.6% 26th +2.9pp 11th 20% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 42.9% 21st +3.1pp 12th 9% below peers
Gastonia, NC 36.8% 27th +2.2pp 13th 22% below peers
Waukegan, IL 42.7% 22nd +1.7pp 14th 9% below peers
Homestead, FL 62.8% 3rd +2.2pp 15th 34% above peers
Whittier, CA 50.4% 15th +1.3pp 16th 7% above peers
South Jordan, UT 51.5% 12th +0.3pp 17th 10% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 43.5% 20th -0.2pp 18th 7% below peers
Melbourne, FL 57.9% 6th -1.7pp 19th 23% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 39.8% 24th -1.7pp 20th 15% below peers
Auburn, AL 45.9% 18th -8.0pp 21st 2% below peers
San Leandro, CA 50.6% 14th -10.0pp 22nd 8% above peers
Mountain View, CA 61.8% 4th -14.3pp 23rd 32% above peers
Troy, MI 50.7% 13th -13.1pp 24th 8% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 55.4% 7th -14.6pp 25th 18% above peers
Layton, UT 26.5% 29th -9.7pp 26th 44% below peers
Citrus Heights, CA 26.5% 30th -12.1pp 27th 44% below peers
Westminster, CA 38.8% 25th -19.0pp 28th 17% below peers
Baytown, TX 19.1% 31st -9.8pp 29th 59% below peers
San Ramon, CA 46.3% 17th -26.0pp 30th 2% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 40.3% 23rd -24.6pp 31st 14% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.7% then, 10.4% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (14.1% to 10.4%).
Needs attention 10.4%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 7.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Mountain View, CA 2.7% 4th -8.3pp 1st 61% below peers
San Ramon, CA 0.9% 2nd -1.0pp 2nd 87% below peers
Auburn, AL 0.8% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 89% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 3.1% 6th -2.2pp 4th 55% below peers
Bloomington, MN 2.7% 5th -1.9pp 5th 60% below peers
Auburn, WA 7.6% 20th -4.1pp 6th 12% above peers
Medford, OR 5.7% 13th -2.3pp 7th 16% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 3.5% 7th -1.2pp 8th 48% below peers
Layton, UT 4.3% 9th -0.9pp 9th 36% below peers
Baytown, TX 8.1% 21st -1.6pp 10th 20% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 7.3% 19th -1.1pp 11th 8% above peers
Mission, TX 8.8% 24th -1.0pp 12th 30% above peers
Homestead, FL 9.9% 27th -1.0pp 13th 47% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 9.0% 25th -0.3pp 14th 33% above peers
Duluth, MN 4.1% 8th +0.2pp 15th 39% below peers
Troy, MI 2.6% 3rd +0.1pp 16th 62% below peers
Kennewick, WA 8.2% 23rd +0.8pp 17th 21% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 6.8% 15th +1.1pp 18th on par with peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 6.8% 18th +2.3pp 19th 1% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 6.8% 16th +2.3pp 20th on par with peers
Gastonia, NC 10.4% 29th +3.6pp 21st 53% above peers
Melbourne, FL 5.7% 12th +2.1pp 22nd 17% below peers
South Jordan, UT 5.4% 11th +2.2pp 23rd 20% below peers
Danbury, CT 5.1% 10th +2.1pp 24th 25% below peers
Waukegan, IL 11.0% 31st +4.9pp 25th 63% above peers
Sioux City, IA 6.8% 17th +3.1pp 26th on par with peers
Santa Barbara, CA 10.3% 28th +5.0pp 27th 52% above peers
Whittier, CA 9.6% 26th +4.7pp 28th 42% above peers
San Leandro, CA 10.9% 30th +5.9pp 29th 62% above peers
Westminster, CA 5.7% 14th +3.3pp 30th 15% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 8.1% 22nd +5.5pp 31st 20% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±5.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population rose about 9% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 75,887 to 82,884 - more than the combined survey margin (±88).

Broader trend
80% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 13% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 14% from 2014 to 2024 (72,664 to 82,884).
Big move 82,884
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Auburn, AL 80,594 30th +26% 1st 6% below peers
Homestead, FL 82,807 25th +21% 2nd 4% below peers
Daytona Beach, FL 78,992 31st +17% 3rd 8% below peers
South Jordan, UT 82,686 27th +16% 4th 4% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 81,479 29th +14% 5th 5% below peers
San Ramon, CA 85,993 16th +14% 6th on par with peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 81,849 28th +12% 7th 5% below peers
Baytown, TX 85,205 20th +11% 8th 1% below peers
Layton, UT 83,286 22nd +9% 9th 3% below peers
Gastonia, NC 82,884 24th +9% 10th 4% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 82,990 23rd +9% 11th 3% below peers
Auburn, WA 85,676 18th +7% 12th on par with peers
Medford, OR 86,315 12th +6% 13th on par with peers
Melbourne, FL 86,576 11th +6% 14th 1% above peers
Kennewick, WA 85,295 19th +5% 15th 1% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 82,769 26th +5% 16th 4% below peers
Troy, MI 87,898 4th +5% 17th 2% above peers
Sioux City, IA 86,101 15th +4% 18th on par with peers
Mission, TX 87,038 9th +4% 19th 1% above peers
Bloomington, MN 88,665 3rd +4% 20th 3% above peers
Danbury, CT 87,263 7th +3% 21st 1% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 86,281 13th +3% 22nd on par with peers
Mountain View, CA 83,732 21st +3% 23rd 3% below peers
Waukegan, IL 89,076 2nd +2% 24th 4% above peers
Duluth, MN 87,093 8th +1% 25th 1% above peers
Whittier, CA 86,165 14th +0% 26th on par with peers
Citrus Heights, CA 86,995 10th -0% 27th 1% above peers
Westminster, CA 89,860 1st -1% 28th 4% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 85,928 17th -2% 29th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 87,826 5th -2% 30th 2% above peers
Santa Barbara, CA 87,779 6th -4% 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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 ±72 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 No measurable change
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.3% then, 24.6% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 0.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.9% to 24.6%).
24.6%
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 21.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Auburn, AL 19.3% 25th +1.0pp 1st 15% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 17.7% 28th +0.8pp 2nd 22% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 27.3% 6th +1.3pp 3rd 20% above peers
Westminster, CA 20.5% 19th +0.4pp 4th 10% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 25.0% 10th +0.4pp 5th 10% above peers
Gastonia, NC 24.6% 12th +0.3pp 6th 9% above peers
Mountain View, CA 19.9% 22nd +0.2pp 7th 12% below peers
Melbourne, FL 17.6% 29th +0.2pp 8th 22% below peers
Bloomington, MN 20.0% 21st +0.1pp 9th 12% below peers
Baytown, TX 27.6% 5th +0.0pp 10th 22% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 23.8% 13th -0.2pp 11th 5% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 20.4% 20th -0.2pp 12th 10% below peers
Whittier, CA 22.7% 16th -0.3pp 13th on par with peers
Duluth, MN 17.6% 30th -0.2pp 14th 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA 26.1% 8th -0.3pp 15th 15% above peers
Auburn, WA 24.9% 11th -0.4pp 16th 10% above peers
Lake Forest, CA 21.3% 17th -0.5pp 17th 6% below peers
Danbury, CT 19.6% 23rd -0.5pp 18th 14% below peers
Medford, OR 22.9% 14th -0.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Troy, MI 20.6% 18th -0.9pp 20th 9% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 19.5% 24th -1.0pp 21st 14% below peers
San Leandro, CA 18.1% 27th -1.0pp 22nd 20% below peers
Kennewick, WA 26.1% 7th -1.5pp 23rd 15% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 15.3% 31st -0.9pp 24th 33% below peers
Layton, UT 29.0% 3rd -2.4pp 25th 28% above peers
San Ramon, CA 25.8% 9th -2.5pp 26th 14% above peers
Homestead, FL 29.5% 1st -3.1pp 27th 30% above peers
South Jordan, UT 29.3% 2nd -3.6pp 28th 29% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 18.7% 26th -2.4pp 29th 18% below peers
Mission, TX 28.4% 4th -4.3pp 30th 25% above peers
Waukegan, IL 22.8% 15th -5.4pp 31st 1% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent rose 13.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.2% to 52.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±8.1pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 7% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 8.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.1% to 52.1%).
Big move 52.1%
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 31.3% -1.4pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
South Jordan, UT 12.8% 29th +3.8pp 1st 59% below peers
Gastonia, NC 52.1% 2nd +13.9pp 2nd 65% above peers
Layton, UT 20.2% 25th +5.3pp 3rd 36% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 38.3% 10th +6.8pp 4th 22% above peers
Whittier, CA 28.0% 18th +4.7pp 5th 11% below peers
Auburn, WA 31.7% 15th +5.2pp 6th on par with peers
Baytown, TX 40.9% 7th +4.7pp 7th 30% above peers
San Ramon, CA 10.8% 31st +1.2pp 8th 66% below peers
Waukegan, IL 46.3% 3rd +5.1pp 9th 47% above peers
Troy, MI 11.4% 30th +0.6pp 10th 64% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 41.9% 5th +1.4pp 11th 33% above peers
Mission, TX 31.8% 14th +0.9pp 12th 1% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 64.9% 1st +1.1pp 13th 106% above peers
Kennewick, WA 35.5% 12th +0.5pp 14th 13% above peers
Danbury, CT 33.7% 13th +0.1pp 15th 7% above peers
Westminster, CA 23.2% 23rd -0.1pp 16th 26% below peers
Bloomington, MN 24.9% 20th -0.2pp 17th 21% below peers
Mountain View, CA 18.1% 27th -0.1pp 18th 42% below peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 39.4% 8th -1.8pp 19th 25% above peers
Melbourne, FL 38.9% 9th -2.2pp 20th 24% above peers
New Rochelle, NY 20.0% 26th -1.2pp 21st 37% below peers
Medford, OR 31.3% 17th -2.1pp 22nd 1% below peers
Auburn, AL 24.3% 21st -2.1pp 23rd 23% below peers
Sioux City, IA 38.2% 11th -3.3pp 24th 21% above peers
Homestead, FL 44.0% 4th -4.3pp 25th 39% above peers
Kissimmee, FL 41.0% 6th -4.1pp 26th 30% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 27.6% 19th -2.8pp 27th 12% below peers
Duluth, MN 31.5% 16th -4.0pp 28th on par with peers
San Leandro, CA 23.6% 22nd -3.9pp 29th 25% below peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 22.1% 24th -8.8pp 30th 30% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 13.2% 28th -6.6pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 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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6 of 24 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). 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 ±6.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (68.5% then, 77.8% now; margin ±13.8pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents rose 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (71.7% to 77.8%).
Big move 77.8%
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 66.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
South Jordan, UT 63.4% 19th +19.6pp 1st 4% below peers
Kissimmee, FL 68.8% 12th +17.0pp 2nd 4% above peers
Daytona Beach, FL 67.4% 14th +10.2pp 3rd 2% above peers
Town 'n' Country, FL 79.1% 1st +11.0pp 4th 19% above peers
Gastonia, NC 77.8% 2nd +9.3pp 5th 17% above peers
Rancho Cordova, CA 67.0% 15th +7.7pp 6th 1% above peers
Auburn, AL 66.3% 16th +6.8pp 7th on par with peers
Troy, MI 58.3% 28th +3.6pp 8th 12% below peers
Lake Forest, CA 69.4% 10th +3.8pp 9th 5% above peers
Mission, TX 62.8% 22nd +3.4pp 10th 5% below peers
Waukegan, IL 74.9% 4th +3.5pp 11th 13% above peers
Auburn, WA 63.1% 20th +2.9pp 12th 5% below peers
Layton, UT 54.1% 31st +2.3pp 13th 18% below peers
Baytown, TX 59.0% 25th +1.9pp 14th 11% below peers
Kennewick, WA 62.1% 24th +1.3pp 15th 6% below peers
Santa Barbara, CA 71.5% 8th +1.2pp 16th 8% above peers
San Ramon, CA 69.0% 11th +0.7pp 17th 4% above peers
Mountain View, CA 73.4% 6th +0.4pp 18th 11% above peers
Melbourne, FL 66.1% 18th -1.0pp 19th on par with peers
Westminster, CA 62.7% 23rd -1.8pp 20th 5% below peers
Duluth, MN 71.2% 9th -3.5pp 21st 7% above peers
Sioux City, IA 72.7% 7th -3.8pp 22nd 10% above peers
Danbury, CT 73.8% 5th -4.4pp 23rd 11% above peers
Citrus Heights, CA 66.3% 17th -4.2pp 24th on par with peers
Bloomington, MN 76.0% 3rd -5.0pp 25th 15% above peers
Homestead, FL 63.0% 21st -4.6pp 26th 5% below peers
New Rochelle, NY 67.8% 13th -6.6pp 27th 2% above peers
Medford, OR 58.6% 26th -7.0pp 28th 12% below peers
Whittier, CA 56.4% 30th -12.6pp 29th 15% below peers
Warner Robins, GA 58.0% 29th -13.3pp 30th 12% below peers
San Leandro, CA 58.5% 27th -14.5pp 31st 12% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 24 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B23008) through 2024 ±10.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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