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Rocky Mount, NC
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55,120 people (2025) 50k-100k South

Bright spots 8 indicators

Where Rocky Mount, NC shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
218 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 45%
relative change
397 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Household income
Median household income
$55,534
2020-24
▲ 37%
relative change
$40,633 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
2,990 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 21%
relative change
3,793 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
32.0%
2020-24
▼ 16%
relative change
38.2% in 2019
Real improvement Leading peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
6.1%
Jul 2026
▼ 13%
relative change
7.0% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
80.7%
2020-24
▲ 12%
relative change
72.4% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
3.5%
2020-24
▼ 57%
relative change
8.2% in 2019
No measurable change Leading peers
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
706 /100k
Jun 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
722 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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What needs attention 11 indicators

Where Rocky Mount, NC shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Uninsured
People without health insurance
11.3%
2020-24
▲ 25%
relative change
9.0% in 2019
Worsening Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
12.0%
2020-24
▲ 6%
relative change
11.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
25.4%
2019-23
▲ 1%
relative change
25.2% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
33.3%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
29.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
49.0%
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
50.7% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
14 homicides
12 mo to Jun 2026
▲ 27%
relative change
11 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
19.7%
2020-24
▲ 3%
relative change
19.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Child uninsured
Children without health insurance
5.4%
2020-24
▲ 62%
relative change
3.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▼ 3%
relative change
0.48 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
22.9%
2020-24
▲ 13%
relative change
20.3% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
33.4%
2020-24
▲ 18%
relative change
28.2% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 4 indicators

Real movement and big differences from peers, where neither direction is simply good or bad. Biggest relative change first; big-gap cards come last. How this is calculated →
Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,272
Aug 2026
▲ 3%
relative change
$1,237 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$95,036
Aug 2026
▼ 2%
relative change
$96,997 a year earlier
Falling recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$188,603
Aug 2026
low
vs peers
$188,365 a year earlier
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
65.4%
2020-24
high
vs peers
59.2% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 2% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime fell about 5% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities. Rocky Mount started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Violent crime fell about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 706 in June 2026, down from 722 a year earlier.
Bright spot 706 per 100k
2018June 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Tinley Park, IL 85 (Jul 26) -23.0% 1st
Chicopee, MA 427 (Jul 26) -22.6% 2nd
Mooresville, NC 192 (Jul 26) -21.9% 3rd
Mount Prospect, IL 60 (Jul 26) -21.4% 4th
Elkhart, IN 662 (Apr 26) -20.4% 5th
Port Arthur, TX 520 (Jul 26) -16.7% 6th
Apple Valley, MN 183 (Jul 26) -15.8% 7th
Logan, UT 166 (Jul 26) -6.1% 8th
Rocky Mount, NC 706 (Jun 26) -2.3% 9th
Anderson, IN 399 (Jun 26) +0.4% 10th
Fountain Valley, CA 195 (Jul 26) +4.9% 11th
Arcadia, CA 209 (Jul 26) +8.7% 12th
Twin Falls, ID 390 (Jul 26) +10.1% 13th
Jeffersonville, IN 288 (Mar 25) +14.7% 14th
Kentwood, MI 475 (Jul 26) +23.8% 15th
Peabody, MA 302 (Apr 26) +25.2% 16th
West Haven, CT 78 (Jul 26) +34.4% 17th
Edina, MN 79 (Jul 26) +38.7% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Roswell, GA down about 44% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • Cicero, IL down about 28% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2021-2026
  • Reading, PA down about 22% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 21% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 82% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Property crime rose about 1% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 2,990 in June 2026, down from 3,793 a year earlier.
Bright spot 2,990 per 100k
2018June 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Elkhart, IN 1,374 (Apr 26) -42.4% 1st
Peabody, MA 570 (Apr 26) -28.9% 2nd
West Haven, CT 851 (Mar 26) -25.1% 3rd
Rocky Mount, NC 2,990 (Jun 26) -21.2% 4th
Mooresville, NC 1,644 (Jul 26) -20.5% 5th
Arcadia, CA 2,223 (Jul 26) -16.7% 6th
Anderson, IN 1,893 (Jun 26) -14.6% 7th
Port Arthur, TX 1,283 (Jul 26) -12.7% 8th
Mount Prospect, IL 751 (Jul 26) -10.5% 9th
Kentwood, MI 1,513 (Jul 26) -9.7% 10th
Fountain Valley, CA 1,564 (Jul 26) -9.1% 11th
Tinley Park, IL 1,050 (Jul 26) -7.9% 12th
Twin Falls, ID 1,060 (Jul 26) -7.3% 13th
Logan, UT 1,036 (Jul 26) -3.5% 14th
Jeffersonville, IN 1,667 (Mar 25) -0.8% 15th
Apple Valley, MN 1,510 (Jul 26) +2.3% 16th
Edina, MN 1,446 (Jul 26) +3.4% 17th
Chicopee, MA 1,566 (Jul 26) +5.5% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Brooklyn Park, MN down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 13% a year · 2021-2026
  • Corvallis, OR down about 23% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
  • Kingsport, TN down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 11% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-05 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Public Safety

Homicide rate

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

Homicides rose about 27% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 83% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide is about 14% lower than in 2021 (30 then, 25 now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 11 in 2024 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Homicide fell about 3% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 14 homicides in the 12 months ending June 2026, up from 11 in the prior 12 months. That is 25 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 14 homicides
2018June 2026
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Each place's latest 12 months compares against its prior 12. significant improvement · significant worsening · within chance fluctuation for counts this size (Poisson test at 90%; these are administrative tallies, so the test covers event randomness, not survey error). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Apple Valley, MN 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Mount Prospect, IL 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Port Arthur, TX 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 3rd
Arcadia, CA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 4th
Anderson, IN 2 (Jun 26) -66.7% 5th
Chicopee, MA 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 6th
Twin Falls, ID 2 (Jul 26) -50.0% 7th
Elkhart, IN 4 (Apr 26) -33.3% 8th
Mooresville, NC 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 9th
Edina, MN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 10th
Rocky Mount, NC 25 (Jun 26) +27.3% 11th
Jeffersonville, IN 6 (Mar 25) +193.7% 12th
West Haven, CT 7 (Jul 26) +299.4% 13th
Tinley Park, IL 0 (Jul 26)
Kentwood, MI 0 (Jul 26)
Fountain Valley, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Logan, UT 2 (Jul 26)
Peabody, MA 0 (Apr 26)
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Gardena, CA down about 100% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 17% a year · 2021-2026
  • Anderson, IN down about 67% over the 12 months ending June 2026 · sustained: down about 27% a year · 2021-2026
  • Medford, OR down about 67% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 20% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Public Safety

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 45% over the 12 months ending June 2026, faster than 94% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft rose about 33% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 10% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 218 in June 2026, down from 397 a year earlier.
Bright spot 218 per 100k
2018June 2026
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▸ 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). Reporting practices vary by agency, so comparisons are indicative, not definitive; see crime data cautions.
Place Latestper 100k Changelast 12 months Sig. Change rank History
U.S. (RTCI sample) ref 303 (Apr 26) -22.2%
Elkhart, IN 128 (Apr 26) -55.5% 1st
Rocky Mount, NC 218 (Jun 26) -45.2% 2nd
Arcadia, CA 155 (Jul 26) -40.4% 3rd
West Haven, CT 145 (Jul 26) -30.4% 4th
Chicopee, MA 107 (Jul 26) -28.9% 5th
Anderson, IN 276 (Jun 26) -22.9% 6th
Fountain Valley, CA 110 (Jul 26) -20.8% 7th
Jeffersonville, IN 299 (Mar 25) -19.8% 8th
Mount Prospect, IL 47 (Jul 26) -18.7% 9th
Port Arthur, TX 116 (Jul 26) -14.5% 10th
Kentwood, MI 186 (Jul 26) -14.3% 11th
Mooresville, NC 95 (Jul 26) -10.2% 12th
Tinley Park, IL 131 (Jul 26) -5.3% 13th
Logan, UT 59 (Jul 26) +0.0% 14th
Peabody, MA 54 (Apr 26) +3.5% 15th
Edina, MN 149 (Jul 26) +39.7% 16th
Apple Valley, MN 81 (Jul 26) +40.6% 17th
Twin Falls, ID 91 (Jul 26) +41.7% 18th
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Because this metric moves monthly, each listed city also held or improved over its own most recent 12 months (shown on each row), and the list is ordered by that recent movement. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Loveland, CO down about 65% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2021-2026
  • Eagan, MN down about 49% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 22% a year · 2022-2026
  • Beaumont, CA down about 38% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 15% a year · 2021-2026
Real-Time Crime Index through 2026-06 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
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Economy 7 indicators
Economy

Median household income

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

Household income rose about 37% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $40,633 to $55,534 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$3,636).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rocky Mount started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Household income rose about 51% from 2014 to 2024 ($36,724 to $55,534).
Bright spot $55,534
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $72,388 +33%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
San Jacinto, CA $80,647 16th +55% 1st on par with peers
Logan, UT $60,687 25th +45% 2nd 25% below peers
South Whittier, CA $100,800 10th +41% 3rd 25% above peers
Valdosta, GA $45,925 31st +41% 4th 43% below peers
Kentwood, MI $74,373 20th +37% 5th 8% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $55,534 27th +37% 6th 31% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $105,189 8th +34% 7th 30% above peers
Peabody, MA $96,657 12th +32% 8th 20% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $93,188 13th +32% 9th 16% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $90,794 14th +31% 10th 13% above peers
Gallatin, TN $77,518 18th +30% 11th 4% below peers
Mooresville, NC $89,647 15th +30% 12th 11% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL $101,720 9th +28% 13th 26% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL $64,908 22nd +27% 14th 20% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $109,193 7th +27% 15th 35% above peers
Port Arthur, TX $46,354 30th +27% 16th 43% below peers
Anderson, IN $46,909 29th +27% 17th 42% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN $70,930 21st +26% 18th 12% below peers
Elkhart, IN $51,028 28th +25% 19th 37% below peers
Berwyn, IL $78,408 17th +25% 20th 3% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $115,237 4th +24% 21st 43% above peers
Edina, MN $128,767 1st +24% 22nd 60% above peers
Arcadia, CA $113,516 5th +21% 23rd 41% above peers
Placentia, CA $115,929 3rd +21% 24th 44% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $61,205 24th +21% 25th 24% below peers
Manhattan, KS $60,172 26th +19% 26th 25% below peers
West Haven, CT $74,382 19th +18% 27th 8% below peers
Chicopee, MA $62,615 23rd +18% 28th 22% below peers
Wheaton, IL $120,008 2nd +16% 29th 49% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $97,673 11th +9% 30th 21% above peers
Methuen, MA $113,310 6th 41% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyMedian household income
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6 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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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 →
  • 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 ±$2,420 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Unemployment rate

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

Unemployment fell 0.9 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment is 0.5 percentage points lower than in 2022 (6.6% then, 6.1% now), but the direction has turned: after bottoming near 5.6% in 2023 it has risen each year since. That recent climb is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 6.1% in July 2026, down from 7.0% a year earlier.
Bright spot 6.1%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 3.6% (Jul 26) -0.3pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Elkhart, IN 4.3% (Jul 26) 10th -1.1pp 1st 7% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 6.1% (Jul 26) 25th -0.9pp 2nd 33% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.0% (Jul 26) 20th -0.8pp 3rd 9% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 6.3% (Jul 26) 26th -0.8pp 4th 37% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 3.5% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 5th 24% below peers
Arcadia, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 17th -0.7pp 6th 7% above peers
Valdosta, GA 4.0% (Jul 26) 6th -0.6pp 7th 13% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 13th -0.5pp 8th 2% below peers
Mooresville, NC 3.7% (Jul 26) 5th -0.5pp 9th 20% below peers
Anderson, IN 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.5pp 10th 11% below peers
Gallatin, TN 3.1% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 11th 33% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.4% (Jul 26) 3rd -0.3pp 12th 26% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.9% (Jul 26) 18th -0.3pp 13th 7% above peers
Methuen, MA 5.2% (Jul 26) 21st -0.2pp 14th 13% above peers
Placentia, CA 4.4% (Jul 26) 12th -0.2pp 15th 4% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.4% (Jul 26) 23rd -0.1pp 16th 17% above peers
Manhattan, KS 4.0% (Jul 26) 7th +0.0pp 17th 13% below peers
Logan, UT 3.1% (Jul 26) 2nd +0.1pp 18th 33% below peers
Peabody, MA 4.9% (Jul 26) 19th +0.1pp 19th 7% above peers
Chicopee, MA 5.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.2pp 20th 28% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 4.6% (Jul 26) 15th +0.3pp 21st on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 5.2% (Jul 26) 22nd +0.4pp 22nd 13% above peers
Wheaton, IL 4.5% (Jul 26) 14th +0.4pp 23rd 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 4.3% (Jul 26) 11th +0.5pp 24th 7% below peers
Edina, MN 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.5pp 25th 13% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 9.6% (Jul 26) 28th +0.6pp 26th 109% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.7% (Jul 26) 16th +0.7pp 27th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 6.8% (Jul 26) 27th +1.5pp 28th 48% above peers
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics through 2025 administrative trend: robust fit about this metric
Economy

Share of people below the poverty level

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

Poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (19.2% then, 19.7% now; margin ±3.8pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 5.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (25.5% to 19.7%).
Needs attention 19.7%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 13.0% -1.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Tinley Park, IL 5.0% 2nd -2.1pp 1st 56% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.3% 6th -2.8pp 2nd 36% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 11.4% 17th -3.4pp 3rd 1% above peers
Valdosta, GA 26.1% 29th -6.1pp 4th 131% above peers
Elkhart, IN 18.2% 24th -3.7pp 5th 61% above peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 27th -4.5pp 6th 97% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 12.8% 19th -2.4pp 7th 13% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.9% 14th -1.9pp 8th 4% below peers
Arcadia, CA 8.6% 10th -1.2pp 9th 24% below peers
Anderson, IN 21.0% 26th -2.8pp 10th 85% above peers
Manhattan, KS 23.3% 28th -3.0pp 11th 106% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 11th -1.2pp 12th 20% below peers
Peabody, MA 7.7% 7th -1.0pp 13th 32% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 16.1% 22nd -1.0pp 14th 43% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.4% 12th -0.6pp 15th 8% below peers
Edina, MN 4.7% 1st -0.2pp 16th 59% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.6% 5th -0.1pp 17th 42% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.9% 8th -0.1pp 18th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.0% 9th +0.2pp 19th 29% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 19.7% 25th +0.5pp 20th 74% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.7% 18th +0.3pp 21st 12% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.6% 3rd +0.2pp 22nd 51% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.0% 30th +1.7pp 23rd 156% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 11.2% 15th +0.9pp 24th 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 13th +1.0pp 25th 6% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.0% 20th +1.3pp 26th 15% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 6.0% 4th +0.6pp 27th 47% below peers
West Haven, CT 14.1% 21st +2.3pp 28th 25% above peers
Chicopee, MA 17.3% 23rd +3.5pp 29th 53% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 11.3% 16th +2.8pp 30th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Sanford, FL down 7.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Florin, CA down 9.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Porterville, CA down 10.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

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

Child poverty changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (29.1% then, 33.3% now; margin ±6.6pp).

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 6.5 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (39.8% to 33.3%).
Needs attention 33.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 17.7% -3.5pp
United States ref 16.1%
Peabody, MA 6.2% 5th -6.7pp 1st 58% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.1% 3rd -5.3pp 2nd 66% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.4% 6th -6.1pp 3rd 57% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.7% 8th -4.3pp 4th 48% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.5% 15th -8.1pp 5th 3% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.5% 7th -3.2pp 6th 56% below peers
Logan, UT 22.2% 24th -7.1pp 7th 48% above peers
Arcadia, CA 9.4% 11th -2.8pp 8th 38% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 15.0% 16th -4.1pp 9th on par with peers
Mount Prospect, IL 6.1% 4th -1.6pp 10th 59% below peers
Valdosta, GA 33.4% 29th -8.9pp 11th 123% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 13.9% 14th -3.4pp 12th 8% below peers
Berwyn, IL 15.4% 17th -3.3pp 13th 3% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 13.5% 13th -2.6pp 14th 10% below peers
Anderson, IN 31.2% 27th -5.2pp 15th 108% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.6% 12th -1.3pp 16th 30% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 9.1% 10th -1.1pp 17th 40% below peers
Edina, MN 4.5% 1st -0.4pp 18th 70% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 38.4% 30th -1.9pp 19th 156% above peers
Elkhart, IN 31.0% 26th -1.4pp 20th 107% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 8.0% 9th -0.2pp 21st 46% below peers
West Haven, CT 16.7% 20th -0.3pp 22nd 11% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 21.6% 22nd +0.2pp 23rd 44% above peers
Chicopee, MA 24.2% 25th +2.3pp 24th 61% above peers
Kentwood, MI 16.2% 19th +1.6pp 25th 8% above peers
Wheaton, IL 5.0% 2nd +0.5pp 26th 67% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.3% 28th +4.2pp 27th 122% above peers
Manhattan, KS 16.8% 21st +2.3pp 28th 12% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 15.5% 18th +5.2pp 29th 3% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 23rd +8.4pp 30th 44% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±5.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 8.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 72.4% to 80.7% - more than the combined survey margin (±3.5pp).

Broader trend
All similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Rocky Mount started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Broadband rose 14.6 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (66.1% to 80.7%).
Bright spot 80.7%
20172024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 90.2% +9.1pp
United States ref 91.1%
Port Arthur, TX 88.3% 27th +26.4pp 1st 5% below peers
Valdosta, GA 81.0% 29th +19.7pp 2nd 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 94.0% 9th +14.3pp 3rd 1% above peers
Elkhart, IN 90.2% 23rd +12.5pp 4th 3% below peers
Anderson, IN 87.8% 28th +11.9pp 5th 5% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 92.0% 20th +11.5pp 6th 1% below peers
Gallatin, TN 92.2% 18th +10.5pp 7th 1% below peers
South Whittier, CA 93.3% 14th +10.2pp 8th 1% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 92.8% 15th +9.7pp 9th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 80.7% 30th +8.3pp 10th 13% below peers
Peabody, MA 91.4% 21st +9.2pp 11th 1% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 94.0% 10th +8.5pp 12th 1% above peers
Mooresville, NC 96.9% 1st +8.7pp 13th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 92.3% 17th +8.1pp 14th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA 92.4% 16th +7.8pp 15th on par with peers
Logan, UT 89.7% 25th +7.2pp 16th 3% below peers
Chicopee, MA 88.4% 26th +6.5pp 17th 5% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 94.6% 8th +6.8pp 18th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 93.3% 13th +6.7pp 19th 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 90.0% 24th +6.2pp 20th 3% below peers
Arcadia, CA 96.7% 2nd +5.5pp 21st 4% above peers
Kentwood, MI 91.2% 22nd +4.3pp 22nd 2% below peers
Manhattan, KS 92.1% 19th +4.2pp 23rd 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 95.0% 6th +4.2pp 24th 2% above peers
Edina, MN 93.4% 12th +4.0pp 25th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 95.2% 5th +4.0pp 26th 3% above peers
Wheaton, IL 95.8% 3rd +3.4pp 27th 3% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 93.7% 11th +3.0pp 28th 1% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 94.6% 7th +3.0pp 29th 2% above peers
Placentia, CA 95.4% 4th +2.4pp 30th 3% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

Inequality changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (0.48 then, 0.47 now; margin ±0.03).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 1% from 2014 to 2024 (0.46 to 0.47).
Needs attention 0.47
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 0.48 +0.001
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Valdosta, GA 0.51 29th -0.050 1st 18% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 0.40 1st -0.026 2nd 9% below peers
Logan, UT 0.41 5th -0.025 3rd 6% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 0.44 17th -0.018 4th 1% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 0.47 25th -0.015 5th 7% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 0.42 13th -0.013 6th 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 0.43 15th -0.010 7th 1% below peers
Edina, MN 0.53 31st -0.008 8th 22% above peers
Mooresville, NC 0.42 8th -0.005 9th 4% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 0.43 16th -0.004 10th on par with peers
Twin Falls, ID 0.43 14th -0.002 11th 1% below peers
Kentwood, MI 0.41 3rd -0.002 12th 6% below peers
Peabody, MA 0.44 20th +0.000 13th 2% above peers
Berwyn, IL 0.41 7th +0.002 14th 5% below peers
Wheaton, IL 0.46 24th +0.003 15th 5% above peers
Anderson, IN 0.46 21st +0.003 16th 5% above peers
Gallatin, TN 0.47 26th +0.004 17th 9% above peers
Arcadia, CA 0.49 27th +0.007 18th 12% above peers
South Whittier, CA 0.40 2nd +0.007 19th 9% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 0.44 19th +0.008 20th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 0.49 28th +0.015 21st 14% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 0.42 10th +0.016 22nd 3% below peers
West Haven, CT 0.44 18th +0.019 23rd 2% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 0.41 4th +0.020 24th 6% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 0.41 6th +0.021 25th 6% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 0.42 11th +0.022 26th 3% below peers
Placentia, CA 0.42 12th +0.023 27th 2% below peers
Chicopee, MA 0.46 22nd +0.028 28th 5% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 0.52 30th +0.035 29th 19% above peers
Elkhart, IN 0.46 23rd +0.031 30th 5% above peers
Methuen, MA 0.42 9th 3% 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 →
What changed

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (25.2% then, 25.4% now; margin ±3.5pp).

Broader trend
38% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 0.1 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (25.6% to 25.4%).
Needs attention 25.4%
20102023
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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
Logan, UT 5.6% 4th -5.6pp 1st 46% below peers
Gallatin, TN 9.6% 14th -6.6pp 2nd 8% below peers
Wheaton, IL 3.6% 2nd -1.7pp 3rd 65% below peers
Elkhart, IN 12.8% 20th -5.8pp 4th 23% above peers
Peabody, MA 10.3% 15th -1.6pp 5th on par with peers
Fountainbleau, FL 23.8% 27th -3.0pp 6th 130% above peers
Kentwood, MI 10.6% 17th -0.9pp 7th 3% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 7.1% 10th -0.4pp 8th 32% below peers
Berwyn, IL 16.2% 22nd -0.8pp 9th 56% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.7% 25th -0.9pp 10th 99% above peers
West Haven, CT 17.5% 23rd +0.0pp 11th 69% above peers
Valdosta, GA 23.8% 26th +0.1pp 12th 130% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 25.4% 29th +0.2pp 13th 145% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 12.6% 19th +0.6pp 14th 22% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.5% 13th +0.5pp 15th 18% below peers
Mooresville, NC 6.6% 6th +0.8pp 16th 36% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 19.8% 24th +2.6pp 17th 91% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 25.8% 30th +3.5pp 18th 149% above peers
Chicopee, MA 25.0% 28th +3.5pp 19th 142% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 14.8% 21st +2.5pp 20th 43% above peers
Edina, MN 2.7% 1st +0.6pp 21st 74% below peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 11th +1.6pp 22nd 26% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 11.9% 18th +2.6pp 23rd 15% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 6.8% 8th +1.6pp 24th 34% below peers
Placentia, CA 7.0% 9th +1.7pp 25th 33% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.4% 3rd +1.8pp 26th 48% below peers
South Whittier, CA 10.4% 16th +3.6pp 27th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 6.7% 7th +2.9pp 28th 35% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 8.2% 12th +4.3pp 29th 21% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.8% 5th +4.2pp 30th 44% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2018 to 2023, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds receiving SNAP
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Columbia, TN down 8.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Gallatin, TN down 6.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
  • Coeur d'Alene, ID down 5.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2018-2023
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2023 ±2.7pp at 90% confidence (2023 estimate) survey trend: 2014-2018 vs 2019-2023 surveys about this metric
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Housing

Typical home value

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

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

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 7% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 15% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $188,603 in August 2026, up from $188,365 a year earlier.
Big move $188,603
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $334,773 (Aug 26) -0.0%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
West Haven, CT $366,562 (Aug 26) 17th +7.8% 1st 6% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $453,639 (Aug 26) 12th +7.4% 2nd 16% above peers
Berwyn, IL $321,149 (Aug 26) 21st +6.2% 3rd 18% below peers
Elkhart, IN $233,030 (Aug 26) 24th +6.1% 4th 40% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,382,591 (Aug 26) 1st +5.7% 5th 255% above peers
Wheaton, IL $514,751 (Aug 26) 9th +5.3% 6th 32% above peers
Manhattan, KS $298,350 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.9% 7th 23% below peers
Tinley Park, IL $337,869 (Aug 26) 18th +4.8% 8th 13% below peers
Edina, MN $626,258 (Aug 26) 6th +4.1% 9th 61% above peers
Valdosta, GA $214,117 (Aug 26) 25th +4.0% 10th 45% below peers
Kentwood, MI $334,412 (Aug 26) 19th +4.0% 11th 14% below peers
Chicopee, MA $322,260 (Aug 26) 20th +3.4% 12th 17% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $372,848 (Aug 26) 16th +3.3% 13th 4% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $127,534 (Aug 26) 28th +2.8% 14th 67% below peers
Logan, UT $389,638 (Aug 26) 14th +2.7% 15th on par with peers
Placentia, CA $1,101,906 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.4% 16th 183% above peers
Anderson, IN $135,767 (Aug 26) 27th +2.0% 17th 65% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $943,821 (Aug 26) 4th +2.0% 18th 142% above peers
Yucaipa, CA $573,373 (Aug 26) 7th +2.0% 19th 47% above peers
Arcadia, CA $1,381,933 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.8% 20th 255% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $253,784 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.5% 21st 35% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $376,085 (Aug 26) 15th +1.5% 22nd 3% below peers
Peabody, MA $696,552 (Aug 26) 5th +1.1% 23rd 79% above peers
Gallatin, TN $434,846 (Aug 26) 13th +0.6% 24th 12% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $483,140 (Aug 26) 10th +0.6% 25th 24% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC $188,603 (Aug 26) 26th +0.1% 26th 52% below peers
Mooresville, NC $478,099 (Aug 26) 11th -0.3% 27th 23% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $524,205 (Aug 26) 8th -2.1% 28th 35% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Starter home value (bottom tier)

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

Starter homes fell about 2% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 96% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes is about 26% higher than in 2021 ($75,234 then, $95,036 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near $106,331 in 2024 it has fallen each year since.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 19% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $95,036 in August 2026, down from $96,997 a year earlier.
Big move $95,036
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref $194,567 (Aug 26) +1.6%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Port Arthur, TX $89,052 (Aug 26) 27th +13.0% 1st 69% below peers
Berwyn, IL $261,280 (Aug 26) 18th +9.9% 2nd 10% below peers
West Haven, CT $273,808 (Aug 26) 15th +7.5% 3rd 5% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $305,449 (Aug 26) 12th +6.7% 4th 5% above peers
Manhattan, KS $215,910 (Aug 26) 22nd +6.6% 5th 25% below peers
Elkhart, IN $156,982 (Aug 26) 24th +6.0% 6th 46% below peers
Wheaton, IL $340,137 (Aug 26) 9th +5.3% 7th 17% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA $1,051,471 (Aug 26) 1st +4.9% 8th 263% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $253,005 (Aug 26) 20th +4.4% 9th 13% below peers
Twin Falls, ID $289,674 (Aug 26) 14th +4.4% 10th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA $113,771 (Aug 26) 25th +4.4% 11th 61% below peers
Kentwood, MI $256,464 (Aug 26) 19th +4.3% 12th 11% below peers
Chicopee, MA $268,633 (Aug 26) 17th +4.0% 13th 7% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $463,771 (Aug 26) 6th +3.0% 14th 60% above peers
Anderson, IN $80,917 (Aug 26) 28th +2.7% 15th 72% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $721,092 (Aug 26) 4th +1.9% 16th 149% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN $194,409 (Aug 26) 23rd +1.8% 17th 33% below peers
Placentia, CA $806,415 (Aug 26) 3rd +1.4% 18th 178% above peers
Peabody, MA $554,211 (Aug 26) 5th +0.9% 19th 91% above peers
Logan, UT $301,582 (Aug 26) 13th +0.5% 20th 4% above peers
Gallatin, TN $309,188 (Aug 26) 11th +0.5% 21st 7% above peers
San Jacinto, CA $395,812 (Aug 26) 8th +0.4% 22nd 37% above peers
Arcadia, CA $929,293 (Aug 26) 2nd +0.4% 23rd 221% above peers
Mooresville, NC $322,437 (Aug 26) 10th +0.2% 24th 11% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $403,850 (Aug 26) 7th -0.6% 25th 39% above peers
Apple Valley, MN $270,889 (Aug 26) 16th -0.8% 26th 6% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $95,036 (Aug 26) 26th -2.0% 27th 67% below peers
Edina, MN $243,048 (Aug 26) 21st -3.3% 28th 16% below peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (50.7% then, 49.0% now; margin ±3.6pp).

Broader trend
34% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (53.6% to 49.0%).
Needs attention 49.0%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 66.6% +1.4pp
United States ref 65.2%
San Jacinto, CA 75.0% 3rd +10.6pp 1st 22% above peers
Manhattan, KS 43.5% 28th +4.5pp 2nd 29% below peers
Valdosta, GA 41.7% 29th +4.1pp 3rd 32% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.0% 7th +5.1pp 4th 17% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 60.2% 17th +3.4pp 5th 2% below peers
Kentwood, MI 61.4% 15th +3.2pp 6th on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 61.1% 16th +3.0pp 7th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 53.2% 24th +2.5pp 8th 13% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 86.9% 1st +2.5pp 9th 42% above peers
Edina, MN 72.4% 6th +1.6pp 10th 18% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 64.1% 13th +1.2pp 11th 4% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 73.4% 4th +0.8pp 12th 20% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 58.0% 20th +0.3pp 13th 5% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 75.5% 2nd +0.3pp 14th 23% above peers
Mooresville, NC 58.3% 18th +0.1pp 15th 5% below peers
Peabody, MA 65.6% 10th -0.2pp 16th 7% above peers
South Whittier, CA 64.7% 12th -0.5pp 17th 6% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 68.7% 9th -0.7pp 18th 12% above peers
Wheaton, IL 71.7% 8th -1.6pp 19th 17% above peers
Arcadia, CA 58.1% 19th -1.3pp 20th 5% below peers
Anderson, IN 55.5% 23rd -1.4pp 21st 10% below peers
Placentia, CA 63.6% 14th -1.7pp 22nd 4% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 49.0% 26th -1.6pp 23rd 20% below peers
Chicopee, MA 55.7% 22nd -2.9pp 24th 9% below peers
Logan, UT 37.2% 30th -2.1pp 25th 39% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 43.9% 27th -2.5pp 26th 28% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 73.4% 5th -4.3pp 27th 20% above peers
West Haven, CT 50.6% 25th -4.1pp 28th 18% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 64.8% 11th -5.3pp 29th 6% above peers
Gallatin, TN 57.1% 21st -5.4pp 30th 7% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Rent rose about 3% over the 12 months ending August 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 6% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 68% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,272 in August 2026, up from $1,237 a year earlier.
Big move $1,272
2022August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
United States ref $1,948 (Aug 26) +2.5%
Chicopee, MA $1,631 (Aug 26) 17th +8.8% 1st 8% below peers
Elkhart, IN $1,170 (Aug 26) 27th +7.8% 2nd 34% below peers
Berwyn, IL $1,427 (Aug 26) 20th +5.6% 3rd 19% below peers
Port Arthur, TX $1,288 (Aug 26) 25th +5.5% 4th 27% below peers
Kentwood, MI $1,592 (Aug 26) 18th +5.4% 5th 10% below peers
Manhattan, KS $1,338 (Aug 26) 23rd +4.4% 6th 24% below peers
Yucaipa, CA $2,191 (Aug 26) 9th +4.4% 7th 24% above peers
Logan, UT $1,415 (Aug 26) 21st +4.2% 8th 20% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA $2,932 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.2% 9th 66% above peers
Valdosta, GA $1,349 (Aug 26) 22nd +4.0% 10th 24% below peers
San Jacinto, CA $2,459 (Aug 26) 6th +3.9% 11th 39% above peers
Anderson, IN $1,079 (Aug 26) 28th +3.8% 12th 39% below peers
Edina, MN $2,015 (Aug 26) 11th +3.3% 13th 14% above peers
Placentia, CA $2,853 (Aug 26) 5th +3.2% 14th 61% above peers
West Haven, CT $1,978 (Aug 26) 12th +3.1% 15th 12% above peers
Twin Falls, ID $1,557 (Aug 26) 19th +2.9% 16th 12% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC $1,272 (Aug 26) 26th +2.8% 17th 28% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA $3,524 (Aug 26) 1st +2.4% 18th 99% above peers
West Sacramento, CA $2,263 (Aug 26) 8th +2.4% 19th 28% above peers
Wheaton, IL $2,182 (Aug 26) 10th +1.9% 20th 23% above peers
Gallatin, TN $1,660 (Aug 26) 15th +1.4% 21st 6% below peers
Arcadia, CA $3,414 (Aug 26) 2nd +1.4% 22nd 93% above peers
Peabody, MA $2,857 (Aug 26) 4th +1.3% 23rd 62% above peers
Mooresville, NC $1,655 (Aug 26) 16th +0.7% 24th 6% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL $1,768 (Aug 26) 14th +0.4% 25th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN $1,298 (Aug 26) 24th +0.3% 26th 27% below peers
Apple Valley, MN $1,956 (Aug 26) 13th -0.4% 27th 11% above peers
Tinley Park, IL $2,331 (Aug 26) 7th -2.5% 28th 32% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden fell 6.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 38.2% to 32.0% - more than the combined survey margin (±4.6pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 14% moved the other way. Rocky Mount started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 10.9 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (42.9% to 32.0%).
Bright spot 32.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 28.8% -0.2pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Rocky Mount, NC 32.0% 9th -6.2pp 1st 11% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 26.2% 2nd -4.4pp 2nd 27% below peers
Mooresville, NC 28.2% 4th -2.6pp 3rd 22% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 34.7% 14th -3.1pp 4th 4% below peers
Anderson, IN 32.8% 10th -2.6pp 5th 9% below peers
Manhattan, KS 36.7% 18th -2.3pp 6th 2% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 41.1% 26th -2.1pp 7th 14% above peers
Edina, MN 28.7% 7th -0.9pp 8th 20% below peers
Valdosta, GA 40.5% 24th -1.2pp 9th 12% above peers
West Haven, CT 40.9% 25th -1.1pp 10th 13% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 31.9% 8th -0.6pp 11th 12% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 24.2% 1st -0.3pp 12th 33% below peers
Kentwood, MI 28.6% 6th -0.2pp 13th 21% below peers
Elkhart, IN 33.5% 13th +0.1pp 14th 7% below peers
Logan, UT 38.6% 21st +0.5pp 15th 7% above peers
South Whittier, CA 41.4% 28th +0.7pp 16th 15% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 37.7% 19th +1.0pp 17th 5% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 41.1% 27th +1.1pp 18th 14% above peers
Wheaton, IL 28.5% 5th +1.0pp 19th 21% below peers
Berwyn, IL 39.3% 22nd +1.4pp 20th 9% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 51.9% 31st +2.1pp 21st 44% above peers
Peabody, MA 38.1% 20th +2.0pp 22nd 6% above peers
Arcadia, CA 45.8% 30th +4.3pp 23rd 27% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 32.9% 11th +3.3pp 24th 9% below peers
Placentia, CA 43.0% 29th +4.5pp 25th 19% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 36.1% 16th +4.2pp 26th on par with peers
Chicopee, MA 40.3% 23rd +6.9pp 27th 12% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 27.6% 3rd +5.0pp 28th 23% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 36.4% 17th +6.8pp 29th 1% above peers
Gallatin, TN 34.9% 15th +6.9pp 30th 3% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.3% 12th 8% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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
Census ACS 5-year survey (tables B25070 + B25091) through 2024 ±3.3pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (11.3% then, 12.0% now; margin ±2.8pp).

Broader trend
41% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 0.3 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.2% to 12.0%).
Needs attention 12.0%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 5.3% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
San Jacinto, CA 3.5% 4th -3.4pp 1st 42% below peers
Manhattan, KS 4.3% 7th -4.1pp 2nd 28% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.8% 1st -1.6pp 3rd 53% below peers
Elkhart, IN 8.1% 23rd -3.7pp 4th 36% above peers
Peabody, MA 8.5% 24th -3.6pp 5th 43% above peers
Logan, UT 4.1% 6th -1.7pp 6th 31% below peers
Valdosta, GA 9.5% 27th -3.3pp 7th 60% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.0% 25th -2.8pp 8th 50% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 3.7% 5th -0.8pp 9th 39% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.2% 3rd -0.6pp 10th 46% below peers
West Haven, CT 10.8% 29th -1.8pp 11th 82% above peers
Chicopee, MA 10.0% 28th -1.4pp 12th 68% above peers
Gallatin, TN 5.0% 12th -0.4pp 13th 17% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 7.7% 22nd -0.2pp 14th 30% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 10.9% 30th -0.0pp 15th 82% above peers
Berwyn, IL 9.0% 26th +0.1pp 16th 50% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 12.0% 31st +0.7pp 17th 100% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.0% 17th +0.4pp 18th 1% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 2nd +0.2pp 19th 52% below peers
Edina, MN 6.5% 20th +0.4pp 20th 9% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.6% 8th +0.5pp 21st 23% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 6.1% 18th +0.8pp 22nd 2% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 6.4% 19th +0.9pp 23rd 8% above peers
Kentwood, MI 7.6% 21st +1.1pp 24th 27% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 5.9% 15th +1.5pp 25th 2% below peers
Arcadia, CA 5.0% 10th +1.3pp 26th 17% below peers
Wheaton, IL 5.4% 14th +1.6pp 27th 9% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 5.0% 11th +1.6pp 28th 17% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.6% 9th +1.6pp 29th 23% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 5.3% 13th +2.2pp 30th 11% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.0% 16th on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 →
  • Manhattan, KS down 4.1pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Racine, WI down 5.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Plainfield, NJ down 8.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 98% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B08201) through 2024 ±2.1pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health 3 indicators
Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured rose 2.3 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 9.0% to 11.3% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys. That is movement in the wrong direction.

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 28% moved the other way.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.4 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (15.7% to 11.3%).
Needs attention 11.3%
20132024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 9.8% -0.9pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
Wheaton, IL 2.2% 2nd -1.3pp 1st 71% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 3.3% 4th -1.9pp 2nd 58% below peers
Kentwood, MI 3.9% 9th -2.1pp 3rd 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.9% 21st -3.9pp 4th 15% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 4.7% 10th -1.8pp 5th 39% below peers
Arcadia, CA 3.5% 7th -1.1pp 6th 55% below peers
Edina, MN 1.7% 1st -0.5pp 7th 78% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 12.2% 29th -3.1pp 8th 57% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 8.2% 19th -2.0pp 9th 5% above peers
Elkhart, IN 12.0% 28th -2.0pp 10th 55% above peers
Berwyn, IL 10.2% 25th -1.5pp 11th 32% above peers
Anderson, IN 9.2% 23rd -1.3pp 12th 18% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 3.7% 8th -0.3pp 13th 52% below peers
Peabody, MA 2.4% 3rd -0.1pp 14th 69% below peers
Valdosta, GA 16.8% 30th -0.2pp 15th 117% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 29.5% 31st +0.1pp 16th 280% above peers
Mooresville, NC 7.8% 16th +0.0pp 17th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 8.6% 20th +0.1pp 18th 11% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 5.7% 13th +0.1pp 19th 26% below peers
Placentia, CA 6.4% 14th +0.2pp 20th 17% below peers
West Haven, CT 7.9% 17th +0.4pp 21st 2% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 4.8% 11th +0.3pp 22nd 38% below peers
Chicopee, MA 3.4% 6th +0.2pp 23rd 57% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 8.0% 18th +0.8pp 24th 4% above peers
South Whittier, CA 10.9% 26th +1.2pp 25th 41% above peers
Logan, UT 9.4% 24th +1.1pp 26th 21% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 9.1% 22nd +1.4pp 27th 17% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 5.5% 12th +1.1pp 28th 29% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 11.3% 27th +2.3pp 29th 46% above peers
Manhattan, KS 7.7% 15th +2.0pp 30th 1% below peers
Methuen, MA 3.4% 5th 57% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the 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 →
  • Doral, FL down 7.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kendale Lakes, FL down 6.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Horizon West, FL down 4.9pp 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 about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about a quarter above the peer median.

44.0%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 33.6%
United States ref 33.4%
Arcadia, CA 16.3% 1st 51% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 21.7% 2nd 35% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 21.8% 3rd 35% below peers
Edina, MN 23.8% 4th 29% below peers
Placentia, CA 26.0% 5th 22% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 28.2% 6th 16% below peers
South Whittier, CA 28.8% 7th 14% below peers
Wheaton, IL 29.0% 8th 13% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 29.0% 9th 13% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 29.4% 10th 12% below peers
Peabody, MA 29.9% 11th 11% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 30.5% 12th 9% below peers
Mooresville, NC 31.7% 13th 5% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 33.1% 14th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 33.4% 15th on par with peers
Manhattan, KS 33.5% 16th on par with peers
West Haven, CT 34.3% 17th 2% above peers
Kentwood, MI 34.3% 18th 2% above peers
Chicopee, MA 34.9% 19th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 35.4% 20th 6% above peers
Logan, UT 36.4% 21st 9% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 37.3% 22nd 11% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.7% 23rd 13% above peers
Gallatin, TN 40.6% 24th 21% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 41.1% 25th 23% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 41.6% 26th 24% above peers
Anderson, IN 42.4% 27th 27% above peers
Valdosta, GA 42.9% 28th 28% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 44.0% 29th 31% above peers
Elkhart, IN 45.9% 30th 37% above peers
CDC PLACES through 2022 modeled tract map about this metric
Health

Children without health insurance

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

Child uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (3.3% then, 5.4% now; margin ±2.5pp).

Broader trend
31% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
Needs attention 5.4%
20122024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 5.5% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Wheaton, IL 0.8% 1st -2.3pp 1st 72% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 1.3% 4th -3.2pp 2nd 59% below peers
Kentwood, MI 1.2% 3rd -2.7pp 3rd 62% below peers
Arcadia, CA 0.9% 2nd -1.5pp 4th 70% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 2.5% 11th -3.9pp 5th 19% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 4.5% 24th -5.5pp 6th 48% above peers
Gallatin, TN 2.6% 12th -2.4pp 7th 15% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 1.9% 8th -1.3pp 8th 37% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 4.3% 22nd -2.2pp 9th 39% above peers
Anderson, IN 4.4% 23rd -2.0pp 10th 44% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.6% 19th -1.1pp 11th 19% above peers
Berwyn, IL 2.3% 9th -0.7pp 12th 26% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.8% 14th -0.7pp 13th 10% below peers
Edina, MN 1.9% 7th -0.2pp 14th 38% below peers
Mooresville, NC 2.3% 10th -0.3pp 15th 25% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 20th +0.0pp 16th 29% above peers
South Whittier, CA 4.8% 25th +0.1pp 17th 56% above peers
Placentia, CA 2.9% 15th +0.1pp 18th 6% below peers
Elkhart, IN 9.7% 29th +0.6pp 19th 214% above peers
West Haven, CT 5.8% 27th +0.4pp 20th 90% above peers
Peabody, MA 1.7% 6th +0.2pp 21st 45% below peers
Logan, UT 7.1% 28th +1.4pp 22nd 132% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 20.1% 31st +4.2pp 23rd 556% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 5.4% 26th +2.1pp 24th 76% above peers
Valdosta, GA 11.4% 30th +5.1pp 25th 271% above peers
Manhattan, KS 3.2% 17th +1.4pp 26th 4% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.4% 18th +1.6pp 27th 10% above peers
Chicopee, MA 3.1% 16th +1.6pp 28th on par with peers
Yucaipa, CA 4.2% 21st +2.4pp 29th 36% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 2.7% 13th +2.6pp 30th 11% below peers
Methuen, MA 1.5% 5th 52% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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.
HealthChildren without health insurance
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Southfield, MI down 2.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mountain View, CA down 2.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Mayagüez zona urbana, PR down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B27001) through 2024 ±2.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (20.3% then, 22.9% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
48% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
College attainment rose 4.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (18.9% to 22.9%).
Needs attention 22.9%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 35.6% +4.4pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
West Haven, CT 30.5% 19th +6.2pp 1st 12% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 28.2% 21st +5.4pp 2nd 18% below peers
Gallatin, TN 33.5% 17th +5.7pp 3rd 3% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 24.5% 23rd +4.0pp 4th 29% below peers
Elkhart, IN 17.7% 28th +2.7pp 5th 49% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 34.5% 16th +5.1pp 6th on par with peers
South Whittier, CA 17.9% 27th +2.6pp 7th 48% below peers
Kentwood, MI 36.7% 12th +4.8pp 8th 6% above peers
Chicopee, MA 22.9% 26th +2.8pp 9th 34% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.9% 25th +2.6pp 10th 34% below peers
Mooresville, NC 45.5% 8th +5.3pp 11th 32% above peers
Placentia, CA 44.2% 9th +4.9pp 12th 28% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 14.2% 30th +1.5pp 13th 59% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 48.5% 5th +4.8pp 14th 41% above peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.9% 22nd +2.5pp 15th 22% below peers
Valdosta, GA 28.3% 20th +2.6pp 16th 18% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 35.6% 13th +3.0pp 17th 3% above peers
Logan, UT 40.3% 10th +3.4pp 18th 17% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 12.8% 31st +1.1pp 19th 63% below peers
Berwyn, IL 24.2% 24th +1.6pp 20th 30% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 46.4% 6th +2.9pp 21st 35% above peers
Arcadia, CA 57.4% 3rd +2.6pp 22nd 66% above peers
Edina, MN 72.7% 1st +2.9pp 23rd 111% above peers
Peabody, MA 35.0% 15th +1.0pp 24th 2% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 35.1% 14th +1.0pp 25th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 53.3% 4th +1.4pp 26th 55% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 45.9% 7th +0.9pp 27th 33% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 37.0% 11th +0.4pp 28th 7% above peers
Wheaton, IL 64.5% 2nd +0.3pp 29th 87% above peers
Anderson, IN 15.7% 29th -0.3pp 30th 55% below peers
Methuen, MA 31.0% 18th 10% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±2.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool

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

Preschool enrollment changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (28.2% then, 33.4% now; margin ±22.1pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment fell 6.8 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (40.2% to 33.4%).
Needs attention 33.4%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 39.6% -3.4pp
United States ref 45.5%
West Haven, CT 79.0% 1st +35.0pp 1st 70% above peers
Placentia, CA 60.8% 5th +21.8pp 2nd 31% above peers
Kentwood, MI 59.0% 6th +15.1pp 3rd 27% above peers
Chicopee, MA 45.8% 16th +10.6pp 4th 1% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 42.7% 19th +9.4pp 5th 8% below peers
Anderson, IN 26.6% 26th +5.2pp 6th 43% below peers
Manhattan, KS 60.8% 4th +11.1pp 7th 31% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 33.4% 23rd +5.2pp 8th 28% below peers
South Whittier, CA 46.4% 15th +6.8pp 9th on par with peers
Logan, UT 46.8% 14th +6.4pp 10th 1% above peers
Valdosta, GA 58.0% 7th +7.0pp 11th 25% above peers
Berwyn, IL 50.8% 10th +4.0pp 12th 10% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 49.4% 11th -1.2pp 13th 7% above peers
Mooresville, NC 47.9% 13th -1.4pp 14th 3% above peers
Elkhart, IN 25.1% 28th -0.9pp 15th 46% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 62.0% 3rd -3.3pp 16th 34% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 52.3% 9th -3.3pp 17th 13% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 40.6% 20th -3.0pp 18th 12% below peers
Edina, MN 66.6% 2nd -7.9pp 19th 44% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 43.2% 18th -5.4pp 20th 7% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 35.5% 22nd -5.3pp 21st 23% below peers
Gallatin, TN 32.8% 24th -6.8pp 22nd 29% below peers
West Sacramento, CA 38.4% 21st -8.6pp 23rd 17% below peers
Wheaton, IL 54.2% 8th -18.7pp 24th 17% above peers
Arcadia, CA 48.9% 12th -19.3pp 25th 5% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 24.3% 29th -11.6pp 26th 48% below peers
Peabody, MA 31.9% 25th -15.5pp 27th 31% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 43.5% 17th -23.6pp 28th 6% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 26.4% 27th -14.5pp 29th 43% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.0% 30th -23.3pp 30th 48% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationChildren ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Severn, MD up 33.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Auburn, WA up 21.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Bel Air South, MD up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±18.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Education

Teens not in school and not working

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

Disconnected youth changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (8.2% then, 3.5% now; margin ±6.2pp).

Broader trend
3% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 3.5%).
Bright spot 3.5%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 7.0% -0.2pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Yucaipa, CA 2.8% 6th -6.9pp 1st 54% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 1.6% 3rd -3.8pp 2nd 74% below peers
Valdosta, GA 3.2% 7th -5.3pp 3rd 48% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 3.5% 10th -4.7pp 4th 43% below peers
Chicopee, MA 6.9% 21st -4.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Manhattan, KS 1.8% 4th -0.9pp 6th 71% below peers
South Whittier, CA 8.6% 25th -3.7pp 7th 40% above peers
Kentwood, MI 5.5% 15th -2.2pp 8th 10% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 6.1% 16th -2.1pp 9th on par with peers
Elkhart, IN 11.1% 27th -3.6pp 10th 81% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 15.8% 31st -3.3pp 11th 157% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 3.5% 11th -0.7pp 12th 43% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 3.3% 9th -0.0pp 13th 46% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 7.5% 23rd -0.1pp 14th 22% above peers
Peabody, MA 5.3% 14th +0.1pp 15th 13% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 4.0% 12th +0.1pp 16th 35% below peers
Mooresville, NC 7.1% 22nd +0.5pp 17th 16% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 8.7% 26th +1.5pp 18th 42% above peers
Berwyn, IL 7.6% 24th +1.3pp 19th 24% above peers
Wheaton, IL 1.3% 1st +0.2pp 20th 79% below peers
Anderson, IN 6.7% 19th +1.8pp 21st 9% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 12.3% 28th +4.8pp 22nd 101% above peers
Logan, UT 6.4% 18th +2.8pp 23rd 5% above peers
Edina, MN 3.3% 8th +1.5pp 24th 47% below peers
Arcadia, CA 1.6% 2nd +0.8pp 25th 74% below peers
Gallatin, TN 13.9% 30th +7.0pp 26th 126% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 13.2% 29th +6.8pp 27th 114% above peers
Placentia, CA 6.8% 20th +3.9pp 28th 10% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 2.7% 5th +1.6pp 29th 56% below peers
West Haven, CT 4.5% 13th +3.8pp 30th 26% below peers
Methuen, MA 6.3% 17th 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationTeens not in school and not working
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Miami Beach, FL down 7.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • St. Cloud, FL down 12.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Ocoee, FL down 9.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B14005) through 2024 ±4.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Demographics 4 indicators
Demographics

Population

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

Population fell less than 1% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 54,548 to 54,297 - more than the combined survey margin (±64).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 72% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population fell about 5% from 2014 to 2024 (57,071 to 54,297).
54,297
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Mooresville, NC 52,381 29th +38% 1st 4% below peers
Gallatin, TN 48,532 31st +27% 2nd 12% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 55,180 12th +15% 3rd 1% above peers
Twin Falls, ID 54,164 23rd +11% 4th 1% below peers
Logan, UT 54,907 15th +8% 5th on par with peers
Jeffersonville, IN 51,043 30th +7% 6th 7% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 55,679 3rd +5% 7th 2% above peers
Kentwood, MI 54,296 20th +5% 8th 1% below peers
Peabody, MA 54,695 17th +3% 9th on par with peers
West Sacramento, CA 54,927 14th +3% 10th on par with peers
Edina, MN 53,262 27th +3% 11th 3% below peers
Elkhart, IN 53,733 24th +3% 12th 2% below peers
Placentia, CA 52,826 28th +2% 13th 4% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 54,421 18th +2% 14th 1% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 55,472 7th +2% 15th 1% above peers
Anderson, IN 55,367 8th +2% 16th 1% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55,828 2nd +1% 17th 2% above peers
West Haven, CT 55,351 9th +1% 18th 1% above peers
Wheaton, IL 53,557 25th +1% 19th 2% below peers
Fountain Valley, CA 56,258 1st +0% 20th 3% above peers
Berwyn, IL 55,595 6th +0% 21st 1% above peers
Chicopee, MA 55,295 10th -0% 22nd 1% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 54,297 19th -0% 23rd 1% below peers
Valdosta, GA 55,252 11th -2% 24th 1% above peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 54,291 21st -2% 25th 1% below peers
Manhattan, KS 54,239 22nd -2% 26th 1% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 54,842 16th -3% 27th on par with peers
Arcadia, CA 55,170 13th -5% 28th 1% above peers
South Whittier, CA 55,650 5th -8% 29th 1% above peers
Fountainbleau, FL 55,665 4th -8% 30th 2% above peers
Methuen, MA 53,475 26th 2% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±36 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Children's share of the population

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

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (23.1% then, 22.0% now; margin ±1.8pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 2.2 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.2% to 22.0%).
22.0%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 21.8% -0.6pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Peabody, MA 18.7% 28th +1.6pp 1st 15% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 26.2% 4th +1.5pp 2nd 19% above peers
West Haven, CT 20.2% 25th +0.5pp 3rd 8% below peers
Port Arthur, TX 27.5% 2nd +0.4pp 4th 25% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 24.9% 7th +0.3pp 5th 13% above peers
Anderson, IN 20.9% 21st +0.2pp 6th 5% below peers
Valdosta, GA 22.6% 13th -0.2pp 7th 3% above peers
Placentia, CA 23.2% 10th -0.2pp 8th 6% above peers
Gallatin, TN 21.6% 19th -0.5pp 9th 2% below peers
Mount Prospect, IL 22.9% 11th -0.7pp 10th 4% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 25.3% 5th -0.8pp 11th 15% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 19.0% 27th -0.7pp 12th 14% below peers
Chicopee, MA 19.2% 26th -0.8pp 13th 13% below peers
Kentwood, MI 23.3% 9th -1.1pp 14th 6% above peers
Edina, MN 22.4% 15th -1.1pp 15th 2% above peers
Elkhart, IN 26.3% 3rd -1.3pp 16th 19% above peers
Rocky Mount, NC 22.0% 17th -1.1pp 17th on par with peers
Manhattan, KS 14.6% 31st -0.8pp 18th 34% below peers
Wheaton, IL 22.0% 16th -1.2pp 19th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 18.1% 29th -1.1pp 20th 18% below peers
Arcadia, CA 20.9% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 5% below peers
San Jacinto, CA 27.6% 1st -1.7pp 22nd 25% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.3% 8th -1.9pp 23rd 10% above peers
Tinley Park, IL 20.5% 24th -1.8pp 24th 7% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 20.9% 22nd -1.9pp 25th 5% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 25.1% 6th -2.3pp 26th 14% above peers
Logan, UT 21.7% 18th -2.1pp 27th 1% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 15.5% 30th -1.7pp 28th 30% below peers
South Whittier, CA 22.9% 12th -2.8pp 29th 4% above peers
Berwyn, IL 22.4% 14th -4.8pp 30th 2% above peers
Methuen, MA 21.3% 20th 3% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 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 ±1.4pp 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 Turning up (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (59.2% then, 65.4% now; margin ±11.5pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 4 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 6.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.8% to 65.4%).
Big move 65.4%
20102024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 31.3% -1.4pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fountain Valley, CA 21.8% 25th +7.5pp 1st 28% below peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 24.1% 21st +6.9pp 2nd 20% below peers
Edina, MN 15.1% 30th +3.5pp 3rd 50% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 31.9% 14th +7.0pp 4th 6% above peers
Mount Prospect, IL 20.9% 26th +4.5pp 5th 31% below peers
Gallatin, TN 37.8% 8th +7.6pp 6th 25% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 48.2% 6th +8.7pp 7th 59% above peers
Chicopee, MA 56.4% 2nd +9.4pp 8th 87% above peers
Apple Valley, MN 30.0% 17th +4.3pp 9th 1% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.0% 3rd +7.9pp 10th 85% above peers
Arcadia, CA 21.9% 24th +2.5pp 11th 28% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 24.2% 20th +2.6pp 12th 20% below peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.4% 1st +6.2pp 13th 116% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 37.1% 10th +3.4pp 14th 23% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 30.2% 16th +2.6pp 15th on par with peers
Berwyn, IL 37.5% 9th +1.5pp 16th 24% above peers
Mooresville, NC 24.0% 23rd +0.6pp 17th 21% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 15.8% 29th +0.2pp 18th 48% below peers
Jeffersonville, IN 35.0% 11th -0.2pp 19th 16% above peers
Valdosta, GA 52.1% 4th -0.3pp 20th 72% above peers
West Haven, CT 41.1% 7th -1.0pp 21st 36% above peers
Anderson, IN 48.6% 5th -2.0pp 22nd 61% above peers
Logan, UT 24.1% 22nd -1.1pp 23rd 20% below peers
Peabody, MA 24.4% 19th -1.5pp 24th 19% below peers
South Whittier, CA 20.9% 27th -1.3pp 25th 31% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 32.8% 13th -3.0pp 26th 8% above peers
Kentwood, MI 31.2% 15th -5.0pp 27th 3% above peers
Placentia, CA 18.5% 28th -3.2pp 28th 39% below peers
Wheaton, IL 10.1% 31st -1.8pp 29th 67% below peers
Manhattan, KS 27.6% 18th -6.2pp 30th 9% below peers
Methuen, MA 33.9% 12th 12% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren in single-parent families
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6 of 14 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±8.9pp 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
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

No better direction No measurable change
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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (75.7% then, 65.6% now; margin ±17.1pp).

Broader trend
24% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 8.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (74.2% to 65.6%).
65.6%
20102024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
North Carolina ref 66.9% +1.0pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Mount Prospect, IL 74.1% 6th +18.5pp 1st 9% above peers
Arcadia, CA 70.7% 12th +17.6pp 2nd 4% above peers
Port Arthur, TX 55.4% 29th +13.6pp 3rd 18% below peers
Wheaton, IL 73.0% 9th +15.4pp 4th 8% above peers
San Jacinto, CA 54.2% 31st +10.9pp 5th 20% below peers
Chicopee, MA 82.7% 1st +14.5pp 6th 22% above peers
Anderson, IN 75.1% 4th +11.2pp 7th 11% above peers
Jeffersonville, IN 72.9% 10th +10.3pp 8th 8% above peers
Fountain Valley, CA 72.4% 11th +7.7pp 9th 7% above peers
South Whittier, CA 75.5% 3rd +6.4pp 10th 11% above peers
Logan, UT 54.3% 30th +2.8pp 11th 20% below peers
Tinley Park, IL 67.9% 15th +3.3pp 12th on par with peers
Hacienda Heights, CA 64.4% 23rd +1.8pp 13th 5% below peers
Placentia, CA 69.4% 13th +1.8pp 14th 2% above peers
Manhattan, KS 73.5% 8th +1.5pp 15th 8% above peers
Berwyn, IL 74.5% 5th +1.2pp 16th 10% above peers
Kentwood, MI 67.8% 16th +0.7pp 17th on par with peers
Valdosta, GA 67.9% 14th +0.6pp 18th on par with peers
Gallatin, TN 65.0% 21st +0.5pp 19th 4% below peers
Twin Falls, ID 63.5% 25th +0.2pp 20th 6% below peers
Mooresville, NC 65.6% 20th -0.5pp 21st 3% below peers
Peabody, MA 78.3% 2nd -3.5pp 22nd 16% above peers
West Sacramento, CA 63.7% 24th -4.5pp 23rd 6% below peers
West Haven, CT 66.7% 18th -5.7pp 24th 2% below peers
Yucaipa, CA 57.8% 27th -5.4pp 25th 15% below peers
Apple Valley, MN 64.7% 22nd -7.8pp 26th 4% below peers
Fountainbleau, FL 67.7% 17th -8.8pp 27th on par with peers
Rocky Mount, NC 65.6% 19th -10.1pp 28th 3% below peers
Edina, MN 63.1% 26th -10.5pp 29th 7% below peers
Elkhart, IN 56.7% 28th -12.9pp 30th 16% below peers
Methuen, MA 73.8% 7th 9% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 14 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsYoung children with all parents in the labor force
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7 of 14 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 ±13.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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