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High Point, NC
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120,571 people (2025) 100k-250k South

Bright spots 12 indicators

Where High Point, NC shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →

What needs attention 5 indicators

Where High Point, NC shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →

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 →

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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime rose about 4% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 71% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. High Point 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 fell about 4% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 507 in July 2026, up from 486 a year earlier.
Bright spot 507 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Concord, CA 376 (Jul 26) -21.8% 1st
Billings, MT 662 (Jul 26) -16.9% 2nd
Richardson, TX 130 (Jul 26) -14.0% 3rd
Cambridge, MA 408 (Jul 26) -12.0% 4th
Nampa, ID 326 (Dec 25) -10.6% 5th
Arvada, CO 276 (Jul 26) -9.4% 6th
Berkeley, CA 593 (Jun 26) -7.3% 7th
Hartford, CT 453 (Jul 26) -5.5% 8th
West Jordan, UT 298 (Jul 26) -5.2% 9th
Conroe, TX 243 (Jul 26) -2.7% 10th
Antioch, CA 689 (Jul 26) -2.6% 11th
Independence, MO 558 (Jul 26) -1.2% 12th
Manchester, NH 318 (Jul 26) -0.3% 13th
Lafayette, LA 1,096 (Jul 26) +1.4% 14th
Thousand Oaks, CA 119 (Jul 26) +2.1% 15th
New Braunfels, TX 204 (Jul 26) +3.3% 16th
Vallejo, CA 744 (Apr 26) +3.8% 17th
High Point, NC 507 (Jul 26) +4.3% 18th
Ann Arbor, MI 291 (Jul 26) +6.6% 19th
League City, TX 66 (Jul 26) +6.8% 20th
Lowell, MA 545 (Jul 26) +7.9% 21st
Odessa, TX 304 (Jul 26) +8.4% 22nd
Rochester, MN 161 (Jul 26) +10.5% 23rd
Simi Valley, CA 135 (Jul 26) +15.9% 24th
Fairfield, CA 572 (Jul 26) +17.8% 25th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Bridgeport, CT down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rockford, IL down about 19% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Norfolk, VA down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 8% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 58% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 67% of similar-size cities. High Point 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 6% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,844 in July 2026, down from 2,007 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,844 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Concord, CA 2,247 (Jul 26) -26.3% 1st
Antioch, CA 2,013 (Jul 26) -25.4% 2nd
Vallejo, CA 2,768 (Apr 26) -23.6% 3rd
Odessa, TX 1,121 (Jul 26) -23.3% 4th
Lowell, MA 1,208 (Jul 26) -23.0% 5th
Billings, MT 2,332 (Jul 26) -19.8% 6th
Richardson, TX 1,356 (Jul 26) -17.2% 7th
Hartford, CT 2,059 (Jul 26) -16.9% 8th
Arvada, CO 2,124 (Jul 26) -12.1% 9th
Cambridge, MA 2,404 (Jul 26) -11.8% 10th
League City, TX 951 (Jul 26) -10.1% 11th
Lafayette, LA 3,335 (Jul 26) -9.4% 12th
Berkeley, CA 4,022 (Jun 26) -9.0% 13th
Nampa, ID 704 (Dec 25) -8.7% 14th
High Point, NC 1,844 (Jul 26) -8.1% 15th
Thousand Oaks, CA 960 (Jul 26) -7.0% 16th
Conroe, TX 1,425 (Jul 26) -6.7% 17th
Independence, MO 2,982 (Jul 26) -6.6% 18th
Fairfield, CA 1,647 (Jul 26) -6.0% 19th
West Jordan, UT 1,256 (Jul 26) -4.2% 20th
Manchester, NH 1,555 (Jul 26) -3.8% 21st
Rochester, MN 1,262 (Jul 26) -2.4% 22nd
Simi Valley, CA 819 (Jul 26) -0.6% 23rd
New Braunfels, TX 1,181 (Jul 26) +1.0% 24th
Ann Arbor, MI 1,726 (Jul 26) +10.9% 25th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Salem, OR down about 33% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Everett, WA down about 29% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Knoxville, TN down about 21% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 200% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 18% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 91% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 12 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 4 in the prior 12 months. That is 10 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 12 homicides
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Thousand Oaks, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Concord, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
West Jordan, UT 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Berkeley, CA 1 (Jun 26) -83.3% 4th
Nampa, ID 1 (Dec 25) -67.0% 5th
Billings, MT 2 (Jul 26) -66.7% 6th
League City, TX 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 7th
Antioch, CA 5 (Jul 26) -33.4% 8th
Rochester, MN 2 (Jul 26) -33.2% 9th
Independence, MO 7 (Jul 26) -20.1% 10th
Hartford, CT 12 (Jul 26) -11.8% 11th
Odessa, TX 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 12th
Manchester, NH 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 13th
Simi Valley, CA 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Vallejo, CA 15 (Jul 26) +11.7% 15th
Lowell, MA 2 (Jul 26) +49.7% 16th
Richardson, TX 3 (Jul 26) +49.7% 17th
Lafayette, LA 4 (Jul 26) +66.7% 18th
New Braunfels, TX 2 (Jul 26) +99.7% 19th
Fairfield, CA 7 (Jul 26) +99.7% 20th
Cambridge, MA 2 (Jul 26) +99.8% 21st
High Point, NC 10 (Jul 26) +199.7% 22nd
Conroe, TX 0 (Jul 26)
Ann Arbor, MI 2 (Jul 26)
Arvada, CO 6 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lansing, MI down about 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Rochester, NY down about 50% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 18% a year · 2021-2026
  • North Charleston, SC down about 37% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 14% lower than in 2021 (270 then, 231 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 489 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 230 in July 2026, down from 386 a year earlier.
Bright spot 230 per 100k
2018July 2026
▸ Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). 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%
Antioch, CA 477 (Jul 26) -56.7% 1st
Richardson, TX 111 (Jul 26) -42.8% 2nd
Odessa, TX 147 (Jul 26) -41.9% 3rd
Concord, CA 281 (Jul 26) -40.8% 4th
High Point, NC 230 (Jul 26) -40.4% 5th
Lafayette, LA 202 (Jul 26) -37.6% 6th
Arvada, CO 225 (Jul 26) -36.7% 7th
Billings, MT 259 (Jul 26) -35.1% 8th
Rochester, MN 54 (Jul 26) -26.4% 9th
New Braunfels, TX 69 (Jul 26) -23.4% 10th
Fairfield, CA 227 (Jul 26) -21.2% 11th
Independence, MO 496 (Jul 26) -20.3% 12th
Berkeley, CA 460 (Jun 26) -19.0% 13th
West Jordan, UT 115 (Jul 26) -18.8% 14th
Thousand Oaks, CA 44 (Jul 26) -18.2% 15th
Hartford, CT 566 (Jul 26) -15.6% 16th
Vallejo, CA 578 (Apr 26) -14.9% 17th
Nampa, ID 76 (Dec 25) -12.8% 18th
Manchester, NH 114 (Jul 26) -5.0% 19th
Simi Valley, CA 90 (Jul 26) +0.0% 20th
Lowell, MA 175 (Jul 26) +0.5% 21st
Cambridge, MA 78 (Jul 26) +1.0% 22nd
Conroe, TX 134 (Jul 26) +1.3% 23rd
League City, TX 70 (Jul 26) +3.7% 24th
Ann Arbor, MI 76 (Jul 26) +5.7% 25th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Mateo, CA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% a year · 2021-2026
  • Yuma, AZ down about 36% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
  • Santa Rosa, CA down about 34% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2021-2026
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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 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $47,234 to $64,561 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,275).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. High Point 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 50% from 2014 to 2024 ($43,015 to $64,561).
Bright spot $64,561
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $72,388 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Nampa, ID $74,279 22nd +52% 1st 14% below peers
Arvada, CO $117,348 6th +39% 2nd 36% above peers
Lowell, MA $78,658 20th +38% 3rd 9% below peers
High Point, NC $64,561 27th +37% 4th 25% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $67,195 26th +36% 5th 22% below peers
West Jordan, UT $108,153 8th +34% 6th 26% above peers
Manchester, NH $81,007 18th +33% 7th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $68,432 25th +33% 8th 20% below peers
Menifee, CA $93,454 13th +33% 9th 9% above peers
Brandon, FL $79,685 19th +30% 10th 7% below peers
Vallejo, CA $90,171 14th +30% 11th 5% above peers
Las Cruces, NM $55,422 30th +29% 12th 36% below peers
Hartford, CT $46,411 31st +28% 13th 46% below peers
Antioch, CA $97,465 12th +27% 14th 13% above peers
Cambridge, MA $130,748 3rd +27% 15th 52% above peers
Berkeley, CA $108,092 9th +26% 16th 26% above peers
Conroe, TX $76,206 21st +26% 17th 11% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $82,212 17th +25% 18th 4% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $135,603 2nd +24% 19th 58% above peers
Billings, MT $73,712 23rd +24% 20th 14% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $122,081 4th +23% 21st 42% above peers
Rochester, MN $89,389 15th +22% 22nd 4% above peers
Concord, CA $108,709 7th +21% 23rd 26% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $86,021 16th +21% 24th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA $61,915 28th +21% 25th 28% below peers
Fairfield, CA $101,895 10th +21% 26th 18% above peers
Independence, MO $60,339 29th +19% 27th 30% below peers
Odessa, TX $73,472 24th +15% 28th 15% below peers
The Woodlands, TX $140,701 1st +15% 29th 64% above peers
Richardson, TX $98,111 11th +15% 30th 14% above peers
League City, TX $121,099 5th +11% 31st 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Hialeah, FL up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Nampa, ID up about 52% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Providence, RI up about 49% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,028 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 0.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.2 percentage points higher than in 2022 (4.4% then, 4.6% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 4.2% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.1 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.6% in July 2026, down from 5.3% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.6%
1990July 2026
▸ Compare all 28 similar-size cities by change rank
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
Independence, MO 3.8% (Jul 26) 8th -1.0pp 1st 14% below peers
Manchester, NH 2.7% (Jul 26) 1st -0.8pp 2nd 39% below peers
High Point, NC 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.7pp 3rd 5% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th -0.6pp 4th 2% below peers
Berkeley, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 19th -0.6pp 5th 7% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.5pp 6th 20% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 15th -0.5pp 7th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 3.3% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.4pp 8th 25% below peers
Billings, MT 3.0% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.3pp 9th 32% below peers
Antioch, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 25th -0.3pp 10th 30% above peers
Menifee, CA 5.5% (Jul 26) 24th -0.3pp 11th 25% above peers
Cambridge, MA 3.6% (Jul 26) 6th -0.3pp 12th 18% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.7% (Jul 26) 26th -0.3pp 13th 30% above peers
Lowell, MA 5.3% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.2pp 14th 20% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.3% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.2pp 15th 20% above peers
Concord, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 16th 2% above peers
Nampa, ID 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.1pp 17th 20% below peers
Lafayette, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 9th +0.0pp 18th 9% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.0% (Jul 26) 10th +0.1pp 19th 9% below peers
Odessa, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 11th +0.2pp 20th 7% below peers
Richardson, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 12th +0.3pp 21st 7% below peers
League City, TX 4.4% (Jul 26) 16th +0.4pp 22nd on par with peers
Conroe, TX 4.7% (Jul 26) 20th +0.5pp 23rd 7% above peers
Rochester, MN 3.6% (Jul 26) 7th +0.5pp 24th 18% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.1% (Jul 26) 13th +0.6pp 25th 7% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 21st +0.6pp 26th 7% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 6.0% (Jul 26) 27th +0.8pp 27th 36% above peers
Hartford, CT 9.0% (Jul 26) 28th +2.1pp 28th 105% above peers
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 (17.8% then, 15.7% now; margin ±2.3pp).

Broader trend
30% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (21.3% to 15.7%).
Needs attention 15.7%
20112024
▸ 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 13.0% -1.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Nampa, ID 11.5% 18th -3.5pp 1st 1% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 15.2% 22nd -4.1pp 2nd 33% above peers
Manchester, NH 11.2% 14th -2.9pp 3rd 2% below peers
Antioch, CA 11.4% 16th -2.5pp 4th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.8% 19th -2.3pp 5th 3% above peers
Concord, CA 8.2% 7th -1.5pp 6th 28% below peers
Rochester, MN 8.5% 8th -1.6pp 7th 25% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 7.4% 6th -1.2pp 8th 35% below peers
High Point, NC 15.7% 23rd -2.1pp 9th 38% above peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 11th -1.2pp 10th 15% below peers
Lowell, MA 16.9% 26th -2.0pp 11th 48% above peers
Berkeley, CA 17.3% 27th -1.9pp 12th 52% above peers
Conroe, TX 11.2% 15th -1.0pp 13th 1% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.1% 4th -0.5pp 14th 47% below peers
Lafayette, LA 18.3% 28th -1.3pp 15th 61% above peers
Hartford, CT 26.3% 31st -1.8pp 16th 131% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 22.6% 29th -1.0pp 17th 99% above peers
Vallejo, CA 12.2% 20th -0.4pp 18th 7% above peers
League City, TX 5.4% 1st -0.1pp 19th 52% below peers
Billings, MT 9.8% 12th -0.2pp 20th 14% below peers
Menifee, CA 9.5% 10th -0.0pp 21st 16% below peers
Arvada, CO 5.8% 3rd +0.0pp 22nd 49% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.4% 5th +0.0pp 23rd 44% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.8% 21st +0.1pp 24th 12% above peers
Independence, MO 15.8% 24th +0.8pp 25th 39% above peers
Brandon, FL 11.4% 17th +0.6pp 26th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 23.8% 30th +1.5pp 27th 109% above peers
Fairfield, CA 10.2% 13th +1.6pp 28th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.5% 2nd +1.3pp 29th 51% below peers
Odessa, TX 16.2% 25th +5.1pp 30th 42% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 8.9% 9th +3.7pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of people below the poverty level
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Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 6.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tyler, TX down 5.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty fell 4.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 27.6% to 22.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.6pp).

Broader trend
33% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. High Point started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 9.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (32.3% to 22.8%).
Bright spot 22.8%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 17.7% -3.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
New Braunfels, TX 6.3% 4th -4.6pp 1st 54% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.8% 9th -5.0pp 2nd 43% below peers
Concord, CA 7.4% 7th -4.1pp 3rd 46% below peers
Vallejo, CA 13.9% 17th -5.4pp 4th 2% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 22.8% 26th -8.4pp 5th 68% above peers
League City, TX 5.3% 2nd -1.7pp 6th 61% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 15.0% 19th -4.6pp 7th 10% above peers
Antioch, CA 16.3% 22nd -5.0pp 8th 20% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.2% 15th -3.8pp 9th 3% below peers
Richardson, TX 9.7% 11th -2.5pp 10th 29% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 3.5% 1st -0.9pp 11th 74% below peers
Conroe, TX 14.0% 18th -3.3pp 12th 3% above peers
High Point, NC 22.8% 25th -4.9pp 13th 67% above peers
West Jordan, UT 7.1% 5th -1.4pp 14th 48% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 26.3% 30th -5.1pp 15th 93% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 6.1% 3rd -1.1pp 16th 55% below peers
Menifee, CA 9.6% 10th -1.7pp 17th 30% below peers
Lafayette, LA 24.6% 29th -3.1pp 18th 81% above peers
Lowell, MA 21.8% 24th -2.6pp 19th 60% above peers
Independence, MO 23.8% 27th -1.3pp 20th 75% above peers
Hartford, CT 35.6% 31st -1.8pp 21st 162% above peers
Manchester, NH 18.9% 23rd -0.9pp 22nd 39% above peers
Brandon, FL 15.3% 21st -0.6pp 23rd 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 7.1% 6th -0.2pp 24th 48% below peers
Billings, MT 10.8% 13th -0.2pp 25th 21% below peers
Fairfield, CA 13.6% 16th +1.9pp 26th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA 15.2% 20th +2.5pp 27th 12% above peers
Berkeley, CA 7.6% 8th +1.9pp 28th 44% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 13.2% 14th +3.4pp 29th 3% below peers
Odessa, TX 23.8% 28th +9.4pp 30th 75% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 10.1% 12th +5.8pp 31st 25% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Gardens, FL down 14.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Gresham, OR down 11.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • North Charleston, SC down 13.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.8pp 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 9.5 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 81.5% to 91.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
87% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. High Point 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 15.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (75.3% to 91.0%).
Bright spot 91.0%
20172024
▸ 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 90.2% +9.1pp
United States ref 91.1%
Hartford, CT 86.7% 31st +14.7pp 1st 8% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 91.6% 25th +13.5pp 2nd 2% below peers
Lowell, MA 87.4% 30th +11.8pp 3rd 7% below peers
Nampa, ID 95.1% 7th +12.8pp 4th 1% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 91.5% 26th +11.4pp 5th 3% below peers
High Point, NC 91.0% 27th +9.5pp 6th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 89.7% 28th +9.0pp 7th 4% below peers
Conroe, TX 94.7% 12th +8.2pp 8th 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 92.0% 21st +7.8pp 9th 2% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 95.0% 8th +7.3pp 10th 1% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 93.5% 18th +7.0pp 11th on par with peers
Billings, MT 91.7% 23rd +6.9pp 12th 2% below peers
Antioch, CA 96.0% 5th +7.0pp 13th 2% above peers
Arvada, CO 96.1% 4th +6.3pp 14th 2% above peers
Cambridge, MA 94.8% 11th +5.9pp 15th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 94.2% 14th +5.8pp 16th on par with peers
Odessa, TX 88.7% 29th +4.9pp 17th 6% below peers
Rochester, MN 92.2% 20th +4.5pp 18th 2% below peers
Manchester, NH 91.7% 24th +4.4pp 19th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 95.2% 6th +4.5pp 20th 1% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 93.9% 17th +3.7pp 21st on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 95.0% 10th +3.6pp 22nd 1% above peers
West Jordan, UT 96.3% 3rd +3.1pp 23rd 3% above peers
Menifee, CA 92.0% 22nd +2.9pp 24th 2% below peers
Berkeley, CA 94.3% 13th +2.8pp 25th on par with peers
League City, TX 96.4% 2nd +2.8pp 26th 3% above peers
Brandon, FL 93.9% 16th +2.5pp 27th on par with peers
Richardson, TX 95.0% 9th +2.0pp 28th 1% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 97.2% 1st +1.5pp 29th 4% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 94.2% 15th +1.2pp 30th on par with peers
Fairfield, CA 92.8% 19th +0.9pp 31st 1% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brownsville, TX up 33.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ponce zona urbana, PR up 25.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • East Los Angeles, CA up 20.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±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
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
▸ 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 0.48 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Conroe, TX 0.44 16th -0.029 1st on par with peers
Lowell, MA 0.45 17th -0.013 2nd 1% above peers
Lafayette, LA 0.51 28th -0.012 3rd 15% above peers
Independence, MO 0.44 13th -0.007 4th 2% below peers
Manchester, NH 0.42 7th -0.006 5th 6% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 0.48 25th -0.007 6th 8% above peers
West Jordan, UT 0.35 1st -0.005 7th 22% below peers
Menifee, CA 0.42 6th -0.000 8th 6% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 0.47 24th -0.000 9th 7% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 0.49 26th +0.000 10th 10% above peers
Cambridge, MA 0.50 27th +0.002 11th 12% above peers
Arvada, CO 0.41 4th +0.002 12th 8% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 0.41 5th +0.002 13th 7% below peers
High Point, NC 0.47 23rd +0.004 14th 6% above peers
Nampa, ID 0.38 2nd +0.005 15th 14% below peers
Billings, MT 0.46 22nd +0.008 16th 4% above peers
Odessa, TX 0.46 20th +0.009 17th 4% above peers
Rochester, MN 0.46 19th +0.009 18th 3% above peers
Hartford, CT 0.52 29th +0.011 19th 16% above peers
Berkeley, CA 0.54 31st +0.012 20th 21% above peers
Vallejo, CA 0.44 14th +0.011 21st 2% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 0.43 9th +0.011 22nd 4% below peers
Fairfield, CA 0.44 15th +0.011 23rd 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 0.52 30th +0.014 24th 18% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 0.44 12th +0.012 25th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 0.43 10th +0.014 26th 3% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 0.46 21st +0.016 27th 4% above peers
Antioch, CA 0.43 8th +0.015 28th 4% below peers
League City, TX 0.40 3rd +0.015 29th 11% below peers
Richardson, TX 0.45 18th +0.020 30th 2% above peers
Brandon, FL 0.43 11th +0.035 31st 3% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.03 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys, from 20.3% to 17.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.0pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2009-2013 and 2014-2018 surveys.

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way. High Point started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.2 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (17.8% to 17.6%).
Bright spot 17.6%
20102023
▸ 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 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
Nampa, ID 9.9% 18th -6.4pp 1st 12% above peers
West Jordan, UT 4.4% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 50% below peers
Richardson, TX 3.5% 2nd -1.4pp 3rd 61% below peers
Manchester, NH 10.7% 20th -3.6pp 4th 21% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 13.8% 26th -4.4pp 5th 56% above peers
League City, TX 3.9% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 56% below peers
Rochester, MN 7.6% 10th -1.3pp 7th 14% below peers
High Point, NC 17.6% 28th -2.7pp 8th 99% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 13.9% 27th -1.9pp 9th 57% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 2.5% 1st -0.4pp 10th 71% below peers
Hartford, CT 36.5% 31st -3.8pp 11th 312% above peers
Odessa, TX 10.1% 19th -0.8pp 12th 14% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 4.7% 6th -0.3pp 13th 48% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 4.9% 8th -0.3pp 14th 45% below peers
Brandon, FL 9.7% 17th -0.5pp 15th 10% above peers
Cambridge, MA 8.1% 11th -0.4pp 16th 9% below peers
Independence, MO 11.6% 22nd -0.6pp 17th 31% above peers
Antioch, CA 13.5% 25th -0.7pp 18th 53% above peers
Lafayette, LA 11.8% 23rd -0.3pp 19th 34% above peers
Billings, MT 8.8% 15th -0.2pp 20th on par with peers
Conroe, TX 8.9% 16th +0.2pp 21st on par with peers
Las Cruces, NM 23.5% 29th +1.4pp 22nd 165% above peers
Vallejo, CA 13.3% 24th +0.9pp 23rd 50% above peers
Lowell, MA 25.3% 30th +2.1pp 24th 185% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 5.3% 9th +0.5pp 25th 41% below peers
Arvada, CO 4.8% 7th +0.6pp 26th 46% below peers
Fairfield, CA 11.1% 21st +1.4pp 27th 25% above peers
Concord, CA 8.6% 13th +1.4pp 28th 3% below peers
Menifee, CA 8.6% 14th +1.6pp 29th 3% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.4% 5th +1.5pp 30th 50% below peers
Berkeley, CA 8.2% 12th +3.7pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID down 6.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • North Charleston, SC down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Chattanooga, TN down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±1.5pp 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, faster than peers
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 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 11% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $250,100 in August 2026, up from $249,924 a year earlier.
Big move $250,100
2000August 2026
▸ 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 $334,773 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Berkeley, CA $1,445,049 (Aug 26) 1st +6.9% 1st 229% above peers
Odessa, TX $251,624 (Aug 26) 26th +4.4% 2nd 43% below peers
Rochester, MN $342,187 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.7% 3rd 22% below peers
Independence, MO $212,613 (Aug 26) 29th +3.6% 4th 52% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $526,592 (Aug 26) 11th +3.2% 5th 20% above peers
Billings, MT $400,819 (Aug 26) 17th +2.5% 6th 9% below peers
Lafayette, LA $226,811 (Aug 26) 28th +2.0% 7th 48% below peers
Hartford, CT $203,792 (Aug 26) 30th +1.9% 8th 54% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $1,035,291 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 9th 136% above peers
Nampa, ID $415,249 (Aug 26) 16th +1.5% 10th 5% below peers
West Jordan, UT $554,733 (Aug 26) 10th +1.3% 11th 26% above peers
Manchester, NH $441,115 (Aug 26) 14th +1.1% 12th 1% above peers
Lowell, MA $486,078 (Aug 26) 13th +0.9% 13th 11% above peers
League City, TX $373,552 (Aug 26) 18th +0.7% 14th 15% below peers
Richardson, TX $438,611 (Aug 26) 15th +0.3% 15th on par with peers
High Point, NC $250,100 (Aug 26) 27th +0.1% 16th 43% below peers
Menifee, CA $580,698 (Aug 26) 9th -0.1% 17th 32% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $833,306 (Aug 26) 4th -0.3% 18th 90% above peers
Concord, CA $722,165 (Aug 26) 5th -0.5% 19th 65% above peers
Brandon, FL $355,560 (Aug 26) 19th -0.6% 20th 19% below peers
Cambridge, MA $1,031,739 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.6% 21st 135% above peers
Las Cruces, NM $290,170 (Aug 26) 25th -0.7% 22nd 34% below peers
Fairfield, CA $599,253 (Aug 26) 7th -1.2% 23rd 37% above peers
Antioch, CA $591,983 (Aug 26) 8th -1.4% 24th 35% above peers
Conroe, TX $312,928 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.8% 25th 29% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $351,953 (Aug 26) 20th -1.9% 26th 20% below peers
Arvada, CO $600,934 (Aug 26) 6th -2.1% 27th 37% above peers
New Braunfels, TX $346,475 (Aug 26) 21st -2.1% 28th 21% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $305,201 (Aug 26) 24th -2.2% 29th 30% below peers
Vallejo, CA $519,461 (Aug 26) 12th -2.8% 30th 18% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes was essentially flat over the 12 months ending August 2026.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 72% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $145,426 in August 2026, down from $145,707 a year earlier.
Big move $145,426
2000August 2026
▸ 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%
Berkeley, CA $979,123 (Aug 26) 1st +6.1% 1st 191% above peers
Odessa, TX $172,358 (Aug 26) 26th +5.5% 2nd 49% below peers
Independence, MO $156,466 (Aug 26) 27th +4.7% 3rd 54% below peers
Rochester, MN $249,868 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 4th 26% below peers
Billings, MT $299,452 (Aug 26) 17th +3.4% 5th 11% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI $346,265 (Aug 26) 12th +1.9% 6th 3% above peers
Nampa, ID $344,139 (Aug 26) 13th +1.6% 7th 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA $135,442 (Aug 26) 29th +1.6% 8th 60% below peers
Manchester, NH $336,955 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 9th on par with peers
Cambridge, MA $689,486 (Aug 26) 4th +0.9% 10th 105% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $775,327 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.7% 11th 130% above peers
West Jordan, UT $451,324 (Aug 26) 9th +0.6% 12th 34% above peers
Hartford, CT $108,951 (Aug 26) 30th +0.5% 13th 68% below peers
Lowell, MA $342,061 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 14th 2% above peers
League City, TX $282,657 (Aug 26) 18th +0.2% 15th 16% below peers
Richardson, TX $336,551 (Aug 26) 16th +0.1% 16th on par with peers
High Point, NC $145,426 (Aug 26) 28th -0.2% 17th 57% below peers
Simi Valley, CA $700,965 (Aug 26) 3rd -0.2% 18th 108% above peers
Menifee, CA $441,027 (Aug 26) 10th -0.2% 19th 31% above peers
Las Cruces, NM $211,804 (Aug 26) 24th -0.9% 20th 37% below peers
Fairfield, CA $479,655 (Aug 26) 6th -1.4% 21st 42% above peers
Vallejo, CA $420,111 (Aug 26) 11th -1.5% 22nd 25% above peers
Brandon, FL $275,230 (Aug 26) 19th -1.6% 23rd 18% below peers
Conroe, TX $226,328 (Aug 26) 23rd -1.8% 24th 33% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $245,620 (Aug 26) 22nd -1.8% 25th 27% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $261,219 (Aug 26) 20th -2.0% 26th 22% below peers
Concord, CA $487,042 (Aug 26) 5th -2.1% 27th 45% above peers
Antioch, CA $479,600 (Aug 26) 7th -2.2% 28th 42% above peers
Arvada, CO $472,905 (Aug 26) 8th -2.7% 29th 40% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL $204,123 (Aug 26) 25th -4.5% 30th 39% below peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

▲ Higher is better Improving (small)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Homeownership rose 3.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54.8% to 57.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.3pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 10% moved the other way.
Longer view
Homeownership rose 1.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (56.5% to 57.8%).
Bright spot 57.8%
20112024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 66.6% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Manchester, NH 48.7% 26th +4.6pp 1st 20% below peers
Nampa, ID 70.2% 9th +6.1pp 2nd 15% above peers
Hartford, CT 25.7% 31st +1.7pp 3rd 58% below peers
Brandon, FL 56.2% 20th +3.5pp 4th 8% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 80.3% 1st +4.9pp 5th 32% above peers
High Point, NC 57.8% 18th +3.1pp 6th 5% below peers
Antioch, CA 63.6% 13th +3.4pp 7th 4% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 65.3% 10th +3.1pp 8th 7% above peers
Menifee, CA 80.2% 2nd +3.2pp 9th 32% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 55.5% 22nd +2.1pp 10th 9% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 55.9% 21st +2.0pp 11th 8% below peers
Fairfield, CA 61.3% 15th +2.0pp 12th 1% above peers
Vallejo, CA 57.4% 19th +1.9pp 13th 6% below peers
West Jordan, UT 77.2% 3rd +2.4pp 14th 27% above peers
Concord, CA 61.6% 14th +1.7pp 15th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 64.8% 12th +1.8pp 16th 6% above peers
Berkeley, CA 44.2% 28th +1.2pp 17th 27% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 72.5% 7th +2.0pp 18th 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 54.5% 23rd +1.5pp 19th 10% below peers
Lowell, MA 43.2% 29th +0.9pp 20th 29% below peers
Arvada, CO 75.3% 4th +1.2pp 21st 24% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 70.8% 8th +0.7pp 22nd 16% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 72.9% 6th +0.7pp 23rd 20% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 45.5% 27th +0.3pp 24th 25% below peers
Independence, MO 60.9% 16th +0.2pp 25th on par with peers
Odessa, TX 59.8% 17th +0.1pp 26th 2% below peers
League City, TX 74.7% 5th -1.4pp 27th 23% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.5% 30th -1.3pp 28th 45% below peers
Rochester, MN 65.1% 11th -2.7pp 29th 7% above peers
Lafayette, LA 53.1% 24th -3.5pp 30th 13% below peers
Richardson, TX 50.7% 25th -7.9pp 31st 17% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,372 in August 2026, up from $1,330 a year earlier.
Big move $1,372
2015August 2026
▸ Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Nampa, ID $1,624 (Aug 26) 21st +5.2% 1st 14% below peers
Menifee, CA $2,909 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.5% 2nd 54% above peers
Manchester, NH $2,094 (Aug 26) 13th +3.7% 3rd 11% above peers
High Point, NC $1,372 (Aug 26) 29th +3.2% 4th 27% below peers
Billings, MT $1,426 (Aug 26) 27th +3.2% 5th 25% below peers
Berkeley, CA $2,818 (Aug 26) 5th +3.0% 6th 49% above peers
Hartford, CT $1,600 (Aug 26) 22nd +2.9% 7th 15% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL $2,355 (Aug 26) 9th +2.8% 8th 24% above peers
Concord, CA $2,572 (Aug 26) 7th +2.8% 9th 36% above peers
Cambridge, MA $3,476 (Aug 26) 1st +2.7% 10th 84% above peers
Independence, MO $1,385 (Aug 26) 28th +2.6% 11th 27% below peers
Vallejo, CA $2,213 (Aug 26) 11th +2.4% 12th 17% above peers
Fairfield, CA $2,389 (Aug 26) 8th +2.1% 13th 26% above peers
League City, TX $1,838 (Aug 26) 16th +2.0% 14th 3% below peers
Antioch, CA $2,851 (Aug 26) 4th +1.9% 15th 51% above peers
Rochester, MN $1,650 (Aug 26) 19th +1.9% 16th 13% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA $3,361 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.6% 17th 78% above peers
Simi Valley, CA $2,760 (Aug 26) 6th +1.3% 18th 46% above peers
Lowell, MA $2,308 (Aug 26) 10th +1.1% 19th 22% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI $2,086 (Aug 26) 14th +0.8% 20th 10% above peers
Arvada, CO $2,150 (Aug 26) 12th +0.6% 21st 14% above peers
Richardson, TX $1,669 (Aug 26) 18th +0.6% 22nd 12% below peers
Las Cruces, NM $1,446 (Aug 26) 26th +0.5% 23rd 24% below peers
Spring Hill, FL $1,892 (Aug 26) 15th +0.3% 24th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA $1,329 (Aug 26) 30th +0.3% 25th 30% below peers
West Jordan, UT $1,687 (Aug 26) 17th +0.1% 26th 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX $1,570 (Aug 26) 23rd -0.5% 27th 17% below peers
Conroe, TX $1,561 (Aug 26) 24th -0.5% 28th 17% below peers
Odessa, TX $1,553 (Aug 26) 25th -1.3% 29th 18% below peers
Brandon, FL $1,643 (Aug 26) 20th -2.7% 30th 13% below peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 36.1% to 32.5% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.0pp).

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way. High Point started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 7.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.0% to 32.5%).
Bright spot 32.5%
20102024
▸ 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 28.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
High Point, NC 32.5% 9th -3.6pp 1st 12% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 25.4% 1st -0.7pp 2nd 31% below peers
Nampa, ID 29.9% 8th -0.8pp 3rd 19% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 40.0% 21st -0.5pp 4th 9% above peers
Billings, MT 29.7% 7th -0.2pp 5th 19% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 38.4% 20th -0.1pp 6th 4% above peers
Manchester, NH 38.3% 19th +0.0pp 7th 4% above peers
Cambridge, MA 37.1% 17th +0.1pp 8th 1% above peers
Berkeley, CA 43.7% 25th +0.3pp 9th 19% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 29.3% 6th +0.4pp 10th 20% below peers
Antioch, CA 45.0% 28th +0.9pp 11th 22% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 47.8% 30th +0.9pp 12th 30% above peers
Arvada, CO 28.1% 4th +0.6pp 13th 24% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 36.1% 15th +1.2pp 14th 2% below peers
Concord, CA 41.5% 23rd +1.7pp 15th 13% above peers
Hartford, CT 54.5% 31st +3.1pp 16th 48% above peers
Lowell, MA 44.2% 27th +2.5pp 17th 20% above peers
Vallejo, CA 45.7% 29th +2.7pp 18th 24% above peers
West Jordan, UT 27.3% 3rd +1.9pp 19th 26% below peers
Lafayette, LA 33.3% 11th +2.4pp 20th 10% below peers
Brandon, FL 38.0% 18th +2.9pp 21st 3% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 41.3% 22nd +4.0pp 22nd 12% above peers
Menifee, CA 43.8% 26th +4.2pp 23rd 19% above peers
Conroe, TX 36.8% 16th +3.7pp 24th on par with peers
Rochester, MN 26.9% 2nd +2.8pp 25th 27% below peers
Independence, MO 34.1% 12th +4.5pp 26th 7% below peers
Fairfield, CA 43.1% 24th +6.0pp 27th 17% above peers
Richardson, TX 34.2% 13th +5.0pp 28th 7% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 32.9% 10th +5.1pp 29th 11% below peers
Odessa, TX 34.4% 14th +8.2pp 30th 6% below peers
League City, TX 28.6% 5th +6.9pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Santa Clara, CA down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Chattanooga, TN down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
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 (7.2% then, 7.7% now; margin ±1.6pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 2.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.1% to 7.7%).
Needs attention 7.7%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 5.3% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
New Braunfels, TX 2.5% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 54% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 7.9% 23rd -1.8pp 2nd 42% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.8% 4th -0.6pp 3rd 49% below peers
Manchester, NH 7.4% 20th -1.6pp 4th 34% above peers
Lowell, MA 13.8% 28th -2.9pp 5th 149% above peers
Billings, MT 5.1% 13th -0.9pp 6th 8% below peers
Conroe, TX 4.4% 10th -0.7pp 7th 21% below peers
Lafayette, LA 8.0% 24th -1.2pp 8th 44% above peers
Antioch, CA 5.2% 15th -0.5pp 9th 6% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 3.9% 7th -0.3pp 10th 29% below peers
Nampa, ID 3.8% 6th -0.2pp 11th 32% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 18th -0.2pp 12th 21% above peers
Brandon, FL 4.0% 8th -0.1pp 13th 28% below peers
Fairfield, CA 4.8% 12th -0.1pp 14th 13% below peers
Concord, CA 6.1% 17th -0.0pp 15th 10% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.8% 27th -0.1pp 16th 131% above peers
Hartford, CT 30.6% 30th +0.9pp 17th 454% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 7.4% 21st +0.2pp 18th 34% above peers
Cambridge, MA 33.2% 31st +1.1pp 19th 500% above peers
Arvada, CO 3.3% 5th +0.1pp 20th 40% below peers
Berkeley, CA 20.7% 29th +0.8pp 21st 275% above peers
High Point, NC 7.7% 22nd +0.4pp 22nd 39% above peers
Rochester, MN 8.3% 26th +0.8pp 23rd 51% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 4.0% 9th +0.4pp 24th 28% below peers
Independence, MO 8.1% 25th +1.2pp 25th 47% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.5% 11th +0.9pp 26th 18% below peers
Richardson, TX 5.5% 16th +1.5pp 27th on par with peers
Menifee, CA 5.2% 14th +1.5pp 28th 6% below peers
West Jordan, UT 2.7% 3rd +0.9pp 29th 51% below peers
Odessa, TX 7.0% 19th +2.4pp 30th 27% above peers
League City, TX 2.2% 1st +0.9pp 31st 60% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Athens, GA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • San Bernardino, CA down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (10.7% then, 10.7% now; margin ±1.2pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (17.8% to 10.7%).
Needs attention 10.7%
20132024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 9.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Manchester, NH 7.5% 15th -2.4pp 1st 5% below peers
West Jordan, UT 8.0% 16th -2.2pp 2nd on par with peers
Nampa, ID 10.6% 21st -2.8pp 3rd 33% above peers
Lowell, MA 4.1% 5th -1.0pp 4th 48% below peers
Cambridge, MA 1.7% 1st -0.3pp 5th 79% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 10.6% 23rd -1.7pp 6th 33% above peers
Arvada, CO 4.4% 6th -0.6pp 7th 45% below peers
Rochester, MN 3.9% 4th -0.4pp 8th 51% below peers
Conroe, TX 18.6% 30th -1.9pp 9th 134% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 11.3% 25th -0.6pp 10th 42% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 4.6% 7th -0.2pp 11th 43% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 19.6% 31st -0.9pp 12th 147% above peers
Concord, CA 6.2% 11th -0.3pp 13th 23% below peers
Berkeley, CA 2.8% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 64% below peers
Menifee, CA 5.7% 9th -0.2pp 15th 29% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.6% 2nd -0.1pp 16th 67% below peers
Brandon, FL 12.5% 26th -0.1pp 17th 56% above peers
High Point, NC 10.7% 24th -0.1pp 18th 34% above peers
Richardson, TX 13.2% 28th -0.1pp 19th 66% above peers
Odessa, TX 18.3% 29th +0.3pp 20th 130% above peers
Antioch, CA 6.4% 12th +0.1pp 21st 19% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 4.9% 8th +0.1pp 22nd 39% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 6.9% 14th +0.4pp 23rd 13% below peers
Independence, MO 12.6% 27th +1.0pp 24th 58% above peers
Billings, MT 8.1% 17th +1.2pp 25th 2% above peers
Hartford, CT 10.6% 22nd +1.5pp 26th 33% above peers
Lafayette, LA 10.3% 20th +1.5pp 27th 29% above peers
League City, TX 8.7% 18th +1.6pp 28th 9% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 9.5% 19th +2.0pp 29th 19% above peers
Fairfield, CA 5.8% 10th +1.3pp 30th 27% below peers
Vallejo, CA 6.7% 13th +1.5pp 31st 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Riverview, FL down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Hialeah, FL down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Rialto, CA down 3.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

33.6%
20202022
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 33.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Berkeley, CA 21.1% 1st 37% below peers
Cambridge, MA 22.7% 2nd 32% below peers
Arvada, CO 24.6% 3rd 26% below peers
Lowell, MA 26.2% 4th 21% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 26.2% 5th 21% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 27.2% 6th 18% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 28.2% 7th 15% below peers
Concord, CA 29.5% 8th 11% below peers
Richardson, TX 29.7% 9th 11% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 30.2% 10th 9% below peers
Brandon, FL 31.2% 11th 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 32.1% 12th 4% below peers
Vallejo, CA 32.2% 13th 3% below peers
West Jordan, UT 32.6% 14th 2% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 33.0% 15th 1% below peers
Menifee, CA 33.3% 16th on par with peers
Manchester, NH 33.3% 17th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 33.5% 18th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 33.5% 19th 1% above peers
High Point, NC 33.6% 20th 1% above peers
Billings, MT 34.0% 21st 2% above peers
Lafayette, LA 35.2% 22nd 6% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 35.3% 23rd 6% above peers
Rochester, MN 35.7% 24th 7% above peers
League City, TX 36.0% 25th 8% above peers
Nampa, ID 37.2% 26th 12% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.3% 27th 12% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 39.1% 28th 17% above peers
Odessa, TX 39.9% 29th 20% above peers
Independence, MO 40.0% 30th 20% above peers
Hartford, CT 41.3% 31st 24% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.5% then, 4.6% now; margin ±1.5pp).

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured fell 4.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (9.4% to 4.6%).
4.6%
20122024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 5.5% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Richardson, TX 8.2% 28th -4.5pp 1st 65% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 2.4% 4th -1.1pp 2nd 52% below peers
Lowell, MA 1.3% 1st -0.3pp 3rd 74% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 5.8% 20th -1.5pp 4th 18% above peers
Arvada, CO 2.7% 6th -0.6pp 5th 45% below peers
Brandon, FL 6.5% 23rd -1.2pp 6th 32% above peers
Independence, MO 6.4% 21st -1.1pp 7th 29% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 6.5% 22nd -1.1pp 8th 31% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.0% 16th -0.8pp 9th on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 6.7% 24th -0.8pp 10th 35% above peers
Concord, CA 2.8% 7th -0.2pp 11th 43% below peers
Menifee, CA 4.2% 12th +0.3pp 12th 16% below peers
Berkeley, CA 1.8% 2nd +0.2pp 13th 64% below peers
Odessa, TX 15.4% 31st +1.6pp 14th 212% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 2.3% 3rd +0.2pp 15th 54% below peers
Manchester, NH 4.3% 14th +0.6pp 16th 14% below peers
Conroe, TX 15.3% 30th +3.4pp 17th 209% above peers
High Point, NC 4.6% 15th +1.1pp 18th 6% below peers
League City, TX 7.9% 27th +2.0pp 19th 60% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 14.5% 29th +4.1pp 20th 192% above peers
Antioch, CA 4.2% 13th +1.3pp 21st 16% below peers
Hartford, CT 5.3% 17th +1.9pp 22nd 7% above peers
Rochester, MN 4.1% 11th +1.7pp 23rd 17% below peers
Lafayette, LA 5.6% 19th +2.6pp 24th 14% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 3.6% 9th +1.8pp 25th 26% below peers
Vallejo, CA 5.5% 18th +2.8pp 26th 12% above peers
Nampa, ID 7.7% 26th +4.1pp 27th 56% above peers
Fairfield, CA 3.8% 10th +2.1pp 28th 22% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 2.5% 5th +1.4pp 29th 51% below peers
Cambridge, MA 2.8% 8th +1.6pp 30th 43% below peers
Billings, MT 7.3% 25th +4.3pp 31st 47% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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

3
Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Burbank, CA down 2.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Carolina zona urbana, PR down 2.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Glendale, CA down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±1.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 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 2.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.3% to 34.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.2pp).

Broader trend
63% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. High Point started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (29.7% to 34.0%).
Bright spot 34.0%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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 35.6% +4.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Conroe, TX 34.1% 16th +7.8pp 1st on par with peers
Arvada, CO 51.5% 6th +10.4pp 2nd 51% above peers
Lowell, MA 30.0% 21st +5.9pp 3rd 12% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 30.8% 20th +5.8pp 4th 10% below peers
Nampa, ID 23.4% 26th +4.4pp 5th 31% below peers
West Jordan, UT 29.1% 22nd +4.1pp 6th 15% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 39.1% 11th +5.5pp 7th 15% above peers
Hartford, CT 19.4% 30th +2.5pp 8th 43% below peers
Antioch, CA 23.9% 25th +3.0pp 9th 30% below peers
Menifee, CA 22.6% 27th +2.8pp 10th 34% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 36.7% 15th +4.5pp 11th 8% above peers
Manchester, NH 34.0% 18th +3.9pp 12th on par with peers
Independence, MO 21.9% 28th +2.3pp 13th 36% below peers
Vallejo, CA 28.8% 23rd +3.0pp 14th 16% below peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.9% 29th +2.0pp 15th 42% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 38.6% 12th +3.8pp 16th 13% above peers
Rochester, MN 50.9% 8th +4.2pp 17th 49% above peers
High Point, NC 34.0% 17th +2.7pp 18th on par with peers
Lafayette, LA 41.1% 10th +2.9pp 19th 20% above peers
Richardson, TX 57.0% 5th +3.8pp 20th 67% above peers
Brandon, FL 33.8% 19th +2.0pp 21st 1% below peers
Billings, MT 36.9% 14th +1.8pp 22nd 8% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 66.1% 4th +2.3pp 23rd 94% above peers
Concord, CA 37.5% 13th +1.1pp 24th 10% above peers
Odessa, TX 19.0% 31st +0.5pp 25th 44% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 77.9% 2nd +1.9pp 26th 128% above peers
Cambridge, MA 80.8% 1st +1.7pp 27th 137% above peers
Berkeley, CA 74.9% 3rd +1.0pp 28th 120% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.4% 7th +0.6pp 29th 51% above peers
League City, TX 47.6% 9th +0.4pp 30th 40% above peers
Fairfield, CA 26.6% 24th -1.6pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miramar, FL up 10.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Conroe, TX up 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. George, UT up 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.7pp 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 (36.2% then, 45.6% now; margin ±10.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 9.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (36.1% to 45.6%).
45.6%
20112024
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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 39.6% -3.4pp
United States ref 45.5%
Nampa, ID 33.9% 27th +14.9pp 1st 21% below peers
Odessa, TX 51.9% 10th +16.0pp 2nd 21% above peers
High Point, NC 45.6% 14th +9.4pp 3rd 6% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 43.0% 16th +8.7pp 4th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 43.7% 15th +7.8pp 5th 2% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 42.7% 19th +7.0pp 6th 1% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 53.4% 7th +6.7pp 7th 24% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 42.0% 20th +5.0pp 8th 2% below peers
Berkeley, CA 78.1% 2nd +3.0pp 9th 82% above peers
Conroe, TX 37.1% 26th +1.3pp 10th 14% below peers
Brandon, FL 52.0% 9th +1.8pp 11th 21% above peers
Arvada, CO 62.2% 4th +2.0pp 12th 45% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.9% 24th +0.4pp 13th 12% below peers
Concord, CA 55.5% 5th -1.4pp 14th 29% above peers
Manchester, NH 47.2% 13th -2.2pp 15th 10% above peers
Cambridge, MA 78.2% 1st -4.1pp 16th 82% above peers
Hartford, CT 53.3% 8th -4.7pp 17th 24% above peers
League City, TX 54.5% 6th -5.0pp 18th 27% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.4% 3rd -8.2pp 19th 50% above peers
Richardson, TX 51.4% 11th -6.7pp 20th 20% above peers
Rochester, MN 39.1% 22nd -6.6pp 21st 9% below peers
Independence, MO 29.5% 30th -5.4pp 22nd 31% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.8% 17th -8.8pp 23rd on par with peers
West Jordan, UT 38.4% 23rd -8.5pp 24th 11% below peers
Lowell, MA 37.9% 25th -9.6pp 25th 12% below peers
Billings, MT 30.5% 29th -9.7pp 26th 29% below peers
Fairfield, CA 33.4% 28th -10.7pp 27th 22% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 51.1% 12th -18.7pp 28th 19% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 42.7% 18th -16.1pp 29th 1% below peers
Menifee, CA 27.9% 31st -10.6pp 30th 35% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 41.0% 21st -31.0pp 31st 5% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 (100k-250k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Nampa, ID up 14.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Edinburg, TX up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Norman, OK up 14.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±9.4pp 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 (6.9% then, 5.1% now; margin ±3.2pp).

Broader trend
17% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 5.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (10.7% to 5.1%).
Bright spot 5.1%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 7.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Cambridge, MA 0.2% 1st -0.6pp 1st 96% below peers
Manchester, NH 4.0% 7th -5.2pp 2nd 35% below peers
Fairfield, CA 5.4% 13th -4.3pp 3rd 13% below peers
Lowell, MA 4.2% 8th -2.9pp 4th 33% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 5.6% 14th -3.8pp 5th 10% below peers
Richardson, TX 1.8% 3rd -0.9pp 6th 71% below peers
Odessa, TX 4.6% 9th -1.8pp 7th 25% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 1.6% 2nd -0.6pp 8th 74% below peers
High Point, NC 5.1% 11th -1.7pp 9th 17% below peers
Hartford, CT 6.2% 16th -2.0pp 10th on par with peers
Simi Valley, CA 3.8% 6th -0.7pp 11th 39% below peers
Independence, MO 9.2% 28th -1.5pp 12th 49% above peers
Menifee, CA 7.3% 20th -0.9pp 13th 17% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 7.0% 19th -0.8pp 14th 13% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 2.5% 4th -0.2pp 15th 60% below peers
West Jordan, UT 6.6% 17th -0.0pp 16th 7% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 8.8% 25th -0.0pp 17th 43% above peers
Brandon, FL 8.7% 24th +0.1pp 18th 40% above peers
Lafayette, LA 9.2% 29th +0.4pp 19th 49% above peers
Vallejo, CA 9.1% 27th +1.6pp 20th 47% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 8.4% 23rd +1.6pp 21st 36% above peers
Concord, CA 5.1% 12th +1.2pp 22nd 17% below peers
Arvada, CO 7.0% 18th +2.0pp 23rd 13% above peers
Nampa, ID 13.1% 30th +3.9pp 24th 111% above peers
Antioch, CA 7.7% 22nd +2.9pp 25th 24% above peers
Billings, MT 8.9% 26th +3.8pp 26th 44% above peers
Rochester, MN 7.4% 21st +3.4pp 27th 20% above peers
Conroe, TX 15.2% 31st +7.8pp 28th 146% above peers
League City, TX 4.8% 10th +2.7pp 29th 23% below peers
Berkeley, CA 3.5% 5th +2.4pp 30th 43% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 5.7% 15th +4.5pp 31st 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (100k-250k) that started 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 →
  • Lewisville, TX down 4.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Tallahassee, FL down 4.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Temecula, CA down 4.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.3pp 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 4% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 111,714 to 116,245 - more than the combined survey margin (±174).

Broader trend
73% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 23% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 9% from 2014 to 2024 (106,797 to 116,245).
Big move 116,245
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
New Braunfels, TX 104,643 30th +32% 1st 12% below peers
Menifee, CA 110,305 29th +22% 2nd 8% below peers
Conroe, TX 102,360 31st +21% 3rd 14% below peers
Nampa, ID 110,319 28th +17% 4th 8% below peers
League City, TX 116,215 23rd +12% 5th 3% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 114,197 26th +12% 6th 4% below peers
Billings, MT 119,434 16th +9% 7th on par with peers
Spring Hill, FL 119,983 14th +8% 8th on par with peers
Lowell, MA 118,368 19th +6% 9th 1% below peers
The Woodlands, TX 121,002 11th +6% 10th 1% above peers
Rochester, MN 122,330 6th +6% 11th 2% above peers
Fairfield, CA 120,785 12th +5% 12th 1% above peers
Antioch, CA 116,477 21st +5% 13th 2% below peers
High Point, NC 116,245 22nd +4% 14th 3% below peers
Independence, MO 121,740 8th +4% 15th 2% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 114,147 27th +4% 16th 4% below peers
Brandon, FL 119,767 15th +3% 17th on par with peers
Arvada, CO 122,634 5th +3% 18th 3% above peers
Manchester, NH 115,643 24th +3% 19th 3% below peers
Vallejo, CA 124,268 3rd +2% 20th 4% above peers
West Jordan, UT 116,692 20th +2% 21st 2% below peers
Richardson, TX 118,731 18th +2% 22nd 1% below peers
Cambridge, MA 118,796 17th +2% 23rd 1% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 122,036 7th +1% 24th 2% above peers
Simi Valley, CA 125,634 1st -0% 25th 5% above peers
Berkeley, CA 120,257 13th -1% 26th 1% above peers
Hartford, CT 121,127 10th -2% 27th 1% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 125,205 2nd -2% 28th 5% above peers
Odessa, TX 115,322 25th -4% 29th 3% below peers
Lafayette, LA 121,715 9th -4% 30th 2% above peers
Concord, CA 124,035 4th -4% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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 ±120 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children fell 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 24.1% to 22.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.7 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.7% to 22.0%).
Big move 22.0%
20172024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
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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
Concord, CA 21.3% 18th +0.7pp 1st 3% below peers
Brandon, FL 21.2% 19th +0.6pp 2nd 4% below peers
Lowell, MA 21.7% 17th +0.5pp 3rd 1% below peers
Odessa, TX 29.4% 1st +0.4pp 4th 34% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 27.9% 2nd +0.4pp 5th 27% above peers
Berkeley, CA 12.7% 29th +0.2pp 6th 42% below peers
Cambridge, MA 12.4% 31st +0.1pp 7th 44% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 19.1% 27th +0.1pp 8th 13% below peers
Menifee, CA 25.0% 6th -0.0pp 9th 14% above peers
Lafayette, LA 20.9% 20th -0.0pp 10th 5% below peers
Conroe, TX 23.9% 8th -0.1pp 11th 9% above peers
Independence, MO 22.8% 11th -0.2pp 12th 4% above peers
Ann Arbor, MI 12.4% 30th -0.3pp 13th 43% below peers
Las Cruces, NM 22.4% 14th -0.7pp 14th 2% above peers
Rochester, MN 23.3% 10th -0.7pp 15th 6% above peers
Vallejo, CA 20.0% 22nd -0.7pp 16th 9% below peers
Hartford, CT 22.7% 13th -0.8pp 17th 4% above peers
Billings, MT 22.0% 16th -1.0pp 18th on par with peers
League City, TX 26.4% 4th -1.4pp 19th 20% above peers
Fairfield, CA 24.1% 7th -1.3pp 20th 10% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 19.8% 23rd -1.1pp 21st 10% below peers
Arvada, CO 19.6% 24th -1.3pp 22nd 11% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 23.5% 9th -1.7pp 23rd 7% above peers
Manchester, NH 18.0% 28th -1.5pp 24th 18% below peers
Antioch, CA 22.8% 12th -2.1pp 25th 4% above peers
High Point, NC 22.0% 15th -2.1pp 26th on par with peers
Richardson, TX 20.2% 21st -2.0pp 27th 8% below peers
West Jordan, UT 27.7% 3rd -2.8pp 28th 26% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 19.5% 25th -2.1pp 29th 11% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.5% 26th -2.1pp 30th 11% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.2% 5th -2.9pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±0.9pp 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 Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent fell 8.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 42.5% to 33.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.9pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way.
Longer view
Single-parent fell 10.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (44.0% to 33.9%).
Big move 33.9%
20102024
▸ 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
West Jordan, UT 21.4% 23rd +4.7pp 1st 20% below peers
Manchester, NH 44.7% 4th +3.9pp 2nd 68% above peers
Pompano Beach, FL 46.6% 3rd +3.3pp 3rd 75% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 41.6% 6th +2.7pp 4th 56% above peers
Billings, MT 29.5% 14th +1.8pp 5th 11% above peers
New Braunfels, TX 26.6% 16th +1.0pp 6th on par with peers
Ann Arbor, MI 20.1% 26th +0.4pp 7th 25% below peers
Brandon, FL 40.2% 8th +0.5pp 8th 51% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 36.0% 10th +0.4pp 9th 35% above peers
Lowell, MA 46.8% 2nd +0.1pp 10th 75% above peers
Arvada, CO 20.3% 25th -0.4pp 11th 24% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 19.2% 27th -0.4pp 12th 28% below peers
Lafayette, LA 42.7% 5th -0.9pp 13th 60% above peers
Independence, MO 40.5% 7th -1.0pp 14th 52% above peers
Concord, CA 22.3% 19th -1.3pp 15th 16% below peers
Menifee, CA 20.4% 24th -1.3pp 16th 23% below peers
Nampa, ID 25.0% 17th -1.8pp 17th 6% below peers
Fairfield, CA 27.5% 15th -2.1pp 18th 3% above peers
The Woodlands, TX 9.9% 31st -1.1pp 19th 63% below peers
Hartford, CT 61.9% 1st -6.7pp 20th 132% above peers
Rochester, MN 21.6% 21st -2.4pp 21st 19% below peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 14.1% 29th -1.8pp 22nd 47% below peers
Cambridge, MA 21.6% 22nd -2.8pp 23rd 19% below peers
Odessa, TX 30.0% 13th -4.1pp 24th 13% above peers
Vallejo, CA 37.0% 9th -5.5pp 25th 39% above peers
Richardson, TX 23.0% 18th -3.5pp 26th 14% below peers
Berkeley, CA 19.1% 28th -3.8pp 27th 28% below peers
High Point, NC 33.9% 11th -8.6pp 28th 27% above peers
Antioch, CA 32.9% 12th -8.6pp 29th 23% above peers
Conroe, TX 22.3% 20th -9.6pp 30th 16% below peers
League City, TX 10.8% 30th -5.1pp 31st 59% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±4.8pp 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 (67.8% then, 69.2% now; margin ±10.2pp).

Broader trend
13% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (69.5% to 69.2%).
69.2%
20102024
▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 66.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
The Woodlands, TX 57.6% 30th +13.0pp 1st 15% below peers
West Jordan, UT 70.4% 12th +12.4pp 2nd 3% above peers
Nampa, ID 66.2% 21st +9.5pp 3rd 3% below peers
Simi Valley, CA 76.4% 3rd +9.7pp 4th 12% above peers
Concord, CA 70.8% 11th +9.0pp 5th 4% above peers
Richardson, TX 64.3% 26th +8.0pp 6th 6% below peers
Billings, MT 77.7% 1st +7.4pp 7th 14% above peers
Las Cruces, NM 68.6% 15th +6.1pp 8th 1% above peers
League City, TX 67.1% 19th +5.9pp 9th 2% below peers
Hartford, CT 76.7% 2nd +4.8pp 10th 13% above peers
Brandon, FL 68.1% 16th +4.2pp 11th on par with peers
Antioch, CA 70.3% 13th +3.7pp 12th 3% above peers
Spring Hill, FL 66.1% 22nd +3.3pp 13th 3% below peers
Arvada, CO 74.1% 6th +3.4pp 14th 9% above peers
Independence, MO 67.3% 17th +3.0pp 15th 1% below peers
New Braunfels, TX 72.0% 8th +3.0pp 16th 6% above peers
Thousand Oaks, CA 66.9% 20th +1.9pp 17th 2% below peers
Ann Arbor, MI 64.9% 25th +1.6pp 18th 5% below peers
High Point, NC 69.2% 14th +1.5pp 19th 2% above peers
Vallejo, CA 71.1% 10th +1.2pp 20th 4% above peers
Manchester, NH 71.1% 9th +0.3pp 21st 4% above peers
Rochester, MN 75.4% 5th +0.2pp 22nd 11% above peers
Berkeley, CA 75.9% 4th +0.0pp 23rd 11% above peers
Lowell, MA 72.2% 7th -0.5pp 24th 6% above peers
Lafayette, LA 65.6% 24th -2.2pp 25th 4% below peers
Odessa, TX 58.8% 28th -3.3pp 26th 14% below peers
Fairfield, CA 58.8% 29th -3.7pp 27th 14% below peers
Conroe, TX 59.3% 27th -3.8pp 28th 13% below peers
Cambridge, MA 67.1% 18th -5.9pp 29th 1% below peers
Pompano Beach, FL 65.7% 23rd -9.0pp 30th 4% below peers
Menifee, CA 48.0% 31st -8.8pp 31st 30% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 28 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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1 of 28 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 B23008) through 2024 ±8.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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