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Lorain, OH
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Lorain, OH

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65,366 people (2025) 50k-100k Midwest

Bright spots 9 indicators

Where Lorain, OH shows a real improvement in recent years, or stands clearly ahead of its peers. How this is calculated →
Disconnected youth
Teens not in school and not working
5.9%
2020-24
▼ 54%
relative change
13.0% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Unemployment
Unemployment rate
4.2%
Jul 2026
▼ 29%
relative change
5.9% a year earlier
Dropping fast, still behind peers Trailing peers
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Household income
Median household income
$48,685
2020-24
▲ 27%
relative change
$38,291 in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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No vehicle
Households without a vehicle
9.1%
2020-24
▼ 22%
relative change
11.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Broadband
Households with a broadband internet subscription
83.4%
2020-24
▲ 20%
relative change
69.2% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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College attainment
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher
14.8%
2020-24
▲ 16%
relative change
12.7% in 2019
Real improvement Trailing peers
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Property crime
Property crime rate
1,394 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 9%
relative change
1,525 a year earlier
Real, sustained progress  
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Violent crime
Violent crime rate
522 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 10%
relative change
583 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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Vehicle theft
Motor vehicle theft rate
173 /100k
Jul 2026
▼ 18%
relative change
210 a year earlier
Dropping fast  
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What needs attention 9 indicators

Where Lorain, OH shows a real worsening in recent years, or trails its peers clearly. How this is calculated →
Child poverty
Share of children below the poverty level
38.7%
2020-24
▼ 2%
relative change
39.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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SNAP
Households receiving SNAP
25.0%
2019-23
▼ 4%
relative change
26.1% in 2018
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Poverty
Share of people below the poverty level
25.2%
2020-24
flat
relative change
25.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Inequality
Income inequality (Gini index)
0.47
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
0.47 in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Preschool enrollment
Children ages 3-4 enrolled in preschool
38.0%
2020-24
▼ 17%
relative change
45.6% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Homicide
Homicide rate
3 homicides
12 mo to Jul 2026
▲ 50%
relative change
2 in the prior 12 months
Rising, the wrong way  
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Homeownership
Homeownership rate
57.1%
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
56.1% in 2019
Turning up (early signal) Trailing peers
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Uninsured
People without health insurance
8.2%
2020-24
▲ 15%
relative change
7.1% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Cost burden
Housing cost-burdened households
34.6%
2020-24
▼ <1%
relative change
34.8% in 2019
No measurable change Trailing peers
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Big moves & big gaps 5 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 →
Starter homes
Starter home value (bottom tier)
$108,986
Aug 2026
▲ 9%
relative change
$99,687 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Home value
Typical home value
$156,898
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$151,016 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Rent
Typical asking rent
$1,133
Aug 2026
▲ 4%
relative change
$1,091 a year earlier
Rising recently Among the lowest of peers
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Population
65,395
2020-24
▲ 2%
relative change
63,801 in 2019
Rising Among the lowest of peers
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Single-parent
Children in single-parent families
60.4%
2020-24
high
vs peers
55.3% in 2019
No measurable change Among the highest of peers
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Public Safety 4 indicators
Public Safety

Violent crime rate

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

Violent crime fell about 10% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: violent crime rose about 3% a year from 2021 to 2026. That is movement in the wrong direction.
Longer view
Violent crime rose about 2% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 522 in July 2026, down from 583 a year earlier.
Bright spot 522 per 100k
2018July 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 456 (Apr 26) -9.3%
Burnsville, MN 106 (Jul 26) -47.3% 1st
Hendersonville, TN 84 (Jul 26) -38.6% 2nd
Malden, MA 169 (Jul 26) -35.3% 3rd
Marana, AZ 70 (Jul 26) -27.0% 4th
Richland, WA 210 (Jul 26) -23.5% 5th
Davis, CA 177 (Jul 26) -10.7% 6th
Lorain, OH 522 (Jul 26) -10.5% 7th
Bellevue, NE 92 (Jun 26) -7.7% 8th
Muncie, IN 501 (Jul 26) -6.3% 9th
Yorba Linda, CA 67 (Jul 26) -4.4% 10th
Victoria, TX 377 (Jul 26) +1.2% 11th
Waltham, MA 226 (Jul 26) +6.5% 12th
Parker, CO 230 (Jul 26) +12.6% 13th
South San Francisco, CA 300 (Jul 26) +21.1% 14th
North Little Rock, AR 1,130 (Jul 26) +24.1% 15th
Hamilton, OH 362 (Apr 26) +28.4% 16th
Palatine, IL 96 (Jul 26) +37.0% 17th
Westfield, IN 68 (Jul 26) +55.2% 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
Public Safety

Property crime rate

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

Property crime fell about 9% over the 12 months ending July 2026, slower than 53% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: property crime fell about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, slower than 59% of similar-size cities. Lorain started mid-pack and has reached a genuinely better level; worth investigating.
Longer view
Property crime fell about 5% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 1,394 in July 2026, down from 1,525 a year earlier.
Bright spot 1,394 per 100k
2018July 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 1,987 (Apr 26) -12.2%
Malden, MA 930 (Jul 26) -31.4% 1st
Yorba Linda, CA 535 (Jul 26) -21.8% 2nd
Palatine, IL 662 (Jul 26) -20.9% 3rd
Muncie, IN 1,366 (Jul 26) -18.1% 4th
Davis, CA 1,805 (Jul 26) -16.7% 5th
Parker, CO 1,094 (Jul 26) -16.5% 6th
Westfield, IN 429 (Jul 26) -15.0% 7th
Hendersonville, TN 570 (Jul 26) -14.9% 8th
Burnsville, MN 1,491 (Jul 26) -12.3% 9th
Lorain, OH 1,394 (Jul 26) -8.6% 10th
South San Francisco, CA 1,093 (Jul 26) -3.1% 11th
Richland, WA 1,790 (Jul 26) -2.8% 12th
Victoria, TX 1,786 (Jul 26) -2.6% 13th
North Little Rock, AR 3,888 (Jul 26) -0.9% 14th
Marana, AZ 1,296 (Jul 26) +0.0% 15th
Bellevue, NE 1,135 (Jun 26) +3.7% 16th
Waltham, MA 736 (Jul 26) +4.8% 17th
Hamilton, OH 2,438 (Apr 26) +9.4% 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 →
  • Bartlett, TN down about 40% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 12% a year · 2021-2026
  • West Haven, CT down about 25% over the 12 months ending March 2026 · sustained: down about 10% a year · 2020-2025
  • Casa Grande, AZ down about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026 · sustained: down about 19% 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 50% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 80% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: homicide fell about 12% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 73% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Homicide fell less than 1%% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent reading: 3 homicides in the 12 months ending July 2026, up from 2 in the prior 12 months. That is 5 per 100,000 residents; peer comparisons use the rate.
Needs attention 3 homicides
2018July 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 6 (Apr 26) -17.8%
Richland, WA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 1st
Waltham, MA 0 (Jul 26) -100.0% 2nd
Bellevue, NE 0 (Jun 26) -100.0% 3rd
North Little Rock, AR 15 (Jul 26) -41.2% 4th
Victoria, TX 8 (Jul 26) -28.6% 5th
Burnsville, MN 3 (Jul 26) +0.0% 6th
Hendersonville, TN 2 (Jul 26) +0.0% 7th
Muncie, IN 8 (Jul 26) +25.0% 8th
Lorain, OH 5 (Jul 26) +50.0% 9th
Palatine, IL 3 (Jul 26) +100.0% 10th
Hamilton, OH 20 (Jul 26) +1197.4% 11th
Marana, AZ 3 (Jul 26)
Yorba Linda, CA 0 (Jul 26)
South San Francisco, CA 0 (Jul 26)
Parker, CO 6 (Jul 26)
Davis, CA 2 (Jul 26)
Westfield, IN 3 (Jul 26)
Malden, MA 0 (Jul 26)
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Peers worth a call

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

Motor vehicle theft rate

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

Vehicle theft fell about 18% over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 65% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: vehicle theft is about 48% higher than in 2021 (139 then, 207 now), but the direction has turned: after peaking near 286 in 2024 it has fallen mostly since.
Longer view
Vehicle theft rose about 9% a year from 2018 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 173 in July 2026, down from 210 a year earlier.
Bright spot 173 per 100k
2018July 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%
Malden, MA 84 (Jul 26) -59.1% 1st
Davis, CA 82 (Jul 26) -28.9% 2nd
Parker, CO 55 (Jul 26) -28.0% 3rd
Hendersonville, TN 30 (Jul 26) -26.9% 4th
South San Francisco, CA 126 (Jul 26) -26.1% 5th
Palatine, IL 46 (Jul 26) -18.9% 6th
Lorain, OH 173 (Jul 26) -17.5% 7th
Hamilton, OH 167 (Apr 26) -15.8% 8th
Muncie, IN 258 (Jul 26) -13.8% 9th
Yorba Linda, CA 70 (Jul 26) -4.2% 10th
Richland, WA 156 (Jul 26) -3.8% 11th
North Little Rock, AR 401 (Jul 26) -2.6% 12th
Victoria, TX 108 (Jul 26) +7.5% 13th
Marana, AZ 58 (Jul 26) +8.6% 14th
Bellevue, NE 134 (Jun 26) +8.7% 15th
Burnsville, MN 112 (Jul 26) +17.7% 16th
Westfield, IN 29 (Jul 26) +18.8% 17th
Waltham, MA 46 (Jul 26) +20.0% 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 27% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from $38,291 to $48,685 (each survey's own dollars, not adjusted for inflation) - more than the combined survey margin (±$4,068).

Broader trend
97% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lorain 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 38% from 2014 to 2024 ($35,330 to $48,685).
Bright spot $48,685
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
Ohio ref $71,389 +26%
United States ref $80,734 +28%
Malden, MA $100,606 14th +52% 1st 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY $111,572 13th +51% 2nd 15% above peers
Apopka, FL $96,884 17th +47% 3rd on par with peers
Port Orange, FL $74,426 22nd +43% 4th 23% below peers
Sammamish, WA $239,690 1st +38% 5th 147% above peers
Celina, TX $170,894 3rd +37% 6th 76% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $63,844 27th +37% 7th 34% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $97,200 16th +34% 8th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA $142,779 6th +32% 9th 47% above peers
Marana, AZ $112,606 12th +31% 10th 16% above peers
Muncie, IN $44,471 31st +31% 11th 54% below peers
Bellevue, NE $85,462 21st +31% 12th 12% below peers
Davis, CA $90,045 19th +30% 13th 7% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $136,578 7th +30% 14th 41% above peers
Four Corners, FL $72,879 23rd +27% 15th 25% below peers
Lorain, OH $48,685 30th +27% 16th 50% below peers
Waltham, MA $120,216 11th +25% 17th 24% above peers
Westfield, IN $122,789 10th +25% 18th 26% above peers
Victoria, TX $67,226 24th +24% 19th 31% below peers
Reston, VA $148,710 5th +24% 20th 53% above peers
Richland, WA $95,813 18th +23% 21st 1% below peers
Palatine, IL $97,819 15th +21% 22nd 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $157,582 4th +21% 23rd 62% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $52,707 29th +21% 24th 46% below peers
Parker, CO $133,369 9th +20% 25th 37% above peers
Burnsville, MN $87,024 20th +18% 26th 10% below peers
Hamilton, OH $55,166 28th +17% 27th 43% below peers
Union City, CA $133,715 8th +17% 28th 38% above peers
Kenner, LA $64,020 26th +16% 29th 34% below peers
Dundalk, MD $64,520 25th +16% 30th 34% below peers
Fulshear, TX $187,035 2nd +12% 31st 92% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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3 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
▸ Break down by group Race · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Florin, CA up about 59% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cathedral City, CA up about 58% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Country Club, FL up about 56% between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±$3,757 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 1.7 percentage points over the 12 months ending July 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: unemployment fell about 0.2 percentage points a year from 2022 to 2025, faster than 100% of similar-size cities. The change does not yet pass the noise and consistency checks, so treat it as a raw signal.
Longer view
Unemployment fell about 0.3 percentage points a year from 2015 to 2025.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: 4.2% in July 2026, down from 5.9% a year earlier.
Bright spot 4.2%
1990July 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 3.4% (Jul 26) -1.1pp
United States ref 4.1% (Aug 26) -0.2pp
Lorain, OH 4.2% (Jul 26) 11th -1.7pp 1st on par with peers
Hamilton, OH 3.9% (Jul 26) 7th -1.3pp 2nd 7% below peers
Muncie, IN 4.6% (Jul 26) 18th -0.9pp 3rd 10% above peers
Davis, CA 4.7% (Jul 26) 22nd -0.7pp 4th 12% above peers
Richland, WA 3.4% (Jul 26) 4th -0.7pp 5th 19% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.7% (Jul 26) 6th -0.5pp 6th 12% below peers
Union City, CA 4.5% (Jul 26) 16th -0.4pp 7th 7% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.8% (Jul 26) 1st -0.4pp 8th 33% below peers
Westfield, IN 2.9% (Jul 26) 2nd -0.4pp 9th 31% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 4.1% (Jul 26) 9th -0.3pp 10th 2% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% (Jul 26) 5th -0.2pp 11th 17% below peers
Malden, MA 4.5% (Jul 26) 17th -0.2pp 12th 7% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 4.6% (Jul 26) 19th -0.1pp 13th 10% above peers
Waltham, MA 4.1% (Jul 26) 10th -0.1pp 14th 2% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.1% (Jul 26) 3rd +0.0pp 15th 26% below peers
Victoria, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 20th +0.1pp 16th 10% above peers
Kenner, LA 4.0% (Jul 26) 8th +0.1pp 17th 5% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.2% (Jul 26) 12th +0.3pp 18th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 4.7% (Jul 26) 23rd +0.4pp 19th 12% above peers
Burnsville, MN 4.3% (Jul 26) 14th +0.5pp 20th 2% above peers
Celina, TX 4.2% (Jul 26) 13th +0.5pp 21st on par with peers
Apopka, FL 4.3% (Jul 26) 15th +0.6pp 22nd 2% above peers
Fulshear, TX 4.6% (Jul 26) 21st +0.6pp 23rd 10% above peers
Sammamish, WA 5.2% (Jul 26) 25th +0.8pp 24th 24% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% (Jul 26) 24th +0.8pp 25th 17% 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 (25.1% then, 25.2% now; margin ±3.3pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Poverty fell 3.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (28.2% to 25.2%).
Needs attention 25.2%
20112024
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Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 13.3% -0.7pp
United States ref 12.4%
Brentwood, NY 6.7% 10th -5.7pp 1st 26% below peers
Westfield, IN 3.6% 2nd -2.3pp 2nd 60% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.6% 1st -0.8pp 3rd 82% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 9.6% 18th -4.2pp 4th 7% above peers
Malden, MA 11.4% 23rd -4.1pp 5th 26% above peers
Port Orange, FL 11.0% 22nd -3.9pp 6th 22% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 14th -2.7pp 7th 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.5% 20th -3.3pp 8th 16% above peers
Marana, AZ 4.9% 6th -1.4pp 9th 45% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 7th -1.2pp 10th 37% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 15th -1.7pp 11th 9% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.3% 28th -3.5pp 12th 126% above peers
Davis, CA 26.5% 30th -3.3pp 13th 194% above peers
Kenner, LA 15.4% 24th -1.9pp 14th 72% above peers
Muncie, IN 29.2% 31st -1.8pp 15th 224% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 6.7% 12th -0.2pp 16th 25% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 6.7% 11th -0.2pp 17th 25% below peers
Lorain, OH 25.2% 29th +0.1pp 18th 180% above peers
Waltham, MA 9.4% 17th +0.1pp 19th 5% above peers
Richland, WA 9.0% 16th +0.1pp 20th on par with peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.3% 9th +0.1pp 21st 30% below peers
Victoria, TX 18.4% 26th +0.9pp 22nd 104% above peers
Apopka, FL 10.2% 19th +0.9pp 23rd 14% above peers
Hamilton, OH 19.6% 27th +2.6pp 24th 118% above peers
Dundalk, MD 17.4% 25th +2.8pp 25th 94% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 5.8% 8th +1.3pp 26th 35% below peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 4th +1.2pp 27th 51% below peers
Burnsville, MN 10.8% 21st +3.3pp 28th 21% above peers
Union City, CA 7.2% 13th +2.2pp 29th 20% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.3% 3rd +1.9pp 30th 53% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 5th +4.1pp 31st 47% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±2.6pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Share of children below the poverty level

▼ Lower is better 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 (39.6% then, 38.7% now; margin ±4.7pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child poverty fell 8.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (46.8% to 38.7%).
Needs attention 38.7%
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
Ohio ref 17.8% -2.1pp
United States ref 16.1%
Westfield, IN 2.2% 2nd -6.7pp 1st 73% below peers
Brentwood, NY 7.2% 12th -9.9pp 2nd 12% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.2% 1st -1.0pp 3rd 85% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.3% 4th -3.3pp 4th 47% below peers
Bellevue, NE 8.1% 16th -5.8pp 5th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 12.7% 18th -6.8pp 6th 57% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 15th -4.0pp 7th 6% below peers
Four Corners, FL 15.5% 24th -8.0pp 8th 90% above peers
Reston, VA 6.6% 8th -2.9pp 9th 19% below peers
Malden, MA 13.2% 20th -5.7pp 10th 63% above peers
Kenner, LA 20.1% 25th -8.2pp 11th 147% above peers
Palatine, IL 13.0% 19th -5.3pp 12th 60% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 14.3% 22nd -5.5pp 13th 77% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 27.8% 29th -8.5pp 14th 243% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.8% 7th -1.7pp 15th 29% below peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 17th -3.0pp 16th 41% above peers
Davis, CA 7.0% 11th -1.6pp 17th 13% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 14th -1.5pp 18th 8% below peers
Muncie, IN 30.3% 30th -4.3pp 19th 273% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 7.2% 13th -0.6pp 20th 11% below peers
Apopka, FL 13.4% 21st -1.2pp 21st 65% above peers
Lorain, OH 38.7% 31st -0.9pp 22nd 377% above peers
Victoria, TX 23.8% 26th +0.2pp 23rd 194% above peers
Parker, CO 3.4% 3rd +0.2pp 24th 58% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 6.9% 10th +0.7pp 25th 15% below peers
Hamilton, OH 27.6% 28th +3.0pp 26th 241% above peers
Burnsville, MN 14.4% 23rd +2.6pp 27th 78% above peers
Dundalk, MD 27.0% 27th +5.7pp 28th 233% above peers
Union City, CA 6.9% 9th +2.5pp 29th 16% below peers
Sammamish, WA 4.9% 6th +2.0pp 30th 40% below peers
Celina, TX 4.7% 5th 42% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Lawrence, IN down 13.9pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Town 'n' Country, FL down 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 97% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Westchester, FL down 10.7pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±3.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households with a broadband internet subscription

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

Broadband rose 14.2 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 69.2% to 83.4% - more than the combined survey margin (±2.6pp).

Broader trend
83% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lorain 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 17.8 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (65.6% to 83.4%).
Bright spot 83.4%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 90.3% +7.9pp
United States ref 91.1%
Lorain, OH 83.4% 29th +14.2pp 1st 12% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 86.8% 28th +14.0pp 2nd 8% below peers
Muncie, IN 87.7% 26th +11.0pp 3rd 7% below peers
Kenner, LA 87.7% 27th +10.9pp 4th 7% below peers
Victoria, TX 82.1% 30th +9.5pp 5th 13% below peers
Four Corners, FL 94.8% 15th +11.0pp 6th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 93.3% 20th +9.9pp 7th 1% below peers
Apopka, FL 94.2% 18th +9.8pp 8th on par with peers
Dundalk, MD 88.1% 25th +8.8pp 9th 7% below peers
Malden, MA 94.3% 17th +8.6pp 10th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 91.6% 23rd +8.3pp 11th 3% below peers
Hamilton, OH 88.6% 24th +6.8pp 12th 6% below peers
Burnsville, MN 95.4% 12th +7.1pp 13th 1% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 95.7% 11th +6.3pp 14th 1% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 95.4% 13th +6.3pp 15th 1% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 96.7% 7th +5.9pp 16th 2% above peers
Waltham, MA 94.0% 19th +5.4pp 17th 1% below peers
Bellevue, NE 93.3% 21st +5.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Palatine, IL 95.7% 9th +5.2pp 19th 1% above peers
Richland, WA 93.3% 22nd +4.0pp 20th 1% below peers
Marana, AZ 97.6% 4th +4.0pp 21st 3% above peers
Union City, CA 95.2% 14th +2.9pp 22nd 1% above peers
Westfield, IN 97.3% 5th +2.7pp 23rd 3% above peers
Reston, VA 97.0% 6th +2.0pp 24th 3% above peers
Parker, CO 98.3% 3rd +2.0pp 25th 4% above peers
Celina, TX 98.5% 2nd +1.8pp 26th 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 77.6% 31st +1.3pp 27th 18% below peers
Davis, CA 94.5% 16th +1.0pp 28th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 99.2% 1st +1.0pp 29th 5% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 95.7% 10th -0.0pp 30th 1% above peers
Fulshear, TX 96.0% 8th -2.2pp 31st 2% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EconomyHouseholds with a broadband internet subscription
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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Pharr, TX up 34.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Perth Amboy, NJ up 29.5pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Port Arthur, TX up 26.4pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.8pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Income inequality (Gini index)

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

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

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Inequality rose about 4% from 2014 to 2024 (0.45 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
Ohio ref 0.47 +0.002
United States ref 0.48 +0.001
Celina, TX 0.37 2nd -0.064 1st 13% below peers
Victoria, TX 0.44 19th -0.044 2nd 2% above peers
Malden, MA 0.43 16th -0.040 3rd on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 0.40 5th -0.036 4th 7% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 0.41 9th -0.033 5th 4% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 0.47 28th -0.030 6th 10% above peers
Muncie, IN 0.46 27th -0.024 7th 8% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 0.41 12th -0.019 8th 3% below peers
Palatine, IL 0.43 17th -0.016 9th on par with peers
Reston, VA 0.41 11th -0.014 10th 3% below peers
Apopka, FL 0.40 6th -0.010 11th 7% below peers
Port Orange, FL 0.42 13th -0.008 12th 2% below peers
Lorain, OH 0.47 29th -0.004 13th 10% above peers
Davis, CA 0.53 31st +0.001 14th 23% above peers
Burnsville, MN 0.40 7th +0.002 15th 7% below peers
Bellevue, NE 0.39 4th +0.004 16th 8% below peers
Dundalk, MD 0.44 20th +0.005 17th 3% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 0.43 15th +0.012 18th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.45 25th +0.017 19th 4% above peers
Kenner, LA 0.49 30th +0.022 20th 14% above peers
Hamilton, OH 0.44 22nd +0.022 21st 3% above peers
Richland, WA 0.44 21st +0.023 22nd 3% above peers
Parker, CO 0.38 3rd +0.026 23rd 11% below peers
Waltham, MA 0.44 24th +0.032 24th 4% above peers
Westfield, IN 0.43 18th +0.032 25th on par with peers
Fulshear, TX 0.34 1st +0.026 26th 20% below peers
Sammamish, WA 0.41 8th +0.035 27th 5% below peers
Marana, AZ 0.41 10th +0.051 28th 4% below peers
Four Corners, FL 0.42 14th +0.054 29th 1% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 0.46 26th +0.059 30th 7% above peers
Union City, CA 0.44 23rd +0.066 31st 3% above peers
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B19083) through 2024 ±0.02 at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Economy

Households receiving SNAP

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

SNAP changed less than the survey can measure between the 2014-2018 and 2019-2023 surveys (26.1% then, 25.0% now; margin ±2.9pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Snap fell 3.6 percentage points from 2013 to 2023 (28.6% to 25.0%).
Needs attention 25.0%
20102023
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Place Latest2019-2023 survey Today's rank Change2014-2018 → 2019-2023 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 12.4% -1.3pp
United States ref 11.8% -0.5pp
Celina, TX 0.9% 1st -0.9pp 1st 90% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.5% 9th -2.6pp 2nd 45% below peers
Westfield, IN 2.4% 2nd -1.1pp 3rd 70% below peers
Burnsville, MN 5.1% 10th -2.2pp 4th 38% below peers
Reston, VA 3.6% 8th -1.1pp 5th 57% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.9% 17th -2.3pp 6th 8% above peers
Brentwood, NY 12.7% 23rd -3.1pp 7th 54% above peers
Bellevue, NE 7.3% 13th -1.3pp 8th 11% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.7% 20th -1.7pp 9th 31% above peers
Hamilton, OH 17.8% 28th -2.8pp 10th 117% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.5% 25th -1.4pp 11th 65% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 22nd -1.0pp 12th 43% above peers
Kenner, LA 13.0% 24th -0.8pp 13th 59% above peers
Lorain, OH 25.0% 31st -1.1pp 14th 205% above peers
Port Orange, FL 9.2% 18th -0.2pp 15th 12% above peers
Dundalk, MD 23.3% 30th +1.6pp 16th 184% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.7% 26th +1.1pp 17th 79% above peers
Muncie, IN 20.5% 29th +1.8pp 18th 150% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.5% 7th +0.4pp 19th 57% below peers
Palatine, IL 8.2% 16th +1.1pp 20th on par with peers
Malden, MA 15.9% 27th +2.3pp 21st 94% above peers
Richland, WA 11.5% 21st +1.7pp 22nd 40% above peers
Waltham, MA 7.6% 14th +1.5pp 23rd 7% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.7% 12th +1.6pp 24th 31% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 3.2% 5th +0.9pp 25th 61% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 5.3% 11th +1.5pp 26th 36% below peers
Union City, CA 8.0% 15th +2.4pp 27th 3% below peers
Parker, CO 3.5% 6th +1.3pp 28th 58% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.5% 3rd +1.1pp 29th 69% below peers
Fulshear, TX 3.2% 4th +1.9pp 30th 61% below peers
Davis, CA 9.4% 19th +5.8pp 31st 15% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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.
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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 ±2.4pp 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 recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Home value rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 93% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: home value rose about 6% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 86% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Home value rose about 13% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $156,898 in August 2026, up from $151,016 a year earlier.
Big move $156,898
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref $248,803 (Aug 26) +3.4%
United States ref $368,697 (Aug 26) +1.2%
Palatine, IL $393,104 (Aug 26) 19th +6.4% 1st 17% below peers
Brentwood, NY $645,519 (Aug 26) 10th +5.1% 2nd 36% above peers
Lorain, OH $156,898 (Aug 26) 30th +3.9% 3rd 67% below peers
Kenner, LA $269,861 (Aug 26) 24th +3.9% 4th 43% below peers
North Little Rock, AR $169,776 (Aug 26) 28th +3.7% 5th 64% below peers
Hamilton, OH $307,195 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.6% 6th 35% below peers
Muncie, IN $158,233 (Aug 26) 29th +3.5% 7th 67% below peers
Westfield, IN $473,286 (Aug 26) 15th +3.2% 8th on par with peers
Bellevue, NE $300,450 (Aug 26) 23rd +3.0% 9th 37% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $1,399,669 (Aug 26) 2nd +3.0% 10th 196% above peers
South San Francisco, CA $1,222,899 (Aug 26) 3rd +2.9% 11th 158% above peers
Burnsville, MN $368,875 (Aug 26) 20th +2.4% 12th 22% below peers
Malden, MA $674,568 (Aug 26) 9th +1.9% 13th 43% above peers
Waltham, MA $819,328 (Aug 26) 7th +1.1% 14th 73% above peers
Victoria, TX $218,636 (Aug 26) 27th +0.9% 15th 54% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $1,089,663 (Aug 26) 5th +0.8% 16th 130% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $518,234 (Aug 26) 12th +0.7% 17th 9% above peers
Richland, WA $466,478 (Aug 26) 16th +0.3% 18th 1% below peers
Reston, VA $624,958 (Aug 26) 11th +0.3% 19th 32% above peers
Apopka, FL $394,175 (Aug 26) 18th -0.6% 20th 17% below peers
Davis, CA $837,982 (Aug 26) 6th -1.2% 21st 77% above peers
Marana, AZ $417,076 (Aug 26) 17th -1.4% 22nd 12% below peers
Dundalk, MD $221,991 (Aug 26) 26th -1.5% 23rd 53% below peers
Parker, CO $676,203 (Aug 26) 8th -1.6% 24th 43% above peers
Port Orange, FL $337,510 (Aug 26) 21st -2.4% 25th 29% below peers
Union City, CA $1,198,720 (Aug 26) 4th -2.8% 26th 153% above peers
Fulshear, TX $499,162 (Aug 26) 14th -3.2% 27th 5% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $267,275 (Aug 26) 25th -4.6% 28th 44% below peers
Sammamish, WA $1,516,014 (Aug 26) 1st -5.3% 29th 220% above peers
Celina, TX $511,903 (Aug 26) 13th -9.2% 30th 8% 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 Rising recently, faster than peers
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Starter homes rose about 9% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 97% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: starter homes rose about 9% a year from 2021 to 2026, faster than 90% of similar-size cities.
Longer view
Starter homes rose about 20% a year from 2016 to 2026.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $108,986 in August 2026, up from $99,687 a year earlier.
Big move $108,986
2000August 2026
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Place Latest Today's rank Changelast 12 months Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref $140,727 (Aug 26) +4.2%
United States ref $200,550 (Aug 26) +2.2%
Brentwood, NY $597,003 (Aug 26) 8th +13.3% 1st 70% above peers
Lorain, OH $108,986 (Aug 26) 28th +9.3% 2nd 69% below peers
Kenner, LA $195,822 (Aug 26) 23rd +8.9% 3rd 44% below peers
Palatine, IL $245,481 (Aug 26) 21st +4.1% 4th 30% below peers
Hamilton, OH $173,177 (Aug 26) 26th +4.0% 5th 51% below peers
South San Francisco, CA $940,947 (Aug 26) 3rd +3.2% 6th 167% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $92,224 (Aug 26) 29th +3.1% 7th 74% below peers
Bellevue, NE $233,634 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.0% 8th 34% below peers
Westfield, IN $347,187 (Aug 26) 16th +3.0% 9th 1% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA $987,175 (Aug 26) 2nd +2.2% 10th 181% above peers
Muncie, IN $89,592 (Aug 26) 30th +2.1% 11th 75% below peers
Waltham, MA $613,699 (Aug 26) 7th +1.7% 12th 74% above peers
Malden, MA $499,623 (Aug 26) 10th +1.6% 13th 42% above peers
Richland, WA $351,785 (Aug 26) 15th +0.9% 14th on par with peers
Victoria, TX $122,022 (Aug 26) 27th +0.8% 15th 65% below peers
Castro Valley, CA $844,087 (Aug 26) 4th +0.6% 16th 140% above peers
Hendersonville, TN $370,361 (Aug 26) 13th +0.2% 17th 5% above peers
Burnsville, MN $248,718 (Aug 26) 19th +0.1% 18th 29% below peers
Davis, CA $631,759 (Aug 26) 6th -0.2% 19th 80% above peers
Reston, VA $388,601 (Aug 26) 12th -0.4% 20th 10% above peers
Apopka, FL $293,799 (Aug 26) 18th -1.1% 21st 16% below peers
Marana, AZ $314,133 (Aug 26) 17th -1.2% 22nd 11% below peers
Parker, CO $541,886 (Aug 26) 9th -1.5% 23rd 54% above peers
Dundalk, MD $182,978 (Aug 26) 24th -1.6% 24th 48% below peers
Port Orange, FL $246,084 (Aug 26) 20th -2.1% 25th 30% below peers
Fulshear, TX $352,861 (Aug 26) 14th -3.7% 26th on par with peers
Union City, CA $748,596 (Aug 26) 5th -4.9% 27th 113% above peers
Sammamish, WA $1,052,161 (Aug 26) 1st -5.5% 28th 199% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL $179,507 (Aug 26) 25th -5.7% 29th 49% below peers
Celina, TX $390,583 (Aug 26) 11th -8.7% 30th 11% above peers
Zillow Home Value Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Homeownership rate

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

Homeownership changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (56.1% then, 57.1% now; margin ±2.9pp). The newest releases lean upward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
40% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Homeownership fell 1.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (58.2% to 57.1%).
Needs attention 57.1%
20112024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 67.2% +1.1pp
United States ref 65.2%
Celina, TX 92.7% 1st +12.0pp 1st 43% above peers
Brentwood, NY 80.4% 7th +7.5pp 2nd 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 63.1% 20th +5.8pp 3rd 2% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 83.2% 4th +7.4pp 4th 29% above peers
Apopka, FL 77.7% 9th +5.8pp 5th 20% above peers
Bellevue, NE 65.5% 15th +3.4pp 6th 1% above peers
Marana, AZ 83.7% 3rd +4.3pp 7th 29% above peers
Muncie, IN 52.0% 26th +2.6pp 8th 20% below peers
Port Orange, FL 75.6% 10th +3.2pp 9th 17% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 71.7% 13th +1.7pp 10th 11% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 72.5% 11th +1.3pp 11th 12% above peers
Lorain, OH 57.1% 24th +1.0pp 12th 12% below peers
Dundalk, MD 64.6% 18th +0.8pp 13th on par with peers
Davis, CA 43.5% 30th +0.4pp 14th 33% below peers
Malden, MA 41.3% 31st +0.3pp 15th 36% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64.7% 17th +0.4pp 16th on par with peers
Yorba Linda, CA 83.0% 5th +0.4pp 17th 28% above peers
Hamilton, OH 54.3% 25th -0.2pp 18th 16% below peers
Richland, WA 64.4% 19th -0.7pp 19th on par with peers
Union City, CA 64.7% 16th -0.7pp 20th on par with peers
Reston, VA 60.6% 21st -1.0pp 21st 6% below peers
Westfield, IN 79.5% 8th -1.8pp 22nd 23% above peers
Palatine, IL 67.4% 14th -1.7pp 23rd 4% above peers
Four Corners, FL 51.8% 27th -1.3pp 24th 20% below peers
Victoria, TX 57.9% 23rd -1.6pp 25th 11% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 59.0% 22nd -2.2pp 26th 9% below peers
Sammamish, WA 82.5% 6th -3.1pp 27th 28% above peers
Waltham, MA 49.7% 28th -2.0pp 28th 23% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 44.6% 29th -2.7pp 29th 31% below peers
Parker, CO 71.8% 12th -4.7pp 30th 11% above peers
Fulshear, TX 90.0% 2nd -8.3pp 31st 39% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±2.3pp 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
Housing

Typical asking rent

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

Rent rose about 4% over the 12 months ending August 2026, faster than 75% of similar-size cities.

Broader trend
Multi-year view: rent rose about 9% a year from 2022 to 2026, faster than 100% of similar-size cities.
Latest
Most recent monthly reading: $1,133 in August 2026, up from $1,091 a year earlier.
Big move $1,133
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%
South San Francisco, CA $4,027 (Aug 26) 2nd +16.5% 1st 106% above peers
Castro Valley, CA $2,889 (Aug 26) 7th +7.3% 2nd 48% above peers
Union City, CA $2,945 (Aug 26) 4th +6.3% 3rd 51% above peers
Muncie, IN $1,002 (Aug 26) 29th +6.1% 4th 49% below peers
Victoria, TX $1,193 (Aug 26) 26th +4.8% 5th 39% below peers
Westfield, IN $1,928 (Aug 26) 16th +4.3% 6th 1% below peers
Sammamish, WA $3,587 (Aug 26) 3rd +4.0% 7th 84% above peers
Lorain, OH $1,133 (Aug 26) 28th +3.9% 8th 42% below peers
Marana, AZ $2,190 (Aug 26) 11th +3.6% 9th 12% above peers
Hamilton, OH $1,512 (Aug 26) 22nd +3.6% 10th 23% below peers
Hendersonville, TN $1,674 (Aug 26) 20th +2.5% 11th 14% below peers
Davis, CA $2,529 (Aug 26) 9th +2.5% 12th 29% above peers
Waltham, MA $2,939 (Aug 26) 5th +2.4% 13th 50% above peers
Palatine, IL $1,953 (Aug 26) 15th +2.2% 14th on par with peers
Reston, VA $2,598 (Aug 26) 8th +2.0% 15th 33% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA $4,118 (Aug 26) 1st +2.0% 16th 111% above peers
Malden, MA $2,895 (Aug 26) 6th +1.8% 17th 48% above peers
North Little Rock, AR $1,148 (Aug 26) 27th +1.0% 18th 41% below peers
Burnsville, MN $1,486 (Aug 26) 23rd +0.9% 19th 24% below peers
Dundalk, MD $1,485 (Aug 26) 24th +0.7% 20th 24% below peers
Port Orange, FL $1,745 (Aug 26) 18th +0.3% 21st 11% below peers
Kenner, LA $1,525 (Aug 26) 21st +0.3% 22nd 22% below peers
Apopka, FL $2,003 (Aug 26) 14th -0.2% 23rd 3% above peers
Richland, WA $1,731 (Aug 26) 19th -1.1% 24th 11% below peers
Celina, TX $2,028 (Aug 26) 13th -1.4% 25th 4% above peers
Bellevue, NE $1,360 (Aug 26) 25th -1.9% 26th 30% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL $1,770 (Aug 26) 17th -2.0% 27th 9% below peers
Fulshear, TX $2,124 (Aug 26) 12th -2.2% 28th 9% above peers
Parker, CO $2,266 (Aug 26) 10th -2.9% 29th 16% above peers
Zillow Observed Rent Index through 2026-08 modeled trend: robust fit about this metric
Housing

Housing cost-burdened households

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

Cost burden changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (34.8% then, 34.6% now; margin ±3.9pp).

Broader trend
20% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Cost burden fell 3.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (38.2% to 34.6%).
Needs attention 34.6%
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
Ohio ref 26.6% -0.1pp
United States ref 32.2% +0.4pp
Brentwood, NY 33.4% 16th -14.5pp 1st on par with peers
Fulshear, TX 23.0% 2nd -3.6pp 2nd 31% below peers
Muncie, IN 31.9% 11th -4.9pp 3rd 4% below peers
Malden, MA 40.7% 29th -3.6pp 4th 22% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 34.7% 21st -2.6pp 5th 4% above peers
Celina, TX 21.9% 1st -1.0pp 6th 34% below peers
Reston, VA 25.9% 6th -1.1pp 7th 23% below peers
Bellevue, NE 26.0% 8th -1.1pp 8th 22% below peers
Apopka, FL 35.7% 25th -0.4pp 9th 7% above peers
Lorain, OH 34.6% 20th -0.2pp 10th 4% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 34.6% 19th -0.1pp 11th 4% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 33.9% 17th +0.7pp 12th 2% above peers
Hamilton, OH 32.9% 13th +1.0pp 13th 1% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 35.6% 24th +1.1pp 14th 7% above peers
Victoria, TX 33.0% 14th +1.3pp 15th 1% below peers
Port Orange, FL 33.9% 18th +1.5pp 16th 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 35.9% 26th +1.8pp 17th 7% above peers
Westfield, IN 24.4% 5th +1.2pp 18th 27% below peers
Union City, CA 35.5% 23rd +1.9pp 19th 6% above peers
Waltham, MA 35.1% 22nd +2.0pp 20th 5% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 29.5% 9th +1.8pp 21st 12% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 38.7% 28th +2.6pp 22nd 16% above peers
Palatine, IL 33.1% 15th +2.4pp 23rd 1% below peers
Davis, CA 47.1% 31st +3.9pp 24th 41% above peers
Burnsville, MN 32.0% 12th +3.2pp 25th 4% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.4% 4th +2.5pp 26th 30% below peers
Sammamish, WA 23.2% 3rd +2.6pp 27th 30% below peers
Four Corners, FL 42.3% 30th +5.6pp 28th 27% above peers
Dundalk, MD 38.1% 27th +5.5pp 29th 14% above peers
Parker, CO 31.1% 10th +5.3pp 30th 7% below peers
Richland, WA 26.0% 7th +4.8pp 31st 22% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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Peers worth a call

3
Cities of similar size (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 ±3.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Housing

Households without a vehicle

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

No vehicle fell 2.6 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 11.7% to 9.1% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.9pp).

Broader trend
10% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lorain started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
No vehicle fell 3.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.3% to 9.1%).
Bright spot 9.1%
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
Ohio ref 7.5% -0.5pp
United States ref 8.3% -0.3pp
Apopka, FL 2.4% 6th -2.0pp 1st 52% below peers
Port Orange, FL 2.9% 10th -2.1pp 2nd 41% below peers
Westfield, IN 1.9% 5th -0.7pp 3rd 61% below peers
Lorain, OH 9.1% 27th -2.6pp 4th 83% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 5.0% 16th -1.4pp 5th on par with peers
North Little Rock, AR 8.2% 23rd -2.0pp 6th 66% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.6% 18th -1.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Malden, MA 17.5% 31st -2.4pp 8th 252% above peers
Davis, CA 8.2% 24th -1.1pp 9th 66% above peers
Bellevue, NE 3.8% 12th -0.5pp 10th 23% below peers
Victoria, TX 7.2% 20th -0.9pp 11th 46% above peers
Hamilton, OH 8.1% 22nd -1.0pp 12th 64% above peers
Dundalk, MD 12.4% 30th -0.8pp 13th 149% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.7% 7th -0.1pp 14th 46% below peers
Muncie, IN 10.6% 28th -0.3pp 15th 113% above peers
Richland, WA 4.2% 13th -0.0pp 16th 15% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 8th +0.1pp 17th 46% below peers
Union City, CA 5.9% 19th +0.4pp 18th 18% above peers
Waltham, MA 8.6% 26th +0.7pp 19th 73% above peers
Kenner, LA 8.3% 25th +0.7pp 20th 67% above peers
Reston, VA 4.6% 14th +0.5pp 21st 7% below peers
Parker, CO 1.7% 4th +0.2pp 22nd 66% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 5.5% 17th +0.8pp 23rd 11% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 7.5% 21st +1.4pp 24th 52% above peers
Palatine, IL 4.7% 15th +1.0pp 25th 5% below peers
Four Corners, FL 3.8% 11th +0.9pp 26th 23% below peers
Marana, AZ 2.8% 9th +0.6pp 27th 45% below peers
Brentwood, NY 10.6% 29th +2.9pp 28th 114% above peers
Celina, TX 1.2% 2nd +0.4pp 29th 76% below peers
Sammamish, WA 1.6% 3rd +0.8pp 30th 68% below peers
Fulshear, TX 1.0% 1st +0.9pp 31st 80% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±1.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Health

People without health insurance

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

Uninsured changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (7.1% then, 8.2% now; margin ±1.3pp).

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Uninsured fell 4.6 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.7% to 8.2%).
Needs attention 8.2%
20132024
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▸ Compare all 31 similar-size cities by change rank
Change is measured between each place's two non-overlapping survey periods against its published margins (90% confidence). significant improvement · significant worsening · not significant (within the margin). Change rank orders every measured change; read it with the dot beside it, ranks among hollow-dot rows are ordering values inside their margins. Today's rank orders current values in the metric's better direction.
Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 6.4% +0.3pp
United States ref 8.4% -0.4pp
South San Francisco, CA 3.1% 7th -1.5pp 1st 58% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 6.1% 15th -2.2pp 2nd 17% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.8% 11th -1.7pp 3rd 35% below peers
Brentwood, NY 11.3% 28th -3.8pp 4th 53% above peers
Marana, AZ 3.7% 9th -1.2pp 5th 50% below peers
Palatine, IL 7.6% 17th -2.3pp 6th 3% above peers
Celina, TX 7.4% 16th -2.1pp 7th on par with peers
Bellevue, NE 7.8% 18th -2.0pp 8th 6% above peers
Port Orange, FL 8.3% 23rd -1.9pp 9th 12% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.9% 4th -0.6pp 10th 61% below peers
Fulshear, TX 2.8% 3rd -0.4pp 11th 62% below peers
Davis, CA 3.0% 6th -0.5pp 12th 60% below peers
Apopka, FL 10.8% 27th -1.6pp 13th 45% above peers
Muncie, IN 8.0% 20th -1.1pp 14th 8% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.5% 2nd -0.3pp 15th 66% below peers
Richland, WA 5.0% 13th -0.5pp 16th 33% below peers
Reston, VA 5.7% 14th -0.5pp 17th 23% below peers
Victoria, TX 17.6% 31st -1.0pp 18th 138% above peers
Dundalk, MD 7.9% 19th -0.3pp 19th 7% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 12.6% 29th -0.3pp 20th 71% above peers
Kenner, LA 14.6% 30th +0.3pp 21st 97% above peers
Hamilton, OH 8.6% 24th +0.6pp 22nd 16% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 10.5% 26th +0.7pp 23rd 42% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.3% 8th +0.2pp 24th 55% below peers
Malden, MA 4.9% 12th +0.6pp 25th 34% below peers
Lorain, OH 8.2% 22nd +1.1pp 26th 10% above peers
Parker, CO 4.4% 10th +0.8pp 27th 40% below peers
Four Corners, FL 10.4% 25th +2.3pp 28th 40% above peers
Union City, CA 2.9% 5th +0.8pp 29th 61% below peers
Sammamish, WA 2.3% 1st +0.8pp 30th 69% below peers
Burnsville, MN 8.0% 21st +4.1pp 31st 8% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
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▸ Break down by group Race · Age · Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started mid-pack, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • Tigard, OR down 4.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lakewood, NJ down 3.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lenexa, KS down 3.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.0pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Health

Adult obesity

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

Adult obesity is about 50% above the peer median.

44.9%
20202022
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Place Latest Today's rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 39.5%
United States ref 33.4%
Union City, CA 15.8% 1st 51% below peers
Sammamish, WA 18.8% 2nd 42% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 19.3% 3rd 41% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 21.4% 4th 34% below peers
Parker, CO 21.9% 5th 33% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.9% 6th 30% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.1% 7th 26% below peers
Malden, MA 24.2% 8th 26% below peers
Davis, CA 26.3% 9th 19% below peers
Reston, VA 27.9% 10th 14% below peers
Marana, AZ 29.0% 11th 11% below peers
Palatine, IL 29.0% 12th 11% below peers
Westfield, IN 29.3% 13th 10% below peers
Fulshear, TX 30.8% 14th 5% below peers
Celina, TX 30.8% 15th 5% below peers
Port Orange, FL 32.5% 16th on par with peers
Four Corners, FL 33.3% 17th 2% above peers
Apopka, FL 33.5% 18th 3% above peers
Brentwood, NY 35.0% 19th 8% above peers
Burnsville, MN 35.3% 20th 9% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 35.6% 21st 10% above peers
Dundalk, MD 36.8% 22nd 13% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 36.8% 23rd 13% above peers
Richland, WA 37.3% 24th 15% above peers
Kenner, LA 39.8% 25th 22% above peers
Bellevue, NE 40.3% 26th 24% above peers
Hamilton, OH 40.4% 27th 24% above peers
Victoria, TX 40.6% 28th 25% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 41.1% 29th 26% above peers
Muncie, IN 41.6% 30th 28% above peers
Lorain, OH 44.9% 31st 38% 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 (3.8% then, 3.5% now; margin ±2.0pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Child uninsured held roughly steady from 2014 to 2024.
3.5%
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
Ohio ref 4.9% +0.5pp
United States ref 5.5% +0.4pp
Port Orange, FL 2.4% 9th -4.3pp 1st 43% below peers
Celina, TX 4.5% 19th -7.0pp 2nd 10% above peers
Richland, WA 1.3% 2nd -1.9pp 3rd 68% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 0.9% 1st -1.1pp 4th 79% below peers
Malden, MA 1.4% 4th -0.8pp 5th 65% below peers
Palatine, IL 4.5% 18th -1.9pp 6th 7% above peers
Muncie, IN 3.8% 15th -1.5pp 7th 8% below peers
Bellevue, NE 3.4% 13th -1.3pp 8th 18% below peers
Westfield, IN 4.2% 17th -1.5pp 9th 2% above peers
Fulshear, TX 1.8% 5th -0.5pp 10th 57% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 1.4% 3rd -0.3pp 11th 67% below peers
Marana, AZ 4.1% 16th -1.0pp 12th on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 7.3% 28th -1.1pp 13th 77% above peers
Waltham, MA 2.1% 8th -0.3pp 14th 48% below peers
Parker, CO 2.1% 7th -0.2pp 15th 49% below peers
Lorain, OH 3.5% 14th -0.4pp 16th 17% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 4.8% 20th -0.5pp 17th 15% above peers
Apopka, FL 6.0% 25th +0.0pp 18th 45% above peers
Reston, VA 5.3% 22nd +0.4pp 19th 29% above peers
Dundalk, MD 5.1% 21st +0.6pp 20th 23% above peers
Victoria, TX 14.5% 31st +2.3pp 21st 250% above peers
Davis, CA 2.6% 10th +0.5pp 22nd 38% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 5.8% 24th +1.4pp 23rd 39% above peers
Brentwood, NY 8.6% 30th +2.1pp 24th 108% above peers
Kenner, LA 7.1% 27th +1.9pp 25th 71% above peers
Union City, CA 2.7% 11th +0.8pp 26th 35% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 3.1% 12th +1.2pp 27th 25% below peers
Four Corners, FL 8.3% 29th +3.2pp 28th 101% above peers
Hamilton, OH 5.5% 23rd +3.0pp 29th 34% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.1% 6th +1.5pp 30th 50% below peers
Burnsville, MN 6.8% 26th +5.0pp 31st 65% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 ±1.4pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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Education 3 indicators
Education

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher

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

College attainment rose 2.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 12.7% to 14.8% - more than the combined survey margin (±1.8pp).

Broader trend
47% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction. Lorain started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
College attainment rose 2.7 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (12.1% to 14.8%).
Bright spot 14.8%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 31.5% +3.2pp
United States ref 35.7% +3.5pp
Celina, TX 64.3% 5th +19.8pp 1st 46% above peers
Apopka, FL 38.8% 19th +11.3pp 2nd 12% below peers
Brentwood, NY 17.2% 28th +4.2pp 3rd 61% below peers
Port Orange, FL 31.4% 22nd +5.6pp 4th 29% below peers
Dundalk, MD 15.7% 30th +2.8pp 5th 64% below peers
Bellevue, NE 34.5% 21st +6.0pp 6th 22% below peers
Lorain, OH 14.8% 31st +2.1pp 7th 66% below peers
Kenner, LA 29.1% 24th +4.0pp 8th 34% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.9% 16th +6.0pp 9th on par with peers
Malden, MA 45.1% 14th +6.1pp 10th 3% above peers
Four Corners, FL 35.0% 20th +4.6pp 11th 20% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 40.8% 17th +5.2pp 12th 7% below peers
Union City, CA 45.1% 13th +4.8pp 13th 3% above peers
Muncie, IN 26.1% 25th +2.6pp 14th 40% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 30.6% 23rd +3.0pp 15th 30% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 20.8% 26th +2.0pp 16th 53% below peers
Fulshear, TX 74.8% 3rd +6.4pp 17th 70% above peers
Richland, WA 46.6% 12th +3.6pp 18th 6% above peers
Marana, AZ 47.8% 11th +2.8pp 19th 9% above peers
Waltham, MA 57.3% 7th +3.0pp 20th 30% above peers
Parker, CO 56.0% 9th +2.8pp 21st 27% above peers
Reston, VA 72.0% 4th +3.2pp 22nd 64% above peers
Davis, CA 76.8% 2nd +2.9pp 23rd 75% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 56.2% 8th +2.1pp 24th 28% above peers
Sammamish, WA 77.1% 1st +1.9pp 25th 75% above peers
Palatine, IL 51.1% 10th +1.1pp 26th 16% above peers
Westfield, IN 59.8% 6th +1.2pp 27th 36% above peers
Burnsville, MN 39.8% 18th +0.8pp 28th 9% below peers
Hamilton, OH 16.5% 29th +0.3pp 29th 62% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 44.5% 15th -0.3pp 30th 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 20.3% 27th -0.4pp 31st 54% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: green tracts improved, red tracts moved the wrong way. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
EducationAdults with a bachelor's degree or higher
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▸ Break down by group Sex · ACS 2024
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Peers worth a call

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Cities of similar size (50k-100k) that started in the weakest third, like this city, and whose improvement is sustained over several years, larger than the data's normal noise, and big enough to matter. Referral candidates to investigate, not proven interventions. How we pick these →
  • St. Cloud, FL up 13.3pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Lawrence, MA up 6.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 100% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Kissimmee, FL up 8.2pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±1.3pp 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 (45.6% then, 38.0% now; margin ±14.4pp).

Broader trend
27% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Preschool enrollment rose 7.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (30.8% to 38.0%).
Needs attention 38.0%
20112024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 41.2% -4.2pp
United States ref 45.5%
Hamilton, OH 51.3% 14th +20.4pp 1st 4% above peers
Brentwood, NY 49.9% 15th +18.5pp 2nd 1% above peers
Victoria, TX 52.8% 13th +16.8pp 3rd 7% above peers
Bellevue, NE 43.1% 23rd +12.3pp 4th 13% below peers
Palatine, IL 64.5% 6th +16.7pp 5th 30% above peers
Celina, TX 62.1% 8th +12.3pp 6th 25% above peers
Reston, VA 76.1% 1st +15.0pp 7th 54% above peers
Waltham, MA 74.0% 2nd +13.1pp 8th 50% above peers
Richland, WA 41.9% 24th +6.9pp 9th 15% below peers
Port Charlotte, FL 44.8% 21st +7.2pp 10th 9% below peers
Muncie, IN 47.4% 19th +7.4pp 11th 4% below peers
Westfield, IN 65.8% 5th +9.9pp 12th 33% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 63.2% 7th +9.0pp 13th 28% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 52.9% 12th +7.5pp 14th 7% above peers
Malden, MA 56.2% 9th +5.2pp 15th 14% above peers
Sammamish, WA 67.5% 3rd +4.1pp 16th 36% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 43.5% 22nd +2.2pp 17th 12% below peers
Burnsville, MN 48.9% 18th +1.3pp 18th 1% below peers
Port Orange, FL 28.5% 31st +0.7pp 19th 42% below peers
North Little Rock, AR 53.6% 11th +1.4pp 20th 8% above peers
Davis, CA 65.9% 4th +0.3pp 21st 33% above peers
Union City, CA 46.3% 20th -0.7pp 22nd 6% below peers
Apopka, FL 38.1% 25th -2.1pp 23rd 23% below peers
Parker, CO 55.8% 10th -3.1pp 24th 13% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.9% 28th -3.0pp 25th 32% below peers
Dundalk, MD 30.4% 30th -4.3pp 26th 39% below peers
Marana, AZ 33.9% 27th -6.3pp 27th 31% below peers
Lorain, OH 38.0% 26th -7.6pp 28th 23% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 49.2% 17th -22.1pp 29th 1% below peers
Kenner, LA 30.6% 29th -17.0pp 30th 38% below peers
Fulshear, TX 49.5% 16th -35.3pp 31st on par with peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 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 →
  • West Haven, CT up 35.0pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 99% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Castle Rock, CO up 21.6pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 96% of this group · 2019-2024
  • Cedar Park, TX up 20.8pp between its surveys · a larger real gain than 94% of this group · 2019-2024
Census ACS 5-year survey through 2024 ±10.2pp 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 Real improvement
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Disconnected youth fell 7.1 percentage points between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 13.0% to 5.9% - more than the combined survey margin (±5.9pp). That reverses the previous span, which went up between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
None of the similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 3% moved the other way. Lorain started among the weakest third of similar-size cities, so some rebound is expected; still, the improvement is sustained and worth investigating.
Longer view
Disconnected youth fell 0.2 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (6.2% to 5.9%).
Bright spot 5.9%
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 6.4% +0.7pp
United States ref 6.9% +0.3pp
Fulshear, TX 0.0% 1st -0.7pp 1st 100% below peers
Parker, CO 0.6% 2nd -3.1pp 2nd 89% below peers
Lorain, OH 5.9% 19th -7.1pp 3rd 13% above peers
Sammamish, WA 2.0% 4th -1.6pp 4th 61% below peers
Bellevue, NE 5.2% 15th -3.9pp 5th 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 3.9% 10th -2.1pp 6th 25% below peers
Port Orange, FL 5.9% 17th -3.1pp 7th 12% above peers
Muncie, IN 3.1% 9th -0.9pp 8th 41% below peers
Kenner, LA 9.1% 25th -1.9pp 9th 72% above peers
Dundalk, MD 8.3% 24th -1.5pp 10th 57% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 13.9% 31st -0.6pp 11th 164% above peers
Palatine, IL 5.9% 18th +0.2pp 12th 12% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 2.4% 5th +0.1pp 13th 54% below peers
Victoria, TX 9.7% 28th +1.2pp 14th 84% above peers
Four Corners, FL 6.2% 20th +0.9pp 15th 17% above peers
Brentwood, NY 9.4% 26th +1.8pp 16th 79% above peers
Burnsville, MN 5.3% 16th +1.3pp 17th on par with peers
Union City, CA 5.0% 14th +1.4pp 18th 4% below peers
Waltham, MA 4.3% 12th +1.3pp 19th 18% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 4.1% 11th +1.2pp 20th 22% below peers
Hamilton, OH 10.2% 29th +3.5pp 21st 94% above peers
Westfield, IN 2.5% 6th +0.9pp 22nd 52% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 2.7% 7th +1.0pp 23rd 48% below peers
Richland, WA 7.9% 23rd +3.1pp 24th 49% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 3.0% 8th +1.4pp 25th 43% below peers
Reston, VA 6.2% 21st +3.1pp 26th 18% above peers
Davis, CA 1.7% 3rd +0.9pp 27th 68% below peers
Marana, AZ 7.0% 22nd +3.8pp 28th 33% above peers
Malden, MA 9.6% 27th +5.4pp 29th 82% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 11.8% 30th +9.8pp 30th 124% above peers
Celina, TX 4.4% 13th 16% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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 Rising
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Population rose about 2% between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys, from 63,801 to 65,395 - more than the combined survey margin (±112). That reverses the previous span, which went down between the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 surveys.

Broader trend
60% of similar-size cities show a real change in the same direction; 30% moved the other way.
Longer view
Population rose about 2% from 2014 to 2024 (63,885 to 65,395).
Big move 65,395
20102024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Fulshear, TX 34,868 30th +252% 1st 46% below peers
Celina, TX 34,268 31st +208% 2nd 47% below peers
Four Corners, FL 65,048 11th +54% 3rd on par with peers
Westfield, IN 54,677 29th +38% 4th 16% below peers
Marana, AZ 56,938 28th +26% 5th 12% below peers
Bellevue, NE 64,510 19th +21% 6th on par with peers
Parker, CO 61,783 26th +14% 7th 5% below peers
Apopka, FL 58,232 27th +12% 8th 10% below peers
Richland, WA 62,753 25th +11% 9th 3% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 63,091 24th +11% 10th 3% below peers
Malden, MA 65,906 8th +8% 11th 2% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 66,133 6th +6% 12th 2% above peers
Reston, VA 64,414 21st +5% 13th 1% below peers
Burnsville, MN 64,463 20th +5% 14th on par with peers
Dundalk, MD 65,969 7th +5% 15th 2% above peers
Waltham, MA 64,902 15th +3% 16th on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 64,767 16th +3% 17th on par with peers
Castro Valley, CA 65,001 13th +3% 18th on par with peers
Brentwood, NY 65,042 12th +3% 19th on par with peers
Sammamish, WA 66,463 4th +3% 20th 3% above peers
Lorain, OH 65,395 10th +2% 21st 1% above peers
Hamilton, OH 63,468 23rd +2% 22nd 2% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67,170 2nd -1% 23rd 4% above peers
Victoria, TX 65,625 9th -2% 24th 1% above peers
Davis, CA 66,978 3rd -2% 25th 3% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 64,538 18th -2% 26th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 64,904 14th -3% 27th on par with peers
Palatine, IL 66,293 5th -3% 28th 2% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 64,305 22nd -5% 29th 1% below peers
Muncie, IN 64,751 17th -6% 30th on par with peers
Union City, CA 67,464 1st -10% 31st 4% above peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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Demographics

Children's share of the population

No better direction Turning down (early signal)
Compared against How peers are chosen →
What changed

Children changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (24.8% then, 23.5% now; margin ±1.7pp). The newest releases lean downward: each of the last 3 annual updates moved the 5-year average the same way - an early signal, not a measured change.*

Broader trend
37% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Children fell 1.4 percentage points from 2017 to 2024 (24.9% to 23.5%).
23.5%
20172024
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Place Latest2020-2024 survey Today's rank Change2015-2019 → 2020-2024 Sig. Change rank History Latest vs. peers
Ohio ref 22.0% -0.3pp
United States ref 21.9% -0.7pp
Dundalk, MD 24.2% 9th +1.1pp 1st 7% above peers
Fulshear, TX 34.8% 1st +1.0pp 2nd 55% above peers
Apopka, FL 25.4% 7th +0.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
Victoria, TX 25.8% 5th +0.1pp 4th 14% above peers
Richland, WA 24.0% 10th -0.1pp 5th 7% above peers
Waltham, MA 13.6% 30th -0.1pp 6th 39% below peers
Bellevue, NE 24.2% 8th -0.2pp 7th 8% above peers
Hamilton, OH 23.3% 13th -0.2pp 8th 4% above peers
Celina, TX 31.7% 2nd -0.5pp 9th 41% above peers
Burnsville, MN 22.4% 18th -0.4pp 10th 1% below peers
Four Corners, FL 21.1% 19th -0.5pp 11th 6% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 22.5% 16th -0.5pp 12th on par with peers
Kenner, LA 23.6% 11th -0.6pp 13th 5% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 20.8% 21st -0.8pp 14th 8% below peers
Marana, AZ 23.1% 14th -1.0pp 15th 2% above peers
Sammamish, WA 28.6% 3rd -1.3pp 16th 27% above peers
Muncie, IN 15.8% 28th -0.9pp 17th 30% below peers
Lorain, OH 23.5% 12th -1.3pp 18th 4% above peers
Malden, MA 18.2% 24th -1.2pp 19th 19% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 17.2% 25th -1.2pp 20th 24% below peers
Reston, VA 18.6% 23rd -1.3pp 21st 18% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 22.5% 17th -1.6pp 22nd on par with peers
Port Charlotte, FL 13.8% 29th -1.4pp 23rd 39% below peers
Davis, CA 13.5% 31st -1.4pp 24th 40% below peers
Union City, CA 17.0% 26th -1.9pp 25th 25% below peers
Port Orange, FL 16.5% 27th -2.1pp 26th 27% below peers
Palatine, IL 20.9% 20th -2.8pp 27th 7% below peers
Westfield, IN 25.9% 4th -4.0pp 28th 15% above peers
Brentwood, NY 22.5% 15th -3.9pp 29th on par with peers
Parker, CO 25.7% 6th -4.4pp 30th 14% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 20.6% 22nd -4.5pp 31st 9% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 census tracts
Each tract is colored and ranked by its change from 2019 to 2024, between the same two survey periods as the card above, as a share of its own starting level: blue tracts rose, orange tracts fell. Tracts marked * moved less than their own survey margin, so their color is a direction, not a claim. Hover a tract for its numbers and history, or a table row to find that tract on the map; click either for its location or its data in the Explorer.
DemographicsChildren's share of the population
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Demographics

Children in single-parent families

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

Single-parent changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (55.3% then, 60.4% now; margin ±7.5pp).

Broader trend
7% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Single-parent rose 6.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (54.4% to 60.4%).
Big move 60.4%
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
Ohio ref 32.6% -1.0pp
United States ref 29.9% -0.2pp
Fulshear, TX 6.0% 31st +4.2pp 1st 75% below peers
Waltham, MA 24.0% 16th +7.3pp 2nd on par with peers
Port Orange, FL 34.0% 8th +6.0pp 3rd 42% above peers
Reston, VA 23.3% 17th +3.2pp 4th 3% below peers
Lorain, OH 60.4% 1st +5.2pp 5th 151% above peers
Marana, AZ 17.3% 24th +1.4pp 6th 28% below peers
Parker, CO 16.7% 25th +1.2pp 7th 31% below peers
Union City, CA 16.4% 26th +1.0pp 8th 32% below peers
Palatine, IL 26.9% 15th +1.5pp 9th 12% above peers
Davis, CA 21.0% 20th +1.2pp 10th 13% below peers
Hamilton, OH 47.6% 3rd +1.7pp 11th 98% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 31.6% 11th +1.0pp 12th 31% above peers
Richland, WA 29.8% 14th +0.5pp 13th 24% above peers
Kenner, LA 38.0% 6th +0.1pp 14th 58% above peers
Bellevue, NE 30.1% 13th -0.1pp 15th 25% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 52.3% 2nd -0.3pp 16th 118% above peers
Muncie, IN 47.5% 4th -0.4pp 17th 97% above peers
South San Francisco, CA 22.4% 18th -0.4pp 18th 7% below peers
Dundalk, MD 40.8% 5th -1.3pp 19th 70% above peers
Four Corners, FL 33.1% 10th -2.2pp 20th 38% above peers
Brentwood, NY 33.2% 9th -2.9pp 21st 38% above peers
Victoria, TX 35.3% 7th -3.6pp 22nd 47% above peers
Malden, MA 20.8% 21st -2.4pp 23rd 14% below peers
Yorba Linda, CA 12.4% 28th -1.6pp 24th 48% below peers
Castro Valley, CA 18.8% 22nd -2.6pp 25th 22% below peers
Burnsville, MN 30.4% 12th -6.9pp 26th 26% above peers
Hendersonville, TN 18.0% 23rd -5.4pp 27th 25% below peers
Apopka, FL 22.3% 19th -7.5pp 28th 7% below peers
Sammamish, WA 6.7% 30th -2.7pp 29th 72% below peers
Westfield, IN 13.6% 27th -6.2pp 30th 44% below peers
Celina, TX 10.0% 29th -9.0pp 31st 58% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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3 of 20 tracts cover a shorter window (dashed outline; mostly 2020 boundary changes). Each tract's change uses the same two survey periods as the card above and is judged against the tract's own published margins; tracts marked * moved less than their margin. How the tract view works →
Census ACS 5-year survey (table B09002) through 2024 ±6.2pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
Demographics

Young children with all parents in the labor force

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What changed

Working parents changed less than the survey can measure between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys (66.7% then, 69.7% now; margin ±12.5pp).

Broader trend
23% of similar-size cities show a real change in either direction.
Longer view
Working parents fell 1.0 percentage points from 2014 to 2024 (70.7% to 69.7%).
69.7%
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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
Ohio ref 69.7% -0.2pp
United States ref 68.1% +1.9pp
Marana, AZ 71.4% 13th +19.3pp 1st 2% above peers
Kenner, LA 79.3% 1st +20.2pp 2nd 14% above peers
Castro Valley, CA 78.8% 2nd +18.5pp 3rd 13% above peers
Union City, CA 78.1% 5th +14.3pp 4th 12% above peers
North Little Rock, AR 74.0% 8th +13.2pp 5th 6% above peers
Muncie, IN 71.6% 11th +10.7pp 6th 3% above peers
Port Charlotte, FL 67.6% 19th +7.8pp 7th 3% below peers
Sammamish, WA 60.3% 25th +6.6pp 8th 13% below peers
Parker, CO 72.2% 10th +6.6pp 9th 4% above peers
Port Orange, FL 65.9% 23rd +5.1pp 10th 5% below peers
Brentwood, NY 70.5% 15th +4.5pp 11th 1% above peers
Yorba Linda, CA 67.5% 20th +4.0pp 12th 3% below peers
Waltham, MA 78.3% 4th +4.6pp 13th 12% above peers
Bellevue, NE 71.5% 12th +3.6pp 14th 3% above peers
Lorain, OH 69.7% 16th +3.0pp 15th on par with peers
Fulshear, TX 65.1% 24th +2.7pp 16th 7% below peers
South San Francisco, CA 78.4% 3rd +2.7pp 17th 12% above peers
Hamilton, OH 75.5% 7th +1.6pp 18th 8% above peers
Davis, CA 73.0% 9th -1.5pp 19th 5% above peers
Reston, VA 66.7% 22nd -1.6pp 20th 4% below peers
Victoria, TX 70.8% 14th -1.8pp 21st 2% above peers
Malden, MA 56.3% 29th -1.8pp 22nd 19% below peers
Palatine, IL 68.3% 18th -2.7pp 23rd 2% below peers
Apopka, FL 66.9% 21st -4.9pp 24th 4% below peers
Hendersonville, TN 68.7% 17th -5.2pp 25th 1% below peers
Burnsville, MN 76.1% 6th -6.4pp 26th 9% above peers
Four Corners, FL 59.6% 27th -7.5pp 27th 15% below peers
Westfield, IN 60.2% 26th -11.2pp 28th 14% below peers
Dundalk, MD 57.7% 28th -11.3pp 29th 17% below peers
Celina, TX 48.2% 31st -12.0pp 30th 31% below peers
Richland, WA 50.4% 30th -15.1pp 31st 28% below peers
▸ Where is this changing? 20 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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3 of 20 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 ±9.7pp at 90% confidence (2024 estimate) survey trend: 2015-2019 vs 2020-2024 surveys about this metric
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