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Jacksonville, NC
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71,279 people (2024) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

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

What needs attention 7 indicators

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

Big shifts 7 indicators

Real moves and big gaps, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →

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Public Safety
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving faster than 94% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
225 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
St. Cloud, MN 304 (May 26) 12th -34.4% 1st 43% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 151 (May 26) 5th -28.9% 2nd 29% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 498 (May 26) 18th -24.6% 3rd 135% above peers
Framingham, MA 256 (Dec 25) 11th -21.0% 4th 21% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 183 (May 26) 6th -18.4% 5th 14% below peers
Waukesha, WI 106 (May 26) 2nd -14.6% 6th 50% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 480 (Mar 26) 17th -12.7% 7th 127% above peers
Camarillo, CA 131 (May 26) 4th -10.8% 8th 38% below peers
Tulare, CA 478 (May 26) 16th -10.7% 9th 126% above peers
Harlingen, TX 212 (May 26) 9th -8.9% 10th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 377 (May 26) 14th -7.3% 11th 78% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 350 (May 26) 13th -4.0% 12th 65% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 109 (May 26) 3rd +0.0% 13th 48% below peers
San Marcos, TX 390 (May 26) 15th +2.4% 14th 84% above peers
St. Charles, MO 184 (May 26) 7th +3.1% 15th 13% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 186 (May 26) 8th +17.4% 16th 12% below peers
Apex, NC 54 (May 26) 1st +114.9% 17th 74% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 10th 6% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down about 34% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 18% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 14% a year · 2023-2026
  • Janesville, WI down about 11% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 9% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 4% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving slower than 59% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
1,509 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
West Des Moines, IA 1,362 (May 26) 9th -46.6% 1st on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 2,268 (May 26) 16th -36.4% 2nd 67% above peers
Tulare, CA 1,277 (May 26) 6th -26.3% 3rd 6% below peers
Framingham, MA 787 (Dec 25) 2nd -25.0% 4th 42% below peers
Johnson City, TN 1,839 (May 26) 14th -20.5% 5th 35% above peers
Camarillo, CA 970 (May 26) 5th -19.5% 6th 29% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1,314 (May 26) 8th -19.0% 7th 4% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 1,651 (May 26) 12th -15.2% 8th 21% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 1,751 (May 26) 13th -9.4% 9th 29% above peers
San Marcos, TX 1,928 (May 26) 15th -4.7% 10th 42% above peers
Harlingen, TX 2,297 (May 26) 17th -3.2% 11th 69% above peers
St. Charles, MO 815 (May 26) 3rd +0.7% 12th 40% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 3,594 (May 26) 18th +0.8% 13th 164% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 1,292 (May 26) 7th +1.5% 14th 5% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 1,408 (Mar 26) 10th +9.0% 15th 3% above peers
Waukesha, WI 970 (May 26) 4th +26.2% 16th 29% below peers
Apex, NC 723 (May 26) 1st +90.9% 17th 47% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 11th 11% above peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Appleton, WI down about 39% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 8% a year · 2021-2026
  • Bartlett, TN down about 31% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending April 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicide fell about 22% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving faster than 93% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
3 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Waukesha, WI 0 (May 26) 1st -100.0% 1st 100% below peers
Apex, NC 0 (May 26) 2nd -100.0% 2nd 100% below peers
Tulare, CA 1 (May 26) 7th -85.7% 3rd 4% below peers
Johnson City, TN 1 (May 26) 6th -67.6% 4th 4% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 1 (May 26) 9th -66.7% 5th on par with peers
Eau Claire, WI 3 (May 26) 10th -35.5% 6th 94% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 4 (May 26) 15th -20.8% 7th 192% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 6 (May 26) 17th +0.0% 8th 296% above peers
Camarillo, CA 3 (May 26) 13th +0.0% 9th 104% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 10 (May 26) 18th +0.0% 10th 624% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 3 (Mar 26) 11th +0.0% 11th 98% above peers
St. Charles, MO 4 (May 26) 16th +50.4% 12th 192% above peers
San Marcos, TX 4 (May 26) 14th +199.2% 13th 180% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 12th 102% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 0 (May 26) 3rd 100% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 0 (May 26) 4th 100% below peers
Harlingen, TX 1 (May 26) 8th 2% below peers
Framingham, MA 0 (Dec 25) 5th 100% below peers

Peers worth a call

1
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Arcadia, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.

Improving faster than 53% of similar-size cities over 2021-2026.
74 per 100k
2018Apr 2026
Compare all 18 similar-size cities by change rank
Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error).
Place Latestper 100k Today's rank Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Camarillo, CA 44 (May 26) 3rd -60.3% 1st 63% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 80 (May 26) 7th -59.1% 2nd 34% below peers
Framingham, MA 64 (Dec 25) 4th -42.0% 3rd 47% below peers
Harlingen, TX 163 (May 26) 12th -33.0% 4th 35% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 199 (May 26) 14th -29.0% 5th 64% above peers
San Marcos, TX 232 (May 26) 16th -26.7% 6th 91% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 333 (May 26) 18th -23.6% 7th 175% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 128 (May 26) 11th -23.3% 8th 6% above peers
Johnson City, TN 121 (May 26) 10th -21.4% 9th on par with peers
Tulare, CA 241 (May 26) 17th -19.2% 10th 99% above peers
St. Charles, MO 92 (May 26) 8th -16.3% 11th 24% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 217 (May 26) 15th -13.9% 12th 79% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 175 (Mar 26) 13th -13.2% 13th 44% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 93 (May 26) 9th +15.4% 14th 23% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 44 (May 26) 2nd +23.1% 15th 64% below peers
Waukesha, WI 70 (May 26) 5th +42.9% 16th 42% below peers
Apex, NC 41 (May 26) 1st +113.3% 17th 67% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6th 39% below peers

Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Laguna Niguel, CA down about 51% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Mission, TX down about 42% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2023-2026
  • Eden Prairie, MN down about 41% over the 12 months ending May 2026 · sustained: down about 16% a year · 2021-2026
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Economy
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 28% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $44,956 to $57,697 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$5,451). 30 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 30 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: household income rose about 40% from 2014 to 2024 ($41,293 to $57,697).
$57,697
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%
Camden, NJ $40,546 31st +50% 1st 52% below peers
Dublin, CA $214,385 1st +43% 2nd 156% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $101,888 10th +43% 3rd 22% above peers
Johnson City, TN $57,254 26th +37% 4th 32% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $97,305 11th +37% 5th 16% above peers
Harlingen, TX $53,645 29th +35% 6th 36% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $141,978 4th +34% 7th 70% above peers
Eastvale, CA $160,069 2nd +34% 8th 91% above peers
Tulare, CA $72,410 19th +34% 9th 13% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR $57,272 25th +33% 10th 32% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY $78,779 18th +32% 11th 6% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $83,887 14th +31% 12th on par with peers
Casas Adobes, AZ $83,683 16th +30% 13th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE $58,671 22nd +30% 14th 30% below peers
Framingham, MA $107,419 9th +30% 15th 28% above peers
Apex, NC $144,135 3rd +29% 16th 72% above peers
Waukesha, WI $83,837 15th +28% 17th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $57,697 24th +28% 18th 31% below peers
San Marcos, TX $51,281 30th +27% 19th 39% below peers
St. Charles, MO $85,937 13th +25% 20th 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN $61,374 21st +25% 21st 27% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $80,663 17th +22% 22nd 4% below peers
Eau Claire, WI $67,395 20th +21% 23rd 19% below peers
Camarillo, CA $113,428 7th +21% 24th 36% above peers
Maple Grove, MN $132,731 6th +21% 25th 59% above peers
St. Joseph, MO $57,956 23rd +20% 26th 31% below peers
Dothan, AL $55,792 27th +19% 27th 33% below peers
Centreville, VA $139,510 5th +18% 28th 67% above peers
Dale City, VA $111,994 8th +18% 29th 34% above peers
Lafayette, IN $53,716 28th +16% 30th 36% below peers
West Des Moines, IA $86,594 12th +13% 31st 3% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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5 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes); 1 has too little data to show a change (gray). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$4,961 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment was essentially flat from 2022 to 2025.

Essentially flat over this window.
Longer view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Most recent monthly reading: 5.0% in May 2026, unchanged from 5.0% a year earlier.
5.0%
1990May 2026
Compare all 27 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 3.7% (May 26) -0.1pp
United States ref 4.2% (Jun 26) +0.1pp
Camden, NJ 7.7% (May 26) 27th -2.1pp 1st 103% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 5.0% (May 26) 21st -1.0pp 2nd 32% above peers
Lafayette, IN 2.9% (May 26) 5th -0.7pp 3rd 24% below peers
Tulare, CA 5.9% (May 26) 26th -0.6pp 4th 55% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 3.8% (May 26) 13th -0.5pp 5th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 3.3% (May 26) 7th -0.5pp 6th 13% below peers
Dublin, CA 3.8% (May 26) 14th -0.4pp 7th on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.5% (May 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 34% below peers
Camarillo, CA 3.6% (May 26) 10th -0.3pp 9th 5% below peers
Wilmington, DE 5.6% (May 26) 24th -0.2pp 10th 47% above peers
Johnson City, TN 2.9% (May 26) 6th -0.2pp 11th 24% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 4.5% (May 26) 18th -0.2pp 12th 18% above peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% (May 26) 2nd -0.2pp 13th 32% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 2.6% (May 26) 3rd -0.2pp 14th 32% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.7% (May 26) 11th -0.2pp 15th 3% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.5% (May 26) 9th -0.1pp 16th 8% below peers
Apex, NC 2.8% (May 26) 4th -0.1pp 17th 26% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 5.0% (May 26) 22nd +0.0pp 18th 32% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5.1% (May 26) 23rd +0.0pp 19th 34% above peers
San Marcos, TX 3.7% (May 26) 12th +0.3pp 20th 3% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.0% (May 26) 17th +0.4pp 21st 5% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.9% (May 26) 16th +0.6pp 22nd 3% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 4.7% (May 26) 20th +0.6pp 23rd 24% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 3.8% (May 26) 15th +0.7pp 24th on par with peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% (May 26) 19th +0.7pp 25th 18% above peers
Harlingen, TX 5.6% (May 26) 25th +0.8pp 26th 47% above peers
Dothan, AL 3.4% (May 26) 8th +1.0pp 27th 11% below peers
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (9.8% then, 9.3% now; margin ±2.2pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: poverty fell 1.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (11.2% to 9.3%).
9.3%
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 12.3% -1.7pp
United States ref 12.0%
Apex, NC 2.2% 1st -2.9pp 1st 78% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 9.4% 14th -5.1pp 2nd 5% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.5% 6th -2.1pp 3rd 35% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.9% 8th -1.9pp 4th 30% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.7% 2nd -1.0pp 5th 62% below peers
Eastvale, CA 4.8% 5th -1.1pp 6th 52% below peers
Wilmington, DE 20.7% 27th -4.3pp 7th 108% above peers
Camden, NJ 29.3% 31st -6.0pp 8th 194% above peers
San Marcos, TX 24.3% 29th -4.6pp 9th 143% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 13.6% 18th -2.1pp 10th 36% above peers
Harlingen, TX 24.8% 30th -3.8pp 11th 149% above peers
Tulare, CA 17.8% 23rd -2.1pp 12th 79% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 19.0% 24th -2.0pp 13th 91% above peers
St. Charles, MO 6.8% 7th -0.6pp 14th 32% below peers
Waukesha, WI 9.6% 15th -0.6pp 15th 4% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 7.1% 9th -0.4pp 16th 29% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 9.3% 13th -0.5pp 17th 7% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 16.9% 21st -0.8pp 18th 70% above peers
Johnson City, TN 19.3% 26th -0.5pp 19th 93% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 20.9% 28th +0.0pp 20th 110% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 13.4% 17th +0.0pp 21st 34% above peers
Dothan, AL 19.0% 25th +0.5pp 22nd 91% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 14.6% 20th +0.9pp 23rd 46% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 14.4% 19th +0.8pp 24th 44% above peers
Lafayette, IN 17.4% 22nd +1.1pp 25th 75% above peers
Camarillo, CA 8.5% 12th +0.8pp 26th 15% below peers
Dublin, CA 4.4% 4th +0.4pp 27th 56% below peers
Framingham, MA 10.0% 16th +1.9pp 28th on par with peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.0% 3rd +1.0pp 29th 60% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 10th +2.1pp 30th 27% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 8.3% 11th +2.4pp 31st 16% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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5 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.5pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (18.4% then, 16.9% now; margin ±4.7pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 10 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child poverty fell 1.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.7% to 16.9%).
16.9%
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%
Apex, NC 2.1% 1st -3.9pp 1st 86% below peers
San Marcos, TX 18.1% 18th -15.9pp 2nd 19% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 6.0% 6th -4.8pp 3rd 61% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.2% 14th -8.5pp 4th 20% below peers
Dale City, VA 8.6% 8th -5.4pp 5th 43% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 20.6% 19th -9.8pp 6th 35% above peers
Johnson City, TN 21.1% 23rd -6.6pp 7th 39% above peers
Eastvale, CA 4.4% 4th -1.2pp 8th 71% below peers
St. Charles, MO 8.5% 7th -2.3pp 9th 44% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 3.6% 2nd -1.0pp 10th 76% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.7% 24th -5.1pp 11th 49% above peers
Camden, NJ 38.9% 30th -8.5pp 12th 156% above peers
Waukesha, WI 12.9% 15th -2.0pp 13th 15% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 12.0% 12th -1.4pp 14th 21% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 16.9% 17th -1.5pp 15th 11% above peers
Harlingen, TX 39.9% 31st -3.3pp 16th 162% above peers
Wilmington, DE 37.2% 29th -2.7pp 17th 145% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 11.7% 11th -0.6pp 18th 23% below peers
Tulare, CA 24.5% 25th -1.1pp 19th 61% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 20.6% 20th -0.3pp 20th 35% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 31.3% 28th -0.4pp 21st 106% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 4.5% 5th +0.1pp 22nd 71% below peers
Lafayette, IN 25.8% 26th +1.4pp 23rd 70% above peers
Dothan, AL 31.1% 27th +1.8pp 24th 105% above peers
Dublin, CA 4.3% 3rd +0.3pp 25th 72% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 20.9% 21st +1.7pp 26th 38% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.0% 22nd +1.9pp 27th 38% above peers
Camarillo, CA 12.2% 13th +1.3pp 28th 20% below peers
Centreville, VA 9.4% 9th +2.5pp 29th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 10.0% 10th +2.7pp 30th 34% below peers
Framingham, MA 15.2% 16th +4.5pp 31st on par with peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyShare of children below the poverty level
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Somerville, MA down 13.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Southfield, MI down 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brentwood, NY down 9.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2017-2022
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys *Early signal: consecutive releases agree on direction only; the size of the newest movement is not measurable from overlapping surveys. about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 87.4% to 94.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). 27 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. It started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: broadband rose 9.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (84.6% to 94.2%).
94.2%
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%
Camden, NJ 86.5% 27th +22.3pp 1st 7% below peers
Harlingen, TX 84.8% 30th +15.5pp 2nd 9% below peers
Wilmington, DE 87.2% 26th +14.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 83.8% 31st +13.2pp 4th 10% below peers
Tulare, CA 92.0% 19th +11.6pp 5th 1% below peers
San Marcos, TX 85.3% 29th +10.4pp 6th 9% below peers
Lafayette, IN 91.4% 21st +11.0pp 7th 2% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 85.9% 28th +10.1pp 8th 8% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 88.8% 23rd +9.4pp 9th 5% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 92.4% 17th +9.7pp 10th 1% below peers
Dothan, AL 87.5% 25th +8.6pp 11th 6% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 92.1% 18th +7.9pp 12th 1% below peers
St. Charles, MO 94.6% 12th +7.7pp 13th 1% above peers
Waukesha, WI 94.4% 13th +7.4pp 14th 1% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 94.2% 14th +6.8pp 15th 1% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 91.7% 20th +6.5pp 16th 2% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 96.5% 8th +5.9pp 17th 3% above peers
Framingham, MA 95.7% 9th +5.8pp 18th 2% above peers
Johnson City, TN 87.9% 24th +4.9pp 19th 6% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 94.8% 11th +4.8pp 20th 1% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 91.1% 22nd +4.3pp 21st 2% below peers
Camarillo, CA 95.0% 10th +4.4pp 22nd 2% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 93.6% 15th +4.2pp 23rd on par with peers
West Des Moines, IA 93.4% 16th +3.5pp 24th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 98.4% 1st +3.2pp 25th 5% above peers
Dale City, VA 97.2% 6th +2.9pp 26th 4% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 97.5% 5th +2.5pp 27th 4% above peers
Dublin, CA 98.3% 4th +2.5pp 28th 5% above peers
Centreville, VA 98.3% 3rd +2.3pp 29th 5% above peers
Apex, NC 97.0% 7th +1.7pp 30th 4% above peers
Eastvale, CA 98.4% 2nd +0.5pp 31st 5% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Olympia, WA up 11.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 85% of this group · 2019-2024
  • The Hammocks, FL up 11.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 82% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Redding, CA up 11.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 81% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 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 →

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.42 then, 0.42 now; margin ±0.03).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: inequality rose about 6% from 2014 to 2024 (0.40 to 0.42).
0.42
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
Eastvale, CA 0.33 1st -0.040 1st 22% below peers
Wilmington, DE 0.51 30th -0.032 2nd 19% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 0.36 2nd -0.022 3rd 15% below peers
Johnson City, TN 0.51 29th -0.030 4th 19% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 0.40 8th -0.022 5th 6% below peers
San Marcos, TX 0.46 21st -0.023 6th 7% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 0.44 18th -0.021 7th 3% above peers
Harlingen, TX 0.46 22nd -0.021 8th 7% above peers
Apex, NC 0.37 3rd -0.014 9th 14% below peers
Lafayette, IN 0.41 10th -0.015 10th 4% below peers
Camden, NJ 0.48 26th -0.015 11th 13% above peers
Dothan, AL 0.49 28th -0.010 12th 15% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.55 31st -0.005 13th 29% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 0.43 16th -0.002 14th on par with peers
Waukesha, WI 0.42 11th -0.002 15th 3% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 0.46 20th -0.001 16th 6% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 0.39 6th +0.000 17th 8% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 0.42 13th +0.001 18th 2% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 0.42 12th +0.006 19th 2% below peers
Dale City, VA 0.38 4th +0.006 20th 11% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 0.49 27th +0.010 21st 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 0.44 17th +0.009 22nd 2% above peers
Tulare, CA 0.43 15th +0.010 23rd on par with peers
Dublin, CA 0.39 7th +0.010 24th 8% below peers
Framingham, MA 0.46 23rd +0.015 25th 8% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 0.41 9th +0.014 26th 5% below peers
Camarillo, CA 0.46 19th +0.017 27th 6% above peers
Centreville, VA 0.39 5th +0.023 28th 9% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 0.48 25th +0.028 29th 12% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 0.47 24th +0.030 30th 10% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 0.42 14th +0.037 31st 2% below peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (14.0% then, 12.3% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys; 14 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: snap rose 2.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (9.7% to 12.3%).
12.3%
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
Queen Creek, AZ 1.2% 1st -2.1pp 1st 89% below peers
Eastvale, CA 3.6% 6th -3.2pp 2nd 66% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.5% 10th -3.1pp 3rd 49% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 4.6% 8th -2.5pp 4th 57% below peers
Johnson City, TN 9.9% 15th -5.0pp 5th 7% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.0% 7th -2.0pp 6th 62% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.3% 4th -1.6pp 7th 69% below peers
Apex, NC 1.9% 2nd -0.8pp 8th 83% below peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 17th -3.6pp 9th 3% above peers
San Marcos, TX 7.5% 12th -1.8pp 10th 30% below peers
Harlingen, TX 20.5% 28th -4.1pp 11th 92% above peers
Waukesha, WI 9.2% 14th -1.7pp 12th 14% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 12.3% 18th -1.7pp 13th 14% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 10.7% 16th -1.0pp 14th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 22.8% 29th -0.7pp 15th 112% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 15.6% 22nd +0.3pp 16th 45% above peers
Tulare, CA 23.0% 30th +0.7pp 17th 114% above peers
Dothan, AL 16.8% 25th +0.8pp 18th 57% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 15.3% 21st +1.0pp 19th 42% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.4% 31st +3.4pp 20th 305% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 12.6% 19th +1.2pp 21st 17% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 15.7% 23rd +1.7pp 22nd 46% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 19.8% 27th +2.2pp 23rd 85% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 6.8% 11th +0.8pp 24th 36% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.7% 3rd +0.4pp 25th 75% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 19.8% 26th +2.8pp 26th 85% above peers
Dale City, VA 8.3% 13th +1.3pp 27th 23% below peers
Framingham, MA 12.8% 20th +2.9pp 28th 20% above peers
Camarillo, CA 4.7% 9th +1.3pp 29th 57% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.7% 24th +5.6pp 30th 46% above peers
Dublin, CA 3.4% 5th +1.9pp 31st 69% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started 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 →
  • Layton, UT down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Logan, UT down 5.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Springdale, AR down 5.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing
Housing

Typical home value

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

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: home value rose about 8% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: home value rose about 12% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $264,857 in June 2026, up from $255,873 a year earlier.
$264,857
2006June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $340,430 (Jun 26) -0.0%
United States ref $372,995 (Jun 26) +0.8%
Waukesha, WI $428,781 (Jun 26) 13th +6.1% 1st on par with peers
Mount Vernon, NY $594,937 (Jun 26) 10th +4.2% 2nd 39% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $264,857 (Jun 26) 22nd +3.5% 3rd 38% below peers
Dothan, AL $207,626 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.5% 4th 52% below peers
Lafayette, IN $271,084 (Jun 26) 21st +2.4% 5th 37% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $432,568 (Jun 26) 12th +1.9% 6th 1% above peers
Wilmington, DE $335,577 (Jun 26) 16th +1.8% 7th 22% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $725,567 (Jun 26) 4th +1.4% 8th 69% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $321,576 (Jun 26) 18th +1.3% 9th 25% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $600,724 (Jun 26) 9th +1.2% 10th 40% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $326,596 (Jun 26) 17th +0.8% 11th 24% below peers
Tulare, CA $359,149 (Jun 26) 15th +0.6% 12th 16% below peers
Johnson City, TN $300,337 (Jun 26) 20th +0.6% 13th 30% below peers
Camarillo, CA $923,396 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.2% 14th 115% above peers
Eastvale, CA $948,803 (Jun 26) 2nd +0.1% 15th 121% above peers
Framingham, MA $682,124 (Jun 26) 5th -0.0% 16th 59% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $372,578 (Jun 26) 14th -0.3% 17th 13% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $630,828 (Jun 26) 7th -0.3% 18th 47% above peers
Centreville, VA $632,530 (Jun 26) 6th -0.3% 19th 48% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $586,307 (Jun 26) 11th -0.8% 20th 37% above peers
Harlingen, TX $199,141 (Jun 26) 24th -1.8% 21st 54% below peers
Apex, NC $603,237 (Jun 26) 8th -2.2% 22nd 41% above peers
San Marcos, TX $310,919 (Jun 26) 19th -4.1% 23rd 27% below peers
Camden, NJ $150,576 (Jun 26) 25th -7.1% 24th 65% below peers
Dublin, CA $1,266,769 (Jun 26) 1st -7.8% 25th 195% above peers
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes rose about 4% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 92% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 10% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: starter homes rose about 16% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $196,578 in June 2026, up from $188,588 a year earlier.
$196,578
2006June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $198,660 (Jun 26) +1.7%
United States ref $202,486 (Jun 26) +2.0%
Mount Vernon, NY $307,231 (Jun 26) 13th +12.8% 1st on par with peers
Waukesha, WI $315,715 (Jun 26) 12th +5.5% 2nd 3% above peers
Jacksonville, NC $196,578 (Jun 26) 22nd +4.2% 3rd 36% below peers
Dothan, AL $110,999 (Jun 26) 24th +3.6% 4th 64% below peers
Lafayette, IN $199,032 (Jun 26) 20th +3.1% 5th 35% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $317,148 (Jun 26) 11th +1.5% 6th 3% above peers
Eau Claire, WI $236,295 (Jun 26) 16th +1.5% 7th 23% below peers
Johnson City, TN $196,605 (Jun 26) 21st +1.4% 8th 36% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA $615,097 (Jun 26) 4th +1.4% 9th 100% above peers
Tulare, CA $287,816 (Jun 26) 15th +1.3% 10th 6% below peers
Bayonne, NJ $422,438 (Jun 26) 10th +1.2% 11th 37% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $212,089 (Jun 26) 18th +0.5% 12th 31% below peers
Wilmington, DE $205,364 (Jun 26) 19th +0.2% 13th 33% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX $290,499 (Jun 26) 14th +0.2% 14th 5% below peers
Camarillo, CA $728,304 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.1% 15th 137% above peers
Centreville, VA $492,090 (Jun 26) 5th -0.0% 16th 60% above peers
Eastvale, CA $818,485 (Jun 26) 2nd -0.2% 17th 166% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $478,065 (Jun 26) 7th -0.2% 18th 56% above peers
Framingham, MA $472,843 (Jun 26) 8th -0.5% 19th 54% above peers
Harlingen, TX $127,034 (Jun 26) 23rd -0.8% 20th 59% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $479,599 (Jun 26) 6th -1.2% 21st 56% above peers
Camden, NJ $106,163 (Jun 26) 25th -1.6% 22nd 65% below peers
Apex, NC $435,882 (Jun 26) 9th -3.2% 23rd 42% above peers
San Marcos, TX $231,168 (Jun 26) 17th -4.3% 24th 25% below peers
Dublin, CA $854,933 (Jun 26) 1st -7.9% 25th 178% above peers
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership rose 6.8 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 31.9% to 38.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.8pp). 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Improving beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 12 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: homeownership rose 3.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (35.0% to 38.7%).
38.7%
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 66.6% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
Jacksonville, NC 38.7% 28th +6.8pp 1st 34% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 42.9% 27th +5.2pp 2nd 27% below peers
Wilmington, DE 48.0% 25th +4.7pp 3rd 18% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 62.8% 14th +4.0pp 4th 7% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 67.5% 10th +3.5pp 5th 15% above peers
St. Charles, MO 68.0% 9th +3.3pp 6th 16% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 70.9% 8th +3.1pp 7th 21% above peers
Centreville, VA 73.2% 6th +3.2pp 8th 25% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 90.2% 1st +3.5pp 9th 54% above peers
San Marcos, TX 30.8% 31st +1.1pp 10th 47% below peers
Tulare, CA 58.5% 16th +1.8pp 11th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 79.3% 3rd +2.4pp 12th 36% above peers
Apex, NC 76.5% 5th +2.0pp 13th 31% above peers
Johnson City, TN 51.3% 23rd +1.1pp 14th 12% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 63.5% 13th +1.3pp 15th 9% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 57.7% 17th +1.0pp 16th 1% below peers
Framingham, MA 54.8% 21st +0.9pp 17th 6% below peers
Waukesha, WI 58.8% 15th +0.7pp 18th 1% above peers
Harlingen, TX 56.1% 20th +0.6pp 19th 4% below peers
Eastvale, CA 78.0% 4th +0.7pp 20th 33% above peers
Dublin, CA 65.7% 11th +0.2pp 21st 12% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 72.2% 7th -0.3pp 22nd 23% above peers
Camarillo, CA 64.6% 12th -0.6pp 23rd 10% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 48.6% 24th -1.4pp 24th 17% below peers
Dothan, AL 57.1% 19th -2.1pp 25th 2% below peers
Lafayette, IN 46.7% 26th -1.9pp 26th 20% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 54.4% 22nd -2.2pp 27th 7% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 82.3% 2nd -3.8pp 28th 41% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 36.2% 29th -2.3pp 29th 38% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 57.4% 18th -3.7pp 30th 2% below peers
Camden, NJ 34.4% 30th -4.9pp 31st 41% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±2.8pp 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 →

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 74% of similar-size cities.

Multi-year view: rent rose about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 52% of similar-size cities.
Longer view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Most recent monthly reading: $1,395 in June 2026, up from $1,357 a year earlier.
$1,395
2015June 2026
Compare all 25 similar-size cities by change rank
Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,965 (Jun 26) +2.2%
Mount Vernon, NY $2,794 (Jun 26) 4th +6.7% 1st 49% above peers
Waukesha, WI $1,490 (Jun 26) 17th +4.2% 2nd 20% below peers
Camden, NJ $1,811 (Jun 26) 15th +4.1% 3rd 3% below peers
Maple Grove, MN $2,261 (Jun 26) 10th +3.8% 4th 21% above peers
Bayonne, NJ $2,353 (Jun 26) 9th +3.6% 5th 26% above peers
Wilmington, DE $1,872 (Jun 26) 13th +3.4% 6th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC $1,395 (Jun 26) 20th +2.8% 7th 25% below peers
Johnson City, TN $1,467 (Jun 26) 18th +2.8% 8th 22% below peers
Dublin, CA $3,233 (Jun 26) 2nd +2.4% 9th 73% above peers
Dothan, AL $1,207 (Jun 26) 24th +2.2% 10th 36% below peers
Lafayette, IN $1,234 (Jun 26) 22nd +2.0% 11th 34% below peers
Eastvale, CA $3,567 (Jun 26) 1st +2.0% 12th 91% above peers
Tulare, CA $1,849 (Jun 26) 14th +2.0% 13th 1% below peers
Eau Claire, WI $1,214 (Jun 26) 23rd +2.0% 14th 35% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA $2,436 (Jun 26) 6th +1.9% 15th 30% above peers
West Des Moines, IA $1,369 (Jun 26) 21st +1.8% 16th 27% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ $2,181 (Jun 26) 11th +0.8% 17th 16% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX $1,539 (Jun 26) 16th +0.7% 18th 18% below peers
Harlingen, TX $1,135 (Jun 26) 25th +0.6% 19th 39% below peers
Camarillo, CA $2,885 (Jun 26) 3rd +0.6% 20th 54% above peers
Apex, NC $2,017 (Jun 26) 12th +0.4% 21st 8% above peers
Centreville, VA $2,424 (Jun 26) 7th -0.5% 22nd 29% above peers
San Marcos, TX $1,408 (Jun 26) 19th -1.8% 23rd 25% below peers
Framingham, MA $2,360 (Jun 26) 8th -3.1% 24th 26% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 5th 39% above peers
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (44.5% then, 44.5% now; margin ±5.9pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 6 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: cost burden fell 1.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (45.8% to 44.5%).
44.5%
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
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 26.0% 5th -5.2pp 1st 21% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.5% 8th -5.3pp 2nd 13% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 22.1% 3rd -3.9pp 3rd 33% below peers
Eastvale, CA 33.8% 18th -4.3pp 4th 3% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 26.8% 7th -2.9pp 5th 18% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 47.4% 29th -4.8pp 6th 44% above peers
St. Charles, MO 23.2% 4th -1.5pp 7th 29% below peers
Wilmington, DE 38.8% 22nd -2.5pp 8th 18% above peers
Dale City, VA 30.4% 10th -1.8pp 9th 8% below peers
Camden, NJ 50.5% 30th -2.9pp 10th 54% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 42.9% 25th -1.6pp 11th 30% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 44.1% 27th -1.4pp 12th 34% above peers
Framingham, MA 35.4% 21st -0.9pp 13th 8% above peers
Tulare, CA 40.9% 24th -0.8pp 14th 24% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 43.9% 26th -0.2pp 15th 34% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 44.5% 28th +0.0pp 16th 35% above peers
Camarillo, CA 40.8% 23rd +0.5pp 17th 24% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 31.3% 15th +1.0pp 18th 5% below peers
Apex, NC 20.0% 1st +0.8pp 19th 39% below peers
Centreville, VA 29.1% 9th +1.1pp 20th 11% below peers
Dublin, CA 32.9% 16th +1.3pp 21st on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 32.9% 17th +1.5pp 22nd on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 33.8% 19th +1.8pp 23rd 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 30.6% 12th +1.6pp 24th 7% below peers
San Marcos, TX 52.7% 31st +2.9pp 25th 60% above peers
Waukesha, WI 30.9% 14th +2.1pp 26th 6% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 20.9% 2nd +1.6pp 27th 36% below peers
Dothan, AL 30.9% 13th +2.7pp 28th 6% below peers
Lafayette, IN 35.4% 20th +3.7pp 29th 8% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 26.5% 6th +3.3pp 30th 19% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 30.6% 11th +5.3pp 31st 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brentwood, NY down 14.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2017-2022
  • Delano, CA down 11.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Wheaton, MD down 7.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (6.1% then, 6.7% now; margin ±2.2pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: no vehicle rose 0.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.6% to 6.7%).
6.7%
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
Tulare, CA 3.9% 10th -2.6pp 1st 30% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.4% 3rd -1.0pp 2nd 56% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.3% 15th -1.4pp 3rd 3% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 8.4% 23rd -2.2pp 4th 53% above peers
Harlingen, TX 6.4% 17th -1.5pp 5th 15% above peers
Johnson City, TN 7.3% 20th -1.4pp 6th 33% above peers
Framingham, MA 8.6% 24th -1.6pp 7th 57% above peers
Dale City, VA 2.7% 5th -0.3pp 8th 51% below peers
Camden, NJ 30.8% 30th -3.6pp 9th 459% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 4.1% 12th -0.4pp 10th 26% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 3.7% 9th -0.2pp 11th 34% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.1% 14th -0.3pp 12th 7% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 9.5% 26th -0.4pp 13th 72% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 3.0% 7th -0.0pp 14th 45% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.2% 29th -0.0pp 15th 321% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 9.4% 25th +0.1pp 16th 70% above peers
St. Charles, MO 4.7% 13th +0.1pp 17th 14% below peers
Wilmington, DE 22.5% 28th +1.0pp 18th 308% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 6.7% 18th +0.3pp 19th 22% above peers
Camarillo, CA 5.5% 16th +0.4pp 20th on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 11.0% 27th +0.9pp 21st 100% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 3.9% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 30% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.7% 19th +0.6pp 23rd 22% above peers
Dothan, AL 8.0% 21st +0.9pp 24th 46% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.0% 31st +5.4pp 25th 499% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.1% 22nd +1.8pp 26th 48% above peers
Apex, NC 2.7% 4th +0.7pp 27th 52% below peers
Centreville, VA 3.4% 8th +1.3pp 28th 38% below peers
Eastvale, CA 2.1% 2nd +1.1pp 29th 62% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.8% 6th +1.6pp 30th 50% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 1.6% 1st +1.1pp 31st 72% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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.
HousingHouseholds without a vehicle
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5 of 16 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • San Jacinto, CA down 3.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Idaho Falls, ID down 2.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Encinitas, CA down 2.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 1.9 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 4.3% to 6.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.2pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 8 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 15 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: uninsured fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.3% to 6.2%).
6.2%
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 9.4% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.2% -0.4pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 3.8% 5th -2.5pp 1st 41% below peers
Dublin, CA 1.5% 1st -1.0pp 2nd 76% below peers
Lafayette, IN 7.3% 19th -3.8pp 3rd 16% above peers
Camarillo, CA 3.2% 3rd -1.6pp 4th 50% below peers
Dale City, VA 10.7% 25th -3.7pp 5th 69% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.3% 16th -2.1pp 6th on par with peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.5% 21st -2.2pp 7th 19% above peers
Apex, NC 3.5% 4th -0.9pp 8th 45% below peers
St. Charles, MO 4.9% 8th -0.8pp 9th 22% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.9% 13th -0.7pp 10th 6% below peers
Centreville, VA 7.2% 18th -0.8pp 11th 13% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 2.4% 2nd -0.2pp 12th 62% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.8% 22nd -0.9pp 13th 55% above peers
Eastvale, CA 3.9% 6th -0.3pp 14th 39% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 5.7% 10th -0.2pp 15th 9% below peers
Framingham, MA 5.5% 9th -0.2pp 16th 13% below peers
San Marcos, TX 16.2% 30th +0.4pp 17th 157% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.7% 28th +0.9pp 18th 102% above peers
Dothan, AL 10.9% 26th +1.0pp 19th 74% above peers
Harlingen, TX 22.5% 31st +2.4pp 20th 256% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 11.9% 27th +1.4pp 21st 88% above peers
Johnson City, TN 10.5% 24th +1.2pp 22nd 67% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 7.1% 17th +0.9pp 23rd 12% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 5.8% 11th +0.8pp 24th 8% below peers
Waukesha, WI 5.8% 12th +0.8pp 25th 8% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.3% 23rd +1.9pp 26th 63% above peers
Wilmington, DE 7.5% 20th +1.5pp 27th 19% above peers
Camden, NJ 14.4% 29th +3.2pp 28th 129% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.0% 14th +1.8pp 29th 5% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.2% 15th +1.9pp 30th 1% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 4.8% 7th +1.8pp 31st 24% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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.
HealthPeople without health insurance
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5 of 16 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Brookline, MA down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Minnetonka, MN down 1.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is roughly in line with the peer median.

34.1%
20202022
Compare all 30 similar-size cities best first
Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 33.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Dublin, CA 15.4% 1st 56% below peers
Apex, NC 23.1% 2nd 34% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 25.2% 3rd 28% below peers
Framingham, MA 25.2% 4th 28% below peers
Centreville, VA 26.1% 5th 25% below peers
Camarillo, CA 27.0% 6th 22% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 27.5% 7th 21% below peers
Eastvale, CA 27.6% 8th 21% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.9% 9th 14% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 31.3% 10th 10% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 31.5% 11th 9% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 33.8% 12th 3% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 33.9% 13th 3% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 34.1% 14th 2% below peers
Dale City, VA 34.7% 15th on par with peers
Waukesha, WI 34.8% 16th on par with peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 35.0% 17th 1% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 35.2% 18th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 35.8% 19th 3% above peers
St. Charles, MO 36.3% 20th 4% above peers
Lafayette, IN 36.7% 21st 5% above peers
Dothan, AL 37.5% 22nd 8% above peers
San Marcos, TX 37.6% 23rd 8% above peers
Tulare, CA 37.8% 24th 9% above peers
Johnson City, TN 38.5% 25th 11% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 40.8% 26th 17% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.8% 27th 17% above peers
Camden, NJ 43.6% 28th 25% above peers
Wilmington, DE 44.7% 29th 28% above peers
Harlingen, TX 46.6% 30th 34% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured rose 5.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 1.5% to 6.6% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.5pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 8 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: child uninsured rose 2.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (3.8% to 6.6%).
6.6%
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
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 0.5% 1st -0.8pp 1st 86% below peers
Camarillo, CA 1.6% 3rd -1.6pp 2nd 57% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.8% 7th -1.2pp 3rd 54% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 2.3% 8th -1.5pp 4th 41% below peers
Lafayette, IN 3.3% 14th -2.0pp 5th 12% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 2.4% 10th -1.1pp 6th 36% below peers
Dale City, VA 6.2% 24th -2.2pp 7th 63% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 2.9% 12th -0.9pp 8th 24% below peers
St. Charles, MO 3.1% 13th +0.0pp 9th 19% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 1.7% 6th +0.1pp 10th 55% below peers
Centreville, VA 5.8% 23rd +0.4pp 11th 53% above peers
Harlingen, TX 12.8% 31st +0.9pp 12th 237% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 5.2% 21st +0.5pp 13th 36% above peers
Johnson City, TN 4.6% 20th +0.5pp 14th 22% above peers
Apex, NC 2.4% 9th +0.3pp 15th 37% below peers
Framingham, MA 3.8% 16th +0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 4.2% 18th +0.6pp 17th 10% above peers
San Marcos, TX 8.8% 29th +1.5pp 18th 131% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.3% 22nd +1.0pp 19th 41% above peers
Eastvale, CA 1.3% 2nd +0.3pp 20th 65% below peers
Waukesha, WI 2.6% 11th +0.7pp 21st 32% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 1.7% 5th +0.5pp 22nd 56% below peers
Dothan, AL 3.6% 15th +1.1pp 23rd 6% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 12.0% 30th +4.7pp 24th 216% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 4.5% 19th +1.8pp 25th 17% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.6% 25th +3.2pp 26th 73% above peers
Tulare, CA 3.9% 17th +2.0pp 27th 2% above peers
Camden, NJ 8.0% 28th +4.1pp 28th 109% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 6.8% 27th +3.6pp 29th 78% above peers
Dublin, CA 1.6% 4th +1.1pp 30th 57% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 6.6% 26th +5.2pp 31st 74% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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5 of 16 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 →

Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the strongest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Newport Beach, CA down 1.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Royal Oak, MI down 1.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Troy, NY down 1.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.1% then, 26.3% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 29 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: college attainment rose 4.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (22.1% to 26.3%).
26.3%
20102024
Compare all 30 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 35.6% +4.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Harlingen, TX 22.6% 27th +4.9pp 1st 41% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 24.3% 25th +4.6pp 2nd 37% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 35.9% 18th +6.8pp 3rd 6% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 42.5% 11th +7.5pp 4th 11% above peers
Wilmington, DE 33.1% 20th +5.1pp 5th 14% below peers
Dale City, VA 33.5% 19th +5.0pp 6th 12% below peers
Queen Creek, AZ 45.0% 7th +6.8pp 7th 17% above peers
Eastvale, CA 43.4% 9th +6.3pp 8th 13% above peers
St. Charles, MO 43.3% 10th +6.0pp 9th 13% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 15.1% 28th +1.9pp 10th 61% below peers
San Marcos, TX 38.3% 15th +4.9pp 11th on par with peers
St. Joseph, MO 23.0% 26th +2.5pp 12th 40% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 37.3% 16th +3.7pp 13th 3% below peers
Waukesha, WI 41.7% 13th +3.7pp 14th 9% above peers
Lafayette, IN 27.9% 22nd +2.4pp 15th 27% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 26.3% 24th +2.2pp 16th 31% below peers
Tulare, CA 11.8% 29th +0.9pp 17th 69% below peers
Dothan, AL 27.6% 23rd +2.1pp 18th 28% below peers
Apex, NC 69.5% 2nd +5.2pp 19th 81% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 36.7% 17th +2.7pp 20th 4% below peers
Johnson City, TN 42.5% 12th +2.6pp 21st 11% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 39.6% 14th +2.4pp 22nd 3% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 57.1% 4th +3.1pp 23rd 49% above peers
Dublin, CA 69.8% 1st +3.4pp 24th 82% above peers
Camarillo, CA 43.5% 8th +1.9pp 25th 14% above peers
Camden, NJ 10.1% 30th +0.3pp 26th 74% below peers
Framingham, MA 48.7% 6th +1.2pp 27th 27% above peers
Centreville, VA 58.2% 3rd +0.0pp 28th 52% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 54.9% 5th -0.5pp 29th 43% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 30.4% 21st -0.4pp 30th 21% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.7pp 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 Worsening
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Preschool enrollment fell 12.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 33.7% to 20.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±10.1pp). 7 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Worsening beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 9 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: preschool enrollment fell 7.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.8% to 20.9%).
20.9%
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 39.6% -3.4pp
United States ref 45.5%
St. Charles, MO 61.1% 5th +19.2pp 1st 48% above peers
Centreville, VA 68.9% 2nd +17.9pp 2nd 67% above peers
Eastvale, CA 53.4% 7th +9.7pp 3rd 29% above peers
Dale City, VA 29.3% 26th +4.8pp 4th 29% below peers
Framingham, MA 52.9% 9th +5.1pp 5th 28% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 53.1% 8th +1.9pp 6th 28% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 16th +1.4pp 7th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 43.8% 15th +1.5pp 8th 6% above peers
Dothan, AL 45.9% 14th +1.2pp 9th 11% above peers
Waukesha, WI 50.7% 10th +1.1pp 10th 23% above peers
San Marcos, TX 36.8% 22nd +0.4pp 11th 11% below peers
Dublin, CA 63.8% 3rd +0.1pp 12th 54% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 62.1% 4th -0.4pp 13th 50% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 49.2% 11th -1.4pp 14th 19% above peers
Wilmington, DE 55.3% 6th -4.6pp 15th 34% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70.6% 1st -7.3pp 16th 71% above peers
Tulare, CA 30.6% 24th -3.4pp 17th 26% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 46.2% 12th -6.1pp 18th 12% above peers
Johnson City, TN 29.1% 27th -6.6pp 19th 30% below peers
Harlingen, TX 38.0% 21st -9.0pp 20th 8% below peers
Baldwin Park, CA 38.8% 18th -10.7pp 21st 6% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 38.1% 20th -11.2pp 22nd 8% below peers
Lafayette, IN 27.5% 28th -11.7pp 23rd 33% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 20.9% 31st -12.7pp 24th 49% below peers
Apex, NC 46.0% 13th -31.5pp 25th 11% above peers
Camarillo, CA 38.8% 19th -28.2pp 26th 6% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 22.9% 29th -17.1pp 27th 44% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 29.7% 25th -24.7pp 28th 28% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.4% 30th -18.9pp 29th 46% below peers
Camden, NJ 39.2% 17th -34.3pp 30th 5% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 31.0% 23rd -28.0pp 31st 25% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±6.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (5.2% then, 3.6% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 2 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: disconnected youth fell 3.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (7.2% to 3.6%).
3.6%
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 7.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 4.0% 11th -4.1pp 1st 31% below peers
Dothan, AL 5.2% 14th -4.4pp 2nd 11% below peers
Harlingen, TX 11.9% 31st -8.0pp 3rd 105% above peers
Apex, NC 1.7% 2nd -0.9pp 4th 70% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 3.6% 10th -1.5pp 5th 37% below peers
Dublin, CA 2.5% 3rd -1.0pp 6th 57% below peers
Wilmington, DE 10.5% 29th -2.0pp 7th 81% above peers
Framingham, MA 2.8% 4th -0.5pp 8th 52% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 6.5% 20th -0.6pp 9th 12% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 5.2% 15th +0.1pp 10th 10% below peers
Tulare, CA 10.1% 27th +0.5pp 11th 74% above peers
Centreville, VA 4.3% 12th +0.3pp 12th 25% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 8.8% 24th +0.5pp 13th 52% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 6.4% 19th +0.4pp 14th 10% above peers
Camden, NJ 11.3% 30th +0.8pp 15th 96% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 5.8% 16th +0.5pp 16th on par with peers
Eastvale, CA 6.1% 17th +0.7pp 17th 6% above peers
Dale City, VA 3.1% 8th +0.4pp 18th 46% below peers
Lafayette, IN 8.9% 25th +1.3pp 19th 55% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 6.2% 18th +1.0pp 20th 7% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 10.4% 28th +1.8pp 21st 81% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 9.5% 26th +1.7pp 22nd 65% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 3.2% 9th +1.0pp 23rd 45% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 7.0% 23rd +2.3pp 24th 22% above peers
San Marcos, TX 2.8% 5th +0.9pp 25th 51% below peers
Camarillo, CA 2.9% 6th +1.4pp 26th 51% below peers
Johnson City, TN 4.4% 13th +2.3pp 27th 24% below peers
St. Charles, MO 6.7% 21st +4.0pp 28th 16% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 2.9% 7th +1.9pp 29th 50% below peers
Waukesha, WI 6.8% 22nd +4.8pp 30th 18% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 1.7% 1st 71% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Alpharetta, GA down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Eagan, MN down 4.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Johns Creek, GA down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics
Demographics

Population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Population fell about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 73,025 to 71,279 - more than the combined survey margin (±79). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. 5 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 27 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: population rose about 3% from 2014 to 2024 (69,300 to 71,279).
71,279
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
Queen Creek, AZ 71,867 7th +67% 1st 1% above peers
Apex, NC 70,630 26th +37% 2nd 1% below peers
Dublin, CA 70,803 23rd +16% 3rd 1% below peers
Eastvale, CA 70,633 25th +14% 4th 1% below peers
San Marcos, TX 70,897 22nd +12% 5th on par with peers
Tulare, CA 70,945 21st +12% 6th on par with peers
Harlingen, TX 72,087 5th +11% 7th 1% above peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 72,461 1st +10% 8th 2% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 71,553 10th +10% 9th on par with peers
Johnson City, TN 72,222 4th +9% 10th 1% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 71,083 19th +8% 11th on par with peers
Mount Vernon, NY 72,427 2nd +7% 12th 2% above peers
Dothan, AL 71,514 11th +5% 13th on par with peers
St. Cloud, MN 70,629 27th +4% 14th 1% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 70,599 28th +4% 15th 1% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 70,322 29th +3% 16th 1% below peers
Camarillo, CA 70,186 30th +3% 17th 1% below peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 72,059 6th +3% 18th 1% above peers
St. Charles, MO 71,508 12th +2% 19th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 71,727 8th +2% 20th 1% above peers
North Richland Hills, TX 70,780 24th +1% 21st 1% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 71,173 17th +1% 22nd on par with peers
Framingham, MA 72,399 3rd +0% 23rd 2% above peers
Waukesha, WI 71,233 16th -2% 24th on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 71,159 18th -2% 25th on par with peers
Dale City, VA 71,016 20th -2% 26th on par with peers
Jacksonville, NC 71,279 14th -2% 27th on par with peers
Centreville, VA 71,706 9th -3% 28th 1% above peers
Camden, NJ 71,496 13th -3% 29th on par with peers
St. Joseph, MO 71,236 15th -6% 30th on par with peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70,138 31st -8% 31st 2% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±48 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Falling
Compared against How peers are chosen →

Children fell 1.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 20.8% to 19.2% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.6pp). 14 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 16 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: children fell 2.5 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (21.7% to 19.2%).
19.2%
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 21.1% -0.7pp
United States ref 21.6% -0.7pp
Framingham, MA 21.7% 17th +2.0pp 1st 1% below peers
St. Cloud, MN 21.9% 16th +1.6pp 2nd on par with peers
Lafayette, IN 23.4% 11th +1.2pp 3rd 7% above peers
Mount Vernon, NY 21.1% 20th +1.0pp 4th 4% below peers
St. Charles, MO 17.7% 28th +0.2pp 5th 19% below peers
Dale City, VA 26.6% 8th +0.1pp 6th 22% above peers
Camarillo, CA 20.7% 23rd +0.0pp 7th 5% below peers
Bayonne, NJ 23.1% 12th -0.4pp 8th 6% above peers
Dothan, AL 22.6% 13th -0.5pp 9th 3% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 18.0% 27th -0.4pp 10th 18% below peers
Johnson City, TN 18.4% 26th -0.5pp 11th 16% below peers
St. Joseph, MO 22.1% 14th -0.6pp 12th 1% above peers
Apex, NC 29.1% 3rd -0.9pp 13th 33% above peers
Maple Grove, MN 24.1% 10th -1.0pp 14th 10% above peers
San Marcos, TX 13.3% 31st -0.6pp 15th 39% below peers
Eau Claire, WI 17.7% 29th -1.0pp 16th 19% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 22.1% 15th -1.2pp 17th 1% above peers
Dublin, CA 25.0% 9th -1.6pp 18th 14% above peers
Tulare, CA 31.9% 1st -2.1pp 19th 46% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 30.5% 2nd -2.3pp 20th 39% above peers
Wilmington, DE 21.0% 22nd -1.7pp 21st 4% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 21.0% 21st -1.8pp 22nd 4% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 19.2% 25th -1.7pp 23rd 12% below peers
Eastvale, CA 28.0% 5th -2.5pp 24th 28% above peers
Waukesha, WI 19.2% 24th -1.8pp 25th 12% below peers
Harlingen, TX 28.8% 4th -2.7pp 26th 32% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 21.4% 19th -2.3pp 27th 2% below peers
Centreville, VA 21.7% 18th -2.5pp 28th 1% below peers
Camden, NJ 27.5% 6th -3.4pp 29th 26% above peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 14.7% 30th -2.4pp 30th 33% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 27.3% 7th -4.5pp 31st 25% above peers
Where is this changing? 16 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 →

Single-parent fell 6.7 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 28.8% to 22.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±6.5pp). 3 of the 30 similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction.

Falling beyond the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 7 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: single-parent fell 8.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.6% to 22.1%).
22.1%
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
Bayonne, NJ 41.7% 8th +11.2pp 1st 44% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 32.8% 13th +7.3pp 2nd 13% above peers
Centreville, VA 20.4% 25th +4.1pp 3rd 29% below peers
Tulare, CA 39.6% 12th +7.9pp 4th 37% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 40.4% 10th +7.5pp 5th 39% above peers
Lafayette, IN 50.7% 3rd +9.3pp 6th 75% above peers
Queen Creek, AZ 11.2% 28th +1.9pp 7th 61% below peers
Waukesha, WI 32.5% 14th +4.6pp 8th 12% above peers
West Des Moines, IA 24.2% 20th +2.2pp 9th 16% below peers
Dothan, AL 47.6% 4th +3.2pp 10th 64% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 29.1% 15th +1.7pp 11th 1% above peers
Harlingen, TX 45.1% 6th +2.2pp 12th 56% above peers
Framingham, MA 29.0% 16th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Wilmington, DE 67.8% 2nd +1.1pp 14th 134% above peers
Camden, NJ 75.7% 1st +0.3pp 15th 161% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 41.3% 9th +0.0pp 16th 43% above peers
Camarillo, CA 19.6% 26th -0.3pp 17th 32% below peers
St. Charles, MO 27.8% 18th -0.7pp 18th 4% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 46.9% 5th -1.4pp 19th 62% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 28.7% 17th -1.6pp 20th 1% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 42.4% 7th -2.8pp 21st 46% above peers
Dale City, VA 21.0% 24th -2.2pp 22nd 28% below peers
San Marcos, TX 40.2% 11th -4.9pp 23rd 39% above peers
Apex, NC 15.1% 27th -2.9pp 24th 48% below peers
Lake Elsinore, CA 22.3% 22nd -5.0pp 25th 23% below peers
Jacksonville, NC 22.1% 23rd -6.7pp 26th 24% below peers
Dublin, CA 9.2% 31st -3.2pp 27th 68% below peers
Johnson City, TN 26.8% 19th -11.4pp 28th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 23.3% 21st -10.6pp 29th 19% below peers
Eastvale, CA 11.2% 29th -5.3pp 30th 61% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 11.0% 30th -5.8pp 31st 62% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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 ±4.2pp 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 →

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (49.0% then, 46.8% now; margin ±10.0pp).

Within the survey margin, 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys; 3 of 30 similar-size cities show a real change.
Longer view: working parents rose 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (43.9% to 46.8%).
46.8%
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
Lake Elsinore, CA 65.3% 22nd +14.8pp 1st 8% below peers
Mount Vernon, NY 90.8% 1st +17.2pp 2nd 28% above peers
Wilmington, DE 78.9% 6th +9.9pp 3rd 12% above peers
Apex, NC 77.0% 10th +9.6pp 4th 9% above peers
Johnson City, TN 59.4% 28th +7.3pp 5th 16% below peers
Waukesha, WI 80.8% 3rd +9.1pp 6th 14% above peers
Baldwin Park, CA 70.8% 15th +7.8pp 7th on par with peers
Queen Creek, AZ 55.3% 30th +5.9pp 8th 22% below peers
Centreville, VA 80.2% 5th +8.5pp 9th 13% above peers
Bayonne, NJ 70.0% 18th +5.8pp 10th 1% below peers
Eastvale, CA 78.6% 8th +5.5pp 11th 11% above peers
Tulare, CA 57.6% 29th +3.2pp 12th 19% below peers
Maple Grove, MN 81.3% 2nd +4.2pp 13th 15% above peers
Camarillo, CA 70.7% 16th +3.6pp 14th on par with peers
San Marcos, TX 80.6% 4th +3.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Eau Claire, WI 78.7% 7th +2.0pp 16th 11% above peers
St. Joseph, MO 70.5% 17th +1.7pp 17th on par with peers
St. Charles, MO 76.7% 11th +1.7pp 18th 8% above peers
Dublin, CA 63.9% 25th -0.3pp 19th 10% below peers
Harlingen, TX 59.9% 27th -1.5pp 20th 15% below peers
Camden, NJ 71.2% 14th -1.8pp 21st 1% above peers
Casas Adobes, AZ 64.9% 24th -2.1pp 22nd 8% below peers
West Des Moines, IA 71.5% 13th -2.5pp 23rd 1% above peers
St. Cloud, MN 78.5% 9th -2.9pp 24th 11% above peers
Framingham, MA 76.0% 12th -3.2pp 25th 8% above peers
Jacksonville, NC 46.8% 31st -2.2pp 26th 34% below peers
Lafayette, IN 66.0% 19th -4.6pp 27th 7% below peers
Dothan, AL 65.4% 21st -5.6pp 28th 7% below peers
Dale City, VA 65.2% 23rd -6.2pp 29th 8% below peers
North Richland Hills, TX 62.1% 26th -12.8pp 30th 12% below peers
Guaynabo zona urbana, PR 65.7% 20th -13.7pp 31st 7% below peers
Where is this changing? 16 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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5 of 16 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 ±7.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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